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geneva@Genesis:1:1 @ In the (note:)First of all, and before any creature was, God made heaven and earth out of nothing.(:note) beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, with which he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience, who yet for his own mercies sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God's most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assures us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the rest of the patriarchs, that his mercies never fail those whom he chooses to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he assists them, sends comfort, and delivers them, so that the beginning, increase, preservation and success of it might be attributed to God only. Moses shows by the examples of Cain, Ishmael, Esau and others, who were noble in man's judgment, that this Church depends not on the estimation and nobility of the world: and also by the fewness of those, who have at all times worshipped him purely according to his word that it stands not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the name of God praised forever.

geneva@Genesis:1:3 @ And God said, Let there be light: and there was (note:)The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God's instruments, which only belong to God.(:note) light.

geneva@Genesis:1:4 @ And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

geneva@Genesis:1:7 @ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] (note:)As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God's power, least they should overwhelm the world.(:note) under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

geneva@Genesis:1:8 @ And God called the firmament (note:)That is, the region of the air, and all that is above us.(:note) Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

geneva@Genesis:1:10 @ And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good.

geneva@Genesis:1:11 @ And God said, (note:)So that we see it is the only the power of God's word that makes the earth fruitful, which naturally is barren.(:note) Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

geneva@Genesis:1:12 @ And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God (note:)This sentence is often repeated, to signify that God made all his creatures to serve for his glory and for the profit of man: but because of sin they were cursed, yet the elect, by Christ are restored, and serve to their wealth.(:note) saw that [it was] good.

geneva@Genesis:1:18 @ And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.

geneva@Genesis:1:20 @ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the (note:)As fish and worms which slide, swim or creep.(:note) moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

geneva@Genesis:1:21 @ And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the (note:)The fish and fowls had both one beginning, in which we see that nature gives place to God's will, in that the one sort is made to fly about in the air, and the other to swim beneath in the water.(:note) waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

geneva@Genesis:1:24 @ Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so.

geneva@Genesis:1:25 @ And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, & euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: & God saw that it was good.

geneva@Genesis:1:26 @ And God said, (note:)God commanded the water and the earth to bring forth other creatures: but of man he says, «Let us make...» signifying that God takes counsel with his wisdom and virtue purposing to make an excellent work above all the rest of his creation.(:note) Let us make man in our This image and likeness of God in man is expounded in (Eph_4:24) where it is written that man was created after God in righteousness and true holiness meaning by these two words, all perfection, as wisdom, truth, innocency, power, etc. image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

geneva@Genesis:1:28 @ And God (note:)The propagation.(:note) blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

geneva@Genesis:1:30 @ Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate; it was so.

geneva@Genesis:1:31 @ And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.

geneva@Genesis:2:3 @ And God blessed the seventh day, and (note:)Appointed it to be kept holy, that man might in it consider the excellency of his works and God's goodness toward him.(:note) sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

geneva@Genesis:2:4 @ These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lorde God made the earth and the heauens,

geneva@Genesis:2:7 @ And the LORD God formed man (note:)He shows what man's body was created from, to the intent that man should not glory in the excellency of his own nature.(:note) [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

geneva@Genesis:2:9 @ And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the (note:)Who was a sign of the life received from God.(:note) tree of life also in the midst of the garden, That is, of miserable experience, which came by disobeying God. and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

geneva@Genesis:2:11 @ The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land (note:)Havilah is a country adjoining Persia to the east, and inclining towards the west.(:note) of Havilah, where [there is] gold;

geneva@Genesis:2:12 @ And the golde of that land is good: there is Bdelium, and the Onix stone.

geneva@Genesis:2:16 @ And the LORD God (note:)So that man might know there was a sovereign Lord, to whom he owed obedience.(:note) commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

geneva@Genesis:2:17 @ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely (note:)By death he means the separation of man from God, who is our life and chief happiness: and also that our disobedience is the cause of it.(:note) die.

geneva@Genesis:2:18 @ Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

geneva@Genesis:2:19 @ And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto (note:)By moving them to come and submit themselves to Adam.(:note) Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.

geneva@Genesis:2:22 @ And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a (note:)Signifying that mankind was perfect, when the woman was created, who before was like an imperfect building.(:note) woman, and brought her unto the man.

geneva@Genesis:3:5 @ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, (note:)As though he said, God forbids you to eat of the fruit, only because he knows that if you eat of it, you will be like him.(:note) knowing good and evil.

geneva@Genesis:3:6 @ And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he (note:)Not so much to please his wife, as moved by ambition at her persuasion.(:note) did eat.

geneva@Genesis:3:7 @ And the eyes of them both were opened, and they (note:)They began to feel their misery, but they did not seek God for a remedy.(:note) knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

geneva@Genesis:3:10 @ And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] (note:)His hypocrisy appears in that he hid the cause of his nakedness, which was the transgression of God's commandment.(:note) naked; and I hid myself.

geneva@Genesis:3:11 @ And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?

geneva@Genesis:3:12 @ And the man said, The woman whom thou (note:)His wickedness and lack of true repentance appears in this that he blamed God because he had given him a wife.(:note) gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

geneva@Genesis:3:16 @ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy (note:)The Lord comforts Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punishes the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness might live by faith. (1Co_14:34).(:note) sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

geneva@Genesis:3:17 @ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: (note:)The transgression of God's commandment was the reason that both mankind and all other creatures were subject to the curse.(:note) cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

geneva@Genesis:4:3 @ And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an (note:)This declares that the father instructed his children in the knowledge of God, and also how God gave them sacrifices to signify their salvation, though they were destitute of the ordinance of the tree of life.(:note) offering unto the LORD.

geneva@Genesis:4:15 @ And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, (note:)Not for the love he had for Cain, but to suppress murder.(:note) vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a Which was some visible sign of God's judgment, that others should fear by it. mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

geneva@Genesis:4:19 @ And Lamech took unto him (note:)The lawful institution of marriage, which is, that two should be one flesh, was first corrupted in the house of Cain by Lamech.(:note) two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

geneva@Genesis:4:21 @ And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes.

geneva@Genesis:4:23 @ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: (note:)His wives seeing that all men hated him for his cruelty, were afraid, therefore he brags that there is none strong enough to resist, even though he was already wounded.(:note) for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

geneva@Genesis:5:1 @ This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the (note:)Read (Gen_1:26).(:note) likeness of God made he him;

geneva@Genesis:5:5 @ So all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeeres: and he died.

geneva@Genesis:5:6 @ And (note:)He proves Adam's generation by those who came from Seth, to show the true Church, and also what care God had over the same from the beginning, in that he continued his graces toward it by a continual succession.(:note) Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

geneva@Genesis:5:8 @ And all the days of Seth were (note:)The main reason for long life in the first age, was the multiplication of mankind, that according to God's commandment at the beginning the world might be filled with people, who would universally praise him.(:note) nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

geneva@Genesis:5:24 @ And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for (note:)To show that there was a better life prepared and to be a testimony of the immortality of souls and bodies. To inquire where he went is mere curiosity.(:note) God took him.

geneva@Genesis:6:2 @ That the (note:)The children of the godly who began to degenerate.(:note) sons of God saw the daughters Those that had wicked parents, as if from Cain. of men that they [were] Having more respect for their beauty and worldly considerations than for their manners and godliness. fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

geneva@Genesis:6:3 @ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always (note:)Because man could not by won by God's leniency and patience by which he tried to win him, he would no longer withhold his vengeance.(:note) strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an Which time span God gave man to repent before he would destroy the earth, (1Pe_3:20). hundred and twenty years.

geneva@Genesis:6:4 @ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of (note:)Who usurped authority over others, and degenerated from that simplicity, in which their father's lived.(:note) renown.

geneva@Genesis:6:5 @ When the Lorde sawe that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his heart were onely euill continually,

geneva@Genesis:6:6 @ And it (note:)God never repents, but he speaks in human terms, because he destroyed him, and in a way denied him as his creature.(:note) repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

geneva@Genesis:6:7 @ And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and (note:)God declares how much he detests sin, seeing the punishment of it extends to the brute beasts.(:note) beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

geneva@Genesis:6:11 @ The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with (note:)Meaning, that all were given to the contempt of God, and oppression of their neighbours.(:note) violence.

geneva@Genesis:6:17 @ And I, beholde, I will bring a flood of waters vpon the earth to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life vnder the heauen: all that is in the earth shall perish.

geneva@Genesis:6:18 @ But with thee will I (note:)So that in this great undertaking and mocking of the whole world, you may be confirmed so your faith does not fail.(:note) establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

geneva@Genesis:6:20 @ Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue.

geneva@Genesis:6:21 @ And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten: and thou shalt gather it to thee, that it may be meate for thee and for them.

geneva@Genesis:6:22 @ Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, (note:)That is, he obeyed God's commandment in all points without adding or taking away.(:note) so did he.

geneva@Genesis:7:2 @ Of every (note:)Which might be offered in sacrifice, of which six were for breeding and the seventh for sacrifice.(:note) clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.

geneva@Genesis:7:4 @ For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth.

geneva@Genesis:7:5 @ Noah therefore did according vnto all that the Lord commanded him.

geneva@Genesis:7:8 @ Of the cleane beastes, and of the vncleane beastes, and of the foules, and of all that creepeth vpon the earth,

geneva@Genesis:7:14 @ They and euery beast after his kinde, and all cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euen euery bird of euery fether.

geneva@Genesis:7:15 @ And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two (note:)Every living thing that God would have be preserved on earth, came into the ark to Noah.(:note) of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.

geneva@Genesis:7:16 @ And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD (note:)So that God's secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters.(:note) shut him in.

geneva@Genesis:7:19 @ The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.

geneva@Genesis:7:21 @ Then all flesh perished that moued vpon the earth, both foule and cattell and beast, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, and euery man.

geneva@Genesis:7:23 @ And every living substance was destroyed (note:)That is, by God.(:note) which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only Learn what it is to obey God only, and to forsake the multitude, (1Pe_3:20). remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.

geneva@Genesis:8:1 @ And God (note:)Not that God forgets his at any time, but when he sends comfort then he shows that he remembers them.(:note) remembered Noah, and If God remembered every brute beast, that ought also to assure his children. every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

geneva@Genesis:8:8 @ Againe he sent a doue from him, that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the earth.

geneva@Genesis:8:9 @ But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he (note:)The raven flew to and fro, resting on the ark, but did not come into it, unlike the dove that was taken in.(:note) put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

geneva@Genesis:8:11 @ And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an (note:)Which was a sign that the waters were much diminished: for the olives do not grow on the high mountains.(:note) olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

geneva@Genesis:8:17 @ Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite & increase vpon ye earth.

geneva@Genesis:8:19 @ Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery foule, all that moueth vpon the earth after their kindes went out of the Arke.

geneva@Genesis:9:2 @ And the (note:)By the virtue of this commandment, beasts do not rage as much against man as they would, yea and many serve his purposes by it.(:note) fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

geneva@Genesis:9:3 @ Every (note:)By this permission man may with a good conscience use the creatures of God for his needs.(:note) moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

geneva@Genesis:9:9 @ And I, behold, I establish my (note:)To assure you that the world will never again be destroyed by a flood.(:note) covenant with you, and with your The children which are not yet born, are comprehended in God's covenant with their fathers. seed after you;

geneva@Genesis:9:10 @ And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth.

geneva@Genesis:9:11 @ And my couenant will I establish with you, that from henceforth all flesh shall not be rooted out by ye waters of the flood, neither shall there be a flood to destroy the earth any more.

geneva@Genesis:9:12 @ Then God saide, This is the token of the couenant which I make betweene me and you, and betweene euery liuing thing, that is with you vnto perpetuall generations.

geneva@Genesis:9:13 @ I do set my (note:)By this we see that signs or ordinances should not be separate from the word.(:note) bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

geneva@Genesis:9:15 @ And I will remember my (note:)When men see my bow in the sky, they will know that I have not forgotten my covenant with them.(:note) covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

geneva@Genesis:9:16 @ Therefore the bowe shalbe in the cloude, that I may see it, and remember the euerlasting couenant betweene God, and euery liuing thing in all flesh that is vpon the earth.

geneva@Genesis:9:17 @ And God said unto Noah, (note:)God repeats this often to confirm Noah's faith even more.(:note) This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

geneva@Genesis:9:22 @ And Ham, the father of (note:)Of whom came the Canaanites that wicked nation, who were also cursed by God.(:note) Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and In derision and contempt of his father. told his two brethren without.

geneva@Genesis:9:27 @ God shall (note:)He declares that the Gentiles, who came from Japheth, and were separated from the Church, should be joined to the same by the persuasion of God's Spirit, and preaching of the gospel.(:note) enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

geneva@Genesis:10:11 @ Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah:

geneva@Genesis:11:2 @ And it came to pass, (note:)One hundred and thirty years after the flood.(:note) as That is, Nimrod and his company. they journeyed from the That is, from Armenia where the ark stayed. east, that they found a plain in the land of Which was afterward called Chaldea. Shinar; and they dwelt there.

geneva@Genesis:11:5 @ And the LORD (note:)Meaning, that he declared by effect, that he knew their wicked enterprise; for God's power is everywhere, and neither ascends nor descends.(:note) came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

geneva@Genesis:11:7 @ Go to, (note:)He speaks as though he took counsel with his own wisdom and power: that is, with the Son and holy Spirit: signifying the greatness and certainty of the punishment.(:note) let us go down, and By this great plague of the confusion of tongues appears God's horrible judgment against man's pride and vain glory. there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

geneva@Genesis:11:29 @ And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of (note:)Some think that this Iscah was Sarai.(:note) Iscah.

geneva@Genesis:12:1 @ Now the LORD had said unto Abram, (note:)From the flood to this time were four hundred and twenty-three years.(:note) Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto In appointing him no certain place, he proves so much more his faith and obedience. a land that I will shew thee:

geneva@Genesis:12:3 @ I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

geneva@Genesis:12:5 @ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the (note:)Meaning servants as well as cattle.(:note) souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

geneva@Genesis:12:8 @ And he removed from (note:)Because of the troubles that he had among that wicked people.(:note) thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an And so served the true God, and renounced all idolatry. altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

geneva@Genesis:12:10 @ And there was a (note:)This was a new trial of Abram's faith: by which we see that the end of one affliction is the beginning of another.(:note) famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.

geneva@Genesis:12:11 @ And when he drewe neere to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Beholde nowe, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpo:

geneva@Genesis:12:12 @ Therefore it will come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say, She is his wife: so will they kill me, but they will keepe thee aliue.

geneva@Genesis:12:13 @ Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my (note:)By this we learn not to use unlawful means nor to put others in danger to save ourselves, (Gen_12:20). Though it may appear that Abram did not fear death, so much as dying without children, he acts as though God's promise had not taken place; in which appeared a weak faith.(:note) sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

geneva@Genesis:12:18 @ Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?

geneva@Genesis:12:19 @ Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

geneva@Genesis:12:20 @ And Pharaoh (note:)To the intent that none should hurt him either in his person or goods.(:note) commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

geneva@Genesis:13:1 @ And (note:)His great riches gotten in Egypt, did not hinder him in following his vocation.(:note) Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

geneva@Genesis:13:6 @ And the land was not able to (note:)This inconvenience came by their riches, which break friendships and the bounds of nature.(:note) bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

geneva@Genesis:13:10 @ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the (note:)Which was in Eden, (Gen_2:10).(:note) garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

geneva@Genesis:13:11 @ Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the (note:)This was done by God's providence, that only Abram and his seed might dwell in the land of Canaan.(:note) one from the other.

geneva@Genesis:13:14 @ And the LORD said unto (note:)The Lord comforted him, lest he should have taken thought for the departure of his nephew.(:note) Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

geneva@Genesis:13:16 @ And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.

geneva@Genesis:14:1 @ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of (note:)That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them that were governors of cities.(:note) Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Of a people gathered from various countries. nations;

geneva@Genesis:14:5 @ And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedor-laomer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh Kiriathaim,

geneva@Genesis:14:7 @ And they returned and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamar.

geneva@Genesis:14:10 @ And the (note:)And afterward was overwhelmed with water, and so was called the salt sea.(:note) vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

geneva@Genesis:14:13 @ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] (note:)God removed them to join Abram, and preserves him from their idolatry and superstitions.(:note) confederate with Abram.

geneva@Genesis:14:14 @ When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he brought forth of them that were borne and brought vp in his house, three hundreth and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Daniel.

geneva@Genesis:14:17 @ After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedor-laomer, and of the Kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom foorth to meete him in the valley of Shaueh, which is the Kings dale.

geneva@Genesis:14:23 @ That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a threde or shoolatchet, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram riche,

geneva@Genesis:15:4 @ Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

geneva@Genesis:15:6 @ And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

geneva@Genesis:15:7 @ Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.

geneva@Genesis:15:8 @ And he said, Lord GOD, (note:)This is a particular motion of God's Spirit, which is not lawful for all to follow, in asking signs: but was permitted for some by a peculiar motion, as to Gideon and Ezekiel.(:note) whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

geneva@Genesis:15:10 @ And he took unto him all these, and (note:)This was the old custom in making covenants, (Jer_39:18), to which God added these conditions, that Abram's posterity would be as torn in pieces, but after they would be rejoined: also that it would be assaulted, but yet delivered.(:note) divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

geneva@Genesis:15:13 @ And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them (note:)Counting from the birth of Isaac to their departure of Egypt: Which declares that God will allow his to be afflicted in this world.(:note) four hundred years;

geneva@Genesis:15:18 @ In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

geneva@Genesis:16:1 @ Now (note:)It seems that she had respect for God's promise, which could not be accomplished without issue.(:note) Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.

geneva@Genesis:16:2 @ And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath (note:)She fails by limiting God's power to the common order of nature, as though God could not give her children in her old age.(:note) restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

geneva@Genesis:16:4 @ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was (note:)This punishment declares what they gain if they attempt any thing against the word of God.(:note) despised in her eyes.

geneva@Genesis:16:5 @ Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:16:10 @ Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.

geneva@Genesis:16:13 @ And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, (note:)She rebukes her own dullness and acknowledges God's graces, who was present with her everywhere.(:note) Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

geneva@Genesis:17:11 @ And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your (note:)That private part is circumcised, to show that all that is begotten by man is corrupt, and must die.(:note) foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

geneva@Genesis:17:12 @ And euery man childe of eight dayes olde among you, shalbe circumcised in your generations, aswell he that is borne in thine house, as he that is bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seede.

geneva@Genesis:17:13 @ He that is borne in thine house, & he that is bought with thy money, must needes be circumcised: so my couenant shall be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant.

geneva@Genesis:17:14 @ And the uncircumcised (note:)Though women were not circumcised, they still partook of God's promise: for under mankind all was consecrated. Here it is declared, that whoever condemns the sign, also despises the promise.(:note) man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

geneva@Genesis:17:17 @ Then Abraham fell upon his face, and (note:)Which proceeded from a sudden joy, and not from lack of faith.(:note) laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

geneva@Genesis:17:18 @ And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.

geneva@Genesis:17:23 @ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and (note:)They were well taught if they obeyed and were circumcised without resistance. This teaches that masters in their houses ought to be as preachers to their families, that from the highest to the lowest they may obey the will of God.(:note) circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

geneva@Genesis:18:5 @ And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye (note:)As sent by God that I should do my duty to you.(:note) come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

geneva@Genesis:18:17 @ And the (note:)Jehovah the Hebrew word we call Lord, shows that this angel was Christ: for this word is only applied to God.(:note) LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

geneva@Genesis:18:18 @ Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

geneva@Genesis:18:19 @ For I know him, (note:)He shows that fathers ought both to know God's judgments, and to declare them to their children.(:note) that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

geneva@Genesis:18:21 @ I will (note:)God speaks after the fashion of men: that is, I will enter into judgment with good advise.(:note) go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the For our sins cry for vengeance, though no one accuses us. cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

geneva@Genesis:18:24 @ If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein?

geneva@Genesis:18:25 @ Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

geneva@Genesis:18:26 @ And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom (note:)God declares that his judgments were done with great mercy, even though all were so corrupt that not only fifty but ten righteous men could not be found there, and also that the wicked are spared for the sake of the righteous.(:note) fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

geneva@Genesis:18:27 @ And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am (note:)By this we learn, that the nearer we approach to God, the more our miserable estate appears, and the more we are humbled.(:note) but] dust and ashes:

geneva@Genesis:18:30 @ Againe he said, Let not my Lord nowe be angry, that I speake, What if thirtie be founde there? Then he saide, I will not doe it, if I finde thirtie there.

geneva@Genesis:19:5 @ Who crying vnto Lot said to him, Where are the men, which came to thee this night? Bring them out vnto vs that we may knowe them.

geneva@Genesis:19:11 @ Then they smote the men that were at the doore of the house with blindnes both small and great, so that they were wearie in seeking the doore.

geneva@Genesis:19:13 @ For (note:)This proves that the angels are ministers, both to execute God's wrath and to declare his favour.(:note) we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

geneva@Genesis:19:17 @ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; (note:)He willed him to flee God's judgments and not to be sorry to leave that rich country, full of vain pleasures.(:note) look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

geneva@Genesis:19:21 @ Then he said vnto him, Beholde, I haue receiued thy request also concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for the which thou hast spoken.

geneva@Genesis:19:25 @ And ouerthrewe those cities and all the plaine, and all the inhabitants of the cities; and that that grewe vpon the earth.

geneva@Genesis:19:26 @ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a (note:)Concerning the body only: this was a notable monument of God's vengeance to all who passed that way.(:note) pillar of salt.

geneva@Genesis:19:32 @ Come, let us make our father (note:)For unless he had been drunk, he would never have done that abominable act.(:note) drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

geneva@Genesis:19:33 @ So they made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceiued not, neither whe she lay downe, neither when she rose vp.

geneva@Genesis:19:34 @ And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father.

geneva@Genesis:19:35 @ So they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, & lay with him, but he perceiued not, when she lay downe, neither when she rose vp.

geneva@Genesis:19:38 @ And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name (note:)That is, son of my people: signifying that they rejoiced in their sin, rather than repenting of it.(:note) Benammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

geneva@Genesis:20:4 @ But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also (note:)The infidels confessed that God would not punish but for just occasion: therefore, when he punishes, the occasion is just.(:note) a righteous nation?

geneva@Genesis:20:6 @ And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also (note:)God by his holy Spirit restrains those who offend in ignorance, that they not fall into greater offence..(:note) withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

geneva@Genesis:20:7 @ Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a (note:)That is, one to whom God reveals himself familiarly.(:note) prophet, and he For the prayer of the godly is of force towards God. shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine.

geneva@Genesis:20:9 @ Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my (note:)The wickedness of the king brings God's wrath on the whole realm.(:note) kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

geneva@Genesis:20:10 @ So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?

geneva@Genesis:20:11 @ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the (note:)He shows that no honesty can be hoped for, where there is no fear of God.(:note) fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

geneva@Genesis:20:13 @ Nowe when God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy kindnes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother.

geneva@Genesis:20:16 @ And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a (note:)Such a head as with whom you may be preserved from all dangers.(:note) covering of the eyes, unto all that [are] with thee, and with all [other]: God caused this heathen king to reprove her because she concealed her identity, seeing that God had given her a husband as her veil and defence. thus she was reproved.

geneva@Genesis:21:3 @ And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak.

geneva@Genesis:21:6 @ Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me.

geneva@Genesis:21:7 @ And she said, (note:)She accuses herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the angel.(:note) Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

geneva@Genesis:21:8 @ Then the childe grewe and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Izhak was weaned.

geneva@Genesis:21:12 @ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be (note:)The promised seed will be from Isaac, and not from Ishmael, (Rom_9:7; Heb_11:18).(:note) called.

geneva@Genesis:21:22 @ And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

geneva@Genesis:21:23 @ Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

geneva@Genesis:21:24 @ And Abraham said, I will (note:)So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity.(:note) swear.

geneva@Genesis:21:30 @ And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

geneva@Genesis:21:32 @ Thus they made a (note:)Thus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God.(:note) covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

geneva@Genesis:22:2 @ And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of (note:)Signifying the fear of God, in which place he was also honoured, Solomon later building the temple there.(:note) Moriah; and This was the main point of his temptation, seeing that he was commanded to offer up him in whom God had promised to bless all the nations of the world. offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

geneva@Genesis:22:5 @ And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and (note:)He did not doubt that God would accomplish his promise, even if he should sacrifice his son.(:note) come again to you.

geneva@Genesis:22:9 @ And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and (note:)For it is likely that his father had told him God's commandment, to which he showed himself obedient.(:note) bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

geneva@Genesis:22:12 @ And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I (note:)That is, by your true obedience you have declared your living faith.(:note) know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.

geneva@Genesis:22:14 @ And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall (note:)The name is changed to show that God both sees and provides secretly for his and also evidently is seen, and felt in the right time.(:note) be seen.

geneva@Genesis:22:16 @ And said, By (note:)Signifying, that there is none greater then he.(:note) myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

geneva@Genesis:23:4 @ I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.

geneva@Genesis:23:6 @ Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a (note:)That is godly or excellent: for so do the Hebrews speak of all things that are notable, because all excellency comes from God.(:note) mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

geneva@Genesis:23:8 @ And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,

geneva@Genesis:23:9 @ That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.

geneva@Genesis:23:10 @ And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that (note:)Meaning all the citizens and inhabitants.(:note) went in at the gate of his city, saying,

geneva@Genesis:23:11 @ No, my Lorde, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.

geneva@Genesis:23:12 @ And Abraham (note:)To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.(:note) bowed down himself before the people of the land.

geneva@Genesis:23:15 @ My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (note:)The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels is equal to 33 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence at 5 shilling sterling to the ounce.(:note) shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

geneva@Genesis:23:17 @ So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure

geneva@Genesis:23:18 @ Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.

geneva@Genesis:23:20 @ And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace (note:)That is, all the people confirmed the sale.(:note) by the sons of Heth.

geneva@Genesis:24:2 @ And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, (note:)Which ceremony declared, the servants obedience towards his master, and the master's power over the servant.(:note) Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

geneva@Genesis:24:3 @ And I will make thee (note:)This shows that an oath may be required in a lawful cause.(:note) swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

geneva@Genesis:24:4 @ But thou shalt go unto my (note:)He did not want his son to marry out of the godly family: for the problems that come from marrying the ungodly are set forth in various places throughout the scriptures.(:note) country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

geneva@Genesis:24:6 @ And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son (note:)Lest he should love the inheritance promised.(:note) thither again.

geneva@Genesis:24:7 @ The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne fro thence.

geneva@Genesis:24:11 @ And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.

geneva@Genesis:24:15 @ And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, (note:)God gives success to all things that are done for the glory of his name and according to his word.(:note) Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

geneva@Genesis:24:16 @ And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she (note:)Here is declared that God hears the prayers of his own, and grants their requests.(:note) went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

geneva@Genesis:24:22 @ And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden (note:)God permitted many things both in apparel and other things which are now forbidden especially when they do not suit our humble estate.(:note) earring of The golden shekel is meant here, not silver. half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;

geneva@Genesis:24:27 @ And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy (note:)He does not boast in his good fortune (as the wicked do) but acknowledges that God has dealt mercifully with this matter in keeping his promise.(:note) and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

geneva@Genesis:24:30 @ And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, (note:)For he waited on God's hand, who heard his prayer.(:note) he stood by the camels at the well.

geneva@Genesis:24:32 @ And the man came into the house: and (note:)That is, Laban.(:note) he ungirded his The gentle entertainment of strangers practised by the godly fathers. camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that [were] with him.

geneva@Genesis:24:33 @ And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I (note:)The faithfulness that servants owe to their masters, causes them to prefer their masters business before their own needs.(:note) will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

geneva@Genesis:24:36 @ And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

geneva@Genesis:24:45 @ And before I had done speaking in mine (note:)Signifying that this prayer was not spoken by the mouth, but only in his heart.(:note) heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew [water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

geneva@Genesis:24:49 @ And now if ye will deal (note:)If you will freely and faithfully give your daughter to my master's son.(:note) kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the That is, that I may look elsewhere. right hand, or to the left.

geneva@Genesis:24:50 @ Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, (note:)As soon as they perceived that it was God's ordinance they yielded.(:note) The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

geneva@Genesis:24:51 @ Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said.

geneva@Genesis:24:54 @ Afterward they did eate & drinke, both he, and the men that were with him, and taried all night; when they rose vp in the morning, he said, Let me depart vnto my master.

geneva@Genesis:24:56 @ But he said vnto them, Hinder you me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my iourney: send me away, that I may goe to my master.

geneva@Genesis:24:57 @ And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at (note:)This shows that parents do not have the authority to marry their children without the consent of both parties.(:note) her mouth.

geneva@Genesis:24:60 @ And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the (note:)That is, let them be victorious over their enemies: a blessing that is fully accomplished through Jesus Christ.(:note) gate of those which hate them.

geneva@Genesis:24:63 @ And Isaac went out to (note:)This was the habit of the godly fathers to meditate on God's promises, and to pray for the accomplishment of it. The custom was that the bride was brought to her husband, her head covered, a token of humbleness and purity.(:note) meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.

geneva@Genesis:24:65 @ (For shee had sayde to the seruant, Who is yonder man, that commeth in the fielde to meete vs? and the seruant had said, It is my master) So she tooke a vaile, and couered her.

geneva@Genesis:24:66 @ And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done.

geneva@Genesis:25:6 @ But unto the (note:)For by virtue of God's word he not only had Isaac, but begat many more.(:note) sons of the See (Gen_22:24). concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham To avoid the disputing that otherwise might have come because of the heritage. gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

geneva@Genesis:25:18 @ And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died (note:)He means that his lot fell to dwell among his brethren as the angel promised.(:note) in the presence of all his brethren.

geneva@Genesis:25:22 @ And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I (note:)That is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another.(:note) thus? And she went For that is the only refuge in all our miseries. to enquire of the LORD.

geneva@Genesis:25:25 @ So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau.

geneva@Genesis:25:30 @ Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom.

geneva@Genesis:26:1 @ And there was a famine in the (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

geneva@Genesis:26:5 @ Because that Abraham (note:)He commends Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be even more ready to follow the same: for as God made this promise of his free mercy, so does the confirmation of it proceed from the same fountain.(:note) obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

geneva@Genesis:26:7 @ And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: (note:)By which we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful.(:note) for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.

geneva@Genesis:26:8 @ And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac [was] (note:)Or showing some familiar sign of love, by which it might be known that she was his wife.(:note) sporting with Rebekah his wife.

geneva@Genesis:26:9 @ Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.

geneva@Genesis:26:10 @ And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought (note:)In all ages men were persuaded that God's vengeance would come on adulterers.(:note) guiltiness upon us.

geneva@Genesis:26:11 @ Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death.

geneva@Genesis:26:12 @ Afterwarde Izhak sowed in that lande, and founde in the same yeere an hundreth folde by estimation: and so the Lord blessed him.

geneva@Genesis:26:15 @ In so much that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the welles, which his fathers seruantes digged in his father Abrahams time.

geneva@Genesis:26:21 @ Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.

geneva@Genesis:26:25 @ And he builded an (note:)To signify that he would serve no other God, but the God of his father Abraham.(:note) altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

geneva@Genesis:26:28 @ Who answered, Wee sawe certainely that the Lorde was with thee, and wee thought thus, Let there be nowe an othe betweene vs, euen betweene vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee.

geneva@Genesis:26:32 @ And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.

geneva@Genesis:27:1 @ And when Izhak was olde, and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see) he called Esau his eldest sonne, and sayde vnto him, My sonne; he answered him, I am here.

geneva@Genesis:27:3 @ Wherefore nowe, I pray thee take thine instrumentes, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take mee some venison.

geneva@Genesis:27:4 @ And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my (note:)The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife. (Gen_25:23).(:note) soul may bless thee before I die.

geneva@Genesis:27:7 @ Bring mee venision, and make mee sauourie meate, that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death.

geneva@Genesis:27:8 @ Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

geneva@Genesis:27:10 @ Then shalt thou bring it to thy father, and he shal eate, to the intent that he may blesse thee before his death.

geneva@Genesis:27:19 @ And Jacob said unto his father, (note:)Although Jacob was assured of this blessing by faith: yet he did evil to seek it by lies, even more because he abuses God's name through it.(:note) I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

geneva@Genesis:27:21 @ Againe sayde Izhak vnto Iaakob, Come neere nowe, that I may feele thee, my sonne, whether thou be that my sonne Esau or not.

geneva@Genesis:27:22 @ And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The (note:)This declares that he suspected something, yet God would not have his decree altered.(:note) voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.

geneva@Genesis:27:24 @ Againe he sayd, Art thou that my sonne Esau? Who answered, Yea.

geneva@Genesis:27:25 @ Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee; he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he dranke.

geneva@Genesis:27:29 @ Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

geneva@Genesis:27:31 @ And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father, and sayd vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

geneva@Genesis:27:33 @ And Isaac (note:)In perceiving his error, by appointing his heir against God's sentence pronounced before.(:note) trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.

geneva@Genesis:27:40 @ And (note:)Because your enemies will be all around you.(:note) by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt Which was fulfilled in his posterity the Idumeans: who were tributaries for a time to Israel, and later came to freedom. serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

geneva@Genesis:28:1 @ And Isaac called Jacob, and (note:)This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without God's leading.(:note) blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:28:3 @ And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,

geneva@Genesis:28:4 @ And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a (note:)The godly fathers were continually reminded that they were but strangers in this world: so that they would lift up their eyes to the heavens where they have a certain dwelling.(:note) stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

geneva@Genesis:28:6 @ When Esau sawe that Izhak had blessed Iaakob, and sent him to Padan Aram, to set him a wife thence, and giuen him a charge when he blessed him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

geneva@Genesis:28:7 @ And that Iaakob had obeyed his father & his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:

geneva@Genesis:28:8 @ Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father,

geneva@Genesis:28:15 @ And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.

geneva@Genesis:28:18 @ And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and (note:)To be a reminder of the vision shown to him.(:note) set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

geneva@Genesis:28:19 @ And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.

geneva@Genesis:28:20 @ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If (note:)He does not bind God under this condition, but acknowledges his infirmity, and promises to be thankful.(:note) God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

geneva@Genesis:28:21 @ So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shal the Lord be my God.

geneva@Genesis:28:22 @ And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.

geneva@Genesis:29:2 @ And he looked, and behold a well in the field, (note:)Thus he was directed by the providence of God, who brought him to Laban's house.(:note) and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well's mouth.

geneva@Genesis:29:4 @ And Jacob said unto them, My (note:)It seems that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren.(:note) brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.

geneva@Genesis:29:7 @ Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them.

geneva@Genesis:29:8 @ But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.

geneva@Genesis:29:12 @ (For Iaakob tolde Rahel, that he was her fathers brother, & that he was Rebekahs sonne) then she ranne and tolde her father.

geneva@Genesis:29:13 @ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban (note:)That is, the reason why he departed from his father's house, and what he saw during his journey.(:note) all these things.

geneva@Genesis:29:19 @ Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me.

geneva@Genesis:29:21 @ Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended.

geneva@Genesis:29:23 @ And (note:)The reason Jacob was deceived was that in ancient times the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband as a sign of purity and humbleness.(:note) it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

geneva@Genesis:29:31 @ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he (note:)This declares that often they who are despised by men are favoured by God.(:note) opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.

geneva@Genesis:29:32 @ And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the (note:)By this it appears that she had sought help from God in her affliction.(:note) LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife. love me.

geneva@Genesis:29:33 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon.

geneva@Genesis:30:1 @ And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.

geneva@Genesis:30:3 @ And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my (note:)I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were my own.(:note) knees, that I may also have children by her.

geneva@Genesis:30:8 @ And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, (note:)The arrogancy of man's nature appears in that she condemns her sister, after she has received this benefit from God to bear children.(:note) and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

geneva@Genesis:30:9 @ And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

geneva@Genesis:30:16 @ And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.

geneva@Genesis:30:25 @ And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.

geneva@Genesis:30:27 @ To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

geneva@Genesis:30:30 @ For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall (note:)The order of nature requires that every one provide for his own family.(:note) I provide for mine own house also?

geneva@Genesis:30:33 @ So shall my (note:)God shall attest to my righteous dealing by rewarding my labours.(:note) righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

geneva@Genesis:30:35 @ Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes.

geneva@Genesis:30:41 @ And it came to pass, whensoever the (note:)As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March and lamb in September.(:note) stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

geneva@Genesis:31:1 @ And he heard the (note:)The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the covetous think that whatever they cannot take, is taken from them.(:note) words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

geneva@Genesis:31:2 @ Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:

geneva@Genesis:31:5 @ And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the (note:)The God whom my fathers worshipped.(:note) God of my father hath been with me.

geneva@Genesis:31:6 @ And yee knowe that I haue serued your father with all my might.

geneva@Genesis:31:9 @ Thus (note:)This declares that the thing Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit.(:note) God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

geneva@Genesis:31:10 @ For in ramming time I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, & beholde, ye hee goates leaped vpon the shee goates, that were partie coloured with litle and great spots spotted.

geneva@Genesis:31:12 @ And he sayde, Lift vp nowe thine eyes, and see all the hee goates leaping vpon ye shee goates that are partie coloured, spotted with litle and great spots: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:19 @ And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the (note:)For so the word here signifies, because Laban calls them gods, (Gen_31:30).(:note) images that [were] her father's.

geneva@Genesis:31:20 @ Thus Iaakob stole away ye heart of Laban the Aramite: for he told him not that he fled.

geneva@Genesis:31:21 @ So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.

geneva@Genesis:31:22 @ And the third day after was it told Laban, that Iaakob fled.

geneva@Genesis:31:24 @ And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dreame by night, and sayde vnto him, Take heede that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

geneva@Genesis:31:27 @ Wherfore diddest thou flie so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee foorth with mirth & with songs, with timbrel and with harpe?

geneva@Genesis:31:29 @ It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the (note:)He was an idolater and therefore would not acknowledge the God of Jacob for his God.(:note) God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

geneva@Genesis:31:31 @ Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, & thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me.

geneva@Genesis:31:32 @ But with whome thou findest thy gods, let him not liue. Search thou before our brethre what I haue of thine, & take it to thee, (but Iaakob wist not that Rahel had stolen them)

geneva@Genesis:31:35 @ Then said she to her father, My Lord, be not angrie that I cannot rise vp before thee: for the custome of women is vpo me: so he searched, but found not the idoles.

geneva@Genesis:31:36 @ The Iaakob was wroth, and chode with Laban: Iaakob also answered and sayd to Laban, What haue I trespassed? what haue I offended, that thou hast pursued after me?

geneva@Genesis:31:37 @ Seeing thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou foud of all thine houshold stuffe? put it here before my brethren & thy brethren, that they may iudge betweene vs both.

geneva@Genesis:31:43 @ Then Laban answered, and saide vnto Iaakob, These daughters are my daughters, & these sonnes are my sonnes, and these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne?

geneva@Genesis:31:50 @ If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] (note:)Nature compels him to condemn that vice, to which through covetousness he forced Jacob.(:note) wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:52 @ This heape shall be witnesse, and the pillar shall be witnesse, that I will not come ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape and this pillar vnto me for euill.

geneva@Genesis:31:55 @ And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and (note:)We see that there is always some seed of the knowledge of God in the hearts of the wicked.(:note) blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

geneva@Genesis:32:2 @ And when Jacob saw them, he said, (note:)He acknowledges God's benefits: who for the preservation of his, sends hosts of angels.(:note) This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

geneva@Genesis:32:5 @ I haue beeues also and Asses, sheepe, & men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shew my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

geneva@Genesis:32:7 @ Then Jacob was (note:)Though he was comforted by the angels, yet the infirmity of the flesh appears.(:note) greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

geneva@Genesis:32:13 @ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a (note:)Not distrusting God's assistance, but using such means as God had given him.(:note) present for Esau his brother;

geneva@Genesis:32:19 @ So likewise commaunded he the seconde and the thirde, and all that followed the droues, saying, After this maner, ye shall speake vnto Esau, when ye finde him.

geneva@Genesis:32:20 @ And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I (note:)He thought it no less to depart with these goods with the intent that he might follow the vocation to which God called him.(:note) will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

geneva@Genesis:32:21 @ So went the present before him: but he taried that night with the companie.

geneva@Genesis:32:23 @ And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had.

geneva@Genesis:32:25 @ And when he saw that he (note:)For God assails his with the one hand, and upholds them with the other.(:note) prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

geneva@Genesis:32:31 @ And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he (note:)The faithful to overcome their temptations, so that they feel the pain of it, so they would not boast, except in their humility.(:note) halted upon his thigh.

geneva@Genesis:32:32 @ Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe that shranke in the hollowe of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shranke in the holow of Iaakobs thigh.

geneva@Genesis:33:8 @ Then he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? Who answered, I haue sent it, that I may finde fauour in the sight of my lorde:

geneva@Genesis:33:9 @ And Esau said, I haue ynough, my brother: keepe that thou hast to thy selfe.

geneva@Genesis:33:10 @ And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore (note:)In that his brother embraced him so lovingly, contrary to his expectation, he accepted it as a clear sign of God's presence.(:note) I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

geneva@Genesis:33:11 @ I pray thee take my blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all things: so he compelled him, and he tooke it.

geneva@Genesis:33:13 @ Then he answered him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, & the ewes & kine with yong vnder mine hande: and if they should ouerdriue them one day, all the flocke would die.

geneva@Genesis:33:14 @ Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until (note:)He promised that which (as it would seem) he did not plan to do.(:note) I come unto my lord unto Seir.

geneva@Genesis:33:16 @ So Esau returned, and went his way that same day vnto Seir.

geneva@Genesis:33:20 @ And he erected there an altar, and called (note:)He calls the sign, the thing which it signifies, in token that God had mightily delivered him.(:note) it Elelohe-Israel.

geneva@Genesis:34:1 @ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, (note:)This example teaches us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth.(:note) went out to see the daughters of the land.

geneva@Genesis:34:2 @ Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

geneva@Genesis:34:4 @ And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, (note:)This proves that the consent of parents is required in marriage, seeing that even the infidels observed it as a necessary thing.(:note) Get me this damsel to wife.

geneva@Genesis:34:5 @ (Nowe Iaakob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sonnes were with his cattell in the fielde: therefore Iaakob helde his peace, vntill they were come.)

geneva@Genesis:34:7 @ And whe the sonnes of Iaakob were come out of the fielde and heard it, it grieued the men, & they were very angry, because he had wrought villenie in Israel, in that he had lyen with Iaakobs daughter: which thing ought not to be done.

geneva@Genesis:34:12 @ Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.

geneva@Genesis:34:14 @ And they said unto them, (note:)They used the holy ordinance of God a means to accomplish their wicked purpose.(:note) We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a As it is abomination for those who are baptized to be joined to infidels. reproach unto us:

geneva@Genesis:34:15 @ But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be (note:)Their fault is even greater since they made religion a disguise for their deceit.(:note) circumcised;

geneva@Genesis:34:24 @ And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie.

geneva@Genesis:34:25 @ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, (note:)For they were the leaders of the company.(:note) Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew The people are punished because of their wicked princes. all the males.

geneva@Genesis:34:29 @ Also they caryed away captiue & spoyled all their goods, and all their children and their wiues, and all that was in the houses.

geneva@Genesis:35:1 @ And (note:)God is ever at hand to comfort his people in their troubles.(:note) God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

geneva@Genesis:35:2 @ Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be (note:)That by this outward act they should show their inward repentance.(:note) clean, and change your garments:

geneva@Genesis:35:4 @ And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] (note:)For in this was some sign of superstition, as in tablets and Agnus deis (a cake of wax, stamped with a lamb bearing a cross or flag, that has been blessed by the Pope).(:note) earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.

geneva@Genesis:35:5 @ And they journeyed: and the (note:)Thus, despite the inconvenience that came before, God delivered Jacob.(:note) terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:35:6 @ So came Iaakob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Beth-el) hee and all the people that was with him.

geneva@Genesis:35:7 @ And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.

geneva@Genesis:35:12 @ Also I will giue the lande, which I gaue to Abraham and Izhak, vnto thee: and vnto thy seede after thee will I giue that land.

geneva@Genesis:35:20 @ And Jacob set a (note:)The ancient fathers used this ceremony to testify their hope of the resurrection to come, which was not generally revealed.(:note) pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

geneva@Genesis:35:22 @ And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and (note:)This teaches that the fathers were not chosen for their merits, but only by God's mercies, whose election was not changed by their faults.(:note) lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

geneva@Genesis:36:1 @ Now these [are] (note:)This genealogy declares that Esau was blessed physically and that his father's blessing took place in worldly things.(:note) the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.

geneva@Genesis:36:6 @ And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and (note:)In this, God's providence appears, which causes the wicked to give place to the godly, that Jacob might enjoy Canaan according to God's promise.(:note) went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:36:7 @ For their riches were so great, that they could not dwell together, and the lande, wherein they were strangers, coulde not receiue them because of their flockes.

geneva@Genesis:36:16 @ Duke Korah, Duke Gatam, Duke Amalek: these are the Dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these were the sonnes of Adah.

geneva@Genesis:36:17 @ And these are the sonnes of Reuel Esaus sonne: Duke Nahath, Duke Zerah, Duke Shammah, Duke Mizzah: these are the Dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom: these are the sonnes of Bashemath Esaus wife.

geneva@Genesis:36:24 @ And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the (note:)Who not contented with those kinds of beasts, which God had created, discovered the monstrous generation of mules between the ass and the mare.(:note) mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

geneva@Genesis:36:31 @ And these [are] the (note:)The wicked rise up suddenly to honour and perish as quickly: but the inheritance of the children of God continues forever, (Psa_102:28).(:note) kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

geneva@Genesis:37:4 @ So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.

geneva@Genesis:37:10 @ And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren: and his father (note:)Not despising the vision, but seeking to appease his brethren.(:note) rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

geneva@Genesis:37:11 @ And his brethren envied him; but his father (note:)He knew that God was the author of the dream, but he did not understand the meaning.(:note) observed the saying.

geneva@Genesis:37:22 @ Also Reuben saide vnto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pitte that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hande vpon him. Thus he said, that he might deliuer him out of their hand, and restore him to his father againe.

geneva@Genesis:37:23 @ Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured coate that was vpon him.

geneva@Genesis:37:24 @ And they took him, and cast (note:)Their hypocrisy appears in this that they feared man more than God: and thought it was not murder, if they did not shed his blood or had excuses to cover their fault.(:note) him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.

geneva@Genesis:37:36 @ And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an (note:)Or «eunuch», which does not always signify a man that is gelded, but also someone that is in some high position.(:note) officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.

geneva@Genesis:38:1 @ And it came to pass at that time, that (note:)Moses describes the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come from him.(:note) Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.

geneva@Genesis:38:9 @ And Onan knewe that the seede should not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his brothers wife, he spilled it on the grounde, least he should giue seede vnto his brother.

geneva@Genesis:38:14 @ Then she put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.

geneva@Genesis:38:16 @ And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he (note:)God miraculously blinded him so that he could not know her by her voice.(:note) knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

geneva@Genesis:38:18 @ Then he saide, What is the pledge that I shall giue thee? And she answered, Thy signet, and thy cloke, and thy staffe that is in thine hande. So he gaue it her, and lay by her, and she was with childe by him.

geneva@Genesis:38:21 @ Then asked he the men of that place, saying, Where is ye whore, that sate in Enaim by the way side? And they answered, There was no whore here.

geneva@Genesis:38:24 @ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be (note:)We see that the Law, which was written in man's heart, taught them that adultery should be punished with death, even though no law had been given yet.(:note) burnt.

geneva@Genesis:38:26 @ And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been (note:)That is, she ought rather to accuse me than I her.(:note) more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again for the horror of the sin condemned him. no more.

geneva@Genesis:38:27 @ Now, when the time was come that she should be deliuered, beholde, there were twinnes in her wombe.

geneva@Genesis:38:30 @ And afterward came out his brother that had the red threde about his hande, and his name was called Zarah.

geneva@Genesis:39:3 @ And his master sawe that the Lorde was with him, and that the Lorde made all that hee did to prosper in his hande.

geneva@Genesis:39:5 @ And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD (note:)The wicked are blessed by the company of the godly.(:note) blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

geneva@Genesis:39:6 @ And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; (note:)For he was sure that everything would prosper: therefore he ate and drank and did not worry.(:note) and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured.

geneva@Genesis:39:7 @ And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, (note:)In this word he declares the purpose she was working towards.(:note) Lie with me.

geneva@Genesis:39:8 @ But he refused and said to his masters wife, Beholde, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to mine hande.

geneva@Genesis:39:13 @ Nowe when she sawe that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,

geneva@Genesis:39:14 @ That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I (note:)This declares that in which lack of restraint exists and to this is joined extreme impudency and deceit.(:note) cried with a loud voice:

geneva@Genesis:39:15 @ And when he heard that I lift vp my voice and cryed, he left his garment with me, and fled away, and got him out.

geneva@Genesis:39:22 @ And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and (note:)That is, nothing was done without his commandment.(:note) whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it].

geneva@Genesis:39:23 @ And the keeper of the prison looked vnto nothing that was vnder his hande, seeing that the Lord was with him: for whatsoeuer he did, the Lorde made it to prosper.

geneva@Genesis:40:7 @ And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore looke ye so sadly to day?

geneva@Genesis:40:12 @ And Joseph said unto him, This (note:)He was reassured by the spirit of God, that his interpretation was true.(:note) [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

geneva@Genesis:40:16 @ When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had] three (note:)That is made of white twigs, or as some read, baskets full of holes.(:note) white baskets on my head:

geneva@Genesis:40:18 @ And Joseph answered and said, (note:)He shows that the ministers of God should not conceal that, which God reveals to them.(:note) This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

geneva@Genesis:40:20 @ And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's (note:)Which was an occasion to appoint his officers, and to examine those who were in prison.(:note) birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

geneva@Genesis:41:1 @ And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh (note:)This dream was not so much for Pharaoh, as is was a means to deliver Joseph and to provide for God's Church.(:note) dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

geneva@Genesis:41:8 @ And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was (note:)This fear was enough to teach him that this vision was sent by God.(:note) troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

geneva@Genesis:41:15 @ Then Pharaoh sayde to Ioseph, I haue dreamed a dreame, and no man can interprete it, and I haue hearde say of thee, that when thou hearest a dreame, thou canst interprete it.

geneva@Genesis:41:21 @ And when they had eaten them vp, it could not be knowen that they had eaten them, but they were still as euilfauoured, as they were at the beginning: so did I awake.

geneva@Genesis:41:27 @ Likewise the seuen thinne and euilfauoured kine, that came out after them, are seuen yeeres: and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East winde, are seuen yeeres of famine.

geneva@Genesis:41:28 @ This is the thing which I haue saide vnto Pharaoh, that God hath shewed vnto Pharaoh, what he is about to doe.

geneva@Genesis:41:30 @ Againe, there shall arise after them seuen yeeres of famine, so that all the plentie shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land:

geneva@Genesis:41:31 @ Neither shall the plentie bee knowen in the land, by reason of this famine that shall come after: for it shalbe exceeding great.

geneva@Genesis:41:35 @ Also let them gather all the foode of these good yeeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the hand of Pharaoh for foode, in the cities, and let them keepe it.

geneva@Genesis:41:36 @ So the foode shall be for the prouision of the lande, against the seuen yeeres of famine, which shalbe in the lande of Egypt, that the land perish not by famine.

geneva@Genesis:41:40 @ Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy (note:)Some read, «the people will kill your mouth», that is obey you in all things.(:note) word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

geneva@Genesis:41:46 @ And Joseph [was] (note:)His age is mentioned both to show that his authority came from God, and also that he endured imprisonment and exile for twelve years or more.(:note) thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:41:48 @ And hee gathered vp all the foode of the seuen plenteous yeeres, which were in the lande of Egypt, and layde vp foode in the cities: the foode of the fielde, that was round about euery citie, layde he vp in the same.

geneva@Genesis:41:53 @ So the seuen yeeres of the plentie that was in the land of Egypt were ended.

geneva@Genesis:42:1 @ Now when (note:)This story shows plainly that all things are governed by God's providence for the profit of his Church.(:note) Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye As men destitute of counsel. look one upon another?

geneva@Genesis:42:2 @ And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.

geneva@Genesis:42:5 @ And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:42:14 @ Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

geneva@Genesis:42:16 @ Send one of you which may fet your brother, & ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies.

geneva@Genesis:42:20 @ But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.

geneva@Genesis:42:21 @ And they said one to another, (note:)Affliction makes men acknowledge their faults, which otherwise they would conceal.(:note) We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

geneva@Genesis:42:23 @ (And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)

geneva@Genesis:42:25 @ So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.

geneva@Genesis:42:29 @ And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,

geneva@Genesis:42:34 @ And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land.

geneva@Genesis:43:7 @ And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?

geneva@Genesis:43:8 @ Then sayde Iudah to Israel his father, Send the boy with mee, that we may rise and goe, and that we may liue and not dye, both we, and thou, and our children.

geneva@Genesis:43:12 @ And take (note:)When we are in need or danger, God does not forbid us to use honest means to better our estate and condition.(:note) double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:

geneva@Genesis:43:14 @ And (note:)Our main trust should be in God, not in worldly means.(:note) God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be He speaks these words not so much in despair, but to make his sons more careful to return with their brother. bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved.

geneva@Genesis:43:18 @ And the men were (note:)So the judgment of God weighed on their consciences.(:note) afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

geneva@Genesis:43:25 @ And they made ready their present against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard say, that they should eate bread there)

geneva@Genesis:43:32 @ And they (note:)To signify his dignity.(:note) set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an The nature of the superstitions is to condemn all others in respect to themselves. abomination unto the Egyptians.

geneva@Genesis:43:34 @ And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, (note:)Sometimes this word means «to be drunken», but here it means that they had enough, and drank of the best wine.(:note) and were merry with him.

geneva@Genesis:44:2 @ And (note:)We may not use this example to justify any unlawful practices, seeing God has commanded us to walk in simplicity.(:note) put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

geneva@Genesis:44:5 @ [Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and (note:)Because the people thought he could divine, he attributes to himself that knowledge: or else he pretends that he consults with soothsayers: which deceit is worthy to be reproved.(:note) whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

geneva@Genesis:44:7 @ And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

geneva@Genesis:44:15 @ Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?

geneva@Genesis:44:17 @ But he answered, God forbid, that I should doe so, but the man, with whome the cuppe is founde, he shalbe my seruant, and go ye in peace vnto your father.

geneva@Genesis:44:20 @ And we answered my Lorde, We haue a father that is olde, and a young childe, which he begate in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.

geneva@Genesis:44:21 @ Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpo him.

geneva@Genesis:44:27 @ And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my (note:)Rachel bore to Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin.(:note) wife bare me two [sons]:

geneva@Genesis:44:30 @ Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)

geneva@Genesis:44:31 @ Then when hee shall see that the childe is not come, he will die: so shall thy seruants bring the graye head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue.

geneva@Genesis:44:34 @ For (note:)Meaning, he would rather remain as their prisoner, than to return and see his father in sorrow.(:note) how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

geneva@Genesis:45:1 @ Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, (note:)Not because he was ashamed of his kindred, but rather because he wanted to cover his brother's sin.(:note) Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

geneva@Genesis:45:2 @ And hee wept & cried, so that the Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh heard also.

geneva@Genesis:45:5 @ Now therefore be not (note:)This example teaches that we must by all means comfort those who are truly ashamed and sorry for their sins.(:note) grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

geneva@Genesis:45:10 @ And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.

geneva@Genesis:45:11 @ Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.

geneva@Genesis:45:12 @ And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] (note:)That is, that I speak in your own language and have no interpreter.(:note) my mouth that speaketh unto you.

geneva@Genesis:45:13 @ Therefore tel my father of al mine honour in Egypt, and of all that ye haue seene, and make haste, and bring my father hither.

geneva@Genesis:45:16 @ And the tidinges came vnto Pharaohs house, so that they said, Iosephs brethre are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants.

geneva@Genesis:45:24 @ So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye (note:)Seeing he had remitted the fault done to him, he did not want them to accuse one another.(:note) fall not out by the way.

geneva@Genesis:46:1 @ And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and (note:)By this he signified both that he worshipped the true God, and that he kept in his heart the possession of that land from which need drove him at that time.(:note) offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

geneva@Genesis:46:4 @ I will (note:)Conducting you by my power.(:note) go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely In your posterity. bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall Shall shut your eyes when you die: which belongs to him that was most dear or chief of the kindred. put his hand upon thine eyes.

geneva@Genesis:46:26 @ Al the soules, that came with Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes (beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, three score and sixe soules.

geneva@Genesis:46:27 @ Also the sonnes of Ioseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were two soules: so that al the soules of the house of Iaakob, which came into Egypt, are seuentie.

geneva@Genesis:46:30 @ And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, Now let me die, since I haue seene thy face, and that thou art yet aliue.

geneva@Genesis:46:32 @ And the men [are] (note:)He was not ashamed of his father and kindred, though they were of base condition.(:note) shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

geneva@Genesis:46:34 @ That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an (note:)God permits the world to hate his own, so they will forsake the filth of the world, and cling to him.(:note) abomination unto the Egyptians.

geneva@Genesis:47:1 @ Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

geneva@Genesis:47:2 @ And he took some of his brethren, [even] (note:)That the king might be assured that they had come, and to see what type of people they were.(:note) five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

geneva@Genesis:47:6 @ The (note:)Joseph's great modesty appears in that he would attempt nothing without the king's commandment.(:note) land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

geneva@Genesis:47:12 @ And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, (note:)Some read that he fed them as little babies, because they could not provide for themselves against that famine.(:note) according to [their] families.

geneva@Genesis:47:13 @ Now there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan were famished by reason of the famine.

geneva@Genesis:47:14 @ And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and (note:)In which he both declares his faithfulness to the king, and his freedom from covetousness.(:note) Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

geneva@Genesis:47:17 @ So they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph, and Ioseph gaue them bread for the horses, & for the flockes of sheepe, and for the heards of cattel, and for the asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattell that yeere.

geneva@Genesis:47:18 @ But when the yeere was ended, they came vnto him the next yeere, and sayd vnto him, We will not hide from my lord, that since our money is spent, and my lord hath the heards of the cattel, there is nothing left in the sight of my lorde, but our bodies and our ground.

geneva@Genesis:47:19 @ Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our (note:)For unless the ground is tilled and sown, it perishes and is as if it was dead.(:note) land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

geneva@Genesis:47:21 @ And as for the people, he (note:)By this changing they signified that they had nothing of their own, but received everything from the king's generosity.(:note) removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.

geneva@Genesis:47:28 @ Moreouer, Iaakob liued in the lande of Egypt seuenteene yeeres, so that the whole age of Iaakob was an hundreth fourtie and seuen yeere.

geneva@Genesis:47:29 @ Now when the time drewe neere that Israel must dye, he called his sonne Ioseph, and sayde vnto him, If I haue nowe founde grace in thy sight, put thine hand nowe vnder my thigh, and deale mercifully & truely with me: burie me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:47:30 @ But I will (note:)By this he demonstrated that he died in the faith of his fathers, teaching his children to hope for the promised land.(:note) lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

geneva@Genesis:47:31 @ And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel (note:)He rejoiced that Joseph had promised him, and setting himself up on his pillows, praised God; (1Ch_29:10).(:note) bowed himself upon the bed's head.

geneva@Genesis:48:1 @ And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his (note:)Joseph valued his children being received into Jacob's family, which was the Church of God, more than enjoying all the treasures of Egypt.(:note) two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

geneva@Genesis:48:10 @ (For the eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee coulde not well see) Then he caused them to come to him, & he kissed them and embraced them.

geneva@Genesis:48:17 @ And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it (note:)Joseph fails by binding God's grace to the order of nature.(:note) displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

geneva@Genesis:48:20 @ And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as (note:)In whom God's graces should manifestly appear.(:note) Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

geneva@Genesis:49:1 @ And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the (note:)When God will bring you out of Egypt, and because he speaks of the Messiah, he calls it the last days.(:note) last days.

geneva@Genesis:49:6 @ O my soul, come not thou into their (note:)Or, tongue: meaning that he neither consented to them in word or thought.(:note) secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a The Shechemites (Gen_34:26). man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

geneva@Genesis:49:15 @ And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shall bow his shoulder to beare, and shalbe subiect vnto tribute.

geneva@Genesis:49:17 @ Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, byting the horse heeles, so that his rider shall fall backward.

geneva@Genesis:49:25 @ Euen by the God of thy father, who shall helpe thee, and by the almightie, who shall blesse thee with heauenly blessinges from aboue, with blessings of the deepe, that lyeth beneath, with blessings of the brestes, and of the wombe.

geneva@Genesis:49:26 @ The blessings of thy father have (note:)In as much as he was closer to the accomplishment of the promise and it had been more often confirmed.(:note) prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was Either in dignity, or when he was sold from his brethren. separate from his brethren.

geneva@Genesis:49:29 @ And he charged them & sayd vnto them, I am ready to be gathered vnto my people: burie mee with my fathers in the caue, that is in the fielde of Ephron the Hittite,

geneva@Genesis:49:30 @ In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah besides Mamre in the land of Canaan: which caue Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to burie in.

geneva@Genesis:49:32 @ The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth.

geneva@Genesis:50:14 @ Then Ioseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and al that went vp with him to bury his father, after that he had buried his father.

geneva@Genesis:50:15 @ And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, (note:)An evil conscience is never fully at rest.(:note) Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

geneva@Genesis:50:17 @ So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the (note:)Meaning, that they who have one God should be joined in most sure love.(:note) God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

geneva@Genesis:50:20 @ When ye thought euill against mee, God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe, as it is this day, and saue much people aliue.

geneva@Exodus:1:1 @ Now (note:)Moses describes the wonderful order that God observes in performing his promise to Abraham; (Gen_15:14).(:note) these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. The Argument - After Jacob by God's commandment in (Gen_46:3) had brought his family into Egypt, where they remained for four hundred years, and from seventy people grew to an infinite number so that the king and the country endeavoured both by tyranny and cruel slavery to suppress them: the Lord according to his promise in (Gen_15:14) had compassion on his Church, and delivered them, but plagued their enemies in most strange and varied ways. The more the tyranny of the wicked raged against his Church, the more his heavy judgments increased against them, till Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the sea, which gave an entry and passage to the children of God. As the ingratitude of man is great, so they immediately forgot God's wonderful benefits and although he had given them the Passover as a sign and memorial of the same, yet they fell to distrust, and tempted God with various complaining and grudging against him and his ministers: sometimes out of ambition, sometimes lack of drink or meat to satisfy their lusts, sometimes idolatry, or such like. For this reason, God punished them with severe rods and plagues, that by his correction they might turn to him for help against his scourges, and earnestly repent for their rebellion and wickedness. Because God loves them to the end, whom he has once begun to love, he punished them not as they deserved, but dealt with them mercifully, and with new benefits laboured to overcome their malice: for he still governed them and gave them his word and Law, both concerning the way to serve him, and also the form of judgments and civil policy: with the intent that they would not serve God after as they pleased, but according to the order, that his heavenly wisdom had appointed.

geneva@Exodus:1:5 @ So al the soules, that came out of the loines of Iaakob, were seuentie soules: Ioseph was in Egypt already.

geneva@Exodus:1:6 @ Nowe Ioseph died and all his brethren, and that whole generation.

geneva@Exodus:1:21 @ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he (note:)That is, God increased the families of the Israelites by their means.(:note) made them houses.

geneva@Exodus:1:22 @ And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall (note:)When tyrants cannot prevail by deceit, they burst into open rage.(:note) cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

geneva@Exodus:2:2 @ And the woman coceiued and bare a sonne: and when she saw that he was faire, she hid him three moneths.

geneva@Exodus:2:8 @ And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the (note:)Man's counsel cannot hinder that which God has determined shall come to pass.(:note) child's mother.

geneva@Exodus:2:11 @ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was (note:)That is, was forty years old; (Act_7:23).(:note) grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

geneva@Exodus:2:12 @ And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he (note:)Being assured that God had appointed him to deliver the Israelites; (Act_7:25).(:note) slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

geneva@Exodus:2:13 @ Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellowe?

geneva@Exodus:2:20 @ And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye have left the man? (note:)In which he demonstrated a thankful mind, which would reward the good done to his.(:note) call him, that he may eat bread.

geneva@Exodus:2:23 @ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they (note:)God humbles his by afflictions, that they should cry to him, and receive the fruit of his promise.(:note) cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

geneva@Exodus:3:2 @ And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a (note:)This shows that the Church is not consumed by the fires of affliction, because God is in the midst of it.(:note) bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.

geneva@Exodus:3:4 @ And when the (note:)Whom he calls the angel in (Exo_3:2).(:note) LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I.

geneva@Exodus:3:8 @ And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land (note:)Most plentiful of all things.(:note) flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

geneva@Exodus:3:10 @ Come now therefore, and I will send thee vnto Pharaoh, that thou maiest bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:3:11 @ And Moses said unto God, Who [am] (note:)He does not fully disobey God, but acknowledges his own weakness.(:note) I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

geneva@Exodus:3:12 @ And he said, (note:)Neither fear your own weakness, or Pharaoh's tyranny.(:note) Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

geneva@Exodus:3:14 @ And God said unto Moses, I (note:)The God who has always been, am, and shall be: the God almighty, by whom all things have their being, and the God of mercy, mindful of my promise.(:note) AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

geneva@Exodus:3:16 @ Go & gather the Elders of Israel together, & thou shalt say vnto the, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Izhak, & Iaakob appeared vnto me, & said, I haue surely remembred you, & that which is done to you in Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:3:17 @ Therefore I did say, I wil bring you out of the affliction of Egypt vnto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, vnto a lande that floweth with milke and honie.

geneva@Exodus:3:18 @ And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may (note:)Because Egypt was full of idolatry, God would appoint them a place where they could serve him purely.(:note) sacrifice to the LORD our God.

geneva@Exodus:3:19 @ But I know, that the King of Egypt wil not let you goe, but by strong hande.

geneva@Exodus:3:20 @ Therefore will I stretch out mine hande and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will doe in the middes thereof: and after that shall he let you goe.

geneva@Exodus:3:21 @ And I will make this people to be fauoured of the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye shal not goe emptie.

geneva@Exodus:4:2 @ And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hande? And he answered, A rod.

geneva@Exodus:4:9 @ And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the (note:)Because these three signs should be sufficient witnesses to prove that Moses should deliver God's people.(:note) water of the river, and pour [it] upon the dry [land]: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land].

geneva@Exodus:4:11 @ Then the Lorde said vnto him, Who hath giuen the mouth to man? or who hath made the domme, or the deafe, or him that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lorde?

geneva@Exodus:4:13 @ And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou (note:)That is, the Messiah: or some other, that is more suitable than I.(:note) wilt send.

geneva@Exodus:4:14 @ And the (note:)Though we provoke God justly to anger, yet he will never reject his own.(:note) anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

geneva@Exodus:4:21 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will (note:)By receiving my spirit and delivering him to Satan to increase his anger.(:note) harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

geneva@Exodus:4:23 @ Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him goe, beholde, I will slay thy sonne, euen thy first borne.

geneva@Exodus:4:24 @ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and (note:)God punished him with sickness for neglecting his ordinances.(:note) sought to kill him.

geneva@Exodus:4:31 @ And the (note:)So that Moses had experience of God's promise that he would have good success.(:note) people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

geneva@Exodus:5:1 @ And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told (note:)Faith overcomes fear, and makes men bold in their calling.(:note) Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may And offer sacrifice. hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

geneva@Exodus:5:2 @ And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lorde, that I should heare his voyce, & let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.

geneva@Exodus:6:3 @ And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name (note:)By which he signifies that he will perform indeed that which he promised to their fathers: for this name declares that he is constant and will perform his promise.(:note) JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

geneva@Exodus:6:7 @ And I will (note:)He means, concerning the outward calling, the dignity of which they lost later by their rebellion: but as for election to life everlasting, it is unchangeable.(:note) take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

geneva@Exodus:6:8 @ And I will bring you into the land which I sware that I woulde giue to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, and I will giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:6:11 @ Go speak to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel goe out of his land.

geneva@Exodus:6:26 @ These [are] that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their (note:)For their families were so great, that they might be compared to armies.(:note) armies.

geneva@Exodus:6:27 @ These are that Moses and Aaron, which spake to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:6:28 @ And at that time when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the land of Egypt,

geneva@Exodus:6:29 @ When the Lorde, I say, spake vnto Moses, saying, I am the Lord, speake thou vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt all that I say vnto thee,

geneva@Exodus:6:30 @ And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of (note:)The disobedience both of Moses and of the people, shows that their deliverance came only from God's free mercy.(:note) uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

geneva@Exodus:7:2 @ Thou shalt speake all that I commaunded thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he suffer the children of Israel to go out of his land.

geneva@Exodus:7:4 @ But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great (note:)To strengthen Moses' faith, God promises again to punish most severely the oppression of his Church.(:note) judgments.

geneva@Exodus:7:5 @ Then the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

geneva@Exodus:7:11 @ Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the (note:)It seems that these were Jannes and Jambres; (2Ti_3:8) so the wicked maliciously resist the truth of God.(:note) sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

geneva@Exodus:7:16 @ And thou shalt say vnto him, The Lorde God of the Ebrewes hath sent me vnto thee, saying, Let my people goe, that they may serue mee in the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto thou wouldest not heare.

geneva@Exodus:7:17 @ Thus saith the Lorde, In this shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I wil smite with the rodde that is in mine hand vpon the water that is in the riuer, and it shalbe turned to blood.

geneva@Exodus:7:18 @ And the fish that is in the riuer shall dye, and the riuer shall stinke, and it shall grieue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the riuer.

geneva@Exodus:7:20 @ So Moses and Aaron did euen as the Lord commaunded: and hee lift vp the rodde, and smote the water that was in the riuer in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his seruants: and all the water that was in the riuer, was turned into blood.

geneva@Exodus:7:21 @ And the (note:)To show that it was a true miracle, God plagued them in that which was most needed for the preservation of life.(:note) fish that [was] in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:8:1 @ Afterward the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde, Let my people goe, that they may serue me:

geneva@Exodus:8:2 @ And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with (note:)There is nothing so weak that God cannot use it to overcome the greatest power of man.(:note) frogs:

geneva@Exodus:8:8 @ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, (note:)Not love but fear causes the infidels to seek God.(:note) Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:8:9 @ And Moses said vnto Pharaoh, Concerning me, euen command when I shall pray for thee, and for thy seruants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogges from thee and from thine houses, that they may remaine in the riuer only.

geneva@Exodus:8:10 @ Then he said, To morowe; he answered, Be it as thou hast said, that thou maiest know, that there is none like vnto the Lord our God.

geneva@Exodus:8:15 @ But when Pharaoh sawe that hee had rest giuen him, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.

geneva@Exodus:8:16 @ Againe the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretche out the rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may bee turned to lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:8:19 @ Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] (note:)They acknowledged that this was done by God's power and not by sorcery; (Luk_11:20).(:note) the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

geneva@Exodus:8:20 @ Moreouer the Lorde sayd to Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh (lo, hee will come forth vnto the water) and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serue me.

geneva@Exodus:8:22 @ But ye land of Goshe, where my people are, wil I cause to be wonderfull in that day, so that no swarmes of flies shalbe there, that thou maiest know that I am the Lorde in the middes of the earth.

geneva@Exodus:8:24 @ And the Lorde did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, so that through all the lande of Egypt, the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies.

geneva@Exodus:8:28 @ And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not (note:)So the wicked instruct God's messengers how far they may go.(:note) go very far away: intreat for me.

geneva@Exodus:8:29 @ And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal (note:)He could not judge his heart, but yet he charged him to do this honestly.(:note) deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:9:1 @ Then the Lorde said vnto Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people go, that they may serue me.

geneva@Exodus:9:13 @ Also the Lorde said vnto Moses, Rise vp early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people goe, that they may serue me.

geneva@Exodus:9:14 @ For I will at this time send all my plagues upon (note:)So that your own conscience will condemn you of ingratitude and malice.(:note) thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in all the earth.

geneva@Exodus:9:15 @ For nowe I will stretch out mine hande, that I may smite thee and thy people with the pestilence: and thou shalt perish from the earth.

geneva@Exodus:9:16 @ And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my (note:)That is, that all the world may magnify my power in overcoming you.(:note) name may be declared throughout all the earth.

geneva@Exodus:9:19 @ Send therefore now, [and] (note:)Here we see though God's wrath is kindled yet there is a certain mercy shown even to his enemies.(:note) gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

geneva@Exodus:9:21 @ And he that regarded not the (note:)The word of the minister is called the word of God.(:note) word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

geneva@Exodus:9:22 @ And the Lorde saide to Moses, Stretche foorth thine hande towarde heauen, that there may be haile in all the land of Egypt, vpon man, and vpon beast, and vpon all the herbes of the fielde in the lande of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:9:25 @ And the haile smote throughout al ye land of Egypt all that was in the fielde, both man and beast: also ye haile smote all the herbes of ye field, and brake to pieces all the trees of the fielde.

geneva@Exodus:9:28 @ Pray ye vnto the Lorde (for it is ynough) that there be no more mightie thunders and haile, and I will let you goe, and yee shall tarie no longer.

geneva@Exodus:9:29 @ Then Moses saide vnto him, Assoone as I am out of the citie, I will spreade mine hands vnto the Lorde, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more haile, that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the Lordes.

geneva@Exodus:9:30 @ But as for thee and thy servants, (note:)Meaning that when they have their request, they are never better off, even though they make many fair promises, in which we see the practices of the wicked.(:note) I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

geneva@Exodus:9:34 @ And when Pharaoh sawe that the raine and the haile and the thunder were ceased, hee sinned againe, and hardened his heart, both he, and his seruants.

geneva@Exodus:10:1 @ Againe the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Goe to Pharaoh: for I haue hardened his heart, and the heart of his seruants, that I might worke these my miracles in the middes of his realme,

geneva@Exodus:10:2 @ And that thou mayest tell in the (note:)The miracles would be so great, that they would be spoken of forever: where also we see the duty of parents toward their children.(:note) ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:10:3 @ And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse (note:)The purpose of affliction is that we humble ourselves with true repentance under the hand of God.(:note) to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

geneva@Exodus:10:5 @ And they shall couer the face of the earth, that a man can not see the earth: and they shall eate the residue which remaineth vnto you, and hath escaped from the haile: and they shall eate all your trees that bud in the fielde.

geneva@Exodus:10:7 @ And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a (note:)Meaning, the occasion of all these evils: so are the godly ever charged as Elijah was by Ahab.(:note) snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

geneva@Exodus:10:8 @ So Moses and Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharaoh, and he saide vnto them, Goe, serue the Lorde your God, but who are they that shall goe?

geneva@Exodus:10:10 @ And he said unto them, Let (note:)That is, I hope the degree of affection that the Lord has for you is no more than the degree to which I want to let you go.(:note) the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look [to it]; for Punishment is prepared for you. Some read, «You intend some mischief». evil [is] before you.

geneva@Exodus:10:11 @ It shall not be so: nowe goe ye that are men, and serue the Lorde: for that was your desire. Then they were thrust out from Pharaohs presence.

geneva@Exodus:10:12 @ After, the Lord said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hande vpon the lande of Egypt for the grashoppers, that they may come vpon the lande of Egypt, and eate all the herbes of the land, euen all that the haile hath left.

geneva@Exodus:10:13 @ Then Moses stretched foorth his rod vpon the lande of Egypt: and the Lorde brought an East winde vpon the land all that day, and al that night: and in the morning the East wind brought the grashoppers.

geneva@Exodus:10:15 @ For they couered all the face of the earth, so that the lande was darke: and they did eate all the herbes of the lande, and all the fruites of the trees, which the haile had left, so that there was no greene thing left vpon the trees, nor among the herbes of the fielde throughout all the lande of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:10:17 @ And nowe forgiue mee my sinne onely this once, and pray vnto the Lord your God, that hee may take away from me this death onely.

geneva@Exodus:10:21 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be (note:)Because it was so thick.(:note) felt.

geneva@Exodus:10:25 @ And Moses sayd, Thou must giue vs also sacrifices, and burnt offrings that wee may doe sacrifice vnto the Lord our God.

geneva@Exodus:11:2 @ Speake thou nowe to the people, that euery man require of his neighbour, & euery woman of her neighbour iewels of siluer & iewels of gold.

geneva@Exodus:11:5 @ And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind (note:)From the highest to the lowest.(:note) the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

geneva@Exodus:11:7 @ But against none of ye children of Israel shal a dogge moue his tongue, neyther against man nor beast, that ye may knowe that the Lord putteth a differece betweene the Egyptians & Israel.

geneva@Exodus:11:8 @ And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that (note:)That is, under the power and government.(:note) follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

geneva@Exodus:11:9 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; (note:)God hardens the hearts of the reprobate, that his glory by this might be set forth even more, (Rom_9:17).(:note) that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:12:9 @ Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his (note:)That is, all that may be eaten.(:note) head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

geneva@Exodus:12:15 @ Seuen daies shall ye eat vnleauened bread, and in any case ye shall put away leauen the first day out of your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread from the first daie vntill the seuenth day, that person shalbe cut off from Israel.

geneva@Exodus:12:16 @ And in the first day shalbe an holie assemblie: also in the seuenth day shalbe an holy assemblie vnto you: no worke shalbe done in them, saue about that which euery man must eate: that onely may ye do.

geneva@Exodus:12:17 @ Ye shall keepe also the feast of vnleauened bread: for that same daye I will bring your armies out of the lande of Egypt: therefore ye shal obserue this day, throughout your posteritie, by an ordinance for euer.

geneva@Exodus:12:19 @ Seuen daies shall no leauen be founde in your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, that person shalbe cut off from the Congregation of Israel: whether he bee a stranger, or borne in the land.

geneva@Exodus:12:22 @ And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basen, and strike the lintell, and the doore cheekes with the blood that is in the basen, and let none of you goe out at the doore of his house, vntill the morning.

geneva@Exodus:12:25 @ And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the (note:)The land of Canaan.(:note) land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

geneva@Exodus:12:27 @ That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people (note:)They gave God thanks for so great a benefit.(:note) bowed the head and worshipped.

geneva@Exodus:12:29 @ Nowe at midnight, the Lorde smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, from the first borne of Pharaoh that sate on his throne, vnto the first borne of the captiue that was in prison, and all the first borne of beastes.

geneva@Exodus:12:41 @ And it came to pass at the end of the (note:)From Abraham's departing from Ur in Chaldea to the departing of the children of Israel from Egypt are 430 years.(:note) four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:12:42 @ It is a night to be kept holie to the Lord, because he brought them out of the lande of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord, which all the children of Israel must keepe throughout their generations.

geneva@Exodus:12:44 @ But euerie seruant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

geneva@Exodus:12:48 @ But if a stranger dwell with thee, and will obserue the Passeouer of the Lorde, let him circumcise all the males, that belong vnto him, and then let him come and obserue it, & he shall be as one that is borne in the land: for none vncircumcised person shall eate thereof.

geneva@Exodus:12:49 @ One (note:)They that are of the household of God, must be all joined in one faith and religion.(:note) law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

geneva@Exodus:13:2 @ Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne: that is, euery one that first openeth the wombe among the children of Israel, as well of man as of beast: for it is mine.

geneva@Exodus:13:3 @ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of (note:)Where they were in most cruel slavery.(:note) bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be To signify that they did not have time to leaven their bread. eaten.

geneva@Exodus:13:4 @ This day came ye out in the month (note:)Containing part of March and part of April, when corn began to ripen in that country.(:note) Abib.

geneva@Exodus:13:5 @ Now when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites (which he sware vnto thy fathers, that he woulde giue thee, a land flowing with milke and honie) then thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth.

geneva@Exodus:13:8 @ And thou shalt shew thy son (note:)When you celebrate the feast of unleavened bread.(:note) in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:13:9 @ And it shall be for a sign unto thee (note:)You will constantly remember it, as you would of a thing that is in your hand, or before your eyes.(:note) upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:13:12 @ Then thou shalt set apart vnto the Lorde all that first openeth the wombe: also euery thing that first doeth open the wombe, and commeth forth of thy beast: the males shalbe the Lordes.

geneva@Exodus:13:15 @ For when Pharaoh was harde hearted against our departing, the Lord then slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt: from the first borne of man euen to the first borne of beast: therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that first open the wombe, but all the first borne of my sonnes I redeeme.

geneva@Exodus:13:16 @ And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.

geneva@Exodus:13:17 @ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they (note:)Which the Philistines would have made against them by blocking their passage.(:note) see war, and they return to Egypt:

geneva@Exodus:14:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, that they (note:)From toward the country of the Philistines.(:note) turn and encamp before So the Sea was before them, mountains on either side, and the enemies at their back: yet they obeyed God, and were delivered. Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

geneva@Exodus:14:4 @ And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will (note:)By punishing his obstinate rebellion.(:note) be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.

geneva@Exodus:14:5 @ Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice?

geneva@Exodus:14:7 @ And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and (note:)Josephus writes that besides those chariots, there were 50,000 horsemen, and 80,000 footmen.(:note) all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

geneva@Exodus:14:12 @ [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let (note:)Such is the impatience of the flesh, that it cannot wait for God's appointed time.(:note) us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

geneva@Exodus:14:15 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore (note:)Thus in temptation faith fights against the flesh, and cries with inward groanings to the Lord.(:note) criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

geneva@Exodus:14:17 @ And I, beholde, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, that they may followe them, and I wil get me honour vpon Pharaoh, & vpon all his host, vpon his charets, and vpon his horsemen.

geneva@Exodus:14:18 @ Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lorde, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, & vpon his horsemen.

geneva@Exodus:14:20 @ And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave (note:)The cloud gave light to the Israelites, but to the Egyptians it was darkness, so that their two groups could not join together.(:note) light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

geneva@Exodus:14:24 @ And it came to pass, that in the morning (note:)Which was about the last three hours of the night.(:note) watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

geneva@Exodus:14:25 @ For he tooke off their charet wheeles, and they draue them with much a doe: so that the Egyptians euery one sayd, I wil flee from the face of Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

geneva@Exodus:14:26 @ Then the Lord sayde to Moses, Stretche thine hand vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the Egyptians, vpon their charets and vpon their horsemen.

geneva@Exodus:14:28 @ So the water returned & couered the charets and the horsemen, euen all the hoste of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them: there remained not one of them.

geneva@Exodus:14:31 @ And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his (note:)That is, the doctrine which he taught them in the Name of the Lord.(:note) servant Moses.

geneva@Exodus:15:7 @ And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against (note:)Those who are enemies to God's people are his enemies.(:note) thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.

geneva@Exodus:15:26 @ And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is (note:)Which is, to do only what God commanded.(:note) right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.

geneva@Exodus:16:4 @ Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every (note:)To signify that they should patiently depend on God's providence from day to day.(:note) day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

geneva@Exodus:16:6 @ Then Moses and Aaron sayde vnto all the children of Israel, At euen ye shal know, that the Lord brought you out of the land of Egypt:

geneva@Exodus:16:7 @ And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; (note:)He did not give them Manna because they complained, but because of his promise.(:note) for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?

geneva@Exodus:16:8 @ And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the (note:)He that condemns God's ministers, condemns God himself.(:note) LORD.

geneva@Exodus:16:12 @ I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: tell them therefore, & say, At euen ye shal eate flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God)

geneva@Exodus:16:14 @ And when the dewe that was fallen was ascended, beholde, a small round thing was vpon the face of the wildernes, small as the hoare frost on the earth.

geneva@Exodus:16:18 @ And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no (note:)God richly feeds everyone, and no one can justly complain.(:note) lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

geneva@Exodus:16:23 @ And he answered them, This is that, which the Lord hath sayde, To morowe is the rest of the holy Sabbath vnto the Lorde: bake that to day which ye wil bake, and seethe that which ye wil seethe, and all that remaineth, lay it vp to be kept till the morning for you.

geneva@Exodus:16:25 @ And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not (note:)God took away the opportunity for their labour, to signify how holy he would have the Sabbath kept.(:note) find it in the field.

geneva@Exodus:16:27 @ And it came to pass, [that] there (note:)Their unfaithfulness was so great, that they did exactly the opposite of God's commandment.(:note) went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

geneva@Exodus:16:32 @ And Moses said, This is that which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an Omer of it, to keepe it for your posteritie: that they may see the bread wherewith I haue fed you in wildernesse, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:16:34 @ As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the (note:)That is, the Ark of the covenant that is, after the Ark was made.(:note) Testimony, to be kept.

geneva@Exodus:17:2 @ Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye (note:)Why do you distrust God? Why do you not look for comfort from him without complaining to us?(:note) tempt the LORD?

geneva@Exodus:17:6 @ Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke; Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:17:11 @ And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let (note:)So that we see how dangerous a thing it is to cease in prayer.(:note) down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

geneva@Exodus:17:16 @ Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.

geneva@Exodus:18:1 @ When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,

geneva@Exodus:18:2 @ Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had (note:)It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a hinderance to his calling, which was so dangerous, (Exo_4:25).(:note) sent her back,

geneva@Exodus:18:8 @ Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and howe the Lord deliuered them.

geneva@Exodus:18:10 @ And Jethro said, (note:)By this it is evident that he worshipped the true God, and therefore Moses did not refuse to marry his daughter.(:note) Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

geneva@Exodus:18:11 @ Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly (note:)For they that drowned the children of the Israelites, perished themselves by water.(:note) [he was] above them.

geneva@Exodus:18:14 @ And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?

geneva@Exodus:18:18 @ Thou both weariest thy selfe greatly, & this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heauie for thee: thou art not able to doe it thy selfe alone.

geneva@Exodus:18:19 @ Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to (note:)You judge in difficult cases, which cannot be decided without consulting with God.(:note) God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

geneva@Exodus:18:20 @ And admonish them of the ordinances, & of the lawes, & shew them the way, wherein they must walke, and the worke that they must do.

geneva@Exodus:18:24 @ So Moses (note:)Godly counsel should always be obeyed, even if it comes from our inferiors, for to such God often gives wisdom to humble those that are exalted, and to declare that one member has need of another.(:note) hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

geneva@Exodus:19:8 @ And the people answered all together, and sayd, All that the Lord hath commaunded, we will doe; Moses reported the wordes of the people vnto the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:19:9 @ And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare, whiles I talke with thee, and that they may also beleeue thee for euer. (for Moses had tolde the wordes of the people vnto the Lord)

geneva@Exodus:19:12 @ And thou shalt set markes vnto the people rounde about, saying, Take heede to your selues that ye goe not vp the mount, nor touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall surely die.

geneva@Exodus:19:15 @ And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] (note:)But give yourselves to prayer and abstinence, that you may at this time attend only upon the Lord, (1Co_7:5).(:note) wives.

geneva@Exodus:19:16 @ And the thirde day, when it was morning, there was thunders and lightnings, and a thicke cloude vpon the mount, and the sounde of the trumpet exceeding loude, so that all the people, that was in the campe, was afrayde.

geneva@Exodus:19:18 @ And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount (note:)God used these fearful signs, that his law would be held in greater reverence, and his majesty even more feared.(:note) quaked greatly.

geneva@Exodus:19:19 @ And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a (note:)He gave authority to Moses by plain words, that the people might understand him.(:note) voice.

geneva@Exodus:19:21 @ Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go down, charge the people, that they breake not their boundes, to go vp to the Lord to gaze, least many of them perish.

geneva@Exodus:19:24 @ And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the (note:)Neither dignity nor multitude have authority to pass the bounds that God's word prescribes.(:note) priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

geneva@Exodus:20:1 @ And God (note:)When Moses and Aaron were gone up, or had passed the bounds of the people, God spoke thus out of the mount Horeb, that all the people heard.(:note) spake all these words, saying,

geneva@Exodus:20:4 @ Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.

geneva@Exodus:20:5 @ Thou shalt not (note:)By this outward gesture, all forms of service and worship to idols is forbidden.(:note) bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a And will have revenge on those who condemn my honour. jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;

geneva@Exodus:20:6 @ And shewing mercy unto (note:)So ready is he rather to show mercy than to punish.(:note) thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

geneva@Exodus:20:7 @ Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in (note:)Either by swearing falsely or rashly by his Name, or by condemning it.(:note) vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

geneva@Exodus:20:10 @ But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

geneva@Exodus:20:11 @ For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

geneva@Exodus:20:12 @ Honour thy (note:)By parents it is also meant all that have authority over us.(:note) father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

geneva@Exodus:20:17 @ Thou shalt not (note:)You may not so much as wish his hinderance in anything.(:note) covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.

geneva@Exodus:20:20 @ And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to (note:)Whether you will obey his precepts as you promised in (Exo_19:8).(:note) prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

geneva@Exodus:20:22 @ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel, Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from heauen.

geneva@Exodus:20:26 @ Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy (note:)Which might be by his stooping or flying up of his clothes.(:note) nakedness be not discovered thereon.

geneva@Exodus:21:7 @ And if a man (note:)Forced either by poverty, or else with the intent that the master should marry her.(:note) sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

geneva@Exodus:21:12 @ He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:13 @ And if a man lie not in wait, but (note:)Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it should so be.(:note) God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

geneva@Exodus:21:14 @ But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine (note:)The holiness of the place should not defend the murderer.(:note) altar, that he may die.

geneva@Exodus:21:15 @ Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:16 @ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shal die the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:17 @ And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

geneva@Exodus:21:19 @ If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote [him] be (note:)By the civil justice.(:note) quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.

geneva@Exodus:21:22 @ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no (note:)Or, «death»: of the mother or child in the event she miscarries. Also the death on the unborn infant.(:note) mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine].

geneva@Exodus:21:28 @ If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely (note:)If the beast be punished, much more shall the murderer.(:note) stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.

geneva@Exodus:21:30 @ If there be laid on him a (note:)By the next of the kindred of him that is so slain.(:note) sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

geneva@Exodus:21:35 @ And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

geneva@Exodus:21:36 @ Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.

geneva@Exodus:22:2 @ If a thief be found (note:)Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining.(:note) breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.

geneva@Exodus:22:3 @ If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] (note:)He shall be put to death that kills him.(:note) blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

geneva@Exodus:22:6 @ If fire breake out, and catche in ye thornes, and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fielde be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

geneva@Exodus:22:13 @ If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring (note:)He shall show some part of the beast or bring in witnesses.(:note) it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.

geneva@Exodus:22:15 @ [But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it (note:)He that hired it shall be free by paying the hire.(:note) came for his hire.

geneva@Exodus:22:16 @ And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.

geneva@Exodus:22:20 @ Hee that offereth vnto any gods, saue vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine.

geneva@Exodus:22:25 @ If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.

geneva@Exodus:22:27 @ For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he (note:)For cold and necessity.(:note) crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.

geneva@Exodus:23:2 @ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause (note:)Do that which is godly, though few favour it.(:note) to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:

geneva@Exodus:23:5 @ If thou see the (note:)If God commands us to help our enemy's donkey under his burden, will he suffer us to cast down our brethren with heavy burdens?(:note) ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

geneva@Exodus:23:11 @ But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shal eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.

geneva@Exodus:23:12 @ Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.

geneva@Exodus:23:13 @ And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make (note:)Neither by swearing by them, nor speaking of them, (Psa_16:4; Eph_5:3).(:note) no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

geneva@Exodus:23:15 @ Thou shalt keep the feast of (note:)That is, Easter, in remembrance that the angel passed over and spared the Israelites, when he slew the first born of the Egyptians.(:note) unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

geneva@Exodus:23:16 @ And the (note:)Which is Whit Sunday, in token that the law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt.(:note) feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the This is the feast of tabernacles, signifying that they lived for 40 years in the tents or the tabernacles in the wilderness. feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

geneva@Exodus:23:19 @ The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his (note:)Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled.(:note) mother's milk.

geneva@Exodus:23:22 @ But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, & do all that I speake, the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.

geneva@Exodus:24:7 @ After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.

geneva@Exodus:24:8 @ And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the (note:)Which signifies that the covenant broken cannot be satisfied without shedding of blood.(:note) blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

geneva@Exodus:24:12 @ And the LORD (note:)The second time.(:note) said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee Signifying the hardness of our hearts, unless God writes his laws in it by his Spirit, (Jer_31:33; Eze_11:19; 2Co_3:3; Heb_8:10, Heb_10:16) tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach That is, the people. them.

geneva@Exodus:24:17 @ And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like (note:)The Lord appears like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them that he draws with his Spirit, he is like pleasant sapphire.(:note) devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:25:8 @ And let them make me a (note:)A place both to offer sacrifice, and to hear the law.(:note) sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

geneva@Exodus:25:9 @ According to all that I shewe thee, euen so shall ye make the forme of the Tabernacle, and the facion of all the instruments thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:12 @ And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it, and put them in the foure corners thereof: that is, two rings shalbe on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:26 @ After, thou shalt make for it foure ringes of golde, and shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure feete thereof:

geneva@Exodus:25:28 @ And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, and shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them.

geneva@Exodus:25:33 @ Three boules like vnto almondes, one knop and one floure in one braunch: and three boules like almondes in the other branch, one knop and one floure: so throughout the sixe branches that come out of the Candlesticke.

geneva@Exodus:25:37 @ And thou shalt make the seuen lampes thereof: and the lampes thereof shalt thou put theron, to giue light toward that that is before it.

geneva@Exodus:25:40 @ Looke therefore that thou make them after their facion, that was shewed thee in the mountaine.

geneva@Exodus:26:4 @ And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge (note:)On the side that the curtains might be tied together.(:note) in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.

geneva@Exodus:26:5 @ Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the (note:)In tying together both the sides.(:note) second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

geneva@Exodus:26:11 @ Likewise thou shalt make fifty taches of brasse, & fasten them on the strings, & shalt couple the couering together, that it may be one.

geneva@Exodus:26:12 @ And the (note:)For these curtains were two cubits longer than the curtain of the tabernacle so that they were wider by a cubit of both sides.(:note) remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

geneva@Exodus:26:13 @ That the cubite on the one side, & the cubite on the other side of that which is left in the legth of the curtaines of ye couering, may remaine on either side of the Tabernacle to couer it.

geneva@Exodus:26:14 @ And thou shalt make a (note:)To be put on the covering that was made of goats hair.(:note) covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] This was the third covering of the tabernacle. badgers' skins.

geneva@Exodus:26:24 @ And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be (note:)The Hebrew word signifies twins declaring that they should be as perfect and well joined as possible.(:note) coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

geneva@Exodus:26:25 @ So they shalbe eight boardes hauing sockets of siluer, euen sixteene sockets, that is, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder an other boarde.

geneva@Exodus:26:33 @ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the (note:)In which only the high priest entered and only once a year.(:note) most holy.

geneva@Exodus:27:4 @ And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.

geneva@Exodus:27:5 @ And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.

geneva@Exodus:27:20 @ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive (note:)Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten.(:note) beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

geneva@Exodus:28:1 @ And cause thou thy brother Aaron to come vnto thee and his sonnes with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serue me in the Priestes office: I meane Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar Aarons sonnes.

geneva@Exodus:28:3 @ And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to (note:)Which is to separate him from the rest.(:note) consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:28:4 @ And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an (note:)A short an straight coat without sleeves, put on top of his garments to keep them close to him.(:note) ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:28:11 @ Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde.

geneva@Exodus:28:15 @ And thou shalt make the breastplate of (note:)It was so called, because the high priest could not give sentence in judgment without that on his breast.(:note) judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

geneva@Exodus:28:28 @ Thus they shall binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it may be fast vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate be not loosed from the Ephod.

geneva@Exodus:28:30 @ And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the (note:)Urim signifies light, and thummim perfection: declaring that the stones of the breastplate were most clear, and of perfect beauty: by urim also is meant knowledge, and thummim holiness, showing what virtues are required in the priests.(:note) Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

geneva@Exodus:28:32 @ And the hole for his head shalbe in the middes of it, hauing an edge of wouen woorke rounde about the coller of it: so it shalbe as the coller of an habergeon that it rent not.

geneva@Exodus:28:34 @ That is, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe.

geneva@Exodus:28:38 @ And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may (note:)Their offerings could not be so perfect, but some fault would be in them: which sin the high priest bore and pacified God.(:note) bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:28:41 @ And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and (note:)Or «fill their hands», by giving them things to offer and therefore admit them to their office.(:note) consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:28:43 @ And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they (note:)In not hiding their nakedness.(:note) bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

geneva@Exodus:29:10 @ And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall (note:)Signifying that the sacrifice was also offered for them, and that they approved it.(:note) put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

geneva@Exodus:29:13 @ Also thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, that is on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and shalt burne them vpon the altar.

geneva@Exodus:29:21 @ And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] (note:)With which the Altar must be sprinkled.(:note) upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

geneva@Exodus:29:22 @ Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a (note:)Which is offered for the consecration of the high priest.(:note) ram of consecration:

geneva@Exodus:29:23 @ And one loafe of bread, and one cake of bread tempered with oyle, and one wafer, out of the basket of the vnleauened bread that is before the Lorde.

geneva@Exodus:29:30 @ That sonne that shalbe Priest in his steade, shall put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.

geneva@Exodus:29:32 @ And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of the ram, & the bread that is in the basket, at the doore of ye Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

geneva@Exodus:29:36 @ And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for (note:)To appease God's wrath that sin may be pardoned.(:note) atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

geneva@Exodus:29:38 @ Nowe this is that which thou shalt present vpon the altar: euen two lambes of one yere olde, day by day continually.

geneva@Exodus:29:46 @ And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: (note:)It is I the Lord, that am their God.(:note) I [am] the LORD their God.

geneva@Exodus:30:4 @ Besides this thou shalt make vnder this crowne two golden rings on either side: euen on euery side shalt thou make them, that they may be as places for the barres to beare it withall.

geneva@Exodus:30:6 @ And thou shalt put it (note:)That is, in the sanctuary, and not in the holiest of all.(:note) before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

geneva@Exodus:30:12 @ When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man (note:)By which he testified that he redeemed his life which he had forfeit, as is declared by David, (2Sa_24:1).(:note) a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.

geneva@Exodus:30:13 @ This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the (note:)This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver.(:note) shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

geneva@Exodus:30:14 @ All that are nombred from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall giue an offring to the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:30:16 @ So thou shalt take the money of the redemption of the children of Israel, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that it may be a memoriall vnto the children of Israel before the Lorde for the redemption of your liues.

geneva@Exodus:30:19 @ For Aaron and his sons shall (note:)Signifying that he that comes to God must be washed from all sin and corruption.(:note) wash their hands and their feet thereat:

geneva@Exodus:30:21 @ So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute (note:)So long as the priesthood shall last.(:note) for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

geneva@Exodus:30:29 @ So thou shalt sanctifie them, & they shalbe most holy: all that shal touch them, shalbe holy.

geneva@Exodus:30:30 @ Thou shalt also anoint Aaron & his sonnes, & shalt consecrate them, that they may minister vnto me in the Priests office.

geneva@Exodus:30:38 @ Whosoeuer shal make like vnto that to smell thereto, euen he shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Exodus:31:3 @ And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of (note:)This shows that handicrafts are the gifts of God's spirit, and therefore ought to be esteemed.(:note) workmanship,

geneva@Exodus:31:6 @ And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are (note:)I have instructed them, and increased their knowledge.(:note) wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

geneva@Exodus:31:7 @ That is, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimonie, & the Merciseate that shalbe therupon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle:

geneva@Exodus:31:11 @ And the (note:)Which was only to anoint the Priests and the instruments of the tabernacle, not to burn.(:note) anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy [place]: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

geneva@Exodus:31:13 @ Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, (note:)Though I command that these works be done, yet I do not want you to break my Sabbath days.(:note) Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.

geneva@Exodus:31:14 @ Ye shall keep the (note:)God repeats this point because the whole keeping of the law stands in the true use of the sabbath, which is to stop working and so obey the will of God.(:note) sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

geneva@Exodus:31:16 @ Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant.

geneva@Exodus:32:1 @ And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, (note:)The root of Idolatry is when men think that God is not present, unless they see him physically.(:note) make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

geneva@Exodus:32:2 @ And Aaron said unto them, (note:)Thinking that they would rather abandon idolatry, than give up their most precious jewels.(:note) Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.

geneva@Exodus:32:3 @ And all the people brake off the (note:)Such is the rage of idolaters, that they spare no cost to satisfy their wicked desires.(:note) golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.

geneva@Exodus:32:10 @ Now (note:)God shows that the prayers of the godly hold back his punishment.(:note) therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

geneva@Exodus:32:13 @ Remember (note:)That is, your promise made to Abraham.(:note) Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.

geneva@Exodus:32:18 @ Who answered, It is not the noyse of them that haue the victorie, nor the noyse of them that are ouercome: but I do heare ye noyse of singing.

geneva@Exodus:32:21 @ Also Moses said vnto Aaron, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?

geneva@Exodus:32:22 @ Then Aaron answered, Let not the wrath of my Lord waxe fearce: Thou knowest this people, that they are euen set on mischiefe.

geneva@Exodus:32:23 @ And they sayde vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.)

geneva@Exodus:32:24 @ Then I sayde to them, Ye that haue golde, plucke it off: and they brought it me, & I did cast it into the fire, and thereof came this calfe.

geneva@Exodus:32:25 @ And when Moses saw that the people [were] (note:)Both destitute of God's favour, and an occasion for their enemies to speak evil of their God.(:note) naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)

geneva@Exodus:32:27 @ And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and (note:)This fact did so please God, that he turned the curse of Jacob against Levi to a blessing, (Deu_33:9).(:note) slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

geneva@Exodus:32:29 @ For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his (note:)In revenging God's glory we must have no partiality to person, but lay aside all carnal affection.(:note) son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

geneva@Exodus:32:32 @ Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, (note:)He esteemed the glory of God so much, that he preferred it even to his own salvation.(:note) out of thy book which thou hast written.

geneva@Exodus:32:33 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my (note:)I will make it known that he was never predestined in my eternal counsel to life everlasting.(:note) book.

geneva@Exodus:33:3 @ To a lande, I say, that floweth with milke and hony: for I will not goe vp with thee, because thou art a stiffe necked people, least I consume thee in the way.

geneva@Exodus:33:5 @ For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know (note:)That I may either show mercy if you repent, or else punish your rebellion.(:note) what to do unto thee.

geneva@Exodus:33:13 @ Nowe therefore, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, shewe mee nowe thy way, that I may knowe thee, and that I may finde grace in thy sight: consider also that this nation is thy people.

geneva@Exodus:33:14 @ And he said, My (note:)Signifying that the Israelites would exceed all other people, through God's favour; (Exo_33:16).(:note) presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.

geneva@Exodus:33:16 @ And wherein nowe shal it be knowen, that I and thy people haue found fauour in thy sight? Shall it not be when thou goest with vs? so I, and thy people shall haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the earth.

geneva@Exodus:33:17 @ And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, I will doe this also that thou hast saide: for thou hast founde grace in my sight, and I knowe thee by name.

geneva@Exodus:33:19 @ And he said, I will make all my (note:)My mercy and fatherly care.(:note) goodness pass before thee, and I will See (Exo_34:6-7). proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew For finding nothing in man that deserves mercy, he will freely give his. mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

geneva@Exodus:34:1 @ And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Hewe thee two Tables of stone, like vnto the first, and I will write vpon the Tables the wordes that were in the first Tables, which thou brakest in pieces.

geneva@Exodus:34:2 @ And be ready in ye morning, that thou mayest come vp earely vnto the mount of Sinai, and waite there for me in the top of the mount.

geneva@Exodus:34:9 @ And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; (note:)Seeing the people are of this nature, the rulers need to call on God that he would always be present with his Spirit.(:note) for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

geneva@Exodus:34:10 @ And he answered, Behold, I will make a couenant before all thy people, and will do marueiles, such as haue not bene done in all the worlde, neyther in all nations: and all the people among whom thou art, shal see the worke of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

geneva@Exodus:34:11 @ Keepe diligently that which I commande thee this day: Beholde, I will cast out before thee the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.

geneva@Exodus:34:17 @ Thou shalt make thee no (note:)As gold, silver, brass, or anything that is molten: in this is condemned all types idols, no matter what they are made of.(:note) molten gods.

geneva@Exodus:34:19 @ Euery male, that first openeth the wombe, shalbe mine: also all the first borne of thy flocke shalbe rekoned mine, both of beeues and sheepe.

geneva@Exodus:34:22 @ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering (note:)Which was in September, when the days got shorter, that is, the end of their calendar year.(:note) at the year's end.

geneva@Exodus:34:29 @ So when Moses came downe fro mount Sinai, the two Tables of the Testimonie were in Moses hande, as hee descended from the mount: (nowe Moses wist not that the skinne of his face shone bright, after that God had talked with him.

geneva@Exodus:34:32 @ And afterwarde all the children of Israel came neere, and he charged them with al that the Lord had said vnto him in mount Sinai.

geneva@Exodus:35:1 @ Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them:

geneva@Exodus:35:10 @ And every wise (note:)See (Exo_28:3).(:note) hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;

geneva@Exodus:35:11 @ That is, the Tabernacle, that pauilion thereof, and his couering, and his taches & his boards, his barres, his pillars and his sockets,

geneva@Exodus:35:22 @ Both men & women, as many as were free hearted, came and brought taches and earings, and rings, and bracelets, all were iewels of golde: and euery one that offered an offring of gold vnto the Lord:

geneva@Exodus:35:24 @ All that offered an oblation of siluer and of brasse, brought the offring vnto the Lord: and euery one, that had Shittim wood for any maner worke of the ministration, brought it.

geneva@Exodus:35:25 @ And all the women that were (note:)Who were witty and expert.(:note) wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, [both] of blue, and of purple, [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen.

geneva@Exodus:35:34 @ And he hath put in his heart that hee may teach other: both hee, and Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan:

geneva@Exodus:35:35 @ Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner (note:)Belonging to graving or carving, or such like.(:note) of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

geneva@Exodus:36:1 @ Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the (note:)By the sanctuary he means all the tabernacle.(:note) sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

geneva@Exodus:36:2 @ For Moses had called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and all the wise hearted men, in whose heartes the Lorde had giuen wisedome, euen as many as their hearts encouraged to come vnto that worke to worke it.

geneva@Exodus:36:4 @ So all the wise men, that wrought all the holy worke, came euery man from his worke which they wrought,

geneva@Exodus:36:8 @ And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] (note:)Which were little pictures with wings in the form of children.(:note) cherubims of cunning work made he them.

geneva@Exodus:36:18 @ He made also fiftie taches of brasse to couple the couering that it might be one.

geneva@Exodus:37:3 @ And cast for it foure rings of golde for the foure corners of it: that is, two rings for the one side of it, & two rings for the other side thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:8 @ One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the [other] end on that side: out (note:)Of the same material that the mercyseat was.(:note) of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:13 @ And he cast for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:19 @ In one branche three bolles made like almondes, a knop & a floure: and in another branch three bolles made like almondes, a knop and a floure: and so throughout the sixe branches that proceeded out of the Candlesticke.

geneva@Exodus:37:21 @ That is, vnder euery two branches a knop made thereof, & a knop vnder the second branch thereof, and a knop vnder the thirde branche thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of it.

geneva@Exodus:38:4 @ And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the (note:)So that the gridiron or grate was half as high as the altar and stood within it.(:note) midst of it.

geneva@Exodus:38:8 @ And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the (note:)R. Kimbi says that the women brought their looking glasses, which were of brass or fine metal, and offered them freely for the use of the tabernacle: which was a bright thing and of great majesty.(:note) lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Exodus:38:22 @ So Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:38:24 @ All ye gold that was occupied in all ye worke wrought for the holy place (which was the gold of the offring) was nine and twentie talents, and seuen hundreth and thirtie shekels, according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Exodus:38:25 @ But the siluer of them that were numbred in the Congregation, was an hundreth talents, and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Exodus:38:26 @ A portion for a man, that is, halfe a shekel after ye shekel of the Sanctuarie, for all them that were numbred from twentie yeere olde & aboue, among sixe hundreth thousande, and three thousand, and fiue hundreth and fiftie men.

geneva@Exodus:39:5 @ And the broydred garde of his Ephod that was vpon him, was of the same stuffe, and of like worke: euen of golde, of blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:21 @ Then they fastened the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it might bee fast vpon the broydered garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate should not be loosed fro the Ephod, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:23 @ And (note:)Where he could put his head through.(:note) [there was] an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

geneva@Exodus:39:32 @ Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of the Congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to al that the Lord had commanded Moses: so dyd they.

geneva@Exodus:39:42 @ According to all that the LORD (note:)Signifying that in God's matters man may neither add, nor diminish.(:note) commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

geneva@Exodus:40:2 @ On the (note:)After that Moses had been 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, that is, from the beginning of August to the tenth of September, he came down, and caused this work to be done: which when finished, was set up in Abib, half March and half April.(:note) first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

geneva@Exodus:40:9 @ After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy.

geneva@Exodus:40:10 @ And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie.

geneva@Exodus:40:13 @ And thou shalt put vpon Aaron the holy garmentes, and shalt anoynt him, and sanctifie him, that he may minister vnto me in the Priestes office.

geneva@Exodus:40:15 @ And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing (note:)Till both the priesthood and the ceremonies should end, which is at Christ's coming.(:note) shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

geneva@Exodus:40:16 @ So Moses did according to all that ye Lorde had commanded him: so did he.

geneva@Exodus:40:19 @ And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:40:37 @ But if the cloude ascended not, then they iourneyed not till the day that it ascended.

geneva@Leviticus:1:1 @ And the (note:)By this Moses declares that he taught nothing to the people but that which he received from God.(:note) LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, The Argument - As God daily by most singular benefits declared himself mindful of his Church: he did not want them to have opportunity to trust either in themselves, or to depend on others, either for lack of physical things, or anything that belonged to his divine service and religion. Therefore he ordained various kinds of duties and sacrifices, to assure them of forgiveness for their offences (if they offered them in true faith and obedience.) Also he appointed the priests and levites, their apparel, offices, conversation and portion; he showed what feasts they should observe, and when. Moreover, he declares by these sacrifices and ceremonies that the reward of sin is death, and that without the blood of Christ the innocent Lamb, there can be no forgiveness of sins. Because they should not give priority to their own inventions (which God detested, as appears by the terrible example of Nadab and Abihu) he prescribed even to the least things, what they should do, what beasts they should offer and eat, what diseases were contagious and to be avoided, how they should purge all types of filthiness and pollution, whose company they should flee, what marriages were lawful, and what customs were profitable. After declaring these things, he promised favour and blessing to those who keep his laws, and threatened his curse to those who transgressed them.

geneva@Leviticus:1:5 @ And (note:)A priest of the Levites.(:note) he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the Of the burnt offering, (Exo_27:1). altar that [is by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:1:8 @ Then the Priestes Aarons sonnes shall lay the parts in order, the head & the kall vpon the wood that is in the fire which is vpon the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:1:12 @ And he shall cut it in pieces, separating his head and his kall, and the Priest shall lay them in order vpon the wood that lyeth in the fire which is on the altar:

geneva@Leviticus:1:17 @ And he shall cleaue it with his wings, but not deuide it asunder: and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar vpon the wood that is in the fire: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:2:2 @ And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and (note:)The priest.(:note) he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the To signify that God remembers him that offers. memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

geneva@Leviticus:2:10 @ But that which is left of the meate offring, shalbe Aarons and his sonnes: for it is most holy of the offrings of the Lorde made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:2:16 @ And the Priest shall burne the memoriall of it, euen of that that is beaten, and of the oyle of it, with all the incense thereof: for it is an offring vnto the Lorde made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:3:3 @ And he shall (note:)One part was burnt, another was to the priests, and the third to him that offered.(:note) offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

geneva@Leviticus:3:4 @ He shall also take away the two kidneis, & the fat that is on them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:3:5 @ And Aarons sonnes shall burne it on the altar, with the burnt offering, which is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: this is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:3:9 @ And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering (note:)The burnt offering was completely consumed, and of the offering made by fire only the inner parts were burnt: the shoulder and breast, with the two jaws and the stomach were the priests, and the rest his that offered.(:note) an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, [and] the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

geneva@Leviticus:3:10 @ Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is vpon them, & vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:3:14 @ Then he shall offer thereof his offring, euen an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is vpon the inwardes.

geneva@Leviticus:3:15 @ Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon ye flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:3:17 @ [It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither (note:)Eating fat was a symbol of carnality, and eating blood signified cruelty.(:note) fat nor blood.

geneva@Leviticus:4:3 @ If (note:)Meaning, the high priest.(:note) the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

geneva@Leviticus:4:4 @ And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and (note:)By this confessing that he deserved the same punishment which the beast suffered.(:note) kill the bullock before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:4:5 @ And the Priest that is anointed shall take of the bullocks blood, and bring it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:4:8 @ And hee shall take away all the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offring: to wit, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is about the inwardes.

geneva@Leviticus:4:9 @ He shall take away also the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis,

geneva@Leviticus:4:15 @ And the (note:)For all the people could not lay on their hands: therefore it was sufficient that the elders of the people did it in the name of all the congregation.(:note) elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:4:16 @ Then the Priest that is anointed, shall bring of the bullockes blood into the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

geneva@Leviticus:4:18 @ Also he shall put some of ye blood vpon the hornes of the altar, which is before the Lord, that is in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then shall he powre all the rest, of the blood at ye foote of the altar of burnt offring, which is at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

geneva@Leviticus:4:24 @ And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it (note:)That is, the priest shall kill it; for it was not lawful for any out of that office to kill the beast.(:note) in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering.

geneva@Leviticus:4:33 @ And he shall lay his (note:)Meaning that the punishment of his sin should be laid on the beast, or, that he had received all things from God, and offered this willingly.(:note) hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

geneva@Leviticus:4:35 @ And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, (note:)Or, besides the burnt offerings, which were daily offered to the Lord.(:note) according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:5:3 @ Eyther if hee touche any vncleannesse of man (whatsoeuer vncleannes it be, that hee is defiled with) and is not ware of it, and after commeth to the knowledge of it, he hath sinned:

geneva@Leviticus:5:4 @ Or if a soul (note:)Or, vow rashly without just examination of the circumstances, and not knowing what shall be the issue of the same.(:note) swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these.

geneva@Leviticus:5:5 @ And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these (note:)Which have been mentioned before in this chapter.(:note) [things], that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that [thing]:

geneva@Leviticus:5:10 @ And he shall offer the second [for] a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall (note:)Or, declare him to be purged of that sin.(:note) make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:5:11 @ But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an (note:)Which was about a half gallon.(:note) ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no As in the meat offering, (Lev_2:1). oil upon it, neither shall he put [any] frankincense thereon: for it [is] a sin offering.

geneva@Leviticus:5:13 @ So the Priest shal make an atonement for him, as touching his sinne that he hath committed in one of these poyntes, and it shall bee forgiuen him: and the remnant shalbe the Priests, as the meate offring.

geneva@Leviticus:5:16 @ So hee shall restore that wherein hee hath offended, in taking away of the holy thing, and shall put the fift part more thereto, and giue it vnto the Priest: so the Priest shal make an atonement for him with the ram of ye trespasse offring, and it shalbe forgiuen him.

geneva@Leviticus:5:17 @ And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist [it] not, yet is he guilty, and shall (note:)That is, remembers after that he has sinned when his conscience accuses him.(:note) bear his iniquity.

geneva@Leviticus:6:2 @ If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in (note:)To give, and occupy for the use of him that gave it.(:note) fellowship, or in a thing taken away by By any deceit, or unlawful means. violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

geneva@Leviticus:6:3 @ Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, (note:)In which he cannot but sin: or, in which a man accustoms to sin by perjury or such like thing.(:note) sinning therein:

geneva@Leviticus:6:4 @ When, I say, he thus sinneth & trespasseth, he shall then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which hee tooke by force, or the thing which was deliuered him to keepe, or the lost thing which he founde,

geneva@Leviticus:6:5 @ Or for whatsoeuer he hath sworne falsely, he shall both restore it in the whole summe, and shall adde the fift parte more thereto, and giue it vnto him to whome perteyneth, the same day that he offreth for trespasse.

geneva@Leviticus:6:10 @ And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon (note:)Upon his secret parts, (Exo_28:42).(:note) his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the In the ash pans appointed for that use. altar.

geneva@Leviticus:6:22 @ And the priest of his sons that is (note:)His son that shall succeed him.(:note) anointed in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.

geneva@Leviticus:6:26 @ The Priest that offreth this sinne offring, shall eate it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of ye Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:6:27 @ Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any (note:)Meaning, the garment of the priest.(:note) garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

geneva@Leviticus:7:3 @ And (note:)the high priest.(:note) he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

geneva@Leviticus:7:4 @ After he shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is on them & vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.

geneva@Leviticus:7:7 @ As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is] one (note:)The same ceremonies, even though this word trespass signifies less then sin.(:note) law for them: the priest that maketh atonement Meaning, the rest which is left and not burnt. therewith shall have [it].

geneva@Leviticus:7:8 @ Also the Priest that offereth any mans burnt offring, shall haue the skinne of the burnt offring which he hath offered.

geneva@Leviticus:7:9 @ And all the meate offring that is baken in the ouen, and that is dressed in the pan, and in the frying pan, shall be the Priestes that offereth it.

geneva@Leviticus:7:14 @ And of all the sacrifice he shall offer one cake for an heaue offering vnto the Lorde, and it shalbe the Priestes that sprinckleth the blood of the peace offrings.

geneva@Leviticus:7:15 @ Also the flesh of his peace offerings, for thankesgiuing, shalbe eaten the same day that it is offered: he shall leaue nothing thereof vntill the morning.

geneva@Leviticus:7:16 @ But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a (note:)If he makes a vow to offer: or else the flesh of the peace offerings must be eaten the same day.(:note) vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

geneva@Leviticus:7:18 @ And if [any] of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall (note:)The sin for which he offered shall remain.(:note) bear his iniquity.

geneva@Leviticus:7:19 @ And the flesh that toucheth any unclean (note:)After it is sacrificed.(:note) [thing] shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and Of the peace offering that is clean. as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

geneva@Leviticus:7:20 @ But if any eate of the flesh of the peace offerings that pertaineth to the Lorde, hauing his vncleannesse vpon him, euen the same person shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:7:21 @ Moreouer, whe any toucheth any vncleane thing, as the vncleannesse of man, or of an vncleane beast, or of any filthie abomination, and eate of the flesh of the peace offrings, which pertaineth vnto the Lorde, euen that person shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:7:25 @ For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast, of the which he shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lorde, euen the person that eateth, shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:7:27 @ Euery person that eateth any blood, euen the same person shall be cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:7:29 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say, Hee that offereth his peace offerings vnto the Lorde, shall bring his gifte vnto the Lorde of his peace offerings:

geneva@Leviticus:7:30 @ His own (note:)And should not send it by another.(:note) hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:7:33 @ The same that offreth the blood of ye peace offrings, and the fatte, among the sonnes of Aaron, shall haue the right shoulder for his parte.

geneva@Leviticus:7:36 @ The which portions the Lorde commanded to giue them in the day that he anointed them from among the children of Israel, by a statute for euer in their generations.

geneva@Leviticus:8:10 @ And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the (note:)That is, the holiest of holies, the sanctuary and the court.(:note) tabernacle and all that [was] therein, and sanctified them.

geneva@Leviticus:8:16 @ Then he tooke all the fatte that was vpon the inwardes, and the kall of the liuer and the two kidneis, with their fat, which Moses burned vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:8:25 @ And he tooke the fat & the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwards, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis with their fat, & the right shoulder.

geneva@Leviticus:8:26 @ Also he tooke of ye basket of ye vnleauened bread that was before the Lorde, one vnleauened cake and a cake of oiled bread, & one wafer, and put them on the fat, & vpon the right shoulder.

geneva@Leviticus:8:31 @ And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh [at] the door of the (note:)At the door of the court.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that [is] in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

geneva@Leviticus:8:32 @ But that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread, shall ye burne with fire.

geneva@Leviticus:8:35 @ Therefore shall yee abide at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation day and night, seuen dayes, and shall keepe the watch of the Lord, that ye dye not: for so I am commanded.

geneva@Leviticus:9:6 @ (For Moses had sayde, This is the thing, which the Lord commaunded that ye should do, and the glory of the Lord shal appeare vnto you)

geneva@Leviticus:9:18 @ He slewe also the bullock, and the ram for the peace offrings, that was for the people, and Arons sonnes brought vnto him the blood, which he sprinkled vpon the Altar round about,

geneva@Leviticus:9:19 @ With the fat of the bullocke, and of the ram, the rumpe, and that which couereth the inwards and the kidneis, and the kall of the liuer.

geneva@Leviticus:10:3 @ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be (note:)I will punish them that serve me in other ways than I have commanded, not sparing the chief, that the people may fear and praise my judgments.(:note) sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

geneva@Leviticus:10:10 @ That ye may put difference betweene the holy and the vnholy, and betweene the cleane and the vncleane,

geneva@Leviticus:10:11 @ And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lorde hath commaunded them by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:10:12 @ Then Moses saide vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and to Ithamar his sonnes that were left, Take the meate offring that remaineth of the offrings of the Lorde, made by fire, and eate it without leauen beside ye altar: for it is most holy:

geneva@Leviticus:10:14 @ And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy (note:)For the breast and shoulders of the peace offerings might be brought to their families, so that their daughters might eat of them, as also of the offerings of first fruits, the first born, and the Easter lamb, (Lev_22:12-13).(:note) daughters with thee: for [they be] thy due, and thy sons' due, [which] are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:10:20 @ And when Moses heard [that], he was (note:)Moses bore with his infirmity, considering his great sorrow, but does not leave an example to forgive them that maliciously transgress the commandment of God.(:note) content.

geneva@Leviticus:11:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye (note:)Or, of which ye may eat.(:note) shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.

geneva@Leviticus:11:3 @ Whatsoever parteth the (note:)He notes four types of beasts, some that chew the cud only, and some that only have the hoof cleft. Others neither chew the cud, nor have the hoof cleft, and the fourth both chew the cud and have the hoof divided, which may be eaten.(:note) hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

geneva@Leviticus:11:4 @ But of them that chewe the cud, or deuide the hoofe onely, of them yee shall not eate: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, & deuideth not ye hoofe, he shall be vncleane vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:8 @ Of their (note:)God would that by this for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles.(:note) flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:9 @ These shall ye eate, of all that are in the waters: whatsoeuer hath finnes & skales in ye waters, in the seas, or in the riuers, them shal ye eate.

geneva@Leviticus:11:10 @ And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that (note:)As little fish begotten in the slime.(:note) move in the waters, and of any As they which come of generation. living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:

geneva@Leviticus:11:12 @ Whatsoeuer hath not fins nor skales in the waters, that shalbe abomination vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:20 @ Also euery foule that creepeth & goeth vpon all foure, such shalbe an abomination vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:21 @ Yet these shal ye eate: of euery foule that creepeth, and goeth vpon all foure which haue their feete and legs all of one to leape withal vpon the earth,

geneva@Leviticus:11:23 @ But al other foules that creepe & haue foure feete, they shalbe abomination vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:26 @ Euery beast that hath clawes deuided, and is not clouen footed, nor cheweth the cud, such shalbe vncleane vnto you: euery one that toucheth them, shalbe vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:11:27 @ And whatsoeuer goeth vpon his pawes among all maner beastes that goeth on all foure, such shalbe vncleane vnto you: who so doth touch their carkeis shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:11:28 @ And he that beareth their carkeis, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntill the euen: for such shalbe vncleane vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:29 @ These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the (note:)The green frog that sits on the bushes.(:note) tortoise after his kind,

geneva@Leviticus:11:31 @ These shall be vncleane to you among all that creepe: whosoeuer doeth touch them when they be dead, shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:11:34 @ Al meate also that shalbe eaten, if any such water come vpon it, shalbe vncleane: & all drinke that shalbe drunke in al such vessels shalbe vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:11:35 @ And euery thing that their carkeis fall vpon, shalbe vncleane: the fornais or the pot shalbe broken: for they are vncleane, & shalbe vncleane vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:36 @ Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which (note:)So much of the water as touched it.(:note) toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:11:38 @ But if [any] (note:)He speaks of seed that is laid to sleep before it is sown.(:note) water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto you.

geneva@Leviticus:11:39 @ If also any beast, whereof ye may eate, die, he that toucheth the carkeis thereof shal be vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:11:40 @ And he that eateth of the carkeis of it, shal wash his clothes and be vncleane vntil the euen: he also that beareth the carkeis of it, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:11:41 @ Euery creeping thing therefore that creepeth vpon the earth shalbe an abomination, and not be eaten.

geneva@Leviticus:11:42 @ Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the breast, and whatsoeuer goeth vpon al foure, or that hath many feete among all creeping thinges that creepe vpon the earth, ye shal not eate of them, for they shalbe abomination.

geneva@Leviticus:11:43 @ Ye shall not pollute your selues with any thing that creepeth, neither make your selues vncleane with them, neither defile your selues thereby: ye shal not, I say, be defiled by them,

geneva@Leviticus:11:44 @ For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be (note:)He shows why God chose them to be his people, (1Pe_1:15).(:note) holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

geneva@Leviticus:11:45 @ For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy.

geneva@Leviticus:11:46 @ This is the law of beasts, and of foules, and of euery liuing thing that moueth in the waters, and of euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth:

geneva@Leviticus:11:47 @ That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane, and betweene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten.

geneva@Leviticus:12:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean (note:)So that her husband for that time could not have relations with her.(:note) seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:12:7 @ Who shal offer it before the Lord, & make an atonement for her: so she shalbe purged of the issue of her blood this is the law for her that hath borne a male or female.

geneva@Leviticus:13:4 @ But if the white spot be in the skinne of his flesh, and seeme not to bee lower then the skin, nor the heare thereof be turned vnto white, then the Priest shall shut vp him that hath the plague, seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:13:7 @ But if the skab growe more in the skinne, after that he is seene of ye Priest for to be purged, he shall be seene of the Priest yet againe.

geneva@Leviticus:13:13 @ Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, [if] the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] (note:)For it is not that contagious leprosy that infects, but a form of scales which does not leave the skin raw as leprosy does.(:note) clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he [is] clean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:15 @ And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] (note:)That is, declares that the flesh is not found, but is in danger of being leprous.(:note) unclean: it [is] a leprosy.

geneva@Leviticus:13:24 @ Or if there be [any] flesh, in the skin whereof [there is] a hot burning, and the quick [flesh] that burneth have a (note:)If he has a white spot in the place where the burning was and was later healed.(:note) white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;

geneva@Leviticus:13:25 @ Then the Priest shall looke vpon it: and if the heare in that spot be changed into white, and it appeare lower then the skin, it is a leprosie broken out in the burning therefore the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: for it is the plague of leprosie.

geneva@Leviticus:13:31 @ And if the Priest looke on the sore of the blacke spotte, and if it seeme not lower then the skinne, nor haue any blacke heare in it, then the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the sore of the blacke spot, seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:13:33 @ Then he shalbe shauen, but the place of the blacke spot shall he not shaue: but the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the blacke spot, seuen dayes more.

geneva@Leviticus:13:37 @ But if ye blacke spot seeme to him to abide, and that blacke heare growe therein, the blacke spot is healed, he is cleane, and the Priest shall declare him to be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:41 @ And he that hath his (note:)By sickness or any other inconvenience.(:note) hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is] forehead bald: [yet is] he clean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:47 @ Also the garment that the plague of leprosie is in, whether it be a wollen garment or a linen garment,

geneva@Leviticus:13:50 @ Then the Priest shall see the plague, and shut vp it that hath the plague, seuen dayes,

geneva@Leviticus:13:51 @ And shall looke on the plague the seuenth day: if the plague growe in the garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in the skinne, or in any thing that is made of skin, that plague is a fretting leprosie and vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:52 @ And hee shall burne the garment, or the warpe, or the woofe, whether it bee wollen or linen, or any thing that is made of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a freating leprosie, therefore it shalbe burnt in the fire.

geneva@Leviticus:13:55 @ And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, [if] the plague have not changed his (note:)But remain as it did before.(:note) colour, and the plague be not spread; it [is] unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it [is] fret inward, Or, whether it be in any bare place before, or behind. [whether] it [be] bare within or without.

geneva@Leviticus:13:56 @ And if the Priest see that the plague bee darker, after that it is washed, he shall cut it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warpe, or out of the woofe.

geneva@Leviticus:13:58 @ And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin [it be], which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed (note:)So that he might be sure that the leprosy was departed, and that all opportunity for infection might be taken away.(:note) the second time, and shall be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:14:4 @ Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] (note:)Of birds which were permitted to be eaten.(:note) clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

geneva@Leviticus:14:5 @ And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over (note:)Running water, or of the fountains.(:note) running water:

geneva@Leviticus:14:7 @ And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall (note:)Signifying that he that was made clean was set free, and restored to the company of others.(:note) let the living bird loose into the open field.

geneva@Leviticus:14:8 @ Then he that shall be clensed, shall wash his clothes, and shaue off all his heare, and wash himselfe in water, so he shalbe cleane: after that shall he come into the host, but shall tary without his tent seuen dayes.

geneva@Leviticus:14:11 @ And the Priest that maketh him cleane shal bring the man which is to bee made cleane, and those things, before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:14:14 @ So the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lappe of the right eare of him that shalbe clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote.

geneva@Leviticus:14:16 @ And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, & sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seuen times before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:17 @ And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hand, shal the Priest put vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote, where the blood of the trespasse offring was put.

geneva@Leviticus:14:18 @ But the remnant of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shal powre vpon the head of him that is to be clensed: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:19 @ And the Priest shal offer the sinne offring and make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed of his vncleannesse: then after shall he kill the burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:14:24 @ And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall (note:)Or, shall offer them as the offering that is shaken to and fro.(:note) wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD:

geneva@Leviticus:14:25 @ And he shall kil the lambe of the trespasse offering, and the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lap of his right eare that is to be clensed, & vpon ye thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote.

geneva@Leviticus:14:27 @ So ye Priest shal with his right finger sprinkle of the oyle that is in his left hand, seuen times before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:28 @ Then the Priest shall put of the oyle that is in his hande, vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote: vpon the place of the blood of the trespasse offring.

geneva@Leviticus:14:29 @ But ye rest of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:31 @ Such, I say, as he is able, the one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring with the meate offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:14:34 @ When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I (note:)This declares that no plague nor punishment comes to man without God's providence and his sending.(:note) put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

geneva@Leviticus:14:35 @ Then he that oweth the house, shall come and tell the Priest, saying, Me thinke there is like a plague of leprosie in the house.

geneva@Leviticus:14:36 @ Then the Priest shall commande them to emptie the house before the Priest goe into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made vncleane, and then shall the Priest goe in to see the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:37 @ And hee shall marke the plague: and if the plague be in the walles of the house, & that there be deepe spots, greenish or reddish, which seeme to be lower then the wall,

geneva@Leviticus:14:39 @ So the Priest shall come againe ye seuenth day: and if he see that the plague bee increased in the walles of the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:41 @ And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into (note:)Where trash was cast, and other filth, that the people might not be infected by them.(:note) an unclean place:

geneva@Leviticus:14:43 @ But if the plague come againe and breake out in the house, after that he hath taken away ye stones, and after that hee hath scraped and playstered the house,

geneva@Leviticus:14:46 @ Moreouer he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut vp, hee shall bee vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:14:47 @ Hee also that sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes: he likewise that eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes.

geneva@Leviticus:14:48 @ But if the Priest shall come and see, that the plague hath spread no further in the house, after the house be plaistered, the Priest shall pronounce that house cleane, for the plague is healed.

geneva@Leviticus:14:49 @ And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and (note:)It seems that this was a lace or string to bind the hyssop to the wood, and so was made a sprinkle: the apostle to the Hebrews calls it scarlet wool, (Heb_9:19).(:note) scarlet, and hyssop:

geneva@Leviticus:15:4 @ Euery bed whereon he lyeth that hath the issue, shall be vncleane, and euery thing whereon he sitteth, shalbe vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:15:6 @ And he that sitteth on any thing, whereon he sate that hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:7 @ Also he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue, shal wash his clothes, & wash himselfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vntil the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:8 @ And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then (note:)Of whom the unclean man did spit.(:note) he shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even.

geneva@Leviticus:15:9 @ And what (note:)The word signifies every thing on which a man rides.(:note) saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:10 @ And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that was vnder him, shall be vncleane vnto the euen: and he that beareth those things, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:11 @ Likewise whomesoeuer hee toucheth that hath the issue (and hath not washed his handes in water) shal wash his clothes and wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:12 @ And the vessel of earth that he toucheth, which hath the issue, shalbe broken: and euery vessel of wood shalbe rinsed in water.

geneva@Leviticus:15:13 @ And when he that hath an issue is (note:)That is, be restored to his old state, and be healed of it.(:note) cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:18 @ If he that hath an issue of seede, do lie with a woman, they shall both wash themselues with water, and be vncleane vntill the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:20 @ And every thing that she lieth upon in (note:)That is, when she has her period, by which she is separate from her husband, from the tabernacle and from touching any holy thing.(:note) her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:22 @ And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that she sate vpon, shal wash his clothes, and wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen:

geneva@Leviticus:15:23 @ So that whether he touche her bed, or any thing whereon shee hath sit, he shalbe vncleane vnto the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:24 @ And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers (note:)If any of her uncleanness touched him in the bed: for else the man that companied with such a woman should die, (Lev_20:18).(:note) be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:28 @ But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall (note:)After the time that she is recovered.(:note) number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:15:31 @ Thus shall ye (note:)Seeing that God required purity and cleanliness of his own: we cannot be his, unless our filth and sins are purged with the blood of Jesus Christ, and so we learn to detest all sin.(:note) separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that [is] among them.

geneva@Leviticus:15:32 @ This is the lawe of him that hath an issue, and of him from whome goeth an issue of seede whereby he is defiled:

geneva@Leviticus:15:33 @ Also of her that is sicke of her floures, and of him that hath a running issue, whether it bee man or woman, and of him that lyeth with her which is vncleane.

geneva@Leviticus:16:2 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at (note:)The high priest entered into the holiest of holies just once a year in the month of September.(:note) all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

geneva@Leviticus:16:13 @ And shal put the incense vpon the fire before the Lorde, that the cloude of the incense may couer the Merciseat that is vpon the Testimonie: so he shal not dye.

geneva@Leviticus:16:15 @ Then shall he kill the goate that is the peoples sinne offring, and bring his blood within the vaile, and doe with that blood, as he did with the blood of the bullocke, and sprinckle it vpon the Merciseate, and before the Merciseate.

geneva@Leviticus:16:16 @ And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place], because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that (note:)Placed among them who are unclean.(:note) remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

geneva@Leviticus:16:18 @ And he shall go out unto the (note:)Upon which the sweet incense and perfume was offered.(:note) altar that [is] before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar round about.

geneva@Leviticus:16:22 @ So the goate shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the land that is not inhabited, & he shal let the goate go into the wildernesse.

geneva@Leviticus:16:26 @ And he that caried forth the goat, called the Scape goat, shal wash his clothes, & wash his flesh in water, and after that shal come into the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:16:28 @ And hee that burneth them shal wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and afterward come into the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:16:29 @ And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the (note:)Which was Tisri, part September and part October.(:note) seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall Meaning, by abstinence and fasting, (Num_29:7). afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

geneva@Leviticus:16:30 @ For that day shal ye Priest make an atonement for you to clense you: ye shalbe cleane from all your sinnes before the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:17:3 @ What man soever [there be] of the house of Israel, that (note:)To make a sacrifice of offering of it.(:note) killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth [it] out of the camp,

geneva@Leviticus:17:4 @ And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; (note:)I abhor it as much as if he had killed a man as in (Isa_66:3).(:note) blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

geneva@Leviticus:17:5 @ To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the (note:)In that they were moved with foolish devotion to offer it.(:note) open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them [for] peace offerings unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:17:8 @ Also thou shalt say vnto them, whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which soiourne among them, that offreth a burnt offring or sacrifice,

geneva@Leviticus:17:9 @ And bringeth it not vnto ye doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to offer it vnto the Lord, euen that man shall be cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:17:10 @ And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set (note:)I will declare my wrath by taking vengeance on him as in (Lev_20:3).(:note) my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

geneva@Leviticus:17:12 @ Therefore I saide vnto ye children of Israel, None of you shall eate blood: neither the stranger that soiourneth among you, shall eate blood.

geneva@Leviticus:17:13 @ And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be (note:)Which the law permits to be eaten, because it is clean.(:note) eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

geneva@Leviticus:17:15 @ And euery person that eateth it which dyeth alone, or that which is torne with beastes, whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and be vncleane vnto the euen: after he shalbe cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:18:6 @ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to (note:)That is, to lie with her, though it be under title of marriage.(:note) uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:18:21 @ And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to (note:)Which was an idol of the Ammonites, to whom they burned and sacrificed their children, (2Ki_23:10). This seemed to be the chief and principal of all idols: and as the Jews write, was of a great stature, and hollow within, having seven places or chambers within him: one was to receive meal that was offered: another turtle doves: the third, a sheep: the fourth, a ram: the fifth a calf: the sixth an ox: the seventh a child. This idols face was like a calf: his hands were ever stretched out to receive gifts: his priests were called Chemarims, (2Ki_23:5; Hos_10:5; Zep_1:4).(:note) Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:18:26 @ Ye shall keepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgementes, and commit none of these abominations, aswell hee that is of the same countrey, as the straunger that soiourneth among you.

geneva@Leviticus:18:28 @ That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it (note:)Both for their wicked marriages, unnatural copulations, idolatry or spiritual whoredom with Molech and such like abominations.(:note) spued out the nations that [were] before you.

geneva@Leviticus:18:29 @ For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall (note:)Either by the civil sword or by some plague that God will send upon such.(:note) be cut off from among their people.

geneva@Leviticus:18:30 @ Therefore shall yee keepe mine ordinances that ye do not any of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that yee defile not your selues therein: for I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:6 @ It shall be eaten the day yee offer it, or on the morowe: and that which remaineth vntill the third day, shalbe burnt in the fire.

geneva@Leviticus:19:8 @ Therefore he that eateth it, shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lorde, and that person shalbe cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:19:11 @ Ye shall not steal, neither (note:)In that which is committed to your credit.(:note) deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

geneva@Leviticus:19:20 @ Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husbande, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free.

geneva@Leviticus:19:23 @ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye (note:)It shall be unclean as that thing, which is not circumcised.(:note) shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

geneva@Leviticus:19:25 @ And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:31 @ Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:19:34 @ But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

geneva@Leviticus:20:2 @ Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto (note:)By Molech he means any type of idol, (Lev_18:21)(:note) Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

geneva@Leviticus:20:3 @ And I will (note:)Read (Lev_17:10, Lev_18:21).(:note) set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

geneva@Leviticus:20:5 @ Then will I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him to comit whoredome with Molech, from among their people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:6 @ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a (note:)To esteem sorcerers or conjurers is spiritual whoredom, or idolatry.(:note) whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:9 @ For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; (note:)He is worthy to die.(:note) his blood [shall be] upon him.

geneva@Leviticus:20:10 @ And the man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife, because he hath comitted adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulteresse shall die the death.

geneva@Leviticus:20:11 @ And the man that lyeth with his fathers wife, because hee hath vncouered his fathers shame, they shall both dye: their blood shalbe vpon them.

geneva@Leviticus:20:12 @ Also the man that lyeth with his daughter in lawe, they both shall dye the death, they haue wrought abomination, their blood shalbe vpon them.

geneva@Leviticus:20:13 @ The ma also that lyeth with the male, as one lyeth with a woman, they haue both committed abomination: they shall dye the death, their blood shalbe vpon them.

geneva@Leviticus:20:14 @ And if a man take a wife and her mother, (note:)It is an abominable and detestable thing.(:note) it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

geneva@Leviticus:20:15 @ Also the man that lyeth with a beast, shall dye the death, and ye shall slay the beast.

geneva@Leviticus:20:17 @ Also the man that taketh his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, & seeth her shame and she seeth his shame, it is villenie: therefore they shall be cut off in the sight of their people, because he hath vncouered his sisters shame, he shall beare his iniquitie.

geneva@Leviticus:20:18 @ The man also that lyeth with a woman hauing her disease, and vncouereth her shame, and openeth her fountaine, and she open the foutaine of her blood, they shall bee euen both cut off from among their people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:22 @ Ye shall keepe therefore all mine ordinances and all my iudgements, and doe them, that the land, whither I bring you to dwel therein, spue you not out.

geneva@Leviticus:20:24 @ But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that (note:)Full of abundance of all things.(:note) floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people.

geneva@Leviticus:20:25 @ Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls (note:)By eating them contrary to my commandment.(:note) abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

geneva@Leviticus:20:26 @ Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lorde am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine.

geneva@Leviticus:21:2 @ But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

geneva@Leviticus:21:3 @ And for his sister a (note:)For being married she seemed to be cut off from his family.(:note) virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

geneva@Leviticus:21:10 @ And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not (note:)He shall use no such ceremonies as the mourners observed.(:note) uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

geneva@Leviticus:21:18 @ For whatsoever man [he be] that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath (note:)Which is deformed or bruised.(:note) a flat nose, or any As not of equal proportion, or having in number more or less. thing superfluous,

geneva@Leviticus:21:19 @ Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande,

geneva@Leviticus:21:20 @ Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, (note:)Or that has a web or pearl.(:note) or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

geneva@Leviticus:21:21 @ No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the (note:)As the show bread, and meat offerings.(:note) bread of his God.

geneva@Leviticus:21:23 @ Only he shall not go in unto the (note:)Into the sanctuary.(:note) vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

geneva@Leviticus:22:2 @ Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they (note:)Meaning, that the priests abstain from eating, as long as they are polluted.(:note) separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:22:3 @ Say unto them, Whosoever [he be] of all your seed among your generations, that (note:)To eat of it.(:note) goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:22:5 @ Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, by whom he may take vncleannesse, whatsoeuer vncleannesse he hath,

geneva@Leviticus:22:6 @ The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shall not eat of ye holy things, except he haue washed his flesh with water.

geneva@Leviticus:22:8 @ Of a beast that dyeth, or is rent with beasts, whereby he may be defiled, hee shall not eate: I am the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:22:11 @ But if the Priest bye any with money, he shall eate of it, also he that is borne in his house: they shall eate of his meate.

geneva@Leviticus:22:14 @ And if a man eat [of] the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the (note:)He shall give that and a fifth part over.(:note) fifth [part] thereof unto it, and shall give [it] unto the priest with the holy thing.

geneva@Leviticus:22:18 @ Speake vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his sacrifice for all their vowes, and for all their free offrings, which they vse to offer vnto the Lorde for a burnt offring,

geneva@Leviticus:22:20 @ Ye shall not offer any thing that hath a blemish: for that shal not be acceptable for you.

geneva@Leviticus:22:23 @ Yet a bullocke, or a sheepe that hath any member superfluous, or lacking, such mayest thou present for a free offring, but for a vowe it shall not be accepted.

geneva@Leviticus:22:24 @ Ye shall not offer vnto ye Lord that which is bruised or crusshed, or broken, or cut away, neither shal ye make an offring thereof in your land,

geneva@Leviticus:23:7 @ In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no (note:)Or, bodily labour, save about that which one must eat, (Exo_12:16).(:note) servile work therein.

geneva@Leviticus:23:8 @ But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the (note:)The first day of the feast and the seventh were kept holy: in the rest they might work, except any feasts that were together, as were the feast of unleavened bread and the feast of sheaves which were on the fifteenth and sixteenth days.(:note) seventh day [is] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].

geneva@Leviticus:23:12 @ And that day when yee shake the sheafe, shall yee prepare a lambe without blemish of a yeere olde, for a burnt offring vnto the Lord:

geneva@Leviticus:23:14 @ And ye shal eat neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares vntill the selfe same day that ye haue brought an offring vnto your God: this shalbe a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellings.

geneva@Leviticus:23:15 @ And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the (note:)That is, the seventh day after the first sabbath of the Passover.(:note) sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

geneva@Leviticus:23:21 @ So ye shall proclayme the same day, that it may be an holie conuocation vnto you: ye shall doe no seruile worke therein: it shalbe an ordinance for euer in al your dwellinges, throughout your generations.

geneva@Leviticus:23:24 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the (note:)That is, about the end of September.(:note) seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye Or, a holy day to the Lord. have a sabbath, a memorial of Which blowing was to remind them of the many feasts that were in that month, and of the Jubile. blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

geneva@Leviticus:23:28 @ And ye shall doe no worke that same day: for it is a day of reconciliation, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:23:29 @ For euery person that humbleth not himselfe that same day, shall euen be cut off from his people.

geneva@Leviticus:23:30 @ And euery person that shall doe any work that same day, the same person also will I destroy from among his people.

geneva@Leviticus:23:42 @ Ye shall dwell in boothes seuen daies: all that are Israelites borne, shall dwel in boothes,

geneva@Leviticus:23:43 @ That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in (note:)In the wilderness, in that they would not believe Joshua and Caleb, when they returned from spying the land of Canaan.(:note) booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

geneva@Leviticus:24:7 @ And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, that (note:)For it was burnt every sabbath, when the bread was taken away.(:note) it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:24:14 @ Bring the blasphemer without the hoste, and let all that heard him, put their handes vpon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him.

geneva@Leviticus:24:16 @ And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shalbe put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the lande: when he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let him beslaine.

geneva@Leviticus:24:17 @ He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.

geneva@Leviticus:24:18 @ And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.

geneva@Leviticus:24:21 @ And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.

geneva@Leviticus:24:23 @ And (note:)Because the punishment was not yet appointed by the law for the blasphemer, Moses consulted with the Lord, and told the people what God commanded.(:note) Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:25:5 @ That which groweth of its (note:)Because of the corn that fell out of the ears the previous year.(:note) own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine Or, which you have separated from yourself, and consecrated to God for the poor. undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land.

geneva@Leviticus:25:6 @ And the (note:)That which the land brings forth in her rest.(:note) sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

geneva@Leviticus:25:7 @ And for thy cattell, and for the beastes that are in thy lande shall all the encrease thereof be meate.

geneva@Leviticus:25:11 @ This fiftieth yeere shalbe a yeere of Iubile vnto you: ye shall not sowe, neither reape that which groweth of it selfe, neither gather the grapes thereof, that are left vnlaboured.

geneva@Leviticus:25:24 @ And in all the land of your possession ye shall (note:)You shall sell it on the condition that it may be redeemed.(:note) grant a redemption for the land.

geneva@Leviticus:25:25 @ If thy brother be impouerished, and sell his possession, then his redeemer shall come, euen his neere kinsman, and bye out that which his brother solde.

geneva@Leviticus:25:27 @ Then let him (note:)Deducting money for the years past, and paying for the rest of the years to come.(:note) count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

geneva@Leviticus:25:28 @ But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go (note:)From his hand that bought it.(:note) out, and he shall return unto his possession.

geneva@Leviticus:25:30 @ And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that [is] in the walled city shall be established (note:)That is, for ever, read (Lev_25:23).(:note) for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

geneva@Leviticus:25:33 @ And if a man purchase of the Leuites, the house that was solde, and the citie of their possession shall goe out in the Iubile: for the houses of the cities of the Leuites are their possession among the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:25:35 @ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and (note:)In Hebrew it is, if his hand shake: meaning if he stretch forth his hand for help as one in misery.(:note) fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

geneva@Leviticus:25:36 @ Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.

geneva@Leviticus:25:39 @ If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,

geneva@Leviticus:25:44 @ Thy bond seruant also, & thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes.

geneva@Leviticus:25:45 @ Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your (note:)For they shall not be bought out at the Jubile.(:note) possession.

geneva@Leviticus:25:48 @ After that he is solde, he may be bought out: one of his brethren may bye him out,

geneva@Leviticus:25:49 @ Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or [any] that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or (note:)If he be able.(:note) if he be able, he may redeem himself.

geneva@Leviticus:25:50 @ And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of (note:)Which remains yet to the Jubile.(:note) years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

geneva@Leviticus:25:51 @ If there be many yeeres behind, according to them he shall giue againe for his deliuerance, of the money that he was bought for.

geneva@Leviticus:26:9 @ For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and (note:)Perform that which I have promised.(:note) establish my covenant with you.

geneva@Leviticus:26:13 @ I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the (note:)I have set you at full liberty, while before you were as beasts tied in bands.(:note) bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

geneva@Leviticus:26:15 @ And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my (note:)Which I made with you in choosing you to be my people.(:note) covenant:

geneva@Leviticus:26:17 @ And I will set (note:)Read (Lev_17:10).(:note) my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

geneva@Leviticus:26:25 @ And I wil send a sword vpon you, that shal auenge the quarel of my couenant: and when ye are gathered in your cities, I wil send the pestilence among you, and ye shall be deliuered into the hand of the enemie.

geneva@Leviticus:26:36 @ And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall (note:)As if their enemies chased them.(:note) flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

geneva@Leviticus:26:39 @ And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with (note:)In that, as they are blameworthy of their fathers faults, they shall be punished as well as their fathers.(:note) them.

geneva@Leviticus:26:45 @ But I will for their sakes remember the (note:)Made to their forefathers.(:note) covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:27:8 @ But if he be poorer (note:)If he is not able to pay according to your estimate.(:note) than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

geneva@Leviticus:27:9 @ And if [it be] a (note:)Which is clean, (Lev_11:2).(:note) beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that [any man] giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

geneva@Leviticus:27:15 @ But if he that sanctified it, will redeeme his house, then hee shall giue thereto the fift part of money more then thy estimation, & it shalbe his.

geneva@Leviticus:27:18 @ But if hee dedicate his fielde after the Iubile, then the Priest shall recken him the money according to ye yeeres that remaine vnto the yere of Iubile, and it shalbe abated by thy estimation.

geneva@Leviticus:27:19 @ And if he that dedicateth it, will redeeme the fielde, then he shall put the fift parte of the price, that thou esteemedst it at, thereunto, and it shall remaine his.

geneva@Leviticus:27:21 @ But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be (note:)That is, who dedicate to the Lord with a curse to him that turns it to his private use, (Num_21:2; Deu_13:15; Jos_9:17).(:note) holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

geneva@Leviticus:27:23 @ Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give (note:)The priests evaluation.(:note) thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:27:28 @ Notwithstanding, nothing separate from the common vse that a man doeth separate vnto the Lord of all that he hath (whether it bee man or beast, or lande of his inheritance) may be solde nor redeemed: for euery thing separate from the common vse is most holy vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:27:32 @ And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the (note:)All that which is numbered: that is, every tenth as he falls by tale without exception or respect.(:note) rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:27:33 @ He shal not looke if it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: els if he change it, both it, and that it was changed withall, shalbe holy, and it shall not be redeemed.

geneva@Numbers:1:1 @ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of (note:)In the place in the wilderness that was near mount Sinai.(:note) Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the Which is part of April and part of May. second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, The Argument - In that as God has appointed that his Church in this world shall be under the cross, both so they could learn not to put their trust in worldly things, and also feel his comfort, when all other help fails: he did not immediately bring his people, after their departure out of Egypt, into the land which he had promised them: but led them to and fro for the space of forty years, and kept them in continual exercises before they enjoyed it, to try their faith, teach them to forget the world, and to depend on him. Which trial greatly profited, to discern the wicked and the hypocrites from the faithful and true servants of God, who served him with pure heart, while the other, preferring their earthly lusts to God's glory, and making religion to serve their purpose, complained when they lacked enough to satisfy their lusts, and despised those who God had appointed as rulers over them. By reason of which they provoked God's terrible judgments against them, and are set forth as a notable example for all ages, to beware how they abuse God's word, prefer their own lusts to his will, or despise his ministers. Nonetheless, God is always true to his promise, and governs his by his Holy Spirit, that either they fall not to such inconveniences, or else return to him quickly in true repentance: and therefore he continues his graces toward them, he gives them ordinances and instructions, as well for religion, as outward policy: he preserves them against all deceit and conspiracy, and gives them many victories against their enemies. To avoid all controversies that might arise, he takes away the occasions, by dividing among all the tribes, both the land which they had won, and that also which he had promised, as seemed best to his godly wisdom.

geneva@Numbers:1:3 @ From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forth to the warre in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them, throughout their armies.

geneva@Numbers:1:5 @ And these [are] the names of the men that shall (note:)And afflict you when you number the people.(:note) stand with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:1:22 @ Of the sonnes of Simeon by their generatios, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, the summe therof by the nomber of their names, man by man, euery male fro twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:24 @ Of the sonnes of Gad by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:26 @ Of the sonnes of Iudah by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:28 @ Of the sonnes of Issachar by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:30 @ Of the sonnes of Zebulun by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:32 @ Of the sonnes of Ioseph, namely of the sonnes of Ephraim by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:34 @ Of the sonnes of Manasseh by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:36 @ Of the sonnes of Beniamin by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:38 @ Of the sonnes of Dan by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:40 @ Of the sonnes of Asher by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:42 @ Of the children of Naphtali, by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre:

geneva@Numbers:1:45 @ So this was all the summe of the sonnes of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre in Israel,

geneva@Numbers:1:50 @ But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, & ouer all the instruments thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, & shall minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:1:51 @ And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the (note:)Whoever is not of the tribe of Levi.(:note) stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:1:53 @ But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath (note:)By not having due regard to the tabernacle of the Lord.(:note) upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

geneva@Numbers:1:54 @ So the children of Israel did according to all that ye Lord had comanded Moses: so did they.

geneva@Numbers:2:5 @ And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe (note:)Judah, Issachar and Zebulun the sons of Leah were of the first standard.(:note) of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar.

geneva@Numbers:2:9 @ All that were numbered in the (note:)Of those who were contained under that name.(:note) camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

geneva@Numbers:2:32 @ These [are] (note:)Which were of twenty years and above.(:note) those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

geneva@Numbers:2:34 @ And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their (note:)For under every one of the four principal standards, were various signs to keep every band.(:note) standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:3:6 @ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and (note:)Offer them to Aaron for the use of the tabernacle.(:note) present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

geneva@Numbers:3:10 @ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the (note:)Any that would minister not being a Levite.(:note) stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:3:12 @ Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites fro among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine,

geneva@Numbers:3:13 @ Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shalbe: I am the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:3:22 @ Those that were numbered of them, (note:)Only numbering the male children.(:note) according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

geneva@Numbers:3:32 @ And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest shalbe chiefe captaine of the Leuites, hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Numbers:3:36 @ And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] (note:)The wood work and the rest of the instruments were committed to their charge.(:note) the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

geneva@Numbers:3:38 @ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary (note:)That no one should enter into the tabernacle contrary to God's appointment.(:note) for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:3:39 @ All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two (note:)So that the first born of the children of Israel were more by 273, as in (Num_3:43).(:note) thousand.

geneva@Numbers:3:40 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, Nomber all the first borne that are Males among the children of Israel, from a moneth old and aboue, and take the nomber of their names.

geneva@Numbers:3:41 @ And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) (note:)So that now the Levites should satisfy the Lord for the first born of Israel, excepting the 273 which were more than the Levites for whom they paid money.(:note) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:3:49 @ Thus Moses tooke the redemption of the that were redeemed, being mo then the Leuites:

geneva@Numbers:3:51 @ And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:4:3 @ From (note:)The Levites were counted at three times, first at a month old when they were consecrated to the Lord, next at 25 years old when they were appointed to serve in the tabernacle, and 30 years old to bear the burdens of the tabernacle.(:note) thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:16 @ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the (note:)Which was offered at morning and evening.(:note) daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

geneva@Numbers:4:19 @ But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint (note:)Showing what part every man shall bear.(:note) them every one to his service and to his burden:

geneva@Numbers:4:23 @ From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that (note:)Which were received into the company of those who ministered in the tabernacle of the congregation.(:note) enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:25 @ And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the (note:)Which hung between the sanctuary and the court.(:note) door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

geneva@Numbers:4:26 @ And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, (note:)Which compassed both the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar of burnt offering.(:note) which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

geneva@Numbers:4:30 @ From thirty yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou nomber the, all that enter into the assemblie, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:35 @ From thirtie yeere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde, all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:37 @ These [were] they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the (note:)God appointing Moses to be the minister and executor of it.(:note) hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:4:39 @ From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:41 @ These [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that (note:)Which were of eligible age to serve in it, that is between 30 and 50.(:note) might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:4:43 @ From thirtie yeere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yeere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:4:47 @ From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do (note:)Whoever of the Levites that had any charge in the tabernacle.(:note) the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

geneva@Numbers:4:49 @ According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded (note:)So that Moses neither added, nor diminished from that which the Lord commanded him.(:note) Moses.

geneva@Numbers:5:2 @ Commaund the children of Israel that they put out of the hoste euery leper, and euery one that hath an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead.

geneva@Numbers:5:3 @ Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the (note:)There were three types of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites.(:note) midst whereof I dwell.

geneva@Numbers:5:6 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin (note:)Commit any fault willingly.(:note) that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

geneva@Numbers:5:10 @ And euery mans halowed things shall bee his: that is, whatsoeuer any man giueth the Priest, it shalbe his.

geneva@Numbers:5:13 @ So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

geneva@Numbers:5:14 @ If he be moued with a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is defiled, or if he haue a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is not defiled,

geneva@Numbers:5:17 @ And the priest shall take (note:)Which also is called the water of purification of sprinkling, read (Num_19:9).(:note) holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put [it] into the water:

geneva@Numbers:5:18 @ And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the (note:)It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction.(:note) curse:

geneva@Numbers:5:22 @ And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, (note:)That is, may it be as you wished, as in (Psa_41:13; Deu_27:15).(:note) Amen, amen.

geneva@Numbers:6:4 @ As long as his abstinence endureth, shall hee eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor the huske.

geneva@Numbers:6:6 @ All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no (note:)As at burials, or mournings.(:note) dead body.

geneva@Numbers:6:7 @ He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon (note:)In that he allowed his hair to grow, he signified that he was consecrated to God.(:note) his head.

geneva@Numbers:6:9 @ And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the (note:)Whose long hair is a sign that he is dedicated to God.(:note) head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

geneva@Numbers:6:11 @ And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by (note:)By being present where the deceased was.(:note) the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

geneva@Numbers:6:12 @ And he shall (note:)Beginning at the eighth day, when he is purified.(:note) consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the So that he shall begin his vow anew. days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

geneva@Numbers:6:18 @ And the Nazarite shall shave the head (note:)In token that his vow is ended.(:note) of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and For the hair which was consecrated to the Lord, might not be cast into any profane place. put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

geneva@Numbers:6:21 @ This [is] the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, [and of] his offering unto the LORD for his separation, (note:)At the least he shall do this, if he is not able to offer more.(:note) beside [that] that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

geneva@Numbers:7:2 @ Then the princes of Israel, heads ouer the houses of their fathers (they were the princes of the tribes, who were ouer them that were nombred) offred,

geneva@Numbers:7:3 @ And they brought their offering before the LORD, six (note:)Like horse litters, to keep the things that were carried in them from the weather.(:note) covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:7:5 @ Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the (note:)That is, to carry things.(:note) service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.

geneva@Numbers:7:10 @ And the princes offered for (note:)That is, when the first sacrifice was offered on it by Aaron, in (Lev_9:1).(:note) dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

geneva@Numbers:7:88 @ And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was (note:)By Aaron.(:note) anointed.

geneva@Numbers:7:89 @ And when Moses was gone into the (note:)That is, the sanctuary.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, from According as he had promised in (Exo_25:22). between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

geneva@Numbers:8:2 @ Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light (note:)To that part which is in the forefront of the candlestick, (Exo_25:37).(:note) over against the candlestick.

geneva@Numbers:8:11 @ And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:8:12 @ And the Leuites shall put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes, and make thou the one a sinne offring, and the other a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Leuites.

geneva@Numbers:8:17 @ For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.

geneva@Numbers:8:19 @ And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the (note:)Which the Israelites should do.(:note) children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the Because the levites go into the sanctuary in their name. sanctuary.

geneva@Numbers:8:20 @ Then Moses and Aaron and all the Cogregation of the children of Israel did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lorde had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israel vnto them.

geneva@Numbers:8:22 @ And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation (note:)In their presence to serve them.(:note) before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

geneva@Numbers:9:5 @ And they kept the Passeouer in the fouretenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the Lord had comanded Moses, so did ye children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:9:6 @ And there were certain men, who were defiled (note:)By touching a corpse, or being at the burial.(:note) by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

geneva@Numbers:9:7 @ And those men said unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not (note:)Or, celebrate the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month.(:note) offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

geneva@Numbers:9:11 @ The fourteenth day of the (note:)So that the unclean and those who are not at home, have a month longer granted to them.(:note) second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].

geneva@Numbers:9:13 @ But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a (note:)When the Passover is celebrated.(:note) journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

geneva@Numbers:9:14 @ And if a stranger dwell among you, and wil keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passeouer, & as the maner thereof is, so shall he do: ye shall haue one lawe both for the stranger, and for him that was borne in the same lande.

geneva@Numbers:9:15 @ And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the (note:)Like a pillar, read (Exo_13:21-22).(:note) appearance of fire, until the morning.

geneva@Numbers:10:2 @ Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a (note:)Or, of work beaten out with the hammer.(:note) whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

geneva@Numbers:10:5 @ When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the (note:)That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign.(:note) east parts shall go forward.

geneva@Numbers:10:6 @ When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the (note:)Meaning, the heart of Reuben.(:note) south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

geneva@Numbers:10:8 @ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall (note:)So that only the priests must blow the trumpets, as long as the priesthood lasted.(:note) blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

geneva@Numbers:10:9 @ And when ye goe to warre in your lande against the enemie that vexeth you, ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpets, and ye shall bee remembred before the Lorde your God, and shalbe saued from your enemies.

geneva@Numbers:10:10 @ Also in the day of your (note:)When you rejoice that God has removed any plague.(:note) gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

geneva@Numbers:10:25 @ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the (note:)Leaving none behind, nor any of the former that fainted in the way.(:note) rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:10:29 @ And Moses said unto (note:)Some think that Reuel, Jethro, Hobab, and Keni were all one: Kimhi says that Reuel was Jethro's father: so Hobab was Moses father-in-law, see (Exo_2:18, Exo_3:1, Exo_4:18, Exo_18:1; Jdg_4:11)(:note) Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

geneva@Numbers:10:35 @ And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, (note:)Declare your might and power.(:note) Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

geneva@Numbers:11:3 @ And he called the name of that place Taberah, because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them.

geneva@Numbers:11:4 @ And the mixt (note:)Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, (Exo_12:38).(:note) multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

geneva@Numbers:11:11 @ And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found (note:)Or, how have I displeased you?(:note) favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

geneva@Numbers:11:12 @ Have I (note:)Am I their father, that no one may have charge of them but I?(:note) conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the Of Canaan promised by another to our fathers. land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

geneva@Numbers:11:13 @ Where should I haue flesh to giue vnto al this people? For they weepe vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh that we may eate.

geneva@Numbers:11:16 @ Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Gather vnto me seuetie men of ye Elders of Israel, whome thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and gouernonrs ouer them, & bring them vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee,

geneva@Numbers:11:17 @ And I will come down and talk with thee there: (note:)I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to you.(:note) and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.

geneva@Numbers:11:18 @ And say thou unto the people, (note:)Prepare yourselves that you may be clean.(:note) Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

geneva@Numbers:11:20 @ [But] even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have (note:)Or, cast him off, because you refused manna, which he appointed as most suitable for you.(:note) despised the LORD which [is] Who leads and governs you. among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

geneva@Numbers:11:21 @ And Moses said, The people, (note:)Of whom I have charge.(:note) among whom I [am], [are] six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

geneva@Numbers:11:25 @ And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not (note:)From that day the spirit of prophecy did not settle them.(:note) cease.

geneva@Numbers:11:26 @ But there remained two of the men in the hoste: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested vpon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out vnto the Tabernacle) and they prophecied in the hoste.

geneva@Numbers:11:29 @ But Moses saide vnto him, Enuiest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lordes people were Prophets, and that the Lord woulde put his Spirit vpon them.

geneva@Numbers:11:32 @ And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten (note:)Of Homer, read (Lev_27:16) also it signifies a heap, as in (Exo_8:14; Jdg_15:16).(:note) homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

geneva@Numbers:11:34 @ So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.

geneva@Numbers:12:12 @ Let her not be as one (note:)As a child that is stillborn, as if it is only the skin.(:note) dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

geneva@Numbers:12:14 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but (note:)In his displeasure.(:note) spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again].

geneva@Numbers:13:18 @ {\cf2 (13:19)} And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many,

geneva@Numbers:13:19 @ And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] (note:)Plentiful or barren.(:note) good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

geneva@Numbers:13:24 @ {\cf2 (13:25)} That place was called the riuer Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut downe thence.

geneva@Numbers:13:28 @ Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the (note:)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, (Jos_11:21-22).(:note) children of Anak there.

geneva@Numbers:13:31 @ {\cf2 (13:32)} But the men, that went vp with him, saide, we be not able to goe vp against the people: for they are stronger then we.

geneva@Numbers:13:32 @ And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that (note:)The giants were so cruel, that they spoiled and killed one another and those that came to them.(:note) eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.

geneva@Numbers:13:33 @ {\cf2 (13:34)} For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight.

geneva@Numbers:14:1 @ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the (note:)Those who were afraid at the report of the ten spies.(:note) people wept that night.

geneva@Numbers:14:3 @ And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be (note:)To our enemies the Canaanites.(:note) a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

geneva@Numbers:14:6 @ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, (note:)For sorrow, hearing their blasphemy.(:note) rent their clothes:

geneva@Numbers:14:8 @ If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

geneva@Numbers:14:14 @ Then they shall say to the inhabitants of this land, (for they haue heard that thou, Lorde, art among this people, and that thou, Lorde, art seene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them by day time in a pillar of a cloude, and in a pillar of fire by night)

geneva@Numbers:14:15 @ Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as (note:)So that none shall escape.(:note) one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

geneva@Numbers:14:20 @ And the LORD said, I have pardoned (note:)In that he did not utterly destroy them, but allowed their children and certain others to enter.(:note) according to thy word:

geneva@Numbers:14:23 @ Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.

geneva@Numbers:14:29 @ Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me,

geneva@Numbers:14:35 @ I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

geneva@Numbers:14:37 @ Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:14:38 @ But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue.

geneva@Numbers:14:45 @ Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountaine, came downe & smote them, & consumed them vnto Hormah.

geneva@Numbers:15:4 @ Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth [part] of an (note:)Read (Exo_29:40).(:note) hin of oil.

geneva@Numbers:15:7 @ And for a (note:)The liquor was so called, because it was poured on the thing that was offered.(:note) drink offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of an hin of wine, [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:15:12 @ According to the number (note:)Every sacrifice of beasts must have their meat offering and drink offering according to this proportion.(:note) that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

geneva@Numbers:15:13 @ All that are borne of the countrey, shall do these things thus, to offer an offring made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:15:15 @ One ordinace shalbe both for you of the Congregation, & also for the stranger that dwelleth with you, euen an ordinance for euer in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger bee before the Lord.

geneva@Numbers:15:16 @ One Lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for the stranger that soiourneth with you.

geneva@Numbers:15:23 @ Euen all that the Lorde hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day that the Lord commanded Moses, and hence forward among your generations:

geneva@Numbers:15:24 @ And if so be that ought be committed ignorantly of the Congregation, then all ye Congregatio shal giue a bullocke for a burnt offring, for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, with the meat offring and drinke offring thereto, according to the maner, and an hee goate for a sinne offring.

geneva@Numbers:15:26 @ Then it shalbe forgiuen all the Congregation of the children of Israel, & the stranger that dwelleth among them: for all the people were in ignorance.

geneva@Numbers:15:29 @ He that is borne among the children of Israel, and the stranger that dwelleth among them, shall haue both one lawe, who so doth sinne by ignorance.

geneva@Numbers:15:30 @ But the person that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be borne in the land, or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord: therefore that person shalbe cut off from among his people,

geneva@Numbers:15:31 @ Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his (note:)He shall sustain the punishment of his sin.(:note) iniquity [shall be] upon him.

geneva@Numbers:15:32 @ And while the children of Israel were in the wildernesse, they found a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day.

geneva@Numbers:15:33 @ And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him vnto Moses and to Aaron, and vnto all the Congregation,

geneva@Numbers:15:38 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes vpon the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put vpon the fringes of the borders a ryband of blewe silke.

geneva@Numbers:15:39 @ And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a (note:)By leaving God's commandments and following your own fantasies.(:note) whoring:

geneva@Numbers:15:40 @ That yee may remember and doe all my commandements, and bee holy vnto your God.

geneva@Numbers:16:9 @ Seemeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, & to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them?

geneva@Numbers:16:11 @ For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him?

geneva@Numbers:16:13 @ [Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up (note:)Thus they spoke contemptuously, preferring Egypt to Canaan.(:note) out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

geneva@Numbers:16:14 @ Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou (note:)Will you make those who searched the land believe that they did not see that which they saw?(:note) put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

geneva@Numbers:16:19 @ And Korah gathered all the (note:)All that were of their faction.(:note) congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:16:21 @ Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once.

geneva@Numbers:16:26 @ And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed (note:)With them that have committed so many sins.(:note) in all their sins.

geneva@Numbers:16:28 @ And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own (note:)I have not invented them from my own brain.(:note) mind.

geneva@Numbers:16:30 @ But if the LORD make (note:)Or, show a strange sight.(:note) a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into Or, deep and dark places of the earth. the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:16:31 @ And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking all these wordes, euen the ground claue asunder that was vnder them,

geneva@Numbers:16:32 @ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods.

geneva@Numbers:16:33 @ So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:16:34 @ And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.

geneva@Numbers:16:35 @ But there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

geneva@Numbers:16:37 @ Speake vnto Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire beyond the altar: for they are halowed,

geneva@Numbers:16:39 @ Then Eleazar the Priest tooke the brasen censers, which they, that were burnt, had offred, and made broade plates of them for a couering of the Altar.

geneva@Numbers:16:40 @ [To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as (note:)Who presumed above his calling.(:note) Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:16:49 @ So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.

geneva@Numbers:17:8 @ And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron (note:)To declare that God chose the house of Levi to serve him in the tabernacle.(:note) for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

geneva@Numbers:17:10 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their (note:)Grudging that Aaron should be high priest.(:note) murmurings from me, that they die not.

geneva@Numbers:18:3 @ And they shall (note:)That is, the things which are committed to you, or, which you command them.(:note) keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

geneva@Numbers:18:7 @ But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shal ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne.

geneva@Numbers:18:11 @ And this [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy (note:)Read (Lev_10:14).(:note) daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

geneva@Numbers:18:13 @ And the first ripe of al that is in their land, which they shal bring vnto Lord, shalbe thine: all the cleane in thine house shal eate of it.

geneva@Numbers:18:15 @ All that first openeth the matrice of any flesh, which they shal offer vnto the Lord, of man or beast, shalbe thine: but the first borne of man shalt thou redeeme, and the first borne of the vncleane beast shalt thou redeeme.

geneva@Numbers:18:16 @ And those that are to bee redeemed, shalt thou redeeme from the age of a moneth, according to thy estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, which is twentie gerahs.

geneva@Numbers:18:23 @ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear (note:)If they fail in their office, they will be punished.(:note) their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:18:26 @ Speake also vnto the Leuites and say vnto them, When ye shal take of the children of Israel the tithes, which I haue giuen you of them for your inheritance, then shal ye take an heaue offring of that same for the Lorde, euen the tenth part of the tithe.

geneva@Numbers:19:3 @ And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and (note:)Another priest.(:note) [one] shall slay her before his face:

geneva@Numbers:19:8 @ And he that (note:)The inferior priest who killed her, and burned her.(:note) burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

geneva@Numbers:19:9 @ And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a (note:)Or, the water of separation because they that were separate due to their uncleanness, were sprinkled with it and made clean, (Num_8:7). It is also called holy water, because it was ordained for a holy use, (Num_1:17).(:note) water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin.

geneva@Numbers:19:10 @ Therefore he that gathereth the ashes of the kowe, shal wash his clothes, and remaine vncleane vntil euen: and it shalbe vnto the children of Israel, and vnto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a statute for euer.

geneva@Numbers:19:11 @ Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes.

geneva@Numbers:19:13 @ Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be (note:)So that he should not be esteemed to be of the holy people, but as a polluted and excommunicated person.(:note) cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.

geneva@Numbers:19:14 @ This is the law, Whe a man dieth in a tent, all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes,

geneva@Numbers:19:15 @ And all the vessels that bee open, which haue no couering fastened vpon them, shall be vncleane.

geneva@Numbers:19:16 @ Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the fielde, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.

geneva@Numbers:19:18 @ And a (note:)One of the priests who is clean.(:note) clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

geneva@Numbers:19:19 @ And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and (note:)Because he had been among them that were unclean: or else had touched the water as in (Num_19:21).(:note) wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

geneva@Numbers:19:20 @ But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not himselfe, that person shalbe cut off fro among the Congregation, because hee hath defiled the Sanctuarie of the Lorde: and the sprinkling water hath not bene sprinkled vpon him: therefore shall he be vncleane.

geneva@Numbers:19:21 @ And it shalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes: also hee that toucheth the sprinkling water, shalbe vncleane vntill euen.

geneva@Numbers:19:22 @ And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth (note:)That is, unclean.(:note) [it] shall be unclean until even.

geneva@Numbers:20:4 @ Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?

geneva@Numbers:20:10 @ And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; (note:)The punishment which followed declared that Moses and Aaron did not believe the Lord's promise as it appeared in (Num_20:12).(:note) must we fetch you water out of this rock?

geneva@Numbers:20:14 @ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of (note:)Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, who was called Edom.(:note) Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

geneva@Numbers:20:17 @ I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders.

geneva@Numbers:20:29 @ When al the Congregation sawe that Aaron was dead, al the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirtie dayes.

geneva@Numbers:21:1 @ And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the (note:)By that way which their spies, that searched the dangers found to he most safe.(:note) way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners.

geneva@Numbers:21:6 @ And the LORD sent (note:)For they that were bitten by them were so inflamed by the poison of them, that they died.(:note) fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

geneva@Numbers:21:7 @ Therefore the people came to Moses & said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray to the Lorde, that he take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people.

geneva@Numbers:21:8 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue.

geneva@Numbers:21:15 @ And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth vpon the border of Moab.

geneva@Numbers:21:17 @ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; (note:)You that receive the convenience of it, give praise for it.(:note) sing ye unto it:

geneva@Numbers:21:18 @ The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the (note:)Only Moses and Aaron, the heads of the people, struck the rock with the rod or staff, which gave water as a well that was deep digged.(:note) lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah:

geneva@Numbers:21:20 @ And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the plaine of Moab, to the top of Pisgah that looketh toward Ieshimon.

geneva@Numbers:21:27 @ Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbon, let the citie of Sihon bee built and repaired:

geneva@Numbers:21:29 @ Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of (note:)Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, (1Ki_11:33) who was not able to defend his worshippers, who took the idol for their father.(:note) Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

geneva@Numbers:21:32 @ And Moses sent to searche out Iaazer, and they tooke the townes belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there.

geneva@Numbers:22:2 @ Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

geneva@Numbers:22:4 @ And Moab said unto the (note:)Who were the heads and governors.(:note) elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor [was] king of the Moabites at that time.

geneva@Numbers:22:6 @ Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed.

geneva@Numbers:22:8 @ And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and (note:)Whom before he called elders: meaning the governors, and later calls them servants: that is, subjects to their king.(:note) the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

geneva@Numbers:22:11 @ Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue them out.

geneva@Numbers:22:12 @ And God (note:)He warned him by a dream, that he should not consent to the kings wicked request.(:note) said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

geneva@Numbers:22:16 @ And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, (note:)The wicked seek by all means to further their naughty enterprises, though they know that God is against them.(:note) Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

geneva@Numbers:22:19 @ Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me (note:)Because he tempted God to require him contrary to his commandment, his petition was granted, but it turned to his own condemnation.(:note) more.

geneva@Numbers:22:20 @ And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayd vnto him, If the men come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with them: but onely what thing I say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe.

geneva@Numbers:22:28 @ And the LORD (note:)Gave her power to speak.(:note) opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

geneva@Numbers:22:34 @ Then Balaam saide vnto the Angel of the Lorde, I haue sinned: for I wist not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore if it displease thee, I will turne home againe.

geneva@Numbers:22:35 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the (note:)Because his heart was evil, his charge was renewed, that he should not pretend ignorance.(:note) word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

geneva@Numbers:22:36 @ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which [is] in the (note:)Near the place where the Israelites camped.(:note) border of Arnon, which [is] in the utmost coast.

geneva@Numbers:22:38 @ And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say (note:)On my own I can say nothing, I will only speak what God reveals, whether it is good or bad.(:note) any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

geneva@Numbers:22:40 @ Then Balak offred bullockes, and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, & to the princes that were with him.

geneva@Numbers:22:41 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of (note:)Where the idol Baal was worshipped.(:note) Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people.

geneva@Numbers:23:3 @ Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lorde will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

geneva@Numbers:23:13 @ And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, & thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

geneva@Numbers:23:26 @ But Balaam answered, & saide vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lorde speaketh, that must I do?

geneva@Numbers:23:27 @ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another (note:)Thus the wicked imagine of God that what he will not grant in one place, he will do in another.(:note) place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

geneva@Numbers:23:28 @ So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

geneva@Numbers:24:1 @ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the (note:)Where the Israelites camped.(:note) wilderness.

geneva@Numbers:24:9 @ He coucheth and lieth downe as a yong lion, and as a lion: who shall stirre him vp? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

geneva@Numbers:24:14 @ And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will (note:)He gave also wicked counsel to cause the Israelites to sin, that God might forsake them, (Num_31:16).(:note) advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

geneva@Numbers:24:16 @ He hath said that heard the words of God, and hath the knowledge of the most High, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, and falling in a traunce had his eyes opened:

geneva@Numbers:24:17 @ I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a (note:)Meaning Christ.(:note) Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the That is, the princes. corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world. Sheth.

geneva@Numbers:24:19 @ Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the (note:)Of the Edomites.(:note) city.

geneva@Numbers:24:20 @ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the (note:)The Amalekites first made war against Israel, (Num_14:45).(:note) first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.

geneva@Numbers:25:4 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD (note:)Openly in the sight of all.(:note) against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

geneva@Numbers:25:5 @ And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his (note:)Let him execute those that are under his charge.(:note) men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

geneva@Numbers:25:6 @ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, (note:)Repenting that they had offended God.(:note) who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:25:9 @ And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.

geneva@Numbers:25:11 @ Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he (note:)He was zealous to maintain my glory.(:note) was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

geneva@Numbers:25:15 @ And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midian.

geneva@Numbers:26:1 @ And it came to pass after the (note:)Which came because of their whoredom and idolatry.(:note) plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

geneva@Numbers:26:2 @ Take the nomber of all the Congregation of the children of Israel from twentie yeere olde and aboue throughout their fathers houses, all that go forth to warre in Israel.

geneva@Numbers:26:9 @ And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This [is that] Dathan and Abiram, [which were] famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the (note:)In that rebellion of which Korah was head.(:note) company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

geneva@Numbers:26:10 @ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they (note:)That is, as an example that others should not complain and rebel against God's ministers.(:note) became a sign.

geneva@Numbers:26:51 @ These [were] the (note:)This is the third time that they are numbered.(:note) numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

geneva@Numbers:26:64 @ But among these there was not a man of them (note:)In which appears the great power of God, that so wonderfully increased his people.(:note) whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

geneva@Numbers:27:3 @ Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own (note:)According as all men die, for as much as they are sinners.(:note) sin, and had no sons.

geneva@Numbers:27:11 @ And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of (note:)Meaning, an ordinance to judge by.(:note) judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Numbers:27:14 @...waters before their eyes. That is...

geneva@Numbers:27:17 @ Which may (note:)That is, govern them and do his duty, as in (2Ch_1:10).(:note) go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

geneva@Numbers:27:20 @ And thou shalt (note:)Commend him to the people as suitable for the office and appointed by God.(:note) put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

geneva@Numbers:27:21 @ And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the (note:)According to his office: signifying that the civil magistrate could execute nothing but that which he knew to be the will of God.(:note) judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, [both] he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

geneva@Numbers:28:14 @ And their (note:)That is, the wine that will be poured on the sacrifice.(:note) drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third [part] of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth [part] of an hin unto a lamb: this [is] the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

geneva@Numbers:28:19 @ But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see that they be without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:39 @ These [things] ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your (note:)Beside the sacrifices that you will vow or offer of your own minds.(:note) vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

geneva@Numbers:29:40 @ {\cf2 (30:1)} Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according to all that the Lorde had commanded him,

geneva@Numbers:30:2 @ {\cf2 (30:3)} Whosoeuer voweth a vow vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promise, but shall do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth.

geneva@Numbers:30:5 @ But if her (note:)By not approving or consenting to her vow.(:note) father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

geneva@Numbers:30:8 @ But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard [it]; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her (note:)For she is in subjection to her husband, and can perform nothing without his consent.(:note) soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.

geneva@Numbers:30:9 @ But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand (note:)For they are not under the authority of the man.(:note) against her.

geneva@Numbers:30:12 @ {\cf2 (30:13)} But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her.

geneva@Numbers:30:14 @ But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from (note:)And warn her not the same day that he hears it, as in (Num_30:8).(:note) day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which [are] upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard [them].

geneva@Numbers:30:15 @ But if he shall any ways (note:)Not the same day he heard them, but some day after, the sin will be imputed to him and not to her.(:note) make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity.

geneva@Numbers:31:3 @ And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go (note:)As he had commanded in (Num_25:17), declaring also that the injury done against his people is done against him.(:note) against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

geneva@Numbers:31:6 @ And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of [every] tribe, them and (note:)For his great zeal that he bare for the Lord, (Num_25:13).(:note) Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

geneva@Numbers:31:8 @ And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: (note:)The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God.(:note) Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

geneva@Numbers:31:17 @ Now therefore kill every male among the (note:)That is, all the boy children.(:note) little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

geneva@Numbers:31:18 @ But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

geneva@Numbers:31:19 @ And ye shal remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

geneva@Numbers:31:20 @ Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins & al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.

geneva@Numbers:31:23 @ Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be (note:)The third day and before it is molten.(:note) purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the It shall be washed. water.

geneva@Numbers:31:26 @ Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:31:27 @ And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:31:28 @ And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the (note:)Of the prey that falls to the soldiers.(:note) men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

geneva@Numbers:31:35 @ And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

geneva@Numbers:31:36 @ And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:31:37 @ And the (note:)This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord.(:note) LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

geneva@Numbers:31:42 @ And of the children of Israel's (note:)Of that part which was given to them in dividing the spoil.(:note) half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

geneva@Numbers:31:43 @ (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,

geneva@Numbers:31:52 @ And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lorde (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,

geneva@Numbers:32:1 @ Now the children of (note:)Reuben came from Leah, and Gad from Zilpah her handmaid.(:note) Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Which was named for the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban in (Gen_31:47). Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;

geneva@Numbers:32:9 @ For when they went vp euen vnto the riuer of Eshcol, and sawe the land: they discouraged the heart of the childre of Israel, that they woulde not goe into the lande, which the Lorde had giuen them.

geneva@Numbers:32:11 @ None of the men that came out of Egypt from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall see the land for the which I sware vnto Abraha, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, because they haue not wholly followed me:

geneva@Numbers:32:13 @ And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done (note:)Because they complained and would not believe their report, which told the truth concerning the land.(:note) evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

geneva@Numbers:32:19 @ Neither wil we inherite with them beyond Iorden and on that side, because our inheritance is fallen to vs on this side Iorden Eastwarde.

geneva@Numbers:32:24 @ Builde you then cities for your children & folds for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoke.

geneva@Numbers:32:28 @ So concerning them Moses (note:)Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and other, would be performed after his death so that they would not break theirs.(:note) commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

geneva@Numbers:32:32 @ We will goe armed before the Lorde into the lande of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to vs on this side Iorden.

geneva@Numbers:32:33 @ And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the (note:)The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he makes mention of them that dwelt on this side: (Jos_10:12) he speaks of them that inhabited beyond Jordan.(:note) Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about.

geneva@Numbers:32:39 @ And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasseh went to Gilead, and tooke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein.

geneva@Numbers:33:54 @ And ye shall inherite the land by lot according to your families: to the more yee shall giue more inheritance, and to the fewer the lesse inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherite.

geneva@Numbers:33:56 @ Moreouer, it shal come to passe, that I shal doe vnto you, as I thought to do vnto them.

geneva@Numbers:34:2 @ Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the (note:)Meaning, the description of the land.(:note) land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

geneva@Numbers:34:3 @ And your Southquarter shalbe from the wildernesse of Zin to the borders of Edom: so that your Southquarter shall be from the salt Sea coast Eastwarde:

geneva@Numbers:34:7 @ And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount (note:)Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died.(:note) Hor:

geneva@Numbers:34:12 @ Also that border shall goe downe to Iorden, & leaue at the salt Sea. this shalbe your land with the coastes thereof round about.

geneva@Numbers:34:29 @ These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to (note:)And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.(:note) divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:35:2 @ Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the (note:)Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan.(:note) Levites of the inheritance of their possession God would have them scattered through all the land, because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law. cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

geneva@Numbers:35:5 @ And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side (note:)So that in all were three thousand, and in the compass of these two thousand, they might plant and sow.(:note) two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

geneva@Numbers:35:6 @ And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shal appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities mo.

geneva@Numbers:35:11 @ Ye shall appoint you cities, to bee cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

geneva@Numbers:35:12 @ And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the (note:)Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause.(:note) avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

geneva@Numbers:35:15 @ These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth among you, that euery one which killeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

geneva@Numbers:35:16 @ And if he (note:)Wittingly, and willingly.(:note) smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

geneva@Numbers:35:20 @ But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

geneva@Numbers:35:21 @ Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.

geneva@Numbers:35:25 @ And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the (note:)Under this figure is declared, that our sins could not be remitted, but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ.(:note) high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

geneva@Numbers:35:32 @ Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest.

geneva@Numbers:35:33 @ So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be (note:)So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he makes his dumb creatures demand vengeance of it.(:note) cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

geneva@Numbers:36:1 @ And the (note:)It seems that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses.(:note) chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

geneva@Numbers:36:4 @ And when the (note:)Signifying that at no time could it return, for in the Jubile all things returned to their own tribes.(:note) jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

geneva@Numbers:36:6 @ This is the thing that the Lorde hath commaunded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shall be wiues, to whome they thinke best, onely to the familie of the tribe of their father shall they marry:

geneva@Numbers:36:8 @ And every daughter, that possesseth an (note:)When there is no male to inherit.(:note) inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:1 @ These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on (note:)In the country of Moab.(:note) this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain So that the wilderness was between the sea and the plain of Moab. over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. The Argument - The wonderful love of God toward his Church is actively set forth in this book. Even through their ingratitude and many rebellions against God, for the space forty years. (Deu_9:7) they deserved to have been cut off from the number of his people, and forever to have been deprived of the use of his holy word and ordinances: yet he ever preserved his Church even for his own mercy's sake, and would still have his name called upon among them. Wherefore he brings them into the land of Canaan, destroys their enemies, gives them their country, towns and goods, and exhorts them by the example of their fathers (whose infidelity, idolatry, adulteries, complaining and rebellions, he had most severely punished) to fear and obey the Lord, to embrace and keep his law without adding to it or diminishing from it. For by his word he would be known to be their God, and they his people, by his word he would govern his Church, and by the same they would learn to obey him: by his word he would discern the false prophet from the true, light form darkness, ignorance from knowledge, and his own people from all the other nations and infidels: teaching them by it to refuse and detest, destroy and abolish whatever is not agreeable to his holy will, seem it otherwise never so good or precious in the eyes of man. For this cause God promised to raise up kings and governors, for the setting forth of his word and preservation of his Church: giving to them a special charge for the executing of it: whom therefore he wills to exercise themselves diligently in the continual study and meditation of the same: that they might learn to fear the Lord, love their subjects, abhor covetousness and vices, and whatever offends the majesty of God. As he had before instructed their fathers in all things belonging both to his spiritual service and also for the maintenance of that society which is between men: so he prescribes here anew all such laws and ordinances, which either concern his divine service, or else are necessary for a common good: appointing to every estate and degree their charge and duty: as well, how to rule and live in the fear of God, as to nourish friendship toward their neighbours, and to preserve the order which God has established among men: threatening most horrible plagues to them that transgress his commandments, and promising blessings and happiness to those who observe and obey them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:2 @ ([There are] eleven days' [journey] from (note:)In Horeb, or Sinai, forty years before the law was given: but because all that were then of age and judgment were now dead, Moses repeats the same to the youth who either then were not born, or had not judgment.(:note) Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:3 @ And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtieth yeere that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:8 @ Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in and possesse that land which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue vnto them and to their seede after them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:9 @ And I spake (note:)By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, (Exo_18:19).(:note) unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:14 @ Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:16 @ And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:17 @ Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] (note:)You are his Lieutenants.(:note) God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:19 @ Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commaunded vs: and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:20 @ And (note:)So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised.(:note) I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:25 @ And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and (note:)That is, Caleb, and Joshua; Moses prefers the better part to the greater, that is, two to ten.(:note) said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:27 @ And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD (note:)Such was the Jews unthankfulness, that they counted God's special love, hatred.(:note) hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:30 @ The LORD your God (note:)Declaring that to renounce our own force, and constantly to follow our calling, and depend on the Lord, is true boldness, and agreeable to God.(:note) which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:33 @ Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tentes in, in fire by night, that ye might see what way to goe, and in a cloude by day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:35 @ Surely there shall not one of these men of this froward generation, see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:36 @ Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:39 @ Moreover your (note:)Who were under twenty years of age, (Num_14:31).(:note) little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:41 @ Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, (note:)This declares man's nature, who will do that which God forbids, and will not do that which he commands.(:note) we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:42 @ And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] (note:)Signifying that man has no strength, but when God is at hand to help him.(:note) not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:44 @ Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mountaine came out against you, and chased you (as bees vse to doe) and destroied you in Seir, euen vnto Hormah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:46 @ So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:10 @ The (note:)Signifying that as these giants were driven out for their sins: so the wicked when their sins are ripe, cannot avoid God's plagues.(:note) Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:14 @ And the (note:)He shows by this, that as God is true in his promise, so his threatenings are not in vain.(:note) space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, [was] thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:15 @ For indeed the (note:)His plague and punishment to destroy all that were twenty years old and above.(:note) hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:20 @ (That also was accounted a land (note:)Who called themselves Rephaims: that is, preservers, or physicians to heal and reform vices: but were indeed Zamzummims, that is, wicked and abominable.(:note) of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:21 @ A people that was great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims: but the Lord destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them in their inheritance, and dwelt in their stead:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:25 @ This day will I (note:)This declares that the hearts of men are in God's hands either to be made faint, or bold.(:note) begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations [that are] under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:30 @ But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God (note:)God in his election and reprobation not only appoints the ends, but the means tending to the same.(:note) hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as [appeareth] this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:34 @ And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the (note:)God had cursed Canaan, and therefore he did not want any of the wicked race to be preserved.(:note) women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:36 @ From Aroer, which is by the banke of the riuer of Arnon, and from the citie that is vpon the riuer, euen vnto Gilead: there was not one citie that escaped vs: for the Lorde our God deliuered vp all before vs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:8 @ Thus we tooke at that time out of the hand of two Kings of the Amorites, the land that was on this side Iorden from the riuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon:

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:12 @ And this land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the riuer of Arnon, and halfe mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the Reubenites and Gadites.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:18 @ And I commanded (note:)That is, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half Manasseh, as in (Num_32:32).(:note) you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all [that are] meet for the war.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:19 @ Your wiues onely, and your children, and your cattel (for I know that ye haue much cattel) shall abide in your cities, which I haue giuen you,

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:20 @ Vntill the Lorde haue giuen rest vnto your brethren as vnto you, and that they also possesse the lande, which the Lorde your God hath giuen them beyond Iorden: then shall ye returne euery man vnto his possession, which I haue giuen you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:21 @ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the (note:)So that the victories did not come by your own wisdom, strength or multitude.(:note) LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:24 @ O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can (note:)He speaks according to the common and corrupt speech of those who attribute power to idols that only belongs to God.(:note) do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:25 @ I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly (note:)He means Zion, where the Temple should be built, and God honoured.(:note) mountain, and Lebanon.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:1 @ Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to (note:)For this doctrine stands not in bare knowledge, but in practice of life.(:note) do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:2 @ Ye shall (note:)Think not to be more wise than I am.(:note) not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye God will not be served by halves, but will have full obedience. diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:3 @ Your (note:)God's judgments executed on other idolaters ought to serve for our instruction, read (Num_25:3-4).(:note) eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:4 @ But ye that did (note:)And were not idolaters.(:note) cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:5 @ Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:8 @ And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:9 @ Only take heed to thyself, and (note:)He adds all these words, to show that we can never be careful enough to keep the law of God and to teach it to our posterity.(:note) keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:10 @ Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together, and I wil cause them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shal liue vpon the earth, and that they may teache their children:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:11 @ And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain (note:)The law was given with fearful miracles, to declare both that God was the author of it, and also that no flesh was able to abide the rigour of the same.(:note) burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:14 @ And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances & lawes, which ye should obserue in the lande, whither ye goe, to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:15 @ Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no (note:)Signifying, that destruction is prepared for all who make any image to represent God.(:note) manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:16 @ That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of male or female,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:17 @ The likenes of any beast that is on earth, or the likenesse of any fethered foule that flieth in the aire:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:18 @ Or the likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the earth, or the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:21 @ And the Lord was angrie with me for your words, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iorden, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:22 @ But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but (note:)Moses good affection appears in that while he himself is deprived of such an excellent treasure, he does not envy those who must enjoy it.(:note) ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:24 @ For the LORD thy God [is] a (note:)To those that come not to him with love and reverence, but rebel against him.(:note) consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:26 @ I (note:)Though men would abuse you, yet the insensible creatures will be witnesses of your disobedience.(:note) call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:27 @ And the LORD shall (note:)So that his curse will make his former blessings ineffectual.(:note) scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:32 @ For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and (note:)Man's negligence is partially the cause for his ignorance of God.(:note) [ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:34 @ Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by (note:)By so manifest proofs that none could doubt of it.(:note) temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:35 @ Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest (note:)He shows the reason why God did these miracles.(:note) know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none else beside him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:39 @ Vnderstande therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heauen aboue, and vpon the earth beneath: there is none other.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:40 @ Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may (note:)God promises reward not for our merits, but to encourage us, and to assure us that our labour will not be lost.(:note) go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:42 @ That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue:

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:43 @ That is, Bezer in the wildernesse, in the plaine countrey of the Reubenites: and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites: and Golan in Bashan among them of Manasseh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:1 @ Then Moses called all Israiel, and saide vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the ordinances and the lawes which I propose to you this day, that yee may learne them, and take heede to obserue them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:3 @ The LORD (note:)Some read, God made not this covenant, that is, in such ample forth and with such signs and wonders.(:note) made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:4 @ The LORD talked with you (note:)So plainly that you do not need to doubt it.(:note) face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:5 @ (At that time I stoode betweene the Lorde and you, to declare vnto you ye word of the Lord: for ye were afraid at the sight of the fire, and went not vp into the mount, and he said,

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:8 @ Thou shalt make thee no grauen image or any likenesse of that that is in heauen aboue, or which is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters vnder the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:9 @ Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a (note:)That is, of his honour, not permitting it to be given to others.(:note) jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:10 @ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that (note:)The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God.(:note) love me and keep my commandments.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:11 @ Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:14 @ But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not doe any worke therein, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruant, nor thy mayd, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, neither any of thy cattel, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruant and thy mayde may rest aswell as thou.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:15 @ For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:21 @ Neither shalt (note:)He not only speaks of that resolute will, but that there should be no motion or affection.(:note) thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour's.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:24 @ And ye sayd, Beholde, the Lord our God hath shewed vs his glory and his greatnes, and we haue heard his voyce out of the middes of the fire: we haue seene this day that God doeth talke with man, and he liueth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:26 @ For what flesh was there euer, that heard the voyce of the liuing God speaking out of the middes of the fire as we haue, and liued?

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:27 @ Go thou neere and heare all that the Lord our God saith: and declare thou vnto vs all that the Lorde our God saith vnto thee, and we will heare it, and doe it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:28 @ Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, when ye spake vnto me: and the Lorde sayd vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of ye wordes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto thee: they haue well sayd, all that they haue spoken.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:29 @ O (note:)He requires nothing but obedience from us, showing also that we ourselves are the unveiling of it.(:note) that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:31 @ But stand thou here with me, and I wil tell thee all the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which thou shalt teach them: that they may doe them in the land which I giue them to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:33 @ Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may (note:)In the same way that God, by way of our obedience, gives us all happiness: so from disobeying God proceed all our miseries.(:note) live, and [that it may be] well with you, and [that] ye may prolong [your] days in the land which ye shall possess.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:1 @ These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:2 @ That thou mayest (note:)A reverent face and love for God is the first beginning to keeping God's commandments.(:note) fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:3 @ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do [it]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, (note:)Which has an abundance of all things needed for man's life.(:note) in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:7 @ And thou shalt (note:)Some read, «You shall whet them upon your children»: that is, that they may imprint them more deeply in their memory.(:note) teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {(teach: Hebrews. whet, or, sharpen)}

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:18 @ And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the (note:)Here he condemns all of man's good intentions.(:note) sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to thy fathers,

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:20 @ [And] when (note:)God not only requires that we serve him all our lives, but also that we see that our posterity sets forth his glory.(:note) thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:23 @ And he (note:)Nothing should move us more to true obedience than the great benefits which we have received from God.(:note) brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:24 @ Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:6 @ For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:9 @ Know therefore (note:)And so put difference between him and idols.(:note) that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:10 @ And repayeth (note:)Meaning revealed, or in this life.(:note) them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:12 @ Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the (note:)This covenant is grounded in his free grace: therefore in recompensing their obedience, he respects his mercy and not their merits.(:note) mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:15 @ Moreouer, the Lorde will take away from thee all infirmities, and will put none of the euill diseases of Egypt (which thou knowest) vpon thee, but wil send them vpon all that hate thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:16 @ And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; (note:)We should not be merciful when God commands severity.(:note) thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:20 @ Moreover the LORD thy God will send the (note:)There is not a creature so small, that I will not arm it to fight on your side against them.(:note) hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:22 @ And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the (note:)It is to your advantage that God does not accomplish his promise as soon as you would wish.(:note) beasts of the field increase upon thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:1 @ All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe (note:)Showing that it is not enough to hear the word, unless we express it by the example of our lives.(:note) to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:3 @ And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by (note:)Man does not live by meat only, but by the power of God, who gives it strength to nourish us.(:note) bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:4 @ Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot (note:)As those that go barefoot.(:note) swell, these forty years.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:5 @ Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, [so] the LORD thy God (note:)So that his affliction are signs of his fatherly love toward us.(:note) chasteneth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:6 @ Therefore shalt thou keepe the commaundements of the Lorde thy God, that thou mayest walke in his wayes, and feare him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:7 @ For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land in the which are riuers of water and fountaines, and depthes that spring out of valleis and mountaines:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:11 @ Beware that thou forget not the Lorde thy God, not keeping his commandements, and his lawes, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:13 @ And thy beastes, and thy sheepe are increased, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is increased,

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:16 @ Who fed thee in the wildernesse with MAN, which thy fathers knewe not) to humble thee, and and to proue thee, that he might doe thee good at thy latter ende.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:18 @ But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that (note:)If things concerning this life proceed only from God's mercy, how much more do spiritual gifts and everlasting life.(:note) giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:19 @ And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I (note:)Or take to witness the heaven and the earth, as in (Deu_4:26).(:note) testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:3 @ Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which (note:)To guide you and govern you.(:note) goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:4 @ Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my (note:)Man by himself deserves nothing but God's anger, and if God spares anyone it comes from his great mercy.(:note) righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:5 @ For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:6 @ Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a (note:)Like stubborn oxen who will not endure their masters yoke.(:note) stiffnecked people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:7 @ Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: (note:)He proves by the length of time, that their rebellion was great and intolerable.(:note) from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:8 @ Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lorde to anger so that the Lord was wroth with you, euen to destroy you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:18 @ And I fell downe before the Lorde, fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, as before: I neither ate bread nor dranke water, because of al your sinnes, which ye had committed, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lorde, in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:19 @ (For I was afraide of the wrath and indignation, wherewith the Lord was mooued against you, euen to destroy you) yet the Lord heard me at that time also.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:21 @ And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the (note:)Horeb, or Sinai.(:note) mount.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:24 @ Ye haue bene rebellious vnto the Lorde, since the day that I knewe you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:25 @ Thus I fell down before the LORD (note:)By which is signified that God requires earnest continuance in prayer.(:note) forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:2 @ And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:8 @ At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to (note:)That is, to offer sacrifice, and to declare the Law to the people.(:note) minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:10 @ And I taried in the mount, as at ye first time, fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and the Lorde heard me at that time also, and the Lorde would not destroy thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:11 @ But the Lord said vnto me, Arise, goe forth in the iourney before the people, that they may goe in and possesse the land, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:13 @ That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:14 @ Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:21 @ He is thy praise, and hee is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes haue seene.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:1 @ Therefore thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt keepe that, which he commandeth to be kept: that is, his ordinances, and his lawes, and his commandements alway.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:6 @ And what he did vnto Dathan & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab ye sonne of Reuben, when the earth opened her mouth, & swallowed them with their housholds and their tents, and all their substance that they had in the middes of al Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:8 @ Therefore shall ye keep (note:)Because you have felt both his chastisement and his benefits.(:note) all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:9 @ Also that ye may prolong your daies in the land, which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, to giue vnto them and to their seede, euen a lande that floweth with milke and honie.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:13 @ If yee shall hearken therefore vnto my commaundements, which I commaund you this day, that yee loue the Lorde your God and serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:14 @ That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, (note:)In the seed time, and toward harvest.(:note) the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:15 @ Also I will send grasse in thy fieldes, for thy cattel, that thou maist eate, and haue inough.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:16 @ Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not (note:)By devising foolish devotions according to your own fantasies.(:note) deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:17 @ And so the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that your lande yeelde not her fruit, and yee perish quickly from the good land, which the Lord giueth you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:18 @ Therefore shal ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:21 @ That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as (note:)As long as the heavens and earth endure, (2Pe_3:10, 2Pe_3:12).(:note) the days of heaven upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:22 @ For if ye keepe diligently all these commandements, which I command you to doe: that is, to loue the Lord your God, to walke in all his waies, and to cleaue vnto him,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:25 @ No man shall stande against you: for the Lorde your God shall cast the feare and dread of you vpon all the land that ye shal treade vpon, as he hath said vnto you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:28 @ And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not (note:)He reproves the malice of men who leave that which is certain to follow that which is uncertain.(:note) known.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:32 @ Take heede therefore that ye doe all the commaundements and the lawes, which I set before you this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:1 @ These [are] the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God (note:)By which they are admonished to seek no other God.(:note) of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:3 @ And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their (note:)In which they sacrificed to their idols.(:note) groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:7 @ And there ye shall eat (note:)Where his Ark shall be.(:note) before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:8 @ Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do (note:)Not that they sacrificed after their fantasies, but that God would be served more purely in the land of Canaan.(:note) here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:10 @ But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you (note:)It was not enough to conquer unless God maintained them in rest under his protection.(:note) rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:11 @ When there shalbe a place which the Lord your God shall chose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall yee bring all that I commaund you: your burnt offrings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offring of your hands, and all your speciall vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lord:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:12 @ And ye shall reioyce before the Lord your God, yee, and your sonnes & your daughters, and your seruaunts, and your maidens, and the Leuite that is within your gates: for hee hath no part nor inheritance with you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:13 @ Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euery place that thou seest:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:14 @ But in the place which the LORD shall (note:)As was declared ever by the placing of the ark in Shiloh 243 years, or as some write more that 300 years, and in other places till the temple was built.(:note) choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:18 @ But thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse, thou, & thy sonne, & thy daughter, & thy seruat, and thy maid, and the Leuite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:19 @ Beware, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:23 @ Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood (note:)Because the life of beasts is in their blood.(:note) [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:25 @ Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:28 @ Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go (note:)God by promise binds himself to do good to those who obey his word.(:note) well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:30 @ Take heed to thyself that thou be not (note:)By following their superstitions and idolatries, and thinking to serve me by it.(:note) snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:1 @ If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of (note:)Who says that he has things revealed to him in dreams.(:note) dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:2 @ And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, (note:)He shows that to which the false prophets tend.(:note) Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:3 @ Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God (note:)God ordains all these things that his may be known.(:note) proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:5 @ And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be (note:)Being convicted by testimonies, and condemned by the judge.(:note) put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:10 @ And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he dye (because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of ye land of Egypt, from ye house of bondage)

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:11 @ That all Israel may heare and feare, and doe no more any such wickednesse as this among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:15 @ Thou shalt euen slay the inhabitants of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and all that is therein, and the cattel thereof with the edge of the sworde.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:16 @ And (note:)Signifying that no idolatry is so detestable, nor more grievously to be punished, than of those who once professed God.(:note) thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:17 @ And there shall cleave nought of the (note:)Of the spoil of that idolatrous and cursed city, read (Deu_7:26; Jos_7:11).(:note) cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:18 @ When thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, and keepe all his commandements which I command thee this day, that thou do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:2 @ For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a (note:)Therefore you should not follow the superstition of the Gentiles.(:note) peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:6 @ And euery beast that parteth ye hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and is of the beasts that cheweth the cudde, that shall ye eate.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:7 @ But these ye shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, and of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe onely: ye camell, nor the hare, nor the cony: for they chewe the cudde, but deuide not ye hoofe: therefore they shall be vncleane vnto you:

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:9 @ These ye shall eate, of all that are in the waters: all that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:19 @ And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:21 @ Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that (note:)Because their blood was not shed, but remains in them.(:note) dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the Who is not of your religion. stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:22 @ Thou shalt truly (note:)The tithes were ordained for the maintenance of the Levites, who had no inheritance.(:note) tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:23 @ And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God (in the place which he shall chose to cause his Name to dwell there) the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first borne of thy kine and of thy sheepe, that thou maiest learne to feare the Lord thy God alway.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:24 @ And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, (note:)When he shall give thee abilities.(:note) when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:26 @ And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: (note:)After the Priest has received the Lord's part.(:note) and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:27 @ And the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake: for he hath neither part nor inheritance with thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:28 @ At the end of three years thou shalt (note:)Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the Levites, these were laid up in store for the poor.(:note) bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:

geneva@Deuteronomy:14:29 @ Then ye Leuite shall come, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe, which are within thy gates, and shall eate, and be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the worke of thine hand which thou doest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:2 @ And this [is] the manner of the release: Every (note:)He shall only release his debtors, who are not able to pay for that year.(:note) creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:3 @ Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit:

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:5 @ So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe all these commandements, which I commande thee this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:9 @ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:10 @ Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:14 @ Thou shalt (note:)In token that you acknowledge the benefit which God has given you by his labours.(:note) furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:15 @ And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, & the Lord thy God deliuered thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:18 @ It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double (note:)For the hired servant served but three years, and he six.(:note) hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

geneva@Deuteronomy:15:19 @ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: (note:)For they are the Lords.(:note) thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:3 @ Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of (note:)Which signified the affliction which you had in Egypt.(:note) affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:6 @ But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the (note:)Which was instituted to remind them of their deliverance our of Egypt and to encourage them in the hope of Jesus Christ, of whom this lamb was a figure.(:note) passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:11 @ And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, and thy maide, and the Leuite that is within thy gates, & the stranger, & the fatherles, and the widowe, that are among you, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse to place his Name there,

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:12 @ And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and doe these ordinances.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:13 @ Thou shalt (note:)That is, the 15th day of the seventh month, (Lev_23:34).(:note) observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:14 @ And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, & the stranger, & the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are wtin thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:17 @ Every man [shall give] as he is (note:)According to the ability that God has given him.(:note) able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:20 @ That which (note:)The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, and in noting decline from justice.(:note) is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:1 @ Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is (note:)You shall not serve God for selfish means as the hypocrites do.(:note) blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:2 @ If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or (note:)Showing that the crime cannot be excused by the frailty of the person.(:note) woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:4 @ And it be tolde vnto thee, and thou hast heard it, then shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:5 @ Then shalt thou bring foorth that man, or that woman (which haue committed that wicked thing) vnto thy gates, whether it be man or woman, & shalt stone them with stones, til they die.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:6 @ At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is woorthie of death, die: but at the mouth of one witnesse, he shall not die.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:7 @ The hands of the (note:)By which they declared that they testify the truth.(:note) witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the To signify a common consent to maintain God's honour and true religion. people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:9 @ And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the (note:)Who will sentence as the priests counsel him by the Law of God.(:note) judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:10 @ And thou shalt do according to that thing which they of that place (which the Lorde hath chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to doe according to all that they informe thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:11 @ According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, (note:)You shall obey their sentence that the controversy may have an end.(:note) thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:12 @ And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to (note:)So long as he is the true minister of God, and pronounces according to his word.(:note) minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:14 @ Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me,

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:16 @ But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to (note:)To avenge their injuries and to take their best horses from them; (1Ki_10:28).(:note) Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:17 @ Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart (note:)From the Law of God.(:note) turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:18 @ And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this (note:)Meaning, Deuteronomy.(:note) law in a book out of [that which is] before the He shall cause it to be written by them, or he shall write it by their example. priests the Levites:

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:19 @ And it shall be with him, and he shall reade therein all daies of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lord his God, & to keepe all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances for to doe them:

geneva@Deuteronomy:17:20 @ That his heart be not lifted up above his (note:)By which is meant that kings should love their subjects as nature causes one brother to love another.(:note) brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:3 @ And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether [it be] ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the (note:)The right shoulder, (Num_18:18).(:note) shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:8 @ They shall have like portions to eat, (note:)Not forced to live from himself.(:note) beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:10 @ There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to (note:)Signifying they were purged by this ceremony of passing between two fires.(:note) pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:11 @ Or a charmer, or that counselleth with spirits, or a soothsaier, or that asketh counsel at ye dead.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:12 @ For all that doe such things are abomination vnto the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:14 @ For these nations which thou shalt possesse, hearken vnto those that regarde the times, and vnto sorcerers: as for thee, the Lorde thy God hath not suffred thee so.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:16 @ According to al that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the assemblie, when thou saidest, Let me heare the voice of my Lorde God no more, nor see this great fire any more, that I die not.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:18 @ I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his (note:)A promise not only made to Christ, but to all that teach in his name, (Isa_59:21).(:note) mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:20 @ But the prophet that shall presume to speake a worde in my name, which I haue not commanded him to speake, or that speaketh in the name of other gods, euen the same prophet shall die.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:22 @ When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing (note:)Under this sure note he comprises all the other tokens.(:note) follow not, nor come to pass, that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:3 @ Thou shalt (note:)Make an open and ready way.(:note) prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every Who killed against his will, and bore no hatred in his heart. slayer may flee thither.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:5 @ As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he (note:)That murder not be committed on murder.(:note) shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:9 @ (If thou keepe all these commaundements to doe them, which I commaund thee this day: to wit, that thou loue the Lord thy God, and walke in his waies for euer) then shalt thou adde three cities moe for thee besides those three,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:10 @ That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and (note:)Lest you be punished for innocent blood.(:note) [so] blood be upon thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:11 @ But if a man hate his neighbour, and lay waite for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee vnto any of these cities,

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:12 @ Then the (note:)The magistrates.(:note) elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:13 @ Thine (note:)Then whoever pardons murder, goes against the word of God.(:note) eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:14 @ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:15 @ One witnes shall not rise against a man for any trespasse, or for any sinne, or for any fault that hee offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:4 @ For the LORD your God [is] he that (note:)Is present to defend you with his grace and power.(:note) goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:5 @ And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not (note:)For when they first entered to dwell in a house, they gave thanks to God, acknowledging that they had that benefit by his grace.(:note) dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:6 @ And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] (note:)The Hebrew word signifies to make common or profane, (Lev_19:25)(:note) eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:7 @ And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:9 @ And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people, they shal make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:14 @ Onely the women, & the children, & the cattel, & all that is in the citie, euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:18 @ That they teache you not to doe after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, & so ye should sinne against the Lorde your God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:20 @ Onely those trees, which thou knowest are not for meate, those shalt thou destroy and cut downe, & make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntil thou subdue it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:1 @ If [one] be found (note:)This law declares how horrible murder is, seeing that because of one man a whole country will be punished, unless remedy is found.(:note) slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:2 @ Then thine Elders & thy Iudges shal come forth, and measure vnto the cities that are round about him that is slayne.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:3 @ Aud let ye Elders of that citie, which is next vnto the slaine man, take out of the droue an heifer that hath not bene put to labour, nor hath drawen in the yoke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:4 @ And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough (note:)That the blood shed of the innocent beasts in a solitary place, might make them abhor the fact.(:note) valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:6 @ And all the Elders of that citie that came neere to the slayne man, shal wash their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:9 @ So shalt thou take away the cry of innocet blood from thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:12 @ Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; (note:)Signifying that her former life must be changed before she could be joined to the people of God.(:note) and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:13 @ And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, (note:)As having renounced parents and country.(:note) and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy This was only allowed in the wars, otherwise the Israelites could not marry strangers. wife.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:15 @ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another (note:)This declares that the plurality of wives came from a corrupt affection.(:note) hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:16 @ Then when the time commeth, that hee appointeth his sonnes to be heires of that which he hath, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated, which is the first borne:

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:17 @ But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a (note:)As much as to two of the others.(:note) double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] Unless he is unworthy, as Reuben, Jacob's son, was. his.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:21 @ And all the men of his city shall (note:)A death which was also appointed for blasphemers and idolaters: so that to disobey the parents is most horrible.(:note) stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:23 @ His body shall not remain (note:)For God's law is satisfied by his death, and nature abhors cruelty.(:note) all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:2 @ And if thy brother [be] not (note:)Showing that brotherly affection must be shown, not only to those who dwell near to us, but also to those who are far off.(:note) nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:5 @ The (note:)For that alters the order of nature, and shows that you despise God.(:note) woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:7 @ But shalt in any wise let the damme go, & take the yong to thee, that thou mayest prosper and prolong thy dayes.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:8 @ When thou buildest a newe house, thou shalt make a battlemet on thy roofe, that thou lay not blood vpo thine house, if any man fal thence.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:14 @ And give (note:)That is, be an occasion that she is slandered.(:note) occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:18 @ Then the Elders of the citie shal take that man and chastise him,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:20 @ But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:22 @ If a man be found lying with a woman marryed to a man, then they shall dye euen both twaine: to wit, the man that lay with the wife, & the wife: so thou shalt put away euil from Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:25 @ But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:26 @ But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so (note:)Meaning, that the innocent cannot be punished.(:note) [is] this matter:

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:28 @ If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:29 @ Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer: and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he can not put her away all his life.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:1 @ He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, (note:)Either to bear office, or to marry a wife.(:note) shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:8 @ The children that are begotten (note:)If the fathers have renounced their idolatry, and received circumcision.(:note) of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:10 @ If there be among you any that is vncleane by that which commeth to him by night, he shall goe out of the hoste, and shall not enter into the hoste,

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:13 @ And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and (note:)Meaning by this that his people should be pure both in body and soul.(:note) cover that which cometh from thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:14 @ For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy campe to deliuer thee, and to giue thee thine enemies before thee: therefore thine hoste shalbe holy, that he see no filthie thing in thee and turne away from thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:18 @ Thou shalt not bring the (note:)Forbidding that any income gained from evil things should be applied to the service of God, (Mic_2:7).(:note) hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:19 @ Thou shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother: as vsurie of money, vsurie of meate, vsurie of any thing that is put to vsurie.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:20 @ Unto a (note:)This was permitted for a time because of the hardness of their hearts.(:note) stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may If you show charity to your brother, God will declare his love toward you. bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:23 @ That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt (note:)If the vow is lawful and godly.(:note) keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:1 @ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: (note:)By this God does not approve light divorcement, but permits it to avoid further inconvenience; (Mat_19:7).(:note) then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:4 @ Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is (note:)Seeing that by divorcing her he judged her to be unclean and defiled.(:note) defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:7 @ If any man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh marchandise of him, or selleth him, that thiefe shal die: so shalt thou put euil away from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:8 @ Take heede of the plague of leprosie, that thou obserue diligently, and doe according to all that the Priestes of the Leuites shall teach you: take heede ye doe as I commanded them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:9 @ Remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Miriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:11 @ But thou shalt stand without, and the man that borowed it of thee, shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:13 @ In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee (note:)Though he would be unthankful, yet God will not forget it.(:note) before the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:14 @ Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:18 @ But remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt, and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence. Therefore I commaund thee to doe this thing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:19 @ When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy fielde, and hast forgotten a sheafe in the fielde, thou shalt not goe againe to fet it, but it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles, & for the widowe: that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thine hands.

geneva@Deuteronomy:24:22 @ And thou shalt remember that thou wast (note:)God judged them not mindful of his beasts, unless they were beneficial to others.(:note) a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:1 @ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, (note:)Whether there is a plaintiff or not, the magistrates should try our faults, and punish according to the crime.(:note) that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:2 @ And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, (note:)When the crime does not deserve death.(:note) and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:4 @ Thou shalt not mousell the oxe that treadeth out the corne.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:5 @ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her (note:)Because the Hebrew word does not signify the natural brother, and the word that signifies a brother, is taken also for a kinsman: it seems that it does not mean that the natural brother should marry his brothers wife, but some other kindred that was in the degree that might marry.(:note) husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:6 @ And the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:9 @ Then shall his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shooe from his foote, and spit in his face, and answere, and say, So shall it be done vnto that man, that will not buylde vp his brothers house.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:15 @ But thou shalt haue a right & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:16 @ For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:18 @ How he met thee by ye way, & smote ye hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast fainted & weary, & he feared not God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:3 @ And thou shalt come vnto the Priest, that shall be in those dayes, and say vnto him, I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God, that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:9 @ And he hath brought vs into this place, & hath giuen vs this land, euen a lande that floweth with milke and hony.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:11 @ And thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine (note:)Signifying that God does not give us goods for ourselves only, but to be used also by those who are committed to our charge.(:note) house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that [is] among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:12 @ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tythes of thine increase, the thirde yeere, which is the yeere of tithing, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the stranger, to the fatherlesse, & to the widowe, that they may eate within thy gates, and be satisfied,

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:14 @ I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done (note:)As far as my sinful nature would allow: or else as David and Paul say, there is not one just, (Psa_14:3; Rom_3:10).(:note) according to all that thou hast commanded me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:15 @ Looke downe from thine holy habitation, euen from heauen, and blesse thy people Israel, & the lande which thou hast giuen vs (as thou swarest vnto our fathers) the land that floweth with milke and hony.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:19 @ And to make thee high aboue al nations (which he hath made) in praise, & in name, and in glory, & that thou shouldest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hath said.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:10 @ Thou (note:)This condition has bound you to it, that if you will be his people, you must keep his laws.(:note) shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:13 @ And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to (note:)Signifying, that if they would not obey God out of love, they would be made to obey out of fear.(:note) curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:15 @ Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten (note:)Under this he contains all the corruptions of God's service, and the transgression of the first table.(:note) image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:16 @ Cursed [be] he that (note:)Or, condemns; and this applies to the second table.(:note) setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:17 @ Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's (note:)He condemns all injuries and extortions.(:note) landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:18 @ Cursed [be] he that maketh the (note:)Meaning, that does not help and counsel his neighbour.(:note) blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:19 @ Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:20 @ Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's (note:)In committing wickedness against him, (Lev_20:11; Deu_22:30; Eze_22:10)(:note) skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:21 @ Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:22 @ Cursed be he that lyeth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:23 @ Cursed [be] he that lieth with his (note:)Meaning, his wife's mother.(:note) mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:24 @ Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour (note:)For God that sees in secret, will avenge it.(:note) secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:25 @ Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:26 @ Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law, to do them: And all the people shal say: So be it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:1 @ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will (note:)He will make you the most excellent of all people.(:note) set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:7 @ The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee (note:)Meaning many ways.(:note) seven ways.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:8 @ The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine (note:)God will bless us, if we do our duty and are not idle.(:note) hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:10 @ And all people of the earth shall see that thou art (note:)In that he is your God, and you are his people.(:note) called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:20 @ The Lorde shall sende vpon thee cursing, trouble, & shame, in all that which thou settest thine hand to do, vntil thou be destroyed, and perish quickely, because of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:23 @ And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be (note:)It will give you no more moisture than if it were of brass.(:note) brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:27 @ The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt, & with the emeroids, & with the skab, and with the itche, that thou canst not be healed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:34 @ So that thou shalt be madde for the sight which thine eyes shal see.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:35 @ The Lord shal smite thee in the knees, and in the thighes, with a sore botche, that thou canst not be healed: euen from the sole of thy foote vnto the top of thine head.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:43 @ The straunger that is among you, shall clime aboue thee vp on hie, and thou shalt come downe beneath alow.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:54 @ So that the man (that is tender and exceeding deintie among you) shalbe grieued at his brother, and at his wife, that lieth in his bosome, and at the remnant of his children, which hee hath yet left,

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:55 @ For feare of giuing vnto any of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eate, because he hath nothing left him in that siege, and straitnesse, wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in all thy cities.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:57 @ And toward her (note:)Hunger will so bite her, that she will be ready to eat her child before it is delivered.(:note) young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:58 @ If thou wilt not observe to do (note:)For he that offends in one, is guilty of all, (Jam_2:10)(:note) all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:61 @ Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not (note:)Declaring, that God has infinite means to plague the wicked, besides those that are ordinary or written.(:note) written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:64 @ And the LORD shall (note:)Signifying that it is a singular gift from God to be in a place where we may worship God purely and declare our faith and religion.(:note) scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:68 @ And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with (note:)Because they were unmindful of that miracle, when the sea made room for them to pass through.(:note) ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:2 @ And Moses called all Israel, and said vnto them, Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharaoh and vnto all his seruantes, and vnto all his lande,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:4 @ Yet the LORD hath not (note:)He shows that it is not in man's power to understand the mysteries of God if it is not given to him from above.(:note) given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:6 @ Ye have not eaten (note:)Made by man's art, but manna, which is called the bread of angels.(:note) bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I [am] the LORD your God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:9 @ Keepe therefore the wordes of this couenant and doe them, that ye may prosper in all that ye shall doe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:11 @ Your children, your wiues, and thy stranger that is in thy campe from the hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:12 @ That thou shouldest (note:)Alluding to them, that when they made a sure covenant, divided a beast in two, and past between the parts divided, (Gen_15:10).(:note) enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:13 @ For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:15 @ But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] (note:)Meaning, their posterity.(:note) that [is] not here with us this day:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:18 @ Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you (note:)Such sin, as the bitter fruit of it might choke and destroy you.(:note) a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:19 @ And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add (note:)For as he that is thirsty desires to drink much so he that follows his appetites seeks by all means and yet cannot be satisfied.(:note) drunkenness to thirst:

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:20 @ The Lord will not be mercifull vnto him, but then the wrath of the Lorde and his ielousie shall smoke against that man, and euery curse that is written in this booke, shall light vpon him, and the Lorde shall put out his name from vnder heauen,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:21 @ And the Lord shall separate him vnto euil out of all the tribes of Israel, according vnto all the curses of the couenant, that is written in the booke of this Lawe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:22 @ So that the (note:)God's plagues on those who rebel against him will be so strong, that all ages will be astonished.(:note) generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:23 @ (For all that land shall burne with brimstone and salt: it shall not be sowen, nor bring forth, nor any grasse shall growe therein, like as in the ouerthrowing of Sodom, and Gomorah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord ouerthrewe in his wrath and in his anger)

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:27 @ Therefore the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against this land, to bring vpon it euery curse that is written in this booke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:29 @ The (note:)Moses by this proves their curiosity, who seek those things that are only known to God: and their negligence who do not regard that which God has revealed to them, as the law.(:note) secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:2 @ And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine (note:)In true repentance there is no hypocrisy.(:note) heart, and with all thy soul;

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:6 @ And the LORD thy God will (note:)God will purge all your wicked affections, a thing that is not in your own power to do.(:note) circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:7 @ And the Lorde thy God will lay all these curses vpon thine enemies, and on them, that hate thee, and that persecute thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:9 @ And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again (note:)He does not mean that God is subject to these passions, to rejoice, or to be sad: but he uses this manner of speech to declare the love that he has for us.(:note) rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:11 @ For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] (note:)The law is so evident that no one can pretend ignorance.(:note) not hidden from thee, neither [is] it far off.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:12 @ It is not in heauen, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go vp for vs to heauen, & bring it vs, and cause vs to heare it, that we may doe it?

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:13 @ Neither [is] it beyond the (note:)By heaven and the sea he means places most far distant.(:note) sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:14 @ But the (note:)Even the law and the gospel.(:note) word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest By faith in Christ. do it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:16 @ In that I command thee this day (note:)So that to love and obey God, is only life and happiness.(:note) to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest He adds these promises to signify that it is for our profit that we love him, and not for his. live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:17 @ But if thine heart turne away, so that thou wilt not obey, but shalt be seduced and worship other gods, and serue them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:18 @ I pronounce vnto you this day, that ye shal surely perish, ye shall not prolong your dayes in the lande, whither thou passest ouer Iorden to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:19 @ I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore (note:)That is, love and obey God; which is not in man's power, but only God's Spirit works it in his elect.(:note) choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

geneva@Deuteronomy:30:20 @ By louing the Lorde thy God, by obeying his voyce, and by cleauing vnto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy dayes: that thou mayest dwell in the lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:5 @ And the LORD shall give them up (note:)Into your hands.(:note) before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:7 @ And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and (note:)For he that must govern the people, must be valiant to repress evil, and constant to maintain virtue.(:note) of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:8 @ And the LORD, he [it is] that doth (note:)Signifying that man can never be of good courage, unless he is persuaded of God's favour and assistance.(:note) go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:12 @ Gather the people together: men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lorde your God, and keepe and obserue all the wordes of this Lawe,

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:14 @ Then the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou must die: Call Ioshua, and stande ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may giue him a charge. So Moses and Ioshua went, and stoode in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:15 @ And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a (note:)In a cloud that was fashioned like a pillar.(:note) cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:17 @ Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will (note:)That is, I will take my favour from them; as turning his face toward us shows his favour.(:note) hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among us?

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:18 @ But I will surely hide my face in that day, because of all the euill, which they shall commit, in that they are turned vnto other gods.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:19 @ Now therefore write ye this (note:)To preserve you and your children from idolatry, by remembering God's benefits.(:note) song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:20 @ For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; (note:)For this is the nature of flesh, no longer to obey God, than it is under the rod.(:note) then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:21 @ And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall (note:)That these evils are come upon them, because they have forsaken me.(:note) testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:26 @ Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a (note:)Of your infidelity, when you turn away from the doctrine contained in it.(:note) witness against thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:28 @ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your (note:)As governors, judges and magistrates.(:note) officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:29 @ For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the (note:)By idolatry, and worshipping images, which are the work of your hands.(:note) work of your hands.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:2 @ My (note:)He desires that he may speak to God's glory and that the people, as the green grass, may receive the dew of his doctrine.(:note) doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:4 @ [He is] the (note:)Or mighty God; noting that only God is mighty, faithful and constant in his promise.(:note) Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:8 @ When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the (note:)When God by his providence divided the world, he lent for a time that portion to the Canaanites, which would later be an inheritance for all his people Israel.(:note) people according to the number of the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:13 @ He made him ride on the high places of the (note:)Meaning, of the land of Canaan, which was high in respect to Egypt.(:note) earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck That is, abundance of all things even in the very rocks. honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:18 @ Thou hast forgotten the mightie God that begate thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:27 @ Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should (note:)Rejoicing to see the godly afflicted, and attributing to themselves that which is wrought by God's hand.(:note) behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:29 @ O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would (note:)They would consider the happiness that was prepared for them, if they had obeyed God.(:note) consider their latter end!

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:35 @ Vengeance and recompence are mine: their foote shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come vpon them, make haste.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:36 @ For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none (note:)When neither strong nor weak in a manner remain.(:note) shut up, or left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:39 @ Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: I kill, and giue life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliuer out of mine hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:41 @ If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:46 @ Then hee said vnto them, Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie against you this day, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and doo all the wordes of this Lawe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:49 @ Goe vp into the mountaine of Abarim, vnto the mount Nebo, which is in the lande of Moab, that is ouer against Iericho: and beholde the lande of Canaan, which I giue vnto the children of Israel for a possession,

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:3 @ Yea, he loved the people; (note:)Hebrew, his saints, that is, the children of Israel.(:note) all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at As thy disciples. thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:7 @ And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be (note:)Signifying, that he would barely obtain Jacob's promise, (Gen_49:8).(:note) sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:11 @ Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite (note:)He declares that the ministers of God have many enemies, and therefore need to be prayed for.(:note) through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:12 @ [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall (note:)Because the temple would be built in Zion, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, he shows that God would dwell with him there.(:note) dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:16 @ And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the (note:)Which was God appearing to Moses, (Exo_3:2).(:note) bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:20 @ Also of Gad he said, Blessed be hee that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, that catcheth for his praye the arme with the head.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:25 @ Thy shoes [shall be] (note:)You will be strong or, your country full of metal. It seems that Simeon is left out, because he was under Judah, and his portion of his inheritance, (Jos_19:9).(:note) iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:1 @ And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of (note:)Which was a part of mount Abarim, (Num_27:12).(:note) Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:9 @ And (note:)By this the favour of God is demonstrated, in that he does not leave his Church destitute of a governor.(:note) Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:12 @ And in all that mighty (note:)Meaning, the power of God working by Moses in the wilderness.(:note) hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

geneva@Joshua:1:1 @ Now after the (note:)The beginning of this book depends on the last chapter of Deuteronomy which was written by Joshua as a preparation to his history.(:note) death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, The Argument - In this book the Holy Spirit sets most lively before us the accomplishment of God's promise, who as he promised by the mouth of Moses, that a prophet would be raised up to the people like him, whom he wills to obey, (Deu_18:15): so he shows himself true to his promise, as at all other times, and after the death of Moses his faithful servant, he raises up Joshua to be ruler and governor over his people, that they should neither be discouraged for lack of a captain, nor have reason to distrust God's promises later. So that Joshua might be confirmed in his calling, and the people also might have no opportunity to grudge, as though he were not approved by God: he is adorned with most excellent gifts and graces from God, both to govern the people with counsel, and to defend them with strength, that he lacks nothing which either belongs to a valiant captain, or a faithful minister. So he overcomes all difficulties, and brings them into the land of Canaan: which according to God's ordinance he divides among the people and appoints their borders: he established laws and ordinances, and put them in remembrance of God's revealed benefits, assuring them of his grace and favour if they obey God, and of his plagues and vengeance if they disobey him. This history represents Jesus Christ the true Joshua, who leads us into eternal happiness, signified to us by this land of Canaan. From the beginning of Genesis to the end of this book is 2567 years. For from Adam to the flood are 1656, from the flood to the departure of Abraham out of Chaldea 423, and from then to the death of Joseph 290. So that Genesis contains 2369, Exodus 140, the other three books of Moses 40, Joshua 27. So the whole makes 2576 years.

geneva@Joshua:1:2 @ Moses my seruant is dead: nowe therefore arise, go ouer this Iorden, thou, and all this people, vnto the lande which I giue them, that is, to ye children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:1:3 @ Euery place that the sole of your foote shall treade vpon, haue I giuen you, as I said vnto Moses.

geneva@Joshua:1:7 @ Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest (note:)He shows where true prosperity consists, even to obey the word of God.(:note) prosper whithersoever thou goest.

geneva@Joshua:1:8 @ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and (note:)Showing that it is not possible to govern well, without the continual study of God's word.(:note) night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

geneva@Joshua:1:11 @ Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for (note:)Meaning, from the day that this was proclaimed, (Jos_3:2).(:note) within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

geneva@Joshua:1:14 @ Your wiues, your children, and your cattell shall remaine in the land which Moses gaue you on this side Iorden: but ye shall goe ouer before your brethren armed, all that be men of warre, and shall helpe them,

geneva@Joshua:1:16 @ Then they answered Ioshua, saying, Al that thou hast commaunded vs, we will doe, and whithersoeuer thou sendest vs, we will goe.

geneva@Joshua:1:18 @ Whosoeuer shall rebell against thy commaundement, and will not obey thy wordes in all that thou commaundest him, let him bee put to death: onely be strong and of good courage.

geneva@Joshua:2:3 @ And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, (note:)Though the wicked see the hand of God on them, they do not repent, but seek how they may by their power and policy resist his working.(:note) Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

geneva@Joshua:2:6 @ But she had brought them up to the (note:)Meaning, on the house: for then their houses were flat above, so that they might do their business on it.(:note) roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

geneva@Joshua:2:9 @ And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your (note:)For so God promised, (Deu_28:7; Jos_5:1).(:note) terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

geneva@Joshua:2:10 @ For we haue heard, howe the Lord dried vp the water of the redde Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two Kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Iorden, vnto Sihon and to Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed:

geneva@Joshua:2:11 @ And as soon as we had heard [these things], our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for (note:)In this the great mercy of God appears, that in this common destruction he would draw a most miserable sinner to repent, and confess his Name.(:note) the LORD your God, he [is] God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

geneva@Joshua:2:12 @ Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,

geneva@Joshua:2:13 @ And that yee will saue aliue my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they haue: and that yee will deliuer our soules from death.

geneva@Joshua:2:14 @ And the men answered her, (note:)We warrant you on pain of our lives.(:note) Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

geneva@Joshua:2:17 @ And the men said unto her, (note:)We will be released from our oath if you perform this condition that follows for so shall you and yours be delivered.(:note) We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

geneva@Joshua:2:20 @ And if thou utter this our (note:)So that others should think to escape by the same means.(:note) business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

geneva@Joshua:2:23 @ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountaine, and passed ouer, and came to Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and tolde him all things that came vnto them.

geneva@Joshua:3:2 @ And it came to pass after (note:)Which was given to prepare food (Jos_1:11).(:note) three days, that the officers went through the host;

geneva@Joshua:3:4 @ Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousande cubites by measure: ye shall not come neere vnto it, that ye may knowe the way, by the which ye shall goe: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.

geneva@Joshua:3:7 @ Then the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel, which shall knowe, that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.

geneva@Joshua:3:8 @ And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still (note:)Even in the channel where the stream had run, (Jos_3:17)(:note) in Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:3:10 @ And Joshua said, (note:)By this miracle in dividing the water.(:note) Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

geneva@Joshua:3:13 @ And assoone as the soles of the feete of the Priestes (that beare the Arke of the Lorde God the Lorde of all the worlde) shall stay in the waters of Iorden, the waters of Iorden shall be cut off: for the waters that come from aboue, shall stande still vpon an heape.

geneva@Joshua:3:15 @ And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his (note:)Because the river was accustomed at this time to be full, the miracle is so much greater.(:note) banks all the time of harvest,)

geneva@Joshua:3:16 @ Then the waters that came downe from aboue, stayed and rose vpon an heape and departed farre from the citie of Adam, that was beside Zaretan: but the waters that came downe towarde the Sea of the wildernes, euen the salt Sea, failed, and were cut off: so the people went right ouer against Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:3:17 @ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood (note:)Either tarrying till the people were past, or as some read, sure, as though they had been on dry land.(:note) firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:4:6 @ That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your (note:)God commands that not only we ourselves profit by this wonderful work, but that our posterity may know the cause of it, and glorify his Name.(:note) children ask [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?

geneva@Joshua:4:7 @...ye may answere them, That the...

geneva@Joshua:4:9 @ And Joshua set up (note:)Besides the twelve stones that were carried by the tribes and set up in Gilgal.(:note) twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:4:10 @ So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lorde had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Ioshua: then the people hasted & went ouer.

geneva@Joshua:4:11 @ And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, (note:)Meaning, in the presence or sight of the people.(:note) in the presence of the people.

geneva@Joshua:4:14 @ That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his life.

geneva@Joshua:4:16 @ Command the priests that bear the (note:)Because the ark testified God's presence, and the tables of the Law contained in it signified God's will toward his people.(:note) ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:4:18 @ And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lorde were come vp out of the middes of Iorden, and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land, the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place, & flowed ouer all the bankes thereof, as they did before.

geneva@Joshua:4:24 @ That all the people of the (note:)God's benefits serve as a further condemnation to the wicked, and stir up his own to reverence and obey him.(:note) earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

geneva@Joshua:5:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the kings of the (note:)The Amorites were on both sides of Jordan, of which two kings were slain already on the side toward Moab.(:note) Amorites, which [were] on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which [were] by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:5:2 @ At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, (note:)For now they had left it off, about 40 years.(:note) and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

geneva@Joshua:5:4 @ And this is the cause why Ioshua circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernesse by the way after they came out of Egypt.

geneva@Joshua:5:5 @ Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people [that were] born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, [them] they had (note:)For they looked daily to move at the Lord's command, which they who were newly circumcised could not do without great danger.(:note) not circumcised.

geneva@Joshua:5:6 @ For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernes, till all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord: vnto whome the Lord sware, that he would not shewe them the lande, which the Lorde had sworne vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

geneva@Joshua:5:8 @ And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they (note:)For their sore was so grievous, that they were not able to move.(:note) were whole.

geneva@Joshua:5:12 @ And the MAN ceased on the morowe after they had eaten of the corne of the land, neither had the children of Israel MAN any more, but did eate of the fruite of the land of Canaan that yeere.

geneva@Joshua:5:14 @ And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and (note:)In that Joshua worships him, he acknowledges him to be God: and in that he calls himself the Lord's captain he declares himself to be Christ.(:note) did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

geneva@Joshua:6:4 @ And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of (note:)That the conquest might not be assigned to man's power, but to the mercy of God, which with most weak things can overcome that which seems most strong.(:note) rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

geneva@Joshua:6:7 @ And he said unto the people, (note:)This is chiefly meant by the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.(:note) Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:6:9 @ And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the (note:)Meaning, the gathering host, in which was the standard of the tribe of Dan, (Num_10:25).(:note) rereward came after the ark, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

geneva@Joshua:6:10 @ (Nowe Ioshua had commaunded the people, saying, Ye shall nor shout, neither make any noyse with your voyce, neither shall a worde proceede out of your mouth, vntill the day that I say vnto you, Shout, then shall ye shoute)

geneva@Joshua:6:11 @ So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about [it] (note:)For that day.(:note) once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

geneva@Joshua:6:15 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner (note:)Beside every day once for the space of six days.(:note) seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

geneva@Joshua:6:17 @ And the city shall be (note:)That is appointed wholly to be destroyed.(:note) accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

geneva@Joshua:6:21 @ And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, both man and woman, yong, and olde, and oxe, and sheepe, and asse, with the edge of the sword.

geneva@Joshua:6:22 @ But Ioshua had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the harlots house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware to her.

geneva@Joshua:6:23 @ And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them (note:)For it was not lawful for strangers to dwell among the Israelites, till they were purged.(:note) without the camp of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:6:24 @ And they burnt the city with fire, and all that [was] therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the (note:)Meaning, the tabernacle.(:note) house of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:6:25 @ And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she (note:)For she was married to Salmon prince of the tribe of Judah, (Mat_1:5).(:note) dwelleth in Israel [even] unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

geneva@Joshua:6:26 @ And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: (note:)He will build it to the destruction of all his stock, which was fulfilled in Hiel of Beth-el, (1Ki_16:34).(:note) he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.

geneva@Joshua:7:1 @ But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the (note:)In taking that which was commanded to be destroyed.(:note) accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:7:9 @ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great (note:)When your enemies will blaspheme you and say that you were not able to defend us from them.(:note) name?

geneva@Joshua:7:13 @ Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the (note:)Meaning, the man that took of the thing forbidden.(:note) accursed thing from among you.

geneva@Joshua:7:15 @ And it shall be, [that] he that is (note:)That is found guilty, either by lots, or by the judgment of Urim. (Num_27:21).(:note) taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

geneva@Joshua:7:24 @ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the (note:)Some read a plate: others, a rod, and some a tongue.(:note) wedge of gold, and his This judgment belonged only to God, and to whom he will reveal it. He had commanded man not to punish the child for the father's sins, (Deu_24:16). sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

geneva@Joshua:7:25 @ And Joshua said, (note:)He declares that this is God's judgment because he had offended, and caused others to be slain.(:note) Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

geneva@Joshua:7:26 @ And they cast vpon him a great heape of stones vnto this day: and so the Lord turned from his fierce wrath: therefore hee called the name of that place, The valley of Achor, vnto this day.

geneva@Joshua:8:4 @ And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye (note:)God would not destroy Ai by a miracle, as Jericho, so that other nations would fear the power and policy of his people.(:note) shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

geneva@Joshua:8:5 @ And I and all the people that are with me, will approche vnto the citie: and when they shall come out against vs, as they did at the first time, then will we flee before them.

geneva@Joshua:8:9 @ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night (note:)With the rest of the army.(:note) among the people.

geneva@Joshua:8:11 @ Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drewe neere, and came against the citie, and pitched on the Northside of Ai: and there was a valley betweene them and Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:12 @ And he took about five thousand men, (note:)He sent these few, that the others who lay in ambush might not be discovered.(:note) and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

geneva@Joshua:8:13 @ And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the (note:)To the intent that they in the city more easily discover his army.(:note) midst of the valley.

geneva@Joshua:8:14 @ And when the King of Ai sawe it, then the men of the citie hasted and rose vp earely, and went out against Israel to battell, hee and all his people at the time appointed, before the plaine: for he knew not that any lay in waite against him on the backeside of the citie.

geneva@Joshua:8:17 @ So that there was not a man left in Ai, nor in Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the citie open, and pursued after Israel.

geneva@Joshua:8:18 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, (note:)Or, lift up the banner to signify when they should invade the city.(:note) Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city.

geneva@Joshua:8:19 @ And they that lay in wait, arose quickly out of their place, and ranne as soone as he had stretched out his hand, and they entred into the citie, and tooke it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.

geneva@Joshua:8:20 @ And the men of Ai looked behinde them, and sawe it: for loe, the smoke of the citie ascended vp to heauen, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: for the people that fled to the wildernesse, turned backe vpon the pursuers.

geneva@Joshua:8:21 @ When Ioshua and all Israel sawe that they that lay in waite, had taken the citie, and that the smoke of the citie mounted vp, then they turned againe and slewe the men of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:22 @ And the (note:)Who came out of the ambush.(:note) other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

geneva@Joshua:8:24 @ And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and (note:)For the fire, which they had before set in the city, was not to consume it, but to signify to Joshua that they had entered.(:note) smote it with the edge of the sword.

geneva@Joshua:8:25 @ And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:8:29 @ And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded (note:)According as it was commanded, (Deu_21:23).(:note) that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel (and their Elders, and officers and their iudges stoode on this side of the Arke, and on that side, before the Priestes of the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde) as well the stranger, as he that is borne in the countrey: halfe of them were ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal, as Moses the seruant of the Lorde had commaunded before, that they should blesse the people of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:8:34 @ Then afterwarde hee read all the wordes of the Lawe, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the booke of the Lawe.

geneva@Joshua:8:35 @ There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the (note:)So neither young nor old, man nor woman, were exempted from hearing the word of the Lord.(:note) women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

geneva@Joshua:9:9 @ And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of (note:)Even the idolaters for fear of death will pretend to honour the true God, and receive his religion.(:note) the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

geneva@Joshua:9:10 @ And all that he hath done to the two Kings of the Amorites that were beyonde Iorden, to Sihon King of Heshbon, & to Og King of Bashan, which were at Ashtaroth.

geneva@Joshua:9:14 @ And the (note:)Some think that the Israelites are of their victuals, and so made a league with them.(:note) men took of their victuals, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:9:15 @ So Ioshua made peace with them, & made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Congregation sware vnto them.

geneva@Joshua:9:16 @ But at the end of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

geneva@Joshua:9:24 @ And they answered Ioshua, and sayd, Because it was tolde thy seruants, that the Lord thy God had commanded his seruant Moses to giue you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land out of your sight, therefore we were exceeding sore afraid for our liues at the presence of you, and haue done this thing:

geneva@Joshua:9:26 @ And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the (note:)Who were minded to put them to death for fear of God's wrath.(:note) hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

geneva@Joshua:9:27 @ And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the (note:)That is, for the service of the temple, as in (Jos_9:23).(:note) altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

geneva@Joshua:10:4 @ Come vp vnto me, and helpe me, that we may smite Gibeon: for they haue made peace with Ioshua and with the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:8 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, (note:)Lest Joshua should have thought that God had sent this great power against him for his unlawful league with the Gibeonites, the Lord here strengthens him.(:note) Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

geneva@Joshua:10:10 @ And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth vp to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah and to Makkedah.

geneva@Joshua:10:11 @ And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: [they were] more which died with (note:)So we see that all things serve to execute God's vengeance against the wicked.(:note) hailstones than [they] whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

geneva@Joshua:10:13 @ And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is] not this written in the book of (note:)Some read, the book of the righteous, meaning Moses: the Chaldea text reads, in the book of the Law, but it is likely that it was a book thus named, which is now lost.(:note) Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

geneva@Joshua:10:14 @ And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD (note:)By taking away the enemies hearts and destroying them with the hail stones.(:note) fought for Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:20 @ And when Ioshua and the children of Israel had made an ende of slaying them with an exceeding great slaughter till they were consumed, and the rest that remained of them were entred into walled cities,

geneva@Joshua:10:21 @ And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in (note:)Or in safety, so that none gave them as much as an evil word.(:note) peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:10:24 @ And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the (note:)Signifying what would become of the rest of God's enemies, seeing that kings themselves were not spared.(:note) necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

geneva@Joshua:10:27 @ And at the going downe of the sunne, Ioshua gaue commaundement, that they should take them downe off the trees, and cast them into the caue (wherein they had bene hid) and they layde great stones vpon the caues mouth, which remaine vntill this day.

geneva@Joshua:10:28 @ And that same day Ioshua tooke Makkedah & smote it with the edge of the sword, and the King thereof destroyed he with them, and all the soules that were therein, he let none remaine: for hee did to the King of Makkedah as he had done vnto the King of Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:10:30 @ And the Lorde gaue it also and the King thereof into the hand of Israel: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein: he let none remaine in it: for he did vnto the King thereof, as he had done vnto the King of Iericho.

geneva@Joshua:10:32 @ And the Lord gaue Lachish into the hand of Israel, which tooke it the second day, & smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein, according to all as he had done to Libnah.

geneva@Joshua:10:35 @ And they tooke it the same day, & smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein he vtterly destroyed the same day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

geneva@Joshua:10:37 @ And when they had taken it, they smote it with the edge of the sword, & the King thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the soules that were therein: he left none remaining, according to all as he had done to Eglon: for he destroyed it vtterly, and all the soules that were therein.

geneva@Joshua:10:39 @ And when he had taken it, and the King thereof, and all the citie thereof, they smote them with the edge of the sword, and vtterly destroyed all the soules that were therein, he let none remaine: as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the King thereof, as he had also done to Libnah, and to the King thereof.

geneva@Joshua:10:40 @ So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the (note:)Some read, Ashedoth, which signifies the descents of the hills.(:note) vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

geneva@Joshua:11:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard [those things], that he (note:)The more God's power appears, the more the wicked rage against it.(:note) sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

geneva@Joshua:11:2 @ And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of (note:)Which the evangelists call the lake of Gennesaret, or Tiberias.(:note) Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

geneva@Joshua:11:4 @ And they came out & all their hostes with them, many people as the sande that is on the sea shore for multitude, with horses and charets exceeding many.

geneva@Joshua:11:10 @ At that time also Ioshua turned backe, and tooke Hazor, & smote the King thereof with the sword: for Hazor before time was the head of all those kingdomes.

geneva@Joshua:11:11 @ And they smote all the (note:)Both men, women and children.(:note) souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

geneva@Joshua:11:13 @ But [as for] the cities that stood still in their (note:)Which were strong by situation and not hurt by war.(:note) strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn.

geneva@Joshua:11:15 @ As the Lorde had commaunded Moses his seruant, so did Moses commande Ioshua, and so did Ioshua: he left nothing vndone of all that the Lord had commaunded Moses.

geneva@Joshua:11:16 @ So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the (note:)That is, Samaria.(:note) mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

geneva@Joshua:11:17 @ [Even] from the mount (note:)So called, because it was bare and without trees.(:note) Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

geneva@Joshua:11:19 @ Neither was there any citie that made peace with the children of Israel, saue those Hiuites that inhabited Gibeon: all other they tooke by battell.

geneva@Joshua:11:20 @ For it was of the LORD to (note:)That is, to give them over to themselves: and therefore they could not but rebel against God and seek their own destruction.(:note) harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

geneva@Joshua:11:21 @ And that same season came Ioshua, and destroyed the Anakims out of the mountaines: as out of Hebron, out of Debir, out of Anab, and out of all the mountaines of Iudah, and out of all the mountaines of Israel: Ioshua destroyed them vtterly with their cities.

geneva@Joshua:11:23 @ So Ioshua tooke the whole land, according to all that the Lorde had saide vnto Moses: and Ioshua gaue it for an inheritance vnto Israel according to their portion through their tribes: then the land was at rest without warre.

geneva@Joshua:12:2 @ Sihon King of the Amorites, that dwelt in Heshbon, hauing dominion from Aroer, which is beside the riuer of Arnon, and from the middle of the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto the riuer Iabbok, in the border of the children of Ammon.

geneva@Joshua:12:7 @ And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount (note:)Read (Jos_11:17).(:note) Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;

geneva@Joshua:13:2 @ This is the land that remaineth, all the regions of the Philistims, and all Geshuri,

geneva@Joshua:13:4 @ From the South, all the land of the Canaanites, and the caue that is beside the Sidonians, vnto Aphek, and to the borders of the Amorites:

geneva@Joshua:13:9 @ From Aroer that is on the brinke of the riuer Arnon, & from the citie that is in the mids of the riuer, & all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon,

geneva@Joshua:13:13 @ Nevertheless the children of Israel (note:)Because they had not destroyed all as God had commanded they that remainder were snares and pricks to hurt them, (Num_33:35; Jos_23:13; Jdg_2:3).(:note) expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

geneva@Joshua:13:16 @ And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the brinke of the riuer Arnon, and from the citie that is in the middes of the riuer, and all the plaine which is by Medeba:

geneva@Joshua:13:17 @ Heshbon with all the cities thereof, that are in the plaine: Dibon and Bamoth-baal, & Bethbaal-meon:

geneva@Joshua:14:6 @ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and (note:)Which was that only those two should enter into the land, (Num_14:24).(:note) thee in Kadeshbarnea.

geneva@Joshua:14:8 @ Nevertheless my (note:)Which were the ten other spies.(:note) brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

geneva@Joshua:14:12 @ Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims [were] there, and [that] the cities [were] great [and] fenced: (note:)This he spoke out of modesty, and not from doubting.(:note) if so be the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

geneva@Joshua:15:2 @ And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the (note:)The Hebrew word signifies tongue, by which it means either the arm of the sea that comes into the land, or a rock, or cape that goes into the sea.(:note) bay that looketh southward:

geneva@Joshua:15:4 @ From thence went it along to Azmon, and reached vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the end of that coast was on the Westside: this shall be your South coast.

geneva@Joshua:15:7 @ Againe this border goeth vp to Debir from the valley of Achor, and Northwarde, turning toward Gilgal, that lyeth before the going vp to Adummim, which is on the Southside of the riuer: also this border goeth vp to the waters of En-shemesh, and endeth at En-rogel.

geneva@Joshua:15:8 @ Then this border goeth vp to the valley of the sonne of Hinnom; on the Southside of the Iebusites: the same is Ierusalem. Also this border goeth vp to the top of the mountaine that lyeth before the valley of Hinnom Westward, which is by the end of the valley of ye gyants Northward.

geneva@Joshua:15:16 @ Then Caleb sayd, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.

geneva@Joshua:15:18 @ And it came to pass, as she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: (note:)Because her husband tarried too long.(:note) and she lighted off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

geneva@Joshua:15:19 @ Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; (note:)Because her country was barren, she wanted a field that had springs from her father. (Jdg_1:14-15).(:note) give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

geneva@Joshua:15:46 @ From Ekron, euen vnto the Sea, all that lyeth about Ashdod with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:16:1 @ And the lot of the (note:)That is, to Ephraim and his children: for Manasseh's portion follows.(:note) children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

geneva@Joshua:16:10 @ And they cast not out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanite dwelt among the Ephraimites vnto this day, and serued vnder tribute.

geneva@Joshua:17:7 @ So the borders of Manasseh were from Asher to Michmethah that lieth before Shechem, and this border goeth on the right hand, euen vnto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

geneva@Joshua:17:12 @ Yet the children of Manasseh (note:)For at first they lacked courage, and later agreed with them on condition, contrary to God's commandment.(:note) could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

geneva@Joshua:17:16 @ Then the children of Ioseph saide, The mountaine will not be ynough for vs: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the lowe countrey haue charets of yron, aswell they in Beth-shean, and in the townes of the same, as they in the valley of Izreel.

geneva@Joshua:17:18 @ But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: (note:)So that you shall enlarge your portion by it.(:note) for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.

geneva@Joshua:18:6 @ Ye shall therefore describe the land [into] seven parts, and bring [the description] hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the (note:)Before the ark of the Lord.(:note) LORD our God.

geneva@Joshua:18:8 @ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to (note:)By writing the names of every country and city.(:note) describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

geneva@Joshua:18:13 @ And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] (note:)Which was in the tribe of Ephraim: another Bethel was in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

geneva@Joshua:18:14 @ So the border turneth, and compasseth the corner of the Sea Southward, from the mount that lyeth before Beth-horon Southward: and the endes thereof are at Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-iearim) a citie of the children of Iudah: this is the Westquarter.

geneva@Joshua:18:16 @ And this border descendeth at the ende of the mountaine, that lyeth before the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of the gyants Northward, and descendeth into the valley of Hinnom by the side of Iebusi Southwarde, and goeth downe to En-rogel,

geneva@Joshua:19:1 @ And the second lot came forth to Simeon, [even] for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was (note:)According to Jacob's prophecy that he would be scattered among the other tribes.(:note) within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

geneva@Joshua:19:8 @ And all the villages that were round about these cities, vnto Baalathbeer, & Ramath Southward: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:11 @ And their border went up (note:)Or, westward, toward the great sea.(:note) toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that [is] before Jokneam;

geneva@Joshua:19:16 @ This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families: that is, these cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:23 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families: that is, the cities, and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:31 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families: that is, these cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:39 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families: that is, the cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:48 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the childre of Dan according to their families: that is, these cities and their villages.

geneva@Joshua:20:3 @ That the slayer that killeth [any] person (note:)At unawares and bearing him no grudge.(:note) unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

geneva@Joshua:20:4 @ And he that doeth flee vnto one of those cities, shall stand at the entring of the gate of the citie, and shall shewe his cause to the Elders of the citie: and they shall receiue him into the citie vnto them, and giue him a place, that hee may dwell with them.

geneva@Joshua:20:5 @ And if the (note:)That is, the nearest kinsman of him that is slain.(:note) avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

geneva@Joshua:20:6 @ And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for (note:)Till his cause was proved.(:note) judgment, [and] until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

geneva@Joshua:20:9 @ These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the (note:)Before the Judges.(:note) congregation.

geneva@Joshua:21:4 @ And the lot came out for the families of the (note:)He means those that were priests: for some were but Levites.(:note) Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, [which were] of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Every tribe gave more or fewer cities according to the size of their inheritance, (Num_35:8). thirteen cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:10 @ Which the children of (note:)For Aaron came from Kohath, and therefore the priests office remained in that family.(:note) Aaron, [being] of the families of the Kohathites, [who were] of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

geneva@Joshua:21:41 @ All the cities of the Levites (note:)Thus according to Jacob's prophecy they were scattered throughout the country, which God used so that his people might be instructed in the true religion by them.(:note) within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

geneva@Joshua:21:44 @ Also the Lorde gaue them rest rounde about according to all that hee had sworne vnto their fathers: and there stoode not a ma of all their enemies before them: for the Lorde deliuered all their enemies into their hand.

geneva@Joshua:22:1 @ Then (note:)After that the Israelites enjoyed the land of Canaan.(:note) Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

geneva@Joshua:22:2 @ And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD (note:)Which was to go armed before their brethren, (Num_32:29).(:note) commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

geneva@Joshua:22:10 @ And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built (note:)That is, beyond Jordan: for sometime the whole country on both sides of Jordan is referred to as Canaan.(:note) there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

geneva@Joshua:22:12 @ And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up (note:)Such was their zeal, that they would rather lose their lives, that allow the true religion to be changed or corrupted.(:note) to war against them.

geneva@Joshua:22:16 @ Thus saith (note:)Not only of the princes, but also of the common people.(:note) the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

geneva@Joshua:22:17 @ [Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not (note:)Meaning, God is not fully pacified, in that no punishment can be sufficient for such wickedness and idolatry.(:note) cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

geneva@Joshua:22:20 @ Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man (note:)Signifying, that if many suffered for one man's sin, for the fault of many, all should suffer.(:note) perished not alone in his iniquity.

geneva@Joshua:22:23 @ That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD (note:)Let him punish us.(:note) himself require [it];

geneva@Joshua:22:27 @ But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:22:28 @ Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our (note:)They signify a wonderful care that they bore toward their posterity, that they might live in the true service of God.(:note) generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.

geneva@Joshua:22:29 @ God forbid, that we should rebell against the Lord, and turne this day away from the Lorde to builde an altar for burnt offering, or for meate offering, or for sacrifice, saue the altar of the Lord our God, that is before his Tabernacle.

geneva@Joshua:22:30 @ And when Phinehas the Priest, and the princes of the Congregation and heads ouer the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the wordes, that the children of Reuben, and children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, they were well content.

geneva@Joshua:22:31 @ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] (note:)By preserving and governing us.(:note) among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have Whom if ye had offended; he would have punished with you. delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:22:34 @ Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witnesse betweene vs, that the Lord is God.

geneva@Joshua:23:1 @ And a long season after that the Lord had giuen rest vnto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Ioshua was olde, and stricken in age,

geneva@Joshua:23:3 @ And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations (note:)Your eyes bearing witness.(:note) because of you; for the LORD your God [is] he that hath fought for you.

geneva@Joshua:23:4 @ Beholde, I haue deuided vnto you by lot these nations that remaine, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from Iorden, with all the nations that I haue destroyed, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.

geneva@Joshua:23:6 @ Be ye therefore of a valiant courage, to obserue and doe all that is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, that ye turne not therefrom to the right hand nor to the left,

geneva@Joshua:23:7 @ That ye come not among these nations, these that (note:)And not yet subdued.(:note) remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, Let not the judges admit an oath which any shall swear by their idols. nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

geneva@Joshua:23:11 @ Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.

geneva@Joshua:23:12 @ Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto them, and they to you,

geneva@Joshua:23:13 @ Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your (note:)Meaning, they will be a continual grief to you, and so the cause of your destruction.(:note) eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

geneva@Joshua:23:14 @ And, behold, this day I [am] (note:)I die according to the course of nature.(:note) going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your Most certainly. hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.

geneva@Joshua:23:16 @ When ye have (note:)He shows that no evil can come to man, except he offend God by disobedience.(:note) transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

geneva@Joshua:24:15 @ And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: (note:)This teaches us that if all the world would go from God, yet every one of us particularly is bound to cleave to him.(:note) but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

geneva@Joshua:24:16 @ Then the people answered and saide, God forbid, that we shoulde forsake the Lord, to serue other gods.

geneva@Joshua:24:17 @ For the Lorde our God, he brought vs and our fathers out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and he did those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in all the way that we went, and among all the people through whome we came.

geneva@Joshua:24:20 @ If yee forsake the Lorde and serue strange gods, then he will returne and bring euill vpon you, and consume you, after that hee hath done you good.

geneva@Joshua:24:22 @ And Joshua said unto the people, Ye [are] witnesses (note:)If you do the contrary, your own mouths will condemn you.(:note) against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.

geneva@Joshua:24:25 @ So Joshua (note:)By joining God and the people together: also he repeated the promises and threatenings out of the Law.(:note) made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

geneva@Joshua:24:26 @ And Ioshua wrote these woordes in the booke of the Lawe of God, and tooke a great stone, and pitched it there vnder an oke that was in the Sanctuarie of the Lord.

geneva@Joshua:24:27 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it (note:)So that man's deception should not go unpunished, the dumb creatures will cry for vengeance.(:note) hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

geneva@Joshua:24:31 @ And Israel (note:)Such are the people commonly as their rulers are.(:note) served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

geneva@Judges:1:1 @ Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel (note:)By the judgment of Urim; Read (Exo_28:30; Num_27:21; 1Sa_28:6)(:note) asked the LORD, saying, Who shall be our captain? Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

geneva@Judges:1:3 @ And Judah said unto Simeon his (note:)For the tribe of Simeon had their inheritance within the tribe of Judah, (Jos_19:1).(:note) brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

geneva@Judges:1:6 @ But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and (note:)This was God's just judgment, as the tyrant himself confesses, that as he had done, so did he receive, (Lev_24:19-20).(:note) cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

geneva@Judges:1:9 @ Afterwarde also the children of Iudah went downe to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountaine, and towarde the South, and in the lowe countrey.

geneva@Judges:1:10 @ And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba:) and they slew (note:)These three were giants, and the children of Anak.(:note) Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

geneva@Judges:1:12 @ And Caleb saide, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.

geneva@Judges:1:14 @ And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: (note:)Read (Jos_15:18).(:note) and she lighted from off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

geneva@Judges:1:17 @ But Iudah went with Simeon his brother, and they slewe the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and vtterly destroied it, and called the name of the citie Hormah.

geneva@Judges:1:21 @ And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that (note:)For after the tribe of Judah had burnt it, they built it again.(:note) inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

geneva@Judges:1:22 @ They also that were of the house of Ioseph, went vp to Beth-el, and the Lord was with them,

geneva@Judges:1:27 @ Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: (note:)Wherefore God permitted the Canaanites to still dwell in the land, read (Jdg_3:5).(:note) but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

geneva@Judges:1:29 @ Likewise Ephraim expelled not the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

geneva@Judges:1:34 @ And the Amorites droue the children of Dan into the mountaine: so that they suffered them not to come downe to the valley.

geneva@Judges:1:35 @ But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the (note:)Meaning, when he was stronger than they.(:note) hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

geneva@Judges:2:5 @ Therefore they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifices there vnto the Lord.

geneva@Judges:2:6 @ And when Joshua had (note:)After that he had divided to every man his portion by lot, (Jos_24:28).(:note) let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

geneva@Judges:2:7 @ And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great (note:)Meaning, the wonders and miracles.(:note) works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

geneva@Judges:2:10 @ And so all that generation was gathered vnto their fathers, & another generation arose after them, which neither knewe the Lord, nor yet the works, which he had done for Israel.

geneva@Judges:2:12 @ And forsooke ye Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, & followed other gods, euen the gods of the people that were round about them, & bowed vnto them, and prouoked the Lord to anger.

geneva@Judges:2:14 @ And the wrath of the Lorde was hote against Israel, & he deliuered them into the hands of spoylers, that spoyled them, and he sold them into the handes of their enemies rounde about them, so that they could no longer stande before their enemies.

geneva@Judges:2:18 @ And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings (note:)Seeing their cruelty.(:note) by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

geneva@Judges:2:22 @ That through them I may (note:)So that both outward enemies and false prophets are but a trial to prove our faith, (Deu_13:3; Jdg_3:1).(:note) prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.

geneva@Judges:3:2 @ Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew (note:)For they trusted in God and he fought for them.(:note) nothing thereof;

geneva@Judges:3:3 @ Fiue princes of the Philistims, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, & the Hiuites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon vntill one come to Hamath.

geneva@Judges:3:12 @ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD (note:)So that the enemies of God's people have no power over them, but by God's appointment.(:note) strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@Judges:3:18 @ And when he had now presented the present, he sent away the people that bare ye present,

geneva@Judges:3:19 @ But he himself turned again from the (note:)Or, as some read from the places of idols.(:note) quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep Till all be departed. silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

geneva@Judges:3:22 @ So that the hafte went in after the blade, and the fatte closed about the blade, so that he could not drawe the dagger out of his bellie, but the dirt came out.

geneva@Judges:3:24 @ And when he was gone out, his seruantes came: who seeing that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayd, Surely he doeth his easement in his sommer chamber.

geneva@Judges:3:30 @ So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the (note:)Meaning, the Israelites.(:note) land had rest fourscore years.

geneva@Judges:3:31 @ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox (note:)So that it is not the number, nor the means that God regards, when he will get the victory.(:note) goad: and he also delivered Israel.

geneva@Judges:4:2 @ And the LORD sold them into the hand of (note:)There was another Jabin, whom Joshua killed and burnt his city Hazor, (Jos_11:13).(:note) Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in That is in a wood, or strong place, Harosheth of the Gentiles.

geneva@Judges:4:4 @ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she (note:)By the spirit of prophesy resolving controversies and declaring the will of God.(:note) judged Israel at that time.

geneva@Judges:4:9 @ Then shee answered, I will surely goe with thee, but this iourney that thou takest, shall not be for thine honour: for the Lord shal sell Sisera into the hand of a woman; Deborah arose & went with Barak to Kedesh.

geneva@Judges:4:11 @ Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent (note:)Meaning, that he possessed a great part of that country.(:note) unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.

geneva@Judges:4:12 @ Then they shewed Sisera, that Barak the sonne of Abinoam was gone vp to mout Tabor.

geneva@Judges:4:13 @ And Sisera called for all his charets, euen nine hundreth charets of yron, and all the people that were with him from Harosheth of the Gentiles, vnto the riuer Kishon.

geneva@Judges:4:15 @ And the Lorde destroyed Sisera and all his charets, & al his hoste with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted downe off his charet, and fled away on his feete.

geneva@Judges:4:20 @ Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, (note:)That is, Sisera.(:note) Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

geneva@Judges:4:22 @ And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her [tent], behold, Sisera lay (note:)So he saw that a woman had the honour, as Deborah prophesied.(:note) dead, and the nail [was] in his temples.

geneva@Judges:4:23 @ So God brought downe Iabin the King of Canaan that day before the children of Israel.

geneva@Judges:5:5 @ The mountaines melted before the Lord, as did that Sinai before the Lord God of Israel.

geneva@Judges:5:7 @ [The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a (note:)Miraculously stirred up by God to pity them and deliver them.(:note) mother in Israel.

geneva@Judges:5:9 @ Mine heart is set on the gouernours of Israel, and on them that are willing among the people: praise ye the Lord.

geneva@Judges:5:10 @ Speak, ye that ride on (note:)You governors.(:note) white asses, ye that sit Or by Middin, as in danger of your enemies. in judgment, and walk by the way.

geneva@Judges:5:13 @ For they that remaine, haue dominio ouer the mightie of the people: the Lorde hath giuen me dominion ouer the strong.

geneva@Judges:5:14 @ Out of Ephraim (note:)Joshua first fought against Amalek, and Saul destroyed him.(:note) [was there] a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

geneva@Judges:5:15 @ And the princes of Issachar [were] with Deborah; even (note:)Even the whole tribe.(:note) Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great They marvelled that they did not cross the Jordan to help them. thoughts of heart.

geneva@Judges:5:21 @ The river of Kishon (note:)As a broom does to the filth of the house.(:note) swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

geneva@Judges:5:30 @ Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] (note:)Because he was chief of the army.(:note) for the necks of [them that take] the spoil?

geneva@Judges:5:31 @ So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the (note:)Shall grow daily more and more in God's favour.(:note) sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

geneva@Judges:6:5 @ For they went vp, and their cattel, & came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they & their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

geneva@Judges:6:6 @ And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the (note:)This is the purpose of God's punishments, to call his to repentance, that they may seek help from him.(:note) children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

geneva@Judges:6:9 @ And I haue deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and haue cast them out before you, and giuen you their land.

geneva@Judges:6:11 @ And the Angell of the Lord came, and sate vnder the oke which was in Ophrah, that perteined vnto Ioash the father of the Ezrites, and his sonne Gideon threshed wheate by the winepresse, to hide it from the Midianites.

geneva@Judges:6:17 @ And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me (note:)So that we see how the flesh is the enemy of God's calling, which cannot be persuaded without signs.(:note) a sign that thou talkest with me.

geneva@Judges:6:21 @ Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire (note:)By the power of God only, as in the sacrifice of Elijah, (1Ki_18:38).(:note) out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

geneva@Judges:6:22 @ And when Gideon perceiued that it was an Angel of the Lord, Gideon then sayde, Alas, my Lord God: for because I haue seene an Angell of the Lord face to face, I shall die.

geneva@Judges:6:25 @ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock (note:)That is, as the Chaldea text writes, fed seven years.(:note) of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:

geneva@Judges:6:28 @ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that [was] by it, and the (note:)Meaning, the fat bull, which was kept to be offered to Baal.(:note) second bullock was offered upon the altar [that was] built.

geneva@Judges:6:30 @ Then the men of the citie said vnto Ioash, Bring out thy sonne, that hee may dye: for he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath also cut downe the groue that was by it.

geneva@Judges:6:31 @ And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? (note:)Thus we ought to justify those who are zealous of God's cause, though all the multitude are against us.(:note) he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [be] a god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his altar.

geneva@Judges:6:32 @ And in that day was Gideon called Ierubbaal, that is, Let Baal pleade for himselfe because he hath broken downe his altar.

geneva@Judges:6:36 @ And Gideon said unto God, (note:)This request proceeds not from infidelity, but that he might be confirmed in his calling.(:note) If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

geneva@Judges:6:37 @ Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wooll in the threshing place: if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drie vpon all the earth, then shall I be sure, that thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

geneva@Judges:6:39 @ Againe, Gideon sayde vnto God, Be not angry with me, that I may speake once more: let me prooue once againe, I pray thee, with the fleece: let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and let dewe be vpon all the ground.

geneva@Judges:6:40 @ And God did so that night: for it was (note:)By which he was assured that it was a miracle of God.(:note) dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

geneva@Judges:7:1 @ Then Ierubbaal (who is Gideon) rose vp early, and all the people that were with him, and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the hoste of the Midianites was on the Northside of them in the valley by the hill of Moreh.

geneva@Judges:7:2 @ And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel (note:)God will not that any creature deprive him of his glory.(:note) vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

geneva@Judges:7:5 @ So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; (note:)Let them depart as unfit for this enterprise.(:note) likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

geneva@Judges:7:6 @ And the nomber of them that lapped by putting their handes to their mouthes, were three hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled downe vpo their knees to drinke water.

geneva@Judges:7:7 @ And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] (note:)That is, the 31,000 and 700. See (Jdg_7:3,6).(:note) people go every man unto his place.

geneva@Judges:7:9 @ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, (note:)Thus the Lord by various means strengthens him, that he faint not in so great an enterprise.(:note) get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

geneva@Judges:7:11 @ And thou shalt hearken what they say, and so shal thine handes be strong to go downe vnto the hoste. Then went he downe and Phurah his seruant vnto the outside of the souldiers that were in the hoste.

geneva@Judges:7:13 @ And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a (note:)Some read, a trembling noise of barley bread: meaning, that one of no reputation would make their great army tremble.(:note) cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

geneva@Judges:7:15 @ And it was [so], when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he (note:)Or, gave God thanks, as it is in the Chaldea text.(:note) worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

geneva@Judges:7:16 @ And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps (note:)These weak means God used to signify that the whole victory came from him.(:note) within the pitchers.

geneva@Judges:7:18 @ When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, (note:)That is, the victory shall be the Lord's and Gideon's his servant.(:note) [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.

geneva@Judges:7:19 @ So Gideon and the hundreth men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the hoste, in the beginning of the middle watche, and they raised vp the watchmen, and they blew with their trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their handes.

geneva@Judges:7:25 @ And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at (note:)These places got their names from the acts that were done there.(:note) the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

geneva@Judges:8:1 @ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, (note:)They began to object, because he had the glory of the victory.(:note) Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

geneva@Judges:8:4 @ And Gideon came to Iorden to passe ouer, hee, and the three hundreth men that were with him, weary, yet pursuing them.

geneva@Judges:8:5 @ And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, (note:)Or, some small portion.(:note) loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

geneva@Judges:8:6 @ And the princes of Succoth said, [Are] the (note:)Because you have overcome a handful, do you think to have overcome the whole?(:note) hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

geneva@Judges:8:10 @ Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] (note:)A city east of Jordan.(:note) in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

geneva@Judges:8:11 @ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in (note:)He went by the wilderness where the Arabians dwelt in tents.(:note) tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

geneva@Judges:8:15 @ And he came vnto the men of Succoth, & sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah & Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should giue bread vnto thy weary men?

geneva@Judges:8:21 @ Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for (note:)Meaning, that they would be freed from their pain at once, or else have a valiant man put them to death.(:note) as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels' necks.

geneva@Judges:8:24 @ And Gideon said unto them, (note:)His intent was to show himself thankful for this victory by restoring religion, which because it was not according to God's command, turned to their destruction.(:note) I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)

geneva@Judges:8:26 @ And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of golde, beside collers and iewels, and purple rayment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the cheynes that were about their camels neckes.

geneva@Judges:8:28 @ Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeeres in the dayes of Gideon.

geneva@Judges:8:31 @ And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:8:33 @ And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made (note:)That is, Baal, to whom they had bound themselves by covenant.(:note) Baalberith their god.

geneva@Judges:9:2 @ Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your (note:)Of your kindred by my mother's side.(:note) bone and your flesh.

geneva@Judges:9:6 @ And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of (note:)Which was as the town house, or common hall, which he calls the tower of Shechem in (Jdg_9:49).(:note) Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.

geneva@Judges:9:7 @ And when they told it to Iotham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Gerizim, & lift vp his voyce, and cryed, & sayd vnto them, Hearken vnto mee, you men of Shechem, that God may hearken vnto you.

geneva@Judges:9:24 @ That the crueltie toward the seuentie sonnes of Ierubbaal and their blood might come & be laide vpon Abimelech their brother, which had slayne them, and vpon the men of Shechem, which had ayded him to kill his brethren.

geneva@Judges:9:25 @ So the men of Shechem set men in wayte for him in the toppes of the mountaines: who robbed all that passed that way by them: and it was tolde Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:28 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed sayde, Who is Abimelech? and who is Shechem, that wee should serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierubbaal? and Zebul is his officer? Serue rather the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serue him?

geneva@Judges:9:32 @ Now therefore arise by night, thou & the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.

geneva@Judges:9:33 @ And rise early in the morning as soone as the sunne is vp, and assault the citie: and when he and the people that is with him, shall come out against thee, doe to him what thou canst.

geneva@Judges:9:34 @ So Abimelech rose vp, and all the people that were with him by night: and they lay in wayte against Shechem in foure bandes.

geneva@Judges:9:35 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed went out & stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, and the folke that were with him, from lying in waite.

geneva@Judges:9:38 @ Then sayd Zebul vnto him, Where is now thy mouth, that said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despised? Go out now, I pray thee, and fight with them.

geneva@Judges:9:41 @ And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: & Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren that they should not dwell in Shechem.

geneva@Judges:9:44 @ And Abimelech, and the bandes that were with him, russhed forwarde, and stoode in the entring of the gate of the citie: and the two other bandes ran vpon all the people that were in the fielde and slewe them.

geneva@Judges:9:45 @ And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with (note:)That it should be unfruitful and never serve to any use.(:note) salt.

geneva@Judges:9:47 @ And it was tolde Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.

geneva@Judges:9:48 @ And Abimelech gate him vp to mounte Zalmon, hee and all the people that were with him: and Abimelech tooke axes with him, and cut downe boughes of trees, and tooke them, and bare them on his shoulder, and sayde vnto the folke that were with him, What ye haue seene me doe, make haste, and doe like me.

geneva@Judges:9:49 @ And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem (note:)Meaning, that all were destroyed as well as those in the tower.(:note) died also, about a thousand men and women.

geneva@Judges:9:54 @ Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man (note:)Thus God by such miserable death takes vengeance on tyrants even in this life.(:note) thrust him through, and he died.

geneva@Judges:9:55 @ And when the men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead, they departed euery man vnto his owne place.

geneva@Judges:10:4 @ And he had thirty sons that (note:)Signifying, they were men of authority.(:note) rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:10:8 @ And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, (note:)As the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.(:note) all the children of Israel that [were] on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which [is] in Gilead.

geneva@Judges:10:9 @ Moreouer, the children of Ammon went ouer Iorden to fight against Iudah, and against Beniamin, and against the house of Ephraim: so that Israel was sore tormented.

geneva@Judges:11:5 @ And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the (note:)Or, ambassadors, sent for that purpose.(:note) elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

geneva@Judges:11:6 @ And they said unto Jephthah, (note:)Men are often forced to ask for help from them, whom before they refused.(:note) Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:8 @ Then the Elders of Gilead saide vnto Iphtah, Therefore we turne againe to thee now, that thou mayest goe with vs, and fight against the children of Ammon, and bee our head ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:11:12 @ Then Iphtah sent messengers vnto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to doe with me, that thou art come against me, to fight in my lande?

geneva@Judges:11:21 @ And the Lorde God of Israel gaue Sihon and all his folke into the handes of Israel, & they smote them: so Israel possessed all the lande of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that countrey:

geneva@Judges:11:24 @ Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the (note:)For we should believe and obey God more than you your idols.(:note) LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

geneva@Judges:11:26 @ While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover (note:)Meaning their towns.(:note) [them] within that time?

geneva@Judges:11:30 @ And Jephthah (note:)As the apostle commends Jephthah for his worthy enterprise in delivering the people, (Heb_11:32) so by his rash vow and wicked performance of the same, his victory was defaced: and here we see that the sins of the godly do not utterly extinguish their faith.(:note) vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

geneva@Judges:11:31 @ Then that thing that commeth out of the doores of mine house to meete me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the Lordes, and I will offer it for a burnt offering.

geneva@Judges:11:35 @ And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he (note:)Being overcome with blind zeal, and not considering whether the vow was lawful or not.(:note) rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

geneva@Judges:11:36 @ And she said vnto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the Lorde, doe with me as thou hast promised, seeing that the Lorde hath auenged thee of thine enemies the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:37 @ And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and (note:)For it was counted as a shame in Israel, to die without children, and therefore they rejoiced to be married.(:note) bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

geneva@Judges:12:3 @ And when I saw that ye delivered [me] not, (note:)That is, I ventured my life, and when man's help failed, I put my trust only in God.(:note) I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

geneva@Judges:12:5 @ Also the Gileadites tooke the passages of Iorden before the Ephraimites, and when the Ephraimites that were escaped, saide, Let me passe, then the men of Gilead said vnto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,

geneva@Judges:12:6 @ Then said they unto him, Say now (note:)Which signifies the fall of waters, or an ear of corn.(:note) Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

geneva@Judges:12:8 @ And after him (note:)Some think that this was Boaz the husband of Ruth.(:note) Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

geneva@Judges:12:14 @ And he had fourty sonnes and thirtie nephewes that rode on seuentie assecoltes: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres.

geneva@Judges:13:2 @ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] (note:)Signifying that their deliverance came only from God, and not by man's power.(:note) barren, and bare not.

geneva@Judges:13:4 @ And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.

geneva@Judges:13:8 @ Then Manoah (note:)He shows himself ready to obey God's will, and therefore desires to know more.(:note) intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

geneva@Judges:13:10 @ And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the (note:)It seems that the angel appeared to her twice in one day.(:note) [other] day.

geneva@Judges:13:11 @ And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the (note:)He calls him man, because he so seemed, but he was Christ the eternal word, which at his appointed time became man.(:note) man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I [am].

geneva@Judges:13:13 @ And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto Manoah, The woman must beware of all that I said vnto her.

geneva@Judges:13:14 @ She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any (note:)Anything forbidden by the Law.(:note) unclean [thing]: all that I commanded her let her observe.

geneva@Judges:13:16 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the (note:)Showing that he did not seek his own honour but God's, whose messenger he was.(:note) LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.

geneva@Judges:13:17 @ Againe Manoah said vnto the Angell of the Lorde, What is thy name, that when thy saying is come to passe, we may honour thee?

geneva@Judges:13:21 @ (So the Angel of the Lorde did no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wife.) Then Manoah knewe that it was an Angel of the Lord.

geneva@Judges:13:23 @ But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a (note:)These graces that we have received from God, and his accepting of our obedience, are sure tokens of his love for us, so that nothing can hurt us.(:note) burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such things] as these.

geneva@Judges:14:3 @ Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] (note:)Though his parents justly reprove him, yet it appears that this was the secret work of the Lord, (Jdg_14:4).(:note) never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

geneva@Judges:14:4 @ But his father and his mother knew not that it [was] of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the (note:)To fight against them for the deliverance of Israel.(:note) Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

geneva@Judges:14:9 @ And he tooke therof in his handes, and went eating, and came to his father and to his mother, and gaue vnto them, and they did eate: but hee told not them, that he had taken the hony out of the body of the lyon.

geneva@Judges:14:11 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)That is, her parents or friends.(:note) they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

geneva@Judges:14:13 @ But if you cannot declare it mee, then shall yee giue mee thirty sheetes and thirtie change of garments; they answered him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may heare it.

geneva@Judges:14:15 @ And it came to pass (note:)Or as the seventh day drew near, for it was the fourth day.(:note) on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? [is it] not [so]?

geneva@Judges:14:17 @ And she wept before him the (note:)Or, to the seventh day beginning at the fourth.(:note) seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

geneva@Judges:15:1 @ But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will (note:)That is, I will use her as my wife.(:note) go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

geneva@Judges:15:2 @ And her father sayde, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.

geneva@Judges:15:5 @ And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the (note:)Or, that which was reaped and gathered.(:note) shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.

geneva@Judges:15:11 @ Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? (note:)Such was their gross ignorance, that they judged God's great benefits to be a plague to them.(:note) what [is] this [that] thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

geneva@Judges:15:12 @ Againe they sayd vnto him, Wee are come to binde thee, and to deliuer thee into the hande of the Philistims; Samson sayde vnto them, Sweare vnto me, that yee will not fall vpon me your selues.

geneva@Judges:15:13 @ And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and (note:)Thus they would rather betray their brother than use the means that God had given for their deliverance.(:note) deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

geneva@Judges:15:14 @ When hee came to Lehi, the Philistims shouted against him, and the Spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire: for the bandes loosed from his handes.

geneva@Judges:15:17 @ And when he had left speaking, hee cast away the iawebone out of his hande, and called that place, Ramath-Lehi.

geneva@Judges:15:18 @ And he was sore athirst, and (note:)By which it appears that he did these things in faith, and so with a true zeal to glorify God, and deliver his country.(:note) called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

geneva@Judges:15:19 @ Then God brake the cheeke tooth, that was in the iawe, and water came thereout: and when he had drunke, his Spirit came againe, and he was reuiued: wherefore the name therof is called, Enhakkore, which is in Lehi vnto this day.

geneva@Judges:16:3 @ And Samson slept till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gates of the citie, and the two postes and lift them away with the barres, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the top of the mountaine that is before Hebron.

geneva@Judges:16:5 @ And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred (note:)Of the value of a shekel, read (Gen_23:15).(:note) [pieces] of silver.

geneva@Judges:16:7 @ Samson then answered vnto her, If they binde mee with seuen greene cordes, that were neuer dryed, then shall I bee weake, and be as an other man.

geneva@Judges:16:8 @ And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith.

geneva@Judges:16:10 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now (note:)Though her deceit threatened his life, yet his affection so blinded him, that he could not beware.(:note) tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

geneva@Judges:16:11 @ Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shal I be weake, and be as an other man.

geneva@Judges:16:17 @ That he told her all his (note:)Thus his immoderate affections toward a wicked woman caused him to lose God's excellent gifts, and become a slave to those whom he should have ruled.(:note) heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man.

geneva@Judges:16:18 @ And when Delilah sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent, and called for the Princes of ye Philistims, saying, Come vp once againe: for he hath shewed mee all his heart. Then the Princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes.

geneva@Judges:16:20 @ Then she said, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson; hee awoke out of his sleepe, and thought, I will go out now as at other times, and shake my selfe, but he knewe not that the Lorde was departed from him.

geneva@Judges:16:25 @ And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he (note:)Thus by God's just judgments they are made slaves to infidels if they neglect their calling to defend the faithful.(:note) made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

geneva@Judges:16:26 @ Then Samson saide vnto the seruant that led him by the hande, Lead me, that I may touch the pillars that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them.

geneva@Judges:16:27 @ (Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)

geneva@Judges:16:28 @ And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once (note:)According to my calling which is to execute God's judgments on the wicked.(:note) avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

geneva@Judges:16:30 @ And Samson said, (note:)He does not speak out of despair, but humbling himself for neglecting his office and the offence thereby given.(:note) Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that [were] therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.

geneva@Judges:17:2 @ And he saide vnto his mother, The eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer that were taken from thee, for the which thou cursedst, and spakedst it, euen in mine hearing, beholde, the siluer is with me, I tooke it. Then his mother saide, Blessed be my sonne of the Lorde.

geneva@Judges:17:11 @ And the Levite was (note:)Not considering that he forsook the true worship of God to maintain his own belly.(:note) content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

geneva@Judges:17:13 @ Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me (note:)Thus the idolaters persuade themselves of God's favour, when indeed he detests them.(:note) good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.

geneva@Judges:18:1 @ In those days [there was] no (note:)Meaning, no ordinary magistrate to punish vice according to God's word.(:note) king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

geneva@Judges:18:3 @ When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the (note:)They knew by his speech that he was a stranger there.(:note) voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?

geneva@Judges:18:5 @ Againe they said vnto him, Aske counsell nowe of God, that we may knowe whether the way which we goe, shalbe prosperous.

geneva@Judges:18:7 @ Then the fiue men departed and came to Laish, and sawe the people that were therein, which dwelt carelesse, after the maner of the Zidonians, quiet and sure, because no man made any trouble in the lande, or vsurped any dominion: also they were farre from the Zidonians, and had no businesse with other men.

geneva@Judges:18:9 @ And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it [is] very good: and (note:)Would you lose this good opportunity because of your laziness?(:note) [are] ye still? be not slothful to go, [and] to enter to possess the land.

geneva@Judges:18:10 @ (If ye will goe, ye shall come vnto a carelesse people, and the countrey is large) for God hath giuen it into your hande. It is a place which doeth lacke nothing that is in the worlde.

geneva@Judges:18:12 @ And they went vp, and pitched in Kiriath-iearim in Iudah: wherefore they called that place, Mahaneh-Dan vnto this day: and it is behinde Kiriath-iearim.

geneva@Judges:18:14 @ Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, (note:)Because before they had had good success, they wanted their brethren to be encouraged by hearing the same tidings.(:note) Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

geneva@Judges:18:17 @ And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the (note:)Superstition blinded them so that they thought God's power was in the idols, and that they would have good success because of them, though they took them away by robbery and violence.(:note) graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.

geneva@Judges:18:19 @ And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel?

geneva@Judges:18:21 @ So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage (note:)Suspecting them that pursued them.(:note) before them.

geneva@Judges:18:22 @ When they were farre off from the house of Michah, the men that were in the houses neere to Michahs house, gathered together, and pursued after the children of Dan,

geneva@Judges:18:23 @ And cryed vnto the children of Dan: who turned their faces, and said vnto Michah, What ayleth thee, that thou makest an outcrie?

geneva@Judges:18:26 @ So the children of Dan went their wayes: and when Michah saw that they were too strong for him, hee turned, and went backe vnto his house.

geneva@Judges:18:28 @ And there was none to helpe, because Laish was farre from Zidon, and they had no businesse with other men: also it was in the valley that lyeth by Beth-rehob. After, they built the citie, and dwelt therein,

geneva@Judges:19:8 @ And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, (note:)Meaning, that he should refresh himself with food, as in (Jdg_19:5).(:note) Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

geneva@Judges:19:9 @ And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go (note:)That is, to the town or city where he lived.(:note) home.

geneva@Judges:19:12 @ And his master said unto him, (note:)Though in these days there were most horrible corruptions, even necessity could not compel them to associate with those who did not profess the true God.(:note) We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that [is] not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:19:13 @ And he said vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs drawe neere to one of these places, that wee may lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.

geneva@Judges:19:15 @ Then they turned thither to goe in and lodge in Gibeah: and when he came, he sate him downe in a streete of the citie: for there was no man that tooke them into his house to lodging.

geneva@Judges:19:18 @ And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the (note:)To Shiloh of Mizpeh where the ark was.(:note) house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.

geneva@Judges:19:19 @ Although we haue straw and prouader for our asses, and also bread and wine for me & thine handmayde, and for the boy that is with thy seruant: we lacke nothing.

geneva@Judges:19:20 @ And the olde man sayde, Peace bee with thee: as for all that thou lackest, shalt thou finde with me: onely abide not in the streete al night.

geneva@Judges:19:22 @ [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and] (note:)In an attempt to break it.(:note) beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

geneva@Judges:19:23 @ And this man the master of ye house went out vnto the, & said vnto them, Nay my brethre, do not so wickedly, I pray you: seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this villenie.

geneva@Judges:19:30 @ And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no (note:)For this was like the sin of Sodom for which God rained down fire and brimstone from heaven.(:note) such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].

geneva@Judges:20:2 @ And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that (note:)Meaning, men able to handle their weapons.(:note) drew sword.

geneva@Judges:20:3 @ (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then (note:)To the Levite.(:note) said the children of Israel, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?

geneva@Judges:20:4 @ And the same Leuite, the womans husband that was slaine, answered and saide, I came vnto Gibeah that is in Beniamin with my concubine to lodge,

geneva@Judges:20:5 @ And the men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about vpon mee by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my concubine that she is dead.

geneva@Judges:20:9 @ But now this is that thing which we will do to Gibeah: we wil goe vp by lot against it,

geneva@Judges:20:10 @ And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch (note:)Only these would be charged to provide food for the rest.(:note) victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

geneva@Judges:20:12 @ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the (note:)That is, every family of the tribe.(:note) tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you?

geneva@Judges:20:13 @ Now therefore deliver [us] the men, the children of Belial, which [are] in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin (note:)Because they would not allow the wicked to be punished, they declared themselves in agreement with their evil, and therefore all were justly punished.(:note) would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

geneva@Judges:20:15 @ And ye children of Beniamin were nombred at that time out of the cities sixe and twenty thousand men that drewe sworde, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were nombred seuen hundreth chosen men.

geneva@Judges:20:17 @ Also the men of Israel, beside Beniamin, were nombred foure hundreth thousande men that drew sword, euen all men of warre.

geneva@Judges:20:21 @ And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day (note:)This God permitted because by this means he would punish their sins, by the strength of the Israelites.(:note) twenty and two thousand men.

geneva@Judges:20:26 @ Then al the children of Israel went vp and all the people came also vnto the house of God, and wept and sate there before the Lord & fasted that day vnto the euening, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before the Lord.

geneva@Judges:20:28 @ And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, (note:)Or, served in the priest's office in those days: for the Jews write that he lived three hundred years.(:note) stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

geneva@Judges:20:33 @ And all the men of Israel rose vp out of their place, and put themselues in aray at Baal-tamar: and the men that lay in wayte of the Israelites came forth of their place, euen out of the medowes of Gibeah,

geneva@Judges:20:34 @ And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that (note:)They did not know that God's judgment was at hand to destroy them.(:note) evil [was] near them.

geneva@Judges:20:36 @ So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel (note:)Retired to draw them after.(:note) gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:20:37 @ And they that lay in wait hasted, and brake forth toward Gibeah, & the ambushment drewe themselues along, and smote all the citie with the edge of the sword.

geneva@Judges:20:38 @ Also the men of Israel had appoynted a certaine time with the ambushmentes, that they should make a great flame and smoke rise vp out of the citie.

geneva@Judges:20:41 @ And when the men of Israel turned (note:)And withstood their enemies.(:note) again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

geneva@Judges:20:46 @ So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were (note:)Besides eleven hundred that had been slain in the previous battles.(:note) twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.

geneva@Judges:20:48 @ And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the (note:)If they belonged to the Benjamites.(:note) cities that they came to.

geneva@Judges:21:3 @ And sayde, O Lorde God of Israel, why is this come to passe in Israel, that this day one tribe of Israel should want?

geneva@Judges:21:4 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an (note:)According to their custom, when they would consult the Lord.(:note) altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

geneva@Judges:21:5 @ Then the children of Israel said, Who is he among all the tribes of Israel, that came not vp with the Congregation vnto the Lorde? For they had made a great othe concerning him that came not vp to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, Let him die the death.

geneva@Judges:21:6 @ And the children of Israel (note:)Or, were sorry that they had destroyed their brethren, as it appears in (Jdg_21:15).(:note) repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

geneva@Judges:21:7 @ How shal we do for wiues to them that remaine, seeing we haue sworne by the Lorde, that we will not giue them of our daughters to wiues?

geneva@Judges:21:8 @ And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that (note:)Condemning them as lovers of evil, who would not punish it.(:note) came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

geneva@Judges:21:11 @ And this is it that ye shall do: ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men.

geneva@Judges:21:12 @ And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead foure hundreth maides, virgins that had knowne no man by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the hoste to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Judges:21:13 @ And the whole congregation (note:)That is, about four months after the punishment, (Jdg_20:47).(:note) sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

geneva@Judges:21:14 @ And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet (note:)For they were short two hundred.(:note) so they sufficed them not.

geneva@Judges:21:17 @ And they said, [There must be] (note:)Benjamin must be preserved to have the twelfth portion in the inheritance of Jacob.(:note) an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

geneva@Judges:21:18 @ Howbeit we may not giue them wiues of our daughters: for the childre of Israel had sworne, saying, Cursed be he that giueth a wise to Beniamin.

geneva@Judges:21:19 @ Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the (note:)He describes the place where the maids used to dance yearly, and sing psalms and songs of God's works among them, as the custom was then.(:note) north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

geneva@Judges:21:21 @ And when ye see that the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catche you euery man a wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and goe into the land of Beniamin.

geneva@Judges:21:22 @ And it shall be, (note:)Though they attempted to convince man that they had kept their oath, before God it was broken.(:note) when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.

geneva@Judges:21:23 @ And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their (note:)Meaning, two hundred.(:note) number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

geneva@Judges:21:24 @ So the children of Israel departed thence at that time, euery man to his tribe, and to his familie, and went out from thence euery man to his inheritance.

geneva@Judges:21:25 @ In those dayes there was no King in Israel, but euery man did that which was good in his eyes.

geneva@Ruth:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) land. And a certain man of In the tribe of Judah, which was also called Bethlehem Ephrathat, because there was another city so called in the tribe of Zebulun. Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. The Argument - This book is called Ruth, who is the main person spoken of in this writing. In which also the state of the Church is set forth figuratively, being subject to many afflictions and yet eventually God gives good and joyful offspring, teaching us to abide with patience till God delivers us out of troubles. In this also it is described how Jesus Christ, who according to the flesh came from David, proceeded by Ruth, of whom the Lord Jesus promised to come, nonetheless she was a Moabite of base condition, and a stranger to the people of God; declaring to us by it that the Gentiles would be sanctified by him, and joined with his people, and that there would be one sheepfold, and one shepherd. It would appear that this account belongs to the time of the judges.

geneva@Ruth:1:6 @ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had (note:)By sending them plenty again.(:note) visited his people in giving them bread.

geneva@Ruth:1:9 @ The LORD grant you that ye may find (note:)By this it appears that Naomi by dwelling among idolaters, had become cold to the true zeal of God, having more respect for the comfort of the body than the comfort of the soul.(:note) rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

geneva@Ruth:1:11 @ But Naomi saide, Turne againe, my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? are there any mo sonnes in my wombe, that they may bee your husbands?

geneva@Ruth:1:13 @ Would yee tarie for them, till they were of age? would ye be deferred for them from taking of husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lorde is gone out against me.

geneva@Ruth:1:18 @ Whe she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.

geneva@Ruth:1:19 @ So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was (note:)By which it appears that she was of a great family of good reputation.(:note) moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?

geneva@Ruth:1:22 @ So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of (note:)Which was in the month of Nisan, that is, part March and part April.(:note) barley harvest.

geneva@Ruth:2:3 @ And she went, and came and gleaned in the fielde after the reapers, and it came to passe, that she met with the portion of the fielde of Boaz, who was of the familie of Elimelech.

geneva@Ruth:2:5 @ Then saide Boaz vnto his seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, Whose maide is this?

geneva@Ruth:2:6 @ And the seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, answered, and said, It is the Moabitish maide, that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab:

geneva@Ruth:2:7 @ And shee saide vnto vs, I pray you, let mee gleane and gather after the reapers among the sheaues: so shee came, and hath continued from that time in the morning vnto now, saue that she taried a litle in the house.

geneva@Ruth:2:10 @ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a (note:)Of the Moabites, who are enemies of God's people.(:note) stranger?

geneva@Ruth:2:11 @ And Boaz answered, & said vnto her, All is told and shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe, since the death of thine husband, and how thou hast left thy father & thy mother, and ye land where thou wast borne, & art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time past.

geneva@Ruth:2:12 @ The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose (note:)Signifying, that she would never lack anything, if she put her trust in God, and lived under his protection.(:note) wings thou art come to trust.

geneva@Ruth:2:16 @ Also let fall some of the sheaues for her, and let it lie, that she may gather it vp, & rebuke her not.

geneva@Ruth:2:17 @ So she gleaned in the fielde vntill euening, and she thresshed that shee had gathered, and it was about an Ephah of barly.

geneva@Ruth:2:18 @ And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she (note:)That is, from her bag, as it is in the Chaldee text.(:note) brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

geneva@Ruth:2:19 @ Then her mother in lawe saide vnto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he, that knewe thee; she shewed her mother in lawe, with whome she had wrought, and saide, The mans name, with whom I wrought to day, is Boaz.

geneva@Ruth:2:22 @ And Naomi answered vnto Ruth her daughter in lawe, It is best, my daughter, that thou goe out with his maides, that they meete thee not in an other fielde.

geneva@Ruth:3:1 @ Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek (note:)Meaning that she would provide her with a husband, with whom she might live peacefully.(:note) rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

geneva@Ruth:3:5 @ And she answered her, All that thou biddest me, I will doe.

geneva@Ruth:3:6 @ So she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in lawe bade her.

geneva@Ruth:3:11 @ And now, my daughter, feare not: I will doe to thee all that thou requirest: for all the citie of my people doeth knowe, that thou art a vertuous woman.

geneva@Ruth:3:12 @ And now, it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit there is a kinsman neerer then I.

geneva@Ruth:3:14 @ And she lay at his feete vntill the morning: and she arose before one could know another: for he sayd, Let no man knowe, that a woman came into the floore.

geneva@Ruth:3:15 @ Also he sayd, Bring the sheete that thou hast vpon thee, and holde it; when she helde it, he measured sixe measures of barly, and layde them on her, and she went into the citie.

geneva@Ruth:3:16 @ And when she came to her mother in law, she said, (note:)Believing by her returning home that he had not taken her as his wife, she was astonished.(:note) Who [art] thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

geneva@Ruth:4:3 @ And he said vnto ye kinsman, Naomi, that is come againe out of ye countrey of Moab, wil sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelechs.

geneva@Ruth:4:4 @ And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it, then] tell me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] (note:)For you are the next of kin.(:note) beside thee; and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].

geneva@Ruth:4:5 @ Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his (note:)That his inheritance might bear his name that is dead.(:note) inheritance.

geneva@Ruth:4:9 @ And Boaz sayd vnto the Elders & vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions and Mahlons, of the hand of Naomi.

geneva@Ruth:4:10 @ Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his (note:)Or, of the city where he remained.(:note) place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

geneva@Ruth:4:11 @ And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in (note:)Ephratah and Bethlehem are both one.(:note) Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

geneva@Ruth:4:12 @ And that thine house be like the house of Pharez ( whom Thamar bare vnto Iudah) of the seede which the Lord shall giue thee of this yong woman.

geneva@Ruth:4:13 @ So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lorde gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne.

geneva@Ruth:4:14 @ And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that (note:)He shall leave continual posterity.(:note) his name may be famous in Israel.

geneva@Ruth:4:18 @ Now these [are] the generations of (note:)This genealogy is brought in to prove that David by succession came from the house of Judah.(:note) Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

geneva@1Samuel:1:1 @ Now there was a certain man of (note:)There were two Ramatus, so that in this city in mount Ephraim were Zophim, that is, the learned men and prophets.(:note) Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: The Argument - As God had ordained in (Deu_17:14), that when the Israelites entered the land of Canaan, he would appoint a king for them: so here in the first book of Samuel the state of the people under their first king Saul is declared. Not content with the order that God had temporarily appointed for the government of his Church, they demanded a king, so that they might be as other nations. As well they thought they would be better off, not because they could serve God better by it, but because they would be under the safeguard of him who represented Jesus Christ the true deliverer. Therefore God gave them a tyrant and a hypocrite to rule over them, so that they might learn that a king is not sufficient to defend them, unless God by his power preserves and keeps them. Therefore he punishes the ingratitude of his people, and sends them continual wars both at home and abroad. Also, because Saul, whom God had given to the honour of a king out of nothing, did not acknowledge God's mercy to him, but rather disobeyed the word of God and was not zealous of his glory, he was removed from his estate by God, and David the true figure of Messiah was placed in his stead. His patience, modesty, constancy, persecution by open enemies, feigned friends, and deceitful flatterers, is left to the Church and to every member of it, as a pattern and example of their state and calling.

geneva@1Samuel:1:3 @ And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in (note:)For the ark was there at that time.(:note) Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

geneva@1Samuel:1:7 @ (And so did he yeere by yeere) and as oft as she went vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept and did not eate.

geneva@1Samuel:1:8 @ Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten (note:)Let this comfort you, that I love you no less than if you had many children.(:note) sons?

geneva@1Samuel:1:17 @ Then Eli answered, and sayd, Go in peace, and the God of Israel graunt thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

geneva@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Hannah went not vp: for she sayd vnto her husband, I will tarie vntill the childe be weined, then I will bring him that hee may appeare before the Lord, and there abide for euer.

geneva@1Samuel:1:26 @ And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy (note:)That is, most certainly.(:note) soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:2:1 @ And Hannah (note:)After she had obtained a son by prayer she gave thanks.(:note) prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine I have recovered strength and glory by the benefit of the Lord. horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is I can answer them that criticize my barrenness. enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

geneva@1Samuel:2:3 @ Talk (note:)In that you condemn my barrenness, you show your pride against God.(:note) no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

geneva@1Samuel:2:5 @ [They that were] full have hired out themselves for (note:)They sell their labours for necessary food.(:note) bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

geneva@1Samuel:2:11 @ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the (note:)In all that Eli commanded him.(:note) LORD before Eli the priest.

geneva@1Samuel:2:14 @ And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; (note:)Transgressing the order appointed in the Law, (Lev_7:31), for their bellies sake.(:note) all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

geneva@1Samuel:2:15 @ Also before they burnt the (note:)Which was commanded first to have been offered to God.(:note) fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

geneva@1Samuel:2:16 @ And [if] any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and [then] take [as much] as thy soul (note:)Not passing for their own profit, so that God might be served rightly.(:note) desireth; then he would answer him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give [it me] now: and if not, I will take [it] by force.

geneva@1Samuel:2:20 @ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord giue thee seede of this woman, for the petition that she asked of the Lord: and they departed vnto their place.

geneva@1Samuel:2:21 @ And the Lorde visited Hannah, so that she conceiued, & bare three sonnes, & two daughters; the childe Samuel grewe before the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:2:22 @ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that (note:)Which was (as the Hebrews write) after their travail, when they came to be purified, read (Exo_38:8; Lev_12:6).(:note) assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@1Samuel:2:24 @ Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to (note:)Because they contemn their duty to God, (1Sa_2:17).(:note) transgress.

geneva@1Samuel:2:25 @ If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD (note:)So that to obey good admonition is God's mercy, and to disobey them is his just judgment for sin.(:note) would slay them.

geneva@1Samuel:2:30 @ Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, (note:)God's promises are only effective to those he gives faith to fear and obey him.(:note) Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

geneva@1Samuel:2:31 @ Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine (note:)Thy power and authority.(:note) arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

geneva@1Samuel:2:34 @ And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both.

geneva@1Samuel:2:36 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] (note:)That is, will be inferior to him.(:note) crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

geneva@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid down in his (note:)In the court next to the tabernacle.(:note) place, and his eyes began to wax dim, [that] he could not see;

geneva@1Samuel:3:4 @ That the LORD (note:)Josephus writes that Samuel was 12 years old when the Lord appeared to him.(:note) called Samuel: and he answered, Here [am] I.

geneva@1Samuel:3:8 @ And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst call me. And Eli (note:)Such was the corruption of those times that the chief priest had become dull and negligent to understand the Lord's appearing.(:note) perceived that the LORD had called the child.

geneva@1Samuel:3:11 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall (note:)God declares that sudden fear will come on men when they hear that the ark is taken, and see Eli's house destroyed.(:note) tingle.

geneva@1Samuel:3:12 @ In that day I will raise vp against Eli all things which I haue spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an ende.

geneva@1Samuel:3:13 @ And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth, because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder, and he stayed them not.

geneva@1Samuel:3:14 @ And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for (note:)Meaning that his posterity would never enjoy the chief priests office.(:note) ever.

geneva@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God (note:)God punish you after this and that sort, unless you tell me the truth, (Rth_1:17).(:note) do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:3:20 @ And all Israel fro Dan to Beer-sheba knew that faithfull Samuel was the Lordes Prophet.

geneva@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, (note:)For it seems that this war was undertaken by Samuel's commandment.(:note) Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

geneva@1Samuel:4:4 @ So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which (note:)For he used to appear to the Israelites between the cherubim over the ark of the covenant, (Exo_25:17).(:note) dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.

geneva@1Samuel:4:5 @ And when the Arke of the couenant of the Lord came into the hoste, all Israel shouted a mightie shoute, so that the earth rang againe.

geneva@1Samuel:4:6 @ And when the Philistims heard the noyse of the shoute, they said, What meaneth the sound of this mightie shoute in the host of the Ebrewes? and they vnderstoode, that the Arke of the Lord was come into the hoste.

geneva@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the (note:)For in the Red Sea in the wilderness the Egyptians were destroyed, which was the last of all his plagues.(:note) wilderness.

geneva@1Samuel:4:9 @ Be strong and play the men, O Philistims, that ye be not seruants vnto the Ebrewes, as they haue serued you: be valiant therefore, and fight.

geneva@1Samuel:4:15 @ (Nowe Eli was fourescore and eighteene yeere olde, and his eyes were dimme that hee could not see)

geneva@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she (note:)And positioned her body for her labour and delivery.(:note) bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

geneva@1Samuel:4:20 @ And about the time of her death, the women that stoode about her, sayd vnto her, Feare not: for thou hast borne a sonne: but she answered not, nor regarded it.

geneva@1Samuel:5:5 @ Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, (note:)Thus instead of acknowledging the true God by this miracle, they fall into greater superstition.(:note) tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

geneva@1Samuel:5:11 @ So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send (note:)The wicked when they feel the hand of God, grudge and reject him, where the godly humble themselves, and cry for mercy.(:note) away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

geneva@1Samuel:5:12 @ And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the citie went vp to heauen.

geneva@1Samuel:6:5 @ Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your (note:)This is God's judgment on the idolaters, that knowing the true God, they do not worship him correctly.(:note) gods, and from off your land.

geneva@1Samuel:6:8 @ And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the (note:)Meaning, the golden emerods and the golden mice.(:note) jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

geneva@1Samuel:6:9 @ And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] (note:)The God of Israel.(:note) he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a The wicked attribute almost all things to fortune and chance, whereas indeed there is nothing done without God's providence and decree. chance [that] happened to us.

geneva@1Samuel:6:10 @ And the men did so: for they tooke two kine that gaue milke, and tied them to the cart, and shut the calues at home.

geneva@1Samuel:6:15 @ And the Leuites tooke downe the Arke of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the iewels of golde were, and put them on the great stone, and the men of Beth-shemesh offred burnt offring, and sacrificed sacrifices that same day vnto the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:7:2 @ And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented (note:)Lamented for their sins, and followed the Lord.(:note) after the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and (note:)The Chaldee text says that they drew water out of their heart: that is, wept abundantly for their sins.(:note) drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

geneva@1Samuel:7:7 @ When the Philistims heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the princes of the Philistims went vp against Israel: and when the children of Israel heard that, they were afraide of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to (note:)Signifying that in the prayers of the godly, there should be a vehement zeal.(:note) cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@1Samuel:7:10 @ And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD (note:)According to the prophecy of Hannah Samuel's mother, (1Sa_2:10).(:note) thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he (note:)Because he was not able to bear the charge.(:note) made his sons judges over Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing (note:)Because they were not content with the order that God had appointed, but would be governed as the Gentiles were.(:note) displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

geneva@1Samuel:8:9 @ Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet (note:)To prove if they will forsake their wicked purpose.(:note) protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

geneva@1Samuel:8:10 @ So Samuel told all the wordes of the Lord vnto the people that asked a King of him.

geneva@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the (note:)Not that kings have this authority by their office, but that such as reign in God's wrath would usurp this over their brethren, contrary to the law, (Deu_17:20).(:note) manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots.

geneva@1Samuel:8:12 @ Also he will make them his captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make instruments of warre, and the thinges that serue for his charets.

geneva@1Samuel:8:18 @ And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not (note:)Because you do not repent for your sins, but because you long for your afflictions, into which you cast yourselves willingly.(:note) hear you in that day.

geneva@1Samuel:9:2 @ And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a (note:)So that it might seem that God approved their request in appointing such a person.(:note) choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.

geneva@1Samuel:9:5 @ [And] when they were come to the land of (note:)Where was Ramath Zophim, the city of Samuel.(:note) Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.

geneva@1Samuel:9:6 @ And he said vnto him, Behold nowe, in this citie is a man of God, and he is an honorable man: all that he saith commeth to passe: let vs nowe goe thither, if so be that he can shewe vs what way we may goe.

geneva@1Samuel:9:9 @ (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the (note:)So called because he foresaw things to come.(:note) seer: for [he that is] now [called] a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

geneva@1Samuel:9:11 @ And as they were going vp the hie way to the citie, they found maydes that came out to draw water, & said vnto them, Is there here a Seer?

geneva@1Samuel:9:12 @ And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a (note:)That is, a feast after the offering, which would be kept in a high place of the city appointed for that use.(:note) sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

geneva@1Samuel:9:13 @ As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth (note:)That is, give thanks and distribute the meat according to their custom.(:note) bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

geneva@1Samuel:9:16 @ To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over my people Israel, that he may (note:)Despite their wickedness, yet God was ever mindful of his inheritance.(:note) save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

geneva@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I [am] the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that [is] in thine (note:)Meaning, all that you desire to know.(:note) heart.

geneva@1Samuel:9:20 @ And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And (note:)Whom does Israel desire to be their king, but thee?(:note) on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

geneva@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the (note:)Where the feast was.(:note) parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which [were] about thirty persons.

geneva@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the shoulder, and [that] which [was] (note:)That is, the shoulder with the breast, which the priest had for his family in all peace offerings, (Lev_10:14)(:note) upon it, and set [it] before Saul. And [Samuel] said, Behold that which is left! set [it] before thee, [and] eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I That both by the assembling of the people, and by the meat prepared for you, you might understand that I knew of your coming. have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

geneva@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the (note:)To speak with him secretly: for the houses were flat above.(:note) top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

geneva@1Samuel:9:27 @ [And] as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee (note:)God's commandment concerning you.(:note) the word of God.

geneva@1Samuel:10:2 @ When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The (note:)Samuel confirms him by these signs, that God has appointed him king.(:note) asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

geneva@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that thou shalt come to the (note:)Which was a high place in the city Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, (1Sa_7:2).(:note) hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

geneva@1Samuel:10:9 @ And it was [so], that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another (note:)He gave him such virtues as were fitting for a king.(:note) heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

geneva@1Samuel:10:11 @ Therefore all the people that knewe him before, when they saw that he prophecied among the Prophets, saide eche to other, What is come vnto the sonne of Kish? is Saul also among the Prophets?

geneva@1Samuel:10:12 @ And one of the same place answered and said, But who [is] their (note:)Meaning, that prophecy comes not by succession, but is given to whom it pleases God.(:note) father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the Noting by it him that from low degree comes suddenly to honour. prophets?

geneva@1Samuel:10:14 @ And Sauls vncle saide vnto him, and to his seruant, Whither went ye? And he saide, To seeke the asses: and when we sawe that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

geneva@1Samuel:10:16 @ Then Saul saide to his vncle, He tolde vs plainely that the asses were founde: but concerning the kingdome whereof Samuel spake, tolde he him not.

geneva@1Samuel:10:18 @ And he saide vnto the children of Israel, Thus saith ye Lord God of Israel, I haue brought Israel out of Egypt, and deliuered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the handes of all kingdomes that troubled you.

geneva@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel saide to all the people, See ye not him, whom the Lorde hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? and all the people shouted and saide, God saue the King.

geneva@1Samuel:11:1 @ Then Nahash the Ammonite (note:)After that Saul was chosen king: for fear of whom they asked a king, as in (1Sa_12:12).(:note) came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

geneva@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this [condition] will I make [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out all your (note:)This declares that the closer the tyrants are to their destruction, the more cruel they are.(:note) right eyes, and lay it [for] a reproach upon all Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:11:3 @ To whome the Elders of Iabesh said, Giue vs seuen daies respet, that we may sende messengers vnto all the coastes of Israel: and then if no man deliuer vs, we will come out to thee.

geneva@1Samuel:11:5 @ And behold, Saul came following the cattell out of the fielde, and Saul saide, What aileth this people, that they weepe? And they tolde him the tidings of the men of Iabesh.

geneva@1Samuel:11:9 @ And (note:)Meaning, Saul and Samuel.(:note) they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

geneva@1Samuel:11:10 @ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto (note:)That is, to the Ammonites, concealing that they had hope of aid.(:note) you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

geneva@1Samuel:11:11 @ And when the morowe was come, Saul put the people in three bandes, and they came in vpon the hoste in the morning watche, and slewe the Ammonites vntill the heate of the day: and they that remained, were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

geneva@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said unto Samuel, (note:)By this victory the Lord won the hearts of the people to Saul.(:note) Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

geneva@1Samuel:11:14 @ Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

geneva@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have (note:)I have granted your petition.(:note) hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

geneva@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his (note:)Your King, who is anointed by the commandment of the Lord.(:note) anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.

geneva@1Samuel:12:6 @ Then Samuel sayde vnto the people, It is the Lord that made Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Samuel:12:7 @ Nowe therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord according to all the righteousnesse of the Lorde, which he shewed to you and to your fathers.

geneva@1Samuel:12:8 @ After that Iaakob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried vnto the Lorde, then the Lorde sent Moses and Aaron which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

geneva@1Samuel:12:12 @ And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, (note:)Leaving God to seek the help of man, (1Sa_8:5).(:note) Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God [was] your king.

geneva@1Samuel:12:14 @ If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue (note:)You shall be preserved as they that follow the Lord's will.(:note) following the LORD your God:

geneva@1Samuel:12:17 @ [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] (note:)In that you have forsaken him, who has all power in his hand, for a mortal man.(:note) great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

geneva@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto (note:)Not only at other times, but now chiefly.(:note) all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.

geneva@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: (note:)He shows that there is no sin so great, but it shall be forgiven, if the sinner turn again to God.(:note) yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

geneva@1Samuel:12:21 @ Neither turne yee backe: for that shoulde be after vaine things which cannot profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie)

geneva@1Samuel:12:23 @ Moreouer God forbid, that I should sinne against the Lord, and cease praying for you, but I will shewe you the good and right way.

geneva@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that [was] in (note:)Of Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, (1Sa_10:5).(:note) Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the That everyone should prepare themselves to fight. trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

geneva@1Samuel:13:6 @ And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were in distresse ) the people hid themselues in caues, and in holdes, and in rockes, and in towres, and in pittes.

geneva@1Samuel:13:8 @ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were (note:)Thinking that the absence of the prophet was a sign, that they would lose the victory.(:note) scattered from him.

geneva@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were (note:)Though these causes seem sufficient in man's judgment: yet because they had not the word of God, they turned to his destruction.(:note) scattered from me, and [that] thou camest not within the days appointed, and [that] the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

geneva@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul and Ionathan his sonne, and the people that were found with them, had their abiding in Gibeah of Beniamin: but the Philistims pitched in Michmash.

geneva@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and (note:)So that to man's judgment these three armies would have overrun the whole country.(:note) another company turned [to] the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

geneva@1Samuel:13:22 @ So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither (note:)To declare that the victory only came from God, and not by their force.(:note) sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that [were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

geneva@1Samuel:14:1 @ Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, (note:)By this example God declared to Israel that the victory did not consist in multitude or armour, but only because of his grace.(:note) Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father.

geneva@1Samuel:14:2 @ And Saul taried in the border of Gibeah vnder a pomegranate tree, which was in Migron, and the people that were with him, were about sixe hundreth men.

geneva@1Samuel:14:3 @ And Ahiah the sonne of Ahitub, Ichabods brother, the sonne of Phinehas, the sonne of Eli, was the Lordes Priest in Shiloh, and ware an Ephod: and the people knewe not that Ionathan was gone.

geneva@1Samuel:14:6 @ And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these (note:)That is, the Philistines.(:note) uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

geneva@1Samuel:14:7 @ And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in thine heart: turn thee; behold, (note:)I will follow you wherever you go.(:note) I [am] with thee according to thy heart.

geneva@1Samuel:14:14 @ And that (note:)The second was when they slew one another, and the third when the Israelites chased them.(:note) first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].

geneva@1Samuel:14:15 @ And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth (note:)In that the insensible creatures tremble for fear of God's judgment, it declares how terrible his vengeance will be against his enemies.(:note) quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

geneva@1Samuel:14:17 @ Therefore saide Saul vnto the people that were with him, Search nowe and see, who is gone from vs; when they had nombred, beholde, Ionathan and his armour bearer were not there.

geneva@1Samuel:14:18 @ And Saul said vnto Ahiah, Bring hither the Arke of God (for the Arke of God was at that time with the children of Israel)

geneva@1Samuel:14:19 @ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that [was] in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, (note:)Leave the Ephod alone, for I have no time now to ask counsel from God, (Num_27:21).(:note) Withdraw thine hand.

geneva@1Samuel:14:20 @ And Saul was assembled with all the people that were with him, and they came to the battell: and behold, euery mans sworde was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

geneva@1Samuel:14:21 @ Moreover the Hebrews [that] were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the (note:)Though before for fear of the Philistines they declared themselves as enemies to their brethren.(:note) Israelites that [were] with Saul and Jonathan.

geneva@1Samuel:14:22 @ Also all the men of Israel which had hid themselues in mount Ephraim, when they heard, that the Philistims were fled, they followed after them in the battell.

geneva@1Samuel:14:23 @ And so the Lord saued Israel that day: and the battell continued vnto Beth-auen.

geneva@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, (note:)Such was his hypocrisy and arrogancy, that he thought to attribute to his policy that which God had given by the hand of Jonathan.(:note) Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food.

geneva@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his (note:)Which were dim before from weariness and hunger.(:note) eyes were enlightened.

geneva@1Samuel:14:28 @ Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father made the people to sweare, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth sustenance this day: and the people were faint.

geneva@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they smote the Philistims that day, from Michmash to Aiialon: and the people were exceeding faint.

geneva@1Samuel:14:33 @ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: (note:)That the blood of the beast that shall be slain, may be pressed out upon it.(:note) roll a great stone unto me this day.

geneva@1Samuel:14:34 @ Againe Saul said, Goe abroade among the people, and bid them bring me euery man his oxe, and euery man his sheepe, and slay them here, and eate and sinne not against the Lord in eating with the blood; ye people brought euery man his oxe in his hand that night, & slew them there.

geneva@1Samuel:14:35 @ Then Saul made an altar vnto the Lorde, and that was the first altar that he made vnto the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:14:37 @ So Saul asked of God, saying, Shall I goe downe after ye Philistims? wilt thou deliuer them into the hands of Israel? But he answered him not at that time.

geneva@1Samuel:14:41 @ Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give (note:)Cause the lot to fall on him that has broken the oath, but he does not consider his presumption in commanding the same oath.(:note) a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

geneva@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then Saul said to Ionathan, Tell me what thou hast done; Ionathan tolde him, & said, I tasted a litle hony with the ende of the rod, that was in mine hand, and loe, I must die.

geneva@1Samuel:14:45 @ And the people said unto Saul, (note:)The people thought it their duty to rescue him, who out of ignorance had broken a rash law, and by whom they had received so great a benefit.(:note) Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: [as] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

geneva@1Samuel:14:48 @ And he gathered an host, and smote the (note:)As the Lord had commanded, (Deu_25:17).(:note) Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

geneva@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but (note:)That this might be an example of God's vengeance against those who deal cruelly with his people.(:note) slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

geneva@1Samuel:15:7 @ So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,

geneva@1Samuel:15:9 @ But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheepe, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them: but euery thing that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed.

geneva@1Samuel:15:11 @ It (note:)God in his eternal counsel never changes or repents, as in (1Sa_15:29), though he seems to us to repent when anything goes contrary to his temporal election.(:note) repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

geneva@1Samuel:15:25 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my (note:)This was not true repentance, but deceit out of fear for the loss of his kingdom.(:note) sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:15:26 @ But Samuel saide vnto Saul, I will not returne with thee: for thou hast cast away the word of the Lorde, and the Lorde hath cast away thee, that thou shalt not be King ouer Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the (note:)Meaning God, who maintains and prefers his own.(:note) Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.

geneva@1Samuel:15:30 @ Then he saide, I haue sinned: but honour mee, I pray thee, before the Elders of my people, and before Israel, and turne againe with mee, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

geneva@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel came no more to (note:)Though Saul came where Samuel was, (1Sa_19:22).(:note) see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD As in (1Sa_15:11). repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, (note:)Signifying that we should not show ourselves more pitiful than God, nor to lament those whom he casts out.(:note) seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

geneva@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town (note:)Afraid, lest some grievous crime had been committed, because the prophet was not wont to come there.(:note) trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

geneva@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S (note:)Thinking that Eliab had been appointed by God to be made king.(:note) anointed [is] before him.

geneva@1Samuel:16:11 @ Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there no more children but these? And hee sayde, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit downe, till he be come hither.

geneva@1Samuel:16:13 @ Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren; the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and went to Ramah.

geneva@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our Lord therefore command thy seruants, that are before thee, to seeke a man that is a cunning plaier vpon the harpe: that when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, hee may play with his hand, and thou maiest be eased.

geneva@1Samuel:16:17 @ Saul then saide vnto his seruantes, Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play well, & bring him to me.

geneva@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was (note:)God would have Saul receive this benefit from David's hand, that his condemnation might be even more evident, for his cruel hate toward him.(:note) refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:10 @ Also the Philistim saide, I defie the hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that we may fight together.

geneva@1Samuel:17:13 @ And the three eldest sonnes of Ishai went and followed Saul to the battel: and the names of his three sonnes that went to battell, were Eliab the Eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the thirde Shammah.

geneva@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house (note:)From taxes and payments.(:note) free in Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the (note:)This dishonour that he does to Israel.(:note) reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

geneva@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:28 @ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell.

geneva@1Samuel:17:31 @ And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

geneva@1Samuel:17:37 @ David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, (note:)For by these examples he saw that the power of God was with him.(:note) Go, and the LORD be with thee.

geneva@1Samuel:17:40 @ And he took his (note:)So that by these weak means, It might be known that only God was the author of this victory.(:note) staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

geneva@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine (note:)He swore by his gods that he would destroy him.(:note) cursed David by his gods.

geneva@1Samuel:17:46 @ This (note:)David being assured both of his cause and of his calling prophecies of the destruction of the Philistines.(:note) day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:17:47 @ And that all this assembly may know, that the Lord saueth not with sworde nor with speare (for the battel is the Lords) and he will giue you into our handes.

geneva@1Samuel:17:48 @ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David (note:)Being moved with a fervent zeal to be revenged of this blaspheme of God's name.(:note) hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

geneva@1Samuel:17:49 @ And Dauid put his hande in his bagge, and tooke out a stone, and slang it, & smote the Philistim in his forehead, that the stone sticked in his forehead, and he fell groueling to the earth.

geneva@1Samuel:17:51 @ Then Dauid ranne, & stood vpon the Philistim, and tooke his sword and drew it out of his sheath, and slewe him, and cut off his head therewith. So whe the Philistims saw, that their champion was dead, they fled.

geneva@1Samuel:18:1 @ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the (note:)His affection was fully bent toward him.(:note) soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

geneva@1Samuel:18:2 @ And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:18:4 @ And Ionathan put off the robe that was vpon him, & gaue it Dauid, & his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

geneva@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the (note:)That is, Goliath.(:note) Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

geneva@1Samuel:18:9 @ And Saul (note:)Because he envied and hated him.(:note) eyed David from that day and forward.

geneva@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he (note:)That is, spoke as a man beside himself for so the people abused this word, when they could not understand.(:note) prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Saul's hand.

geneva@1Samuel:18:15 @ Wherefore when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afrayde of him.

geneva@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and (note:)Fight against them that war against God's people.(:note) fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

geneva@1Samuel:18:18 @ And Dauid answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the King?

geneva@1Samuel:18:19 @ But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that (note:)By whom he had five sons who David put to death at the request of the Gibeonites, (2Sa_21:8).(:note) she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

geneva@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a (note:)So his hypocrisy appears, for under pretence of favour he sought his destruction.(:note) snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain.

geneva@1Samuel:18:23 @ And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, (note:)Meaning, that he was not able to endow his wife with riches.(:note) Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king's son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

geneva@1Samuel:18:27 @ Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and (note:)Meaning, David and his soldiers.(:note) they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

geneva@1Samuel:18:28 @ Then Saul sawe, and vnderstoode that the Lord was with Dauid, & that Michal the daughter of Saul loued him.

geneva@1Samuel:18:30 @ Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] (note:)That is, David had better success against the Philistines than Saul's men.(:note) David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

geneva@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should (note:)Before Saul sought David's life secretly, but now his hypocrisy grows to open cruelty.(:note) kill David.

geneva@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou (note:)That I may warn you what to do.(:note) [art], and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

geneva@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the (note:)Behold, how the tyrants to accomplish their rage, neither regard oath nor friendship, God nor man.(:note) bed, that I may slay him.

geneva@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said vnto Michal, Why hast thou mocked me so, & sent away mine enemie, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said vnto me, Let me go, or els I will kill thee.

geneva@1Samuel:19:18 @ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in (note:)Naioth was a school where the word of God was studied, near Ramah.(:note) Naioth.

geneva@1Samuel:19:22 @ Then went he himselfe to Ramah, & came to a great well that is in Sechu, and he asked, and sayd, Where are Samuel and Dauid? & one sayd, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

geneva@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he stripped off his (note:)His kingly apparel.(:note) clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay He humbled himself as others did. down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?

geneva@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David (note:)For Saul was detained, and prophesied a day and a night by God's providence, that David might have time to escape.(:note) fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what [is] my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

geneva@1Samuel:20:3 @ And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a (note:)I am in great danger of death.(:note) step between me and death.

geneva@1Samuel:20:4 @ Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth, that I wil do vnto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the (note:)At what time there would be a solemn sacrifice, (Num_28:11), to which they added peace offerings and feasts.(:note) new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even.

geneva@1Samuel:20:6 @ If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a (note:)Read (1Sa_1:21).(:note) yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

geneva@1Samuel:20:7 @ And if he say thus, It is well, thy seruant shall haue peace: but if he be angrie, be sure that wickednesse is concluded of him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were (note:)That he were fully determined.(:note) determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

geneva@1Samuel:20:13 @ The LORD (note:)The Lord punish me most grievously.(:note) do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

geneva@1Samuel:20:14 @ And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, (note:)I know that if you were given the kingdom now, you would not destroy me, but show yourself friendly to my posterity.(:note) that I die not:

geneva@1Samuel:20:15 @ But I require that thou cut not off thy mercie from mine house for euer: no, not when the Lorde hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the earth.

geneva@1Samuel:20:26 @ Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not (note:)Yet he might have some business to let him.(:note) clean; surely he [is] not clean.

geneva@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not (note:)Thus he speaks contemptuously of David.(:note) the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

geneva@1Samuel:20:28 @ And Ionathan answered vnto Saul, Dauid required of me, that he might goe to Beth-lehem.

geneva@1Samuel:20:30 @ Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou (note:)You are always contrary to me as your mother is.(:note) son of the perverse rebellious [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

geneva@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul cast a speare at him to hit him, whereby Ionathan knew, that it was determined of his father to slay Dauid.

geneva@1Samuel:20:35 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field (note:)For this was the third day, as it was agreed on in (1Sa_20:5).(:note) at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

geneva@1Samuel:20:37 @ And when the boy was come to the place where the arrowe was that Ionathan had shot, Ionathan cryed after the boy, and sayde, Is not the arrowe beyond thee?

geneva@1Samuel:20:40 @ Then Ionathan gaue his bowe and arrowes vnto the boy that was with him, and sayd vnto him, Goe, carrie them into the citie.

geneva@1Samuel:20:41 @ [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the (note:)It seems that he shot on the north side of the stone, least the boy should have seen David.(:note) south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

geneva@1Samuel:21:2 @ And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The (note:)These infirmities that we see in the saints of God, teach us that no one has his justice in himself, but receives it from God's mercy.(:note) king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place.

geneva@1Samuel:21:6 @ So the Priest gaue him halowed bread: for there was no bread there, saue the shewe bread that was taken from before the Lord, to put hote bread there, the day that it was taken away.

geneva@1Samuel:21:7 @ Now a certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day, (note:)Tarrying to worship before the ark.(:note) detained before the LORD; and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul.

geneva@1Samuel:21:9 @ And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the (note:)Behind that place where the high priests garment lay.(:note) ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]: for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me.

geneva@1Samuel:21:10 @ And David arose, and (note:)That is, out of Saul's domain.(:note) fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

geneva@1Samuel:21:15 @ Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the mad man in my presence? (note:)Is he fit to be in a king's house.(:note) shall this [fellow] come into my house?

geneva@1Samuel:22:2 @ And there gathered vnto him all men that were in trouble and all men that were in dette, and all those that were vexed in minde, and he was their prince, and there were with him about foure hundreth men.

geneva@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he (note:)For he feared the rage of Saul against his house.(:note) brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in That is, in Mizpeh, which was a stronghold. the hold.

geneva@1Samuel:22:6 @ When Saul heard that David was (note:)That a great brute came on him.(:note) discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about him;)

geneva@1Samuel:22:7 @ Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye (note:)You that are of my tribe and lineage.(:note) Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

geneva@1Samuel:22:8 @ That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my (note:)By this he would persuade them that this conspiracy was most horrible, where the son conspired against the father, and the servant against his master.(:note) son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

geneva@1Samuel:22:11 @ Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, (note:)Which were the remnant of the house of Eli, whose house God threatened to punish.(:note) the priests that [were] in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

geneva@1Samuel:22:13 @ Then Saul sayde vnto him, Why haue yee conspired against me, thou & the sonne of Ishai, in that thou hast giuen him vitaile, and a sworde, and hast asked counsell of God for him, that he should rise against me, and lye in wayte as appeareth this day?

geneva@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king (note:)For they knew that they should not obey the wicked commandment of the king in slaying the innocent.(:note) would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:22:18 @ Then the King sayde to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests; Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priestes, and slewe that same daye foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linen Ephod.

geneva@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Abiathar shewed Dauid, that Saul had slayne the Lords Priestes.

geneva@1Samuel:22:22 @ And Dauid sayd vnto Abiathar, I knewe it the same day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would tell Saul. I am the cause of the death of all the persons of thy fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:22:23 @ Abide thou with me, & feare not: for he that seeketh my life, shall seeke thy life also: for with me thou shalt be in safegard.

geneva@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was come to Keilah, & Saul sayd, God hath deliuered him into mine hand: for he is shut in, seeing he is come into a citie that hath gates and barres.

geneva@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, (note:)To consult with the Lord by Urim and Thummim.(:note) Bring hither the ephod.

geneva@1Samuel:23:10 @ Then sayde Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, thy seruat hath heard, that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the citie for my sake.

geneva@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then said Dauid, Will the lords of Keilah deliuer me vp, and the men that are with me, into the hand of Saul? And the Lord sayde, They will deliuer thee vp.

geneva@1Samuel:23:13 @ Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundreth, arose, & departed out of Keilah, and went whither they coulde; it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was fled from Keilah, and he left off his iourney.

geneva@1Samuel:23:15 @ And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out for to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in the wood.

geneva@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be (note:)Jonathan assured David, that God would accomplish his promise, and that his father warred against his own conscience.(:note) king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

geneva@1Samuel:23:20 @ Nowe therefore, O King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the Kinges handes.

geneva@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the (note:)In your country of Ziph, which is in Judah.(:note) land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

geneva@1Samuel:23:28 @ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place (note:)That is, stone of division, because there they divided themselves one from another.(:note) Selahammahlekoth.

geneva@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of (note:)A city of Judah, (Jos_15:62).(:note) Engedi.

geneva@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said unto him, (note:)Here we see how ready we are to hasten God's promise, if the occasion serve never so little.(:note) Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

geneva@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart (note:)For seeing it was his own private cause, he repented that he had touched his enemy.(:note) smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

geneva@1Samuel:24:6 @ {\cf2 (24:7)} And he said vnto his men, The Lord keepe mee from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords Anoynted, to lay mine hand vpon him: for he is the Anoynted of the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:24:10 @ {\cf2 (24:11)} Behold, this day thine eyes haue seene, that the Lorde had deliuered thee this day into mine hand in the caue, and some bade me kill thee, but I had compassion on thee, and said, I will not lay mine hande on my master: for he is the Lordes Anoynted.

geneva@1Samuel:24:11 @ {\cf2 (24:12)} Moreouer my father, behold: behold, I say, the lappe of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut off the lappe of thy garment, I killed thee not. Vnderstad & see, that there is neither euil nor wickednesse in mee, neither haue I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.

geneva@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, (note:)Though he was a cruel enemy to David, yet by his great gentleness his conscience compelled him to yield.(:note) [Is] this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

geneva@1Samuel:24:18 @ {\cf2 (24:19)} And thou hast shewed this day, that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had closed me in thine hands, thou killedst me not.

geneva@1Samuel:24:19 @ {\cf2 (24:20)} For who shal finde his enemie, and let him depart free? wherefore the Lorde render thee good for that thou hast done vnto me this day.

geneva@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I (note:)Though this tyrant saw and confessed the favour of God toward David, yet he did not cease to persecute him against his own conscience.(:note) know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

geneva@1Samuel:24:21 @ {\cf2 (24:22)} Sweare now therfore vnto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seede after me, and that thou wilt not abolish my name out of my fathers house.

geneva@1Samuel:25:4 @ And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did shere his sheepe.

geneva@1Samuel:25:6 @ And thus shall ye say (note:)Or, for salvation.(:note) to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace [be] both to thee, and peace [be] to thine house, and peace [be] unto all that thou hast.

geneva@1Samuel:25:7 @ Behold, I haue heard, that thou hast sherers: now thy shepherds were with vs, and we did the no hurt, neyther did they misse any thing all the while they were in Carmel.

geneva@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the (note:)Thus the covetous wretches instead of relieving the needs of God's children, reviled their persons and condemned their cause.(:note) son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

geneva@1Samuel:25:11 @ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?

geneva@1Samuel:25:17 @ Nowe therefore take heede, and see what thou shalt doe: for euill will surely come vpon our master, and vpon all his familie: for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him.

geneva@1Samuel:25:19 @ And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her (note:)Because she knew his crooked nature, that he would rather die than agree to her enterprise.(:note) husband Nabal.

geneva@1Samuel:25:21 @ And Dauid said, In deede I haue kept all in vaine that this fellow had in the wildernesse, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained vnto him: for he hath requited me euill for good.

geneva@1Samuel:25:22 @ So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that (note:)Meaning by this proverb that he would destroy both small and great.(:note) pisseth against the wall.

geneva@1Samuel:25:26 @ Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own (note:)That is, that you should not be revenged by your enemy.(:note) hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

geneva@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now, this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought vnto my lorde, let it be giuen vnto the yong men, that followe my lord.

geneva@1Samuel:25:30 @ And when the Lorde shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promised thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israel,

geneva@1Samuel:25:31 @ That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath (note:)That he did not avenge himself, which would have tormented his conscience.(:note) avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

geneva@1Samuel:25:34 @ For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, (note:)He attributes it to the Lord's mercy, and not to himself that he was stayed.(:note) which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

geneva@1Samuel:25:35 @ Then Dauid receiued of her hande that which she had brought him, and said to her, Goe vp in peace to thine house: beholde, I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition.

geneva@1Samuel:25:37 @ But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became [as] (note:)For fear of the great danger.(:note) a stone.

geneva@1Samuel:25:38 @ And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.

geneva@1Samuel:25:39 @ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to (note:)For he had experienced her great godliness, wisdom and humility.(:note) take her to him to wife.

geneva@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Ieshimon by the way side. Now Dauid abode in the wildernesse, and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse.

geneva@1Samuel:26:4 @ (For Dauid had sent out spies, and vnderstood, that Saul was come in very deede)

geneva@1Samuel:26:11 @ The Lorde keepe mee from laying mine hand vpon the Lordes anointed: but, I pray thee, take now the speare that is at his head, and the pot of water, and let vs goe hence.

geneva@1Samuel:26:14 @ And Dauid cryed to the people, and to Abner the sonne of Ner, saying, Hearest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered, & said, Who art thou that cryest to the King?

geneva@1Samuel:26:16 @ This is not well done of thee: as the Lord liueth, ye are worthy to dye, because ye haue not kept your master the Lordes Anointed: and now see where the Kings speare is, and the pot of water that was at his head.

geneva@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul knew David's voice, and said, [Is] this thy voice, (note:)By this it appears, that the hypocrite persecuted David against his own conscience and contrary to his promise.(:note) my son David? And David said, [It is] my voice, my lord, O king.

geneva@1Samuel:26:24 @ And beholde, like as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes: so let my life be set by in the eyes of the Lord, that he may deliuer me out of all tribulation.

geneva@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, I shall now (note:)David distrusts God's protection and therefore flees to the idolaters, who were enemies to God's people.(:note) perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:27:2 @ Dauid therefore arose, and he, and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went vnto Achish the sonne of Maoch King of Gath.

geneva@1Samuel:27:4 @ And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was fled to Gath: so he sought no more for him.

geneva@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, (note:)Let your officers appoint me a place.(:note) let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

geneva@1Samuel:27:6 @ Then Achish gaue him Ziklag that same day: therefore Ziklag pertaineth vnto the kings of Iudah vnto this day.

geneva@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certaine dayes.

geneva@1Samuel:27:11 @ And Dauid saued neither man nor woman aliue, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tel on vs, and say, So did Dauid, and so will be his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:28:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, (note:)Though it was a great grief to David to fight against the people of God, yet such was his infirmity, he did not dare deny him.(:note) Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

geneva@1Samuel:28:3 @ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had (note:)According to the commandment of God, (Exo_22:18; Deu_18:10-11).(:note) put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

geneva@1Samuel:28:7 @ Then saide Saul vnto his seruants, Seeke me a woman that hath a familiar spirite, that I may goe to her, and aske of her; his seruants said to him, Beholde, there is a woman at En-dor that hath a familiar spirit.

geneva@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] (note:)To his imagination, even though it was Satan, who to blind his eyes took on him the form of Samuel, as he can do of an angel of light.(:note) Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself.

geneva@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe.

geneva@1Samuel:28:21 @ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I (note:)I have ventured my life.(:note) have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

geneva@1Samuel:28:22 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, hearke thou also vnto ye voyce of thine handmaid, & let me set a morsell of bread before thee, that thou mayest eat and get thee strength, and go on thy iourney.

geneva@1Samuel:29:3 @ Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, [Is] not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, (note:)Meaning, a long time, that is, four months and certain days, (1Sa_27:7).(:note) or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day?

geneva@1Samuel:29:4 @ And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the (note:)Would not Saul receive him to favour, if he would betray us?(:note) heads of these men?

geneva@1Samuel:29:7 @ Wherefore nowe returne, and go in peace, that thou displease not the princes of the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may (note:)This deception cannot be excused, for it grieved him to go against the people of God.(:note) not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

geneva@1Samuel:29:10 @ Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy (note:)With them that fled to thee from Saul.(:note) master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

geneva@1Samuel:30:1 @ And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on (note:)After that he departed from Achish.(:note) the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and That is, destroyed their city. smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

geneva@1Samuel:30:2 @ And had taken the women that were therein, prisoners, both small and great, and slewe not a man, but caryed them away, & went their wayes.

geneva@1Samuel:30:4 @ Then Dauid and the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntill they could weepe no more.

geneva@1Samuel:30:6 @ And David was greatly distressed; for the people (note:)Thus we see that in trouble and adversity we do not consider God's providence, but like raging beasts forget both our own duty and contemn God's appointment over us.(:note) spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

geneva@1Samuel:30:9 @ So Dauid and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went, and came to the riuer Besor, where a part of them abode:

geneva@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, (note:)For others were in all ages held in most reverence, even among the heathen.(:note) Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

geneva@1Samuel:30:16 @ And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, (note:)The wicked in their pomp and pleasures do not consider the judgment of God, which is then at hand to smite them.(:note) eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

geneva@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening (note:)Some read, and to the morrow of the two evenings, that is, three days.(:note) of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

geneva@1Samuel:30:18 @ And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had taken: also Dauid rescued his two wiues.

geneva@1Samuel:30:19 @ And they lacked nothing, small or great, sonne or daughter, or of the spoyle of all that they had taken away: Dauid recouered them all.

geneva@1Samuel:30:21 @ And Dauid came to the two hundreth men that were too wearie for to followe Dauid: whome they had made also to abide at the riuer Besor: and they came to meete Dauid, and to meete the people that were with him: so when Dauid came neere to the people, hee saluted them.

geneva@1Samuel:30:22 @ Then answered all the wicked men and [men] of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [ought] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his (note:)Under these are understood the cattle and goods, which belonged to every man.(:note) wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away, and depart.

geneva@1Samuel:30:23 @ Then saide Dauid, Yee shall not doe so, my brethren, with that which the Lorde hath giuen vs, who hath preserued vs, and deliuered the companie that came against vs, into our handes.

geneva@1Samuel:30:24 @ For who will obey you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth downe to the battel, so shall his part be, that tarieth by the stuffe: they shal part alike.

geneva@1Samuel:31:4 @ Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, (note:)So we see that his cruel life has a desperate end, as is commonly seen in those who persecute the children of God.(:note) Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

geneva@1Samuel:31:5 @ And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon his sword, & dyed with him.

geneva@1Samuel:31:6 @ So Saul dyed, and his three sonnes, and his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.

geneva@1Samuel:31:7 @ And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the (note:)Near to Gilboa.(:note) valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

geneva@1Samuel:31:8 @ And on the morowe when the Philistims were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa,

geneva@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when the inhabitants of (note:)Whom he had delivered from their enemies, (1Sa_11:11).(:note) Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

geneva@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; (note:)The Argument - This book and the former are called Samuel, because they contain the conception, birth and the whole course of his life, and also the lives and acts of two kings, that is, of Saul and David, whom he anointed and consecrated kings by the ordinance of God. The first book contains those things which God brought to pass among this people under the government of Samuel and Saul. This second book declares the noble acts of David, after the death of Saul when he began to reign, to the end of his kingdom, and how it was expanded by him. It also contains the great troubles and dangers he sustained both within his house and without, the horrible and dangerous insurrections, uproars, and treasons wrought against him, partly by false counsellors, feigned friends and flatterers and partly by his own children and people. By God's assistance he overcame all difficulties, and enjoyed his kingdom in rest and peace. In the person of David the scripture sets forth Christ Jesus the chief king, who came from David according to the flesh, and was persecuted on every side with outward and inward enemies, as well in his own person, as in his members, but at length he overcomes all his enemies, and gives his Church victory against all power both spiritual and temporal; and so reigns with them, king for ever.(:note)

geneva@2Samuel:1:2 @ It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with (note:)Seeming to lament the overthrow of the people of Israel.(:note) his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

geneva@2Samuel:1:4 @ And Dauid saide vnto him, What is done? I pray thee, tell me. Then he said, that the people is fled from the battel, and many of the people are ouerthrowen, and dead, & also Saul and Ionathan his sonne are dead.

geneva@2Samuel:1:5 @ And Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Howe knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead?

geneva@2Samuel:1:6 @ And the young man that told him said, (note:)As I fled the chase.(:note) As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

geneva@2Samuel:1:10 @ So I came vpon him, and slewe him, and because I was sure that hee coulde not liue, after that hee had fallen, I tooke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and brought them hither vnto my lord.

geneva@2Samuel:1:11 @ Then Dauid tooke hold on his clothes, & rent them, and likewise al the men that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:1:15 @ Then Dauid called one of his yong men, and said, Goe neere, and fall vpon him; hee smote him that he dyed.

geneva@2Samuel:1:18 @ (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah (note:)That they might be able to match their enemies the Philistines in that art.(:note) [the use of] the bow: behold, [it is] written in the book of Jasher.)

geneva@2Samuel:2:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David (note:)By means of the high priest, (1Sa_23:2; 2Sa_5:19).(:note) enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Which was also called Kirjatharba (Jos_14:15). Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:2:3 @ And his men that [were] with (note:)In the time of his persecution.(:note) him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:2:4 @ Then the men of Iudah came, and there they anoynted Dauid King ouer the house of Iudah; they tolde Dauid, saying, that the men of Iabesh Gilead buried Saul.

geneva@2Samuel:2:5 @ And Dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabesh Gilead, and said vnto them, Blessed are ye of the Lord, that yee haue shewed such kindenes vnto your lord Saul, that you haue buried him.

geneva@2Samuel:2:7 @ Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me (note:)So that you shall not want a captain and a defender.(:note) king over them.

geneva@2Samuel:2:8 @ But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste, tooke Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim,

geneva@2Samuel:2:11 @ And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six (note:)After this he reigned over all the country 33 years, (2Sa_5:5).(:note) months.

geneva@2Samuel:2:16 @ And they caught every one his (note:)Meaning his adversary.(:note) fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.

geneva@2Samuel:2:17 @ And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, (note:)After that these four and twenty were slain.(:note) before the servants of David.

geneva@2Samuel:2:23 @ Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the (note:)Some read, in those parts where the lively parts lie, the heart, lungs, liver, and gall bladder.(:note) fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

geneva@2Samuel:2:24 @ Ioab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sunne went downe, when they were come to the hill Ammah, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wildernesse of Gibeon.

geneva@2Samuel:2:26 @ Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the (note:)Shall we not make an end of murdering?(:note) sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

geneva@2Samuel:2:29 @ And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plaine, and went ouer Iorden, and past through all Bithron till they came to Mahanaim.

geneva@2Samuel:3:8 @ Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a (note:)Do you esteem me no more than a dog, for all my service done to your father's house?(:note) dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

geneva@2Samuel:3:10 @ To remoue the kingdome from the house of Saul, that the throne of Dauid may be stablished ouer Israel, and ouer Iudah, euen from Dan to Beer-sheba.

geneva@2Samuel:3:13 @ Who saide, Well, I will make a couenant with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, that thou see not my face except thou bring Michal Sauls daughter when thou commest to see me.

geneva@2Samuel:3:17 @ And Abner had (note:)Rather for malice that he bore toward Ishbosheth, than for love he bore to David.(:note) communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past [to be] king over you:

geneva@2Samuel:3:19 @ And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole (note:)Who challenged the kingdom, because of their father Saul.(:note) house of Benjamin.

geneva@2Samuel:3:20 @ So Abner came to Dauid to Hebron, hauing twentie men with him, and Dauid made a feast vnto Abner, and to the men that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:3:21 @ Then Abner sayde vnto Dauid, I will rise vp, and goe gather all Israel vnto my lorde the King, that they may make a couenant with thee, and that thou mayest reigne ouer all that thine heart desireth. Then Dauid let Abner depart, who went in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:3:23 @ When Ioab, & all the hoste that was with him were come, men tolde Ioab, saying, Abner the sonne of Ner came to the King, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:3:25 @ Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner: for he came to deceiue thee, and to knowe thy outgoing and ingoing, and to knowe all that thou doest.

geneva@2Samuel:3:27 @ And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

geneva@2Samuel:3:28 @ And afterward when David heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are] (note:)the Lord knows that I did not consent to his death.(:note) guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

geneva@2Samuel:3:29 @ Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab, and on all his fathers house, that the house of Ioab be neuer without some that haue running issues, or leper, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fall on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.

geneva@2Samuel:3:31 @ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn (note:)Meaning before the corpse.(:note) before Abner. And king David [himself] followed the bier.

geneva@2Samuel:3:33 @ And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner (note:)He declares that Abner died not as a wretch or vile person, but as a valiant man might do, being traitorously deceived by the wicked.(:note) as a fool dieth?

geneva@2Samuel:3:36 @ And all the people took notice [of it], and it (note:)It is expedient sometimes not only to conceive inward sorrow, but also that it may appear to others, so that they may be satisfied.(:note) pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

geneva@2Samuel:3:37 @ For all the people and all Israel vnderstoode that day, howe that it was not the Kings deede that Abner the sonne of Ner was slaine.

geneva@2Samuel:3:38 @ And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince & a great man falle this day in Israel?

geneva@2Samuel:4:1 @ And when Saul's (note:)That is, Ishbosheth.(:note) son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were Meaning, that he was discouraged. feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

geneva@2Samuel:4:4 @ And Ionathan Sauls sonne had a sonne that was lame on his feete: he was fiue yere olde when the tydings came of Saul and Ionathan out of Israel: then his nourse tooke him, and fledde away; as she made haste to flee, the childe fell, and beganne to halte, and his name was Mephibosheth.

geneva@2Samuel:4:10 @ When one tolde me, and sayde that Saul was dead, (thinking to haue brought good tydings) I tooke him and slewe him in Ziklag, who thought that I woulde haue giuen him a rewarde for his tidings:

geneva@2Samuel:4:11 @ How (note:)In that neither the example of him that slew Saul, nor duty to their master, nor the innocency of the person, nor reverence for the place, nor time moved them, they deserved most grievous punishment.(:note) much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

geneva@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the (note:)The children of God called idols blind and lame guides: therefore the Jebusites meant that they should prove that their gods were neither blind nor lame.(:note) blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

geneva@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David's soul, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not (note:)The idols should no longer enter into that place.(:note) come into the house.

geneva@2Samuel:5:12 @ Then Dauid knewe that the Lorde had stablished him King ouer Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

geneva@2Samuel:5:14 @ And these bee the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Ierusale: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Salomon,

geneva@2Samuel:5:17 @ But when the Philistims hearde that they had anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, all the Philistims came vp to seeke Dauid: and when Dauid heard, he went downe to a fort.

geneva@2Samuel:5:20 @ Then Dauid came to Baal-perazim, & smote them there, and sayde, The Lorde hath deuided mine enemies asunder before mee, as waters be deuided asunder: therefore he called the name of that place, Baal-perazim.

geneva@2Samuel:6:2 @ And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him from (note:)This was a city in Judah called also Kirjathjearim, (Jos_15:9).(:note) Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth [between] the cherubims.

geneva@2Samuel:6:3 @ And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in (note:)which was a high place in the city of Baale.(:note) Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

geneva@2Samuel:6:4 @ And when they brought the Arke of God out of the house of Abinadab, that was at Gibeah, Ahio went before the Arke,

geneva@2Samuel:6:9 @ Therefore Dauid that day feared the Lord, and sayd, How shall the Arke of the Lorde come to mee?

geneva@2Samuel:6:12 @ And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and (note:)Meaning, he caused the Levites to bear it according to the law.(:note) brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

geneva@2Samuel:6:13 @ And when they that bare the Arke of the Lord had gone sixe paces, he offred an oxe, and a fatte beast.

geneva@2Samuel:6:16 @ And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she (note:)The worldlings are not able to comprehend the emotions that move the children of God to praise God in all kinds of ways.(:note) despised him in her heart.

geneva@2Samuel:6:17 @ And when they had brought in the Arke of the Lord, they set it in his place, in the mids of the tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it: then Dauid offred burnt offrings, and peace offrings before the Lord.

geneva@2Samuel:6:21 @ And David said unto Michal, (note:)It was for no worldly affection, but only for that zeal that I bore to God's glory.(:note) [It was] before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:7:2 @ That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within (note:)Within the tabernacle covered with skins, (Exo_26:7).(:note) curtains.

geneva@2Samuel:7:3 @ Then Nathan sayde vnto the King, Go, and doe all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I haue dwelt in no house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day, but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

geneva@2Samuel:7:8 @ Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:7:9 @ And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a (note:)I have made you famous through all the world.(:note) great name, like unto the name of the great [men] that [are] in the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:7:10 @ Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move (note:)He promises them quietness, if they will walk in his fear and obedience.(:note) no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

geneva@2Samuel:7:11 @ And since the time that I set Iudges ouer my people of Israel) & I will giue thee rest from al thine enemies: also the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.

geneva@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lorde, and sayde, Who am I, O Lorde God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

geneva@2Samuel:7:19 @ And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of (note:)Does this not come rather from your free mercy, than from any worthiness that can be in man?(:note) man, O Lord GOD?

geneva@2Samuel:7:22 @ Wherefore thou art great, O Lorde God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that wee haue heard with our eares.

geneva@2Samuel:7:24 @ For thou hast (note:)He shows that God's free election is the only reason why the Israelites were chosen to be his people.(:note) confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

geneva@2Samuel:7:25 @ Nowe therefore, O Lorde God, confirme for euer the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and his house, and doe as thou hast sayde.

geneva@2Samuel:7:29 @ Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast (note:)Therefore I firmly believe it will come to pass.(:note) spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

geneva@2Samuel:8:1 @ And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the (note:)So that they paid no more tribute.(:note) hand of the Philistines.

geneva@2Samuel:8:6 @ Then David put garrisons in (note:)In that part of Syria, where Damascus was.(:note) Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, They paid yearly tribute. [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

geneva@2Samuel:8:7 @ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to (note:)For the use of the temple.(:note) Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:8:11 @ And King Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lord with the siluer & golde that he had dedicate of all the nations, which he had subdued:

geneva@2Samuel:8:13 @ So Dauid gate a name after that hee returned, & had slayne of the Aramites in the valley of salt eighteene thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:9:1 @ And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for (note:)Because of my oath and promise made to Jonathan, (1Sa_20:15).(:note) Jonathan's sake?

geneva@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the (note:)Such mercy as shall be acceptable to God.(:note) kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet.

geneva@2Samuel:9:8 @ And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such (note:)Meaning, a despised person.(:note) a dead dog as I [am]?

geneva@2Samuel:9:9 @ Then the king called Ziba Sauls seruant, & said vnto him, I haue giue vnto thy masters sonne all that perteined to Saul and to all his house.

geneva@2Samuel:9:10 @ Thou therefore, and (note:)Be ye provident overseers and governors of his lands, that they may be profitable.(:note) thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

geneva@2Samuel:9:11 @ Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. (note:)That Mephibosheth may have all things at commandment, as becomes a king's son.(:note) As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

geneva@2Samuel:9:12 @ Mephibosheth also had a yong sonne named Micha, and all that dwelled in the house of Ziba, were seruants vnto Mephibosheth.

geneva@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee, (note:)Their arrogant malice would not allow them to see the simplicity of David's heart: therefore their counsel turned to the destruction of their country.(:note) to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

geneva@2Samuel:10:6 @ And when the children of Ammon saw that they (note:)That they deserved David's displeasure, for the harm done to his ambassadors.(:note) stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of (note:)These were various parts of the country of Syria, by which it appears that the Syrians served where they might have entertainment, as now the Sweitzers do.(:note) Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, [were] by themselves in the field.

geneva@2Samuel:10:9 @ When Ioab saw that the front of the battel was against him before and behinde, he chose of all the choyse of Israel, and put them in aray against the Aramites.

geneva@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people hee deliuered into the hande of Abishai his brother, that hee might put them in aray against the children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be of good courage, and let us play the men for (note:)Here it is declared why war should be undertaken: for the defence of true religion and God's people.(:note) our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

geneva@2Samuel:10:13 @ Then Ioab, and the people that was with him, ioyned in battel with the Aramites, who fled before him.

geneva@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the children of Ammon sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishai, & entred into the citie. so Ioab returned fro the children of Ammon, and came to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:10:15 @ And when the Aramites sawe that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered them together.

geneva@2Samuel:10:16 @ And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Aramites that were beyond the Riuer: and they came to Helam, and Shobach the captaine of the hoste of Hadarezer went before them.

geneva@2Samuel:10:19 @ And when all the Kings, that were seruants to Hadarezer, saw that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and serued them; the Aramites feared to helpe the children of Ammon any more.

geneva@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it came to pass, after the year was (note:)The year following about the spring time.(:note) expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his (note:)Upon which he used to rest in the afternoon, as was read of Ishbosheth in (2Sa_4:7).(:note) bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

geneva@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriah, (note:)David thought that if Uriah lay with his wife, his sin might be covered.(:note) Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.

geneva@2Samuel:11:12 @ Then Dauid sayd vnto Vriah, Tary yet this day, & to morow I will send thee away. So Vriah abode in Ierusalem that day, and the morowe.

geneva@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, (note:)Except God continually uphold us with his mighty Spirit, the most perfect fall headlong into all vice and abomination.(:note) Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

geneva@2Samuel:11:16 @ So when Ioab besieged the citie, he assigned Vriah vnto a place, where he knewe that strong men were.

geneva@2Samuel:11:20 @ And if the kings anger arise, so that he say vnto thee, Wherefore approched ye vnto the citie to fight? knewe ye not that they would hurle from the wall?

geneva@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of (note:)Meaning Gideon, (Jdg_9:52-53).(:note) Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

geneva@2Samuel:11:22 @ So the messenger went, and came & shewed Dauid all that Ioab had sent him for.

geneva@2Samuel:11:25 @ Then David said unto the messenger, (note:)He conceals the truth from the messenger, so that neither his cruel commandment, nor Joab's wicked obedience would be discovered.(:note) Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

geneva@2Samuel:11:26 @ And when the wife of Vriah heard that her husband Vriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

geneva@2Samuel:11:27 @ So when the mourning was past, Dauid sent and tooke her into his house, and shee became his wife, and bare him a sonne: but ye thing that Dauid had done, displeased the Lord.

geneva@2Samuel:12:4 @ Now there came a stranger vnto the rich man, who refused to take of his owne sheepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans sheepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

geneva@2Samuel:12:5 @ Then Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and sayde to Nathan, As the Lorde liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely dye,

geneva@2Samuel:12:14 @ Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to (note:)In saying, that the Lord has appointed a wicked man to reign over his people.(:note) blaspheme, the child also [that is] born unto thee shall surely die.

geneva@2Samuel:12:15 @ So Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.

geneva@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat (note:)Thinking by his constant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God had determined otherwise.(:note) bread with them.

geneva@2Samuel:12:18 @ So on the seuenth day the child dyed: and the seruants of Dauid feared to tell him that the childe was dead: for they sayde, Beholde, while the childe was aliue, we spake vnto him, and he woulde not hearken vnto our voyce: how then shall we say vnto him, The childe is dead, to vexe him more?

geneva@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when Dauid sawe that his seruantes whispered, Dauid perceiued that the childe was dead: therefore Dauid sayde vnto his seruants, Is the childe dead? And they sayd, He is dead.

geneva@2Samuel:12:20 @ Then David (note:)Showing that our lamentations should not be excessive, but moderate: and that we must praise God in all his doings.(:note) arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

geneva@2Samuel:12:21 @ Then (note:)As they who did not consider that God grants many things to the sobs and tears of the faithful.(:note) said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

geneva@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he sayde, While the childe was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept: for I sayde, Who can tell whether God will haue mercy on me, that the childe may liue?

geneva@2Samuel:12:28 @ Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, & besiege the city, that thou mayest take it, lest the victorie be attributed to me.

geneva@2Samuel:12:31 @ And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under (note:)Signifying that as they were malicious enemies of God, so he put them to cruel death.(:note) saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] (note:)Tamar was Absalom's sister both by father and mother, and Amnon's only by father.(:note) Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a (note:)And therefore kept her father's house, as virgins were accustomed.(:note) virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Jonadab said unto him, (note:)Here we see that there is no enterprise so wicked that it cannot be encouraged to further wickedness.(:note) Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand.

geneva@2Samuel:13:6 @ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of (note:)Meaning, some delicate and dainty meat.(:note) cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

geneva@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took a pan, and (note:)That is, she served them on a dish.(:note) poured [them] out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from For the wicked are ashamed to do that before men, which they are not afraid to commit in the sight of God. me. And they went out every man from him.

geneva@2Samuel:13:10 @ Then Amnon said vnto Tamar, Bring the meate into the chamber, that I may eate of thine hand; Tamar tooke the cakes which shee had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

geneva@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred wherewith he hated her, was greater then the loue, wherewith hee had loued her: and Amnon sayde vnto her, Vp, get thee hence.

geneva@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she answered him, There is no cause: this euill (to put mee away) is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me: but he would not heare her,

geneva@2Samuel:13:17 @ But called his seruant that serued him, & sayd, Put this woman now out from me, & locke the doore after her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:18 @ And [she had] a garment of (note:)For that which was of various colours or pieces, in those days was greatly esteemed, (Gen_37:3; Jdg_5:30).(:note) divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters [that were] virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and (note:)That is, to a banquet, thinking by it to fulfil his wicked purpose.(:note) Absalom invited all the king's sons.

geneva@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Absalom came to the King and sayd, Beholde now, thy seruant hath sheepesherers: I pray thee, that the King with his seruants would goe with thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother (note:)Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear to him.(:note) Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

geneva@2Samuel:13:28 @ Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not (note:)Such is the pride of the wicked masters, that in all their wicked commandments they think to be obeyed.(:note) I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

geneva@2Samuel:13:31 @ Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the (note:)Lamenting, as he that felt the wrath of God on his house, (2Sa_12:10).(:note) earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

geneva@2Samuel:13:32 @ And Ionadab the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother answered and sayde, Let not my lord suppose that they haue slayne all the yong men the Kings sonnes: for Amnon onely is dead, because Absalom had reported so, since hee forced his sister Tamar.

geneva@2Samuel:13:33 @ Nowe therefore let not my lord the King take the thing so grieuously, to thinke that all ye Kings sonnes are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

geneva@2Samuel:13:34 @ Then Absalom fled: and the yong man that kept the watch, lift vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behinde him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:1 @ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's (note:)That the king favoured him.(:note) heart [was] toward Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:14:2 @ And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and (note:)In token of mourning: for they used anointing to seem cheerful.(:note) anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

geneva@2Samuel:14:7 @ And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the (note:)Because he has slain his brother he ought to be slain according to the law, (Gen_9:6; Exo_21:12).(:note) life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the King sayde, Bring him to me that speaketh against thee, and he shall touche thee no more.

geneva@2Samuel:14:11 @ Then said she, I pray thee, let the king (note:)Swear that they will not revenge the blood, which are many in number.(:note) remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou (note:)Why do you give contrary sentence to your son Absalom?(:note) thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

geneva@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise (note:)God has often provided ways (as sanctuaries) to save them, whom man judges worthy of death.(:note) means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:15 @ Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people (note:)For I thought they would kill my son.(:note) have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

geneva@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.

geneva@2Samuel:14:18 @ Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee; the woman sayde, Let my lord the King now speake.

geneva@2Samuel:14:19 @ And the king said, [Is not] (note:)Have you not done this by the counsel of Joab.(:note) the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

geneva@2Samuel:14:20 @ To fetch about this (note:)By speaking further in a parable than plainly.(:note) form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Ioab fell to the grounde on his face, and bowed himselfe, & thanked the King. Then Ioab sayde, This day thy seruant knoweth, that I haue found grace in thy sight, my lord the King, in that the King hath fulfilled the request of his seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred (note:)Which weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces after half an ounce the shekel.(:note) shekels after the king's weight.

geneva@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and (note:)If I have offended by revenging my sister's dishonour: thus the wicked justify themselves in their evil.(:note) if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.

geneva@2Samuel:15:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to (note:)Which were as a guard to set forth his estate.(:note) run before him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the (note:)That is, noting of what city or place he was.(:note) tribes of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:4 @ Absalom said moreover, (note:)Thus by slander, flattery and fair promises, the wicked seek preference.(:note) Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

geneva@2Samuel:15:6 @ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom (note:)By enticing them from his father to himself.(:note) stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it came to pass after (note:)Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel.(:note) forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from (note:)Whose heart he saw that Satan had so possessed that he would leave no mischief unattempted.(:note) Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

geneva@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the Kings seruants sayd vnto him, Behold, thy seruants are ready to do according to all that my lord the King shal appoynt.

geneva@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was (note:)That is, from Jerusalem.(:note) far off.

geneva@2Samuel:15:22 @ Then Dauid sayd to Ittai, Come, & go forward; Ittai the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of [mount] Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head (note:)With ashes and dust in sign of sorrow.(:note) covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that [was] with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

geneva@2Samuel:15:36 @ Beholde, there are with them their two sonnes: Ahimaaz Zadoks sonne, and Ionathan Abiathars sonne: by them also shall ye send me euery thing that ye can heare.

geneva@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The (note:)Commonly there are no viler traitors than they, who under the pretence of friendship accuse others.(:note) asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

geneva@2Samuel:16:4 @ Then said the King to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that perteined vnto Mephibosheth; Ziba saide, I beseech thee, let me finde grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.

geneva@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath (note:)David felt that this was the judgment of God for his sin, and therefore humbles himself to his rod.(:note) said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

geneva@2Samuel:16:12 @ It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will (note:)Meaning, that the Lord will send comfort to his, when they are oppressed.(:note) requite me good for his cursing this day.

geneva@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king, and all the people that [were] with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves (note:)That is, at Bahurim.(:note) there.

geneva@2Samuel:16:21 @ And (note:)Suspecting the change of the kingdom, and so his own overthrow, he gives such counsel as might most hinder his father's reconciliation: and also declare to the people that Absalom was in highest authority.(:note) Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.

geneva@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, (note:)The wicked are so greedy to execute their malice, that they leave no opportunity that may further the same.(:note) Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

geneva@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,

geneva@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given [is] not (note:)Hushai shows himself faithful to David, in that he reproves this wicked counsel and purpose.(:note) good at this time.

geneva@2Samuel:17:8 @ For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in minde as a beare robbed of her whelps in the fielde: also thy father is a valiant warrier, and will not lodge with the people.

geneva@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is hid now in some caue, or in some place: and though some of them be ouerthrowen at the first, yet the people shall heare, and say, The people that follow Absalom, be ouerthrowen.

geneva@2Samuel:17:10 @ Then he also that is valiant whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall shrinke and faint: for all Israel knoweth, that thy father is valiant, and they which be with him, stout men.

geneva@2Samuel:17:11 @ Therefore my counsell is, that all Israel be gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba as the sand of the sea in nomber, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.

geneva@2Samuel:17:12 @ So shall we come vpon him in some place, where we shall finde him, and we will vpon him as the dewe falleth on the ground: and of all the men that are with him, wee will not leaue him one.

geneva@2Samuel:17:13 @ Moreouer if he be gotten into a citie, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will draw it into the riuer, vntill there be not one small stone founde there.

geneva@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the (note:)That counsel which seemed good at first to Absalom, (2Sa_17:4).(:note) good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might For by the counsel of Hushai, he went to the battle, where he was destroyed. bring evil upon Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:17:15 @ Then said Hushai vnto Zadok and to Abiathar the Priests, Of this and that maner did Ahithophel and the Elders of Israel counsell Absalom: and thus and thus haue I counseled.

geneva@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass (note:)That is, over Jordan.(:note) over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that [are] with him.

geneva@2Samuel:17:21 @ And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for (note:)That is, to pursue you with all haste.(:note) thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

geneva@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: (note:)They travelled all night, and by morning had all their company passed over.(:note) by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

geneva@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and (note:)God's just vengeance even in this life is poured on them who are enemies, traitors, or persecutors of his Church.(:note) hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

geneva@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of (note:)Who was also called Jesse, David's father.(:note) Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

geneva@2Samuel:17:29 @ And they brought honie, and butter, and sheepe, and cheese of kine for Dauid and for the people that were with him, to eate: for they said, The people is hungry, and wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.

geneva@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David (note:)For certain of the Reubenites, Gadites, and of the half tribe could not bear the insolence of the son against the father, and therefore joined with David.(:note) numbered the people that [were] with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

geneva@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but (note:)Signifying that a good governor is so dear to his people that they would rather lose their lives than have anything happen to him.(:note) now [thou art] worth ten thousand of us: therefore now [it is] better that thou succour us out of the city.

geneva@2Samuel:18:4 @ Then the King said vnto them, What seemeth you best, that I will doe. So the King stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreths and by thousands.

geneva@2Samuel:18:7 @ Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande.

geneva@2Samuel:18:8 @ For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.

geneva@2Samuel:18:9 @ Nowe Absalom met the seruants of Dauid, and Absalom rode vpon a mule, and the mule came vnder a great thicke oke: and his head caught holde of the oke, and he was taken vp betweene the heauen and the earth: and the mule that was vnder him went away.

geneva@2Samuel:18:10 @ And one that sawe it, tolde Ioab, saying, Beholde, I sawe Absalom hanged in an oke.

geneva@2Samuel:18:11 @ Then Ioab saide vnto the man that tolde him, And hast thou in deede seene? why then diddest thou not there smite him to the grounde, and I woulde haue giuen thee ten shekels of siluer, and a girdle?

geneva@2Samuel:18:15 @ And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.

geneva@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he said, I have no (note:)It seemed that God had punished him by taking away his children, (2Sa_14:27).(:note) son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

geneva@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok, I pray thee, let me runne, and beare the King tidings that the Lorde hath deliuered him out of the hande of his enemies.

geneva@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then saide Ahimaaz the sonne of Zadok againe to Ioab, What, I pray thee, if I also runne after Cushi? And Ioab said, Wherefore now wilt thou runne, my sonne, seeing that thou hast no tidings to bring?

geneva@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called, and sayde vnto the King, Peace be with thee: and he fell downe to the earth vpon his face before the King, and saide, Blessed be the Lorde thy God, who hath shut vp the men that lift vp their handes against my lorde the King.

geneva@2Samuel:18:31 @ And beholde, Cushi came, and Cushi saide, Tidings, my lorde the King: for the Lord hath deliuered thee this day out of the hande of all that rose against thee.

geneva@2Samuel:18:32 @ Then the King saide vnto Cushi, Is the yong man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lorde the King, and all that rise against thee to doe thee hurt, be as that yong man is.

geneva@2Samuel:19:2 @ Therefore the victorie of that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that day, The King soroweth for his sonne.

geneva@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people went that day into the citie secretly, as people confounded hide them selues when they flee in battell.

geneva@2Samuel:19:4 @ But the king (note:)As they do that mourn.(:note) covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

geneva@2Samuel:19:6 @ In that thou louest thine enemies, and hatest thy friendes: for thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither thy princes nor seruants: therefore this day I perceiue, that if Absalom had liued, and we all had dyed this day, that then it would haue pleased thee well.

geneva@2Samuel:19:7 @ Nowe therefore vp, come out, and speake comfortably vnto thy seruants: for I sweare by the Lorde, except thou come out, there will not tarie one man with thee this night: and that wil be worse vnto thee, then all the euill that fell on thee from thy youth hitherto.

geneva@2Samuel:19:12 @ Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?

geneva@2Samuel:19:13 @ And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the (note:)By this policy David thought that by winning the captain, he would have the hearts of all the people.(:note) room of Joab.

geneva@2Samuel:19:19 @ And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did (note:)For in his adversity he was his most cruel enemy, and now in his prosperity, seeks by flattery to creep into favour.(:note) perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

geneva@2Samuel:19:20 @ For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of (note:)By Joseph he means Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin (of which he was) because those three were under one standard, (Num_2:18).(:note) Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

geneva@2Samuel:19:22 @ And Dauid saide, What haue I to do with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah, that this day ye should be aduersaries vnto me? Shall there any man die this day in Israel? For doe not I know that I am this day King ouer Israel?

geneva@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)When Mephibosheth being at Jerusalem had met the King.(:note) he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

geneva@2Samuel:19:28 @ For all [of] my father's house were (note:)Worthy to die for Saul's cruelty to you.(:note) but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

geneva@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the (note:)David did evil in taking his land from him before he knew the cause, but much worse, that knowing the truth, he did not restore them.(:note) land.

geneva@2Samuel:19:34 @ And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

geneva@2Samuel:19:37 @ Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, [and be buried] by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant (note:)My son.(:note) Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

geneva@2Samuel:19:38 @ And the king answered, Chimham shal go with me, and I will do to him that thou shalt be content with: and whatsoeuer thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

geneva@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iudah, and saide, Wee haue ten partes in the King, and haue also more right to Dauid then ye: Why then did ye despise vs, that our aduise should not bee first had in restoring our King? And the wordes of the men of Iudah were fiercer then the wordes of the men of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there happened to be (note:)Where the ten tribes contended against Judah.(:note) there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in As they of Judah say. David, neither have we inheritance in the son He thought by speaking contemptuously of the king, to stir the people farther to sedition, or else by causing Israel to depart, thought that they of Judah would have esteemed him less. of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:20:3 @ When Dauid then came to his house to Ierusalem, the King tooke the ten women his concubines, that hee had left behinde him to keepe the house, and put them in warde, and fed them, but lay no more with them: but they were enclosed vnto the day of their death, liuing in widowhode.

geneva@2Samuel:20:8 @ When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's (note:)Which was his coat, that he used to wear in the wars.(:note) garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle [with] a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

geneva@2Samuel:20:10 @ But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

geneva@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one of Joab's men (note:)He stood by Amasa at Joab's appointment.(:note) stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that [is] for David, [let him go] after Joab.

geneva@2Samuel:20:12 @ And Amasa wallowed in blood in the mids of the way: and when the man sawe that all the people stood still, he remooued Amasa out of the way into the fielde, and cast a cloth vpon him, because he saw that euery one that came by him, stoode still.

geneva@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Joab (note:)That is, he went about to overthrow it.(:note) battered the wall, to throw it down.

geneva@2Samuel:20:16 @ Then cried a wise woman out of the citie, Heare, heare, I pray you, say vnto Ioab, Come thou hither, that I may speake with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:20:18 @ Then she spake, saying, (note:)She shows that the old custom was not to destroy a city before peace was offered, (Deu_20:10-11).(:note) They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter].

geneva@2Samuel:20:19 @ I [am (note:)She speaks in the name of the city.(:note) one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

geneva@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Ioab answered, & said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should deuoure, or destroy it.

geneva@2Samuel:20:21 @ The (note:)Hearing his fault, he gave in to reason, and required only he that was instigator of the treason.(:note) matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

geneva@2Samuel:21:3 @ Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, (note:)With what may your wrath be appeased, that you may pray to God to remove this plague from his people.(:note) What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

geneva@2Samuel:21:5 @ Then they answered the King, The man that consumed vs and that imagined euill against vs, so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel,

geneva@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the King had compassion on Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul, because of the Lordes othe, that was betweene them, euen betweene Dauid and Ionathan the sonne of Saul.

geneva@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took (note:)To make her a tent in which she prayed to God to turn away his wrath.(:note) sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until Because drought was the cause of this famine, God by sending rain showed that he was pacified. water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

geneva@2Samuel:21:13 @ So hee brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

geneva@2Samuel:21:14 @ And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was (note:)For where the government permits faults to go unpunished, there the plague of God lies on the land.(:note) intreated for the land.

geneva@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the (note:)For the glory and wealth of the country stands in the preservation of the godly magistrate.(:note) light of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at (note:)Called Gezer, and Saph is called Sippai, (1Ch_20:4).(:note) Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant.

geneva@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spake unto the LORD the words of this (note:)In token of the wonderful benefits that he received from God.(:note) song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

geneva@2Samuel:22:18 @ He deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:19 @ They (note:)I was so beset, that all means seemed to fail.(:note) prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

geneva@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the (note:)Their wickedness is cause that you seem to forget your usual mercy.(:note) froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

geneva@2Samuel:22:31 @ [As for] God, his way [is] (note:)The manner that God uses to aid his own, never fails.(:note) perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him.

geneva@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teacheth mine handes to fight, so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

geneva@2Samuel:22:40 @ For thou hast (note:)He acknowledges that God was the author of his victories, who gave him strength.(:note) girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:41 @ And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:47 @ The LORD liveth; (note:)Let him show his power that he is the governor of all the world.(:note) and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

geneva@2Samuel:22:48 @ It is God that giueth me power to reuenge me, and subdue the people vnder me,

geneva@2Samuel:22:49 @ And rescueth me from mine enemies: (thou also hast lift me vp from them that rose against me, thou hast deliuered me from the cruell man.

geneva@2Samuel:23:5 @ Although my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to (note:)But that my kingdom may continue for ever according to his promise.(:note) grow.

geneva@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man that shall touch them, must be defensed with yron, or with the shaft of a speare: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.

geneva@2Samuel:23:8 @ These [be] the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the (note:)As one of the king's counsel.(:note) seat, chief among the captains; the same [was] Adino the Eznite: [he lift up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

geneva@2Samuel:23:10 @ He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his (note:)By a cramp which came from weariness and fighting.(:note) hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

geneva@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David (note:)Being overcome with weariness and thirst.(:note) longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!

geneva@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but (note:)Bridling his affection, and also desiring God not to be offended for that rash enterprise.(:note) poured it out unto the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:23:17 @ And said, O Lord, be it farre from me, that I should doe this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? Therefore he woulde not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.

geneva@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honourable than the (note:)He was more valiant than the thirty that follow and not so valiant as the six before.(:note) thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

geneva@2Samuel:24:2 @ For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the (note:)Because he did this to determine his power and to trust in it, it offended God, for otherwise it was lawful to number the people, (Exo_30:12; Num_1:2).(:note) number of the people.

geneva@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Ioab saide vnto the King, The Lorde thy God increase the people an hundreth folde mo then they be, and that the eyes of my lorde the King may see it: but why doeth my lord the King desire this thing?

geneva@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they passed ouer Iorden, & pitched in Aroer at the right side of the citie that is in the middes of the valley of Gad and toward Iazer.

geneva@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel (note:)According to Joab's count: for in all there were eleven hundred thousand, (1Ch_21:5).(:note) eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] Including the Benjamites with them, or else they had but four hundred and seventy thousand. five hundred thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:24:10 @ Then Dauids heart smote him, after that he had numbred the people: and Dauid said vnto the Lorde, I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done: therefore nowe, Lorde, I beseech thee, take away the trespasse of thy seruant: for I haue done very foolishly.

geneva@2Samuel:24:13 @ So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall (note:)Three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites and this was the fourth year to which should have been added another three more years, (1Ch_21:12).(:note) seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

geneva@2Samuel:24:16 @ And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: (note:)The Lord spared this place, because he had chosen it to build his temple there.(:note) stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

geneva@2Samuel:24:17 @ And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they (note:)David did not see the just cause why God plagued the people, and therefore he offers himself for God's correction as the only cause of this evil.(:note) done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

geneva@2Samuel:24:21 @ And (note:)Called also Ornan (1Ch_21:20).(:note) Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

geneva@2Samuel:24:24 @ And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for (note:)Some write that every tribe gave 50 which makes 600, or that afterward he bought as much as came to 550 shekels.(:note) fifty shekels of silver.

geneva@1Kings:1:1 @ Now king David was (note:)He was about 70 years old, (2Sa_5:4).(:note) old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no For his natural heat was worn away with travels. heat. The Argument - Because the children of God should expect no continual rest and quietness in this world, the Holy Spirit sets before our eyes in this book the variety and change of things, which came to the people of Israel from the death of David, Solomon, and the rest of the kings, to the death of Ahab. Declaring that flourishing kingdoms, unless they are preserved by God's protection, (who then favours them when his word is truly set forth, virtue esteemed, vice punished, and concord maintained) fall to decay and come to nothing as appears by the dividing of the kingdom under Rehoboam and Jeroboam, who were one people before and now by the just punishment of God were made two. Judah and Benjamin were under Rehoboam, and this was called the kingdom of Judah. The other ten tribes held with Jeroboam, and this was called the kingdom of Israel. The king of Judah had his throne in Jerusalem, and the king of Israel in Samaria, after it was built by Omri Ahab's father. Because our Saviour Christ according to the flesh, comes from the stock of David, the genealogy of the kings of Judah is here described, from Solomon to Joram the son of Jehoshaphat, who reigned over Judah in Jerusalem as Ahab did over Israel in Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:1:2 @ Wherefore his seruants saide vnto him, Let there be sought for my lord ye King a yong virgin, and let her stand before the King, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosome, that my lord the King may get heate.

geneva@1Kings:1:11 @ Wherefore Nathan spake vnto Bath-sheba the mother of Salomon, saying, Hast thou not heard, that Adoniiah ye sonne of Haggith doeth reigne, and Dauid our lord knoweth it not?

geneva@1Kings:1:12 @ Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own (note:)For Adonijah will destroy you and your son, if he reigns.(:note) life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:1:20 @ And thou, my lorde, O King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who shoulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.

geneva@1Kings:1:21 @ Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be (note:)And so put to death as wicked transgressors.(:note) counted offenders.

geneva@1Kings:1:27 @ Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy (note:)Meaning, that in such affairs he should undertake nothing unless he had consulted with the Lord.(:note) servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

geneva@1Kings:1:30 @ Even as I (note:)Moved by the Spirit of God to do so, because he foresaw that Solomon would be the figure of Christ.(:note) sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

geneva@1Kings:1:35 @ Then come vp after him, that hee may come and sit vpon my throne: and hee shall bee King in my steade: for I haue appointed him to be prince ouer Israel and ouer Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:1:40 @ And all the people came vp after him, and the people piped with pipes, and reioyced with great ioye, so that the earth rang with the sound of them.

geneva@1Kings:1:41 @ And Adoniiah and all the ghestes that were with him, heard it: (and they had made an ende of eating) and when Ioab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, What meaneth this noise and vprore in the citie?

geneva@1Kings:1:45 @ And Zadok the Priest, and Nathan ye Prophet haue anointed him King in Gihon: and they are gone vp from thence with ioy, and the citie is moued: this is the noise that ye haue heard.

geneva@1Kings:1:49 @ Then all the ghestes that were with Adonijah, were afraide, and rose vp, and went euery man his way.

geneva@1Kings:1:51 @ And one tolde Salomon, saying, Beholde, Adonijah doeth feare King Salomon: for lo, he hath caught holde on the hornes of the altar, saying, Let King Salomon sweare vnto me this day, that he will not slay his seruant with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:2:1 @ Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying,

geneva@1Kings:2:3 @ And keep the (note:)He shows how hard it is to govern and that no one can do it well except he obey God.(:note) charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

geneva@1Kings:2:4 @ That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in (note:)Without hypocrisy.(:note) truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:2:5 @ Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and (note:)He shed his blood in time of peace, as if there had been war.(:note) shed the blood of war in peace, and He put the bloody sword into his sheath. put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.

geneva@1Kings:2:7 @ But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: (note:)That is, they dealt mercifully with me.(:note) for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

geneva@1Kings:2:15 @ And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel (note:)In sign of their favour and consent.(:note) set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:2:17 @ And he sayd, Speake, I pray thee, vnto Salomon ye King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he giue me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

geneva@1Kings:2:19 @ Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and (note:)In token of reverence, and that others by his example might have her in greater honour.(:note) bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

geneva@1Kings:2:22 @ And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the (note:)Meaning, that if he would have granted Abishag, who was so dear to his father, he would later have aspired for the kingdom.(:note) kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

geneva@1Kings:2:25 @ And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

geneva@1Kings:2:27 @ So Salomon cast out Abiathar from being Priest vnto the Lord, that he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Eli in Shiloh.

geneva@1Kings:2:29 @ And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the (note:)Thinking to be saved by the holiness of the place.(:note) altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

geneva@1Kings:2:31 @ And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and (note:)For it was lawful to take the wilful murderer from the altar, (Exo_21:14).(:note) fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

geneva@1Kings:2:33 @ Their blood shall therefore return upon the (note:)Joab will be justly punished for the blood that he has cruelly shed.(:note) head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:2:37 @ For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

geneva@1Kings:2:39 @ And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the (note:)Thus God appoints the ways and means to bring his just judgments on the wicked.(:note) servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants [be] in Gath.

geneva@1Kings:2:41 @ And it was tolde Salomon, that Shimei had gone from Ierusalem to Gath, and was come againe.

geneva@1Kings:2:42 @...protested vnto thee, saying, That day...

geneva@1Kings:2:44 @ The king said moreover to Shimei, (note:)For though you would deny it, your own conscience accuses you for reviling and doing wrong to my father, (2Sa_16:5).(:note) Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

geneva@1Kings:2:46 @ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was (note:)Because all his enemies were destroyed.(:note) established in the hand of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:3:4 @ And the king went to (note:)For there the tabernacle was (2Ch_1:3).(:note) Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

geneva@1Kings:3:6 @ And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast (note:)You have performed your promise.(:note) kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.

geneva@1Kings:3:9 @ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so (note:)Which are so many in number.(:note) great a people?

geneva@1Kings:3:10 @ And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing.

geneva@1Kings:3:11 @ And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine (note:)That is, that their enemy would die.(:note) enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

geneva@1Kings:3:12 @ Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:3:13 @ And I haue also giuen thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes.

geneva@1Kings:3:15 @ And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] (note:)He knew that God had appeared to him in a dream.(:note) a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

geneva@1Kings:3:16 @ Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and (note:)By this example it appears that God kept his promise to Solomon in granting him wisdom.(:note) stood before him.

geneva@1Kings:3:18 @ And the third day after that I was deliuered, this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger was with vs in the house, saue we twaine.

geneva@1Kings:3:23 @ Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.

geneva@1Kings:3:26 @ Then spake the woman whose the living child [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and (note:)Her motherly affection appears in that she would rather endure the rigor of the law than see her child cruelly slain.(:note) in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide [it].

geneva@1Kings:3:28 @ And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.

geneva@1Kings:4:4 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and (note:)Not Abiathar whom Solomon had put from his office, (1Ki_2:27) but another of that name.(:note) Abiathar [were] the priests:

geneva@1Kings:4:17 @ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in (note:)Solomon did not observe the division that Joshua made, but divided it as might best serve his purposes.(:note) Issachar:

geneva@1Kings:4:27 @ And these officers prouided vitaile for king Salomon, and for all that came to King Salomons table, euery man his moneth, and they suffred to lacke nothing.

geneva@1Kings:4:29 @ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and (note:)Meaning, great understanding and able to comprehend all things.(:note) largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore.

geneva@1Kings:4:33 @ And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the (note:)From the highest to the lowest.(:note) hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

geneva@1Kings:5:1 @ And Hiram King of Tyrus sent his seruants vnto Salomon, (for he had heard, that they had anoynted him King in the roume of his father) because Hiram had euer loued Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:5:3 @ Thou knowest that Dauid my father could not build an house vnto the Name of the Lorde his God, for the warres which were about him on euery side, vntill the Lord had put them vnder the soles of his feete.

geneva@1Kings:5:4 @ But now the LORD my God hath given me (note:)He declares that he was bound to set forth God's glory for as much as the Lord had sent him rest and peace.(:note) rest on every side, [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

geneva@1Kings:5:6 @ Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give (note:)This was his equity, that he would not receive a benefit without some recompence.(:note) hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that [there is] not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

geneva@1Kings:5:7 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)In Hiram is prefigured the calling of the Gentiles who would help build the spiritual temple.(:note) Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.

geneva@1Kings:5:9 @ My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive [them]: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for (note:)While my servants are occupied with your business.(:note) my household.

geneva@1Kings:5:15 @ And Salomon had seuentie thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand masons in the mountaine,

geneva@1Kings:5:16 @ Besides the princes, whome Salomon appoynted ouer the worke, euen three thousande and three hundreth, which ruled the people that wrought in the worke.

geneva@1Kings:6:1 @ And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month (note:)Which contains part of April and part of May.(:note) Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the By which is meant the temple and the oracle. house of the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:6:6 @ The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed (note:)Which were certain stones coming out of the wall, as stays for the beams to rest upon.(:note) rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

geneva@1Kings:6:7 @ And when the house was built, it was built of stone perfite, before it was brought, so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any toole of yron heard in the house, while it was in building.

geneva@1Kings:6:17 @ And the (note:)For when he spoke of the house in the first verse, he meant both the oracle and the temple.(:note) house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

geneva@1Kings:6:18 @ And the cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and grauen with floures: all was cedar, so that no stone was seene.

geneva@1Kings:6:22 @ And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the (note:)Meaning, the altar of incense, (Exo_30:1).(:note) whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

geneva@1Kings:6:27 @ And he put the Cherubims within the inner house, and the Cherubims stretched out their wings, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other Cherub touched the other wall: and their other wings touched one another in the middes of the house.

geneva@1Kings:6:32 @ The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold, and (note:)So that the fashion of the carved work might still appear.(:note) spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

geneva@1Kings:7:2 @ He built also the house (note:)Because of the beauty of the place, and great abundance of cedar trees that went into the building of it, it was compared to mount Lebanon.(:note) of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

geneva@1Kings:7:3 @ And it was couered aboue with cedar vpon the beames, that lay on the fourtie and fiue pillars, fifteene in a rowe.

geneva@1Kings:7:17 @ He made grates like networke, and wrethen worke like chaynes for the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars, euen seuen for the one chapiter, and seuen for the other chapiter.

geneva@1Kings:7:18 @ So he made the pillars and two rowes of pomegranates round about in the one grate to couer the chapiters that were vpon the top; thus did he for the other chapiter.

geneva@1Kings:7:19 @ And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of (note:)As was seen commonly wrought in costly porches.(:note) lily work in the porch, four cubits.

geneva@1Kings:7:21 @ And he set up the pillars in the (note:)Which was in the inner court between the temple and the oracle.(:note) porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof That is, he will stablish, that is, his promise toward this house. Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof That is, in strength: meaning the power of it will continue. Boaz.

geneva@1Kings:7:29 @ And on the borders that were betweene the ledges, were lyons, bulles and Cherubims: and vpon the ledges there was a base aboue: and beneath the lyons and bulles, were addicions made of thinne worke.

geneva@1Kings:7:31 @ And the (note:)The mouth of the great base or frame entered into the chapiter, or pillar that bore up the cauldron.(:note) mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] a cubit: but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

geneva@1Kings:7:40 @ And Hiram made caldrons, and besomes, & basens, & Hiram finished all the worke that he made to King Salomon for the house of ye Lord:

geneva@1Kings:7:41 @ To wit, two pillars and two bowles of the chapiters that were on the toppe of the two pillars, and two grates to couer the two bowles of the chapiters which were vpon the toppe of the pillars,

geneva@1Kings:7:42 @ And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates, euen two rowes of pomegranates for euery grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillars,

geneva@1Kings:7:44 @ And the sea, and twelue bulles vnder that sea,

geneva@1Kings:7:48 @ And Solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the (note:)This was done according to the form that the Lord prescribed to Moses in Exodus.(:note) altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was],

geneva@1Kings:7:51 @ So was finished all the worke that King Salomon made for the house of the Lorde, and Salomon brought in the things which Dauid his father had dedicated: the siluer and the golde and the vessels, and layed them among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

geneva@1Kings:8:1 @ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might (note:)For David brought it from Obed-edom, and placed it in the tabernacle which he made for it in (2Sa_6:17).(:note) bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.

geneva@1Kings:8:4 @ They bare the Arke of the Lorde, and they bare the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle: those did the Priestes and Leuites bring vp.

geneva@1Kings:8:5 @ And King Salomon and all the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled vnto him, were with him before the Arke, offering sheepe and beeues, which could not be tolde, nor nombred for multitude.

geneva@1Kings:8:8 @ And they (note:)They drew them out only far enough to be seen, for they could not pull them out completely, (Exo_25:15).(:note) drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

geneva@1Kings:8:9 @ [There was] nothing in the ark (note:)For it is likely that the enemy when they had the ark in their hands took away the rod of Aaron and the pot of manna.(:note) save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:8:11 @ So that the Priestes could not stande to minister, because of the cloude: for the glorie of the Lorde had filled the house of the Lorde.

geneva@1Kings:8:12 @ Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.

geneva@1Kings:8:13 @ I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for (note:)He spoke according to the tenor of God's promise which was on the condition that they served him correctly.(:note) ever.

geneva@1Kings:8:16 @ Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel, to builde an house that my name might be there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

geneva@1Kings:8:18 @ And the Lord said vnto Dauid my father, Where as it was in thine heart to build an house vnto my Name, thou diddest well, that thou wast so minded:

geneva@1Kings:8:19 @ Neuerthelesse thou shalt not builde the house, but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes, he shall builde the house vnto my Name.

geneva@1Kings:8:20 @ And the Lorde hath made good his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and haue built the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:8:23 @ And he said, LORD God of Israel, [there is] no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with (note:)Truthfully and without hypocrisy.(:note) all their heart:

geneva@1Kings:8:24 @ Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hande, as appeareth this day.

geneva@1Kings:8:25 @ Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight to sit vpon ye throne of Israel: so that thy childre take heed to their way, that they walke before me; as thou hast walked in my sight

geneva@1Kings:8:29 @ That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

geneva@1Kings:8:35 @ When heaven is (note:)So that there is a drought to destroy the fruit of the land.(:note) shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

geneva@1Kings:8:36 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and pardon the sinne of thy seruants and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught the the good way wherein they may walke) and giue raine vpon the land that thou hast giuen to thy people to inherite.

geneva@1Kings:8:40 @ That they may feare thee as long as they liue in ye lad, which thou gauest vnto our fathers.

geneva@1Kings:8:41 @ Moreover concerning a (note:)He means such as should be turned from their idolatry to serve the true God.(:note) stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

geneva@1Kings:8:43 @ Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy (note:)That this is the true religion with which you will be worshipped.(:note) name.

geneva@1Kings:8:44 @ When thy people shall go out to battell against their enemie by the way that thou shalt sende them, and shall pray vnto the Lorde towarde the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name,

geneva@1Kings:8:46 @ If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,

geneva@1Kings:8:47 @ [Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee (note:)Though the temple was the chief place of prayer, yet he does not exclude them who being forced by necessity to call upon him in other places.(:note) in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

geneva@1Kings:8:50 @ And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may (note:)He understood by faith, that God of enemies would make friends with them who converted to him.(:note) have compassion on them:

geneva@1Kings:8:52 @ Let thine eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them, in all that they call for vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:8:54 @ And it was [so], that when Solomon had made an (note:)Solomon is a figure of Christ, who continually is the mediator between God and his Church.(:note) end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

geneva@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed be the Lorde that hath giuen rest vnto his people Israel, according to all that hee promised: there hath not fayled one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his seruant.

geneva@1Kings:8:57 @ The Lorde our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake vs not, neither leaue vs,

geneva@1Kings:8:58 @ That he may (note:)He concludes that man of himself is enemy to God, and that all obedience to his law proceeds from his mercy.(:note) incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

geneva@1Kings:8:59 @ And these my wordes, which I haue prayed before the Lorde, be neere vnto the Lorde our God day and night, that he defende the cause of his seruant, and the cause of his people Israel alway as the matter requireth,

geneva@1Kings:8:60 @ That all the people of ye earth may knowe, that the Lord is God, and none other.

geneva@1Kings:8:64 @ The same day did the King halowe the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lorde: for there he made burnt offerings, and the meate offrings, and the fat of the peace offeringes, because the brasen altar that was before the Lorde, was too litle to receiue the burnt offerings, and the meate offerings, and the fat of the peace offrings.

geneva@1Kings:8:65 @ And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of (note:)That is, from North to South: meaning all the country.(:note) Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, Seven days for the dedication, and seven for the feast. seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.

geneva@1Kings:8:66 @ And the eight day he sent the people away: and they thanked the King and went vnto their tentes ioyous and with glad heart, because of al the goodnesse that the Lord had done for Dauid his seruant, and for Israel his people.

geneva@1Kings:9:1 @ When Salomon had finished the building of the house of ye Lorde, & the kings palace, & all that Salomon desired and minded to do,

geneva@1Kings:9:3 @ And the Lord sayd vnto him, I haue heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I haue halowed this house (which thou hast built) to put my Name there for euer, and mine eyes, and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

geneva@1Kings:9:4 @ And (note:)If you walk in my fear, and withdraw yourself from the common manner of men, who follow their sensualities.(:note) if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

geneva@1Kings:9:6 @ [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will (note:)God declares that disobedience against him, is the cause of his displeasure, and so of all misery.(:note) not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

geneva@1Kings:9:8 @ Euen this hie house shall bee so: euery one that passeth by it, shalbe astonied, and shall hisse, and they shal say, Why hath the Lord done thus vnto this land and to this house?

geneva@1Kings:9:16 @ Pharaoh King of Egypt had come vp, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slew the Canaanites, that dwelt in the citie, and gaue it for a present vnto his daughter Salomons wife.

geneva@1Kings:9:19 @ And all the cities (note:)Cities for his ammunition.(:note) of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

geneva@1Kings:9:21 @ To wit, their children that were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Salomo make tributaries vnto this day.

geneva@1Kings:9:23 @ These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon's work, (note:)The overseers of Solomon's works were divided into three parts: the first contained 3300, the second 300, and the third 250 who were Israelites. Here are the two last parts, which make 550. See (2Ch_8:10).(:note) five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

geneva@1Kings:9:25 @ And thrise a yere did Salomon offer burnt offringes and peace offrings vpon the altar which he built vnto the Lord: and hee burnt incense vpon the altar that was before the Lorde, when hee had finished the house.

geneva@1Kings:9:27 @ And Hiram sent with the nauie his seruats, that were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruants of Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:10:1 @ And when the queen of (note:)Josephus says that she was Queen of Ethiopia, and that Sheba was the name of the chief city of Meroe, which is an island of the Nile.(:note) Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

geneva@1Kings:10:2 @ And she came to Ierusalem with a verie great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours, and golde exceeding much, and precious stones: and shee came to Salomon, & communed with him of all that was in her heart.

geneva@1Kings:10:4 @ Then the Queene of Sheba sawe all Salomons wisedome, and the house that he had built,

geneva@1Kings:10:6 @ And shee sayde vnto the King, It was a true worde that I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome.

geneva@1Kings:10:8 @ Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy (note:)But much more happy are they, who hear the wisdom of God revealed in his word.(:note) wisdom.

geneva@1Kings:10:14 @ Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and six talents of gold,

geneva@1Kings:10:27 @ And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.

geneva@1Kings:10:29 @ There came vp & went out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer: that is, one horse, an hundreth and fiftie and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.

geneva@1Kings:11:7 @ Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the (note:)Thus the scripture calls whatever man reveres and serves as God.(:note) abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

geneva@1Kings:11:10 @ And had giuen him a charge concerning this thing, that he should not follow other gods: but he kept not that, which the Lorde had commaunded him.

geneva@1Kings:11:17 @ That Hadad (note:)Thus God reserved this idolater as scourge to punish his people's sins.(:note) fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.

geneva@1Kings:11:19 @ And Hadad (note:)God brought him honour, that his power might be more able to compass his enterprises against Solomon's house.(:note) found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

geneva@1Kings:11:21 @ And when Hadad heard in Egypt, that Dauid slept with his fathers, and that Ioab the captaine of the hoste was dead, Hadad sayde to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may goe to mine owne countrey.

geneva@1Kings:11:22 @ But Pharaoh saide vnto him, What hast thou lacked with me, that thou wouldest thus go to thine owne countrey? And he answered, Nothing, but in any wise let me goe.

geneva@1Kings:11:25 @ Therefore was he an aduersarie to Israel all the daies of Salomon: besides the euil that Hadad did, he also abhorred Israel, & reigned ouer Aram

geneva@1Kings:11:27 @ And this was the cause that he lift vp his hande against the King, When Salomon built Millo, he repared the broken places of the citie of Dauid his father.

geneva@1Kings:11:28 @ And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him (note:)He was overseer of Solomon's works for the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh.(:note) ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

geneva@1Kings:11:29 @ And at that time, when Ieroboam went out of Ierusalem, the Prophet Ahiiah the Shilonite founde him in the way, hauing a newe garment on him, and they two were alone in ye field.

geneva@1Kings:11:30 @ And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and (note:)By these visible signs the prophets would more deeply print their message into the hearts of those to whom they were sent.(:note) rent it [in] twelve pieces:

geneva@1Kings:11:36 @ And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a (note:)He refers to the Messiah, who would be the bright star that would shine through all the world.(:note) light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

geneva@1Kings:11:38 @ And if thou hearken vnto all that I commande thee, and wilt walke in my wayes, and doe right in my sight, to keepe my statutes and my commandements, as Dauid my seruant did, then will I be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built vnto Dauid, and wil giue Israel vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:11:39 @ And I will (note:)For this idolatry that Solomon has committed.(:note) for this afflict the seed of David, For the whole spiritual kingdom was restored in the Messiah. but not for ever.

geneva@1Kings:11:41 @ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, [are] they not written in the (note:)Which it is thought was lost in their captivity.(:note) book of the acts of Solomon?

geneva@1Kings:11:42 @ The time that Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel, was fourtie yeere.

geneva@1Kings:12:6 @ And King Rehoboam tooke counsell with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while he yet liued, and sayde, What counsell giue ye, that I may make an answere to this people?

geneva@1Kings:12:7 @ And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a (note:)They showed him that there was no way to win the people's hearts but to grant them their just petition.(:note) servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

geneva@1Kings:12:8 @ But he forsooke the counsell that the olde men had giuen him, and asked counsell of the yong men that had bene brought vp with him, and waited on him.

geneva@1Kings:12:9 @ And he said unto them, (note:)There is nothing harder for them that are in authority than to control their desires and follow good counsel.(:note) What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

geneva@1Kings:12:10 @ And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little [finger] shall be (note:)I am much more able to keep you in subjection than my father was.(:note) thicker than my father's loins.

geneva@1Kings:12:12 @ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had (note:)The people declare their obedience in this that they attempted nothing before the king gave them just opportunity.(:note) appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

geneva@1Kings:12:13 @ And the king answered the people sharpely, and left the old mens counsell that they gaue him,

geneva@1Kings:12:15 @ And the King hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of the Lorde, that he might perfourme his saying, which the Lorde had spoken by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

geneva@1Kings:12:16 @ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in (note:)Though their cause was good, yet it was hard for the people to control their desires, as these vile words declare.(:note) David? neither [have we] inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

geneva@1Kings:12:20 @ And when all Israel had heard that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent and called him vnto the assemblie, and made him King ouer all Israel: none followed the house of Dauid, but the tribe of Iudah onely.

geneva@1Kings:12:21 @ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he (note:)For as yet he did not realize that the Lord had so appointed it.(:note) assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

geneva@1Kings:12:32 @ And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the (note:)Because he would bind the people's devotion to his idolatry even more, he made a new holy day, besides those that the Lord had appointed in the law.(:note) fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

geneva@1Kings:13:1 @ And, behold, there came (note:)That is, a prophet.(:note) a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Not that that was called Luz in Benjamin, but another of that name. Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

geneva@1Kings:13:2 @ And he cryed against the altar by the comandement of the Lorde, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Beholde, a child shalbe borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosiah by name, and vpon thee shall he sacrifice the Priestes of the hie places that burne incense vpon thee, and they shall burne mens bones vpon thee.

geneva@1Kings:13:3 @ And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This [is] the (note:)By this sign you will know that the Lord has sent me.(:note) sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that [are] upon it shall be poured out.

geneva@1Kings:13:4 @ And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, (note:)The wicked rage against the prophets of God, when they declare God's judgment to them.(:note) Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

geneva@1Kings:13:6 @ And the king answered and said unto the man of God, (note:)Though the wicked humble themselves for a time when they feel God's judgment, they return to their old malice and declare that they are but vile hypocrites.(:note) Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as [it was] before.

geneva@1Kings:13:7 @ Then the King sayde vnto the man of God, Come home with mee, that thou mayest dyne, and I will giue thee a reward.

geneva@1Kings:13:9 @ For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, (note:)Seeing he had the express word of God, he should not have declined from it, neither for the persuasion of man nor angel.(:note) Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

geneva@1Kings:13:10 @ So he went another way and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

geneva@1Kings:13:11 @ And an olde Prophet dwelt in Beth-el, and his sonnes came and tolde him all ye woorkes, that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and the wordes which he had spoken vnto the King, tolde they their father.

geneva@1Kings:13:14 @ And went after the man of God, & found him sitting vnder an oke: and he saide vnto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Iudah? And he sayd, Yea.

geneva@1Kings:13:17 @ For it was charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Thou shalt eate no bread, nor drinke water there, nor turne againe to goe by the way that thou wentest.

geneva@1Kings:13:18 @ He said unto him, I [am] a prophet also as thou [art]; and an (note:)His fault is here double, first in that he did not permit the prophet to obey God's express commandment, and next that he pretended to have a revelation to the contrary.(:note) angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied unto him.

geneva@1Kings:13:20 @ And as they sate at the table, the worde of the Lorde came vnto the Prophet, that brought him againe.

geneva@1Kings:13:21 @ And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)God would reprove his folly by him who caused him to err.(:note) Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

geneva@1Kings:13:25 @ And beholde, men that passed by, sawe the carkeis cast in the way, and the lion standing by the corps: and they came and tolde it in ye towne where the olde Prophet dwelt.

geneva@1Kings:13:26 @ And when the Prophet that brought him backe againe from the waye, hearde thereof, hee sayde, It is the man of God, who hath bene disobedient vnto the commandement of the Lorde: therefore the Lorde hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which hath rent him and slayne him, according to the worde of the Lorde, which hee spake vnto him.

geneva@1Kings:13:28 @ And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had (note:)To declare that this was only the judgment of God: for if the lion had done it for hunger, he would also have devoured the body.(:note) not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

geneva@1Kings:13:32 @ For that thing which he cried by the word of the Lorde against the altar that is in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the hie places, which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to passe.

geneva@1Kings:14:1 @ At that time Abiiah the sonne of Ieroboam fell sicke.

geneva@1Kings:14:2 @ And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, (note:)His own conscience bore witness to him that the prophet of God would not satisfy his desires, who was a wicked man.(:note) and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there [is] Ahijah the prophet, which told me that [I should be] king over this people.

geneva@1Kings:14:5 @ And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he [is] sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself [to be] (note:)Than the wife of Jeroboam.(:note) another [woman].

geneva@1Kings:14:6 @ And it was [so], when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou (note:)For God often discloses to his own the craft and subtilty of the wicked.(:note) wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent to thee [with] heavy [tidings].

geneva@1Kings:14:8 @ And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giuen it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commaundements, and followed mee with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mine eyes,

geneva@1Kings:14:9 @ But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and (note:)That is, two calves.(:note) molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

geneva@1Kings:14:10 @ Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that (note:)Every male even to the dogs, (1Sa_25:22).(:note) pisseth against the wall, [and] him that As well him that is in the stronghold, as him that is abroad. is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

geneva@1Kings:14:11 @ Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: (note:)They will lack the honour of burial in token of God's curse.(:note) for the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@1Kings:14:14 @ Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: (note:)The Lord will begin to destroy it out of hand.(:note) but what? even now.

geneva@1Kings:14:22 @ And Iudah wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.

geneva@1Kings:14:29 @ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, [are] they not written in (note:)Which were called the books of Shemaiah and Iddo the prophets, (2Ch_12:15).(:note) the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

geneva@1Kings:15:2 @ Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of (note:)Some think that this was Absalom Solomon's son.(:note) Abishalom.

geneva@1Kings:15:5 @ Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.

geneva@1Kings:15:7 @ The rest also of the actes of Abiiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? There was also warre betweene Abiiam, and Ieroboam.

geneva@1Kings:15:12 @ And he tooke away the Sodomites out of the lande, and put away all the idoles that his fathers had made.

geneva@1Kings:15:15 @ Also he brought in the holy vessels of his father, & the things that he had dedicated vnto ye house of the Lord, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

geneva@1Kings:15:17 @ And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built (note:)For the same reason that Jeroboam did, because the people should not go up to Jerusalem, least they follow Asa.(:note) Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

geneva@1Kings:15:18 @ Then Asa tooke all the siluer and the gold that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, & the treasures of the kings house, and deliuered them into the handes of his seruantes, and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the sonne of Tabrimon, the sonne of Hezion king of Aram that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

geneva@1Kings:15:19 @ [There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may (note:)And vex me no longer.(:note) depart from me.

geneva@1Kings:15:23 @ The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his (note:)He had gout and put his trust physicians rather than in the Lord, (2Ch_16:12).(:note) feet.

geneva@1Kings:15:29 @ And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he (note:)So God stirred up one tyrant to punish the wickedness of another.(:note) smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

geneva@1Kings:15:31 @ And the residue of the actes of Nadab, & all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:4 @ He that dyeth of Baashas stocke in the citie, him shal the dogs eate: and that man of him which dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eate.

geneva@1Kings:16:7 @ And also (note:)That is, the prophet did his message.(:note) by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed Meaning, Nadab Jeroboam's son. him.

geneva@1Kings:16:14 @ And the rest of the actes of Elah, & all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:16 @ And the people of the hoste heard saye, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slayne the King. Wherefore all Israel made Omri the captaine of the hoste, king ouer Israel that same day, euen in the hoste.

geneva@1Kings:16:18 @ And when Zimri saw, that the citie was taken, he went into the palace of the Kings house, and burnt himselfe, and the Kings house with fire, and so dyed,

geneva@1Kings:16:19 @ For his sinnes which hee sinned, in doing that which is euil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinnes which he did, causing Israel to sinne.

geneva@1Kings:16:20 @ And the rest of the actes of Zimri, and his treason that hee wrought, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kinges of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:22 @ But the people that folowed Omri, preuayled against the people that followed Tibni the sonne of Ginath: so Tibni dyed, & Omri reigned.

geneva@1Kings:16:25 @ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did (note:)For such is the nature of idolatry, that the superstition of it daily increases, and the older it is, the more abominable it is before God and his Church.(:note) worse than all that [were] before him.

geneva@1Kings:16:27 @ And the rest of the actes of Omri, that hee did, and his strength that he shewed, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:16:28 @ So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in (note:)He was the first king that was buried in Samaria, after that the kings house was burnt in Tirzah.(:note) Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:16:30 @ And Ahab the sonne of Omri did worse in ye sight of the Lord then al that were before him.

geneva@1Kings:16:31 @ And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took (note:)By whose influence he fell into wicked and strange idolatry and cruel persecution.(:note) to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

geneva@1Kings:16:33 @ And Ahab made a groue, & Ahab proceeded, & did prouoke the Lord God of Israel more then all the kings of Israel that were before him.

geneva@1Kings:17:3 @ Go hence, and turne thee Eastwarde, and hide thy selfe in the riuer Cherith, that is ouer against Iorden,

geneva@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went & did according vnto the word of the Lord: for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer against Iorden.

geneva@1Kings:17:10 @ So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there (note:)All this was to strengthen the faith of Elijah, to the intent that he would look for nothing worldly, but only trust God's providence.(:note) gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

geneva@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and (note:)For there is no hope of any more sustenance.(:note) die.

geneva@1Kings:17:17 @ And it came to pass after these things, [that] the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no (note:)God would test whether she had learned by his merciful providence to make him her only stay and comfort.(:note) breath left in him.

geneva@1Kings:17:24 @ And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this (note:)It is hard to depend on God, unless we are confirmed by miracles.(:note) I know that thou [art] a man of God, [and] that the word of the LORD in thy mouth [is] truth.

geneva@1Kings:18:1 @ And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the (note:)After that he departed from the river Cherith.(:note) third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

geneva@1Kings:18:3 @ And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah (note:)God had begun to work his fear in his heart, but had not yet brought him to the knowledge which is also required of the godly: that is, to profess his Name openly.(:note) feared the LORD greatly:

geneva@1Kings:18:5 @ And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes.

geneva@1Kings:18:7 @ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah (note:)God often pities the wicked for the sake of the godly, and causes Elijah to meet with Obadiah, that the blessing might be known to be granted for the sake of God's children.(:note) met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Art] thou that my lord Elijah?

geneva@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

geneva@1Kings:18:12 @ And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant (note:)I am not of the wicked persecutors that you should procure to me such displeasure, but serve God and favour his children.(:note) fear the LORD from my youth.

geneva@1Kings:18:14 @ And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.

geneva@1Kings:18:15 @ And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew (note:)By my presence I will declare that you have told him the truth.(:note) myself unto him to day.

geneva@1Kings:18:17 @ And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

geneva@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but (note:)The true ministers of God should not only not permit falsehoods, but should boldly reprove the wicked slanderers without respect of persons.(:note) thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

geneva@1Kings:18:24 @ And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth (note:)By sending down fire from heaven to burn the sacrifice.(:note) by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

geneva@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they (note:)As men possessed by some strange spirit.(:note) leaped upon the altar which was made.

geneva@1Kings:18:27 @ And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be (note:)He mocks their beastly madness, who think that by any instance or suit, the dead and vile idols can help their worshippers in their necessity.(:note) awaked.

geneva@1Kings:18:29 @ And when midday was passed, & they had prophecied vntil the offring of the euening sacrifice, there was neither voyce, nor one to answere, nor any that regarded.

geneva@1Kings:18:30 @ And Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me; all the people came to him; he repayred the altar of the Lorde that was broken downe.

geneva@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran round about the altar; and he (note:)By this he declared the excellent power of God, who contrary to nature could make the fire burn even in the water, so that they should have no opportunity to doubt that he is the only God.(:note) filled the trench also with water.

geneva@1Kings:18:36 @ And when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israel, let it be knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israel, and that I am thy seruant, and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement.

geneva@1Kings:18:37 @ Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou [art] the LORD God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back (note:)Though God permits his to run in blindness and error for a time, yet eventually he calls them home to him by some notorious sign and work.(:note) again.

geneva@1Kings:18:38 @ Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offring, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked vp the water that was in the ditche.

geneva@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not (note:)He commanded them that as they were truly persuaded to confess the only God: so they should serve him with all their power, and destroy the idolaters his enemies.(:note) one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

geneva@1Kings:18:43 @ And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again (note:)As God's spirit moved him to pray, so was he strengthened by the same that he did not faint, but continued still till he had obtained.(:note) seven times.

geneva@1Kings:18:44 @ And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not.

geneva@1Kings:18:46 @ And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran (note:)He was so strengthened by God's spirit that he ran faster than the chariot was able to run.(:note) before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

geneva@1Kings:19:1 @ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the (note:)That is, of Baal.(:note) prophets with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:19:4 @ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, (note:)It is so hard to control our impatience in affliction, that the saints could not overcome the same.(:note) take away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers.

geneva@1Kings:19:7 @ And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat; because (note:)He declares that unless God had nourished him miraculously it would have been impossible for him to have gone on this journey.(:note) the journey [is] too great for thee.

geneva@1Kings:19:8 @ Then he arose, and did eate and drinke, and walked in the strength of that meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nights, vnto Horeb the mount of God.

geneva@1Kings:19:10 @ And he said, I have (note:)He complains that the more zealous he was to maintain God's glory, the more cruelly he was persecuted.(:note) been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

geneva@1Kings:19:17 @ And him that escapeth from the sworde of Hazael, shall Iehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Iehu, shall Elisha slay.

geneva@1Kings:19:18 @ Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, (note:)He declares that wicked deceivers and idolaters are not his.(:note) all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

geneva@1Kings:20:4 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, (note:)I am content to obey and pay tribute.(:note) I [am] thine, and all that I have.

geneva@1Kings:20:8 @ And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken (note:)They thought it their duty to risk their lives, rather than grant that thing which was not lawful, only to satisfy the lust of a tyrant.(:note) not [unto him], nor consent.

geneva@1Kings:20:9 @ Wherefore hee sayde vnto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lorde the King, All that thou didddest sende for to thy seruant at the first time, that I will doe, but this thing I may not do; the messengers departed, and brought him an answere.

geneva@1Kings:20:10 @ And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the (note:)Much less will there be found any prey that is worth anything, when they are so many.(:note) dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

geneva@1Kings:20:11 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that (note:)Do not boast before the victory is won.(:note) putteth it off.

geneva@1Kings:20:12 @ And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions, he sayd vnto his seruants, Bring forth your engines, and they set them against the citie.

geneva@1Kings:20:13 @ And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know (note:)Before God went about with signs and miracles to pull Ahab from his impiety, and now again with wonderful victories.(:note) that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:20:25 @ And nomber thy selfe an armie, like the armie that thou hast lost, with such horses, & such charets, & we wil fight against them in the plaine, and doubtlesse we shall ouercome them: and he hearkened vnto their voyce, and did so.

geneva@1Kings:20:28 @ And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD [is] God of the hills, but he [is] not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that (note:)Who has the same power in the valley as on the hills and can also destroy a multitude with few as with many.(:note) I [am] the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:20:30 @ But the rest fled to Aphek into the citie: & there fel a wall vpon seuen and twentie thousand men that were left: and Ben-hadad fled into the citie, and came into a secret chamber.

geneva@1Kings:20:31 @ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our (note:)In sign of submission and that we have deserved death, if he will punish us with rigour.(:note) loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

geneva@1Kings:20:41 @ And hee hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face: and the King of Israel knewe him that he was of the Prophets:

geneva@1Kings:21:2 @ And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, (note:)Though Ahab's tyranny is condemned by the Holy Spirit, yet he was not so rigorous that he would take from another man his right without full recompense.(:note) Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

geneva@1Kings:21:5 @ Then Iezebel his wife came to him & said vnto him, Why is thy spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread?

geneva@1Kings:21:8 @ So she wrote letters in Ahabs name, and sealed them with his seale, and sent the letters vnto the Elders, and to the nobles that were in his citie dwelling with Naboth.

geneva@1Kings:21:10 @ And set two wicked men before him, & let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye.

geneva@1Kings:21:13 @ And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.

geneva@1Kings:21:15 @ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, (note:)This example of monstrous cruelty the Holy Spirit leaves to us, to the intent that we should abhor all tyranny, and especially in those whom nature and kind should move to be pitiful and inclined to mercy.(:note) Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

geneva@1Kings:21:16 @ And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he rose to go downe to the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite, to take possession of it.

geneva@1Kings:21:21 @ Beholde, I will bring euill vpon thee, and wil take away thy posteritie, and wil cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel,

geneva@1Kings:21:24 @ The dogs shall eate him of Ahabs stocke, that dyeth in the citie: and him that dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eate.

geneva@1Kings:21:25 @ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did (note:)By the wicked counsel of his wife he became a vile idolater, and cruel murderer, as one that gave himself wholly to serve sin.(:note) sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

geneva@1Kings:21:26 @ For he did exceeding abominably in following idoles, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.)

geneva@1Kings:21:27 @ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went (note:)In token of mourning, or as some read, barefooted.(:note) softly.

geneva@1Kings:22:2 @ And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah (note:)To see and visit him.(:note) came down to the king of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:22:3 @ And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that (note:)The kings of Syria kept Ramoth before this league was made by Benhadad: therefore he did not think he was bound by it to restore it.(:note) Ramoth in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

geneva@1Kings:22:5 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, (note:)He seemed that he would not go to war unless God approved it, yet when Michaiah advised the opposite he would not obey.(:note) Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

geneva@1Kings:22:7 @ And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the (note:)Jehoshaphat did not acknowledge the false prophets to be God's ministers, but contemned them.(:note) LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?

geneva@1Kings:22:8 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but (note:)By which we see that the wicked cannot abide to hear the truth, but hate the prophets of God and molest them.(:note) I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

geneva@1Kings:22:13 @ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with (note:)This is the common argument of the wicked, who think that no one should speak against anything if the majority approves of it, be they ever so ungodly.(:note) one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.

geneva@1Kings:22:14 @ And Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me, that will I speake.

geneva@1Kings:22:15 @ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, (note:)He speaks this in derision, because the king attributed so much to the false prophets, meaning that by experience he should discern that they were liars.(:note) Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

geneva@1Kings:22:16 @ And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?

geneva@1Kings:22:17 @ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, (note:)It is better for them to return home than to be punished and scattered because they go to war without God's counsel and approval.(:note) These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

geneva@1Kings:22:18 @ (And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?)

geneva@1Kings:22:20 @ And the Lord sayd, Who shall entise Ahab that he may go and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one said on this maner, and another sayd on that maner.

geneva@1Kings:22:21 @ And there came forth a spirit, and (note:)Here we see that though the devil is always ready to bring us to destruction, yet he has no more power than God gives him.(:note) stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

geneva@1Kings:22:24 @ But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (note:)Thus the wicked would that none were in the favour of God but they, and that God has given his graces to none so much as to them.(:note) Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

geneva@1Kings:22:25 @ And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.

geneva@1Kings:22:28 @ And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, (note:)That when you see these things come to pass you may give God the glory, and know that I am his true prophet.(:note) Hearken, O people, every one of you.

geneva@1Kings:22:32 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it [is] the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat (note:)That is, to the Lord for help.(:note) cried out.

geneva@1Kings:22:33 @ And when the captaines of the charets saw that he was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

geneva@1Kings:22:35 @ And the battle increased that day: and the (note:)That is, Ahab, king of Israel.(:note) king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

geneva@1Kings:22:39 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahab and all that he did, and the yuorie house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@1Kings:22:43 @ And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless (note:)Meaning, that he was led with an error, thinking that they might still sacrifice to the Lord in those places, as they did before the temple was built.(:note) the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

geneva@1Kings:22:45 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat, and his worthy deedes that he did, and his battels which he fought, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@1Kings:22:48 @ Jehoshaphat made ships of (note:)By Tharshish the scripture means Cilicia and all the Mediterranean Sea.(:note) Tharshish to go to Josephus writes that Ophir is in India, where the Egyptians and Arabians traffic for gold. Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

geneva@1Kings:22:53 @ For he serued Baal and worshipped him, and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel vnto wrath, according vnto all that his father had done.

geneva@2Kings:1:1 @ Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (note:)The Argument - This second book contains the acts of the kings of Judah and Israel: that is, of Israel, from the death of Ahab to the last king Hoshea, who was imprisoned by the king of Assyria, and his city Samaria taken, and the ten tribes led into captivity by the just plague of God for their idolatry and disobedience to God. Also of Judah, from the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat to Zedekiah, who for contemning the Lord's commandment by his prophets, and neglecting his many admonitions by famine and other means was taken by his enemies, saw his sons most cruelly slain before his face, and his own eyes put out, as the Lord had declared to him before by his prophet Jeremiah. By the just vengeance of God for contempt of his word Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple burnt, and he and all his people were led away captives into Babylon. In this book are notable examples of God's favour toward those rulers and people who obey his prophets, and embrace his word: and contrariwise of his plagues on those who neglect his ministers, and do not obey his commandments.(:note)

geneva@2Kings:1:2 @ And (note:)So that he was punished for his idolatry in two ways: for the Moabites which were wont to pay him tribute rebelled and he fell out a window which was high in his house to give light beneath.(:note) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of The Philistines who lived at Ekron worshipped this idol, the god of flies, thinking that he could preserve them from the biting of flies: or else he was so called, because flies were drawn in great abundance by the blood of the sacrifices that were offered to that idol. Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

geneva@2Kings:1:3 @ But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, (note:)He shows that idolaters do not have the true God, or else they would seek none but him alone.(:note) [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

geneva@2Kings:1:6 @ And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Ignorance is the mother of error and idolatry.(:note) [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

geneva@2Kings:1:8 @ And they answered him, [He was] an (note:)Some think that this meant his garments, which were rough and made of hair.(:note) hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.

geneva@2Kings:1:12 @ And Elijah answered and said unto them, (note:)Meaning, that God would show by effect whether he was a true prophet or not.(:note) If I [be] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

geneva@2Kings:1:15 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be (note:)Thus the Lord gives boldness to his, that they fear not the threatenings of tyrants, who otherwise of themselves are afraid to do God's message.(:note) not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

geneva@2Kings:1:18 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahaziah, that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:2:1 @ And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from (note:)Which was the place where the children of Israel were circumcised after they came over Jordan and had been forty years in the wilderness, (Jos_5:9).(:note) Gilgal.

geneva@2Kings:2:3 @ And the (note:)So called, because they are begotten anew as it were by the heavenly doctrine.(:note) sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from That is, from being your head any more: for to be as the head, is to be the master, as to be at the feet, is to be a scholar. thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I For the Lord had revealed it to him. know [it]; hold ye your peace.

geneva@2Kings:2:5 @ And the sons of the prophets that [were] at (note:)Not only at Bethel, but at Jericho and other places were there prophets, who had scholars, whom they instructed and brought up in the true fear of God.(:note) Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.

geneva@2Kings:2:8 @ And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped [it] together, and smote the (note:)That is, of Jordan.(:note) waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

geneva@2Kings:2:9 @ And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, (note:)Let your spirit have double force in me, because of these dangerous times: or let me have twice as much as the rest of the prophets: or if your spirit were to be divided into three parts, let me have two.(:note) let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

geneva@2Kings:2:13 @ He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.

geneva@2Kings:2:14 @ After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:2:16 @ And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, (note:)Because the fact was extraordinary, they doubted where he had gone, but Elisha was assured that he was taken up to God.(:note) Ye shall not send.

geneva@2Kings:3:2 @ And he wrought euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not like his father nor like his mother: for he tooke away the image of Baal that his father had made.

geneva@2Kings:3:3 @ Nevertheless he cleaved unto the (note:)He sacrificed to the golden calves that Jeroboam had made.(:note) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

geneva@2Kings:3:9 @ So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the (note:)Meaning the viceroy, or lieutenant of the king of Judah, (1Ki_22:47).(:note) king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

geneva@2Kings:3:10 @ Therefore the King of Israel sayde, Alas, that the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hand of Moab.

geneva@2Kings:3:11 @ But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here [is] Elisha the son of Shaphat, which (note:)That is, who was his servant.(:note) poured water on the hands of Elijah.

geneva@2Kings:3:13 @ And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, (note:)He knew that this wicked king would have but used his counsel to serve his turn, and therefore, he disdained to answer him.(:note) What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, The wicked do not esteem the servants of God unless they are driven by every necessity and fear of the present danger. Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

geneva@2Kings:3:14 @ And Elisha said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would (note:)God suffers his word to be declared to the wicked because of the godly that are among them.(:note) not look toward thee, nor see thee.

geneva@2Kings:3:15 @ But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel (note:)He sang songs to God's glory, and so stirred up the prophets heart to prophecy.(:note) played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

geneva@2Kings:3:17 @ For thus saith the Lorde, Ye shall neither see winde nor see raine, yet the valley shalbe filled with water, that ye may drinke, both ye and your cattel, and your beastes.

geneva@2Kings:3:21 @ And when al the Moabites heard that the Kings were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that was able to put on harnesse, & vpwarde, and stood in their border.

geneva@2Kings:3:24 @ And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they (note:)Meaning, they followed them into the towns.(:note) went forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.

geneva@2Kings:3:26 @ And when the King of Moab saw that the battel was too sore for him, he tooke with him seuen hudreth men that drew the sword, to break through vnto the King of Edom: but they could not.

geneva@2Kings:3:27 @ Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and (note:)Some refer it to the king of Edom's son, whom they say he had taken in that skirmish: but rather it seemed to be his own son, whom he offered to his gods to pacify them: which barbarous cruelty moved the Israelites hearts of pity to depart.(:note) offered him [for] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.

geneva@2Kings:4:2 @ And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a (note:)Thus God permits his to be brought many times to extreme necessity, before he helps them, that afterward they may praise his mercy even more.(:note) pot of oil.

geneva@2Kings:4:4 @ And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into (note:)The Prophet declares by this to her, that God never fails to provide for his servants, their wives and children, it they trust in him.(:note) all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

geneva@2Kings:4:6 @ And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil (note:)Or ceased to increase.(:note) stayed.

geneva@2Kings:4:7 @ Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the (note:)God here not only provided for his servant, that his debts should be paid and so kept his doctrine and profession without slander, but also for his wife and children.(:note) rest.

geneva@2Kings:4:9 @ And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.

geneva@2Kings:4:10 @ Let us make a (note:)Which would be separate from the rest of the house, that he might more conveniently give himself to study and prayers.(:note) little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

geneva@2Kings:4:13 @ And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; (note:)Thus the servants of God are not unthankful for the benefits they receive.(:note) what [is] to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I I am content with what God has sent me, and can lack nothing that one can do for another. dwell among mine own people.

geneva@2Kings:4:14 @ And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath (note:)Which was shameful and therefore he would that his master should pray to God for her that she might be fruitful.(:note) no child, and her husband is old.

geneva@2Kings:4:17 @ So the woman conceiued, & bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that Elisha had sayd vnto her.

geneva@2Kings:4:18 @ And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.

geneva@2Kings:4:27 @ And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she (note:)In token of humility and joy that she had met with him.(:note) caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me, and hath not told me.

geneva@2Kings:4:29 @ Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: (note:)Make such speed that nothing may stop you in the way, (Luk_10:4).(:note) if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

geneva@2Kings:4:34 @ And he went up, and (note:)Elijah did the same to the widow's son at Zarephath (1Ki_17:21) and Paul in (Act_20:10) signifying the care that should be in them, who bear the word of God and are distributors of spiritual life.(:note) lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

geneva@2Kings:4:40 @ So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O [thou] man of God, [there is] (note:)They feared that they were poisoned because of the bitterness.(:note) death in the pot. And they could not eat [thereof].

geneva@2Kings:4:41 @ Then he said, Bring meale; hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that they may eate: and there was none euill in the pot.

geneva@2Kings:4:42 @ Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, & brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, euen twenty loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske; hee saide, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.

geneva@2Kings:4:43 @ And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and (note:)It is not the quantity of bread that satisfies, but the blessing that God gives.(:note) shall leave [thereof].

geneva@2Kings:5:1 @ Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given (note:)Here it appears that among the infidels God has his, and also that the infidels esteem those who do good to their country.(:note) deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.

geneva@2Kings:5:3 @ And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the (note:)Meaning Elisha.(:note) prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

geneva@2Kings:5:4 @ And (note:)That is, Naaman told it to the king of Syria.(:note) [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:5:6 @ And brought the letter to the King of Israel to this effect, Now when this letter is come vnto thee, vnderstand, that I haue sent thee Naaman my seruant, that thou maiest heale him of his leprosie.

geneva@2Kings:5:7 @ And when the King of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes, and sayde, Am I God, to kil and to giue life, that hee doth send to mee, that I should heale a man from his leprosie? wherfore consider, I pray you, and see howe he seeketh a quarel against me.

geneva@2Kings:5:8 @ And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, (note:)The prophet rebukes the king because he did not consider that God was true in his promise, and therefore would not leave his Church destitute of a prophet, whose prayers he would hear, and to whom others could have recourse for comfort.(:note) Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

geneva@2Kings:5:13 @ And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, (note:)This declares that servants should reverence and love their masters as children their fathers, and likewise masters toward their servants, must be affectioned as toward their children.(:note) My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

geneva@2Kings:5:15 @ And hee turned againe to the man of God, hee, and all his companie, and came and stood before him, and sayd, Behold, now I knowe that there is no God in all the world, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a reward of thy seruant.

geneva@2Kings:5:16 @ But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; (note:)So the Lord commands that they that receive freely, should also give freely.(:note) but he refused.

geneva@2Kings:5:18 @ In this thing the LORD (note:)He feels his conscience is wounded by being present at idols service, and therefore desires God to forgive him, lest others by his example might fall to idolatry: for as for his own part he confesses that he will never serve any but the true God.(:note) pardon thy servant, [that] when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

geneva@2Kings:5:20 @ And Gehazi the seruant of Elisha the man of God sayde, Beholde, my master hath spared this Aramite Naaman, receiuing not those things at his hand that he brought: as the Lord liueth, I will runne after him, and take somewhat of him.

geneva@2Kings:5:23 @ And Naaman saide, Yea, take two talents: and he compelled him, and bound two talents of siluer in two bagges, with two change of garments, and gaue them vnto two of his seruants, that they might beare them before him.

geneva@2Kings:5:26 @ And he said unto him, (note:)Was I not present with you in spirit?(:note) Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and That is, money to buy possessions with: meaning that it is detestable in the servants of God to have covetous minds. oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

geneva@2Kings:6:8 @ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In (note:)Meaning, that he would lie in ambush and take the Israelites unawares.(:note) such and such a place [shall be] my camp.

geneva@2Kings:6:12 @ And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that [is] in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy (note:)There is nothing so secret that you can go about, but he knows it, and reveals it to his king.(:note) bedchamber.

geneva@2Kings:6:13 @ And he said, Goe, and espie where he is, that I may sende and fetch him; one tolde him, saying, Beholde, he is in Dothan.

geneva@2Kings:6:16 @ And he answered, (note:)For he was assured of God's help, and that millions of angels camped about the godly to deliver them.(:note) Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.

geneva@2Kings:6:17 @ And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, (note:)That he may behold how you have prepared an army to rescue us.(:note) that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:6:20 @ And when they were come to Samaria, Elisha saide, Lorde, open their eyes that they may see; the Lorde opened their eyes, and they saw, & beholde, they were in the mids of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:6:22 @ And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: doest thou not smite them that thou hast taken with thy sworde, and with thy bowe? but set bread and water before them, that they may eate and drinke and goe to their master.

geneva@2Kings:6:23 @ And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no (note:)For this gentle intreaty and the miracle wrought by the prophet, did more for peace than if they had been overcome in battle for they did not return at that time to fight against Israel, or in that king's days.(:note) more into the land of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:6:25 @ And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's (note:)The Hebrews write, that they burned it in the seige for lack of wood.(:note) dung for five [pieces] of silver.

geneva@2Kings:6:28 @ Also the King said vnto her, What ayleth thee? And she answered, This woman sayde vnto me, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him to day, and we will eate my sonne to morowe,

geneva@2Kings:6:29 @ So we sod my sonne, and did eate him: & I saide to her the day after, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him, but she hath hid her sonne.

geneva@2Kings:6:30 @ And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within (note:)Thus hypocrites when they feel God's judgments think to please him with outward ceremonies whom in prosperity they will not know.(:note) upon his flesh.

geneva@2Kings:7:2 @ Then a lord on whose hand the king (note:)To whom the king gave the charge and oversight of things as in (2Ki_7:17).(:note) leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make He mocked at the prophets words saying, that if God rained down corn from heaven, yet this could not come to pass. windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not Your infidelity will be punished in this when you see this miracle, and yet not partake of it. eat thereof.

geneva@2Kings:7:3 @ And there were four leprous men at the (note:)For it was commanded in the law that they should dwell apart, and not among their brethren, (Lev_13:46).(:note) entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

geneva@2Kings:7:12 @ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, (note:)He mistrusted the prophets words, and therefore could believe nothing, as they who are more prudent than godly always cast more doubt than is needed.(:note) I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we [be] hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

geneva@2Kings:7:13 @ And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the (note:)There are no more left, but they, or the rest are consumed by the famine, as the rest of the people.(:note) multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

geneva@2Kings:8:3 @ And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth (note:)That is, to complain of them who had taken her possessions while she was absent.(:note) to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

geneva@2Kings:8:4 @ And the King talked with Gehazi the seruant of the man of God, saying, Tell mee, I pray thee, all the great actes, that Elisha hath done.

geneva@2Kings:8:5 @ And it came to pass, as he was telling (note:)God's wonderful providence appears in this, that he caused the king to desire to hear him, whom before he contemned and also hereby prepared an entrance to the poor widows suit.(:note) the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

geneva@2Kings:8:6 @ And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that [was] hers, and all the (note:)The king caused that to be justly restored which was wrongfully withheld from her.(:note) fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

geneva@2Kings:8:8 @ And the king sayd vnto Hazael, Take a present in thine hande, and goe meete the man of God, that thou mayest inquire of ye Lord by him, saying, Shall I recouer of this disease?

geneva@2Kings:8:10 @ And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly (note:)Meaning that he would recover of this disease: but he knew that this messenger Hazael would slay him to obtain the kingdom.(:note) recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

geneva@2Kings:8:12 @ And Hazael sayde, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I knowe the euill that thou shalt do vnto the children of Israel: for their strong cities shalt thou set on fire, and their yong men shalt thou slay with the sworde, and shalt dash their infantes against the stones, and rent in pieces their women with child.

geneva@2Kings:8:13 @ And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant (note:)That I should be without all humanity and pity.(:note) a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria.

geneva@2Kings:8:14 @ So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, What saide Elisha to thee? And he answered, Hee tolde mee that thou shouldest recouer.

geneva@2Kings:8:15 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and (note:)Under pretence to refresh or ease him, he suffocated him with his cloak.(:note) spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:8:22 @ Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then (note:)This was a city in Judah given to the Levites, (Jos_21:13) that later turned from king Jehoram, because of his idolatry.(:note) Libnah revolted at the same time.

geneva@2Kings:8:23 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ioram and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:9:7 @ And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophets, and the blood of al the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezebel.

geneva@2Kings:9:8 @ For the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroied: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel.

geneva@2Kings:9:16 @ So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And (note:)God had thus ordained as in (2Ch_12:7), that this wicked and idolatrous king, who was more ready to please wicked Joram than to obey the will of God, would perish with him, by whose means he thought to have been stronger.(:note) Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

geneva@2Kings:9:17 @ And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, & sayd, I see a companie; Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meete them, that hee may say, Is it peace?

geneva@2Kings:9:20 @ And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth (note:)As one that went earnestly about his business.(:note) furiously.

geneva@2Kings:9:22 @ And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] (note:)Meaning, since God is their enemy because of their sins, he will always stir up someone to avenge his cause.(:note) peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?

geneva@2Kings:9:24 @ But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fell downe in his charet.

geneva@2Kings:9:25 @ Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captaine, Take, and cast him in some place of the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite: for I remember that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lorde layed this burden vpon him.

geneva@2Kings:9:26 @ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his (note:)By this it is evident that Jezebel caused both Naboth and his sons to be put to death, that Ahab might enjoy his vineyard more quietly: else his children might have claimed possession.(:note) sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: (note:)This he did by the moving of the Spirit of God, that her blood would be shed, who had shed the blood of innocents, to be a spectacle and example of God's judgment for all tyrants.(:note) and [some] of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

geneva@2Kings:9:37 @ And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; [so] that they shall not say, (note:)Thus God's judgments appear even in this world against those who suppress his word and persecute his servants.(:note) This [is] Jezebel.

geneva@2Kings:10:1 @ And Ahab had seventy (note:)The Scripture calls them sons who are either children or nephews.(:note) sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's [children], saying,

geneva@2Kings:10:5 @ And he that was gouernour of Ahabs house, and he that ruled the citie, and the Elders, & the bringers vp of the children sent to Iehu, saying, We are thy seruants, and will doe all that thou shalt bid vs: we will make no King: do what seemeth good to thee.

geneva@2Kings:10:9 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye [be] (note:)You cannot justly condemn me for the king's death, seeing as you have done the same to his posterity: for the Lord commanded me, and moved you to carry out his judgment.(:note) righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

geneva@2Kings:10:10 @ Knowe nowe that there shal fall vnto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lorde hath brought to passe the things that hee spake by his seruant Eliiah.

geneva@2Kings:10:11 @ So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his (note:)Meaning, the idolatrous priests.(:note) priests, until he left him none remaining.

geneva@2Kings:10:16 @ And he sayde, Come with me, and see the zeale that I haue for the Lord: so they made him ride in his charet.

geneva@2Kings:10:17 @ And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained vnto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake to Eliiah.

geneva@2Kings:10:21 @ So Iehu sent vnto all Israel, and all the seruants of Baal came, and there was not a man left that came not; they came into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was full from ende to ende.

geneva@2Kings:10:22 @ Then he said vnto him that had the charge of the vestrie, Bring forth vestments for al the seruants of Baal; he brought the out vestments.

geneva@2Kings:10:23 @ And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the (note:)Thus God would have his servants preserved and idolaters destroyed, as in his law he gives express command, (Deu_13:5).(:note) servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

geneva@2Kings:10:25 @ And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, [and] slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast [them] out, and went to the (note:)Which was near Samaria.(:note) city of the house of Baal.

geneva@2Kings:10:29 @ But fro the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which made Israel to sinne, Iehu departed not fro them, neither from the golden calues that were in Beth-el and that were in Daniel.

geneva@2Kings:10:30 @ And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing [that which is] right in mine eyes, [and] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that [was] in mine heart, thy (note:)Thus God approves and rewards his zeal, in executing God's judgment, though his wickedness was later punished.(:note) children of the fourth [generation] shall sit on the throne of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:10:33 @ From Iorden Eastward, euen all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, & them that were of Manasseh, from Aroer (which is by the riuer Arnon) and Gilead and Bashan.

geneva@2Kings:10:34 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehu, and all that he did, and all his valiant deedes, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:10:36 @ And the time that Iehu reigned ouer Israel in Samaria is eight and twentie yeeres.

geneva@2Kings:11:1 @ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the (note:)Meaning, all the posterity of Jehoshaphat, to whom the kingdom belonged: thus God used the cruelty of this woman to destroy the family of Ahab.(:note) seed royal.

geneva@2Kings:11:2 @ But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, (note:)The Lord promised to maintain the family of David, and not to quench the light of it, therefore he moved the heart of Jehosheba to preserve him.(:note) took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons [which were] slain; and they hid him, [even] him and his nurse, in Where the priests slept. the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

geneva@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of (note:)Of the Levites, who had charge of the keeping of the temple, and kept watch by course.(:note) you that enter in on the sabbath shall That no one should come on them, while they were crowning the king. even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

geneva@2Kings:11:6 @ And a third part [shall be] at the gate of (note:)Called the east gate of the temple, (2Ch_23:5).(:note) Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

geneva@2Kings:11:7 @ And two parts of all you that (note:)Whose charge is ended.(:note) go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

geneva@2Kings:11:9 @ And the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the (note:)Read (2Ki_11:5, 2Ki_11:7).(:note) sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

geneva@2Kings:11:10 @ And to the captains over hundreds did the (note:)That is, Jehoiada.(:note) priest give king David's spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:11:15 @ But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that (note:)To take her part.(:note) followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:11:17 @ And Jehoiada made a (note:)That both the king and the people should maintain the true worship of God and destroy all idolatry.(:note) covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the That he should govern and they obey in the fear of God. king also and the people.

geneva@2Kings:12:3 @ But (note:)So hard a thing it is for them, that are in authority, to be brought to the perfect obedience of God.(:note) the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

geneva@2Kings:12:4 @ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, [even] the money of every one that passeth [the (note:)That is, the money of redemption (Exo_30:12), also the money which the priest valued the vows at (Lev_27:2), and their free gift.(:note) account], the money that every man is set at, [and] all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

geneva@2Kings:12:6 @ Yet in the three and twentieth yeere of King Iehoash the Priestes had not mended that which was decayed in the Temple.

geneva@2Kings:12:9 @ But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the (note:)That is, on the south side.(:note) right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:12:10 @ And when they sawe there was much money in the chest, the Kinges Secretarie came vp and the hie Priest, and put it vp after that they had tolde the money that was found in the house of the Lord,

geneva@2Kings:12:11 @ And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them (note:)For the king had appointed others who were fit for that purpose, (2Ki_22:5).(:note) that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

geneva@2Kings:12:12 @ And to the masons and hewers of stone, and to bye timber and hewed stone, to repayre that was decayed in the house of the Lorde, and for all that which was layed out for the reparation of the Temple.

geneva@2Kings:12:15 @ Moreouer, they reckoned not with the men, into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workemen: for they dealt faithfully.

geneva@2Kings:12:18 @ And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold [that was] found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and (note:)After the death of Jehoiada, Joash fell to idolatry: therefore God rejected him, and stirred up his enemy against him, whom he pacified with the treasures of the temple: for God would not be served with those gifts, seeing the king's heart was wicked.(:note) sent [it] to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

geneva@2Kings:12:19 @ Concerning the rest of the acts of Ioash & all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:13:5 @ (And the LORD gave Israel a (note:)That is, Joash the son of Jehoahaz.(:note) saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel Safely and without danger. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

geneva@2Kings:13:8 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoahaz and all that he did, and his valiant deedes, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:13:11 @ And did euil in the sight of the Lorde: for he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat that made Israel to sinne, but he walked therein.

geneva@2Kings:13:12 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Ioash and all that he did, and his valiant deedes, and how he fought against Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:13:14 @ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, (note:)Thus they used to call the prophets and servants of God, by whom God blesses his people, as in (2Ki_2:12) meaning that they prospered their country more by their prayers than by force of arms.(:note) O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

geneva@2Kings:13:17 @ And he said, Open the window (note:)That is, toward Syria: so that he not only prophesied with words but also confirmed him by these signs that he would have the victory.(:note) eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them].

geneva@2Kings:13:20 @ So Elisha dyed, and they buryed him; certaine bandes of the Moabites came into the land that yeere.

geneva@2Kings:13:21 @ And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band [of men]; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he (note:)By this miracle God confirmed the authority of Elisha, whose doctrine in his life they contemned, that at this sight they might return and embrace the same doctrine.(:note) revived, and stood up on his feet.

geneva@2Kings:14:6 @ But the children of the murderers he (note:)Because they neither consented nor were partakers with their fathers in that act.(:note) slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

geneva@2Kings:14:9 @ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the (note:)By this parable Jehoash compares himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes and Amaziah to the thistle because he ruled over but two tribes and the wild beasts are Jehoash's soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah.(:note) cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

geneva@2Kings:14:10 @ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: (note:)Brag of the victory, so that you stay at home and do not provoke me.(:note) glory [of this], and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?

geneva@2Kings:14:14 @ And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and (note:)That is, which the Israelites had given to them from Judah for an assurance of peace.(:note) hostages, and returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:14:22 @ He built (note:)Which is also called Elanon or Eloth.(:note) Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

geneva@2Kings:14:24 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the (note:)Because this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man's hands, therefore the Scripture often repeats it in the reproach of all idolaters.(:note) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

geneva@2Kings:14:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and (note:)Which was also called Antiochia of Syria or Riblah.(:note) Hamath, [which belonged] to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:15:3 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)As long as he listened to Zachariah the prophet.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

geneva@2Kings:15:5 @ And the LORD (note:)His father and grandfather were slain by their subjects and servants, and he because he would usurp the priest's office contrary to God's ordinance was smitten immediately by the hand of God with the leprosy, (2Ch_26:21).(:note) smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, As viceroy or deputy to his father. judging the people of the land.

geneva@2Kings:15:6 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:15:10 @ And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and (note:)Zachariah was the last in Israel, that had the kingdom by succession, save only Pekahiah the son of Menahem, who reigned only two years.(:note) slew him, and reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:15:16 @ Then Menahem smote (note:)Which was a city of Israel that would not receive him as their king.(:note) Tiphsah, and all that [were] therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not [to him], therefore he smote [it; and] all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

geneva@2Kings:15:19 @ [And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the (note:)That is, of Israel.(:note) land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand Instead of seeking help from God, he went about by money to purchase the favour of this king being an infidel and therefore God forsook him, and Pul soon afterward broke his promises, destroyed his country and led his people away captive. talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

geneva@2Kings:15:20 @ And Menahem exacted the money in Israel, that all men of substance shoulde giue the King of Asshur fiftie shekels of siluer a piece: so the king of Asshur returned and taried not there in the land.

geneva@2Kings:15:21 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Menahem, & all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:15:26 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:15:28 @ And he did euil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, that made Israel to sinne.

geneva@2Kings:15:31 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Pekah, & all that he did, behold, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:15:34 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according (note:)He shows that his uprightness was not such, but that he had many great faults.(:note) to all that his father Uzziah had done.

geneva@2Kings:15:36 @ Concerning the rest of the acts of Iotham, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:16:1 @ In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah (note:)This was a wicked son of a godly father, as of him again came godly Hezekiah, and of him wicked Manasseh, save that God in the end showed him mercy. Thus we see how uncertain it is to depend on the dignity of our fathers.(:note) Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

geneva@2Kings:16:6 @ At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered (note:)Which Azariah had taken from the Syrians and fortified, (2Ki_14:22).(:note) Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

geneva@2Kings:16:8 @ And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the (note:)Thus he did not spare the temple of God from being spoiled to gain help from men and would not once lift his heart to God to desire his help or hear his prophet's counsel.(:note) house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:16:10 @ And King Ahaz went vnto Damascus to meete Tiglath Pileser King of Asshur: and when King Ahaz sawe the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Vriiah the Priest the paterne of the altar, and the facion of it, and all the workemanship thereof.

geneva@2Kings:16:11 @ And Urijah the priest built an altar (note:)We see that there is no prince so wicked that he cannot find liars and false ministers to serve his purposes.(:note) according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

geneva@2Kings:16:16 @ And Vriiah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.

geneva@2Kings:16:17 @ And King Ahaz brake the borders of the bases, and tooke the caldrons from off them, and tooke downe the sea from the brasen oxen that were vnder it, and put it vpon a pauement of stones.

geneva@2Kings:16:18 @ And the (note:)Or tent, in which they lay on the sabbath, who had served their week in the temple and so departed home.(:note) covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD Either to flatter the king of Assyria, when he should thus see him change the ordinance of God or else that the temple might be a refuge for him if the king should suddenly assault his house. for the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:17:2 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, (note:)Though he invented no new idolatry or impiety as others did, yet he sought help from the Egyptians, whom God had forbidden.(:note) but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

geneva@2Kings:17:7 @ For [so] it was, that the children of Israel had (note:)He sets forth at length the cause of this great plague and perpetual captivity, to admonish all people, and nations to cleave to the Lord God, and worship only him for fear of similar judgment.(:note) sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

geneva@2Kings:17:9 @ And the children of Israel did secretly [those] things that [were] not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower (note:)Meaning, throughout all their borders.(:note) of the watchmen to the fenced city.

geneva@2Kings:17:14 @ Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their (note:)So that to allege the authority of our fathers or great antiquity, except we can prove that they were godly, is but to declare that we are the children of the wicked.(:note) fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

geneva@2Kings:17:15 @ And they refused his statutes and his couenant, that he made with their fathers, & his testimonies (wherewith he witnessed vnto them) and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, and followed the heathen that were round about them: concerning whome the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

geneva@2Kings:17:30 @ And the men of Babylon made (note:)Meaning that every country served the idol that was most esteemed in the place to which they came.(:note) Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

geneva@2Kings:17:37 @ Also keepe ye diligently the statutes and the ordinances, and the Lawe, and the commandement, which he wrote for you, that ye do them continually, and feare not other gods.

geneva@2Kings:17:38 @ And forget not the couenant that I haue made with you, neither feare ye other gods,

geneva@2Kings:18:3 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)Although they of Judah were given to idolatry and impiety, as they of Israel were, yet God for the sake of his promise was merciful to the throne of David, and yet by his judgment toward the other, provoked to repentance.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

geneva@2Kings:18:4 @ He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it (note:)That is «a piece of brass»: thus he calls the serpent by contempt, which even though it was set up by the word of God, and miracles were wrought by it, when it was used for idolatry this good king destroyed it, not thinking it worthy to be called a serpent, but a piece of brass.(:note) Nehushtan.

geneva@2Kings:18:5 @ He trusted in the Lorde God of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Iudah, neither were there any such before him.

geneva@2Kings:18:10 @ And after three yeeres they tooke it, euen in the sixt yeere of Hezekiah: that is, the ninth yeere of Hoshea King of Israel was Samaria taken.

geneva@2Kings:18:12 @ Because they woulde not obey the voyce of the Lord their God, but transgressed his couenant: that is, all that Moses the seruant of the Lord had commanded, and would neyther obey nor doe them.

geneva@2Kings:18:14 @ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, (note:)As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness is here set forth, that no one should glory in himself.(:note) I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

geneva@2Kings:18:15 @ Therefore Hezekiah gaue all the siluer that was found in the house of the Lorde, and in the treasures of the Kings house.

geneva@2Kings:18:20 @ Thou sayest, (but [they are but] vain words,) [I have] (note:)You think that words will serve to persuade your people, or to move my master.(:note) counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

geneva@2Kings:18:21 @ Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon (note:)Egypt will not only be unable to help you, but will be a detriment to you.(:note) Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

geneva@2Kings:18:22 @ But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath (note:)Thus the idolaters think that God's religion is destroyed, when superstition and idolatry are reformed.(:note) taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

geneva@2Kings:18:23 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, give (note:)Meaning, that it was best for him to yield to the king of Assyria because his power was so small that he did not have men to care for two thousand horses.(:note) pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

geneva@2Kings:18:25 @ Am I now come up without the (note:)The wicked always flatter themselves in their prosperity, that God favours them. Thus he speaks to scare Hezekiah into thinking that by resisting him he would be resisting God.(:note) LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

geneva@2Kings:18:26 @ Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Ioah said vnto Rabshakeh, Speake I pray thee, to thy seruants in the Aramites language, for we vnderstand it, and talke not with vs in the Iewes tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.

geneva@2Kings:18:27 @ But Rabshakeh saide vnto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master & to thee to speake these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

geneva@2Kings:18:31 @ Hearken not vnto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Asshur, Make appointment with me, and come out to me, that euery man may eate of his owne vine, & euery man of his owne figge tree, and drinke euery man of the water of his owne well,

geneva@2Kings:18:32 @ Until (note:)He makes himself so sure, that he will not grant them a truce, unless they give themselves to him to be led away as captives.(:note) I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

geneva@2Kings:18:35 @ Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the (note:)This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God sharply punished him.(:note) LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

geneva@2Kings:19:3 @ And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to (note:)The dangers are so great, that we can neither avenge this blasphemy, or help ourselves any more than a woman in labour.(:note) the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.

geneva@2Kings:19:4 @ It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the (note:)Meaning, for Jerusalem which only remained of all the cities of Judah.(:note) remnant that are left.

geneva@2Kings:19:8 @ So Rabshakeh returned, and founde the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

geneva@2Kings:19:15 @ And Hezekiah (note:)He shows what the true refuge and help is in all dangers, that is, to flee to the Lord by earnest prayer.(:note) prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

geneva@2Kings:19:16 @ LORD, (note:)Show by effect that you will not allow your Name to be blasphemed.(:note) bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the By this title he discerns God from all idols and false gods. living God.

geneva@2Kings:19:17 @ Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed the nations and their landes,

geneva@2Kings:19:19 @ Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the (note:)He shows the reason the faithful desire God to deliver them: that is, that he may be glorified by their deliverance.(:note) kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.

geneva@2Kings:19:20 @ Then Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I haue heard that which thou hast prayed me, concerning Saneherib King of Asshur.

geneva@2Kings:19:21 @ This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The (note:)Because as yet Jerusalem had not been taken by the enemy therefore he calls her virgin.(:note) virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

geneva@2Kings:19:22 @ Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] (note:)God counts that as an injury done to him, and will avenge what is done to any of his saints.(:note) against the Holy [One] of Israel.

geneva@2Kings:19:23 @ By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the (note:)Meaning Jerusalem, which Isaiah calls the height of his borders, that is, of Judah, (Isa_37:24).(:note) lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel.

geneva@2Kings:19:25 @ Hast thou not heard long ago [how] I have done it, [and] of ancient times that I have formed it? (note:)He declares that as he is the author and beginning of his Church, he will never allow it to be completely destroyed, as other cities and kingdoms.(:note) now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities [into] ruinous heaps.

geneva@2Kings:19:29 @ And this [shall be] a (note:)God not only promised him the victory, but gives him a sign to confirm his faith.(:note) sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

geneva@2Kings:19:30 @ And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take (note:)The Lord will multiply in great number that small remnant of Judah that escaped.(:note) root downward, and bear fruit upward.

geneva@2Kings:19:31 @ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the (note:)The love, that God has for his Church will overcome the counsels and enterprises of men.(:note) zeal of the LORD [of hosts] shall do this.

geneva@2Kings:19:37 @ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons (note:)This was the just judgment of God for his blasphemy, that he would be slain before the idol that he preferred to the living God, and by those who should by nature have needed his defence.(:note) smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:20:1 @ About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.

geneva@2Kings:20:3 @ I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a (note:)Meaning, without all hypocrisy.(:note) perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah Not so much for his own death, as for fear that idolatry would be restored which he had destroyed, and so God's Name be dishonoured. wept sore.

geneva@2Kings:20:7 @ And Isaiah said, Take a (note:)He declares that though God can heal without other medicines, he will not have these inferior means contemned.(:note) lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.

geneva@2Kings:20:8 @ For Hezekiah had saide vnto Isaiah, What shalbe the signe that the Lorde will heale me, and that I shall goe vp into the house of the Lorde the thirde day?

geneva@2Kings:20:9 @ And Isaiah answered, This signe shalt thou haue of the Lorde, that the Lorde will doe that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the shadowe goe forwarde ten degrees, or go backe ten degrees?

geneva@2Kings:20:10 @ And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow (note:)Let the sun go so many degrees back, that the hours may be fewer in the king's dial.(:note) return backward ten degrees.

geneva@2Kings:20:11 @ And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the (note:)Which was set at the top of the stairs that Ahaz had made.(:note) dial of Ahaz.

geneva@2Kings:20:12 @ At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a (note:)Moved by the favour that God showed to Hezekiah, and also because he had declared himself an enemy of Sennacherib who was now destroyed.(:note) present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

geneva@2Kings:20:13 @ And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and [all] the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his (note:)Being moved by ambition and vain glory, and also because he seemed to rejoice in the friendship of him who was God's enemy and an infidel.(:note) dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

geneva@2Kings:20:15 @ Then saide he, What haue they seene in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house haue they seene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed the.

geneva@2Kings:20:17 @ Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lorde.

geneva@2Kings:20:18 @ And of thy sonnes, that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shalbe eunuches in the palace of the King of Babel.

geneva@2Kings:20:19 @ Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast (note:)He acknowledges Isaiah to be the true prophet of God and therefore humbles himself to his word.(:note) spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if Seeing that God has shown me this favour to grant me quietness during my life: for he was afraid lest the enemies would have had opportunity to rejoice if the Church had decayed in his time, because he had restored religion. peace and truth be in my days?

geneva@2Kings:21:7 @ And he set the image of the groue, that he had made, in the house, whereof ye Lord had saide to Dauid & to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer.

geneva@2Kings:21:8 @ Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will (note:)Therefore seeing they did not obey the commandment of God, they were justly cast from the land which they had only on condition.(:note) observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

geneva@2Kings:21:11 @ Because that Manasseh King of Iudah hath done such abominations, and hath wrought more wickedly then al that the Amorites (which were before him) did, and hath made Iudah sinne also with his idoles,

geneva@2Kings:21:12 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I [am] bringing [such] evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall (note:)Meaning, that whoever hears of this great plague, will be astonished.(:note) tingle.

geneva@2Kings:21:16 @ Moreover Manasseh shed (note:)The Hebrews write that he slew Isaiah the prophet, who was his father-in-law.(:note) innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:21:17 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Manasseh, and all that hee did, and his sinne that he sinned, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:21:21 @ For hee walked in all the way that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them.

geneva@2Kings:21:24 @ And the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amon, and the people made Iosiah his sonne King in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:22:4 @ Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the (note:)Certain of the priests were appointed to this office, as in (2Ki_12:9).(:note) door have gathered of the people:

geneva@2Kings:22:5 @ And let (note:)From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the temple remained without repairs through the negligence of the priests. This shows that they who have a charge and do not execute it should have it taken from them.(:note) them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which [is] in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

geneva@2Kings:22:7 @ Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt (note:)So God provided him with faithful servants, seeing he went about so zealously to set forth the work of God.(:note) faithfully.

geneva@2Kings:22:8 @ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the (note:)This was the copy that Moses left them, as it appears in (2Ch_34:14), which either by the negligence of the priests had been lost, or else by the wickedness of idolatrous kings had been abolished.(:note) book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

geneva@2Kings:22:9 @ So Shaphan the chanceller came to ye King, and brought him word againe, and saide, Thy seruants haue gathered the money, that was found in the house, and haue deliuered it vnto the hands of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:22:13 @ Go ye, (note:)Meaning, to some prophet to whom God reveals the knowledge of things, as in (Jer_21:8), though at other times they enquired the Lord by Urim and Thummim.(:note) enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

geneva@2Kings:22:15 @ And shee answered them, Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, Tel the man that sent you to mee,

geneva@2Kings:22:17 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the (note:)The works of man's hand here signifies all that man invents beside the word of God, which are abominable in God's service.(:note) works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

geneva@2Kings:22:18 @ But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, The wordes that thou hast heard, shal come to passe.

geneva@2Kings:22:19 @ Because thine heart was (note:)Meaning, that he repented as they that do not repent are said to harden their heart, (Psa_95:8).(:note) tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:22:20 @ Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in (note:)Upon which we may gather that the anger of God is ready against the wicked when God takes his servants out of this world.(:note) peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

geneva@2Kings:23:1 @ And the king (note:)Because he saw the great plagues of God that were threatened, he knew no more speedy way to avoid them, than to turn to God by repentance which cannot come but from faith, and faith by hearing the word of God.(:note) sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

geneva@2Kings:23:3 @ And the king stood by (note:)Where the king had his place, (2Ki_11:14).(:note) a pillar, and made a As Joshua did, (Jos_24:22, Jos_24:25). covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

geneva@2Kings:23:4 @ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the (note:)Meaning, they who were next in dignity to the high priest.(:note) priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried In contempt of the altar Jeroboam had built there to sacrifice to his calves. the ashes of them unto Bethel.

geneva@2Kings:23:5 @ And he put down the (note:)Or Chemarims, meaning the priests of Baal who were called Chemarims either because they wore black garments or else were smoked with burning incense to idols.(:note) idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

geneva@2Kings:23:7 @ And hee brake downe the houses of the Sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue.

geneva@2Kings:23:8 @ Also he brought all the priests out of the cities of Iudah, and defiled the hie places where the Priests had burnt incense, euen from Geba to Beer-sheba, and destroyed the hie places of the gates, that were in the entring in of the gate of Ioshua the gouernour of the citie, which was at the left hand of the gate of the citie.

geneva@2Kings:23:10 @ And he defiled (note:)Which was a valley near to Jerusalem, and signifies a tabret because they smote on the tabret while their children were burning, that their cry should not be heard, (Lev_18:21), after which Josiah commanded trash to be cast in contempt of it.(:note) Topheth, which [is] in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

geneva@2Kings:23:11 @ And he took away the (note:)The idolatrous kings had dedicated horses and chariots to the sun, either to carry about the image of it as the heathen did, or else to sacrifice them as a most agreeable sacrifice.(:note) horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

geneva@2Kings:23:12 @ And the altars that were on the top of the chamber of Ahaz, which the Kings of Iudah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord did the King breake downe, and hasted thence, & cast the dust of them in the brooke Kedron.

geneva@2Kings:23:13 @ And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the (note:)That was the mount of olives, so called because it was full of idols.(:note) mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

geneva@2Kings:23:15 @ Moreover (note:)Which Jeroboam had built in Israel, (1Ki_12:28-29).(:note) the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.

geneva@2Kings:23:16 @ And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the (note:)According to the prophecy of Iddo, (1Ki_13:2).(:note) man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

geneva@2Kings:23:17 @ Then he sayde, What title is that which I see? And the men of the citie sayd vnto him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Iudah, and tolde these things that thou hast done to the altar of Beth-el.

geneva@2Kings:23:18 @ And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the (note:)Meaning, the prophet who came after him, and caused him to eat contrary to the command of the Lord, who were both buried in the same grave, (1Ki_13:31).(:note) prophet that came out of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:23:19 @ Iosiah also tooke away all the houses of the hie places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the Kings of Israel had made to anger the Lord, and did to them according to all the factes that he had done in Beth-el.

geneva@2Kings:23:20 @ And he sacrificed all the Priests of the hie places, that were there vpon the altars, and burnt mens bones vpon them, & returned to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:23:22 @ Surely there was not holden (note:)For the multitude and zeal of the people with the great preparation.(:note) such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

geneva@2Kings:23:24 @ Iosiah also tooke away them that had familiar spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images, and the idoles, and al the abominations that were espied in the lande of Iudah and in Ierusalem, to performe the wordes of the Lawe, which were written in the booke that Hilkiah the Priest found in the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:23:25 @ Like vnto him was there no King before him, that turned to the Lord with al his heart, and with all his soule, and with all his might according to all the Lawe of Moses, neither after him arose there anie like him.

geneva@2Kings:23:26 @ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the (note:)Because of the wicked heart of the people, who would not turn to him by repentance.(:note) fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

geneva@2Kings:23:28 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iosiah, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:23:32 @ And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his (note:)Meaning, the wicked kings before.(:note) fathers had done.

geneva@2Kings:23:33 @ And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands (note:)Which was Antiochia in Syria, also called Hamath.(:note) at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

geneva@2Kings:23:37 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his fathers had done.

geneva@2Kings:24:3 @ Surely at the (note:)Though God used these wicked tyrants to execute his just judgments, they are not to be excused, for they proceeded from ambition and malice.(:note) commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

geneva@2Kings:24:4 @ And for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Ierusalem with innocent blood) therefore the Lord would not pardon it.

geneva@2Kings:24:5 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kinges of Iudah?

geneva@2Kings:24:6 @ So Jehoiakim (note:)Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they let him prisoner toward Babylon, see (Jer_22:19).(:note) slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Kings:24:7 @ And the King of Egypt came no more out of his lande: for the King of Babel had taken from the riuer of Egypt, vnto the riuer Perath, all that pertained to the King of Egypt.

geneva@2Kings:24:9 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that his father had done.

geneva@2Kings:24:10 @ In that time came the seruants of Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel vp against Ierusalem: so the citie was besieged.

geneva@2Kings:24:16 @ And al the men of warre, euen seuen thousand, and carpenters, & lockesmithes a thousande: all that were strong and apt for warre, did the King of Babel bring to Babel captiues.

geneva@2Kings:24:19 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.

geneva@2Kings:24:20 @ For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his (note:)Out of Jerusalem and Judah into Babylon.(:note) presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

geneva@2Kings:25:3 @ And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine (note:)So much that the mothers ate their children, (Lam_4:10).(:note) prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

geneva@2Kings:25:10 @ And all the armie of the Caldees that were with the chiefe stewarde, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem round about.

geneva@2Kings:25:11 @ Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that (note:)While the siege endured.(:note) fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

geneva@2Kings:25:13 @ Also the pillars of brasse that were in the house of the Lorde, and the bases, and the brasen Sea that was in the house of the Lorde, did the Caldees breake, and caried the brasse of them to Babel.

geneva@2Kings:25:15 @ And the asshe pannes, and the basens, and all that was of gold, and that was of siluer, tooke the chiefe steward away,

geneva@2Kings:25:19 @ And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and (note:)Jeremiah makes mention of seven but here he speaks of those who were the chiefest.(:note) five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land [that were] found in the city:

geneva@2Kings:25:23 @ Then when all the captaines of the host & their men heard, that the king of Babel had made Gedaliah gouernour, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, & Seraiah the sonne of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, & Iaazaniah the sonne of Maachathi, they and their men.

geneva@2Kings:25:25 @ But in the seuenth moneth Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah the sonne of Elishama of the Kings seede, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, & he died, & so did he the Iewes, and the Caldees that were with him at Mizpah.

geneva@2Kings:25:27 @ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of (note:)This long were he, his wife and his children in Babylon, whom Nebuchadnezzar's son after his father's death preferred to honour: thus by God's providence the seed of David was preserved even to Christ.(:note) Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

geneva@2Kings:25:28 @ And spake kindly to him, & set his throne aboue the throne of the Kings that were with him in Babel,

geneva@2Kings:25:30 @ And his (note:)Meaning, that he had standing in the court.(:note) allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:1 @ Adam, (note:)Meaning, that Seth was Adam's son, and Enoch was Seth's son.(:note) Sheth, Enosh, The Argument - The laws comprehend both these books in one, which the Grecians because of the length, divide into two: and they are called Chronicles, because they note briefly the history from Adam to the return from their captivity in Babylon. But these are not the books of Chronicles which are mentioned in the books of the kings of Judah and Israel, which set forth the story of both kingdoms, and later perished in the captivity, but an abridgement of the same, and were gathered by Ezra, as the Jews write after their return from Babylon. This first book contains a brief rehearsal of the children of Adam to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the twelve patriarchs, chiefly of Judah, and the reign of David, because Christ came from him according to the flesh. Therefore it sets forth more amply his acts both concerning civil government, and also the administration and care of things concerning religion, for the good success of which he rejoices and gives thanks to the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:18 @ And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat (note:)Of him came the Hebrews who were later called Israelites of Israel, who was Jacob and Jews of Judah because of the excellency of that tribe.(:note) Eber.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:43 @ Now these [are] the (note:)He makes mention of the kings that came from Esau according to God's promise made to Abraham concerning him, that kings would come from him. These eight kings reigned one after another in Idumea to the time of David who conquered their country.(:note) kings that reigned in the land of Edom before [any] king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:7 @ And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:9 @ The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and (note:)Whom Matthew calls Aram, (Mat_1:3).(:note) Ram, and Chelubai.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:24 @ And after that Hezron was dead in (note:)Which was a town named for the husband and wife, also called Bethlehem Ephratah.(:note) Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the Meaning, the chief and prince. father of Tekoa.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:31 @ And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; (note:)Who died while his father was alive, and therefore it is said in (1Ch_2:34) that Sheshan had no sons.(:note) Ahlai.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:34 @ And Sheshan had no sonnes, but daughters; Sheshan had a seruant that was an Egyptian named Iarha.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:46 @ And Ephah, Caleb's (note:)The difference between the wife and the concubine was that the wife was taken with a ceremony of marriage and her children inherited, while the concubine had no marriage ceremony, neither did her children inherit, but had a portion of goods or money given to them.(:note) concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:55 @ And the families of the (note:)Who were men learned and expert in the law.(:note) scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Read (Num_10:29; Jdg_1:16). Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

geneva@1Chronicles:3:1 @ Now these were the sons of (note:)He returns to the genealogy of David, to show that Christ came from his stock.(:note) David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Who in (2Sa_3:3) is called Chileab, born of her that was Nabal's wife the Carmelite. Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

geneva@1Chronicles:3:6 @ Ibhar also, and (note:)Elishama, or Elishua, (2Sa_5:15) and Eliphelet died, and David named those sons who were born next by the same names; in the book of kings his living children are mentioned and here both they that were alive and dead.(:note) Elishama, and Eliphelet,

geneva@1Chronicles:3:19 @ And the sons of Pedaiah [were], (note:)Matthew says that Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel, meaning that he was his nephew according to the Hebrew speech: for he was Pedaiah's son.(:note) Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

geneva@1Chronicles:3:22 @ And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, (note:)So that Shemaiah was Shechaniah's natural son, and the other five his nephews and in all there were six.(:note) six.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:10 @ And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and (note:)It is to be understood that then he would accomplish his vow which he made.(:note) that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:21 @ The sonnes of Shelah, the sonne of Iudah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, & the families of the householdes of them that wrought fine linnen in the house of Ashbea.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:23 @ These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: (note:)They were David's gardeners and served him in his works.(:note) there they dwelt with the king for his work.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:33 @ And all their townes that were rounde about these cities vnto Baal, These are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogie,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:39 @ And they (note:)For the tribe of Simeon was so great in number, that in the time of Hezekiah they sought new dwellings to Gedor, which is in the tribe of Daniel.(:note) went to the entrance of Gedor, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:41 @ And these described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, & smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roume, because there was pasture there for their sheepe.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:43 @ And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were (note:)And were not slain by Saul and David.(:note) escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:18 @ The sonnes of Reuben and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of Manasseh of those that were viliant men, able to beare shield, and sworde, and to draw a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure & fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and three score, that went out to the warre.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:20 @ And they were (note:)That is, by the Lord who gave them the victory.(:note) helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:10 @ And Johanan begat Azariah, (he [it is] that executed the (note:)And valiantly resisted king Uzziah, who would have usurped the priest's office (2Ch_26:17-18).(:note) priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

geneva@1Chronicles:6:31 @ And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had (note:)After it was brought to the place where the temple would be built and was no longer carried to and fro.(:note) rest.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:49 @ But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the seruant of God had commaunded.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:57 @ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of (note:)That he that had killed a man might flee to it for help till his case was tried, (Deu_19:2).(:note) refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:61 @ And unto the sons of (note:)That is, they gave a portion to the Kohathites, who were the remnant of the tribe of Levi, out of the half tribe of Manasseh and out of Ephraim, (1Ch_6:66).(:note) Kohath, [which were] left of the family of that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely, out of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:12 @ Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of (note:)Meaning that he was not the son of Benjamin, but of Dan (Gen_46:23).(:note) Aher.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:2 @ Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the (note:)Meaning, the Gibeonites, who served in the temple, read (Jos_9:23).(:note) Nethinims.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:16 @ And Obadiah the sonne of Shemaiah, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Ieduthun, and Berechiah, the sonne of Asa, the sonne of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:19 @ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the (note:)Their charge was that no one should enter those places, which were only appointed for the priests to minister in.(:note) tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:31 @ And Mattithiah one of the Leuites which was the eldest sonne of Shallum the Korhite, had the charge of the things that were made in the frying panne.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:5 @ And when his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon the sworde, and dyed.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:7 @ And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley, sawe how they fledde, and that Saul and his sonnes were dead, they forsooke their cities, and fled away, and the Philistims came, and dwelt in them.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:8 @ And on the morrowe when the Philistims came to spoyle them that were slaine, they found Saul and his sonnes lying in mount Gilboa.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:11 @ When all they of Iabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistims had done to Saul,

geneva@1Chronicles:10:13 @ So Saul dyed for his transgression, that he committed against the Lord, euen against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and in that he sought & asked counsel of a familiar spirit,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:10 @ These also are the chiefe of the valiant men that were with Dauid, & ioyned their force with him in his kingdome with al Israel, to make him King ouer Israel, according to the worde of the Lorde.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:17 @ And Dauid longed, and said, Oh, that one would giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:18 @ Then these three brake thorowe the hoste of the Philistims, and drewe water out of the wel of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and tooke it and brought it to Dauid: but Dauid would not drinke of it, but powred it for an oblation to the Lord,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:19 @ And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the (note:)That is, this water, for which they risked their lives.(:note) blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:1 @ Now these [are] they that came to David to (note:)To take his part against Saul: who persecuted him.(:note) Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:8 @ And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were like] the faces of (note:)Meaning, fierce and terrible.(:note) lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

geneva@1Chronicles:12:15 @ These [are] they that went over Jordan in the (note:)Which the Hebrews called Nisan, or Abib, containing half March and half April, when Jordan was wont to overflow its banks, read (Jos_3:15).(:note) first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:20 @ As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Iozabad, and Iediael, and Michael, and Iozabad, and Elihu, and Ziltai, heads of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:23 @ And these are the nombers of the captaines that were armed to battell, and came to Dauid to Hebron to turne the kingdome of Saul to him, according to the worde of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:24 @ The children of Iudah that bare shield and speare, were sixe thousand and eight hundreth armed to the warre.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:32 @ And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the (note:)Men of good experience, who knew at all times what was to be done.(:note) times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:33 @ Of Zebulun that went out to battel, expert in warre, and in all instruments of warre, fiftie thousande which could set the battell in aray: they were not of a double heart.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:36 @ And of Asher that went out to the battell and were trained in the warres, fourtie thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:40 @ Moreouer they that were neere them vntill Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali brought bread vpon asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, euen meate, floure, figges, and reisins, and wine and oyle, and beeues and sheepe abundantly: for there was ioy in Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:2 @ And Dauid said to all the Congregation of Israel, If it seeme good to you, and that it proceedeth of the Lorde our God, we will sende to and fro vnto our brethren, that are left in all the lande of Israel (for with them are the Priests and the Leuites in the cities and their suburbes) that they may assemble them selues vnto vs.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:6 @ And Dauid went vp and all Israel to Baalath, in Kiriath-iearim, that was in Iudah, to bring vp from thence the Arke of God the Lorde that dwelleth betweene the Cherubims, where his Name is called on.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:8 @ And David and all Israel played before (note:)That is, before the Ark, where God showed himself: so that the sign is taken for the thing signified, which is common to all sacraments both in the old and new testaments.(:note) God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:10 @ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died (note:)Before the Ark for usurping that which did not belong to his calling: for this charge was given to the priests, (Num_4:15), so that here all good intentions are condemned, unless they are commanded by the word of God.(:note) before God.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:11 @ And Dauid was angrie, because the Lorde had made a breach in Vzza, and he called the name of that place Perez-vzza vnto this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:13:12 @ And Dauid feared God that day, saying, Howe shall I bring in to me the Arke of God?

geneva@1Chronicles:13:14 @ So the Arke of God remained in the house of Obed Edom, euen in his house three moneths: and the Lorde blessed the house of Obed Edom, and all that he had.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:2 @ And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his (note:)Because of God's promise made to the people of Israel.(:note) people Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:8 @ But when the Philistims heard that Dauid was anointed King ouer Israel, all the Philistims came vp to seeke Dauid; when Dauid heard, he went out against them.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:11 @ So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place (note:)That is, the valley of divisions, because the enemies were dispersed there like waters.(:note) Baalperazim.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:14 @ And when Dauid asked againe counsell at God, God said to him, Thou shalt not goe vp after them, but turne away from them, that thou mayest come vpon them ouer against the mulberie trees.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:12 @ And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: (note:)Prepare yourselves and be pure, abstain from all things by which you might be polluted, and so not able to come to the tabernacle.(:note) sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:13 @ For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due (note:)According as he has appointed in the law.(:note) order.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:21 @ And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the (note:)Which was the eighth tune, over which he that was most excellent had charge.(:note) Sheminith to excel.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:22 @ And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, (note:)That is, to appoint Psalms and songs to them that sang.(:note) [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:26 @ And it came to pass, when God (note:)That is, gave them strength to execute their office.(:note) helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered Besides the bullock and the fat beast which David offered at every sixth pace, (2Sa_6:13). seven bullocks and seven rams.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:27 @ And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an (note:)Read (2Sa_6:14).(:note) ephod of linen.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:29 @ And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the (note:)It was so called because it reminded the Israelites of the Lord's covenant made with them.(:note) covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:1 @ So they brought in the Arke of God, and set it in the middes of the Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it, and they offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before God.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:7 @ Then on that day David (note:)David gave them this Psalm to praise the Lord, signifying that in all our enterprises the Name of God should be praised and called upon.(:note) delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:8 @ Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his (note:)Of which this is the chiefest, that he has chosen himself a Church to call upon his name.(:note) deeds among the people.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:10 @ Reioyce in his holy Name: let the hearts of them that seeke the Lord reioyce.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:12 @ Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the (note:)In overcoming Pharaoh, which judgments were declared by God's mouth to Moses.(:note) judgments of his mouth;

geneva@1Chronicles:16:13 @ O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his (note:)Meaning by this that the promise of adoption only belongs to the Church.(:note) chosen ones.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:19 @ When ye were but (note:)Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, to the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.(:note) few, even a few, and strangers in it.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:32 @ Let the sea roare, and all that therein is: Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:35 @ And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, [and] (note:)He esteems this to be the chiefest happiness of man.(:note) glory in thy praise.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:37 @ Then he left there before the Arke of the Lordes couenant Asaph and his brethren to minister continually before the Arke, that which was to be done euery day:

geneva@1Chronicles:16:39 @ And Zadok the Priest and his brethren the Priestes were before the Tabernacle of ye Lorde, in the hie place that was at Gibeon,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:40 @ To offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, vpon the burnt offring altar continually, in the morning and in the euening, euen according vnto all that is written in the law of the Lord, which hee commaunded Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:41 @ And with (note:)With Zadok and the rest of the priests.(:note) them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever;

geneva@1Chronicles:16:43 @ And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to (note:)Declaring that after our duty to God we are chiefly bound to our own house, for which as for all other things we should pray to God, and instruct our families to praise his Name.(:note) bless his house.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:1 @ Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of (note:)Well built and fair.(:note) cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under That is, in tents covered with skin. curtains.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:2 @ Then Nathan said unto David, Do (note:)As yet God had not revealed to the prophet what he purposed concerning David, therefore seeing God favoured David, he spoke what he thought.(:note) all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:3 @ And it came to pass the same (note:)After Nathan had spoken to David.(:note) night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:5 @ For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from (note:)That is, in a tent which moved to and fro.(:note) tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

geneva@1Chronicles:17:7 @ Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, (note:)Of a shepherd of sheep I made you a shepherd of men: so that you did not come to this dignity through your own merits, but by my pure grace.(:note) [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:8 @ And I haue bene with thee whithersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:9 @ Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will (note:)Make them sure that they will not move.(:note) plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:10 @ And since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will (note:)Will give you great posterity.(:note) build thee an house.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:13 @ I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before (note:)Which was Saul.(:note) thee:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:16 @ And David the king (note:)He went into the tent where the Ark was, showing what we should do when we receive any benefits from the Lord.(:note) came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought me Meaning to this kingly estate. hitherto?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:17 @ And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of (note:)You have promised a kingdom that will continue to me and my posterity and that Christ will proceed from me.(:note) high degree, O LORD God.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:20 @ Lorde, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we haue heard with our eares.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:23 @ Therefore nowe Lorde, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant & concerning his house, be confirmed for euer, and doe as thou hast sayd,

geneva@1Chronicles:17:24 @ Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of (note:)That is, he shows himself indeed to be their God, by delivering them from dangers, and preserving them.(:note) Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:25 @ For thou, O my God, hast (note:)You have declared to me by Nathan the prophet.(:note) told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:27 @ Now therfore, it hath pleased thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may bee before thee for euer: for thou, O Lord, hast blessed it, and it shalbe blessed for euer.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:1 @ Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took (note:)Which (2Sa_8:1) calls the bridle of bondage, because it was a strong town and kept the country around it in subjection.(:note) Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:6 @ Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD (note:)That is in all things that he attempted.(:note) preserved David whithersoever he went.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:7 @ And Dauid tooke the shieldes of gold that were of the seruants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:11 @ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all [these] nations; from (note:)Because the Edomites and the Syrians joined their power together, it is said, (2Sa_8:12) that the Amramites were spoiled.(:note) Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:12 @ Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt (note:)Which is understood that Joab slew 12,000 as is in (Psa_60:1) and Abishai the rest.(:note) eighteen thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:3 @ But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to (note:)Thus the malicious always interpret the purpose of the godly in the worst sense.(:note) spy out the land?

geneva@1Chronicles:19:6 @ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of (note:)Which were five in all.(:note) Zobah.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:9 @ And the children of Ammon came out, and set their battell in aray at the gate of the citie; the Kings that were come, were by them selues in the fielde.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:10 @ When Ioab saw that the front of the battel was against him before and behinde, then he chose out of all the choyse of Israel, and set him selfe in aray to meete the Aramites.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:13 @ Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our (note:)He declares that where the cause is evil, the courage cannot be valiant, and that in good causes men should be courageous, and commit the success to God.(:note) people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do [that which is] good in his sight.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:14 @ So Ioab and the people that was with him, came neere before the Aramites vnto the battel, and they fled before him.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:15 @ And when the children of Ammon sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishai his brother, and entred into the citie: so Ioab came to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:16 @ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the (note:)That is, Euphrates.(:note) river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:19 @ And when the seruants of Hadarezer sawe that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Dauid, and serued him; the Aramites would no more succour the children of Ammon.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:1 @ And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged (note:)Which was the chief city of the Ammonites.(:note) Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:3 @ And he caryed away the people that were in it, and cut them with sawes, and with harowes of yron, and with axes: euen thus did Dauid with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid and all the people came againe to Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:20:6 @ And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, whose fingers and toes [were] four and twenty, (note:)Meaning that he had six apiece on hands and feet.(:note) six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]: and he also was the son of the giant.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:2 @ And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from (note:)That is, from south to north.(:note) Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].

geneva@1Chronicles:21:5 @ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were (note:)Joab partly for grief and partly through negligence gathered not the whole sum as it is here declared.(:note) a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] In Samuel 30,000 more are mentioned, which was either by joining to them some of the Benjamites who were mixed with Judah, or as the Hebrews write, here the chief and princes are left out. four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:10 @ Goe and tell Dauid, saying, Thus saith the Lorde, I offer thee three thinges: choose thee one of them, that I may doe it vnto thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:12 @ Either three yeeres famine, or three moneths to be destroyed before thine aduersaries, and the sworde of thine enemies to take thee, or els the sworde of the Lorde and pestilence in the lande three dayes, that the Angel of the Lorde may destroy throughout all the coastes of Israel: nowe therefore aduise thee, what word I shal bring againe to him that sent me.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:15 @ And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and (note:)Read (2Sa_24:16).(:note) as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he When God draws back his plagues, he seems to repent, read (Gen_6:6). repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:17 @ And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on (note:)Thus he both shows a true repentance and a fatherly care toward his people, who desire God to spare them, and to punish him and his.(:note) thy people, that they should be plagued.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:18 @ Then the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to Dauid, that Dauid should goe vp, and set vp an altar vnto the Lord in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:22 @ Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of [this] threshingfloor, that I may build an (note:)This he did by the command of God, (1Ch_21:18), or else it would have been abominable, unless he had either God's word, or revelation.(:note) altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:23 @ Then Ornan saide vnto Dauid, Take it to thee, and let my lord the King do that which seemeth him good: loe, I giue thee bullockes for burnt offrings, and thresshing instruments for wood, and wheat for meate offring, I giue it all.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:26 @ And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he (note:)God declared that he heard his request, in that he sent down fire from heaven for they could use no fire in sacrifice but that which was reserved still upon the altar, (Lev_6:13) and came down from heaven, (Lev_9:24) as appeared by the punishment of Nadab and Abihu, (Lev_10:1).(:note) answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:28 @ At that time when Dauid sawe that the Lorde had heard him in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite, then he sacrificed there.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:29 @ (But the Tabernacle of the Lorde which Moses had made in the wildernesse, and the altar of burnt offring were at that season in the hie place at Gibeon.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:2 @ And David commanded to gather together the (note:)Meaning, cunning men of other nations who dwelt among the Jews.(:note) strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:11 @ Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and (note:)He shows that there can be no prosperity, but when the Lord is with us.(:note) prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:12 @ Only the LORD give thee (note:)These are only the means by which kings govern their subjects correctly, and by which the realms prosper and flourish.(:note) wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:19 @ Now set (note:)For else he knew that God would plague them, and not prosper their labour, unless they sought with all their hearts to set forth his glory.(:note) your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should (note:)That is, to serve in the most holy place, and to consecrate the holy things.(:note) sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:24 @ These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of (note:)David chose the Levites twice, first at the age of thirty as in (1Ch_23:3) and again afterward at twenty as the office required: at the beginning they had no charge in the temple before they were twenty-five years old, and had none after fifty, (Num_4:3).(:note) twenty years and upward.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:25 @ For Dauid sayde, The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:29 @ Both for the shewbread, and for the fine floure, for the meate offring, and for the vnleauened cakes, and for the fryed things, and for that which was rosted, and for all measures and cise,

geneva@1Chronicles:23:32 @ And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of ye holy place, & the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:19 @ These [were] the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under (note:)By the dignity that God gave to Aaron.(:note) Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:20 @ And of the sonnes of Leui that remained of the sonnes of Amram, was Shubael, of the sonnes of Shubael, Iedeiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:31 @ These likewise cast (note:)That is, every one had that honour which fell to him by lot.(:note) lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:1 @ Moreover David and the captains of the host (note:)The singers were divided into 24 courses, so that every course or order contained twelve, and in all there were 288, as in (1Ch_25:7).(:note) separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

geneva@1Chronicles:25:7 @ So was their nomber with their brethre that were instruct in ye songs of the Lord, euen of al that were cunning, two hundreth foure score & eight.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:9 @ Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to (note:)So that he served in the first turn and the rest every one as his turn followed in order.(:note) Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:

geneva@1Chronicles:26:1 @ Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of (note:)This Asaph was not the notable musician, but another of that name also called Ebiasaph in (1Ch_6:23, 1Ch_6:37, 1Ch_9:19) and also Jasaph.(:note) Asaph.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:6 @ Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that (note:)Or, like their father's house, meaning, worthy men and valiant.(:note) ruled throughout the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:14 @ And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, (note:)One expert and fit to keep that gate.(:note) a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:28 @ And al that Samuel the Seer had dedicate and Saul the sonne of Kish and Abner the sonne of Ner, & Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, & whosoeuer had dedicate any thing, it was vnder the hand of Shelomith, and his brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:29 @ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business (note:)Meaning of things that were out of the city.(:note) over Israel, for officers and judges.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:1 @ Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, (note:)Who executed their charge and office, which is meant by coming in and going out.(:note) which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:23 @ But Dauid tooke not the nober of them from twentie yeere olde and vnder, because the Lord had sayde that he would increase Israel like vnto the starres of the heauens.

geneva@1Chronicles:27:26 @ And ouer the workemen in the fielde that tilled the ground, was Ezri the sonne of Chelub:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:27 @ And ouer them that dressed the vines, was Shimei the Ramathite: and ouer that which apperteined to the vines, and ouer the store of the wine was Sabdi the Shiphmite:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:28 @ And ouer the oliue trees & mulberie trees that were in the valleys, was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and ouer the store of the oyle was Ioash:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:29 @ And ouer the oxen that fed in Sharon, was Shetrai the Sharonite: and ouer the oxen in the valleyes was Shaphat the sonne of Adlai:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:31 @ And ouer the sheepe was Iaziz the Hagerite: all these were the rulers of the substance that was King Dauids.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:1 @ Nowe Dauid assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captaines of the bandes that serued the King, and the captaines of thousands and the captaines of hundreths, and the rulers of all the substance & possession of the King, and of his sonnes, with the eunuches, and the mightie, and all the men of power, vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:8 @ Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this (note:)That is, of Canaan.(:note) good land, and leave [it] for an inheritance for your children after you He declares that nothing can separate them from the conveniences of this land, both for themselves and their posterity except for their sins and iniquity. for ever.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:11 @ Then Dauid gaue to Salomon his sonne the paterne of the porch and of the houses thereof, and of the closets thereof, and of the galleries thereof, and of the chambers thereof that are within, and of the house of the mercieseate,

geneva@1Chronicles:28:12 @ And the paterne of all that he had in his minde for the courtes of the house of the Lorde, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedicate things,

geneva@1Chronicles:28:18 @ And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of (note:)Meaning, of the mercy seat that covered the ark, which was called the chariot, because the Lord declared himself there.(:note) the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:21 @ And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be with thee] for all the service of the house of God: and [there shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanship (note:)That is, everyone will be ready to help you with those gifts that God has given him.(:note) every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy commandment.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:3 @ Moreover, because I have set my (note:)His great zeal for the furtherance of the temple made him spare no expenses, but to bestow his own peculiar treasure.(:note) affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

geneva@1Chronicles:29:9 @ Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with (note:)That is, with good courage and without hypocrisy.(:note) perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:11 @ Thine, O Lord, is greatnesse & power, and glory, and victorie & praise: for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine: thine is the kingdome, O Lord, and thou excellest as head ouer all.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:14 @ But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things (note:)We gave you nothing of our own, but that which we have received from you: for whether the gifts are corporal or spiritual, we receive them all from God, and therefore must give him the glory.(:note) [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:16 @ O Lorde our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand & all is thine.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:17 @ I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:18 @ O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the (note:)Continue then in his good mind, that they may serve you willingly.(:note) imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:21 @ And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] a thousand lambs, with their (note:)Meaning, all kinds of liquor which they mingled with their sacrifices, as wine, oil, etc.(:note) drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:23 @ Then Solomon sat on the (note:)This declares that the kings of Judah were figures of Christ, who was the true anointed, and to whom God gave the chief government of all things.(:note) throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:27 @ And the space that he reigned ouer Israel, was fourtie yeere: seuen yeere reigned he in Hebron, and three and thirtie yeere reigned he in Ierusalem:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:30 @ With all his reign and his might, and the (note:)Meaning the troubles and griefs.(:note) times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:1 @ And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with him, and magnified him exceedingly. (note:)The Argument - This second book contains in brief the contents of the two books of the kings: that is, from the reign of Solomon to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity. In this story some things are told in more detail than in the books of the kings and therefore help greatly in the understanding of the prophets. Three things are chiefly to be considered here: First, that when the godly kings saw the plagues of God prepared against their country for sin, they turned to the Lord and by earnest prayer were heard, and the plagues removed. Secondly, while the good rulers always loved the prophets of God and were zealous to set forth his religion throughout their dominions, it offended God greatly that the wicked hated his ministers, deposed them and set up idolatry and attempted served God according to the fantasy of men. Thus we have the chief acts from the beginning of the world to the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the 32nd year of Darius, in total 3568 years and six months.(:note)

geneva@2Chronicles:1:2 @ Then Solomon (note:)That is, he proclaimed a solemn sacrifice and commanded that all should attend.(:note) spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:3 @ So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at (note:)Read (1Ki_3:4).(:note) Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle So called, because by it God showed signs of his presence to the congregation. of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:5 @ Moreover the (note:)Which was for the burnt offerings, (Exo_27:1).(:note) brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:6 @ And Salomon offred there before the Lord vpon the brasen altar that was in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: euen a thousand burnt offrings offred he vpon it.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:10 @ Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may (note:)That I may govern this people, (1Ch_27:1; 1Ki_3:7).(:note) go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, [that is so] great?

geneva@2Chronicles:1:11 @ And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the (note:)That is, to be avenged on your enemies.(:note) life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

geneva@2Chronicles:1:12 @ Wisdome and knowledge is granted vnto thee, and I will giue thee riches and treasures and honour, so that there hath not bene the like among the Kings which were before thee, neither after thee shal there be the like.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:13 @ Then Salomon came from the hie place, that was at Gibeon, to Ierusalem from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned ouer Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:15 @ And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem [as plenteous] as (note:)He caused so great plenty that it was valued no more than stones.(:note) stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale for abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:17 @ They came vp also and brought out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer, that is an horse for an hundreth and fiftie: and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites, and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:6 @ But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who [am] I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn (note:)That is, to do the service which he has commanded, signifying that no one is able to honour and serve God in the perfection his majesty deserves.(:note) sacrifice before him?

geneva@2Chronicles:2:7 @ Sende me nowe therefore a cunning man that can worke in golde, in siluer, & in brasse, and in yron, & in purple, and crimosin & blue silke, & that can graue in grauen worke with the cunning men that are with me in Iudah & in Ierusalem, whom Dauid my father hath prepared.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:8 @ Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and (note:)Some take it for Brazil, or the wood called Ebenum, others for coral.(:note) algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants [shall be] with thy servants,

geneva@2Chronicles:2:9 @ That they may prepare me timber in abudance: for the house which I doe buylde, is great and wonderfull.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:10 @ And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty (note:)Of «bath» read (1Ki_7:26). It is also called ephah, but an ephah measures dry things as a bath is a measure for liquids.(:note) thousand baths of oil.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:12 @ Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a (note:)The very heavens confessed that it was a singular gift of God when he gave to any nation a king that was wise and of understanding, though it appears that this Hiram had the true knowledge of God.(:note) wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:14 @ The son of a woman of the (note:)It is also written that she was of the tribe of Naphtali, (1Ki_7:14) which may be understood that by reason of the confusion of tribes which then began to be, they married in various tribes so that by her father she might be of Dan and by her mother of Naphtali.(:note) daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:17 @ And Salomon nombred al the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the nombring that his father Dauid had nombred them: & they were found an hundreth and three & fiftie thousand, and sixe hundreth.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:1 @ Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount (note:)Which is the mountain where Abraham was thought to have sacrificed his son, (Gen_22:2).(:note) Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:4 @ And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the (note:)It contained as much as the breadth of the temple did, (1Ki_6:3).(:note) breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an From the foundation to the top: for in the book of the kings mention is made from the foundation to the first stage. hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:15 @ Also he made before the house two pillars of (note:)Every one was eighteen cubits long, but the half cubit could not be seen, for it was hid in the roundness of the chapiter, and therefore he gives to every one only 17 and a half.(:note) thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:17 @ And he set vp the pillars before the Temple, one on the right hande and the other on the left, and called that on the right hand Iachin, & that on the left hand Boaz.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:6 @ He made also ten caldrons, and put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, to wash in them, and to clense in them that which apperteined to the burnt offrings: but the Sea was for the Priests to wash in.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:11 @ And Huram made pottes and besoms and basens, and Huram finished the worke that hee shoulde make for King Salomon for the house of God,

geneva@2Chronicles:4:13 @ And foure hundreth pomegranates for the two grates, two rowes of pomegranates for euery grate to couer the two bowles of the chapiters, that were vpon the pillars.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:16 @ The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram (note:)Whom Solomon reverenced for the gifts that God had given him, as a father; he had the same name as Huram the king of Tyrus, his mother was a Jewess, and his father a Tyrian. Some read, for his father, the author of this work.(:note) his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:19 @ And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the (note:)In Hebrew, the bread of the faces because they were set before the ark, where the Lord showed his presence.(:note) shewbread [was set];

geneva@2Chronicles:5:1 @ So was all the worke finished that Salomon made for the house of the Lord, and Salomon brought in the things that Dauid his father had dedicated, with the siluer and the golde, and all the vessels, and put them among the treasures of the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:3 @ Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the (note:)When the things were dedicated and brought into the temple.(:note) feast which [was] in the seventh Called in Hebrew Ethanim, containing part of September and part of October, (1Ki_8:2), which moves the Jews called the first month, because they say that the world was created in that month, and after they came from Egypt, they began at March: but because this opinion is uncertain, we always make March the first as the best writers do. month.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:5 @ And they caried vp the Arke and the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle, those did the Priests and Leuites bring vp.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:6 @ And King Salomon & all the Congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him, were before ye Arke, offring sheepe & bullocks, which could not be told nor nobred for multitude.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:9 @ And they drewe out the barres, that the endes of the barres might bee seene out of the Arke before the Oracle, but they were not seene without: and there they are vnto this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:13 @ It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] (note:)They all played the same tune.(:note) as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], This was the effect of their songs, (Psa_118:1, Psa_136:1). For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;

geneva@2Chronicles:5:14 @ So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloude: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:1 @ Then (note:)After he had seen the glory of the Lord in the cloud.(:note) said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:5 @ Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no citie of al the tribes of Israel to buylde an house, that my Name might be there, neyther chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel:

geneva@2Chronicles:6:6 @ But I haue chosen Ierusalem, that my Name might be there, & haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:8 @ But the Lorde sayde to Dauid my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to buylde an house vnto my Name, thou diddest well, that thou wast so minded.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:10 @ And the Lorde hath performed his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and am set on the throne of Israel as the Lord promised, & haue built an house to the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:11 @ And in it have I put the ark, wherein [is] the (note:)Meaning the two tables, in which is contained the effect of the covenant that God made with our fathers.(:note) covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:12 @ And (note:)On a scaffold that was made for that purpose, that he praying for the whole people might be heard by all, as in (1Ki_8:22).(:note) he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

geneva@2Chronicles:6:14 @ And sayd, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heauen nor in earth, which keepest couenant, and mercie vnto thy seruants, that walke before thee with all their heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:15 @ Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as appeareth this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:16 @ Therefore now Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight, that shall sit vpon the throne of Israel: so that thy sonnes take heede to their wayes, to walke in my Lawe, as thou hast walked before me.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:18 @ (Is it true in deede that God will dwell with man on earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: how much more vnable is this house, which I haue buylt?)

geneva@2Chronicles:6:20 @ That thine (note:)That you may declare in effect that you have a continual care over this place.(:note) eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:22 @ If a man sin against his (note:)By retaining anything from him, or by denying that which he has left him to keep, or do him any wrong.(:note) neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

geneva@2Chronicles:6:23 @ Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way (note:)Meaning, to give him that which he has deserved.(:note) upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:30 @ Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose (note:)He declares that the prayers of hypocrites cannot be heard, nor of any but of them who pray to God with a true faith and in true repentance.(:note) heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

geneva@2Chronicles:6:31 @ That they may feare thee, and walke in thy wayes as long as they liue in the land which thou gauest vnto our fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:32 @ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and (note:)He shows that before God there is no deception of person, but all people who fear him and work righteousness are accepted, (Act_10:35).(:note) pray in this house;

geneva@2Chronicles:6:33 @ Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and doe according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee, that all the people of the earth may knowe thy Name, and feare thee like thy people Israel, and that they may knowe, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:34 @ If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that (note:)Meaning, that no one should enterprise any war, but at the Lord's command, that is, which is lawful by his word.(:note) thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

geneva@2Chronicles:6:36 @ If they sinne against thee ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them and deliuer them vnto the enemies, and they take them and cary them away captiue vnto a land farre or neere,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:40 @ Nowe my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open, & thine eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:1 @ Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the (note:)By this God declared that he was pleased with Solomon's prayer.(:note) fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:2 @ So that the Priestes could not euter into the house of the Lorde, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lordes house.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:7 @ Moreouer Salomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there hee had prepared burnt offerings, and the fatte of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Salomon had made, was not able to receiue the burnt offering, and the meate offring, and the fat.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:10 @ And on the (note:)They had permission to depart on the 22nd day, (1Ki_8:66) but they did not leave till the next day.(:note) three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:11 @ So Salomon finished the house of the Lorde, and the Kings house, and all that came into Salomons heart to make in the house of the Lorde: and he prospered in his house.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:13 @ If I shut the heauen that there be no raine, or if I commaunde the grashopper to deuoure the lande, or if I sende pestilence among my people,

geneva@2Chronicles:7:14 @ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will (note:)I will cause the pestilence to cease and destroy the beasts that hurt the fruit of the earth, and send rain in due season.(:note) heal their land.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:16 @ For I haue nowe chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there for euer: and mine eyes & mine heart shalbe there perpetually.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:17 @ And if thou wilt walke before me, as Dauid thy father walked, to doe according vnto all that I haue commanded thee, and shalt obserue my statutes and my iudgements,

geneva@2Chronicles:7:20 @ Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have (note:)Declaring that God had more concern for their salvation than for the advancement of his own glory: and where men abuse those things which God has appointed to set forth his praise, he withdraws his graces.(:note) sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:21 @ And this house which is most hie, shall be an astonishment to euery one that passeth by it, so that he shall say, Why hath the Lorde done thus to this lande, and to this house?

geneva@2Chronicles:8:1 @ And it came to pass at the end of (note:)Signifying that he was 20 years in building them.(:note) twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

geneva@2Chronicles:8:2 @ That the cities which Huram had (note:)That is, which Hiram gave again to Solomon because they did not please him and therefore called them Cabul, that is, dirt or filth, (1Ki_9:13).(:note) restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:6 @ Also Baalath, and al the cities of store that Salomon had, and all the charet cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and euery pleasaunt place that Salomon had a minde to builde in Ierusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the lande of his dominion.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:7 @ And all the people that were left to ye Hittites, and ye Amorites, and Perizzites, and the Hiuuites, and the Iebusites, which were not of Israel,

geneva@2Chronicles:8:10 @ And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] (note:)For in all there were 3300 but here he means of them who had the principal charge, (1Ki_9:23).(:note) two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:11 @ Then Salomon brought vp the daughter of Pharaoh out of the citie of Dauid, into the house that he had built for her: for he saide, My wife shall not dwel in the house of Dauid King of Israel: for it is holy, because that the Arke of the Lorde came vnto it.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:18 @ And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence (note:)Which is thought to amount to 3,600,000 crowns, for here mention is made of 30 more than are spoken of, (1Ki_9:28).(:note) four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:1 @ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to (note:)To know whether his wisdom was as great as the report was.(:note) prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:2 @ And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was (note:)There was no question so hard that he did not resolve.(:note) nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:3 @ Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt,

geneva@2Chronicles:9:6 @ Howbeit I beleeued not their report, vntil I came, and mine eyes had seene it: & beholde, the one halfe of thy great wisedom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:8 @ Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his (note:)Meaning, that the Israelites were God's peculiar people, and that kings are the lieutenants of God, who ought to grant to him the superiority and administer justice to all.(:note) throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:13 @ Also the weight of golde that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and sixe talents of golde,

geneva@2Chronicles:9:14 @ Besides that which chapmen and marchants brought: and all the Kings of Arabia, and the princes of the countrey brought golde and siluer to Salomon.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:23 @ And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had put in his heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:27 @ And the king made silver in Jerusalem (note:)The abundance of those temporal treasures in Solomon's kingdom is a figure of the spiritual treasures which the elect will enjoy in the heavens under the true Solomon, Christ.(:note) as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:4 @ Thy father (note:)That is, handled us rudely, it seems that God hardened their hearts, so that they murmured without cause, which declares also the inconstancy of the people.(:note) made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:6 @ And King Rehoboam tooke counsel with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while hee yet liued, saying, What counsell giue ye that I may answere this people?

geneva@2Chronicles:10:8 @ But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that (note:)Or, that stood by him, that is, which were of his counsel and secrets.(:note) stood before him.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:9 @ And he sayd vnto them, What counsel giue ye, that we may answere this people, which haue spoken to mee, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put vpon vs, lighter?

geneva@2Chronicles:10:10 @ And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My (note:)Or, little finger, meaning that he was of far greater power than his father was.(:note) little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:15 @ So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the (note:)God's will overrides all so that nothing can be done but according to the same, and yet man's will works by itself, so that he cannot use the excuse that his deed was of God's ordinance.(:note) cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:16 @ So when all Isarael sawe that the King would not heare them, the people answered the King, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? for we haue none inheritance in the sonue of Ishai. O Israel, euery man to your tents: now see to thine owne house, Dauid. So all Israel departed to their tents.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:17 @ Howbeit Rehoboam reigned ouer the children of Israel, that dwelt in the cities of Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:18 @ Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was ouer the tribute, and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died: then King Rehoboham made speede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:1 @ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and (note:)That is, the half tribe of Benjamin for the other half went after Jeroboam.(:note) Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen [men], which were warriors, to fight against Meaning the ten tribes who rebelled. Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:3 @ Speake vnto Rehoboam, the sonne of Salomon King of Iudah, and to all Israel that are in Iudah, and Beniamin, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:13 @ And the Priests and the Leuites that were in all Israel, resorted vnto him out of all their coastes.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:1 @ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and (note:)For such is the inconstancy of the people, that for the most part they follow the vices of their governors.(:note) all Israel with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:3 @ With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the (note:)Who were a people of Africa called the Troglodytes because they lived in holes.(:note) Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:5 @ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and (note:)Signifying that no calamity can come to us unless we forsake God, and that he never leaves us till we have cast him off.(:note) therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:7 @ And when the Lorde sawe that they humbled themselues, the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled theselues, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will sende them deliuerance shortly, and my wrath shall not bee powred out vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:8 @ Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my (note:)He shows that God's punishments are not to utterly destroy his, but to chastise them, to bring them to the knowledge of themselves, and to know how much better it is to serve God than tyrants.(:note) service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:10 @ In stead whereof King Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, that wayted at the doore of the Kings house.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:12 @ And when he (note:)Which declares that God does not seek the death of a sinner, but his conversion, (Eze_18:32).(:note) humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:5 @ Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to (note:)Therefore whoever usurps it or takes it from that stock transgresses the ordinance of the Lord. Thus like a hypocrite he alleges the word of God for his advantage.(:note) David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

geneva@2Chronicles:13:8 @ Now therefore ye thinke that yee be able to resist against the kingdome of the Lorde, which is in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye bee a great multitude, and the golden calues are with you which Ieroboam made you for gods.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:9 @ Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a (note:)He shows the nature of idolaters who take no trial of the calling, life and doctrine of their ministers, but think the most vile and greatest beasts sufficient to serve their turn.(:note) young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be a priest of [them that are] no gods.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:17 @ And Abiiah and his people slewe a great slaughter of them, so that there fel downe wounded of Israel fiue hundreth thousand chosen men.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:18 @ Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, (note:)He shows that the stay of all kingdoms and assurance of victories depends on our trust and confidence in the Lord.(:note) because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:2 @ And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:5 @ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was (note:)He shows that the rest and quietness of kingdoms stands in abolishing idolatry and advancing true religion.(:note) quiet before him.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:8 @ And Asa had an armie of Iudah that bare shieldes and speares, three hundreth thousande, and of Beniamin that bare shieldes and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousande: all these were valiant men.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:11 @ And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our God; (note:)Thus the children of God neither trust in their own power or policy, nor fear the strength and subtilty of their enemies, but consider the cause and see whether their enterprises tend to God's glory, and thereupon assure themselves of the victory by him, who alone is Almighty and can turn all flesh into dust with the breath of his mouth.(:note) let not man prevail against thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:13 @ And Asa and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gerar; the Ethiopians hoste was ouerthrowen, so that there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lorde and before his hoste: and they caryed away a mightie great spoyle.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:4 @ But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he (note:)He shows that despite the wickedness of tyrants and their rage, yet God has his whom he hears in their tribulation as he delivered his from Zerah king of the Ethiopians, (2Ch_14:9, 2Ch_14:12) and out of all other dangers, when they called upon the Lord.(:note) was found of them.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:5 @ And in that time there was no peace to him, that did goe out and goe in: but great troubles were to all the inhabitants of the earth.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:8 @ And when Asa heard these wordes, and the prophesie of Obed the Prophet, he was encouraged, and tooke away the abominations out of all the lande of Iudah, and Beniamin, and out of the cities which he had taken of mount Ephraim, and he renued the altar of the Lorde, that was before the porche of the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:9 @ And he gathered all Iudah and Beniamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for there fell many to him out of Israel, when they sawe that the Lorde his God was with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:13 @ That (note:)These were the words of their covenant, which commanded all idolaters be put to death, according to the law of God, (Deu_13:5, Deu_13:9, Deu_13:15).(:note) whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:16 @ And also [concerning] Maachah the (note:)Or grandmother, and in this he showed that he lacked zeal, for she should have died both by the covenant, as (2Ch_15:13) and by the law of God, but he gave place to foolish pity and would also seem after a sort to satisfy the law.(:note) mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:17 @ But the high places were not (note:)Which was partly because of lack of zeal on his part, partly through the negligence of his officers and partly by the superstition of the people that all were not taken away.(:note) taken away out of Because God was called the God of Israel, by reason of his promise to Jacob, therefore Israel is sometimes taken for Judah, because Judah was his chief people. Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was In respect to his predecessors. perfect all his days.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:18 @ Also he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicate, and that he had dedicate, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:1 @ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa (note:)Who reigned after Nadab the son of Jeroboam.(:note) Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built He fortified it with walls and ditches: it was a city in Benjamin near Gibeon. Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:2 @ Then Asa brought out siluer and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lorde, and of the Kings house, and sent to Benhadad King of Aram that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:16:3 @ [There is] a league between me and thee, as [there was] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, (note:)He thought to repulse his adversary by an unlawful means, that is, by seeking help from infidels, as they who seek the help of Turks, thinking by it to make themselves stronger.(:note) break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:7 @ And at that same time Hanani the Seer came to Asa King of Iudah, and saide vnto him, Because thou hast rested vpon the king of Aram, and not rested in the Lorde thy God, therefore is the hoste of the King of Aram escaped out of thine hande.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:9 @ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earth to shewe him selfe strong with them that are of perfite heart towarde him: thou hast then done foolishly in this: therefore from henceforth thou shalt haue warres.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:12 @ And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] (note:)God plagued his rebellion and by this declared that it is nothing to begin well, unless we continue to the end, that is, zealous of God's glory and put our whole trust in him.(:note) exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the He shows that it is useless to seek the physicians unless we first seek God to purge our sins, which are the chief cause of all our diseases, and later use the help of the physicians as a means by which God works. physicians.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:5 @ Therefore the Lorde stablished the kingdome in his hande, and all Iudah brought presents to Iehoshaphat, so that he had of riches and honour in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:10 @ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that [were] round about Judah, so that they (note:)Thus God prospers all who with a pure heart seek his glory, and keeps their enemies in fear, so that they are not able to execute their rage against them.(:note) made no war against Jehoshaphat.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:2 @ And after [certain] (note:)That is, the third year, (1Ki_22:2).(:note) years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that [he had] with him, and persuaded him to go up [with him] to To recover it out of the hands of the Syrians. Ramothgilead.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:5 @ Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of (note:)Who were the prophets of Baal, signifying that the wicked esteem none but liars and such as will bear with their inordinate affections.(:note) prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver [it] into the king's hand.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:6 @ But Iehoshaphat sayde, Is there heere neuer a Prophet more of the Lorde that wee might inquire of him?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:7 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I (note:)Yet the true ministers of God should not cease to do their duty, even though the wicked magistrates cannot abide them speaking the truth.(:note) hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say Meaning, that he should not refuse to hear any that was from God. so.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:12 @ And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one (note:)Thinking, that since four hundred prophets had agreed in one thing, that he being but one man and in least estimation, did not dare to go against it.(:note) assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:13 @ And Michaiah saide, As the Lorde liueth, whatsoeuer my God saith, that will I speake.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:15 @ And the King sayd to him, Howe oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell mee nothing but the trueth in the Name of the Lord?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:16 @ Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, (note:)He prophesied of how the people would be scattered and Ahab slain.(:note) These have no master; let them return [therefore] every man to his house in peace.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:17 @ And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would not prophesie good vnto me, but euill?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:19 @ And the Lorde sayd, Who shall perswade Ahab King of Israel, that he may go vp, and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one spake and said thus, and another said that.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:22 @ Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a (note:)To those who would not believe the truth, God sent a strong delusion, that they would believe lies, (2Th_2:10).(:note) lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:24 @ And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see that day when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:30 @ And the King of Aram had commaunded the captaines of the charets that were with him, saying, Fight you not with small, nor great, but against the King of Israel onely.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:31 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It [is] the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat (note:)He cried to the Lord by acknowledging his fault in going with this wicked king to war against the word of the Lord by his prophet and also by desiring mercy for the same.(:note) cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:32 @ For when the captaines of the charets saw that hee was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:34 @ And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel (note:)He disguised his wound that his soldiers might fight more courageously.(:note) stayed [himself] up in [his] chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:2 @ And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, (note:)He declares that the wrath of God is over everyone who supports the wicked and does not show in their actions that they are enemies to everyone that hates the Lord.(:note) Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:7 @ Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no (note:)He will declare by the sharpness of the punishment that he hates all iniquity.(:note) iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:10 @ And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between (note:)That is, to decide whether or not the murder was done on purpose, (Num_35:11, Deu_4:41).(:note) blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and [so] Meaning, that God would punish them most sharply if they would not execute justice correctly. wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

geneva@2Chronicles:19:11 @ And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the (note:)Shall be chief overseer of the public affairs of the realm.(:note) king's matters: also the Levites [shall be] officers They will have the handling of inferior causes. before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the God will assist them that do justice. good.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:1 @ It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [other] beside the (note:)That is, who copied the Ammonites in language and apparel. The Hebrews thought that they were the Amalekites, but as it appeared by (2Ch_20:10) they were the Idumeans of mount Seir.(:note) Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:2 @ Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the (note:)Called the Dead sea, where God destroyed the five cities because of their sin.(:note) sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:12 @ O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes (note:)We only put our trust in you, and wait for our deliverance from heaven.(:note) [are] upon thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:21 @ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, (note:)This was a psalm of thanksgiving which they used commonly to sing when they praised the Lord for his benefits, and was made by David, (Psa. strkjv@136:1-26).(:note) Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:26 @ And on the fourth day they (note:)To give thanks to the Lord for the victory: and therefore the valley was called Berachah, that is, blessing or thanksgiving, which was also called the valley of Jehoshaphat, (Joe_3:2, Joe_3:12) because the Lord judged the enemies according to Jehoshaphat's prayer.(:note) assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:29 @ And the (note:)He declares by this that the works of God always bring comfort or deliverance to his, and fear or destruction to his enemies.(:note) fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:37 @ Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast (note:)Thus God would not have his join in company with idolaters and wicked men.(:note) joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:6 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to (note:)So that we see how it cannot be that we should join with the wicked and serve God.(:note) wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:7 @ Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that he had made with Dauid, and because he had promised to giue a light to him, and to his sonnes for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:12 @ And there came a writing to him from (note:)Some think that this was Elisha so called because he had the Spirit in abundance, as had Elijah.(:note) Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

geneva@2Chronicles:21:16 @ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that [were] near the (note:)There were other Arabians in Africa southward toward Egypt.(:note) Ethiopians:

geneva@2Chronicles:21:17 @ And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save (note:)Called also Ahaziah, as in (2Ch_22:1) or Azariah in (2Ch_22:6).(:note) Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:20 @ Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, (note:)That is, as some write, he was not regarded but deposed for his wickedness and idolatry so that his son reigned 22 years (his father yet living) without honour, and after his father's death he was confirmed to reign still, as in (2Ch_22:2).(:note) and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:1 @ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the (note:)Meaning the Philistines.(:note) Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:4 @ Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his (note:)He shows that it follows that the rulers are as their counsellors are and that there cannot be a good king who allows wicked counsellors.(:note) counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:7 @ And the destruction of Ahaziah (note:)By this we see that nothing can come to any but by God's providence and as he has appointed, and therefore he causes everything to serve his purposes.(:note) was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:8 @ Therefore when Iehu executed iudgemet vpon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Iudah and the sonnes of the brethren of Ahaziah that waited on Ahaziah, he slew them also.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:10 @ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and (note:)So that there would be no one to claim the crown and so she might usurp the government.(:note) destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:22:11 @ But Iehoshabeath the daughter of ye King, tooke Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale him from among the Kings sonnes, that shoulde be slayne, & put him & his nource in the bed chamber: so Iehoshabeath the daughter of King Iehoram the wife of Iehoiada the Priest (for shee was the sister of Ahaziah) hid him from Athaliah: so she slew him not.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:4 @ This is it that ye shal do, The third part of you that come on the Sabbath of the Priests, and the Leuites, shalbe porters of the doores.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:6 @ But let none come into the house of the Lord, saue the Priests, & the Leuites that minister: they shal go in, for they are holy: but all the people shal keepe the watch of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:8 @ So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that (note:)Who had finished their course on the Sabbath and so the other part entered to keep their turn.(:note) were to go [out] on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:14 @ Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso (note:)To join with her party and to maintain her authority.(:note) followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:16 @ And Jehoiada made a (note:)That they would only serve him and renounce all idolatry.(:note) covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:19 @ And he set porters by the gates of ye house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:20 @ And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the (note:)Which was the principal gate that the king might be seen by all the people.(:note) high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:21 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, (note:)For where a tyrant and an idolater reigns there can be no peace for the plagues of God are always among such people.(:note) after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:5 @ And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all (note:)He does not mean the ten tribes but only the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin.(:note) Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:7 @ For the sons of Athaliah, that (note:)The scriptures call her wicked because she was a cruel murderer and a blasphemous idolater.(:note) wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:11 @ Now it came to pass, that at what time (note:)Such as were faithful men whom the king had appointed for that matter.(:note) the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:12 @ And the king and (note:)Signifying that this was done by advise and counsel and not by any one man's desire.(:note) Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:16 @ And they buried him in the city of David among the (note:)Signifying that they could not honour him too much, who had so excellently served in the work of the Lord, and in the affairs of the commonwealth.(:note) kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:17 @ Now after the death of Jehoiada came the (note:)Who were liars and knew now that the king was destitute of him who watched over him as a father, and therefore brought him to most vile idolatry.(:note) princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:19 @ Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they (note:)They took heaven and earth and all creatures to witness that unless they returned to the Lord, he would most grievously punish their infidelity and rebellion, (Neh_9:26).(:note) testified against them: but they would not give ear.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:20 @ And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood (note:)In a place above the people, to the intent that he might be heard.(:note) above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:22 @ Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD (note:)Avenge my death and require my blood at your hands: or he speaks this by prophecy because he knew that God would do it. This Zachariah is also called the son of Barachias, (Mat_23:35) because his progenitors were Iddo, Berachiah, Jehoiada.(:note) look upon [it], and require [it].

geneva@2Chronicles:24:26 @ And these are they that conspired against him, Zabad the sonne of Shimrath an Ammonitesse, and Iehozabad the sonne of Shimrith a Moabitesse.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:3 @ And when the kingdome was established vnto him, he slewe his seruants, that had slaine the King his father.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:5 @ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from (note:)So many as were able to bear weapons and go to war.(:note) twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able] to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:9 @ And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to (note:)He shows that if we depend only on God, we will not need to be troubled by these worldly things, for he will give at all times that which will be necessary if we obey his word.(:note) give thee much more than this.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:10 @ So Amaziah separated them, to wit, the armie that was come to him out of Ephraim, to returne to their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled greatly against Iudah, and they returned to their places with great anger.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:12 @ And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the (note:)In (2Ki_14:7) this rock is called the city Sela.(:note) rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:13 @ But the soldiers of the (note:)That is, the 100,000 of Israel.(:note) army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:14 @ Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and (note:)That where he should have praised God for his benefits and great victory, he fell from God and most vilely dishonoured him.(:note) bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:15 @ Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not (note:)He proves that whatever cannot save himself nor his worshipper is no god but an idol.(:note) deliver their own people out of thine hand?

geneva@2Chronicles:25:16 @ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that (note:)Meaning the king.(:note) [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be So hard it is, for the carnal man to be admonished for his fault, that he condemns, mocks and threatens him who warns him: yea, imprisons him and puts him to death, (2Ch_16:10, 2Ch_18:26, 2Ch_24:21). smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:17 @ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, (note:)That is, let us try the matter hand to hand: for he was offended, that the army of the Israelites whom he had in wages and dismissed by the counsel of the prophet, had destroyed certain of the cities of Judah.(:note) let us see one another in the face.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:18 @ But Ioash King of Israel sent to Amaziah King of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanon went and trode downe the thistle.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:19 @ Thou thinkest: lo, thou hast smitten Edom, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Iudah with thee?

geneva@2Chronicles:25:20 @ But Amaziah would not hear; for (note:)Thus God often plagues by those means on which men must rely, to teach them to seek help only from him, and to show his judgments, he moves their hearts to follow that which will lead to their destruction.(:note) it [came] of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they sought after the gods of Edom.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:24 @ And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with (note:)Meaning, the successors of Obededom: for the house bore the name of the chief father.(:note) Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:27 @ Nowe after the time that Amaziah did turne away from ye Lord, they wrought treason against him in Ierusalem: and when he was fled to Lachish, they sent to Lachish after him, and slewe him there.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:2 @ He built (note:)He fortified it and made it strong: this city was also called Elath and Elanon near the Red sea.(:note) Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:4 @ And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to al that his father Amaziah did.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:5 @ And he sought God in the days of (note:)This was not the Zechariah that was the son of Jehoiada, but some other prophet of that name.(:note) Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as For God never forsakes any who seek him, and therefore man is the cause of his own destruction. he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:7 @ And God helped him against ye Philistims, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and Hammeunim.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:11 @ Vzziah had also an hoste of fighting men that went out to warre by bandes, according to the count of their nomber vnder the hande of Ieiel the Scribe, and Maaseiah the ruler, and vnder the hand of Hananiah, one of the Kings captaines.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:13 @ And vnder their hande was the armie for warre, three hundreth and seuen thousand, & fiue hundreth that fought valiantly to helpe the King against the enemie.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:18 @ And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: (note:)Though his zeal seemed to be good and also his intention, yet because they were not governed by the word of God, he did wickedly and was therefore both justly resisted and also punished.(:note) go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the LORD God.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:2 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the (note:)That is, to offer incense against the word of God, which is spoken of in the commendation of Jotham.(:note) temple of the LORD. And the people did yet They were not completely purged from idolatry. corruptly.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:6 @ So Jotham became mighty, (note:)He shows that all prosperity comes from God, who never fails when we put our trust in him.(:note) because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:9 @ But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, (note:)For they thought they had overcome them by their own valiantness, and did not consider that God had delivered them into their hands, because Judah had offended him.(:note) because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:10 @ And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, (note:)May not God also punish you for your sins as he has done these men for theirs, seeing that yours are greater?(:note) sins against the LORD your God?

geneva@2Chronicles:28:12 @ Then certain of the heads of the children of (note:)Which tribe was now greatest and had most authority.(:note) Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

geneva@2Chronicles:28:15 @ And the men which were (note:)Whose name were rehearsed before, (2Ch_28:12).(:note) expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and Either for their wounds or weariness. anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their To them of the tribe of Judah. brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:16 @ At that time did king Ahaz send unto the (note:)To Tiglath Pileser and those kings who were under his dominion, (2Ki_16:7).(:note) kings of Assyria to help him.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:23 @ For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which (note:)As he falsely supposed.(:note) smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may Thus the wicked measure God's favour by prosperity and adversity: for if idolaters prosper, they make their idols gods, not considering that God often punishes them whom he loves and gives his enemies good success for a time whom afterward he will destroy. help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:2 @ And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lorde, according to all that Dauid his father had done.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:3 @ He in the first year of his reign, in the (note:)This is a notable example for all princes, first to establish the pure religion of God and to procure that the Lord may be honoured and served correctly.(:note) first month, opened the Which Ahaz had shut up, (2Ch_28:24). doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:10 @ Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may (note:)He proves by the judgments of God on those who have contemned his word, that there is no way to avoid his plagues, but by conforming themselves to his will.(:note) turn away from us.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:16 @ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to (note:)From the pollution and filth that Ahaz had brought in.(:note) cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:23 @ And they brought forth the he goats [for] the sin offering before the king and the congregation; (note:)That is, the king and the elders, as in (Lev_4:15) for they who offered a sin offering must lay their hands on it, to signify that they had deserved that death, and also that they consecrated it to God to be sanctified by it, (Exo_29:10).(:note) and they laid their hands upon them:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:29 @ And when they had made an ende of offring, the King and all that were present with him, bowed themselues, and worshipped.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:31 @ And Hezekiah spake, and sayde, Now ye haue consecrate your selues to the Lord: come neere and bring the sacrifices and offerings of prayse into the house of the Lord; the Congregation brought sacrifices; and offrings of prayses, and euery man that was willing in heart, offred burnt offrings.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:34 @ But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the [other] priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites [were] (note:)Meaning, were more zealous to set forth the religion.(:note) more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:36 @ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had (note:)He shows that religion cannot proceed unless God touches the heart of the people.(:note) prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:1 @ And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to (note:)Meaning, all Israel, whom Tiglath Pilesar had not taken away into captivity, (2Ki_15:29).(:note) Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:5 @ So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from (note:)From one end of the land to the other, north and south.(:note) Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] In such sort and perfection as God had appointed. as it was written.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:6 @ So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and (note:)He will have compassion on them and preserve them.(:note) he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:8 @ Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but] (note:)Submit yourselves to the Lord, and rebel no more.(:note) yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:9 @ For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall (note:)God will not only preserve you, but through your repentance restore your brethren, who for their sins he gave into the hands of the enemies.(:note) come again into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return unto him.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:12 @ Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one (note:)He shows the reason why some obey and some mock God's calling, that is, because his Spirit is with the one sort and moves in their heart, and the others are left to themselves.(:note) heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:14 @ And they arose and took away the (note:)Which declares that we must put away those things with which God is offended, before we can serve him correctly.(:note) altars that [were] in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast [them] into the brook Kidron.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:17 @ Because there were many in the Congregation that were not sanctified, therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of ye Passeouer for all that were not cleane, to sanctifie it to the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:18 @ For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The (note:)He knew that faith and sincerity of heart were more agreeable to God than the observation of the ceremonies and therefore he prayed to God to pardon this fault to the people who did not offend out of malice, but out of ignorance.(:note) good LORD pardon every one

geneva@2Chronicles:30:19 @ That prepareth his whole heart to seeke the Lord God, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed, according to the purification of the Sanctuarie.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:21 @ And the children of Israel that were present at Ierusalem, kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes with great ioye, and the Leuites, and the Priestes praysed the Lorde, day by day, singing with loude instruments vnto the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:22 @ And Hezekiah spake comfortably vnto all the Leuites that had good knowledge to sing vnto the Lorde: and they did eate in that feast seuen dayes, and offred peace offrings, and praysed the Lord God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:25 @ And all the Congregation of Iudah reioyced with the Priestes and the Leuites, and all the Congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:30:27 @ Then the priests the Levites arose and (note:)According to that which is written in (Num_6:23) when they should dismiss the people.(:note) blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:1 @ Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and (note:)According to the commandment of the Lord, (Deu_7:25; Jos_7:12).(:note) brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the That is, all they who came to the passover. children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:4 @ Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the (note:)The tithes and firstfruits for the maintenance of the priests and Levites.(:note) portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be That their minds might not be entangled with provision of worldly things, but that they might wholly and cheerfully serve the Lord. encouraged in the law of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:6 @ And [concerning] the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things (note:)Which they had dedicated to the Lord by a vow.(:note) which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid [them] by For the relief of the priests, Levites, widows, pupils, fatherless, strangers, and such as were in need. heaps.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:10 @ And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have (note:)He shows that this plenteous liberality is expedient for the maintenance of the ministers and that God therefore prospers his people and increases by his blessing that which is given.(:note) had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left [is] this great store.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:14 @ And Kore the sonne of Imnah the Leuite porter towarde the East, was ouer the things that were willingly offred vnto God, to distribute the oblations of the Lorde, and the holy things that were consecrate.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:16 @ Beside their genealogy of males, (note:)Who had also a portion and allowance in this distribution.(:note) from three years old and upward, [even] unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

geneva@2Chronicles:31:18 @ And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their (note:)Meaning, that either by the faithful distribution of the officers, everyone had their part in the things that were offered, or else that their wives and children were relieved, because the Levites were faithful in their office, and so depended on them.(:note) set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

geneva@2Chronicles:31:19 @ Also to the sonnes of Aaron, the Priestes, which were in the fieldes & suburbes of their cities, in euery citie the men that were appointed by names, shoulde giue portions to all the males of the Priestes, and to all the generation of the Leuites.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:21 @ And in all the workes that he began for the seruice of the house of God, both in the Law and in the commandements, to seeke his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:2 @ When Hezekiah sawe that Saneherib was come, and that his purpose was to fight against Ierusalem,

geneva@2Chronicles:32:4 @ So many of the people assembled themselues, and stopt all the fountaines, and the riuer that ranne through the middes of the countrey, saying, Why should the Kings of Asshur come, and finde much water?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:5 @ Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired (note:)He made a double wall.(:note) Millo [in] the Read (2Sa_5:9). city of David, and made Some read, swords or daggers. darts and shields in abundance.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:7 @ Be strong and couragious: feare not, neither be afraide for the King of Asshur, neither for all the multitude that is with him: for there be mo with vs, then is with him.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:8 @ With him [is] an (note:)That is, the power of man.(:note) arm of flesh; but with us [is] the This declares that Hezekiah always put his trust in God, and yet made himself strong and used lawful means, lest he should seem to tempt God. LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:9 @ After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] (note:)While he besieged Lachish.(:note) against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:32:10 @ Thus saith Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein doe ye trust, that ye will remaine in Ierusalem, during the siege?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:12 @ Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his (note:)Thus the wicked put no difference between true religion and false, God and idols: for Hezekiah only destroyed idolatry and replaced it with true religion. Thus the papists slander the servants of God: for when they destroy idolatry, they say that they abolish religion.(:note) altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:14 @ Who [was there] among all the (note:)This is his blasphemy that he will compare the living God to vile idols.(:note) gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

geneva@2Chronicles:32:16 @ And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his (note:)In this we see that when the wicked speak evil of the servants of God, they care not to blaspheme God himself for if they feared God, they would love his servants.(:note) servant Hezekiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:18 @ Then they (note:)Their words are written, (2Ki_18:19).(:note) cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:21 @ And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and (note:)To the number of 185,000 as in (2Ki_19:35-36).(:note) captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his Meaning, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons. own bowels slew him there with the sword.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:23 @ And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was (note:)Thus after trouble God sends comfort to all them who patiently wait on him, and constantly put their trust in his mercies.(:note) magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:24 @ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him (note:)To confirm his faith in God's promise, who declared to him by his prophet that his life would be prolonged fifteen years.(:note) a sign.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:26 @ Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled him selfe (after that his heart was lifted vp) he and the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:32:31 @ Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to (note:)Here we see the reason why the faithful are tempted, which is to determine whether they have faith or not, and that they may feel the presence of God who does not allow them to be overcome by temptations, but in their weakness administers strength.(:note) try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:8 @ Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the (note:)By the charge given to Moses.(:note) hand of Moses.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:13 @ And prayed unto him: and he was (note:)Thus affliction gives understanding: for he that hated God in his prosperity now in his misery seeks him.(:note) intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:15 @ And he tooke away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, & all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lorde, and in Ierusalem, and cast them out of the citie.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:17 @ Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the (note:)Thus by ignorance they were deceived, thinking it nothing to keep the altars, so that they worshipped God: but it is idolatry to worship God any other way than he has appointed.(:note) LORD their God only.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:18 @ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his (note:)Which although it is not contained in the Hebrew, yet because it is here mentioned and is written in the Greek, we have placed it in the end of this book.(:note) prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kings of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:25 @ But the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amon: and the people of the land made Iosiah his sonne King in his steade.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:2 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of (note:)He followed David in all points that he followed the Lord.(:note) David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:4 @ And they brake down (note:)Which shows that he would see the reformation with his own eyes.(:note) the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that [were] on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust [of them], and strowed [it] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:9 @ And when they came to Hilkiah the hie Priest, they deliuered ye money that was brought into the house of God, which the Leuites that kept the doore, had gathered at the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and of all the residue of Israel, and of all Iudah and Beniamin, and of the inhabitantes of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:12 @ And the men did the work (note:)Meaning that they were in such credit for their fidelity that they made no accounts of that which they received, (2Ki_22:7, 2Ki_22:9).(:note) faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:13 @ And they were ouer the bearers of burdens, and them that set forwarde all the workemen in euery worke: and of the Leuites were scribes, and officers and porters.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:14 @ And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a (note:)Read (2Ki_22:8).(:note) book of the law of the LORD [given] by Moses.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:16 @ And Shaphan carried the book to (note:)For the king was commanded to continually have a copy of this book and to read in it day and night, (Deu_17:18).(:note) the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do [it].

geneva@2Chronicles:34:17 @ For they haue gathered the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and haue deliuered it into the handes of the ouerseers, and to the handes of the workemen.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:19 @ And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he (note:)For sorrow that the word of God had been so long suppressed and the people kept in ignorance, considering also the curses contained in it against the transgressors.(:note) rent his clothes.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:21 @ Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great [is] the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our (note:)Thus the godly not only lament their own sins, but also that their fathers and predecessors have offended God.(:note) fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:22 @ And Hilkiah, and [they] that the king [had appointed], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the (note:)Meaning, either of the priests apparel or the kings.(:note) wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the Read (2Ki_22:15). college:) and they spake to her to that [effect].

geneva@2Chronicles:34:23 @ And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye (note:)That is, to the king.(:note) the man that sent you to me,

geneva@2Chronicles:34:24 @ Thus saith the Lorde, Beholde, I will bring euill vpon this place, and vpon the inhabitantes thereof, euen all the curses, that are written in the booke which they haue read before the King of Iudah:

geneva@2Chronicles:34:25 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their (note:)This she speaks in contempt of the idolaters, who contrary to reason and nature call a god that which they have made and framed with their own hands.(:note) hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:28 @ Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this (note:)It may appear that very few were touched with true repentance, seeing that God spared them for a time only for the king's sake.(:note) place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:30 @ And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and (note:)Though neither young nor old could be exempted from the curses contained in it, if they did transgress, he knew it pertained to all and was his duty to see it read to all sorts, that everyone might learn to avoid those punishments by serving God correctly.(:note) small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:31 @ And the King stood by his pillar, and made a couenant before the Lorde, to walke after the Lord, and to keepe his commandements, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soule, and that he would accomplish the wordes of the couenant written in the same booke.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:32 @ And he caused all that were found in Ierusalem, and Beniamin to stande to it: and the inhabitants of Ierusalem did according to the couenant of God, euen the God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all (note:)Because he had charge over all, and must answer for everyone that perished: he thought it his duty to see that all should make profession to receive the word of God.(:note) that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God. [And] all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:3 @ And said unto the Levites that (note:)So that the Levites charge was not only to minister in the temple, but also to instruct the people in the word of God.(:note) taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] a As it was before the temple was built: therefore your office is to teach the people and to praise God. burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

geneva@2Chronicles:35:6 @ So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and (note:)Exhort everyone to examine themselves to ensure that they are not unfit to eat the passover.(:note) prepare your brethren, that [they] may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:7 @ Iosiah also gaue to the people sheepe, lambs and kiddes, all for the Passeouer, euen to all that were present, to the nomber of thirtie thousand, and three thousande bullocks: these were of the Kings substance.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:12 @ And they removed the (note:)They reserved for the people that which was not expedient to be offered, that every man might offer peace offerings, and so have his portion.(:note) burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as [it is] written in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:17 @ And the children of Israel that were present, kept the Passeouer the same time, and the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there was no Passeouer kept like that, in Israel, from the dayes of Samuel the Prophet: neyther did all the Kings of Israel keepe such a Passeouer as Iosiah kept, and the Priestes and the Leuites, and all Iudah, and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:22 @ Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but (note:)That is, armed or disguised himself so that he would not be recognized.(:note) disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:24 @ His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in [one of] the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem (note:)The people so lamented the loss of this good king that after when there was any great lamentation this was spoken of as a proverb, (Zec_12:11).(:note) mourned for Josiah.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and (note:)He means superstitious marks which were found on his body when he was dead, which declared how deeply idolatry was rooted in his heart, seeing he bore the marks in his flesh.(:note) that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:13 @ But he rebelled moreouer against Nebuchadnezzar, which had caused him to sweare by God: and he hardened his necke and made his heart obstinate that he might not returne to the Lorde God of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:17 @ Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword (note:)Where they fled, thinking to have been saved for the holiness of it.(:note) in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he Which is not because God approves him, who yet is the minister of his justice, but because God would by his just judgment punish this people: for this king was led with ambition and vain glory, to which were joined fury and cruelty: therefore his work was condemnable, even though it was just and holy on God's part, who used this wicked instrument to declare his justice. gave [them] all into his hand.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:20 @ And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of (note:)When Gyrus king of Persia had made the Babylonians subject.(:note) Persia:

geneva@2Chronicles:36:22 @ Now in the (note:)In the first year that he reigned over the Chaldeans, (Ezr_1:1).(:note) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:36:23 @ Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath (note:)God had so forewarned by his prophet over 100 years before Cyrus was born, (Isa_44:28) that Jerusalem and the temple would be rebuilt by Cyrus his anointed: so called because God used his service for a time to deliver his Church.(:note) charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah. Who [is there] among you of all his people? The LORD his God [be] with him, and let him go up.

geneva@Ezra:1:1 @ Now in the (note:)After he and Darius had won Babylon.(:note) first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the Who promised deliverance to them after 70 years were past, (Jer_25:12). mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the That is, moved him and gave him heart. spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, The Argument - As the Lord is always merciful to his Church, and does not punish them, but so that they should see their own miseries, and be exercised under the cross, that they might contemn the world, and aspire to the heavens: so after he had visited the Jews, and kept them in bondage 70 years in a strange country among infidels and idolaters, he remembered his tender mercies and their infirmities, and therefore for his own sake raised up a deliverer, and moved both the heart of the chief ruler to pity them, and also by him punished those who had kept them in slavery. Nonetheless, lest they should grow into a contempt of God's great benefits, he keeps them still in exercise, and raises domestic enemies, who try as much as they can to hinder their worthy enterprises: yet by the exhortation of the prophet they went forward little by little till their work was finished. The author of this book was Ezra, who was a priest and scribe of the Law, as in (Ezr_7:6). He returned to Jerusalem the sixth year of Darius, who succeeded Cyrus, that is, about fifty years after the first return under Zerubbabel, when the temple was built. He brought with him a great company and much treasure, with letters to the king's officers for all things needed for the temple: and at his coming he fixed that which was amiss, and set things in order.

geneva@Ezra:1:4 @ And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, (note:)If any through poverty were not able to return, the king's commission was that he should be furnished with all he needed.(:note) let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, Which they themselves should send for the repairing of the temple. beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:1:6 @ And all (note:)The Babylonians and Chaldeans gave them these presents: thus rather than have the children of God be in need, he would stir the heart of the infidels to help them.(:note) they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered.

geneva@Ezra:1:8 @ Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto (note:)So the Chaldeans called Zerubbabel who was the chief governor, so that the preeminence still remained in the house of David.(:note) Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

geneva@Ezra:1:9 @ And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty (note:)Which served to kill the beasts that were offered in sacrifice.(:note) knives,

geneva@Ezra:1:11 @ All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring up (note:)With the Jews who had been kept captive in Babylon.(:note) with [them of] the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:2:1 @ Now these [are] the children (note:)Meaning Judea, which was a province that is, a country which was in subjection.(:note) of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

geneva@Ezra:2:55 @ The children of Solomon's (note:)Which came of them that Solomon had appointed for the work of the temple.(:note) servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

geneva@Ezra:2:63 @ And the (note:)This is a Chaldee name, and signifies him who has authority over others.(:note) Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Read (Exo_28:30). Urim and with Thummim.

geneva@Ezra:2:69 @ They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand (note:)Which in our money amounts to 24,826 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence, valuing the french crown at 6 shillings and 4 pence for the dram is the eighth part of an ounce, and the ounce the eighth part of a mark.(:note) drams of gold, and five thousand Which are called «mina» and contain 2 marks apiece, so 50,000 minas make 55,000 franks which in our money amounts to 69,666 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence so that the whole sum was 94,493 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence. pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

geneva@Ezra:3:5 @ And afterward [offered] (note:)That is, after the feast of tabernacles.(:note) the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

geneva@Ezra:3:7 @ They gaue money also vnto the masons, and to the workemen, and meat and drinke, & oyle vnto them of Zidon and of Tyrus, to bring them cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea vnto Iapho, according to the graunt that they had of Cyrus King of Persia.

geneva@Ezra:3:8 @ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the (note:)Which contains part of April and part of May, for in the mean season they had provided for things needed for the work.(:note) second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

geneva@Ezra:3:12 @ But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, (note:)Because they saw that it was not nearly as glorious as the temple Solomon had built, nonetheless Aggeus comforted them and prophesied that it would be more beautiful than the first, meaning the spiritual temple, they who are the members of Christ's body.(:note) wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

geneva@Ezra:3:13 @ So that the people coulde not discerne the sound of the shoute for ioy, from the noyse of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loude crie, & the noyse was heard farre off.

geneva@Ezra:4:1 @ Now when (note:)Meaning, the inhabitants of Samaria, whom the king of Assyria had placed in the place of the ten tribes, (2Ki_17:24, 2Ki_19:37). They professed God but worshipped idols and therefore were the greatest enemies to the true servants of God.(:note) the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

geneva@Ezra:4:3 @ But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; (note:)For they knew their pretence, that is to erect idolatry instead of true religion.(:note) but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

geneva@Ezra:4:5 @ And (note:)They bribed the governors under the king to hinder their work, thus they that hinder cannot understand that God would be purely served.(:note) hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

geneva@Ezra:4:10 @ And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble (note:)Some think it was not Sennacherib, but rather Salmanasar.(:note) Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [that are] on this side the That is, Euphrates, and he means in respect to Babel that they dwelt beyond it. river, and Or Cheeneth, who were a certain people who envied the Jews. at such a time.

geneva@Ezra:4:11 @ This is the copie of the letter that they sent vnto King Artahshashte, Thy servants the men beyond the Riuer & Cheeneth, salute thee.

geneva@Ezra:4:12 @ Be it knowen vnto the King that ye Iewes, which came vp from thee to vs, are come vnto Ierusalem (a citie rebellious and wicked) and buylde, and lay the foundations of the walles, and haue ioyned the foundations.

geneva@Ezra:4:13 @ Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up [again, then] will they not pay toll, tribute, and (note:)Meaning, the gifts that are wont to be given to kings when they pass by any country.(:note) custom, and [so] thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

geneva@Ezra:4:15 @ That one may searche in the booke of the Chronicles of thy fathers, and thou shalt finde in the booke of the Chronicles, & perceiue that this citie is rebellious & noysome vnto Kings & prouinces, & that they haue moued sedition of olde time, for the which cause this citie was destroyed.

geneva@Ezra:4:16 @ Wee certifie the King therefore, that if this citie be buylded, and the foundation of the walles layd, by this meanes the portion beyonde the Riuer shal not be thine.

geneva@Ezra:4:17 @ [Then] sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai the scribe, and [to] the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and [unto] the rest beyond the river, (note:)Or Shalom, salvation or greeting.(:note) Peace, and Or, Cheeth, also called Cheeneth as in (Ezr_4:10). at such a time.

geneva@Ezra:4:19 @ And I haue commanded & they haue searched, and founde, that this citie of olde time hath made insurrection against kings, & hath rebelled, and rebellion hath bene committed therein.

geneva@Ezra:4:21 @ Make ye now a decree, that those men may cease, and that the citie be not buylt, till I haue giuen another commandement.

geneva@Ezra:4:22 @ Take heede nowe that ye fayle not to doe this: why should domage grow to hurt the King?

geneva@Ezra:5:1 @ Then Haggai a Prophet & Zechariah the sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them.

geneva@Ezra:5:5 @ But the (note:)His favour and the spirit of strength.(:note) eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].

geneva@Ezra:5:6 @ The copie of the letter, that Tatnai captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and his companions, Apharsechaie, (which were beyond the Riuer) sent vnto King Darius.

geneva@Ezra:5:8 @ Be it knowen vnto the King, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, & beames are layde in the walles, and this worke is wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands.

geneva@Ezra:5:10 @ We asked their names also, that we might certifie thee, & that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.

geneva@Ezra:5:11 @ And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a (note:)That is, Solomon.(:note) great king of Israel builded and set up.

geneva@Ezra:5:12 @ But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel the Caldean, & he destroyed this house, & caryed the people away captiue vnto Babel.

geneva@Ezra:5:14 @ And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto [one], whose name [was] (note:)Read (Ezr_1:8).(:note) Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

geneva@Ezra:5:15 @ And he sayde vnto him, Take these vessels and goe thy way, and put them in the Temple that is in Ierusalem, and let the house of God be buylt in his place.

geneva@Ezra:5:16 @ Then came the same Sheshbazzar & layde the foundation of the house of God, which is in Ierusalem, and since that time euen vntill nowe, hath it bene in buylding, yet is it not finished.

geneva@Ezra:5:17 @ Now therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let there be search made in the king's (note:)Meaning in the library or places where lay the register or record of times.(:note) treasure house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it be [so], that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

geneva@Ezra:6:2 @ And there was found at (note:)In which were the acts of the kings of the Medes and Persians.(:note) Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] a record thus written:

geneva@Ezra:6:7 @ Suffer ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place.

geneva@Ezra:6:8 @ Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be (note:)For lack of money.(:note) not hindered.

geneva@Ezra:6:9 @ And that which they shall haue neede of, let it be giuen vnto them day by day, whether it be yong bullockes, or rammes, or lambes for the burnt offrings of the God of heauen, wheate, salt, wine, and oyle, according to the appoyntment of the Priestes that are in Ierusalem, that there bee no fault,

geneva@Ezra:6:10 @ That they may haue to offer sweete odours vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the Kings life, and for his sonnes.

geneva@Ezra:6:11 @ And I haue made a decree, that whosoeuer shall alter this sentence, the wood shall be pulled downe from his house, and shall be set vp, and he shalbe hanged thereon, & his house shalbe made a dunghill for this.

geneva@Ezra:6:12 @ And the God that hath caused his name (note:)Who has appointed that place to have his Name called on there.(:note) to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

geneva@Ezra:6:13 @ Then Tatnai the captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shethar Boznai & their companions, according to that which Darius had sent, so they did speedily.

geneva@Ezra:6:14 @ And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of (note:)Whom God stirs up to assure them that he would give their work good success.(:note) Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

geneva@Ezra:7:1 @ Now after these things, in the reign of (note:)The Hebrews write that many of the kings of Persia were called by this name, as Pharaoh was a common name to the kings of Egypt and Caesar to the Romans emperors.(:note) Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

geneva@Ezra:7:5 @ The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of (note:)Ezra traces his family till he comes to Aaron, to prove that he came from him.(:note) Aaron the chief priest:

geneva@Ezra:7:9 @ For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to goe vp from Babel, and on the first day of the fift moneth came he to Ierusalem, according to the good hande of his God that was vpon him.

geneva@Ezra:7:11 @ And this is the copie of the letter that King Artahshashte gaue vnto Ezra the Priest & scribe, euen a writer of the words of the commadements of ye Lord, & of his statutes ouer Israel.

geneva@Ezra:7:12 @ Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and (note:)Some take this for the name of a people, some for time or continuance, meaning that the king wished him long life.(:note) at such a time.

geneva@Ezra:7:13 @ I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill (note:)Who still remained in Babylon and had not returned with Zerubbabel.(:note) to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

geneva@Ezra:7:16 @ And all the siluer and gold that thou canst finde in all the prouince of Babel, with the free offring of the people, and that which the Priestes offer willingly to the house of their God which is in Ierusalem,

geneva@Ezra:7:17 @ That thou mayest bye speedily with this siluer, bullocks, rammes, lambes, with their meate offrings and their drinke offrings: and thou shalt offer them vpon the altar of the house of your God, which is in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:7:18 @ And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your (note:)As you know best may serve to God's glory.(:note) God.

geneva@Ezra:7:19 @ And the vessels that are giuen thee for the seruice of the house of thy God, those deliuer thou before God in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:7:20 @ And the residue that shall be needeful for the house of thy God, which shall be meete for thee to bestowe, thou shalt bestowe it out of the Kings treasure house,

geneva@Ezra:7:21 @ And I, [even] I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond (note:)Which was the Euphrates river and they were beyond it in respect to Babylon.(:note) the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

geneva@Ezra:7:23 @ Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath (note:)This declares that the fear of God's judgment causes him to use this liberality, and not the love that he bore for God's glory or affection for his people.(:note) against the realm of the king and his sons?

geneva@Ezra:7:24 @ And we certifie you, that vpon any of the Priestes, Leuites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or Ministers in this house of God, there shall no gouernour laye vpon them tolle, tribute nor custome.

geneva@Ezra:7:25 @ And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thine hand, (note:)He gave Ezra full authority to restore all things according to the word of God, and to punish them who resisted and would not obey.(:note) set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know [them] not.

geneva@Ezra:8:1 @ These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of (note:)Read (Ezr. strkjv@7:1-28).(:note) Artaxerxes the king.

geneva@Ezra:8:15 @ And I gathered them together to the (note:)To that place of Euphrates, where the Ahava river enters it.(:note) river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

geneva@Ezra:8:17 @ And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the (note:)He was the chief teacher of the law to the Levites.(:note) chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

geneva@Ezra:8:21 @ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict (note:)He shows that the purpose of fasting is to humble the body to the spirit, which must proceed from the heart that is touched, or else it is hypocrisy.(:note) ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

geneva@Ezra:8:22 @ For I was (note:)He thought it better to commit himself to the protection of God, than by seeking these ordinary means to give others a reason to think that he doubted God's power.(:note) ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.

geneva@Ezra:8:25 @ And weighed them the siluer and the gold, and the vessels, euen the offring of ye house of our God, which the King and his counselers, and his Princes, & all Israel that were present had offred.

geneva@Ezra:8:31 @ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in (note:)This declared that their journey was full of danger and yet God delivered them according to their prayer.(:note) wait by the way.

geneva@Ezra:8:33 @ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, (note:)This was a token of a good conscience and of his integrity that he would have witnesses of his fidelity.(:note) Levites;

geneva@Ezra:9:2 @ For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the (note:)That is, the governors are the chief beginners of it.(:note) princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

geneva@Ezra:9:4 @ And there assembled vnto me all that feared the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie; I sate downe astonied vntil the euening sacrifice.

geneva@Ezra:9:6 @ And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased (note:)That is, we are drowned in sin.(:note) over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up unto the They so exceed that they cannot grow greater. heavens.

geneva@Ezra:9:8 @ And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a (note:)In giving us a resting place it is a comparison taken from them that still remain in a place who strike nails to hang things on, (Isa_22:23).(:note) nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

geneva@Ezra:9:12 @ Now therfore shal ye not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, nor seeke their peace nor wealth for euer, that yee may be strong and eate the goodnes of the lande, and leaue it for an inheritance to your sonnes for euer.

geneva@Ezra:9:13 @ And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our (note:)Has not utterly cast us down and destroyed us for our sins, (Deu_28:13).(:note) iniquities [deserve], and hast given us [such] deliverance as this;

geneva@Ezra:9:14 @ Should we returne to breake thy commadements, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of such abominations? wouldest not thou be angrie towarde vs till thou haddest consumed vs, so that there should be no remnant nor any escaping?

geneva@Ezra:9:15 @ O LORD God of Israel, thou [art] righteous: for we (note:)He shows that God is just in punishing his people, and yet merciful in preserving a residue in whom he shows favour.(:note) remain yet escaped, as [it is] this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

geneva@Ezra:10:2 @ And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is (note:)Meaning, that God would receive them in mercy.(:note) hope in Israel concerning this thing.

geneva@Ezra:10:3 @ Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away (note:)Who are strangers and married contrary to the law of God.(:note) all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

geneva@Ezra:10:5 @ Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.

geneva@Ezra:10:7 @ And they caused a proclamation to goe throughout Iudah and Ierusalem, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they should assemble themselues vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:10:13 @ But the people are many, and it is a raynie weather, and we are not able to stande without, neither is it the worke of one day or two: for we are many that haue offended in this thing.

geneva@Ezra:10:17 @ And vntill the first day of the first moneth they were finishing the businesse with al the men that had taken strange wiues.

geneva@Ezra:10:18 @ And of the sonnes of the Priests there were men founde, that had taken strange wiues, to wit, of the sonnes of Ieshua, the sonne of Iozadak, & of his brethren, Maaseiah, Aeliezer, and Iarib and Gedaliah.

geneva@Ezra:10:19 @ And they gave (note:)As a token that they would keep their promise and do it.(:note) their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their trespass.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:1 @ The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month (note:)Which contains part of November and part of December, and was their ninth month.(:note) Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, The Argument - God, in all ages and at all times, sets up worthy persons for the convenience and profit of his Church, as now within the compass of seventy years he raised up various excellent men for the preservation of his people after their return from Babylon. Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, of which the first was their captain to bring them home, and provided that the temple was built: the second reformed their manners and planted religion: and the third built up the walls, delivered the people from oppression and provided that the law of God was carried out among them. He was a godly man, and in great authority with the king, so that the king favoured him greatly and gave him letters to accomplish all the things he desired. This book is also called the second of Ezra by the Latins because he was the author of it.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:2 @ That Hanani, one of my (note:)A Jew as I was.(:note) brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:3 @ And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the (note:)Meaning in Judea.(:note) province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:5 @ And sayde, O Lorde God of heauen, the great and terrible God, that keepeth couenant and mercy for them that loue him, and obserue his commandements,

geneva@Nehemiah:1:8 @ I beseeche thee, remember the worde that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, Ye wil transgresse, and I will scatter you abroade among the people.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:9 @ But if ye turne vnto me, & keepe my commandements, and doe them, though your scattering were to the vttermost part of the heauen, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen to place my Name there.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:5 @ And sayde vnto the King, If it please the King, and if thy seruant haue found fauour in thy sight, I desire that thou wouldest send me to Iudah vnto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I may buyld it.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:7 @ After I saide vnto the King, If it please the King, let them giue mee letters to the captaines beyond the Riuer, that they may conuay me ouer, till I come into Iudah,

geneva@Nehemiah:2:8 @ And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertained] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to (note:)As God moved me to ask, and as he gave me success in it.(:note) the good hand of my God upon me.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:10 @ When (note:)These were great enemies to the Jews, and laboured always both by force and subtilty to overcome them and Tobiah, because his wife was a Jewess, knew of their affairs and so brought them great trouble.(:note) Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:14 @ Then I went foorth vnto the gate of the fountaine, and to the Kings fishpoole, and there was no rowme for the beast that was vnder me to passe.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:16 @ And the rulers knewe not whither I was gone, nor what I did, neither did I as yet tell it vnto the Iewes, nor to the Priestes, nor to the noble men, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that laboured in the worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:17 @ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more (note:)That is, contemned by other nations as though God had forsaken us.(:note) a reproach.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:18 @ Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they (note:)They were encouraged and gave themselves to do well, and to travel in this worthy enterprise.(:note) strengthened their hands for [this] good [work].

geneva@Nehemiah:2:19 @ But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and (note:)These were three chief governors under the king of Persia beyond the Euphrates.(:note) Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye Thus the wicked when they will burden the children of God, always lay treason to their charge both because it makes them most odious to the world, and also stirs the hatred of princes against them. rebel against the king?

geneva@Nehemiah:3:1 @ Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they (note:)In Hebrew they sanctified it, that is, they finished it, and so dedicated it to the Lord by prayer, in desiring him to maintain it.(:note) sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:15 @ But the gate of the fountaine fortified Shallun, the sonne of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the fourth part of Mizpah: he builded it, and couered it, and set on the doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof, and the wall vnto the fishpoole of Shelah by the Kings garden, and vnto the steppes that goe downe from the citie of Dauid.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:16 @ After him fortified Nehemiah the sonne of Azbuk, the ruler of ye halfe part of Beth-zur, vntill the otherside ouer against the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the fishpoole that was repaired, and vnto the house of the mightie.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:25 @ Palal, the sonne of Vzai, from ouer against the corner, & the high tower, that lieth out from the Kings house, which is beside the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah, the sonne of Parosh.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:26 @ Moreover the (note:)Read (Ezr_2:43).(:note) Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:27 @ After him fortified the Tekoites another portion ouer against the great tower, that lyeth out, euen vnto the wall of the fortresse.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:1 @ Bvt when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes,

geneva@Nehemiah:4:2 @ And he spake before his (note:)Of his companions who dwelt in Samaria.(:note) brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these Thus the wicked who do not consider that God's power is always ready to defend his, mock them as thought they were weak and feeble. feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

geneva@Nehemiah:4:5 @ And cover not their (note:)Let the plagues declare to the world that they set themselves against you and your Church: that he prays only having respect for God's glory and not for any private affection, or grudge.(:note) iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:7 @ But when Sanballat, & Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that the walles of Ierusalem were repayred, (for the breaches began to be stopped) then they were very wroth,

geneva@Nehemiah:4:10 @ And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:12 @ And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us (note:)That is, often.(:note) ten times, They who brought the tidings said this, when you leave your work, and go either to eat or to rest, your enemies will assail you. From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you].

geneva@Nehemiah:4:15 @ And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God brought their counsell to nought, and we turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto his worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:16 @ And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] (note:)To overcome them and encourage them in their work.(:note) behind all the house of Judah.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:17 @ They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:18 @ For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:22 @ And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem, that they may be a watch for vs in the night, and labour in the day.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:2 @ For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up (note:)This is the complaint of the people, showing the extremity they were brought to.(:note) corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:3 @ And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:4 @ There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's (note:)To pay our tribute to the king of the Persians, which was exacted yearly from us.(:note) tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:11 @ Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, (note:)Which you take from them for the loan.(:note) that ye exact of them.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:12 @ Then said they, We will restore it, and will not require it of them: we will doe as thou hast said. Then I called the Priestes, and caused them to sweare, that they shoulde doe according to this promes.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:13 @ So I shooke my lappe, and said, So let God shake out euery man that wil not perfourme this promise from his house, & from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, & emptied; all the Cogregation said, Amen, & praised the Lord: and the people did according to this promes.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:14 @ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the (note:)I did not receive the portion and diet which the governors who were before me exacted, in which he declares that he rather sought the wealth of the people than his own convenience.(:note) bread of the governor.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:15 @ For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:17 @ Moreouer there were at my table an hundreth & fiftie of the Iewes, & rulers, which came vnto vs from among the heathen that are about vs.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:19 @ Remember me, O my God, in goodnesse, according to all that I haue done for this people.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:1 @ Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and [that] there was no (note:)That is, that they were joined together, as in (Neh_4:6).(:note) breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

geneva@Nehemiah:6:2 @ Then sent Sanballat and Geshem vnto me, saying, Come thou that we may meete together in the villages in the plaine of Ono: and they thought to doe me euill.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:3 @ And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: (note:)Meaning, that if he obeyed their request, the work God had appointed would cease: showing by this that we should not commit ourselves to the hands of the wicked.(:note) why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

geneva@Nehemiah:6:6 @ Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these (note:)As the same goes.(:note) words.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:7 @ And thou hast also appointed (note:)You have bribed and set up false prophets, to make yourself king, and so to defraud the king of Persia of that subjection which you owe to him.(:note) prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:8 @ Then I sent vnto him, saying, It is not done according to these wordes that thou sayest: for thou feynest them of thine owne heart.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:10 @ Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who [was] (note:)As though he would be secret, to the intent that he might pray to God with greater liberty, and receive some revelation, which in him was only hypocrisy.(:note) shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:11 @ And I said, (note:)He did not doubt that God was able to preserve him and knew that if he had obeyed this counsel he would have discouraged all the people: thus God gives power to his to resist false prophecies, though they seem to have great probability.(:note) Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:12 @ And loe, I perceiued, that God had not sent him, but that he pronounced this prophecie against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:13 @ Therefore was he hyred, that I might be afrayde, and doe thus, and sinne, and that they might haue an euill report that they might reproche me.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:14 @ My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the (note:)Grief caused him to pray against such, who under the pretence of being the ministers of God, were adversaries to his glory, and went about to overthrow his Church, declaring also by this that where there is one true minister of God, the devil has many hirelings.(:note) prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:16 @ And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, & their courage failed them: for they knew, that this worke was wrought by our God.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:18 @ For there were many in Iudah, that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Shechaniah, the sonne of Arah: and his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Meshullam, the sonne of Berechiah.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:6 @ These [are] the (note:)That is, the inhabitants of Judah.(:note) children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

geneva@Nehemiah:7:65 @ And (note:)Meaning, Nehemiah: for Tirshatha in the Chaldee tongue means a butler.(:note) the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:1 @ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the (note:)Read (Ezr_7:6).(:note) scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:2 @ And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all (note:)Who had age and discretion to understand.(:note) that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:3 @ And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water gate from the morning until (note:)This declares the great zeal that the people had to hear the word of God.(:note) midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:5 @ And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was (note:)So that his voice might be heard the better.(:note) above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

geneva@Nehemiah:8:9 @ And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people (note:)In considering their offences against the Law, therefore the Levites do not reprove them for mourning, but assure them of God's mercies if they are repentant.(:note) wept, when they heard the words of the law.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:12 @ Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away part, and to make great ioy, because they had vnderstand the wordes that they had taught them.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:13 @ And on the second day the chiefe fathers of all the people, the Priests and the Leuites were gathered vnto Ezra the scribe, that he also might instruct them in the wordes of the Lawe.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:14 @ And they found written in the Law, (that the Lorde had commanded by Moses) that the children of Israel should dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth,

geneva@Nehemiah:8:15 @ And that they shoulde cause it to bee declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and in Ierusalem, saying, Go forth vnto the mount, and bring oliue branches, and pine branches, & branches of myrtus, and palme branches, & branches of thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is written.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:17 @ And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the (note:)Which was almost a thousand years.(:note) days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:2 @ (And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the strangers) and they stoode and confessed their sinnes and the iniquities of their fathers.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:6 @ Thou art Lorde alone: thou hast made heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, with all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, & al that are in them, & thou preseruest them all, and the host of the heauen worshippeth thee.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:7 @ Thou art, O Lord, the God, that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Vr in Caldea, and madest his name Abraham,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:10 @ And shewed tokens & wonders vpon Pharaoh, and on all his seruants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudely against them: therefore thou madest thee a Name, as appeareth this day.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:11 @ For thou didest breake vp the Sea before them, and they went through the middes of the Sea on dry lande: and those that pursued them, hast thou cast into the bottomes as a stone, in the mightie waters:

geneva@Nehemiah:9:12 @ And leddest them in the day with a pillar of a cloude, and in the night with a pillar of fire to giue them light in the way that they went.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:15 @ And gauest them bread from heauen for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rocke for their thirst: and promisedst them that they shoulde goe in, and take possession of the land: for the which thou haddest lift vp thine hand for to giue them.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:16 @ But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:17 @ But refused to obey, & would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:18 @ Moreouer, when they made them a molten calfe (and said, This is thy God that brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt) and committed great blasphemies,

geneva@Nehemiah:9:23 @ And thou diddest multiplie their children, like the starres of the heauen, and broughtest them into the lande, whereof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers, that they should goe, and possesse it.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:24 @ So the children went in, and possessed the lande, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the lande, euen the Canaanites, and gauest them into their handes, with their Kings and the people of the lande, that they might do with them what they would.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:26 @ Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which (note:)Taking heaven and earth to witness that God would destroy them unless they returned, as in (2Ch_24:19).(:note) testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:27 @ Therefore thou deliueredst them into the hande of their enemies that vexed them: yet in the time of their affliction, when they cryed vnto thee, thou heardest them from the heauen, & through thy great mercies thou gauest them sauiours, who saued them out of the hande of their aduersaries.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:28 @ But after they had (note:)He declares how God's mercies always contended with the wickedness of the people, who always in their prosperity forgot God.(:note) rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

geneva@Nehemiah:9:29 @ And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and (note:)Which is a sign taken from oxen that shrink at the yoke or burden in (Zec_7:11).(:note) withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not When you admonished them by your prophets. hear.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:32 @ Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the (note:)By whom we were led away into captivity and have been appointed to be slain, as in (Est_3:13).(:note) kings of Assyria unto this day.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:33 @ Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast (note:)He confesses that all these things came to them justly for their sins, but he appeals from God's justice to his mercies.(:note) done right, but we have done wickedly:

geneva@Nehemiah:9:35 @ And they haue not serued thee in their kingdome, and in thy great goodnesse that thou shewedst vnto them, & in the large and fat lande which thou diddest set before them, and haue not conuerted from their euill workes.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:36 @ Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the (note:)That is, to be the Lord's.(:note) fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:

geneva@Nehemiah:10:1 @ Nowe they that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha the sonne of Hachaliah, and Zidkiiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:28 @ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the (note:)Read (Ezr_2:43).(:note) Nethinims, and all they that had Who being idolaters forsook their wickedness and gave themselves to serve God. separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

geneva@Nehemiah:10:30 @ And that we would not giue our daughters to the people of the lande, neither take their daughters for our sonnes.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:33 @ For the (note:)This states why they gave this third part of the shekel which was beyond the half shekel that they were required to pay, (Exo_30:13).(:note) shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy [things], and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:36 @ Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as [it is] (note:)This rehearsal shows that there was no part or ceremony in the Law, to which they did not bind themselves by covenant.(:note) written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

geneva@Nehemiah:10:37 @ And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our (note:)Wherever we laboured or worked, there the tithes were due to the Lord both by the law, and according to the oath and covenant that we made.(:note) tillage.

geneva@Nehemiah:10:39 @ For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where [are] the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and (note:)We will not leave it destitute of that which is needed for it.(:note) we will not forsake the house of our God.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:1 @ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, (note:)Because their enemies dwelt round about them, they provided that it might be replenished with men, and used this policy because there were few who offered themselves willingly.(:note) to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts [to dwell] in [other] cities.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:2 @ And the people thanked all the men that were willing to dwell in Ierusalem.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:3 @ These now are the chiefe of the prouince, that dwelt in Ierusalem, but in the cities of Iudah, euery one dwelt in his owne possession in their cities of Israel, the Priestes and the Leuites, and the Nethinims, and the sonnes of Salomons seruants.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:6 @ All the sonnes of Perez that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure hundreth, three score & eight valiant men.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:12 @ And their brethren (note:)That served and ministered in the temple.(:note) that did the work of the house [were] eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:19 @ Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the (note:)Meaning of the temple.(:note) gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:23 @ For it was the Kings commandement cocerning them, that faithfull prouision shoulde bee for the singers euery day.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:1 @ Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that (note:)From Babylon to Jerusalem.(:note) went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:31 @ Then (note:)Meaning, Nehemiah.(:note) I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

geneva@Nehemiah:12:38 @ And the seconde companie of them that gaue thankes, went on the other side, and I after them, and the halfe of the people was vpon the wal, and vpon the towre of the furnaces euen vnto the broad wall.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:40 @ So stood the two companies (of them that gaue thankes) in the house of God, and I and the halfe of the rulers with me.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:43 @ And the same day they offered great sacrifices and reioyced: for God had giuen them great ioy, so that both the women, and the children were ioyfull: and the ioy of Ierusalem was heard farre off.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:44 @ And at that time were some appointed (note:)Which were chambers appointed by Hezekiah to put in the tither, and such things, (2Ch_31:11) and now were repaired again for the same use.(:note) over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:1 @ And on that day did they reade in the booke of Moses, in the audience of the people, and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite, & the Moabite should not enter into the Congregation of God,

geneva@Nehemiah:13:2 @ Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:3 @ Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel (note:)That is, all who had joined in unlawful marriage and also those with whom God had forbidden them to mingle with.(:note) all the mixed multitude.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:7 @ And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of (note:)Thus we see to what inconveniences the people fall into when they are destitute of one who fears God, seeing that their chief governor was absent only for a little while and yet they fell into such great absurdities: as appears in, (Exo_32:1).(:note) the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:10 @ And I perceiued that the portions of the Leuites had not bene giuen, and that euery one was fled to his lande, euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:14 @ Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my (note:)He protests that he did his duty with a good conscience yet he does not justify himself in it, but desires God to favour him and to be merciful to him for his own goodness' sake, as in (Neh_13:22, Neh_13:31).(:note) good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:15 @ In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and (note:)I declared to them that God would not allow such transgressors of his law to go unpunished.(:note) I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:17 @ Then reprooued I the rulers of Iudah, and sayd vnto them, What euil thing is this that yee doe, and breake the Sabbath day?

geneva@Nehemiah:13:18 @ Did not your fathers (note:)Was this not the reason God plagued us in times past: meaning, that if they transgressed now in the same way, their plague would be greater.(:note) thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:19 @ And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be (note:)About the time that the sun went down, for the sabbath lasted from the sun setting one day, to the sun setting the next day.(:note) dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:21 @ And I protested among them, and said vnto them, Why tary ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once againe, I will lay hands vpon you. from that time came they no more on the Sabbath.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:22 @ And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] (note:)Meaning, of the temple that none that was unclean should enter.(:note) keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

geneva@Esther:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the days of (note:)Also called Darius, who was now the favourite monarch and had the government of the Medes, Persians and Chaldeans. Some think he was Darius Hystaspis also called Artaxerxes.(:note) Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an (Dan_6:1) makes mention of only 120 leaving out the number that are imperfect as the scripture uses in various places. hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) The Argument - Because of the variety of names, by which they used to call their kings, and the number of years in which the Hebrews and the Greeks vary, various authors write concerning that Ahasuerus but is seems in (Dan_6:1, Dan_9:1) that he was Darius king of the Medes and son of Astyages also called Ahasuerus which was a name of honour and signified great and chief as chief head. In this is declared the great mercies of God toward his church: who never fails them in their greatest dangers, but when all hope of worldly help fades, he stirs up some, by whom he sends comfort and deliverance. In this also is described the ambition, pride and cruelty of the wicked when they come to honour and their sudden fall when they are at their highest and how God preserves and prefers them who are zealous of his glory and have a care and love for their brethren.

geneva@Esther:1:4 @ That he might shewe the riches & glorie of his kingdome, and the honour of his great maiestie many dayes, euen an hundreth and foure score dayes.

geneva@Esther:1:5 @ And when these dayes were expired, the King made a feast to all the people that were founde in the palace of Shushan, both vnto great and small, seuen dayes, in the court of the garden of the Kings palace,

geneva@Esther:1:8 @ And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did (note:)No one was forced to drink more than it pleased him.(:note) compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

geneva@Esther:1:10 @ On the (note:)Which was the last day of the feast that the king made for the people as in (Est_1:5).(:note) seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

geneva@Esther:1:11 @ To bring Queene Vashti before the King with the crowne royall, that he might shewe the people and the princes her beautie: for shee was fayre to looke vpon.

geneva@Esther:1:13 @ Then the king said to the wise men, (note:)Who had experience in things as they had learned by diligent marking in continuance of time.(:note) which knew the times, (for so [was] the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

geneva@Esther:1:14 @ And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the (note:)Who were his chief counsellors that always had access to him.(:note) king's face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;)

geneva@Esther:1:16 @ And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done (note:)By her disobedience she has given an example to all women to do the same to their husbands.(:note) wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

geneva@Esther:1:17 @ For [this] (note:)That is, her disobedience.(:note) deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

geneva@Esther:1:18 @ [Likewise] shall the (note:)Meaning, that they would take the first opportunity to do the same and the rest of the women would also do the same.(:note) ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath.

geneva@Esther:1:19 @...it be not altered, That Vashti...(note:)Let her be divorced and another made queen.(:note) no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

geneva@Esther:1:22 @ For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should (note:)That is, that the wife should be subject to the husband and at his commandment.(:note) bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.

geneva@Esther:2:2 @ And the Kings seruants that ministred vnto him, sayd, Let them seeke for the King beautifull yong virgins,

geneva@Esther:2:3 @ And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, (note:)The abuse of these countries was so great, that they invented many means to serve the lusts of princes and therefore they ordained wicked laws that the king might have whose daughters he would. They had many houses appointed, one for the virgins, another for the concubines and another for the queen.(:note) keeper of the women; and let their things Read what this purification was in (Est_2:12). for purification be given [them]:

geneva@Esther:2:4 @ And the mayde that shall please the King, let her reigne in the steade of Vashti; this pleased the King, and he did so.

geneva@Esther:2:6 @ Which had bene caryed away from Ierusalem with the captiuitie that was caryed away with Ieconiah King of Iudah (whom Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel had caryed away)

geneva@Esther:2:7 @ And he nourished Hadassah, that is Ester, his vncles daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, & the mayde was fayre, and beautifull to looke on: & after the death of her father, and her mother, Mordecai tooke her for his own daughter

geneva@Esther:2:10 @ But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

geneva@Esther:2:12 @ And when the course of euery mayd came, to go in to King Ahashuerosh, after that she had bene twelue moneths according to the maner of the women (for so were the dayes of their purifications accomplished, sixe moneths with oyle of myrrhe, and sixe moneths with sweete odours and in the purifying of the women:

geneva@Esther:2:14 @ In the euening she went, & on the morow she returned into the second house of the women vnder the hand of Shaashgaz the Kings eunuche, which kept the concubines: shee came in to the King no more, except shee pleased the King, and that she were called by name.

geneva@Esther:2:15 @ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, (note:)In which her modesty appeared because she did not seek to dress to command her beauty but sought the eunuch's appointment.(:note) appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

geneva@Esther:2:17 @ And the King loued Ester aboue all the women, and shee founde grace and fauour in his sight more then all the virgins: so that he set the crowne of the kingdome vpon her head, & made her Queene instead of Vashti.

geneva@Esther:3:1 @ After these things did King Ahashuerosh promote Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him, and set his seate aboue all the princes that were with him.

geneva@Esther:3:2 @ And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai (note:)The Persians custom was to kneel down and reverence their kings, and such as he anointed in chief authority, which Mordecai would not do to this ambitious and proud man.(:note) bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

geneva@Esther:3:4 @ Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they (note:)Thus we see that there is no one so wicked but they have their flatterers to accuse the godly.(:note) told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he [was] a Jew.

geneva@Esther:3:5 @ And when Haman sawe that Mordecai bowed not the knee vnto him, nor did reuerence vnto him, then Haman was full of wrath.

geneva@Esther:3:6 @ Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: & because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai.

geneva@Esther:3:7 @ In the first month, that [is], the month (note:)Which contains part of March and part of April.(:note) Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, To know what month and day would be good to attempt this thing, that it might be successful: but God disappointed their lots and expectations. before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Containing part of February and part of March. Adar.

geneva@Esther:3:8 @ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the (note:)These are the two arguments which commonly the worldlings and the wicked use toward princes against the godly, that is, the contempt of their laws and diminishing of their profit without concern as to whether God is pleased or displeased.(:note) king's laws: therefore it [is] not for the king's profit to suffer them.

geneva@Esther:3:9 @ If it please the King, let it be written that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this businesse to bring it into the Kings treasurie.

geneva@Esther:3:12 @ Then were the Kings scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth, and there was written (according to all that Haman commaunded) vnto the Kings officers, and to the captaines that were ouer euery prouince, and to the rulers of euery people, and to euery prouince, according to the writing thereof, and to euery people according to their language: in the name of King Ahashuerosh was it written, and sealed with the Kings ring.

geneva@Esther:3:13 @ And the letters were sent by postes into all the Kings prouinces, to roote out, to kill and to destroy all the Iewes, both yong & olde, children and women, in one day vpon the thirteenth day of the twelft moneth, (which is the moneth Adar) and to spoyle them as a pray. {\cf2 (13:1) The copie of the letters was this, The great King Artaxerxes writeth these thinges to the princes and gouernours that are vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia in an hundreth and seuen and twentie prouinces. (13:2) When I was made Lord ouer many people, and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion, I would not exalt my selfe by the reason of my power, but purposed with equitie alway and gentlenesse to gouerne my subiects, and wholy to set them in a peaceable life, and thereby to bring my kingdome vnto tranquilitie, that men might safely goe thorow on euery side, and to renewe peace againe, which all men desire. (13:3) Now when I asked my counsellers how these things might be brought to passe, one that was conuersant with vs, of excellent wisdome, and constant in good wil, and shewed him selfe to be of sure fidelitie, which had the second place in the kingdome, euen Aman, (13:4) Declared vnto vs, that in all nations there was scattered abroad a rebellious people, that had lawes contrary to all people, and haue alway despised the commandements of Kings, and so that this generall empire, that we haue begunne, cannot be gouerned without offence. (13:5) Seeing nowe wee perceiue, that this people alone are altogether contrary vnto euery man, vsing strange and other maner of lawes, and hauing an euill opinion of our doings, and goe about to stablish wicked matters, that our kingdome should not come to good estate, (13:6) Therefore haue we comaunded, that all they that are appointed in writing vnto you by Aman (which is ordeined ouer ye affaires, & is as our second father) shall all with their wiues and children be destroyed & rooted out with ye sword of their enemies without all mercy, and that none be spared the fourtenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this yeere, (13:7) That they which of olde, and nowe also haue euer bene rebellious, may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell, to the intent that after this time our affaires may bee without troubles, and well gouerned in all pointes.}

geneva@Esther:3:14 @ The contents of the writing was, that there shoulde be giuen a commandement in all prouinces, and published vnto all people, that they should be ready against the same day.

geneva@Esther:3:15 @ The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the (note:)That is, the Jews that were in Shushan.(:note) city Shushan was perplexed.

geneva@Esther:4:1 @ Now when Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackecloth and ashes, and went out into the middes of the citie, and cryed with a great crye, and a bitter.

geneva@Esther:4:7 @ And Mordecai tolde him of all that which had come vnto him, and of the summe of the siluer that Haman had promised to pay vnto the Kings treasures, because of the Iewes, for to destroy them.

geneva@Esther:4:8 @ Also he gaue him the copy of the writing and commission that was giuen at Shushan, to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Ester and declare it vnto her, and to charge her that she should goe in to the King, and make petition and supplication before him for her people.

geneva@Esther:4:11 @ All the Kings seruants and the people of the Kings prouinces doe knowe, that whosoeuer, man or woman, that commeth to the King into the inner court, which is not called, there is a law of his, that he shall dye, except him to whom the King holdeth out the golden rodde, that he may liue. Now I haue not bene called to come vnto the King these thirtie dayes.

geneva@Esther:4:13 @ And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes.

geneva@Esther:4:14 @ For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance (note:)Thus Mordecai spoke in the confidence of that faith which all God's children should have; which is that God will deliver them, though all worldly means fail.(:note) arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for To deliver God's Church out of these present dangers. [such] a time as this?

geneva@Esther:4:16 @ Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, (note:)I will put my life in danger and refer the success to God, seeing it is for his glory and the deliverance of his Church.(:note) I perish.

geneva@Esther:4:17 @ So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Ester had commaunded him. {\cf2 (13:8) Then Mardocheus thought vpon all ye workes and of the Lord, and made his prayer vnto him, (13:9) Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Almighty (for all things are in thy power) & if thou hast appointed to saue Israel, there is no man that can withstand thee. (13:10) For thou hast made heauen and earth, and all the wonderous things vnder the heauen. (13:11) Thou art Lorde of all thinges, and there is no man that can resist thee, which art the Lord. (13:12) Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was neither of malice, nor presumption, nor for any desire of glory, that I did this, and not bowe downe to proude Aman. (13:13) For I woulde haue bene content with good will for the saluation of Israel, to haue kist the sole of his feete. (13:14) But I did it, because I would not preferre the honour of a man aboue the glory of God, & would not worship any but onely thee, my Lorde, and this haue I not done of pride. (13:15) And therefore, O Lord God and King, haue mercy vpon thy people: for they imagine how they may bring vs to naught, yea, they would destroy the inheritance, that hath bin thine from the beginning. (13:16) Despise not the portion, which thou hast deliuered out of Egypt for thine owne selfe. (13:17) Heare my prayer, and bee mercifull vnto thy portion: turne our sorow into ioy, that we may liue, O Lord, and praise thy Name: shut not the mouthes of them that praise thee. (13:18) All Israel in like maner cried most earnestly vnto the Lord, because that death was before their eyes. \par (14:1) Qveene Esther also, being in danger of death, resorted vnto the Lord, (14:2) And layd away her glorious apparell, and put on the garments of sighing, and mourning. In the stead of precious oyntment, she scattered ashes, and dongue vpon her head: and she humbled her body greatly with fasting, and all the places of her ioy filled she with the heare that she pluckt off. (14:3) And she prayed vnto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my Lorde, thou onely art our King: helpe me desolate woman, which haue no helper but thee. (14:4) For my danger is at hand. (14:5) From my youth vp I haue heard in the kinred of my father, that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from their predecessours for a perpetuall inheritance, and thou hast performed that which thou didest promise them. (14:6) Now Lord, we haue sinned before thee: therefore hast thou giuen vs into ye hands of our enemies. (14:7) Because we worshipped their gods, O Lorde, thou art righteous. (14:8) Neuerthelesse, it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captiuitie, but they haue stroken hands with their idoles, (14:9) That they wil abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordeined, & destroy thine inheritace, to shut vp the mouth of them that praise thee, and to quench the glory of thy Temple, and of thine altar, (14:10) And to open the mouths of the heathen, that they may praise the power of the idoles, and to magnifie a fleshly King for euer. (14:11) O Lord, giue not thy scepter vnto them that be nothing, lest they laugh vs to scorne in our miserie: but turne their deuise vpon theselues, and make him an example, that hath begunne the same against vs. (14:12) Thinke vpon vs, O Lord, and shewe thy selfe vnto vs in the time of our distresse, and strengthen me, O King of gods, and Lord of all power. (14:13) Giue me an eloquent speach in my mouth before the Lion: turne his heart to hate our enemie, to destroy him, and all such as consent vnto him. (14:14) But deliuer vs with thine hand, and helpe me that am solitary, which haue no defence but onely thee. (14:15) Thou knowest all things, O Lord: thou knowest, that I hate the glory of the vnrighteous, and that I abhorre the bed of the vncircumcised, and of all the heathen. (14:16) Thou knowest my necessitie: for I hate this token of my preeminence, which I beare vpon mine head, what time as I must shewe my selfe, and that I abhorre it as a menstruous cloth, and that I weare it not when I am alone by my selfe, (14:17) And that I thine handmayde haue not eaten at Amans table, and that I haue had no pleasure in the Kings feast, nor drunke the wine of the drinke offerings, (14:18) And that I thine handmayde haue no ioye since the day that I was brought hither, vntill this day, but in thee, O Lord God of Abraham. (14:19) O thou mighty God aboue al, heare the voyce of them, that haue none other hope, & deliuer vs out of the hand of ye wicked, & deliuer me out of my feare.}

geneva@Esther:5:1 @ Now it came to pass on the third (note:)That is, after the Jews had begun to fast.(:note) day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

geneva@Esther:5:2 @ And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king (note:)Which was a sign that her coming was agreeable to him, (Est_4:11).(:note) held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

geneva@Esther:5:3 @ Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what [is] thy request? it shall be even (note:)Meaning by this that whatever she asked would be granted as in (Mar_6:23).(:note) given thee to the half of the kingdom.

geneva@Esther:5:4 @ Then saide Ester, If it please the King, let the King & Haman come this day vnto the banket, that I haue prepared for him.

geneva@Esther:5:5 @ And the King sayd, Cause Haman to make haste that he may doe as Ester hath sayde. So the King and Haman came to the banket that Ester had prepared.

geneva@Esther:5:6 @ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of (note:)Because they used to drink excessively in their banquets they called the banquet by that which was most in use or esteemed.(:note) wine, What [is] thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

geneva@Esther:5:8 @ If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath (note:)I will declare what I demand.(:note) said.

geneva@Esther:5:9 @ Then went Haman forth the same day ioyfull and with a glad heart. But when Haman sawe Mordecai in the Kings gate, that he stoode not vp, nor moued for him, then was Haman full of indignation at Mordecai.

geneva@Esther:5:12 @ Haman sayde moreouer, Yea, Ester the Queene did let no man come in with the King to the banket that she had prepared, saue me: and to morowe am I bidden vnto her also with the King.

geneva@Esther:5:14 @ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty (note:)Meaning, the highest that could be found.(:note) cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

geneva@Esther:6:2 @ Then it was found written that Mordecai had tolde of Bigtana, and Teresh two of the Kings eunuches, keepers of the dore, who sought to lay hands on the King Ahashuerosh.

geneva@Esther:6:3 @ And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai (note:)For he thought it unworthy of his estate to receive a benefit and not reward it.(:note) for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

geneva@Esther:6:4 @ And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to (note:)Thus while the wicked imagine the destruction of others, they themselves fall into the same pit.(:note) hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

geneva@Esther:6:8 @ Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the (note:)Meaning by this that the king should make him next to himself as Joseph was known to be next to Pharaoh in (Gen_41:43).(:note) horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

geneva@Esther:6:10 @ Then the King said to Haman, Make haste, take the rayment and the horse as thou hast said, and doe so vnto Mordecai the Iewe, that sitteth at the Kings gate: let nothing fayle of all that thou hast spoken.

geneva@Esther:6:13 @ And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, (note:)Thus God sometimes puts in the mouth of the very wicked to speak that thing which he has decreed shall come to pass.(:note) but shalt surely fall before him.

geneva@Esther:6:14 @ And while they were yet talking with him, came the Kings eunuches & hasted to bring Haman vnto the banket that Ester had prepared.

geneva@Esther:7:2 @ And the King said againe vnto Ester on the second day at the banket of wine, What is thy petition, Queene Ester, that it may be giue thee? and what is thy request? It shalbe euen perfourmed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.

geneva@Esther:7:5 @ Then King Ahashuerosh answered, and said vnto the Queene Ester, Who is he? and where is he that presumeth to doe thus?

geneva@Esther:7:7 @ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was (note:)His conscience accused him that as he had conspired the death of innocents, so the vengeance of God would fall on him for the same.(:note) evil determined against him by the king.

geneva@Esther:7:10 @ So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.

geneva@Esther:8:1 @ On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai (note:)That is, was received into the king's favour and presence.(:note) came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] That he was her uncle, and had brought her up. unto her.

geneva@Esther:8:3 @ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the (note:)Meaning, that he should abolish the wicked decrees, which he had made for the destruction of the Jews.(:note) mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

geneva@Esther:8:5 @ And sayd, If it please the King, & if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing be acceptable before the King, and I please him, let it be written, that the letters of the deuice of Haman the sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite may be called againe, which he wrote to destroy the Iewes, that are in all the Kings prouinces.

geneva@Esther:8:6 @ For how can I suffer and see the euil, that shall come vnto my people? Or howe can I suffer and see the destruction of my kinred?

geneva@Esther:8:9 @ Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month (note:)Which contains part of May and part of June.(:note) Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the That is, in such letters and languages as was usual in every province. writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

geneva@Esther:8:10 @ And hee wrote in the King Ahashuerosh name, and sealed it with the Kings ring: and he sent letters by postes on horsebacke and that rode on beastes of price, as dromedaries and coltes of mares.

geneva@Esther:8:11 @ Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for (note:)That is, to defend themselves against all who would assail them.(:note) their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey,

geneva@Esther:8:13 @ The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to (note:)The king gave them permission to kill all who oppressed them.(:note) avenge themselves on their enemies.

geneva@Esther:8:16 @ The Jews had light, and (note:)He showed by the words that follow, what this light was.(:note) gladness, and joy, and honour.

geneva@Esther:9:1 @ Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was (note:)This was by God's great providence, who turns the joy of the wicked into sorrow, and the tears of the godly into gladness.(:note) turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

geneva@Esther:9:5 @ Thus the Jews smote all their (note:)Who had conspired their death by the permission of the wicked Haman.(:note) enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

geneva@Esther:9:6 @ And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed (note:)Besides the three hundred that they slew the second day, (Est_9:15).(:note) five hundred men.

geneva@Esther:9:10 @ The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but (note:)By which they declared that this was God's just judgment on the enemies of his Church as they fought not for their own gain, but to execute his vengeance.(:note) on the spoil laid they not their hand.

geneva@Esther:9:11 @ On the same day came ye nomber of those that were slayne, vnto the palace of Shushan before the King.

geneva@Esther:9:12 @ And the King sayd vnto the Queene Ester, The Iewes haue slayne in Shushan the palace and destroyed fiue hundreth men, & the ten sonnes of Haman: what haue they done in the rest of the Kings prouinces? and what is thy petition, that it may be giuen thee? or what is thy request moreouer, that it may be performed?

geneva@Esther:9:15 @ So the Iewes that were in Shushan, assembled themselues vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, & slew three hundreth men in Shushan, but on the spoyle they layd not their hand.

geneva@Esther:9:16 @ But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for (note:)Read (Est_8:11).(:note) their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their Meaning, that they laid hands on no one that was not the enemy of God. foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

geneva@Esther:9:18 @ But the Iewes that were in Shushan assembled themselues on the thirteenth day, & on the fourteenth therof, & they rested on the fifteenth of the same, and kept it a day of feasting & ioy.

geneva@Esther:9:19 @ Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, (note:)As the Jews do even to this day, calling it in the Persian language Purim, that is, the day of lots.(:note) made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

geneva@Esther:9:20 @ And Mordecai wrote (note:)The Jews gather from this that Mordecai wrote this book, but it seems that he wrote only these letters and decrees that follow.(:note) these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both] nigh and far,

geneva@Esther:9:21 @ Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, euery yeere.

geneva@Esther:9:22 @ As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of (note:)He sets before our eyes the use of this feast which was for the remembrance of God's deliverance, the maintenance of mutual friendship and relief of the poor.(:note) sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

geneva@Esther:9:24 @ Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had (note:)Read (Est_3:7).(:note) cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

geneva@Esther:9:25 @ But when (note:)That is, Esther.(:note) [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked These are the words of the kings commandment to disannul Haman's wicked enterprise. device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

geneva@Esther:9:26 @ Therfore they called these dayes Purim, by the name of Pur, & because of all the wordes of this letter, & of that which they had seene besides this, and of that which had come vnto them.

geneva@Esther:9:27 @ The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two (note:)Meaning, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar.(:note) days according to their writing, and according to their [appointed] time every year;

geneva@Esther:9:28 @ And that these dayes shoulde be remembred, and kept throughout euery generation and euery familie, and euery prouince, and euery citie: euen these daies of Purim should not faile among the Iewes, and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede.

geneva@Esther:10:3 @ For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and (note:)These three points are here set forth as commendable and necessary for him that is in authority to have the favour of the people, to procure their wealth, and to be gentle and loving to them.(:note) accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

geneva@Job:1:1 @ There was a man in the land of (note:)That is, of the country of Idumea, (Lam_4:21), or bordering on it: for the land was called by the name of Uz, the son of Dishan, the son of Seir (Gen_36:28).(:note) Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and Since he was a Gentile and not a Jew and yet is pronounced upright and without hypocrisy, it declares that among the heathen God revealed himself. upright, and By this it is declared what is meant by an upright and just man. one that feared God, and eschewed evil. The Argument - In this history the example of patience is set before our eyes. This holy man Job was not only extremely afflicted in outward things and in his body, but also in his mind and conscience, by the sharp temptation of his wife and friends: who by their vehement words and subtle disputations brought him almost to despair. They set forth God as a sincere judge, and mortal enemy to him who had cast him off, therefore in vain he should seek him for help. These friends came to him under pretence of consolation, and yet they tormented him more than all his afflictions did. Even so, he constantly resisted them, and eventually succeeded. In this story we must note that Job maintains a good cause, but handles it badly. His adversaries have an evil matter, but they defend it craftily. Job held that God did not always punish men according to their sins, but that he had secret judgments, of which man knew not the cause, and therefore man could not reason against God in it, but he should be convicted. Moreover, he was assured that God had not rejected him, yet through his great torments and afflictions he speaks many inconveniences and shows himself as a desperate man in many things, and as one that would resist God, and this is his good cause which he handles well. Again the adversaries maintain with many good arguments that God punishes continually according to the trespass, grounding on God's providence, his justice and man's sins, yet their intention is evil; for they labour to bring Job into despair, and so they maintain an evil cause. Ezekiel commends Job as a just man, (Eze_14:14) and James sets out his patience for an example, (Jam_5:11).

geneva@Job:1:3 @ His (note:)His children and riches are declared, to commend his virtue in his prosperity and his patience and constancy when God took them from him.(:note) substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of Meaning, the Arabians, Chaldeans, Idumeans etc. the east.

geneva@Job:1:5 @ And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and (note:)That is, commanded them to be sanctified: meaning, that they should consider the faults that they had committed, and reconcile themselves for the same.(:note) sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and That is, he offered for each of his children an offering of reconciliation, which declared his religion toward God, and the care that he had for his children. offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and In Hebrew it is, «blessed God», which is sometimes taken for blaspheming and cursing, as it is here and in (1Ki_21:10, 1Ki_21:13). cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job While the feast lasted. continually.

geneva@Job:1:6 @ Now there was a day when the (note:)Meaning the angels, who are called the sons of God because they are willing to execute his will.(:note) sons of God came to present themselves Because our infirmity cannot comprehend God in his majesty, he is set forth to us as a King, that our capacity may be able to understand that which is spoken of him. before the LORD, and Satan This declares that although Satan is an adversary to God, yet he is compelled to obey him, and do him all homage, without whose permission and appointment he can do nothing. came also among them.

geneva@Job:1:8 @ And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

geneva@Job:1:9 @ Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for (note:)He fears you not for your own sake, but for the blessing that he received from you.(:note) nought?

geneva@Job:1:10 @ Hast not thou made (note:)Meaning, the grace of God, which served Job as a rampart against all temptations.(:note) an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

geneva@Job:1:11 @ But put forth thine hand now, and (note:)This signifies that Satan is not able to touch us, but it is God that must do it.(:note) touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to Satan notes the vice to which men are commonly subjected, that is, to hide their rebellion and to be content with God in the time of prosperity which view is disclosed in the time of their adversity. thy face.

geneva@Job:1:12 @ And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in (note:)God does not give Satan power over man to gratify him, but to declare that he has no power over man, but that which God gives him.(:note) thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the That is, went to execute that which God had permitted him to do for else he can never go out of God's presence. presence of the LORD.

geneva@Job:1:16 @ While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The (note:)Which was also done by the craft of Satan, to tempt Job even more grievously, so he might see that not only men were his enemies, but that God made war against him.(:note) fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

geneva@Job:1:18 @ While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy (note:)This last plague declares that when one plague is past which seems hard to bear, God can send us another far more grievous, to try his and teach them obedience.(:note) sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

geneva@Job:1:20 @ Then Job arose, and (note:)Which came not from impatience, but declares that the children of God are not insensible like blocks, but that in their patience they feel affliction and grief of mind: yet they do not rebel against God as the wicked do.(:note) rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

geneva@Job:1:21 @ And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return (note:)That is, into the belly of the earth, which is the mother of all.(:note) thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; By this he confesses that God is just and good, although his hand is sore on him. blessed be the name of the LORD.

geneva@Job:1:22 @ In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God (note:)But declared that God did all things according to justice and equity.(:note) foolishly.

geneva@Job:2:3 @ And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, (note:)He proves Job's integrity by this that he ceased not to fear God when his plagues were grievously upon him.(:note) although thou movedst me against That is, when you had nothing against him, or when you were not able to bring your purpose to pass. him, to destroy him without cause.

geneva@Job:2:4 @ And Satan answered the LORD, and said, (note:)By this he means that a man's own skin is dearer to him than another man's.(:note) Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

geneva@Job:2:7 @ So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore (note:)This sore was most vehement, with which God also plagued the Egyptians, (Exo_9:9) and threatened to punish rebellious people, (Deu_28:27) so that this temptation was most grievous: for if Job had measured God's favour by the vehemency of his disease, he might have thought that God had cast him off.(:note) boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

geneva@Job:2:9 @ Then said his (note:)Satan uses the same instrument against Job, as he did against Adam.(:note) wife unto him, Dost thou Meaning, what do you gain from serving God, seeing he thus plagues you, as though he were your enemy? This is the most grievous temptation for the faithful, when their faith is assailed, and when Satan goes about to persuade them that they trust in God in vain. still retain thine integrity? For death was appointed to the blasphemer and so she meant that he would quickly be rid of his pain. curse God, and die.

geneva@Job:2:10 @ But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not (note:)That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just.(:note) receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his He so bridled his desires that his tongue through impatience did not murmur against God. lips.

geneva@Job:2:11 @ Now when Job's three (note:)Who were men of authority, wise and learned, and as the Septuagint writes, kings, and came to comfort him, but when they saw how he was visited, they conceived an evil opinion of him, as though he was a hypocrite and so justly plagued by God for his sins.(:note) friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

geneva@Job:2:13 @ So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very (note:)And therefore thought that he would not have listened to their counsel.(:note) great.

geneva@Job:3:3 @ Let the day (note:)Men should not be weary of their life and curse it, because of the infinities that it is subject to, but because they are given to sin and rebellion against God.(:note) perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.

geneva@Job:3:4 @ Let that day be darkness; let not God (note:)Let it be put out of the number of days, and let it not have the sight of the sun to separate it from the night.(:note) regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

geneva@Job:3:5 @ Let darkness and the (note:)That is, most obscure darkness, which makes them afraid of death that they are in it.(:note) shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

geneva@Job:3:6 @ Let darkenesse possesse that night, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, nor let it come into the count of the moneths.

geneva@Job:3:7 @ Yea, desolate be that night, and let no ioy be in it.

geneva@Job:3:8 @ Let them curse it that curse the day, who are (note:)Who curse the day of their birth, let them lay that curse on this night.(:note) ready to raise up their mourning.

geneva@Job:3:15 @ Or with the princes that had golde, and haue filled their houses with siluer.

geneva@Job:3:20 @ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and (note:)He shows that the benefits of God are not comfortable, unless the heart is joyful, and the conscience quieted.(:note) life unto the bitter [in] soul;

geneva@Job:3:25 @ For the thing which I greatly (note:)In my prosperity I looked for a fall, as it now has come to pass.(:note) feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

geneva@Job:3:26 @ I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; (note:)The fear of troubles that would ensue, caused my prosperity to seem to me as nothing, and yet I am not exempted from trouble.(:note) yet trouble came.

geneva@Job:4:4 @ Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.

geneva@Job:4:6 @ [Is] not [this] thy (note:)He concludes that Job was a hypocrite and had no true fear or trust in God.(:note) fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

geneva@Job:4:7 @ Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being (note:)He concludes that Job was reproved seeing that God handles him so extremely, which is the argument that the carnal men make against the children of God.(:note) innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

geneva@Job:4:8 @ Even as I have seen, they that (note:)They who do evil cannot but receive evil.(:note) plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

geneva@Job:4:9 @ By the (note:)He shows that God needs no great preparation to destroy his enemies: for he can do it with the blast of his mouth.(:note) blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

geneva@Job:4:12 @ Now a thing was (note:)A thing I did not know before was declared to me by vision, that is that whoever thinks himself just will be found a sinner when he comes before God.(:note) secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

geneva@Job:4:14 @ Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones (note:)In these visions which God shows to his creatures, there is always a certain fear joined, that the authority of it might be had in greater reverence.(:note) to shake.

geneva@Job:4:17 @ Shall mortal man be more (note:)He proves that if God punished the innocent, the creature would be more just than the creator, which was blasphemy.(:note) just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

geneva@Job:4:19 @ How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of (note:)That is, in this mortal body, subject to corruption, as in (2Co_5:1).(:note) clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?

geneva@Job:5:1 @ Call now, if there be any that will (note:)He wills Job to consider the example of all who have lived or live godly, whether any of them are like him in raging against God as he does.(:note) answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

geneva@Job:5:3 @ I have seen the (note:)That is, the sinner that does not have the fear of God.(:note) foolish taking root: but suddenly I I was not moved by his prosperity but knew that God had cursed him and his. cursed his habitation.

geneva@Job:5:7 @ Yet man is born unto (note:)Which declares that sin is always in our corrupt nature: for before sin it was not subject to pain and affliction.(:note) trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

geneva@Job:5:9 @ Which (note:)He counsels Job to humble himself to God to whom all creatures are subject and whose works declare that man is inexcusable unless he glorifies God in all his works.(:note) doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

geneva@Job:5:11 @ And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.

geneva@Job:5:12 @ He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.

geneva@Job:5:14 @ They meet with (note:)In things plain and evident they show themselves fools instead of wise men.(:note) darkness in the daytime, and This declares that God punishes the worldly wise as he threatened in (Deu_28:29). grope in the noonday as in the night.

geneva@Job:5:19 @ He shall deliver thee in (note:)He will send trouble after trouble that his children may not for one time, but continually trust in him: but they sill have a comfortable issue, even in the greatest and the last, which is here called the seventh.(:note) six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

geneva@Job:5:24 @ And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not (note:)God will so bless you that you will have opportunity to rejoice in all things, and not be offended.(:note) sin.

geneva@Job:5:25 @ Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.

geneva@Job:5:27 @ Lo (note:)We have learned these points by experience, that God does not punish the innocent, that man cannot compare in justice with him, that the hypocrites will not prosper for long, and that the affliction which man sustains comes for his own sin.(:note) this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

geneva@Job:6:2 @ Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the (note:)To know whether I complain without just cause.(:note) balances together!

geneva@Job:6:3 @ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are (note:)My grief is so great that I lack words to express it.(:note) swallowed up.

geneva@Job:6:4 @ For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do (note:)Which declares that he was not only afflicted in body, but wounded in conscience, which is the greatest battle that the faithful can have.(:note) set themselves in array against me.

geneva@Job:6:5 @ Doth the (note:)Do you think that I cry without cause, seeing the brute beasts do not complain when they have what they want.(:note) wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

geneva@Job:6:6 @ Can that which is (note:)Can a man's taste delight in that, which has no savour? meaning that no one takes pleasure in affliction seeing they cannot do away with things that are unsavoury to the mouth.(:note) unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?

geneva@Job:6:8 @ Oh that I might have my (note:)In this he sins double, both in wishing through impatience to die, and also in desiring of God a thing which was not agreeable to his will.(:note) request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

geneva@Job:6:9 @ That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.

geneva@Job:6:11 @ What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine (note:)He fears lest he should be brought to inconveniences, if his sorrows should continue.(:note) end, that I should prolong my life?

geneva@Job:6:14 @ He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.

geneva@Job:6:26 @ Do ye imagine to reprove (note:)Do you object to my words because I would be thought to speak foolishly, and am now in misery?(:note) words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?

geneva@Job:6:29 @ Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe.

geneva@Job:7:5 @ My flesh is (note:)This signifies that his disease was rare and most horrible.(:note) clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

geneva@Job:7:7 @ Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.

geneva@Job:7:8 @ The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.

geneva@Job:7:12 @ [Am] I a sea, (note:)Am I not a poor wretch? Why do you need to lay so much pain on me?(:note) or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

geneva@Job:7:14 @ Then thou scarest me (note:)So that I can have no rest, night or day.(:note) with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

geneva@Job:7:15 @ So that my soul (note:)He speaks as one overcome with sorrow, and not of judgment, or of the examination of his faith.(:note) chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.

geneva@Job:7:17 @ What [is] man, that thou (note:)Seeing that man of himself is so vile, why do you give him that honour to contend against him? Job uses all kinds of persuasion with God, that he might stay his hand.(:note) shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

geneva@Job:7:20 @ I have (note:)After all temptations faith steps forth and leads Job to repentance: yet it was not in such perfection that he could bridle himself from reasoning with God, because he still tried his faith.(:note) sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

geneva@Job:8:2 @ How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth (note:)He declares that their words which would diminish anything from the justice of God, are but as a puff of wind that vanishes away.(:note) [be like] a strong wind?

geneva@Job:8:4 @ If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their (note:)That is, has rewarded them according to their iniquity, meaning that Job should be warned by the example of his children, that he not offend God.(:note) transgression;

geneva@Job:8:9 @ (For we [are but of] (note:)Meaning, that it is not enough to have the experience of ourselves, but to be confirmed by the examples of those who went before us.(:note) yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

geneva@Job:8:13 @ So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.

geneva@Job:8:18 @ If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall (note:)That is, so that there remains nothing there to prove whether the tree had grown there or not.(:note) deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

geneva@Job:8:22 @ They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

geneva@Job:9:6 @ Which (note:)He declares the infirmity of man, by the mighty and incomprehensible power that is in God, showing what he could do if he would set forth his power.(:note) shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

geneva@Job:9:9 @ Which maketh (note:)These are the names of certain stars by which he means that all stars both known and unknown are at his appointment.(:note) Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

geneva@Job:9:12 @ Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? (note:)He shows that when God executes his power, he does it justly, as no one can control him.(:note) who will say unto him, What doest thou?

geneva@Job:9:13 @ [If] God (note:)God will not be appeased for anything that man can say for himself for his justification.(:note) will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers That is, all the reasons that men can lay to approve their cause. do stoop under him.

geneva@Job:9:14 @ How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out (note:)How should I be able to answer him by eloquence? By which he notes his friends, who although they were eloquent in talk, did not believe in their hearts, that which they spoke.(:note) my words [to reason] with him?

geneva@Job:9:15 @ Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I (note:)Meaning, in his own opinion, signifying that man will sometimes flatter himself to be righteous which before God is an abomination.(:note) not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.

geneva@Job:9:16 @ If I (note:)While I am in pain I cannot break forth into many inconveniences although I still know that God is just.(:note) had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

geneva@Job:9:22 @ This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the (note:)If God punishes according to his justice, he will destroy them who are counted perfect as well as them that are wicked.(:note) perfect and the wicked.

geneva@Job:9:26 @ They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.

geneva@Job:9:28 @ Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

geneva@Job:9:32 @ For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.

geneva@Job:9:35 @ [Then] would I speak, and not fear him; (note:)Signifying that God's judgments keep him in awe.(:note) but [it is] not so with me.

geneva@Job:10:1 @ My soul is (note:)I am more like a dead man, than to one that lives.(:note) weary of my life; I will leave my I will make an ample declaration of my torments, accusing myself and not God. complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

geneva@Job:10:2 @ I will say unto God, Do not (note:)He would not that God would proceed against him by his secret justice, but by the ordinary means that he punishes others.(:note) condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

geneva@Job:10:3 @ [Is it] (note:)Is it agreeable to your justice to do me wrong?(:note) good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the Will you be without compassions? work of thine hands, and shine upon the Will you gratify the wicked and condemn me? counsel of the wicked?

geneva@Job:10:6 @ That thou inquirest of mine iniquitie, and searchest out my sinne?

geneva@Job:10:7 @ Thou knowest that I am not (note:)By affliction you keep me as in a prison, and restrain me from doing evil, neither can any set me free.(:note) wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.

geneva@Job:10:8 @ Thine (note:)In these eight verses following he describes the mercy of God, in the wonderful creation of man: and on it grounds that God should not show himself rigorous against him.(:note) hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

geneva@Job:10:9 @ Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as (note:)As brittle as a pot of clay.(:note) the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

geneva@Job:10:13 @ And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know (note:)Though I am not fully able to comprehend these things, yet I must confess that it is so.(:note) that this [is] with thee.

geneva@Job:10:15 @ If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not (note:)I will always walk in fear and humility, knowing that no one is just before you.(:note) lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

geneva@Job:10:17 @ Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; (note:)That is, diversity of diseases and in great abundance; showing that God has infinite means to punish man.(:note) changes and war [are] against me.

geneva@Job:10:18 @ Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!

geneva@Job:10:19 @ And that I were as I had not bene, but brought from the wombe to the graue!

geneva@Job:10:20 @ [Are] not my days few? (note:)He wishes that God would leave off his affliction, considering his great misery and the shortness of his life.(:note) cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

geneva@Job:10:21 @ Before I go [whence] I shall not (note:)He speaks this in the person of a sinner, that is overcome with passions and with the feeling of God's judgments and therefore cannot apprehend in that state the mercies of God, and the comfort of the resurrection.(:note) return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

geneva@Job:11:2 @ Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man (note:)Should he persuade by his great talk that he is just?(:note) full of talk be justified?

geneva@Job:11:4 @ For thou hast said, (note:)He charges Job with this, that he should say, that the thing which he spoke was true, and that he was without sin in the sight of God.(:note) My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

geneva@Job:11:5 @ But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

geneva@Job:11:6 @ And that he would shew thee the (note:)Which is not to stand in justifying of yourself: he signifies that man will never be overcome while he reasons with another, and therefore God must break off the controversy, and stop man's mouth.(:note) secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].

geneva@Job:11:11 @ For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

geneva@Job:11:12 @ For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild (note:)That is, without understanding, so that whatever gifts he has afterward come from God, and not from nature.(:note) ass's colt.

geneva@Job:11:14 @ If iniquity [be] in thine (note:)Renounce your own evil works and see that they do not offend God, over whom you have charge.(:note) hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

geneva@Job:11:15 @ For then shalt thou lift up thy (note:)He declares the quietness of conscience and success in all things that they shall have who turn to God in true repentance.(:note) face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

geneva@Job:11:16 @ But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.

geneva@Job:11:20 @ But the eyes (note:)He shows that contrary things will come to them who do not repent.(:note) of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.

geneva@Job:12:4 @ I am (note:)He reproves his friends for two faults: one, that they thought they had better knowledge than they did: and the other, that instead of true consolation, they derided and despised their friend in his adversity.(:note) [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he Who being a mocker and a wicked man, thinks that no man is in God's favour but he, because he has all things that he desires. answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.

geneva@Job:12:6 @ The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.

geneva@Job:12:7 @ But ask now the beasts, (note:)He declares to them that disputed against him, that their wisdom is common to all, and such as the very brute beasts teach daily.(:note) and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

geneva@Job:12:9 @ Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?

geneva@Job:12:12 @ With the (note:)Though men by age and continuance of time attain wisdom, yet it is not comparable to God's wisdom, nor able to comprehend his judgments, in which he answers to that which was alleged, (Job_8:8).(:note) ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

geneva@Job:12:16 @ With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the (note:)He shows that there is nothing done in this world without God's will and ordinance, else he would not be Almighty.(:note) deceiver [are] his.

geneva@Job:12:23 @ He (note:)In this discourse of God's wonderful works, Job shows that whatever is done in this world both in the order and change of things, is by God's will and appointment, in which he declares that he thinks well of God, and is able to set forth his power in words as they that reasoned against him were.(:note) increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].

geneva@Job:12:24 @ He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, & maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.

geneva@Job:13:3 @ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire (note:)For although he knew that God was just, which was revealed in his ordinary working and another in his secret counsel, yet he uttered his affection to God, because he was not able to understand the reason he punished him.(:note) to reason with God.

geneva@Job:13:5 @ Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!

geneva@Job:13:9 @ Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?

geneva@Job:13:13 @ Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.

geneva@Job:13:14 @ Wherefore do I (note:)Is not this a revealed sign of my affliction and that I do not complain without cause, seeing that I am thus tormented as though I should tear my own flesh, and put my life in danger?(:note) take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

geneva@Job:13:16 @ He also [shall be] my salvation: for an (note:)By which he declares that he is not a hypocrite as they charged him.(:note) hypocrite shall not come before him.

geneva@Job:13:18 @ Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be (note:)That is, cleared and not cut off for my sins, as you think.(:note) justified.

geneva@Job:13:19 @ Who [is] he [that] will plead (note:)To prove that God punishes me for my sins.(:note) with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall If I do not defend my cause, every man will condemn me. give up the ghost.

geneva@Job:13:23 @ How many [are] (note:)His pangs move him to reason with God, not denying that he had sinned: but he desired to understand what his great sins were that he deserved such rigor, in which he sinned by demanding a reason from God why he punished him.(:note) mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

geneva@Job:13:26 @ For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess (note:)You punish me now for the sins that I committed in my youth.(:note) the iniquities of my youth.

geneva@Job:13:27 @ Thou puttest my feet also in the (note:)You make me your prisoner, and so press me that I cannot stir hand or foot.(:note) stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

geneva@Job:13:28 @ Such one consumeth like a rotten thing, and as a garment that is motheaten.

geneva@Job:14:3 @ And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an (note:)His meaning is, that seeing that man is so frail a creature, God should not handle him so extremely, in which Job shows the wickedness of the flesh, when it is not subject to the Spirit.(:note) one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

geneva@Job:14:6 @ Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, (note:)Until the time you have appointed him to die, which he desires as the hireling waits for the end of his labour to receive his wages.(:note) as an hireling, his day.

geneva@Job:14:7 @ For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

geneva@Job:14:13 @ O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy (note:)By this he declares that the fear of God's judgment was the reason why he desired to die.(:note) wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and That is, relieve my pain and take me to mercy. remember me!

geneva@Job:14:18 @ And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the (note:)He murmurs through the impatiency of the flesh against God, as though he used great severity against him as against the hard rocks, or waters that overflow, so that by this the opportunity of his hope is taken away.(:note) rock is removed out of his place.

geneva@Job:14:20 @ Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

geneva@Job:15:2 @ Should a wise man utter (note:)That is, vain words, and without consolation?(:note) vain knowledge, and fill his belly Meaning, with matters that are of no importance, which are forgotten as soon as they are uttered, as the East wind dries up moisture as soon as it falls. with the east wind?

geneva@Job:15:3 @ Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?

geneva@Job:15:9 @ What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?

geneva@Job:15:11 @ [Are] the consolations of God (note:)He accuses Job's pride and ingratitude, that will not be comforted by God, but by their counsel.(:note) small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

geneva@Job:15:13 @ That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

geneva@Job:15:14 @ What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should (note:)His purpose is to prove that Job, as an unjust man and a hypocrite, is punished for his sins, as he did before, (Job_4:8).(:note) be righteous?

geneva@Job:15:17 @ I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:

geneva@Job:15:19 @ Unto whom alone the earth was (note:)Who by their wisdom so governed, that no stranger invaded them, and so the land seemed to be given to them alone.(:note) given, and no stranger passed among them.

geneva@Job:15:22 @ He believeth not that he shall return out of (note:)Out of that misery to which he once fell.(:note) darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

geneva@Job:15:23 @ He wandereth (note:)God not only impoverishes the wicked often, but even in their prosperity he punishes them with a greediness to gain even more: which is as a beggary.(:note) abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

geneva@Job:15:24 @ Trouble and (note:)He shows the weapons God uses against the wicked, who lift up themselves against him, that is, terror of conscience and outward afflictions.(:note) anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

geneva@Job:15:27 @ Because he covereth his face with (note:)That is, he was so puffed up with prosperity and abundance for all things, that he forgave God: noting that Job in his happiness did not have the true fear of God.(:note) his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.

geneva@Job:15:29 @ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the (note:)Meaning, that his sumptuous buildings would never come to perfection.(:note) perfection thereof upon the earth.

geneva@Job:15:31 @ Let not him that is (note:)He stands in his own conceit, that he will give no place to good counsel, therefore his own pride will bring him to destruction.(:note) deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

geneva@Job:16:3 @ Shall (note:)Which serve for vain ostentation and for no true comfort.(:note) vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

geneva@Job:16:4 @ I also could speak as ye [do]: if your (note:)I would that you felt what I do.(:note) soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and That is, mock at your misery, as you do at mine. shake mine head at you.

geneva@Job:16:6 @ Though I speak, my grief is (note:)If you would say, «Why do you not then comfort yourself?» he answers that the judgments of God are more heavy than he is able to assuage either by words or silence.(:note) not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?

geneva@Job:16:17 @ Not for [any] injustice in (note:)Signifying that he is not able to understand the cause of this his grievous punishment.(:note) mine hands: also my prayer That is, unfeigned and without hypocrisy. [is] pure.

geneva@Job:16:21 @ O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man (note:)Thus by his great torments he is carried away, and breaks out into passions, and speaks unadvisedly, as though God would intreat man more gently, seeing he has only a short time here to live.(:note) [pleadeth] for his neighbour!

geneva@Job:17:2 @ [Are there] not (note:)Instead of comfort, being now at death's door, he had but them that mocked at him, and discouraged him.(:note) mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in I see still that they seek but to vex me. their provocation?

geneva@Job:17:9 @ The righteous also shall hold on his (note:)That is, will not be discouraged, considering that the godly are punished as well as the wicked.(:note) way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

geneva@Job:17:15 @ Where is then now mine hope? or who shal consider the thing, that I hoped for?

geneva@Job:18:8 @ For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he (note:)Meaning, that the wicked are in continual danger.(:note) walketh upon a snare.

geneva@Job:18:20 @ They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his (note:)When they will see what came to him.(:note) day, as they that went before were affrighted.

geneva@Job:18:21 @ Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

geneva@Job:19:6 @ Know now that God hath (note:)He breaks out again into his passions and declares still that his affliction comes from God though he is not able to feel the cause in himself.(:note) overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

geneva@Job:19:8 @ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot (note:)Meaning, out of his afflictions.(:note) pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

geneva@Job:19:22 @ Why do ye persecute me as (note:)Is it not enough that God punishes me, unless you by reproaching increase my sorrow?(:note) God, and are not satisfied with my To see my body punished, unless you trouble my mind? flesh?

geneva@Job:19:23 @ Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,

geneva@Job:19:24 @ That they were graven with (note:)He protests that despite his sore passions his religion is perfect and that he in not a blasphemer as they judged him.(:note) an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

geneva@Job:19:25 @ For I know [that] my (note:)I do not so justify myself before the world, but I know that I will come before the great judge who will be my deliverer and Saviour.(:note) redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:

geneva@Job:19:26 @ And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet (note:)In this Job declares plainly that he had a full hope, that both the soul and body would enjoy the presence of God in the last resurrection.(:note) in my flesh shall I see God:

geneva@Job:19:28 @ But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the (note:)Though his friends thought that he was only persecuted by God for his sins, yet he declares that there was a deeper consideration that is, the trial of his faith and patience, and so to be an example for others.(:note) matter is found in me?

geneva@Job:19:29 @ Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the (note:)God will be avenged of this harsh judgment by which you condemned me.(:note) punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.

geneva@Job:20:3 @ I have heard (note:)He declares that two things moved him to speak: that is, because Job seemed to touch him, and because he thought he had knowledge sufficient to confute him.(:note) the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

geneva@Job:20:5 @ That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?

geneva@Job:20:9 @ So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, & his place shal see him no more.

geneva@Job:20:10 @ His children shall (note:)While the father through ambition and tyranny oppressed the poor, the children through poverty and misery will seek favour from the poor.(:note) seek to please the poor, and his hands shall So that the thing which he has taken away by violence will be restored again by force. restore their goods.

geneva@Job:20:11 @ His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which (note:)Meaning that he will carry nothing away with him but his sin.(:note) shall lie down with him in the dust.

geneva@Job:20:12 @ Though wickedness be (note:)As poison that is sweet in the mouth brings destruction when it comes into the body: so all vice at the first is pleasant, but God later turns it to destruction.(:note) sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

geneva@Job:20:16 @ He shall suck the (note:)He compares ill-gotten goods to the venom of asps, which is a dangerous serpent, noting that Jobs great riches were not truly come by and therefore God plagues him justly for the same.(:note) poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

geneva@Job:20:18 @ That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], (note:)That is these raveners and spoilers of the poor will enjoy their theft but for a time for after God will take it from them, and cause them to make restitution so that it is only an exchange.(:note) and he shall not rejoice [therein].

geneva@Job:20:20 @ Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.

geneva@Job:21:3 @ Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.

geneva@Job:21:7 @ Wherefore do the wicked (note:)Job proves against his adversaries that God does not punish the wicked immediately, but often gives them long life and prosperity, so we must not judge God just or unjust by the things that appear to our eyes.(:note) live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

geneva@Job:21:11 @ They send forth their little ones (note:)They have healthy children and in those points he answers to that which Zophar alleged before.(:note) like a flock, and their children dance.

geneva@Job:21:14 @ Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the (note:)They desire nothing more than to be exempt from all subjection that they should bear to God, thus Job shows his adversaries, that if they reason only by that which is seen by common experience the wicked who hate God are better dealt withal than they who love him.(:note) knowledge of thy ways.

geneva@Job:21:15 @ Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

geneva@Job:21:18 @ They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.

geneva@Job:21:22 @ Shall [any] teach (note:)Who sends to the wicked prosperity and punishes the godly.(:note) God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

geneva@Job:21:28 @ For ye say, Where [is] the (note:)Thus they called Job's house in derision concluding that it was destroyed because he was wicked.(:note) house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?

geneva@Job:21:29 @ Have ye (note:)Who through long travailing have experience and tokens of it, that is, that the wicked prosper, and the godly live in affliction.(:note) not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

geneva@Job:21:30 @ That the wicked is reserved to the day of (note:)Though the wicked flourish here, yet God will punish him in the last day.(:note) destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

geneva@Job:21:31 @ Who shall declare his way (note:)Though men flatter him, and no one dares to reprove him in this world, yet death is a token that he will bring him to an account.(:note) to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?

geneva@Job:21:34 @ How then comfort (note:)Saying that the just in this world have prosperity and the wicked adversity.(:note) ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

geneva@Job:22:2 @ Can a man be (note:)Though man was just, yet God could not profit from this his justice; and therefore when he punished him, he had no regard to his justice, but to his sin.(:note) profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

geneva@Job:22:3 @ Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?

geneva@Job:22:12 @ [Is] not God in the (note:)He accuses Job of impiety and contempt of God, as thought he would say, If you pass not for men, yet consider the height of God's majesty.(:note) height of heaven? and behold the height of the That so much the more by that excellent work you may fear God, and reverence him. stars, how high they are!

geneva@Job:22:13 @ And thou sayest, How doth God (note:)He reproves Job, as though he denied God's providence and that he could not see the things that were done in this world.(:note) know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

geneva@Job:22:14 @ The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

geneva@Job:22:18 @ Yet he (note:)He answers to that which Job had said, (Job_21:7) that the wicked have prosperity in this world; desiring that he might not be a partaker of the like.(:note) filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

geneva@Job:22:19 @ The righteous see [it], and are glad: (note:)The just rejoice at the destruction of the wicked for two reasons, first because God shows himself judge of the world and by this means continues his honour and glory: secondly because God shows that he had care over his in that he punished their enemies.(:note) and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

geneva@Job:23:2 @ Even to day [is] my complaint (note:)He shows the just cause of his complaining and concerning that Eliphaz had exhorted him to return to God, (Job_22:21) he declares that he desires nothing more, but it seems that God would not be found of him.(:note) bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

geneva@Job:23:5 @ I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, & would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

geneva@Job:23:10 @ But he knoweth the (note:)God has this preeminence about me, that he knows my way: that is, that I am not able to judge his work, he shows also his confidence, that God uses him for his profit.(:note) way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

geneva@Job:23:13 @ But he [is] in one [mind], and who can (note:)Job confesses that at the present he did not feel God's favour and yet was assured that God had appointed him to a good end.(:note) turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.

geneva@Job:23:14 @ For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and (note:)In many points man is not able to attain to God's judgments.(:note) many such [things are] with him.

geneva@Job:23:17 @ Because I was not cut off before the (note:)He shows the cause for his fear, which is, that he being in trouble sees no end, nor yet knows the cause.(:note) darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.

geneva@Job:24:1 @ Why, seeing times (note:)Thus Job speaks in his passions, and after the judgment of the flesh: that is, that he does not see the things that are done at times, nor yet has a peculiar care over all, because he does not punish the wicked or avenge the godly.(:note) are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his When he punishes the wicked and rewards the good. days?

geneva@Job:24:2 @ Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.

geneva@Job:24:6 @ They reap [every one] (note:)Meaning the poor man's.(:note) his corn in the field: and they gather the Signifying that one wicked man will not spoil another, but for necessity. vintage of the wicked.

geneva@Job:24:9 @ They pluck the fatherless (note:)That is, they so pillage and plunder the poor widow that she cannot sustain herself that she may be able to nurse her baby.(:note) from the breast, and take a pledge of The poor are driven by the wicked into the rocks and holes where they cannot lie dry for the rain. the poor.

geneva@Job:24:11 @ [Which] make oil (note:)In such places which are appointed for that purpose; meaning, that those who labour for the wicked, are pined for hunger.(:note) within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.

geneva@Job:24:13 @ They are of those that rebel against the (note:)That is, God's word, because they are reproved by it.(:note) light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

geneva@Job:24:15 @ The eye also of the (note:)By these particular vices and the licence of it, he would prove that God did not punish the wicked and reward the just.(:note) adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.

geneva@Job:24:18 @ He [is] swift as the (note:)He flees to the waters for his succour.(:note) waters; their They think that all the world is bent against them and dare not go by the highway. portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

geneva@Job:24:22 @ He draweth also the (note:)He declares that after the wicked have destroyed the weakest, they will do the same to the stranger, and therefore are justly punished by God's judgments.(:note) mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

geneva@Job:26:3 @ Whome counsellest thou? him that hath no wisedome? thou shewest right well as the thing is.

geneva@Job:26:11 @ The (note:)Not that heaven has pillars to uphold it, but he speaks by a similitude as though he would say heaven itself is not able to abide his reproach.(:note) pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

geneva@Job:27:2 @ [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my (note:)He has so sore afflicted me that men cannot judge my uprightness; for they judge only by outward signs.(:note) judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;

geneva@Job:27:5 @ God forbid that I should (note:)Which condemns me as a wicked man, because the hand of God is on me.(:note) justify you: till I die I will not remove mine I will not confess that God does thus punish me for my sins. integrity from me.

geneva@Job:27:7 @ Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

geneva@Job:27:15 @ Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows (note:)No one will lament him.(:note) shall not weep.

geneva@Job:27:19 @ The rich man shall lie down, but (note:)He means that the wicked tyrants will not have a quiet death, nor be buried honourably.(:note) he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

geneva@Job:28:1 @ Surely there is a vein for the silver, (note:)His purpose is to declare that man may attain in this world to various secrets of nature, but man is never able to comprehend the wisdom of God.(:note) and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].

geneva@Job:28:4 @ The flood breaketh out from the (note:)Meaning, him that dwells by it.(:note) inhabitant; [even the waters] Which a man cannot wade through. forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

geneva@Job:28:11 @ He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.

geneva@Job:28:21 @ Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the (note:)Meaning that there is no natural means by which man can attain heavenly wisdom: which he means by the souls, that fly high.(:note) fowls of the air.

geneva@Job:28:24 @ For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,

geneva@Job:28:28 @ And unto man he said, Behold, the (note:)He declares that man has as much of this heavenly wisdom as he shows by fearing God and departing from evil.(:note) fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

geneva@Job:29:2 @ Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!

geneva@Job:29:6 @ When I washed my steps (note:)By these comparisons he declares the great prosperity that he was in, so that he had no opportunity to be such a sinner as they accused him.(:note) with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

geneva@Job:29:11 @ When the (note:)All that heard me, praised me.(:note) ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:

geneva@Job:29:12 @ Because I delivered the (note:)Because his adversaries did so much charge him with wickedness, he is compelled to render account of his life.(:note) poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

geneva@Job:29:24 @ [If] I (note:)That is, they thought it not to be a rest, or they did not think that I would condescend to them.(:note) laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they They were afraid to offend me and cause me to be angry. cast not down.

geneva@Job:30:1 @ But now [they that are] younger than I (note:)That is, my estate is changed and while before the ancient men were glad to revere me, the young men now contemn me.(:note) have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the Meaning to be my shepherds or to keep my dogs. dogs of my flock.

geneva@Job:30:5 @ They were (note:)Job shows that those who mocked him in his affliction were like their fathers, wicked and lewd fellows, such as he here describes.(:note) driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief;)

geneva@Job:30:11 @ Because he hath loosed my (note:)God has taken from me the force, credit, and authority with which I kept them in subjection.(:note) cord, and afflicted me, He said that the young men when they saw him, hid themselves as in (Job_29:8), and now in his misery they were impudent and licentious. they have also let loose the bridle before me.

geneva@Job:30:23 @ Surely I knowe that thou wilt bring mee to death, and to the house appoynted for all the liuing.

geneva@Job:30:25 @ Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore?

geneva@Job:30:28 @ I went mourning (note:)Not delighting in any worldly thing, no not so much as in the use of the sun.(:note) without the sun: I stood up, Lamenting them that were in affliction and moving others to pity them. [and] I cried in the congregation.

geneva@Job:30:29 @ I am a brother to (note:)I am like the wild beasts that desire solitary places.(:note) dragons, and a companion to owls.

geneva@Job:30:31 @ Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and mine organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

geneva@Job:31:3 @ [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to (note:)Job declares that the fear of God was a bridle to stay him from all wickedness.(:note) the workers of iniquity?

geneva@Job:31:6 @ Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine (note:)He shows what his uprightness stands in, in as much as he was blameless before men and did not sin against the second table.(:note) integrity.

geneva@Job:31:12 @ For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth (note:)He shows that although man neglects the punishment of adultery, yet the wrath of God will never cease till such are destroyed.(:note) to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

geneva@Job:31:15 @ Did not he that made me in the womb make (note:)He was moved to show pity to servants, because they were God's creatures as he was.(:note) him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

geneva@Job:31:29 @ If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,

geneva@Job:31:31 @ If the men of my (note:)My servants moved me to be avenged of my enemy, yet I never wished him harm.(:note) tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

geneva@Job:31:32 @ The stranger did not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him, that went by the way.

geneva@Job:31:33 @ If I covered (note:)Not confessed it freely, by which it is evident that he justified himself before men, and not before God.(:note) my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

geneva@Job:31:34 @ Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families (note:)That is, I reverenced the most weak and contemned and was afraid to offend them.(:note) terrify me, that I kept I suffered them to speak evil of me, and went not out of my house to avenge it. silence, [and] went not out of the door?

geneva@Job:31:35 @ Oh that one would hear me! behold, my (note:)This is a sufficient token of my righteousness, that God is my witness and will justify my cause.(:note) desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

geneva@Job:31:38 @ If my land (note:)As though I had withheld their wages that laboured in it.(:note) cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

geneva@Job:31:39 @ If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused (note:)Meaning, that he was not a briber or extortioner.(:note) the owners thereof to lose their life:

geneva@Job:32:5 @ So when Elihu saw, that there was none answere in the mouth of the three men, his wrath was kindled.

geneva@Job:32:8 @ But [there is] a spirit in man: (note:)It is a special gift of God that man has understanding and comes neither from nature nor by age.(:note) and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

geneva@Job:32:11 @ Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out (note:)To prove that Job's affliction came for his sins.(:note) what to say.

geneva@Job:32:12 @ Yea, when I had considered you, lo, there was none of you that reproued Iob, nor answered his wordes:

geneva@Job:32:19 @ Beholde, my belly is as the wine, which hath no vent, and like the new bottels that brast.

geneva@Job:32:20 @ Therefore will I speake, that I may take breath: I will open my lippes, and will answere.

geneva@Job:32:22 @ For I know not to give flattering (note:)The Hebrew word signifies to change the name as to call a fool a wise man: meaning, that he would not cloak the truth to flatter men.(:note) titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.

geneva@Job:33:6 @ Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in (note:)Because Job had wished to dispute his cause with God, (Job_16:21) so that he might do it without fear, Elihu says, he will reason in God's stead, whom he does not need to fear.(:note) God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

geneva@Job:33:12 @ Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.

geneva@Job:33:17 @ That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide (note:)He shows for why God sends afflictions: to beat down man's pride, and to turn from evil.(:note) pride from man.

geneva@Job:33:18 @ And keepe backe his soule from the pit, & that his life should not passe by the sword.

geneva@Job:33:20 @ So that his (note:)That is, his painful and miserable life.(:note) life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

geneva@Job:33:21 @ His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.

geneva@Job:33:22 @ Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life (note:)To them that will bury him.(:note) to the destroyers.

geneva@Job:33:24 @ Then he is (note:)He shows that it is a sure token of God's mercy toward sinners, when he causes his word to be preached to them.(:note) gracious unto him, and saith, That is, the minister will by the preaching of the word pronounce to him the forgiveness of his sins. Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

geneva@Job:33:25 @ His flesh shall be (note:)He will feel God's favour and rejoice; declaring by this in which stands the true joy of the faithful, and that God will restore him to health, which is a token of his blessing.(:note) fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:

geneva@Job:33:30 @ That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.

geneva@Job:34:2 @ Hear my words, O ye (note:)Which are esteemed wise by the world.(:note) wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

geneva@Job:34:8 @ Which goeth in (note:)Meaning that Job was like the wicked, because he seemed not to glorify God and submit himself to his judgments.(:note) company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

geneva@Job:34:9 @ For he hath said, (note:)He wrests Job's words who said that God's children are often punished in this world, and the wicked go free.(:note) It profiteth a man nothing that he should That is, live godly, (Gen_5:22). delight himself with God.

geneva@Job:34:10 @ Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.

geneva@Job:34:17 @ Shall even he that hateth right (note:)If God were not just, how could be govern the world?(:note) govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

geneva@Job:34:19 @ How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

geneva@Job:34:20 @ In a moment shall they die, (note:)When they look not for it.(:note) and the people shall be troubled at midnight, The messengers of visitation that God will send. and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

geneva@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.

geneva@Job:34:23 @ For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should (note:)God does not afflict man above measure so that he should have opportunity to contend with him.(:note) enter into judgment with God.

geneva@Job:34:24 @ He shall break in pieces mighty men without (note:)For all his creatures are at hand to serve him, so that he needs not to seek for any other army.(:note) number, and set others in their stead.

geneva@Job:34:25 @ Therefore he knoweth their (note:)Make it known that they are wicked.(:note) works, and he overturneth [them] in the Declare the things that were hid. night, so that they are destroyed.

geneva@Job:34:28 @ So that they cause the cry of the poor to (note:)By their cruelty and extortion.(:note) come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

geneva@Job:34:30 @ That the (note:)When tyrants sit in the throne of justice which under pretence of executing justice are hypocrites and oppress the people, it is a sign that God has drawn back his countenance of favour from that place.(:note) hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

geneva@Job:34:36 @ My desire [is that] Job may be (note:)That he may speak as much as he can, that we may answer him and all the wicked that will use such arguments.(:note) tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.

geneva@Job:35:2 @ Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My (note:)Job never spoke these words: but because he maintained his innocency, it seemed as though he would say, that God tormented him without just cause.(:note) righteousness [is] more than God's?

geneva@Job:35:10 @ But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?

geneva@Job:36:3 @ I will fetch (note:)He shows that when we speak of God, we must lift our spirits higher than our natural sense is able to reach.(:note) my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

geneva@Job:36:4 @ For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is (note:)You will perceive that I am a faithful instructor, and that I speak to you in the name of God.(:note) perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.

geneva@Job:36:5 @ Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] (note:)Strong and constant, and of understanding: for these are the gifts of God, and he loves them in man: but as much as God punished Job now, it is a sign that these are not in him.(:note) mighty in strength [and] wisdom.

geneva@Job:36:9 @ Then he sheweth them their (note:)He will move their hearts to feel their sins that they may come to him by repentance as he did Manasseh.(:note) work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

geneva@Job:36:10 @ He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne fro iniquity.

geneva@Job:36:14 @ They die in (note:)They die of some vile death, and that before they come to age.(:note) youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.

geneva@Job:36:16 @ Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and (note:)If you had been obedient to God, he would have brought you to freedom and wealth.(:note) that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.

geneva@Job:36:19 @ Wil he regard thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.

geneva@Job:36:24 @ Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.

geneva@Job:36:25 @ Every man may see it; man may behold [it] (note:)The works of God are revealed, that a man may see them afar off, and know God by the same.(:note) afar off.

geneva@Job:36:26 @ Behold, God [is] great, (note:)Our infirmity hinders us so that we cannot attain the perfect knowledge of God.(:note) and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

geneva@Job:36:31 @ For by them judgeth he (note:)He shows that the rain has a double use: the one that it declares God's judgments, when it overflows any places, and the other that it makes the land fruitful.(:note) the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

geneva@Job:36:32 @ With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh (note:)That is, one cloud to dash against another.(:note) betwixt.

geneva@Job:37:1 @ At this also my heart (note:)At the marvelling of the thunder and lightnings: by which he declares that the faithful are lively touched with the majesty of God, when they behold his works.(:note) trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

geneva@Job:37:6 @ For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; (note:)So that neither small rain nor great, snow nor anything else comes without God's appointment.(:note) likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

geneva@Job:37:7 @ He (note:)By rains and thunders God causes men to keep themselves within their houses.(:note) sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

geneva@Job:37:11 @ Also by watering he (note:)Gather the vapours and move to and fro to water the earth.(:note) wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his That is, the cloud that has lightning in it. bright cloud:

geneva@Job:37:12 @ And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:

geneva@Job:37:19 @ Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of (note:)That is, our ignorance: signifying that Job was so presumptuous, that he would control the works of God.(:note) darkness.

geneva@Job:37:20 @ Shall it be (note:)Has God need that any should tell him when man murmurs against him?(:note) told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

geneva@Job:37:21 @ And now [men] see not the bright light (note:)The cloud stops the shining of the sun, that man cannot see it till the wind has chased away the cloud: and if man is not able to attain to the knowledge of these things, how much less God's judgments?(:note) which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

geneva@Job:37:24 @ Let men therefore feare him: for he will not regarde any that are wise in their owne conceit.

geneva@Job:38:1 @ Then the LORD answered Job out of the (note:)That his words might have greater majesty, and that Job might know with whom he had to do.(:note) whirlwind, and said,

geneva@Job:38:2 @ Who [is] this that (note:)Which by seeking out the secret counsel of God by man's reason, makes it more obscure, and shows his own folly.(:note) darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

geneva@Job:38:13 @ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be (note:)Who having in the night been given to wickedness, cannot abide the light, but hide themselves.(:note) shaken out of it?

geneva@Job:38:20 @ That thou (note:)That you might appoint its highways and limits.(:note) shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

geneva@Job:38:32 @ Canst thou bring forth (note:)Certain stars so called, some think they were the twelve signs.(:note) Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide The north star with those that are about him. Arcturus with his sons?

geneva@Job:38:34 @ Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?

geneva@Job:38:35 @ Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?

geneva@Job:39:9 @ Will the unicorn be willing to (note:)Is it possible to make the unicorn tame? signifying that if man cannot rule a creature, that it is much more impossible that he should appoint the wisdom of God, by which he governs all the world.(:note) serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

geneva@Job:39:12 @ {\cf2 (39:15)} Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?

geneva@Job:39:14 @ Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and (note:)They write that the ostrich covers her eggs in the sand, and because the country is hot and the sun still keeps them warm, they are hatched.(:note) warmeth them in dust,

geneva@Job:39:15 @ {\cf2 (39:18)} And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.

geneva@Job:39:24 @ He (note:)He so rides the ground that it seems nothing under him.(:note) swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.

geneva@Job:40:2 @ Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty (note:)Is this the way for a man that will learn, to strive with God? which he reproves in Job.(:note) instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

geneva@Job:40:4 @ Behold, I am (note:)By which he shows that he repented and desired pardon for his faults.(:note) vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

geneva@Job:40:8 @ Wilt thou also disannul (note:)Signifying that they who justify themselves condemn God as unjust.(:note) my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

geneva@Job:40:10 @ Deck thyself now [with] (note:)Meaning, that these were proper to God, and belonged to no man.(:note) majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

geneva@Job:40:11 @ {\cf2 (40:6)} Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.

geneva@Job:40:12 @ {\cf2 (40:7)} Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.

geneva@Job:40:14 @ Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can (note:)Proving by this that whoever attributes to himself power and ability to save himself, makes himself God.(:note) save thee.

geneva@Job:40:23 @ Behold, he drinketh up a river, (note:)He drinks at leisure, and fears nobody.(:note) [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

geneva@Job:41:9 @ Behold, (note:)That is, that trusts to take him.(:note) the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?

geneva@Job:41:10 @ None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to (note:)If no one dare stand against a whale, which is but a creature, who is able to compare with God the creator?(:note) stand before me?

geneva@Job:41:11 @ Who hath prevented me, that I should (note:)Who has taught me to accomplish my work?(:note) repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

geneva@Job:41:16 @ {\cf2 (41:7)} One is set to another, that no winde can come betweene them.

geneva@Job:41:17 @ {\cf2 (41:8)} One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.

geneva@Job:41:30 @ Sharp stones (note:)His skin is so hard that he lies with a great ease on the stones as in the mud.(:note) [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

geneva@Job:41:31 @ He maketh the deep to (note:)Either he makes the sea to seem like it is boiling by his wallowing, or else he spouts water in such abundance as it would seem that the sea boiled.(:note) boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

geneva@Job:42:2 @ I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no (note:)No thought so secret but you see it, nor anything that you think but that you can bring it to pass.(:note) thought can be withholden from thee.

geneva@Job:42:3 @ Who [is] he that hideth counsel without (note:)Is there any but I? for this God laid to his charge, (Job_38:2).(:note) knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, I confess in this my ignorance, and that I spoke of what I did not know. which I knew not.

geneva@Job:42:4 @ Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, (note:)He shows that he will be God's scholar to learn of him.(:note) and declare thou unto me.

geneva@Job:42:5 @ I have (note:)I knew you only before by hearsay, but now you have caused me to feel what you are to me, that I may resign myself over to you.(:note) heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

geneva@Job:42:7 @ And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] (note:)You took in hand an evil cause, in that you condemned him by his outward afflictions, and not comforted him with my mercies.(:note) right, as my servant Who had a good cause, but handled it evil. Job [hath].

geneva@Job:42:8 @ Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall (note:)When you have reconciled yourselves to him for the faults that you have committed against him, he will pray for you, and I will hear him.(:note) pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.

geneva@Job:42:11 @ Then came there unto him all his (note:)That is, all his kindred, read (Job_19:13).(:note) brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

geneva@Psalms:1:1 @ Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the (note:)When a man has once given place to evil counsel, or to his own sin nature, he begins to forget himself in his sin, and so falls into contempt of God, which is called the seat of the scorners.(:note) counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. The Argument - This book of psalms is given to us by the Holy Spirit, to be esteemed as a precious treasure in which all things are contained that bring to true happiness in this present life as well as in the life to come. For the riches of true knowledge and heavenly wisdom, are here set open for us, to take of it most abundantly. If we would know the great and high majesty of God, here we may see the brightness of it shine clearly. If we would seek his incomprehensible wisdom, here is the school of the same profession. If we would comprehend his inestimable bounty, and approach near to it, and fill our hands with that treasure, here we may have a most lively and comfortable taste of it. If we would know where our salvation lies and how to attain to everlasting life, here is Christ our Redeemer, and Mediator most evidently described. The rich man may learn the true use of his riches. The poor man may find full contentment. He who will rejoice will know true joy, and how to keep measure in it. They who are afflicted and oppressed will see what their comfort exists in, and how they should praise God when he sends them deliverance. The wicked and the persecutors of the children of God will see how the hand of God is always against them: and though he permits them to prosper for a while, yet he bridles them, so much so that they cannot touch a hair of ones head unless he permits them, and how in the end their destruction is most miserable. Briefly here we have most present remedies against all temptations and troubles of mind and conscience, so that being well practised in this, we may be assured against all dangers in this life, live in the true fear and love of God, and at length attain the incorruptible crown of glory, which is laid up for all who love the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

geneva@Psalms:1:3 @ And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and (note:)God's children are so moistened with his grace, that whatever comes to them, tends to their salvation.(:note) whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

geneva@Psalms:1:6 @ For the LORD (note:)Approves and prospers, in the same way that to not know is to reprove and reject.(:note) knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

geneva@Psalms:2:4 @ But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.

geneva@Psalms:2:7 @ I will declare the (note:)To show that my calling to the kingdom is from God.(:note) decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this That is to say, concerning man's knowledge, because it was the first time that David appeared to be elected by God. So it is applied to Christ in his first coming and manifestation to the world. day have I begotten thee.

geneva@Psalms:3:1 @ «A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.» LORD, how are they (note:)This was a token of his stable faith, that for all his troubles he turned to God.(:note) increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.

geneva@Psalms:3:6 @ I will not be afraid of (note:)When he considered the truth of God's promise, and tried the same, his faith increased marvellously.(:note) ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about.

geneva@Psalms:4:3 @ But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is (note:)A king who walks in his vocation.(:note) godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

geneva@Psalms:4:6 @ [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] (note:)The multitude seeks worldly wealth, but David sets his happiness in God's favour.(:note) good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

geneva@Psalms:4:8 @ I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, (note:)This word in Hebrew may be referred to God, as it is here translated, or to David, signifying that he should dwell as joyfully alone, as if he had many about him, because the Lord is with him.(:note) only makest me dwell in safety.

geneva@Psalms:5:4 @ For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in (note:)Seeing that God of nature hates wickedness, he must punish the wicked and save the godly.(:note) wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

geneva@Psalms:5:6 @ Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

geneva@Psalms:5:11 @ But (note:)Your favour toward me will confirm the faith of all others.(:note) let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

geneva@Psalms:5:12 @ For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour (note:)So that he will be safe from all dangers.(:note) wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.

geneva@Psalms:6:5 @ For in (note:)He laments that opportunity should be taken from him to praise God in the congregation.(:note) death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

geneva@Psalms:7:1 @ Shigaion of Dauid, which he sang vnto the Lord, concerning the wordes of Chush the sonne of Iemini. O lorde my God, in thee I put my trust: saue me from all that persecute me, & deliuer me,

geneva@Psalms:7:13 @ Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me.

geneva@Psalms:7:15 @ Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.

geneva@Psalms:8:1 @ To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

geneva@Psalms:8:2 @ Out of the mouth (note:)Though the wicked would hide God's praises, yet the very babes are sufficient witnesses of the same.(:note) of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

geneva@Psalms:8:4 @ What is (note:)It was sufficient for him to have set forth his glory by the heavens, though he had not come so low as to man who is but dust.(:note) man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

geneva@Psalms:8:8 @ The foules of the ayre, and the fish of the sea, and that which passeth through the paths of the seas.

geneva@Psalms:9:3 @ For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.

geneva@Psalms:9:10 @ And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lorde, hast not failed them that seeke thee.

geneva@Psalms:9:13 @ Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lorde: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,

geneva@Psalms:9:14 @ That I may shew forth all thy praise in the (note:)In the open assembly of the Church.(:note) gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

geneva@Psalms:9:17 @ The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.

geneva@Psalms:10:1 @ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in (note:)As soon as we enter into affliction, we think God should help us, but that is not always his due time.(:note) times of trouble?

geneva@Psalms:10:2 @ The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

geneva@Psalms:10:3 @ For the wicked (note:)The wicked man rejoices in his own lust he boasts when he has that he would; he brags of his wit and wealth and blesses himself and thus blasphemes the Lord.(:note) boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

geneva@Psalms:10:4 @ The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

geneva@Psalms:10:10 @ He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the (note:)By the hypocrisy of them who have authority the poor are devoured.(:note) poor may fall by his strong ones.

geneva@Psalms:11:2 @ For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.

geneva@Psalms:11:5 @ The Lorde will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.

geneva@Psalms:12:3 @ The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

geneva@Psalms:13:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? (note:)He declares that his afflictions lasted a long time, and that his faith did not waver.(:note) for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

geneva@Psalms:13:3 @ Beholde, and heare mee, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I sleepe not in death:

geneva@Psalms:13:4 @ Lest mine enemy say, I have (note:)Which might turn to God's dishonour: if he did not defend his.(:note) prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

geneva@Psalms:14:1 @ «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.» The fool hath said in his heart, (note:)He shows that the cause of all wickedness if forgetting God.(:note) [There is] no God. They are There is nothing but disorder and wickedness among them. corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.

geneva@Psalms:14:2 @ The Lord looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God.

geneva@Psalms:14:3 @ They are (note:)David here makes comparisons between the faithful and the reprobate, but Paul speaks the same of all men naturally, (Rom_3:10).(:note) all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.

geneva@Psalms:14:4 @ Doe not all the workers of iniquitie know that they eate vp my people, as they eate bread? They call not vpon the Lord.

geneva@Psalms:14:7 @ Oh that the salvation of (note:)He prays for the whole Church whom he is assured God will deliver: for no one else but he can do it.(:note) Israel [were come] out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.

geneva@Psalms:15:2 @ He that (note:)He shows that we cannot call on God unless we trust in him.(:note) walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

geneva@Psalms:15:3 @ He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour.

geneva@Psalms:15:5 @ [He that] (note:)To the hinderance of his neighbour.(:note) putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] That is, will not be cast from the Church as a hypocrite. shall never be moved.

geneva@Psalms:16:1 @ «Michtam of David.» Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my (note:)He shows that we cannot call on God unless we trust in him.(:note) trust.

geneva@Psalms:16:3 @ But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.

geneva@Psalms:17:2 @ Let my (note:)The vengeance that you will show against my enemies.(:note) sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

geneva@Psalms:17:5 @ Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide.

geneva@Psalms:17:6 @ I have called upon thee, (note:)He was assured that God would not refuse his request.(:note) for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.

geneva@Psalms:17:7 @ Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that (note:)For all rebel against you, who trouble your Church.(:note) rise up [against them].

geneva@Psalms:17:9 @ From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass (note:)For their cruelty cannot be satisfied but with my death.(:note) me about.

geneva@Psalms:17:10 @ They are inclosed in their own (note:)They are puffed up with pride, as the stomach that is choked with fat.(:note) fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

geneva@Psalms:17:12 @ Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.

geneva@Psalms:17:14 @ From men [which are] thy (note:)By your heavenly power.(:note) hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their And not feel the pain that God's children often do. portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.

geneva@Psalms:18:1 @ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid the seruant of the Lorde, which spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song (in the day that the Lorde deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul) and sayd, I will loue thee dearely, O Lord my strength.

geneva@Psalms:18:29 @ For by thee I have (note:)He attributes it to God that he both got the victory in the field and also destroyed the cities of his enemies.(:note) run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

geneva@Psalms:18:30 @ [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the (note:)No matter how great or many the dangers may be, yet God's promise must take effect.(:note) word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.

geneva@Psalms:18:32 @ [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my (note:)He gives good success to all my enterprises.(:note) way perfect.

geneva@Psalms:18:34 @ He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

geneva@Psalms:18:38 @ I haue wounded them, that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete.

geneva@Psalms:18:39 @ For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me.

geneva@Psalms:18:40 @ Thou hast also (note:)You have given them to my hands to be slain.(:note) given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

geneva@Psalms:18:47 @ It is God that giueth me power to auenge me, and subdueth the people vnder me.

geneva@Psalms:18:48 @ He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the (note:)That is, Saul who out of malice persecuted him.(:note) violent man.

geneva@Psalms:19:5 @ Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his (note:)Or vail. The custom was that the bride and bridegroom would stand under a vail together, and after come forward with great solemnity and rejoicing of the assembly.(:note) chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

geneva@Psalms:19:9 @ The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] (note:)So that all man's inventions and intentions are lies.(:note) true [and] righteous Everyone without exception. altogether.

geneva@Psalms:20:3 @ Remember all thy offerings, and (note:)In token that they are acceptable to him.(:note) accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

geneva@Psalms:20:6 @ Now (note:)The Church feels that God had heard their petition.(:note) know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his As by the visible sanctuary God's familiarity appeared toward his people, so by the heavenly is meant his power and majesty. holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

geneva@Psalms:22:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.» My (note:)Here appears that horrible conflict, which he sustained between faith and desperation.(:note) God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my Being tormented with extreme anguish. roaring?

geneva@Psalms:22:3 @ But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the (note:)He means the place of praising, even the tabernacle or else it is so called, because he gave the people continuous opportunity to praise him.(:note) praises of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:22:6 @ But I [am] a (note:)And seeming most miserable of all creatures, which referred to Christ, and in this appears the unspeakable love of God for man, that he would thus abase his son for our sakes.(:note) worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

geneva@Psalms:22:7 @ All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

geneva@Psalms:22:9 @ But thou [art] he that took me out of the (note:)Even from my birth you have given me opportunity to trust in you.(:note) womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

geneva@Psalms:22:12 @ Many bulls have compassed me: strong (note:)He means that his enemies were so fat, proud and cruel that they were more like beasts than men.(:note) [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

geneva@Psalms:22:14 @ I am poured out like (note:)Before he spoke of the cruelty of his enemies, and now he declares the inward grief of the mind, so that Christ was tormented both in soul and body.(:note) water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

geneva@Psalms:22:20 @ Deliver my soul from the sword; my (note:)My life that is solitary, left alone and forsaken by all, (Psa_35:17, Psa_25:16)(:note) darling from the power of the dog.

geneva@Psalms:22:23 @ Ye that fear the LORD, (note:)He promises to exhort the Church that they by his example might praise the Lord.(:note) praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:22:25 @ My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my (note:)Which were sacrifices of thanksgiving which they offered by God's commandment, when they were delivered out of any great danger.(:note) vows before them that fear him.

geneva@Psalms:22:29 @ All [they that be] fat (note:)Though the poor are first named as in (Psa_22:26) yet the wealthy are not separated from the grace of Christ's kingdom.(:note) upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: In whom there is no hope that he will recover life: so neither poor nor rich, quick nor dead will be rejected from his kingdom. and none can keep alive his own soul.

geneva@Psalms:22:31 @ They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath (note:)That is, God has fulfilled his promise.(:note) done [this].

geneva@Psalms:23:4 @ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the (note:)Though he was in danger of death, as the sheep that wanders in the dark valley without his shepherd.(:note) shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

geneva@Psalms:24:1 @ A Psalme of Dauid. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.

geneva@Psalms:24:2 @ For he hath founded it upon the (note:)He notes two things: the one, that the earth to man's judgment seems above the waters: and next, that God miraculously preserves the earth, that it is not drowned with the waters, which naturally are above it.(:note) seas, and established it upon the floods.

geneva@Psalms:24:4 @ Euen he that hath innocent handes, and a pure heart: which hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully.

geneva@Psalms:24:6 @ This [is] the (note:)Though circumcision separates the carnal seed of Jacob, from the Gentiles, yet he who seeks God, is the true Jacob and an Israelite.(:note) generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:25:3 @ So all that hope in thee, shall not be ashamed: but let them be confounded, that transgresse without cause.

geneva@Psalms:25:7 @ Remember not the (note:)He confesses that his many sins were the reason that his enemies persecuted him, desiring that the cause of the evil may be taken away, so that the effect may cease.(:note) sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

geneva@Psalms:25:9 @ The meek will he (note:)He will govern and comfort them that are truly humbled for their sins.(:note) guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

geneva@Psalms:25:12 @ What (note:)Meaning, the number is very small.(:note) man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall He will direct such with his spirit to follow the right way. choose.

geneva@Psalms:25:14 @ The (note:)His counsel contained in his word, by which he declares that he is the protector of the faithful.(:note) secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

geneva@Psalms:25:19 @ Consider mine (note:)The greater that his afflictions were and the more that his enemies increased, the more near he felt God's help.(:note) enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

geneva@Psalms:25:21 @ Let (note:)As I have behaved myself uprightly toward my enemies, let them know that you are the defender of my just cause.(:note) integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

geneva@Psalms:26:3 @ For thy (note:)He shows what stayed him, that he did not recompense evil for evil.(:note) lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

geneva@Psalms:26:4 @ I have not (note:)He declares that they cannot walk in simplicity before God, that delight in the company of the ungodly.(:note) sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

geneva@Psalms:26:6 @ I will (note:)I will serve you with a pure affection, and with the godly that sacrifice to you.(:note) wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

geneva@Psalms:26:7 @ That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.

geneva@Psalms:27:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David.» The LORD [is] my (note:)Because he was assured of good success in all his dangers and that his salvation was surely laid up in God, he did not fear the tyranny of his enemies.(:note) light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

geneva@Psalms:27:8 @ [When thou saidst], (note:)He grounds on God's promise and shows that he is most willing to obey his commandment.(:note) Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

geneva@Psalms:28:1 @ A Psalme of Dauid. Vnto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit.

geneva@Psalms:29:3 @ The (note:)The thunder claps that are heard out of the clouds should make the wicked tremble for fear of God's anger.(:note) voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.

geneva@Psalms:29:10 @ The LORD sitteth upon the (note:)To moderate the rage of the tempests and waters that they not destroy all.(:note) flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

geneva@Psalms:30:3 @ O LORD, thou hast brought up my (note:)Meaning, that he escaped death most narrowly.(:note) soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

geneva@Psalms:30:9 @ What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the (note:)David means that the dead are not profitable to the congregation of the Lord here in the earth: therefore he would live to praise his Name, which is the end of man's creation.(:note) dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

geneva@Psalms:30:12 @ To the end that [my] (note:)Because you have preserved me that my tongue should praise you, I will not be unmindful of my duty.(:note) glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

geneva@Psalms:31:4 @ Pull me out of the (note:)Preserve me from the crafty counsels and subtle practise of my enemies.(:note) net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

geneva@Psalms:31:5 @ Into thine (note:)He desires God not only to take care of him in this life, but that his soul may be saved after this life.(:note) hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

geneva@Psalms:31:6 @ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I (note:)This affection should be in all God's children to hate whatever is not grounded on a sure trust in God, as deceitful and vain.(:note) trust in the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:31:9 @ Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine (note:)Meaning, that his sorrow and torment had continued a great while.(:note) eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.

geneva@Psalms:31:11 @ I was a (note:)My enemies had drawn all men to their part against me, even my chief friends.(:note) reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

geneva@Psalms:31:14 @ But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, (note:)I had this testimony of conscience, that you would defend my innocence.(:note) Thou [art] my God.

geneva@Psalms:31:15 @ My (note:)Whatever changes come, you govern them by your providence.(:note) times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

geneva@Psalms:31:17 @ Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be (note:)Let death destroy them to the intent that they may hurt no more.(:note) silent in the grave.

geneva@Psalms:31:19 @ [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou (note:)The treasures of God's mercy are always laid up in store for his children, even at all times they do not enjoy them.(:note) hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

geneva@Psalms:31:24 @ Be of good courage, and he shall (note:)Be constant in your calling, and God will confirm you with heavenly strength.(:note) strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:32:3 @ When I kept (note:)Between hope and despair.(:note) silence, my bones waxed old through my Was not eased by silence nor crying, signifying that before the sinner is reconciled to God, he feels a perpetual torment. roaring all the day long.

geneva@Psalms:32:5 @ I (note:)He shows that as God's mercy is the only cause of forgiveness of sins, so the means of it are repentance and confession which proceed from faith.(:note) acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:32:6 @ For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a (note:)When necessity causes him to seek you for help, (Isa_55:6).(:note) time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters That is, the waters and great dangers. they shall not come nigh unto him.

geneva@Psalms:32:8 @ I will (note:)David promises to make the rest of God's children partakers of the benefits which he felt, and that he will diligently look and take care to direct them in the way of salvation.(:note) instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

geneva@Psalms:32:9 @ Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose (note:)If men can rule brute beasts, do they think that God will not bridle and tame their rage?(:note) mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

geneva@Psalms:32:10 @ Many sorowes shall come to the wicked: but he, that trusteth in the Lorde, mercie shall compasse him.

geneva@Psalms:32:11 @ Be glad in the LORD, and (note:)He shows that peace and joy of conscience in the Holy Spirit is the fruit of faith.(:note) rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.

geneva@Psalms:33:7 @ He (note:)By the creation of the heavens and beautiful ornament with the gathering also of the waters, he sets forth the power of God, that all creatures might fear him.(:note) gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

geneva@Psalms:33:8 @ Let all the earth feare the Lord: let al them that dwell in the world, feare him.

geneva@Psalms:33:12 @ Blessed [is] the nation whose (note:)He shows that all our happiness stands in this, that the Lord is our God.(:note) God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

geneva@Psalms:33:13 @ The LORD (note:)He proves that all things are governed by God's providence and not by fortune.(:note) looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

geneva@Psalms:33:14 @ From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth.

geneva@Psalms:33:18 @ Behold, (note:)God shows his mercy toward his, which man by no means is able to compass.(:note) the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

geneva@Psalms:34:7 @ The (note:)Though God's power is sufficient to govern us, yet for man's infirmity he appoints his angels to watch over us.(:note) angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

geneva@Psalms:34:8 @ Taste ye and see, howe gratious the Lorde is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

geneva@Psalms:34:9 @ Feare the Lord, ye his Saintes: for nothing wanteth to them that feare him.

geneva@Psalms:34:10 @ The young (note:)The godly by their patient obedience profit more than they who ravage and spoil.(:note) lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not If they abide the last trial. want any good [thing].

geneva@Psalms:34:12 @ What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may (note:)Seeing all men naturally desire happiness, he wonders why they cast themselves willingly into misery.(:note) see good?

geneva@Psalms:34:13 @ Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

geneva@Psalms:34:16 @ The (note:)The anger of God not only destroys the wicked, but also abolishes their name forever.(:note) face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

geneva@Psalms:34:18 @ The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a (note:)When they seem to be swallowed up with afflictions, then God is at hand to deliver them.(:note) broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

geneva@Psalms:34:21 @ Evil shall slay the (note:)Their wicked enterprises will turn to their own destruction.(:note) wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

geneva@Psalms:34:22 @ The LORD (note:)For when they seem to be overcome with great dangers and death itself, then God shows himself as their redeemer.(:note) redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

geneva@Psalms:35:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David.» Plead [my (note:)He desires God to undertake his cause against them who persecute him and slander him.(:note) cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

geneva@Psalms:35:3 @ Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my (note:)Assure me against these temptations, that you are the author of my salvation.(:note) soul, I [am] thy salvation.

geneva@Psalms:35:4 @ Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.

geneva@Psalms:35:5 @ Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD (note:)Smite them with the spirit of giddiness that their enterprises may be foolish, and they received just reward.(:note) chase [them].

geneva@Psalms:35:7 @ For (note:)Showing that we may not call God to be a revenger but only for his glory, and when our cause is just.(:note) without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

geneva@Psalms:35:8 @ Let destruction come upon (note:)When he promises peace to himself.(:note) him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into Which he prepared against the children of God. that very destruction let him fall.

geneva@Psalms:35:10 @ All my (note:)He attributes his deliverance only to God, praising him therefore both in soul and body.(:note) bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

geneva@Psalms:35:14 @ I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.

geneva@Psalms:35:15 @ But in mine (note:)When they thought me ready to slip and as one that limped for infirmity.(:note) adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear With their railing words. [me], and ceased not:

geneva@Psalms:35:16 @ With hypocritical mockers in (note:)The word signifies cakes: meaning that the proud courtiers at their dainty feasts scoff, rail, and conspire his death.(:note) feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

geneva@Psalms:35:19 @ Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them (note:)In token of contempt and mocking.(:note) wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

geneva@Psalms:35:25 @ Let them not say in their hearts, (note:)Because we have that which we sought for, seeing he is destroyed.(:note) Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

geneva@Psalms:35:26 @ Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion (note:)That is, at once, were they never so many or mighty.(:note) together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed This prayer will always be verified against them who persecute the faithful. with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.

geneva@Psalms:35:27 @ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, (note:)That at least favour my right, though they are not able to help me.(:note) that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the He exhorts the Church to praise God for the deliverance of his servants, and for the destruction of his adversaries. prosperity of his servant.

geneva@Psalms:36:1 @ «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD.» The transgression of the wicked saith (note:)I see evidently by his deeds, that sin pushes forward the reprobate from wickedness to wickedness, even though he goes about to cover his impiety.(:note) within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

geneva@Psalms:36:10 @ O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that (note:)He shows who God's children are, that is, they who know him, and live their lives uprightly.(:note) know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

geneva@Psalms:37:6 @ And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy (note:)As the hope of daylight causes us not to be offended with the darkness of the night so ought we patiently to trust that God will clear our cause and restore us to our right.(:note) judgment as the noonday.

geneva@Psalms:37:7 @ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him (note:)When God allows the wicked to prosper, it seems to the flesh that he favours their doings, (Job_21:7).(:note) who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

geneva@Psalms:37:9 @ For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.

geneva@Psalms:37:13 @ But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

geneva@Psalms:37:19 @ They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall (note:)For God will give them contented minds, and that which will be necessary.(:note) be satisfied.

geneva@Psalms:37:21 @ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and (note:)God so furnishes him with high blessings, that he is able to help others.(:note) giveth.

geneva@Psalms:37:22 @ For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

geneva@Psalms:37:30 @ The (note:)These three points are required from the faithful, that their talk is godly, that God's law is in their heart, and that their life is upright.(:note) mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

geneva@Psalms:37:34 @ Waite thou on the Lorde, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.

geneva@Psalms:37:36 @ Yet he (note:)So that the prosperity of the wicked is but as a cloud, which vanishes away in a moment.(:note) passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

geneva@Psalms:37:39 @ But the (note:)He shows that the patient hope of the godly is never in vain, but in the end has good success, though for a time God proves them by various temptations.(:note) salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.

geneva@Psalms:38:1 @ «A Psalm of David, to bring to (note:)To put himself and others in mind of God's chastisement for sin.(:note) remembrance.» O LORD, rebuke me not in thy He desires not to be exempted from God's rod, but that he would so moderate his hand, that he might be able to bear it. wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

geneva@Psalms:38:12 @ They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

geneva@Psalms:38:14 @ Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.

geneva@Psalms:38:16 @ For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: (note:)That is, if they see that you do not help me in time, they will mock and triumph as though you had forsaken me.(:note) when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

geneva@Psalms:38:19 @ But mine (note:)In my greatest misery they most rejoice.(:note) enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

geneva@Psalms:38:20 @ They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] (note:)He would rather have the hatred of all the world, than fail in any part of his duty to God.(:note) good [is].

geneva@Psalms:38:22 @ Make haste to help me, O Lord my (note:)Who is the author of my salvation: and this declares that he prayed with sure hope of deliverance.(:note) salvation.

geneva@Psalms:39:1 @ «To the chief Musician, [even] to (note:)This was one of the chief singers, (1Ch_16:41).(:note) Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.» I said, Although he had appointed with himself patiently to have wait for God's timing, yet the vehemency of his pain caused him to break his purpose. I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

geneva@Psalms:39:3 @ My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] (note:)He confesses that he grudged against God, considering the greatness of his sorrows, and the shortness of his life.(:note) spake I with my tongue,

geneva@Psalms:39:5 @ Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether (note:)Yet David offended in that he reasoned with God as though he were too severe toward his weak creature.(:note) vanity. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:39:11 @ When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou (note:)Though your open plagues do not light on them forever, yet your secret curse continually frets them.(:note) makest his The word signifies all that he desires, as health, force, strength, beauty, and in whatever he has delight, so that the rod of God takes away all that is desired in this world. beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:39:13 @ O spare me, that I may recover strength, (note:)For his sorrow caused him to think that God would destroy him completely, by which we see how hard it is for the saints to keep a measure in their words, when death and despair assails them.(:note) before I go hence, and be no more.

geneva@Psalms:40:4 @ Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth (note:)To follow their example, which he must do who trusts not only in the Lord.(:note) not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

geneva@Psalms:40:5 @ Many, (note:)David goes from one king of God's favour to the contemplation of his providence over all, and confesses that his counsels toward us are far above our capacities, we cannot so much as tell them in order.(:note) O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.

geneva@Psalms:40:10 @ I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy (note:)David here numbers three degrees of our salvation: God's mercy, by which he pities us, his righteousness which signifies his continual protection and his truth, by which appears his constant favour, so that from this our salvation proceeds.(:note) faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

geneva@Psalms:40:12 @ For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart (note:)Concerning the judgment of the flesh, I was utterly destitute of all counsel, yet faith inwardly moved my heart to pray.(:note) faileth me.

geneva@Psalms:40:14 @ Let them be (note:)He desires that God's mercy may contend for him against the rage of his enemies.(:note) ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

geneva@Psalms:40:15 @ Let them be (note:)Let the same shame and confusion come on them, which they intended to have brought on me.(:note) desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

geneva@Psalms:40:16 @ Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, (note:)As the faithful always praise God for his benefits, so the wicked mocked God's children in their afflictions.(:note) The LORD be magnified.

geneva@Psalms:41:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» Blessed [is] he that (note:)Not condemning him as accused whom God visits, knowing that there are various reasons why God lays his hand on us, yea and afterwards he restores us.(:note) considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

geneva@Psalms:41:7 @ All they that hate me, whisper together against me: euen against me do they imagine mine hurt.

geneva@Psalms:41:11 @ By this I know that thou fauourest me, because mine enemie doth not triumph against me.

geneva@Psalms:42:4 @ When I remember (note:)That is, how I led the people to serve you in your tabernacle, and now seeing my contrary estate, I die for sorrow.(:note) these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

geneva@Psalms:43:1 @ Judge (note:)He desires God to undertake his cause against the enemies but chiefly that he would restore him to the tabernacle.(:note) me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly That is, the cruel company of my enemies. nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

geneva@Psalms:44:7 @ But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.

geneva@Psalms:44:9 @ But thou hast cast off, and put us to (note:)As they confessed before that their strength came from God, so now they acknowledge that this affliction came by his just judgment.(:note) shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

geneva@Psalms:44:13 @ Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.

geneva@Psalms:44:16 @ For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and (note:)Meaning, the proud and cruel tyrant.(:note) avenger.

geneva@Psalms:44:17 @ All this is come upon us; yet have we not (note:)They boast not of their virtues, but declare that they rest on God in the midst of their affliction: who did not punished their sins now, but by hard afflictions called them to the consideration of the heavenly joys.(:note) forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

geneva@Psalms:44:20 @ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a (note:)They show that they honoured God correctly, because they trusted in him alone.(:note) strange god;

geneva@Psalms:44:21 @ Shall not God (note:)They take God to witness that they were upright toward him.(:note) search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

geneva@Psalms:44:22 @ Yea, for thy sake (note:)The faithful take comfort in this, that the wicked punish them not for their sins, but for because of God, (Mat_5:10; 1Pe_4:14).(:note) are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

geneva@Psalms:45:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)This was a certain tune of an instrument.(:note) Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of Of that perfect love that ought to be between the husband and the wife. loves.» My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.

geneva@Psalms:45:4 @ And in thy majesty (note:)He alludes to them, who ride in chariots in their triumphs, showing that the quiet state of a kingdom stands in truth, meekness and justice, and not in worldly pomp and vanity.(:note) ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

geneva@Psalms:45:12 @ And the (note:)He signifies that many of those who are rich will be benefactors to the Church, although they do not give perfect obedience to the Gospel.(:note) daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

geneva@Psalms:45:14 @ She shalbe brought vnto the King in raiment of needle worke: the virgins that follow after her, and her companions shall be brought vnto thee.

geneva@Psalms:46:7 @ The LORD of hosts [is] (note:)They are assured that God can and will defend his Church from all dangers and enemies.(:note) with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:46:10 @ Be (note:)He warns them who persecute the Church to cease their cruelty: for also they will feel that God is too strong for them against whom they fight.(:note) still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

geneva@Psalms:47:3 @ He shall (note:)He has made the Jews who were the keepers of the law and prophets, schoolmasters to the Gentiles, that they would with gladness obey them.(:note) subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

geneva@Psalms:47:5 @ God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the (note:)He alludes to the trumpets that were blown at solemn feasts: but he further signifies the triumph of Christ and his glorious ascension into the heavens.(:note) sound of a trumpet.

geneva@Psalms:47:7 @ For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with (note:)He requires that understanding be joined with singing, lest the Name of God be profaned with vain crying.(:note) understanding.

geneva@Psalms:47:9 @ The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth [belong] unto God: he (note:)He praises God's highness, for that he joins the great princes of the world (whom he calls shields) to the fellowship of his Church.(:note) is greatly exalted.

geneva@Psalms:48:1 @ «(note:)Some put this difference between a song and psalm, saying that it is called a song when there is no instrument but the voice, and the song of the psalm is when the instruments begin and the voice follows.(:note) A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah.» Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the Even though God shows his wonders through all the world, yet he will be chiefly praised in his Church. city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.

geneva@Psalms:48:13 @ Marke well the wall thereof: beholde her towres, that ye may tell your posteritie.

geneva@Psalms:49:6 @ They that trust in their (note:)To trust in riches is madness, seeing they can neither restore life, nor prolong it.(:note) wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

geneva@Psalms:49:8 @ (For the redemption of their soul [is] (note:)That is, so rare or not to be found, as prophecy was precious in the days of Eli, (1Sa_3:1).(:note) precious, Meaning it is impossible to live for ever: also that life and death are only in God's hands. and it ceaseth for ever:)

geneva@Psalms:49:9 @ That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.

geneva@Psalms:49:10 @ For he seeth [that] wise men (note:)In that that death makes no difference between the persons.(:note) die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to That is, not to their children, but to strangers. Yet the wicked profit not by these examples, but still dream of immortality on earth. others.

geneva@Psalms:49:13 @ This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity (note:)They speak and do the same thing that their fathers did.(:note) approve their sayings. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:50:4 @ He shall call to the heavens from above, and to (note:)As witnessing against the hypocrites.(:note) the earth, that he may judge his people.

geneva@Psalms:50:5 @ Gather my (note:)God in respect to his elect calls the whole body holy, saints and his people.(:note) saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by Who should know that sacrifices are sealed by the covenant between God and his people, and not set religion in it. sacrifice.

geneva@Psalms:50:12 @ If I bee hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is.

geneva@Psalms:50:16 @ But unto the wicked God saith, (note:)Why do you pretend to be of my people and talk of my covenant, seeing that you are a hypocrite?(:note) What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

geneva@Psalms:50:21 @ These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and (note:)I will write all your wicked deeds in a roll, and make you read and acknowledge them, whether you will or not.(:note) set [them] in order before thine eyes.

geneva@Psalms:50:22 @ Oh cosider this, ye that forget God, least I teare you in pieces, & there be none that can deliuer you.

geneva@Psalms:50:23 @ Whoso offereth (note:)Under which is contained faith and invocation.(:note) praise glorifieth me: and to him that As God has appointed. ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I That is, declare myself to be his Saviour. shew the salvation of God.

geneva@Psalms:51:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet (note:)To reprove him, because he had committed horrible sins, and lain in the same without repentance more then a whole year.(:note) came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.» Have mercy upon me, O God, As his sins were many and great, so he requires that God would give him the feeling of his excellent and abundant mercies. according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

geneva@Psalms:51:2 @ Wash me (note:)My sins strike so fast in me, that I have need of some singular kind of washing.(:note) throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

geneva@Psalms:51:3 @ For I (note:)My conscience accuses me so, that I can have no rest till I am reconciled.(:note) acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.

geneva@Psalms:51:4 @ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou (note:)When you give sentence against sinners, they must confess you to be just, and themselves sinners.(:note) speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.

geneva@Psalms:51:6 @ Behold, thou (note:)He confesses that God who loves pureness of heart, may justly destroy man, who by nature is a sinner much more him whom he had instructed in his heavenly wisdom.(:note) desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

geneva@Psalms:51:12 @ Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] (note:)Which may assure me that I am drawn out of the slavery of sin.(:note) free spirit.

geneva@Psalms:51:13 @ [Then] will I teach transgressors thy (note:)He promises to endeavour that others by his example may turn to God.(:note) ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

geneva@Psalms:52:4 @ Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!

geneva@Psalms:52:6 @ The (note:)For the eyes of the reprobate are shut at God's judgments.(:note) righteous also shall see, With joyful reverence, seeing that he takes their part against the wicked. and fear, and shall laugh at him:

geneva@Psalms:52:7 @ Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

geneva@Psalms:52:8 @ But I [am] like a (note:)He rejoices to have a place among the servant's of God, that he may grow in the knowledge of godliness.(:note) green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

geneva@Psalms:53:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)Which was an instrument or king of note.(:note) Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David.» The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] Whereas no regard is had for honesty or dishonesty, for virtue nor for vice, there the prophet pronounces that the people have no God. no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.

geneva@Psalms:53:2 @ God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did (note:)By which he condemns all knowledge and understanding that tends not to seek God.(:note) seek God.

geneva@Psalms:53:3 @ Euery one is gone backe: they are altogether corrupt: there is none that doth good, no not one.

geneva@Psalms:53:5 @ There were they in great fear, [where] no (note:)When they thought there was no opportunity to fear, the sudden vengeance of God lighted on them.(:note) fear was: for God hath scattered the No matter how great the enemies power is, or fearful the danger, yet God delivers his in due time. bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.

geneva@Psalms:54:1 @ «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?» Save me, O God, (note:)He declares that when all means fail, God will deliver even by miracle, they who call to him with an upright conscience.(:note) by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

geneva@Psalms:54:4 @ Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with (note:)No matter how few, as he was with Jonathan.(:note) them that uphold my soul.

geneva@Psalms:55:5 @ Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath (note:)There was no part of him that was not astonished with extreme fear.(:note) overwhelmed me.

geneva@Psalms:55:6 @ And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I (note:)Fear had driven him to so great distress, that he wished to be hid in some wilderness, and to be banished from that kingdom which God had promised that he should enjoy.(:note) fly away, and be at rest.

geneva@Psalms:55:12 @ For [it was] not an (note:)If my open enemy had sought by hurt, I could better have avoided him.(:note) enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

geneva@Psalms:55:19 @ God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they (note:)But their prosperous estate still continues.(:note) have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

geneva@Psalms:56:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, (note:)Being chased by the fury of his enemies into a strange country, he was a dumb dove not seeking vengeance.(:note) when the Philistines took him in Gath.» Be merciful unto me, O God: for He shows that if God will help him, it must be now or never for all the world is against him and ready to devour him. man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

geneva@Psalms:56:13 @ For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may (note:)As mindful of his great mercies, and giving thanks for the same.(:note) walk before God in the That is, in the life and light of the sun. light of the living?

geneva@Psalms:57:1 @ «(note:)This was either the beginning of a certain song, or the words which David uttered when he stayed his affection.(:note) To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.» Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] He compares the afflictions which God lays on his children, to a storm that comes and goes. calamities be overpast.

geneva@Psalms:57:2 @ I will cry unto God most high; unto God that (note:)Who does not leave his works begun imperfectly.(:note) performeth [all things] for me.

geneva@Psalms:57:3 @ He shall send from (note:)He would rather deliver me by a miracle, than that I should be overcome.(:note) heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

geneva@Psalms:57:4 @ My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] (note:)He means their slanderous and false reports.(:note) spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

geneva@Psalms:57:7 @ My heart is (note:)That is, wholly bent to give you praise for my deliverance.(:note) fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: He shows that both his heart will praise God, and his tongue will confess him, and also he will use other means to provoke himself forward to the same. I will sing and give praise.

geneva@Psalms:58:2 @ Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of (note:)You are not ashamed to execute that cruelty publicly, which you have imagined in your hearts.(:note) your hands in the earth.

geneva@Psalms:58:7 @ Let them (note:)Considering God's divine power, he shows that God in a moment can destroy their force of which they brag.(:note) melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

geneva@Psalms:58:8 @ Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

geneva@Psalms:58:11 @ So that a man shall say, (note:)Seeing God governs all by his providence, he must put a difference between the godly and the wicked.(:note) Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

geneva@Psalms:59:1 @ «To the chief Musician, Altaschith, (note:)Or, a certain tune.(:note) Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.» Though his enemies were even at hand to destroy him, yet he assures himself that God had ways to deliver him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

geneva@Psalms:59:6 @ They return at evening: they make a noise like a (note:)He compares their cruelty to hungry dogs showing that they are never weary in doing evil.(:note) dog, and go round about the city.

geneva@Psalms:59:11 @ Slay them (note:)Altogether, but little by little, that the people seeing your judgments often, may be mindful of you.(:note) not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

geneva@Psalms:59:14 @ And at evening let them (note:)He mocks their vain enterprises, being assured that they will not bring their purpose to pass.(:note) return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

geneva@Psalms:60:3 @ Thou hast (note:)You have handled your people sharply, in asking from them sense and judgment in that they aided Saul the wicked King, and punished him to whom God had given the just title of the realm.(:note) shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

geneva@Psalms:60:4 @ Thou hast given (note:)In making me king, you have performed your promise, which seemed to have lost the force.(:note) a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:60:5 @ That thy beloued may be deliuered, helpe with thy right hand and heare me.

geneva@Psalms:60:6 @ God hath spoken in his (note:)It is as certain as if it were spoken by an oracle, that I will possess those places which Saul has left to his children.(:note) holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

geneva@Psalms:60:7 @ Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the (note:)For it was strong and well peopled.(:note) strength of mine head; David means that in this tribe his kingdom will be established, (Gen_49:10). Judah [is] my lawgiver;

geneva@Psalms:60:9 @ Who will bring me [into] the (note:)He was assured that God would give him the strong cities of his enemies, in which they thought themselves sure.(:note) strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

geneva@Psalms:61:1 @ To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my cry, O God: giue eare vnto my prayer.

geneva@Psalms:61:5 @ For thou, O God, (note:)There is nothing that strengthens our faith more than the memory of God's help in times past.(:note) hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.

geneva@Psalms:62:10 @ Trust not in oppression, and (note:)Give yourselves wholly to God by putting away all things that are contrary to his law.(:note) become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].

geneva@Psalms:62:11 @ God hath spoken (note:)He has plainly born witness to his power, so that no one needs to doubt it.(:note) once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.

geneva@Psalms:62:12 @ Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou (note:)So that the wicked will feel your power, and the godly your mercy.(:note) renderest to every man according to his work.

geneva@Psalms:63:9 @ Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it, they shall goe into the lowest partes of the earth.

geneva@Psalms:63:11 @ But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that (note:)All who swear by God correctly or profess him will rejoice in this worthy king.(:note) sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

geneva@Psalms:64:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» Hear my (note:)In that he calls to God with his voice, it is a sign that his prayer was vehement, and that his life was in danger.(:note) voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

geneva@Psalms:64:4 @ That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and (note:)To be without fear of God and reverence of man, is a sign of reprobation.(:note) fear not.

geneva@Psalms:64:8 @ So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall (note:)To see God's heavy judgments against them, and how he has caught them in their own snares.(:note) flee away.

geneva@Psalms:64:10 @ The righteous (note:)When they will consider that he will be favourable to them as he was to his servant David.(:note) shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

geneva@Psalms:65:2 @ O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all (note:)Not only the Jews but also the Gentiles in the kingdom of Christ.(:note) flesh come.

geneva@Psalms:65:3 @ Iniquities (note:)He imputes it to his sins and to the sins of the people that God who was accustomed to afflict them withdraws his help from them.(:note) prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

geneva@Psalms:65:5 @ [By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou (note:)You will declare yourself to be the preserver of your Church in destroying your enemies, as you did in the Red Sea.(:note) answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the As of all barbarous nations, and far off. sea:

geneva@Psalms:65:7 @ Which stilleth the (note:)He shows that there is no part or creature in the world which is not governed by God's power and providence.(:note) noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

geneva@Psalms:65:8 @ They also, that dwell in the vttermost parts of the earth, shalbe afraide of thy signes: thou shalt make the East and the West to reioyce.

geneva@Psalms:65:10 @ Thou (note:)By this description he shows that all the order of nature is a testimony of God's love toward us, who causes all creatures to serve our need.(:note) waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

geneva@Psalms:66:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm.» Make a joyful noise unto God, (note:)He prophecies that all nations will come to the knowledge of God, who then was only known in Judea.(:note) all ye lands:

geneva@Psalms:66:7 @ He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious (note:)He proves that God will extend his grace also to the Gentiles, because he punishes among them such as will not obey his calling.(:note) exalt themselves. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:66:9 @ Which (note:)He signifies some special benefit that God had showed to his Church of the Jews, in delivering them from some great danger: of which he promises that the Gentiles will also be partakers.(:note) holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

geneva@Psalms:67:1 @ «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Songs.» God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] (note:)That is, move our hearts with his Holy Spirit, that we may feel his favour toward us.(:note) cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

geneva@Psalms:67:2 @ That (note:)That both Jews and Gentiles may know God's covenant made with them.(:note) thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

geneva@Psalms:67:6 @ [Then] shall (note:)He shows that where God favours there will be abundance of all other things.(:note) the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our own God, shall bless us.

geneva@Psalms:68:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David.» Let God (note:)The prophet shows that even though God permits the wicked tyrants to oppress his Church for a time, yet eventually he will take revenge on them.(:note) arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

geneva@Psalms:68:4 @ Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name (note:)Jah and Jehovah are the names of God, signifying his incomprehensible essence and majesty, so that by this it is declared that all idols are vanity and that the God of Israel is the only true God.(:note) JAH, and rejoice before him.

geneva@Psalms:68:10 @ Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy (note:)God blessed the land of Canaan, because he had chosen that place for his Church.(:note) goodness for the poor.

geneva@Psalms:68:11 @ The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of (note:)The fashion then was that women sang songs after the victory, as did Miriam, Deborah, Judith and others.(:note) those that published [it].

geneva@Psalms:68:12 @ Kings of armies did flee apace: and (note:)The prayer was so great, that not only the soldiers, but the women also had part of it.(:note) she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

geneva@Psalms:68:18 @ Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast (note:)As God overcame the enemy of his Church, took them prisoners, and made them tributaries: so Christ, which is God manifested in the flesh, subdued Satan and sin under us, and gave to his Church most liberal gifts of his Spirit, (Eph_4:8).(:note) led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].

geneva@Psalms:68:20 @ [He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the (note:)Even in most extreme dangers, God has infinite ways to deliver his.(:note) issues from death.

geneva@Psalms:68:21 @ Surely God will wound the head of his enemies, and the hearie pate of him that walketh in his sinnes.

geneva@Psalms:68:23 @ That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs (note:)That is, in the blood of that great slaughter, where dogs will lap blood.(:note) in the same.

geneva@Psalms:68:30 @ Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] (note:)He desires that the pride of the mighty may be destroyed, who were accustomed to garnishing their shoes with silver, and therefore for their glittering pomp thought themselves above all men.(:note) submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.

geneva@Psalms:68:31 @ Princes shall come out (note:)He prophecies that the Gentiles will come to the true knowledge and worship of God.(:note) of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

geneva@Psalms:68:33 @ To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his (note:)By his terrible thunders he will make himself be known as the God of all the world.(:note) voice, [and that] a mighty voice.

geneva@Psalms:68:35 @ O God, [thou art] (note:)In showing fearful judgments against your enemies for the salvation of your people.(:note) terrible out of thy holy He alludes to the tabernacle which was divided in three parts. places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God.

geneva@Psalms:69:4 @ They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies (note:)Condemning me as guilty.(:note) wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I They judged me a thief, though innocent, and gave my goods to others, as though I had stolen them. took not away.

geneva@Psalms:69:6 @ Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for (note:)Do not let my evil entreaty of the enemy be an opportunity for the faithful to fall from you.(:note) my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:69:10 @ When I (note:)My zeal moved me to lament and pray for my salvation.(:note) wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

geneva@Psalms:69:12 @ They that (note:)The more he sought to win them to God, the more they were against him both the poor and the rich.(:note) sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

geneva@Psalms:69:13 @ But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an (note:)Knowing that even though I endure trouble now, yet you have a time in which you have appointed my deliverance.(:note) acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

geneva@Psalms:69:14 @ Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the (note:)He shows a living faith, in that he believes that God is favourable towards him when he seems to be angry and at hand when he seems to be far off.(:note) deep waters.

geneva@Psalms:69:17 @ And (note:)Not that he feared that God would not hear him, but that care made him think that God delayed too long.(:note) hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

geneva@Psalms:69:19 @ Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine (note:)You see that I am beset as a sheep among many wolves.(:note) adversaries [are] all before thee.

geneva@Psalms:69:20 @ Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and (note:)He shows men that it is vain to put our trust in men in our great necessity, but that our comfort only depends on God: for man increases our sorrows, then diminishes them, (Joh_19:29).(:note) I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

geneva@Psalms:69:23 @ Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their (note:)Take both judgment and power from them, (Act_1:20).(:note) loins continually to shake.

geneva@Psalms:69:27 @ Add (note:)By their continuance and increasing in their sins, let it be known that they are of the reprobate.(:note) iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

geneva@Psalms:69:31 @ [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] (note:)There is no sacrifice which God values more than thanksgiving for his benefits.(:note) bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

geneva@Psalms:69:32 @ The humble shall see this, and they that seeke God, shalbe glad, and your heart shall liue.

geneva@Psalms:69:33 @ For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his (note:)For as he delivered his servant David, so will he do for all that are in distress and call on him.(:note) prisoners.

geneva@Psalms:69:34 @ Let heauen and earth praise him: the seas and all that moueth in them.

geneva@Psalms:69:35 @ For God will saue Zion, and builde the cities of Iudah, that men may dwell there and haue it in possession.

geneva@Psalms:69:36 @ The (note:)Under the temporal promise of the land of Canaan, he comprehends the promise of everlasting life to the faithful and their posterity.(:note) seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

geneva@Psalms:70:2 @ Let them be ashamed and (note:)He was assured that the more they raged, the nearer they were to destruction, and he the nearer to his deliverance.(:note) confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

geneva@Psalms:70:3 @ Let them be turned back for a reward of their (note:)By this we are taught not to mock at others in their misery, lest the same fall on our own necks.(:note) shame that say, Aha, aha.

geneva@Psalms:70:4 @ But let all those that seeke thee, be ioyfull and glad in thee, and let all that loue thy saluation, say alwaies, God be praised.

geneva@Psalms:71:1 @ In (note:)He prays to God with full assurance of faith, that he will deliver him from his adversaries.(:note) thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

geneva@Psalms:71:4 @ Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand (note:)That is, from Absalom, Ahithophel and that conspiracy.(:note) of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

geneva@Psalms:71:6 @ Vpon thee haue I beene stayed from the wombe: thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers bowels: my praise shalbe alwaies of thee.

geneva@Psalms:71:10 @ For mine enemies speake of mee, and they that lay waite for my soule, take their counsell together,

geneva@Psalms:71:13 @ Let them be confounded & consumed that are against my soule: let them be couered with reproofe and confusion, that seeke mine hurt.

geneva@Psalms:71:20 @ [Thou], which hast shewed me great and (note:)As he confesses that God is the only author of his deliverance, so he acknowledges that these evils were sent to him by God's providence.(:note) sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

geneva@Psalms:71:22 @ I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy (note:)He confesses that his long delay was well recompensed, when God performed his promise.(:note) truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:71:23 @ My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my (note:)For there is no true praising of God, unless it comes from the heart: and therefore he promises to delight in nothing, except that in which God is glorified.(:note) soul, which thou hast redeemed.

geneva@Psalms:71:24 @ My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnesse daily: for they are confounded and brought vnto shame, that seeke mine hurt.

geneva@Psalms:72:1 @ «[A Psalm] (note:)Composed by David concerning the reign of his son Solomon.(:note) for Solomon.» Give the king thy Imbue the king with the Spirit of wisdom and justice, that he reign not as the worldly tyrants do. judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's That is, to his posterity. son.

geneva@Psalms:72:4 @ He shall (note:)He shows why the sword is committed to Kings that is, to defend the innocent, and suppress the wicked.(:note) judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

geneva@Psalms:72:8 @ He shall have dominion also from (note:)That is, from the Red sea to the sea called the Syriacum, and from Euphrates forward, meaning, that Christ's kingdom would be large and universal.(:note) sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

geneva@Psalms:72:9 @ They that dwell in ye wildernes, shall kneele before him, and his enemies shall licke the dust.

geneva@Psalms:72:10 @ The kings of (note:)Of Cilicia, and of all other countries beyond the sea, which he means by the isles.(:note) Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings That is, of Arabia that rich country, of which Sheba was a part bordering on Ethiopia. of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

geneva@Psalms:72:12 @ For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.

geneva@Psalms:72:17 @ His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call (note:)They will pray to God for his continuance and know that God prospers them for his sake.(:note) him blessed.

geneva@Psalms:72:18 @ Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth (note:)He confesses that unless God miraculously preserves his people neither the king nor the kingdom can continue.(:note) wondrous things.

geneva@Psalms:73:1 @ «A Psalm of Asaph.» Truly (note:)As it were between hope and despair he bursts forth into this affection, being assured that God would continue his favour toward such as were godly indeed, and not hypocrites.(:note) God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.

geneva@Psalms:73:4 @ For [there are] (note:)The wicked in this life live at pleasure and are not drawn to death like prisoners: that is, by sickness which is death's messenger.(:note) no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.

geneva@Psalms:73:10 @ Therefore his (note:)Not only the reprobate, but also the people of God often fall back seeing the prosperous estate of the wicked, and are overwhelmed with sorrows, thinking that God does not correctly consider the estate of the godly.(:note) people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.

geneva@Psalms:73:17 @ Until I went into the (note:)Until I entered into your school and learned by your word and Holy Spirit that you order all things most wisely and justly.(:note) sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.

geneva@Psalms:73:22 @ So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a (note:)For the more that man goes about by his own reason to seek out God's judgments, the more he declares himself a beast.(:note) beast before thee.

geneva@Psalms:73:23 @ Nevertheless I [am] continually (note:)By faith I was assured that your providence always watched over me to preserve me.(:note) with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.

geneva@Psalms:73:27 @ For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that (note:)That is, forsake you to seek others.(:note) go a whoring from thee.

geneva@Psalms:73:28 @ But [it is] good for me (note:)Though all the world shrinks from God, yet he promises to trust in him and to magnify his works.(:note) to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

geneva@Psalms:74:3 @ Lift vp thy strokes, that thou mayest for euer destroy euery enemie that doeth euill to the Sanctuarie.

geneva@Psalms:74:8 @ They said in their (note:)They encouraged one another to cruelty, that not only God's people might be destroyed, but also his religion utterly in all places suppressed.(:note) hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

geneva@Psalms:74:9 @ We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth (note:)They lamented that they had no prophet among them to show them how long their misery would last.(:note) how long.

geneva@Psalms:74:11 @ Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? (note:)They join their deliverance with God's glory and power, knowing that the punishment of the enemy would be their deliverance.(:note) pluck [it] out of thy bosom.

geneva@Psalms:74:16 @ The (note:)Seeing that God by his providence governs and disposes all things, he gathers that he will take care chiefly for his children.(:note) day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

geneva@Psalms:74:18 @ Remember this, that the enemie hath reproched the Lorde, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.

geneva@Psalms:74:22 @ Arise, O God, plead thine (note:)He shows that God cannot permit his Church to be oppressed unless he looses his own right.(:note) own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

geneva@Psalms:74:23 @ Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, ascendeth continually.

geneva@Psalms:75:5 @ Lift not up your (note:)The prophet warns the wicked that they would not set themselves against God's people, seeing that God at his time destroys them who rule wickedly.(:note) horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.

geneva@Psalms:75:8 @ For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a (note:)God's wrath is compared to a cup of strong and delicate wine, with which the wicked are made so drunk that by drinking till they come to the very dregs they are utterly destroyed.(:note) cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].

geneva@Psalms:76:1 @ «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.» In Judah [is] God (note:)He declares that God's power is evidently seen in preserving his people and destroying his enemies.(:note) known: his name [is] great in Israel.

geneva@Psalms:76:4 @ Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than (note:)He compares the kingdom full of extortion and rapine to the mountains that are full of ravening beasts.(:note) the mountains of prey.

geneva@Psalms:76:10 @ Surely the (note:)For the end will show that the enemy was able to bring nothing to pass: also you will bridle their rage that they will not accomplish their purpose.(:note) wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

geneva@Psalms:76:11 @ Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be (note:)That is, the Levites who dwell about the Tabernacle, or the people among whom he dwells.(:note) round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

geneva@Psalms:76:12 @ He shall (note:)The Hebrew word signifies «to vintage or gather grapes» meaning that he will make the counsels and enterprises of the wicked tyrants foolish and vain.(:note) cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the kings of the earth.

geneva@Psalms:77:3 @ I remembered God, and was (note:)He shows that we must patiently abide though God does not deliver us from our troubles at the first cry.(:note) troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:77:4 @ Thou holdest mine eyes (note:)Meaning that his sorrows were as watchmen that kept his eyes from sleeping.(:note) waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

geneva@Psalms:77:10 @ And I said, This [is] my (note:)Though I first doubted of my life, yet considering that God had his years, that is, change of times, and was accustomed also to lift up them whom he had beaten, I took heart again.(:note) infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.

geneva@Psalms:77:14 @ Thou art ye God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy power among the people.

geneva@Psalms:78:4 @ Wee will not hide them from their children but to the generation to come we wil shewe the praises of the Lord his power also, & his wonderful woorkes that he hath done:

geneva@Psalms:78:5 @ For he established a (note:)By the testimony and law, he means your law written, which they were commanded to teach their children, (Deu_6:7).(:note) testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

geneva@Psalms:78:6 @ That the (note:)He shows how the children would be like their father's: that is, in maintaining God's pure religion.(:note) generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:

geneva@Psalms:78:7 @ That they might (note:)He shows where the use of this doctrine exists: in faith, in the meditation of God's benefits, and in obedience.(:note) set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

geneva@Psalms:78:8 @ And might not be as their (note:)Though these fathers were the seed of Abraham and the chosen people, yet he shows by their rebellion, provocation, falsehood, and hypocrisy, that the children should not follow their examples.(:note) fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

geneva@Psalms:78:9 @ The children of (note:)By Ephraim he means also the rest of the tribes, because they were most in number: whose punishment declares that they were unfaithful to God, and by their multitude and authority had corrupted all others.(:note) Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

geneva@Psalms:78:11 @ And forgate his Actes, and his wonderfull woorkes that he had shewed them.

geneva@Psalms:78:12 @ Marvellous things did he in the sight of their (note:)He proves that not only the posterity but also their forefathers were wicked and rebellious to God.(:note) fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.

geneva@Psalms:78:16 @ He brought floods also out of the stonie rocke; so that hee made the waters to descend like the riuers.

geneva@Psalms:78:20 @ Behold, he smote the rocke, that the water gushed out, and the streames ouerflowed: can hee giue bread also? or prepare flesh for his people?

geneva@Psalms:78:23 @ Though he had commanded the (note:)So that they had that which was necessary and sufficient: but their lust made them cover that which they knew God had denied them.(:note) clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

geneva@Psalms:78:26 @ He caused an (note:)God used the wind to show them that all the elements were at his command, and that no distance could restrain his working.(:note) east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

geneva@Psalms:78:30 @ They were not estranged from their (note:)Such is the nature of concupiscence, that the more it has the more it lusts.(:note) lust. But while their meat [was] yet in their mouths,

geneva@Psalms:78:32 @ For all this they (note:)Thus sin by continuance makes man insensible, so that by no plagues they can be amended.(:note) sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

geneva@Psalms:78:34 @ When he (note:)Such was their hypocrisy, that they sought God out of fear of punishment, though in their heart they did not love him.(:note) slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

geneva@Psalms:78:35 @ And they remembred that God was their strength, and the most high God their redeemer.

geneva@Psalms:78:39 @ For he remebred that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.

geneva@Psalms:78:43 @ Nor him that set his signes in Egypt, and his wonders in the fielde of Zoan,

geneva@Psalms:78:44 @ And turned their riuers into blood, & their floods, that they could not drinke.

geneva@Psalms:78:46 @ He (note:)He does not repeat here all the miracles that God did in Egypt, but certain which might be sufficient to convince the people of malice and ingratitude.(:note) gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

geneva@Psalms:78:49 @ He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending (note:)So called either for the effect, that is, of punishing the wicked: or else because they were wicked spirits, whom God permitted to vex men.(:note) evil angels [among them].

geneva@Psalms:78:51 @ And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the (note:)The firstborn are so called, as in (Gen_49:3).(:note) chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of That is, Egypt: for it was called Mizraim, or Egypt of Mizraim that was the son of Ham. Ham:

geneva@Psalms:78:53 @ And he led them on safely, so that they (note:)That is, they had no opportunity to fear, even as God destroyed their enemies and delivered them falsely.(:note) feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

geneva@Psalms:78:57 @ But turned back, and dealt (note:)Nothing more displeases God in the children, than when they continue in that wickedness, which their fathers had begun.(:note) unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

geneva@Psalms:78:60 @ So that he (note:)For their ingratitude he permitted the Philistines to take the Ark which was the sign of his presence, from among them.(:note) forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;

geneva@Psalms:78:63 @ The fire (note:)They were suddenly destroyed, (1Sa_4:10).(:note) consumed their young men; and their maidens were not They had no marriage songs: that is, they were not married. given to marriage.

geneva@Psalms:78:65 @ Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man that (note:)Because they were drunk in their sins, they judged God's patience to be slumbering, as though he were drunk, therefore he answering their beastly judgment, says, he will awake and take sudden vengeance.(:note) shouteth by reason of wine.

geneva@Psalms:78:67 @ Moreover he refused the tabernacle of (note:)Showing that he did not spare the Israelites altogether, though he punished their enemies.(:note) Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

geneva@Psalms:78:69 @ And he (note:)By building the temple, and establishing the kingdom, he declares that the signs of his favour were among them.(:note) built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.

geneva@Psalms:78:72 @ So (note:)He shows where a kings charge stands: that is, to provide faithfully for his people, to guide them by counsel, and defend them by power.(:note) he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

geneva@Psalms:79:4 @ We are become a reproach to our (note:)Of which some came from Abraham but were degenerate: and others were open enemies to your religion, but they both laughed at our miseries.(:note) neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

geneva@Psalms:79:6 @ Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen that haue not knowen thee, and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy Name.

geneva@Psalms:79:10 @ Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be knowen among the heathen in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy seruants that is shed.

geneva@Psalms:79:11 @ Let the sighing of the (note:)Who though in respect to God they were justly punished for their sins, yet in consideration of their cause were unjustly murdered.(:note) prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou Who were captives among their enemies and could look for nothing but death. those that are appointed to die;

geneva@Psalms:80:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.» Give ear, (note:)This Psalm was made as a prayer to desire God to be merciful to the ten tribes.(:note) O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the Move their hearts, that they may return to worship God properly, that is, in the place you have appointed. cherubims, shine forth.

geneva@Psalms:80:4 @ O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be (note:)The faithful fear God's anger, when they perceive that their prayers are not heard immediately.(:note) angry against the prayer of thy people?

geneva@Psalms:80:8 @ Thou hast brought a (note:)Seeing that from your mercy you have made us a most dear possession to you, and we through our sins are made open for wild beasts to devour us, declare again my love and finish the work that you have begun.(:note) vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

geneva@Psalms:80:12 @ Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?

geneva@Psalms:80:14 @ Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down (note:)They gave no place to temptation, knowing that even though there was no help in earth, yet God was able to help them from heaven.(:note) from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

geneva@Psalms:80:15 @ And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest (note:)So that no power can prevail against it, and which as a young bud you raised up again as out of the burnt ashes.(:note) strong for thyself.

geneva@Psalms:80:17 @ Let thy hand be upon the (note:)That is, on this vine or people, whom you have planted with your right hand, that they should be as one man or one body(:note) man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.

geneva@Psalms:81:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)An instrument of music brought from Geth.(:note) Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.» Sing It seems that this psalm was appointed for solemn feasts and assemblies of the people to whom for a time these ceremonies were ordained, but now under the gospel are abolished. aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

geneva@Psalms:82:1 @ «A Psalm of Asaph.» God standeth in the congregation of the (note:)The prophet shows that if princes and judges do not do their duty, God whose authority is above them will take vengeance on them.(:note) mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

geneva@Psalms:83:1 @ «A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph.» Keep (note:)This psalm seems to have been composed as a form of prayer against the dangers that the Church was in, in the days of Jehoshaphat.(:note) not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

geneva@Psalms:83:2 @ For, lo, thine (note:)He calls them God's enemies, who are enemies of his Church.(:note) enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

geneva@Psalms:83:4 @ They have said, Come, and let us (note:)They were not content to take the Church as prisoner: but sought to utterly destroy it.(:note) cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

geneva@Psalms:83:8 @ Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children (note:)The wickedness of the Ammonites and Moabites is described in that they provoked these other nations to fight against the Israelites.(:note) of Lot. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:83:9 @ Do unto them as [unto] the (note:)By these examples they were confirmed that God would not permit his people to be completely destroyed, (Jdg_7:21, Jdg_4:15).(:note) Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

geneva@Psalms:83:13 @ O my God, make them like a (note:)Because the reprobate could by no means be amended, he prays that they may utterly be destroyed, be unstable and led by all winds.(:note) wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

geneva@Psalms:83:16 @ Fill their faces with shame; that they may (note:)That is, be compelled by your plagues to confess your power.(:note) seek thy name, O LORD.

geneva@Psalms:83:18 @ That [men] may (note:)Though they do not believe, yet they may prove by experience, that it is in vain to resist against your counsel in establishing your Church.(:note) know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.

geneva@Psalms:84:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.» How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O (note:)David complains that he cannot have access to the Church of God to make profession of his faith, and to profit in religion.(:note) LORD of hosts!

geneva@Psalms:84:3 @ Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine (note:)So that the poor birds have more freedom than I.(:note) altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

geneva@Psalms:84:4 @ Blessed are they that dwell in thine house: they will euer praise thee. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:84:6 @ [Who] passing through the valley of (note:)So that the poor birds have more freedom than I.(:note) Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

geneva@Psalms:84:11 @ For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no (note:)But will from time to time increase his blessings toward his more and more.(:note) good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

geneva@Psalms:84:12 @ O Lorde of hostes, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

geneva@Psalms:85:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.» LORD, thou hast been (note:)They confess that God's free mercy was the cause of their deliverance because he loved the land which he had chosen.(:note) favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

geneva@Psalms:85:2 @ Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast (note:)You have buried them that they will not come into judgment.(:note) covered all their sin. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:85:5 @ Wilt thou be angry with us (note:)As in times past they had felt God's mercies, so now being oppressed by the long continuance of evil, they pray to God that according to his nature he would be merciful to them.(:note) for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

geneva@Psalms:85:6 @ Wilt thou not turne againe & quicken vs, that thy people may reioyce in thee?

geneva@Psalms:85:7 @ Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy (note:)He confesses that our salvation comes only from God's mercy.(:note) salvation.

geneva@Psalms:85:8 @ I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak (note:)He will send all prosperity to his Church, when he has sufficiently corrected them, also by his punishments the faithful will learn to beware that they not return the same offences.(:note) peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

geneva@Psalms:85:9 @ Surely his saluation is neere to them that feare him, that glory may dwell in our land.

geneva@Psalms:86:2 @ Preserve my soul; for I [am] (note:)I am not an enemy to them, but I pity them even though they are cruel to me.(:note) holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

geneva@Psalms:86:3 @ Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I (note:)Which was a fair token that he believed that God would deliver him.(:note) cry unto thee daily.

geneva@Psalms:86:5 @ For thou, Lord, [art] good, and (note:)He confesses that God is good to all but only merciful to poor sinners.(:note) ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

geneva@Psalms:86:6 @ Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and (note:)By crying and calling continually he shows how we must not be weary, even though God does not immediately grant our request but that we must earnestly and often call on him.(:note) attend to the voice of my supplications.

geneva@Psalms:86:8 @ Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither (note:)He condemns all idols as they can do nothing to declare that they are gods.(:note) [are there any works] like unto thy works.

geneva@Psalms:86:9 @ All nations whom thou hast made shall come and (note:)This proves that David prayed in the Name of Christ the Messiah of whose kingdom he here prophecies.(:note) worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

geneva@Psalms:86:14 @ O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have (note:)He shows that there can be no moderation or equity where proud tyrants reign, and that the lack of God's fear is as a privilege to all vice and cruelty.(:note) sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

geneva@Psalms:86:16 @ O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the (note:)He boasts not of his own virtues, but confesses that God of his free goodness has always been merciful to him, and given him power against his enemies, as to one of his own household.(:note) son of thine handmaid.

geneva@Psalms:86:17 @ Shew a token of thy goodnes towarde me, that they which hate me, may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, O Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me.

geneva@Psalms:87:1 @ «A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah.» His (note:)God chose that place among the hills to establish Jerusalem and his temple.(:note) foundation [is] in the holy mountains.

geneva@Psalms:87:4 @ I will make mention of (note:)That is, Egypt and these other countries will come to the knowledge of God.(:note) Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; It will be said of him who is regenerate and come to the Church, that he is as one who was born in the Church. this [man] was born there.

geneva@Psalms:87:5 @ And of Zion it shall be said, (note:)Out of all quarters they will come to the Church, and be counted as citizens.(:note) This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

geneva@Psalms:88:4 @ I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without strength:

geneva@Psalms:88:10 @ Wilt thou shew (note:)He shows that the time is more convenient for God to help when men call to him in their dangers, than to tarry till they are dead, and then raise them up again.(:note) wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.

geneva@Psalms:89:7 @ God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the (note:)If the angels tremble before God's majesty and infinite justice, what earthly creature by oppressing the Church dares to set himself against God?(:note) saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.

geneva@Psalms:89:11 @ The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.

geneva@Psalms:89:12 @ The north and the south thou hast created them: (note:)Tabor is a mountain west from Jerusalem, and Hermon to the East, so the prophet signifies that all parts and places of the world will obey God's power for the deliverance of his Church.(:note) Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

geneva@Psalms:89:15 @ Blessed [is] the people that (note:)Feeling in their conscience that God is their father.(:note) know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy They will be preserved by your fatherly providence. countenance.

geneva@Psalms:89:17 @ For thou [art] the (note:)In that they are preserved and continue, they should give the praise and glory to you alone.(:note) glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

geneva@Psalms:89:18 @ For the LORD [is] our (note:)In that our King has power to defend us, it is the gift of God.(:note) defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.

geneva@Psalms:89:19 @ Then thou spakest in vision to (note:)To Samuel and to others, to assure that David was the chosen one.(:note) thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon [one that is] Whom I have both chosen and given strength to execute his office, as in (Psa_89:21). mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.

geneva@Psalms:89:23 @ And I will (note:)Though there will always be enemies against God's kingdom yet he promises to overcome them.(:note) beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

geneva@Psalms:89:26 @ He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my (note:)His excellent dignity will appear in this, that he will be named the son of God and the firstborn in which he is a figure of Christ.(:note) father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

geneva@Psalms:89:34 @ My covenant will I not break, nor (note:)For God in promising has respect to his mercy, and not to man's power in performing.(:note) alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

geneva@Psalms:89:35 @ I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,

geneva@Psalms:89:41 @ All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.

geneva@Psalms:89:45 @ The days of his (note:)He shows that the kingdom fell before it came to perfection or was ripe.(:note) youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:89:46 @ How long, (note:)The prophet in joining prayer with his complaint, shows that his faith never failed.(:note) LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

geneva@Psalms:89:50 @ Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my (note:)He means that God's enemies not only slandered him behind his back, but also mocked him to his face and as it were cast their injuries in his bosom.(:note) bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;

geneva@Psalms:90:12 @ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto (note:)Which is by considering the shortness of our life, and by meditating the heavenly joys.(:note) wisdom.

geneva@Psalms:90:15 @ Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs, and according to the yeeres that we haue seene euill.

geneva@Psalms:90:17 @ And let the (note:)Meaning, that is was obscured when he ceases to do good to his Church.(:note) beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and For unless you guide us with your Holy Spirit, our enterprises cannot succeed. establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

geneva@Psalms:91:1 @ He that dwelleth in the (note:)He who makes God his defence and trust will perceive his protection to be a most sure safeguard.(:note) secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

geneva@Psalms:91:6 @ Nor of the pestilence that walketh in the darkenesse: nor of the plague that destroyeth at noone day.

geneva@Psalms:91:8 @ Only with thine (note:)The godly will have some experience of God's judgements against the wicked even in this life, but they will see it fully at that day when all things will be revealed.(:note) eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

geneva@Psalms:91:12 @ They shall beare thee in their handes, that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone.

geneva@Psalms:91:16 @ With (note:)For he is content with that life that God gives for by death the shortness of this life is recompensed with immortality.(:note) long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

geneva@Psalms:92:1 @ «A Psalm [or] Song for the (note:)Which teaches that the use of the Sabbath stands in praising God, and not only in ceasing from work.(:note) sabbath day.» [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

geneva@Psalms:92:4 @ For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy (note:)He shows the use of the Sabbath day: that is, to meditate God's works.(:note) work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

geneva@Psalms:92:7 @ (When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.

geneva@Psalms:92:11 @ Mine eye also shall see my desire against mine enemies: and mine eares shall heare my wish against the wicked, that rise vp against me.

geneva@Psalms:92:15 @ To declare that the Lord my rocke is righteous, and that none iniquitie is in him.

geneva@Psalms:93:1 @ The LORD (note:)As God by his power and wisdom has made and governed the world, so must the same be our defence against all enemies and dangers.(:note) reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

geneva@Psalms:93:5 @ Thy (note:)Besides God's power and wisdom in creating and governing his great mercy also appears in that he has given his people his word and covenant.(:note) testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

geneva@Psalms:94:1 @ O LORD God, to whom (note:)Whose office it is to take vengeance on the wicked.(:note) vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, Show by effect that you are judge of the world to punish the wicked. shew thyself.

geneva@Psalms:94:9 @ He that (note:)He shows that it is impossible, but God should hear, see, and understand their wickedness.(:note) planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

geneva@Psalms:94:10 @ He that chastiseth the (note:)If God punishes whole nations for their sins, it is mere folly for any one man or else a few to think that God will spare them.(:note) heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?

geneva@Psalms:94:11 @ The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.

geneva@Psalms:94:12 @ Blessed [is] the man whom thou (note:)God has care over his, and chastised them for their own good, that they should not perish for ever with the wicked.(:note) chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

geneva@Psalms:94:13 @ That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.

geneva@Psalms:94:17 @ Unless the LORD [had been] my (note:)He complains of them who would not help him to resist the enemies, yet was assured that God's help would not fail.(:note) help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

geneva@Psalms:95:1 @ O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a (note:)He shows that God's service stands not in dead ceremonies, but chiefly in the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.(:note) joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

geneva@Psalms:95:6 @ O come, let us (note:)By these three words he signifies one thing: meaning that they must wholly give themselves to serve God.(:note) worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

geneva@Psalms:95:7 @ For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his (note:)That is, the flock whom he governs with his own hand. He shows how they are God's flock, that is, if they hear his voice.(:note) hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

geneva@Psalms:95:10 @ Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do (note:)They were without judgment and reason.(:note) err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

geneva@Psalms:95:11 @ Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into (note:)That is, into the land of Canaan, where he promised them rest.(:note) my rest.

geneva@Psalms:96:1 @ O sing (note:)The prophet shows that the time will come, that all nations will have opportunity to praise the Lord for the revealing of his gospel.(:note) unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

geneva@Psalms:96:7 @ Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and (note:)As by experience you see that it is only due to him.(:note) strength.

geneva@Psalms:96:8 @ Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring (note:)By offering up yourselves wholly to God, declare that you worship him only.(:note) an offering, and come into his courts.

geneva@Psalms:96:10 @ Say among the (note:)He prophecies that the Gentiles will be partakers with the Jews of God's promise.(:note) heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people He will regenerate them anew with his Spirit, and restore them to the image of God. righteously.

geneva@Psalms:96:11 @ Let the heauens reioyce, and let the earth be glad: let the sea roare, and all that therein is.

geneva@Psalms:96:12 @ Let the field be joyful, and all that [is] therein: then shall all the (note:)If the insensible creatures will have reason to rejoice when God appears, much more we, from whom he has taken malediction and sin.(:note) trees of the wood rejoice

geneva@Psalms:97:1 @ The (note:)He shows that where God reigns, there is all happiness and spiritual joy.(:note) LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the For the gospel will not only be preached in Judea, but through all isles and countries. multitude of isles be glad [thereof].

geneva@Psalms:97:8 @ Zion heard, and was glad; and the (note:)The Jews will have opportunity to rejoice that the Gentiles are made partakers with them of God's favour.(:note) daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

geneva@Psalms:97:10 @ Ye that (note:)He requires two things from his children: the one that they detest vice, the other, that they put their trust in God for their deliverance.(:note) love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

geneva@Psalms:98:6 @ With (note:)By this repetition and earnest exhortation to give praise with instruments, and also of the dumb creatures, he signifies that the world is never able to praise God sufficiently for their deliverance.(:note) trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

geneva@Psalms:98:7 @ Let the sea roare, and all that therein is, the world, and they that dwell therein.

geneva@Psalms:99:4 @ And the Kings power, that loueth iudgement: for thou hast prepared equitie: thou hast executed iudgement and iustice in Iaakob.

geneva@Psalms:99:6 @ Moses and Aaron among his priests, (note:)Under these three he comprehends the whole people of Israel, with whom God made his promise.(:note) and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

geneva@Psalms:99:7 @ Hee spake vnto them in the cloudie pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the Lawe that he gaue them.

geneva@Psalms:99:8 @ Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of (note:)The more liberally God deals with his people, the more he punishes them who abuse his benefits.(:note) their inventions.

geneva@Psalms:100:1 @ «A Psalm of praise.» Make a (note:)He prophecies that God's benefits in calling the Gentiles will be so great that they will have wonderful opportunity to praise his mercy and rejoice.(:note) joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

geneva@Psalms:100:3 @ Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath (note:)He chiefly means concerning spiritual regeneration, by which we are his sheep and people.(:note) made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

geneva@Psalms:100:5 @ For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] (note:)He declares that we should never be weary in praising him, seeing his mercies toward us last forever.(:note) everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.

geneva@Psalms:101:1 @ «A Psalm of David.» I will (note:)David considers what manner of King he would be, when God would place him in the throne, promising openly, that he would be merciful and just.(:note) sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

geneva@Psalms:101:3 @ I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate (note:)He shows that magistrates do not do their duties, unless they are enemies to all vice.(:note) the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.

geneva@Psalms:101:5 @ Whoso privily (note:)In promising to punish these vices, which are most pernicious in them that are about Kings, he declares that he will punish all.(:note) slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

geneva@Psalms:101:6 @ Mine eyes [shall be] upon the (note:)He shows what the true use of the sword is, to punish the wicked and to maintain the good.(:note) faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

geneva@Psalms:101:7 @ There shal no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight.

geneva@Psalms:102:1 @ «A Prayer (note:)By which is signified, that even though we are in great misery, yet there is always room for prayer.(:note) of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.» Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my He declares that in our prayer we must lively feel that which we desire, and steadfastly believe to obtain. cry come unto thee.

geneva@Psalms:102:4 @ My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget (note:)My sorrows were so great that I did not eat.(:note) to eat my bread.

geneva@Psalms:102:8 @ Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are (note:)Have conspired my death.(:note) sworn against me.

geneva@Psalms:102:10 @ Because of thine (note:)He shows that not only the afflictions moved him, but chiefly the feeling of God's displeasure.(:note) indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

geneva@Psalms:102:11 @ My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

geneva@Psalms:102:20 @ To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are (note:)Who now in their banishment could look for nothing but death.(:note) appointed to death;

geneva@Psalms:102:21 @ That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his prayse in Ierusalem,

geneva@Psalms:102:22 @ When the people are gathered (note:)He shows that Gad's name is never more praised, than when religion flourishes and the church increases: which is chiefly accomplished under the kingdom of Christ.(:note) together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:102:23 @ He (note:)The church lament that they see not the time of Christ, which was promised, but have but few years and short days.(:note) weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

geneva@Psalms:103:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David.» (note:)He wakens his dulness to praise God, showing that both understanding and affections, mind and heart, are too little to set forth his praise.(:note) Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.

geneva@Psalms:103:6 @ The Lord executeth righteousnes & iudgement to all that are oppressed.

geneva@Psalms:103:10 @ He hath not (note:)Who have proved by continual experience that his mercy has always prevailed against our offences.(:note) dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

geneva@Psalms:103:11 @ For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.

geneva@Psalms:103:13 @ As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that feare him.

geneva@Psalms:103:14 @ For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.

geneva@Psalms:103:15 @ [As for] (note:)He declares that man has nothing in himself to move God to mercy, but only the confession of his infirmity and misery.(:note) man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

geneva@Psalms:103:17 @ But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his (note:)His just and faithful keeping of his promise.(:note) righteousness unto children's children;

geneva@Psalms:103:18 @ To such as keep his (note:)To whom he gives grace to fear him, and to obey his word.(:note) covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

geneva@Psalms:103:20 @ Bless the LORD, ye (note:)In that we, who naturally are slow to praise God, exhort the angels, who willingly do it, we stir up ourselves to consider our duty and wake from our sluggishness.(:note) his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

geneva@Psalms:103:21 @ Prayse the Lord, all ye his hostes, ye his seruants that doe his pleasure.

geneva@Psalms:104:1 @ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art (note:)The prophet shows that we do not need to enter into the heavens to seek God, for as much as all the order of nature, with the propriety and placing of the elements, are living mirrors to see his majesty in.(:note) clothed with honour and majesty.

geneva@Psalms:104:4 @ Who (note:)As the prophet here shows that all visible powers are ready to serve God: so in (Heb_1:7) the angels also, are obedient to his commandment.(:note) maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

geneva@Psalms:104:5 @ He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.

geneva@Psalms:104:14 @ He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of (note:)He describes God's providential care over man, who not only provides necessary things for him such as herbs and other meat: but also things to rejoice and comfort him such as wine and oil or ointments.(:note) man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

geneva@Psalms:104:15 @ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.

geneva@Psalms:104:17 @ That ye birdes may make their nestes there: the storke dwelleth in the firre trees.

geneva@Psalms:104:24 @ O LORD, how (note:)He confesses that no tongue is able to express God's works nor mind to comprehend them.(:note) manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

geneva@Psalms:104:26 @ There goe the shippes, yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

geneva@Psalms:104:30 @ Thou (note:)As the death of creatures shows that we are nothing of ourselves: so their generation declares that we receive all things from our Creator.(:note) sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

geneva@Psalms:104:35 @ Let the sinners be (note:)Who infect the world, and so cause it to be that God cannot rejoice in his work.(:note) consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:105:3 @ Reioyce in his holy Name: let the heart of them that seeke the Lord, reioyce.

geneva@Psalms:105:5 @ Remember his (note:)Which he has wrought in the deliverance of his people.(:note) marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the Because his power was declared living by this, as if he would have declared it by mouth. judgments of his mouth;

geneva@Psalms:105:8 @ He hath alway remembred his couenant & promes, that he made to a thousand generations,

geneva@Psalms:105:11 @ Saying, (note:)He shows that they would not enjoy the land of Canaan by any other means, but by reason of his covenant made with their fathers.(:note) Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

geneva@Psalms:105:19 @ Until (note:)So long he suffered adversity as God had appointed, and till he had sufficiently tried his patience.(:note) the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

geneva@Psalms:105:31 @ He (note:)So that this vermin did not come by chance, but as God had appointed, and his prophet Moses spoke.(:note) spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.

geneva@Psalms:105:45 @ That they might (note:)This is the reason why God preserves his Church, because they should worship and call on him in this world.(:note) observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:106:1 @ Praise (note:)The prophet exhorts the people to praise God for his past benefits, that by this their minds may be strengthened against all present troubles and despair.(:note) ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:106:3 @ Blessed [are] they that (note:)He shows that it is not enough to praise God with the mouth, unless the whole heart agrees to it, and all our life framed after it.(:note) keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.

geneva@Psalms:106:4 @ Remember me, O LORD, with the (note:)Let the good will that you bear to your people extend to me, that by it I may be received into your number.(:note) favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

geneva@Psalms:106:5 @ That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen, and reioyce in the ioy of thy people, and glorie with thine inheritance.

geneva@Psalms:106:6 @ We have (note:)By earnest confession of their sins and of their father's, they show that they hoped that God according to his promise would pity them.(:note) sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

geneva@Psalms:106:8 @ Nevertheless he (note:)The inestimable goodness of God appears in this, that he would rather change the order of nature than have his people not be delivered, even though they were wicked.(:note) saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

geneva@Psalms:106:15 @ And he gave them their request; but sent (note:)The abundance that God gave them did not profit, but made them pine away, because God cursed it.(:note) leanness into their soul.

geneva@Psalms:106:20 @ Thus they changed their (note:)He shows that all idolaters renounce God to be their glory when instead of him, they worship any creature much more wood, stone, metal or calves.(:note) glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

geneva@Psalms:106:23 @ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had (note:)If Moses, by his intercession, had not obtained God's favour against their rebellion.(:note) not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].

geneva@Psalms:106:29 @ Thus they (note:)Signifying that whatever man invents of himself to serve God by, is detestable and provokes his anger.(:note) provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

geneva@Psalms:106:31 @ And that was (note:)This act declared his living faith, and for his faith's sake was accepted.(:note) counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

geneva@Psalms:106:32 @ They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with (note:)If so notable a prophet of God does not escape punishment, though others provoked him to sin, how much more will they be subject to God's judgment, who cause God's children to sin?(:note) Moses for their sakes:

geneva@Psalms:106:33 @ Because they vexed his spirite, so that hee spake vnaduisedly with his lippes.

geneva@Psalms:106:41 @ And hee gaue them into the hande of the heathen: and they that hated them, were lordes ouer them.

geneva@Psalms:106:43 @ Many (note:)The prophet shows that neither by menace nor promise we can come to God, unless we are altogether newly reformed, and his mercy covers and hides our malice.(:note) times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

geneva@Psalms:106:45 @ And he remembered for them his covenant, and (note:)Not that God is changeable in himself, but that then he seems to us to repent when he alters his punishment, and forgives us.(:note) repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

geneva@Psalms:106:46 @ And gaue them fauour in the sight of all them that lead them captiues.

geneva@Psalms:106:47 @ Save us, O LORD our God, and (note:)Gather your Church which is dispersed, and give us constancy under the cross, that with one consent we may all praise you.(:note) gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.

geneva@Psalms:107:7 @ And led them forth by the right way, that they might goe to a citie of habitation.

geneva@Psalms:107:10 @ They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,

geneva@Psalms:107:13 @ Then they (note:)He shows that the reason God punishes us extremely is because we can be brought to him by no other means.(:note) cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.

geneva@Psalms:107:23 @ They that go down to the (note:)He shows by the sea what care God has over man, for when he delivers them from the great danger of the sea, he delivers them as it were from a thousand deaths.(:note) sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

geneva@Psalms:107:27 @ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and (note:)When their art and means fail them, they are compelled to confess that only God's providence preserves them.(:note) are at their wits' end.

geneva@Psalms:107:29 @ He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.

geneva@Psalms:107:34 @ And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.

geneva@Psalms:107:35 @ He (note:)For the love that he bears to his Church, he changes the order of nature for their convenience.(:note) turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

geneva@Psalms:107:43 @ Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.

geneva@Psalms:108:1 @ «A Song [or] Psalm of David.» O God, my heart is (note:)This earnest affection declares that he is free from hypocrisy and that sluggishness does not stop him.(:note) fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

geneva@Psalms:108:6 @ That thy beloved may be delivered: (note:)When God by his benefits makes us partakers of his mercies, he admonishes us to be earnest in prayer, to desire him to continue and finish his graces.(:note) save [with] thy right hand, and answer me.

geneva@Psalms:108:7 @ God hath spoken in his (note:)As he has spoken to Samuel concerning me, so will he show himself constant and holy in his promise, so that these nations following will be subject to me.(:note) holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

geneva@Psalms:109:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» Hold not thy peace, O God of my (note:)Though all the world condemn me, yet you will approve my innocence and that is sufficient praise to me.(:note) praise;

geneva@Psalms:109:4 @ For my love they are my adversaries: (note:)To declare that I had no other refuge, but you, in whom my conscience was at rest.(:note) but I [give myself unto] prayer.

geneva@Psalms:109:7 @ When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his (note:)As to the elect all things turn to their profit, so to the reprobate, even those things that are good, turn to their damnation.(:note) prayer become sin.

geneva@Psalms:109:11 @ Let (note:)He declares that the curse of God lies on the extortioners, who thinking to enrich their children by their unlawfully gotten goods, are by God's just judgment deprived of all.(:note) the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

geneva@Psalms:109:15 @ But let them alway be before the Lorde, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.

geneva@Psalms:109:16 @ Because that (note:)He shows that God plagues them in a strange way who show themselves cruel toward others.(:note) he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

geneva@Psalms:109:17 @ As he loved cursing, (note:)Thus the Lord gives to every man the thing in which he delights so that the reprobate cannot accuse God of wrong, when they are given up to their lusts and reprobate minds.(:note) so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

geneva@Psalms:109:20 @ [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries (note:)For being destitute of man's help, he fully trusted in the Lord, that he would deliver him.(:note) from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

geneva@Psalms:109:23 @ I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the (note:)Meaning that he has no stay or assurance in this world.(:note) locust.

geneva@Psalms:109:24 @ My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh (note:)For hunger that came from sorrow, he was lean and his natural moisture failed him.(:note) faileth of fatness.

geneva@Psalms:109:25 @ I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.

geneva@Psalms:109:27 @ And they shal know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it.

geneva@Psalms:109:31 @ For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that (note:)By this he shows that he had nothing to do with them who were of little power, but with the judges and princes of the world.(:note) condemn his soul.

geneva@Psalms:110:1 @ «A Psalm of David.» The (note:)Jesus Christ in (Mat_22:44) gives the interpretation of this, and shows that this cannot properly be applied to David but to himself.(:note) LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

geneva@Psalms:110:5 @ The Lorde, that is at thy right hand, shall wound Kings in the day of his wrath.

geneva@Psalms:110:7 @ He shall (note:)Under this comparison of a captain that is so eager to destroy his enemies that he will not scarce drink by the way, he shows how God will destroy his enemies.(:note) drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

geneva@Psalms:111:2 @ The works of the LORD [are] (note:)He shows that God's works are a sufficient reason for us to praise him, but chiefly his benefits toward his Church.(:note) great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

geneva@Psalms:111:5 @ He hath given (note:)God has given to his people all that was necessary for them and will do so even for his covenant's sake, and in this sense the Hebrew word is taken in (Pro_30:8, Pro_31:15).(:note) meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

geneva@Psalms:112:1 @ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] (note:)He means that reverent fear which is in the children of God, which causes them to delight only in the word of God.(:note) feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.

geneva@Psalms:112:4 @ Unto the (note:)The faithful in all their adversities know that all will go well with them for God will be merciful and just.(:note) upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

geneva@Psalms:112:5 @ A good man sheweth favour, and (note:)He shows what the fruit of mercy is, to lend freely and not for gain, and so to measure his doings that he may be able to help where need requires and not to bestow all on himself.(:note) lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

geneva@Psalms:113:1 @ Praise ye the LORD. (note:)By this often repetition he stirs up our cold dullness to praise God, seeing his works are so wonderful, and that we are created for the same cause.(:note) Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:113:5 @ Who is like vnto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling on high!

geneva@Psalms:113:7 @ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the (note:)By preferring the poor to high honour and giving the barren children, he shows that God works not only in his Church by ordinary means, but also by miracles.(:note) needy out of the dunghill;

geneva@Psalms:113:8 @ That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.

geneva@Psalms:114:4 @ The (note:)Seeing that these dead creatures felt God's power and after a sort saw it, much more his people ought to consider it, and glorify him for the same.(:note) mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.

geneva@Psalms:114:5 @ What ailed thee, O Sea, that thou fleddest? O Iorden, why wast thou turned backe?

geneva@Psalms:115:2 @ Wherefore should the heathen say, (note:)When the wicked see that God does not always accomplish his promise as they imagined, they think there is no God.(:note) Where [is] now their God?

geneva@Psalms:115:4 @ Their idols [are] (note:)Seeing that neither the matter nor the form can commend their idols it follows that there is no reason that they should be esteemed.(:note) silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

geneva@Psalms:115:8 @ They that make them are (note:)As much without sense as blocks and stones.(:note) like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.

geneva@Psalms:115:11 @ Ye that feare the Lorde, trust in the Lord: for he is their helper and their shield.

geneva@Psalms:115:13 @ He will blesse them that feare the Lorde, both small and great.

geneva@Psalms:115:16 @ The (note:)And they declare enough his sufficiency so that the world serves him nothing, but to show his fatherly care toward men.(:note) heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

geneva@Psalms:115:17 @ The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that (note:)Though the dead set forth God's glory, yet he means here, that they praise him not in his Church and congregation.(:note) go down into silence.

geneva@Psalms:116:1 @ I (note:)He grants that no pleasure is so great as to feel God's help in our need, neither that anything more stirs up our love toward him.(:note) love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.

geneva@Psalms:116:15 @ Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the (note:)I perceive that God has a care over his, so that he both disposes their death, and takes an account.(:note) death of his saints.

geneva@Psalms:116:18 @ I will pay my (note:)I will thank him for his benefits, for that is a just payment, to confess that we owe all to God.(:note) vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

geneva@Psalms:118:2 @...Let Israel now say, That his...

geneva@Psalms:118:3 @...of Aaron nowe say, That his...

geneva@Psalms:118:4 @...the Lorde, nowe say, That his...

geneva@Psalms:118:5 @ I called upon the LORD in (note:)We are here taught that the more that troubles oppress us, the more ought we to be instant in prayer.(:note) distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place.

geneva@Psalms:118:6 @ The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can (note:)Being exalted to this estate, he assured himself to have man ever to be his enemy. Yet he did not doubt that God would maintain him, because he had placed him.(:note) man do unto me?

geneva@Psalms:118:7 @ The Lorde is with mee among them that helpe me: therefore shall I see my desire vpon mine enemies.

geneva@Psalms:118:8 @ [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence (note:)He shows that he had trusted in vain if he had put his confidence in man, to have been preferred to the kingdom and therefore he put his trust in God and obtained.(:note) in man.

geneva@Psalms:118:14 @ The LORD [is] my strength and (note:)In that he was delivered, it came not from himself, not from the power of man, but only from God's favour, therefore he will praise him.(:note) song, and is become my salvation.

geneva@Psalms:118:17 @ I shall not die, but live, and (note:)So that all, that are both far and near, may see his mighty power.(:note) declare the works of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:118:19 @ Open to me the (note:)He wills the doors of the tabernacle to be opened, that he may declare his thankful mind.(:note) gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD:

geneva@Psalms:118:26 @ Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the LORD: (note:)Who are the priests, and have the charge of it, as in (Num_6:23).(:note) we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:119:2 @ Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.

geneva@Psalms:119:11 @ Thy word have I (note:)If God's word is carved in our hearts, we will be more able to resist the assaults of Satan: and therefore the prophet desires God to instruct him daily more and more in it.(:note) hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

geneva@Psalms:119:17 @ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may (note:)He shows that we should not desire to live but to serve God, and that we can not serve him correctly unless he opens our eyes and minds.(:note) live, and keep thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:18 @ Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

geneva@Psalms:119:32 @ I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt (note:)By this he shows that we can neither choose good, cleave to God's word, nor turn forward in his way, unless he make our hearts large to receive grace, and willing to obey.(:note) enlarge my heart.

geneva@Psalms:119:33 @ HE. Teach (note:)He shows that he cannot follow on to the end, unless God teaches him often and leads him forward.(:note) me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.

geneva@Psalms:119:41 @ VAU. Let thy (note:)He shows that God's mercy and love is the first reason for our salvation.(:note) mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:42 @ So shall I (note:)By trusting in God's word he assures himself to be able to confute the slanders of his adversaries.(:note) have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:46 @ I will speak of thy testimonies also before (note:)He shows that the children of God should not permit their fathers glory to be obscured by the vain pomp of princes.(:note) kings, and will not be ashamed.

geneva@Psalms:119:57 @ CHETH. [Thou art] my (note:)I am persuaded that to keep your law is a heritage and great gain for me.(:note) portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

geneva@Psalms:119:59 @ I thought on my (note:)He shows that no one can embrace the word of God, unless he considers his own imperfections and ways.(:note) ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:119:63 @ I [am] a (note:)Not only in mutual consent, but also with aid and help.(:note) companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

geneva@Psalms:119:65 @ TETH. Thou hast dealt (note:)Having proved by experience that God was true in his promise, he desires that he would increase in him knowledge and judgment.(:note) well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:67 @ Before I was (note:)So Jeremiah says, that before the Lord touched him, he was like a calf untamed so that the use of God's rod is to call us home to God.(:note) afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:71 @ [It is] (note:)He confesses that before he was chastened he was rebellious as man by nature is.(:note) good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:73 @ JOD. Thy hands have (note:)Because God does not leave his work that he has begun, he desires a new grace: that is, that he would continue his mercies.(:note) made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

geneva@Psalms:119:74 @ They that (note:)When God shows his grace toward any, he testifies to others that he does not fail them who trust in him.(:note) fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:75 @ I knowe, O Lorde, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.

geneva@Psalms:119:76 @ I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promes vnto thy seruant.

geneva@Psalms:119:77 @ Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may (note:)He declares that when he did not feel God's mercies, he was as dead.(:note) live: for thy law [is] my delight.

geneva@Psalms:119:79 @ Let those that fear thee (note:)That is, be comforted by my example.(:note) turn unto me, and those that have He shows that there can be no true fear of God without the knowledge of his word. known thy testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:119:80 @ Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

geneva@Psalms:119:83 @ For I am become like a (note:)Like a skin bottle or bladder that is parched in the smoke.(:note) bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:84 @ How many [are] the (note:)How long will you afflict your servant.(:note) days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

geneva@Psalms:119:86 @ All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; (note:)He assures himself that God will deliver his and destroy such as unjustly persecute them.(:note) help thou me.

geneva@Psalms:119:89 @ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in (note:)Because no one should esteem God's word according to the changes of things in this world, he shows that it abides in heaven, and therefore is immutable.(:note) heaven.

geneva@Psalms:119:91 @ They (note:)Seeing the earth and all creatures remain in that estate in which you have created them, much more your truth remains constant and unchangeable.(:note) continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.

geneva@Psalms:119:94 @ I [am] (note:)He proves by effect that he is God's child, because he seeks to understand his word.(:note) thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

geneva@Psalms:119:97 @ MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation (note:)He shows that we cannot love God's word unless we exercise ourselves in it and practise it.(:note) all the day.

geneva@Psalms:119:101 @ I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:106 @ I have (note:)So all the faithful ought to bind themselves to God by a solemn oath and promises to stir up their zeal to embrace God's word.(:note) sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

geneva@Psalms:119:116 @ Stablish me according to thy promes, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.

geneva@Psalms:119:118 @ Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their (note:)The crafty practises of them who contemn your law will be brought to nothing.(:note) deceit [is] falsehood.

geneva@Psalms:119:124 @ Deal with thy (note:)He does not boast that he is God's servant, but by this reminds God that as he made him his by his grace, so he would continue his favour toward him.(:note) servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:125 @ I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:119:126 @ [It is] (note:)The prophet shows that when the wicked have brought all things to confusion, and God's word to utter contempt, then it is God's time to help and send remedy.(:note) time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.

geneva@Psalms:119:129 @ PE. Thy testimonies [are] (note:)Containing high and secret mysteries, so that I am moved with admiration and reverence.(:note) wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

geneva@Psalms:119:130 @ The entrance of thy (note:)The simple idiots that submit themselves to God have their eyes opened and their minds illuminated, as soon as they begin to read God's word.(:note) words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

geneva@Psalms:119:132 @ Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.

geneva@Psalms:119:144 @ The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall (note:)So that the life of man without the knowledge of God is death.(:note) live.

geneva@Psalms:119:145 @ KOPH. I (note:)He shows that all his affection and whole heart were bent toward God to have help in his dangers.(:note) cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:148 @ Mine eyes (note:)He was more earnest in the study of God's word, than they who kept the watch were in their charge.(:note) prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:150 @ They draw nigh that follow after (note:)He shows the nature of the wicked to be to persecute against their conscience.(:note) mischief: they are far from thy law.

geneva@Psalms:119:162 @ I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.

geneva@Psalms:119:165 @ Great peace have they which (note:)For their conscience assures them that they please you, whereas they who do not love you have the contrary.(:note) love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

geneva@Psalms:119:166 @ LORD, I have (note:)He shows that we must first have faith before we can work and please God.(:note) hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

geneva@Psalms:120:3 @ What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou (note:)He assured himself that God would turn their craft to their own destruction.(:note) false tongue?

geneva@Psalms:120:5 @ Woe is me, that I sojourn in (note:)These were people of Arabia, who came from Japheth, (Gen_10:2).(:note) Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of That is, of the Ishmaelites. Kedar!

geneva@Psalms:120:6 @ My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

geneva@Psalms:120:7 @ I [am for] (note:)He declares what he means by Meshech and Kedar, that is, the Israelites who had degenerated from their godly fathers, and hated and contended against the faithful.(:note) peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.

geneva@Psalms:121:3 @ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not (note:)He shows that God's providence not only watches over his Church in general, but also over every member of it.(:note) slumber.

geneva@Psalms:121:4 @ Beholde, he that keepeth Israel, wil neither slumber nor sleepe.

geneva@Psalms:122:1 @ «A Song of degrees of David.» I (note:)He rejoices that God had appointed a place where the ark would still remain.(:note) was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:122:3 @ Jerusalem is builded as a city that is (note:)By the artificial joining and beauty of the houses, he means the peace and love that was between the citizens.(:note) compact together:

geneva@Psalms:122:6 @ Pray for the peace of Ierusalem: let them prosper that loue thee.

geneva@Psalms:123:1 @ A song of degrees. I lift vp mine eyes to thee, that dwellest in the heauens.

geneva@Psalms:123:2 @ Behold, as the eyes of (note:)He compares the condition of the godly, to servants who are destitute of all help, assuring that when all other help fails, God is always at hand and like himself.(:note) servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

geneva@Psalms:123:3 @ Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are (note:)He declares that when the faithful are so full that they cannot endure the oppression and scorning of the wicked any more, there is always help above, if with hungry desires they call for it.(:note) exceedingly filled with contempt.

geneva@Psalms:124:1 @ «A Song of degrees of David.» If [it had not been] the LORD who was (note:)He shows that God was ready to help at need and that there was no other way to be saved, but by this means alone.(:note) on our side, now may Israel say;

geneva@Psalms:124:4 @ Then the (note:)He uses proper similitudes to express the great danger that the Church was in, and out of which God miraculously delivered them.(:note) waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

geneva@Psalms:125:1 @ «A Song of degrees.» They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot (note:)Though the world is subject to mutations, yet the people of God will stand sure and be defended by God's providence.(:note) be removed, [but] abideth for ever.

geneva@Psalms:125:3 @ For the (note:)Though God permits his to be under the cross lest they embrace wickedness, yet this cross will not so rest on them, that it should drive them from hope.(:note) rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

geneva@Psalms:125:4 @ Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts.

geneva@Psalms:126:1 @ «A Song of degrees.» When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that (note:)Their deliverance was incredible and therefore took away all excuse for ingratitude.(:note) dream.

geneva@Psalms:126:5 @ They that sowe in teares, shall reape in ioy.

geneva@Psalms:126:6 @ He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing (note:)That is, seed which was scarce and dear: meaning, that they who trusted in God's promise to return had their desire.(:note) precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him].

geneva@Psalms:127:1 @ «A Song of degrees for Solomon.» Except the LORD (note:)That is, govern and dispose all things pertaining to the family.(:note) build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the The public estate of the commonwealth. city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.

geneva@Psalms:127:2 @ [It is] vain for (note:)Who watch and ward and are also magistrates and rulers of the city.(:note) you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread Either that which is gained by hard labour, or eaten with grief of mind. of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved Not exempting them from labour, but making their labours comfortable and as it were a rest. sleep.

geneva@Psalms:127:5 @ Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they (note:)Such children will be able to stop their adversaries mouths, when their godly life is maliciously accused before judges.(:note) shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

geneva@Psalms:128:1 @ «A Song of degrees.» Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his (note:)God approves not our life, unless it is reformed according to his word.(:note) ways.

geneva@Psalms:128:4 @ Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.

geneva@Psalms:129:5 @ They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.

geneva@Psalms:130:3 @ If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, (note:)He declares that we cannot be just before God but by forgiveness of sins.(:note) who shall stand?

geneva@Psalms:130:4 @ But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou (note:)Because by nature you are merciful therefore the faithful revere you.(:note) mayest be feared.

geneva@Psalms:130:7 @ Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] (note:)He shows to whom the mercy of God belongs, that is, Israel, to the Church and not the reprobate.(:note) mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.

geneva@Psalms:131:2 @ Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a (note:)He was void of ambition and wicked desires.(:note) weaned child.

geneva@Psalms:132:3 @ Surely I (note:)Because the chief charge of the king was to set forth God's glory, he shows that he would take no rest, neither would he go about any worldly thing, were it never so necessary before he had executed his office.(:note) will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

geneva@Psalms:132:6 @ Lo, we heard of it at (note:)The common instinct was that the ark should remain in Ephratah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but later we perceived that you would place it in Jerusalem, which was barren as a forest and compassed about only with hills.(:note) Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

geneva@Psalms:132:10 @ For thy (note:)As you first made promise to David, so continue it to his posterity that whatever they ask for their people, it may be granted.(:note) servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

geneva@Psalms:132:12 @ If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for (note:)Because this cannot be accomplished but in Christ, it follows that the promise was spiritual.(:note) evermore.

geneva@Psalms:132:14 @ This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have (note:)Meaning, for his own sake and not for the plentifulness of the place: for he promises to bless it, declaring before that it was barren.(:note) desired it.

geneva@Psalms:133:2 @ [It is] like the precious (note:)The ointment was a figure of the graces which come from Christ the head of his Church.(:note) ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

geneva@Psalms:133:3 @ As the dew of (note:)By Hermon and Zion he means the plentiful country about Jerusalem.(:note) Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for Where there is such concord. there the LORD commanded the blessing, [even] life for evermore.

geneva@Psalms:134:3 @ The LORD that (note:)And therefore has all power, bless you with his fatherly love declared in Zion. Thus the Levites used to praise the Lord, and bless the people.(:note) made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

geneva@Psalms:135:2 @ Ye that (note:)You Levites who are in his sanctuary.(:note) stand in the house of the LORD, in the Meaning, the people: for the people and Levites had their courts, which were separate places of the temple. courts of the house of our God,

geneva@Psalms:135:5 @ For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is aboue all gods.

geneva@Psalms:135:6 @ Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] (note:)He joined God's power with his will, to the intent that we should not separate them and by this he wills God's people to depend on his power which he confirms by examples.(:note) did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

geneva@Psalms:135:15 @ The (note:)By showing the punishment God appoints for the heathen idolaters, he warns his people to beware of the same offences, seeing that idols have neither power nor life, and that their deliverance came not by idols, but by the mighty power of God, see (Psa_115:4-14).(:note) idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

geneva@Psalms:135:18 @ They that make them, are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them.

geneva@Psalms:135:20 @ Praise the Lorde, ye house of Leui: ye that feare the Lord, praise the Lord.

geneva@Psalms:136:1 @ O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his (note:)By this repetition he shows that the least of God's benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his mercy, which is principally declared towards his Church.(:note) mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:136:6 @ To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his (note:)This was a common kind of thanksgiving, which the whole people used, when they had received any benefit from God, as in (2Ch_7:6, 2Ch_20:21), meaning that God was not only merciful to their fathers, but also continued the same to their posterity.(:note) mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:136:11 @ And (note:)God's merciful providence toward man appears in all his creatures, but chiefly in that he delivered his Church from the clutches of their enemies.(:note) brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

geneva@Psalms:136:12 @ With a strong hand, and with a (note:)In doing such a work as was never done before, nor that any other could do.(:note) stretched out arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:136:18 @ And slew (note:)Declaring by it that no power or authority was so dear to him as the love of his Church.(:note) famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

geneva@Psalms:136:25 @ Who giveth food to all (note:)Seeing that God provides even for the beasts much more has he care over his.(:note) flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:137:2 @ We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst (note:)That is, of that country.(:note) thereof.

geneva@Psalms:137:3 @ For there they that carried us away captive (note:)The Babylonians speak thus in mocking us, as though by our silence we should signify that we hoped no more in God.(:note) required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

geneva@Psalms:137:6 @ If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my (note:)The decay of God's religion in their country was so grievous that no joy could make them glad, unless it was restored.(:note) chief joy.

geneva@Psalms:137:7 @ Remember, O LORD, the children of (note:)As was prophesied in (Eze_25:13, Jer_49:7, Oba_1:10), showing that the Edomites who came from Esau, conspired with the Babylonians against their brethren and kinsfolk.(:note) Edom in the When you visited Jerusalem. day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.

geneva@Psalms:137:8 @ O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.

geneva@Psalms:138:2 @ I will worship toward thy holy (note:)Both the temple and ceremonial service at Christ's coming were abolished: so that now God will be worshipped only in spirit and truth, (Joh_4:23).(:note) temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

geneva@Psalms:138:4 @ All the (note:)All the world will confess that you have wonderfully preserved me, and performed your promise.(:note) kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

geneva@Psalms:138:6 @ Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth (note:)Distance of place cannot hinder God to show mercy to his, and so judge the wicked though they think that he is far off.(:note) afar off.

geneva@Psalms:139:1 @ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.

geneva@Psalms:139:2 @ Thou knowest my (note:)He confesses that neither our actions, thoughts or any part of our life can be hid from God, though he seems to be far off.(:note) downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

geneva@Psalms:139:3 @ Thou (note:)So that they are evidently known to you.(:note) compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.

geneva@Psalms:139:5 @ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine (note:)You so guide me with your hand, that I can turn no way, but where you appoint me.(:note) hand upon me.

geneva@Psalms:139:6 @ Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.

geneva@Psalms:139:10 @ Even there shall thy hand (note:)Your power holds me so fast that there is no way I can escape from you.(:note) lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

geneva@Psalms:139:16 @ Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; (note:)Seeing that you knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must you know me when you have fashioned me.(:note) and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.

geneva@Psalms:139:19 @ Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:

geneva@Psalms:139:21 @ Do not I (note:)He teaches us boldly to contemn all the hatred of the wicked and friendship of the world, when they would prevent us from serving God sincerely.(:note) hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

geneva@Psalms:139:24 @ And see if [there be any] (note:)Or any heinous or rebellious way: meaning that though he was subject to sin, yet he was not given to wickedness, and to provoke God by rebellion.(:note) wicked way in me, and lead me in the That is, continue your favour toward me to the end. way everlasting.

geneva@Psalms:140:7 @ O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou (note:)He calls to God with lively faith, being assured of his mercies, because he had before time proved, that God helped him ever in his dangers.(:note) hast covered my head in the day of battle.

geneva@Psalms:140:9 @ [As for] (note:)It seems that he alludes to Saul.(:note) the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

geneva@Psalms:140:10 @ Let burning coals fall upon them: (note:)That is by God, for David saw that they were reprobate and that there was no hope of repentance in them.(:note) let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

geneva@Psalms:140:11 @ Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall (note:)God's plagues will light on him in such sort, that he will not escape.(:note) hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].

geneva@Psalms:140:12 @ I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.

geneva@Psalms:141:1 @ «A Psalm of David.» LORD, I (note:)He shows that there is no other refuge in our necessity but only to flee to God for comfort of soul.(:note) cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

geneva@Psalms:141:4 @ Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their (note:)Let not their prosperity lure me to be wicked as they are.(:note) dainties.

geneva@Psalms:141:5 @ Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let (note:)He could abide all corrections that came from a loving heart.(:note) him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.

geneva@Psalms:141:7 @ Our bones are scattered at the (note:)Here it appears that David was miraculously delivered out of many deaths as in (2Co_1:9-10).(:note) grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.

geneva@Psalms:141:10 @ Let the wicked fall into (note:)Into God's nets, by which he catches the wicked in their own malice.(:note) their own nets, So that none of them escape. whilst that I withal escape.

geneva@Psalms:142:4 @ I looked vpon my right hand, and beheld, but there was none that would knowe me: all refuge failed me, and none cared for my soule.

geneva@Psalms:142:5 @ I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my (note:)Though all means failed him, yet he knew that God would never forsake him.(:note) refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.

geneva@Psalms:142:7 @ Bring my soul out of (note:)For he was on all sides beset with his enemies as though he had been in a severe prison.(:note) prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall Either to rejoice at my wonderful deliverer, or to set a crown on my head. compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

geneva@Psalms:143:2 @ And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy (note:)He know that his afflictions were God's messengers to call him to repentance for his sins, though toward his enemies he was innocent, and in God's sight all men are sinners.(:note) sight shall no man living be justified.

geneva@Psalms:143:3 @ For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been (note:)He acknowledges that God is the only and true physician and heal him: and that he is able to raise him to life, though he were dead long ago, and turned to ashes.(:note) long dead.

geneva@Psalms:143:4 @ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my (note:)So that only by faith and by the grace of God's Spirit was he upheld.(:note) heart within me is desolate.

geneva@Psalms:143:7 @ Heare me speedily, O Lorde, for my spirit fayleth: hide not thy face from me, els I shall be like vnto them that go downe into the pit.

geneva@Psalms:143:9 @ Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: (note:)I hid myself under the shadow of your wings that I might be defended by your power.(:note) I flee unto thee to hide me.

geneva@Psalms:143:12 @ And of thy mercy (note:)Which will be a sign of your fatherly kindness toward me.(:note) cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy Resigning myself wholly to you, and trusting in your protection. servant.

geneva@Psalms:144:2 @ My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who (note:)He confesses that neither by his own authority, power or policy was his kingdom quiet, but by the secret grace of God.(:note) subdueth my people under me.

geneva@Psalms:144:3 @ LORD, what [is] man, that thou (note:)To give to God just praise, is to confess ourselves to be unworthy of so excellent benefits, and that he bestows them on us of his free mercy.(:note) takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

geneva@Psalms:144:4 @ Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

geneva@Psalms:144:10 @ [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his (note:)Though wicked kings are called God's servants, as was Cyrus in (Isa_45:1), for he uses them to execute his judgments: yet David because of God's promise and they who rule godly are properly so called, because they do not serve their own affections, but set forth God's glory.(:note) servant from the hurtful sword.

geneva@Psalms:144:14 @ [That] our (note:)He attributes not only the great conveniences, but even the least also to God's favour.(:note) oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.

geneva@Psalms:144:15 @ Happy [is that] people, that is (note:)And if God does not give to all his children all these blessings, yet he replaces them with better things.(:note) in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:145:1 @ «David's [Psalm] of praise.» (note:)He shows which sacrifices are pleasant and acceptable to God, even praise and thanksgiving and seeing that God still continues his benefits toward us, we ought never to be weary in praising him for the same.(:note) I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

geneva@Psalms:145:4 @ One generation shall praise thy works to (note:)Even as the reason for man's creation and his preservation in this life is to praise God, therefore he requires that not only we ourselves do this, but cause all others to do the same.(:note) another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

geneva@Psalms:145:8 @ The LORD [is] gracious, and full of (note:)He describes after what sort God shows himself to all his creatures though our sins have provoked his vengeance against all: that is, merciful not only in pardoning the sins of his elect, but in doing good even to the reprobate, although they cannot feel the sweet comfort of the same.(:note) compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

geneva@Psalms:145:12 @ To make known to the sons of men his (note:)He shows that all things are out of order, only but where God reigns.(:note) mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

geneva@Psalms:145:14 @ The LORD upholdeth all that (note:)Who being in misery and affliction would faint and fall away if God did not uphold them, and therefore they should revere him who reigns in heaven and suffer themselves to be governed by him.(:note) fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.

geneva@Psalms:145:17 @ The LORD [is] (note:)He praises God, not only because he is beneficial to all his creatures, but also in that he justly punishes the wicked, and mercifully examines his by the cross, giving them strength and delivering them.(:note) righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

geneva@Psalms:145:18 @ The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in (note:)Which only belongs to the faithful: and this virtue is contrary to infidelity, doubting, impatience and murmuring.(:note) truth.

geneva@Psalms:145:19 @ He will fulfil the (note:)For they will ask or wish for nothing, but according to his will, (1Jo_5:14).(:note) desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

geneva@Psalms:145:20 @ The Lorde preserueth all them that loue him: but he will destroy all the wicked.

geneva@Psalms:146:3 @ Put not your trust in (note:)That God may have the whole praise: in which he forbids all vain confidence showing that by nature we are more inclined to put our trust in creatures, than in God the Creator.(:note) princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.

geneva@Psalms:146:4 @ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his (note:)As their vain opinions, by which they flattered themselves and so imagined wicked enterprises.(:note) thoughts perish.

geneva@Psalms:146:5 @ Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.

geneva@Psalms:146:6 @ Which made (note:)He encourages the godly to trust only in the Lord, both in his power's ability to deliver them from all danger, and for his promise sake, as his will is most ready to do it.(:note) heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:

geneva@Psalms:146:7 @ Which executeth judgment (note:)Whose faith and patience for a while he tries but at length he punishes the adversaries, that he may be known to be the judge of the world.(:note) for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

geneva@Psalms:146:8 @ The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD (note:)Though he visits them with affliction, hunger, imprisonment and such like, yet his fatherly love and pity never fails them, yea rather to his these are signs of his love.(:note) loveth the righteous:

geneva@Psalms:146:10 @ The LORD shall (note:)He assures the Church that God reigns forever for the preservation of the same.(:note) reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:147:1 @ Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] (note:)He shows in which we ought to exercise ourselves continually, and to take our pastime: that is, in praising God.(:note) pleasant; [and] praise is comely.

geneva@Psalms:147:4 @ He (note:)Though it seems incredible to man, that God should assemble his Church, being so dispersed, yet nothing can be too hard to him that can number and name all the stars.(:note) telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

geneva@Psalms:147:6 @ The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the (note:)For the more high that the wicked climb the greater is their fall in the end.(:note) ground.

geneva@Psalms:147:8 @ Who (note:)He shows by the example of God's mighty power, goodness, and wisdom, that he can never lack just opportunity to praise God.(:note) covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

geneva@Psalms:147:11 @ But the Lorde deliteth in them that feare him, and attende vpon his mercie.

geneva@Psalms:147:13 @ For he hath (note:)He not only furnishes his Church with all that is necessary but preserves also the same, and makes it strong against all outward force.(:note) strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

geneva@Psalms:148:3 @ Praise ye him, (note:)In that God's glory shines in these insensible creatures, this their beauty is as a continual praising of God.(:note) sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

geneva@Psalms:148:4 @ Praise him, ye (note:)Not that there are various heavens, but because of the spheres and of the situation of the fixed stars and planets, he comprehends by this word the whole heavens.(:note) heavens of heavens, and ye That is, the rain which is in the middle region of the air, which he here comprehends under the name of the heavens. waters that [be] above the heavens.

geneva@Psalms:149:2 @ Let Israel rejoice in him that (note:)In that they were preferred before all other nations, it was a new creation, and therefore (Psa_95:7) they were called the sheep of God's hands.(:note) made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their For God as he is the creator of the soul and body, so will he that both two serve him, and that his people be continually subject to him, as to their most lawful king. King.

geneva@Psalms:149:5 @ Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their (note:)He alludes to that continual rest and quietness which they should have if they would suffer God to rule them.(:note) beds.

geneva@Psalms:150:6 @ Let every thing that hath (note:)He shows that all the order of nature is bound to this duty, and much more God's children, who ought never to cease to praise him, till they are gathered into that kingdom, which he has prepared for his, where they will sing everlasting praise.(:note) breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Proverbs:1:1 @ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; (note:)The Argument - The wonderful love of God toward his Church is declared in this book: for as much as the sum and effect of the whole Scriptures is here set forth in these brief sentences, which partly contain doctrine, and partly manners, and also exhortations to both: of which the first nine Chapters are as a preface full of grave sentences and deep mysteries, to assure the hearts of men to the diligent reading of the parables that follow: which are left as a precious jewel to the Church, of those three thousand parables mentioned in (1Ki_4:32) and were gathered and committed to writing by Solomon's servants and incited by him.(:note)

geneva@Proverbs:1:3 @ To receive the (note:)To learn to submit ourselves to the correction of those who are wise.(:note) instruction of wisdom, By living justly and rendering to every man that which belongs to him. justice, and judgment, and equity;

geneva@Proverbs:1:5 @ A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of (note:)As he shows that these parables containing the effect of religion concerning manners and doctrine, belong to the simple people: so he declares that the same is also necessary for them who are wise and learned.(:note) understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

geneva@Proverbs:1:12 @ Let us swallow them up alive as the (note:)As the grave is never satisfied, so the malice of the wicked and their cruelty has no end.(:note) grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

geneva@Proverbs:1:17 @ Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:

geneva@Proverbs:1:18 @ And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for (note:)He shows that there is no reason to move these wicked to spoil the innocent, aside from their malice and cruelty.(:note) their [own] lives.

geneva@Proverbs:1:19 @ So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away (note:)By which he concludes that the covetous man is a murderer.(:note) the life of the owners thereof.

geneva@Proverbs:1:26 @ I also will (note:)This is spoken according to our capacity signifying that the wicked, who mock and jest at God's word, will have the just reward of their mocking.(:note) laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

geneva@Proverbs:1:30 @ They would none of my counsel: they (note:)Showing that without faith and obedience, we cannot call on God correctly.(:note) despised all my reproof.

geneva@Proverbs:1:33 @ But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.

geneva@Proverbs:2:2 @ So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply (note:)If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy.(:note) thine heart to understanding;

geneva@Proverbs:2:3 @ Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] (note:)Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence.(:note) liftest up thy voice for understanding;

geneva@Proverbs:2:4 @ If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid (note:)Showing that no labour must be spared.(:note) treasures;

geneva@Proverbs:2:7 @ He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,

geneva@Proverbs:2:8 @ That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)

geneva@Proverbs:2:12 @ And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

geneva@Proverbs:2:18 @ For her (note:)Her acquaintance with her spirits and they that haunt her.(:note) house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto To them who are dead in body and soul. the dead.

geneva@Proverbs:2:19 @ All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.

geneva@Proverbs:3:3 @ Let not (note:)By mercy and truth he means the commandments of the first and second table, or else the mercy and faithfulness that we ought to use toward our neighbours.(:note) mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy Keep them as a precious jewel. neck; write them upon the table of thine Have them ever in remembrance. heart:

geneva@Proverbs:3:13 @ Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

geneva@Proverbs:3:15 @ It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

geneva@Proverbs:3:16 @ Length of days [is] in her right hand; (note:)Meaning, that he seeks wisdom, that is, suffers himself to be governed by the Word of God, will have all prosperity both corporal and spiritual.(:note) [and] in her left hand riches and honour.

geneva@Proverbs:3:18 @ She [is] a tree (note:)Which brings forth such fruit that they who eat of it have life and he alludes to the tree of life in paradise.(:note) of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

geneva@Proverbs:3:19 @ The LORD by wisdom hath (note:)By this he shows that this wisdom of which he speaks is everlasting, because it was before all creatures and that all things even the whole world were made by it.(:note) founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

geneva@Proverbs:3:34 @ Surely (note:)He will show by his plagues that their scorn will turn to their own destruction, (Pro_1:26).(:note) he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

geneva@Proverbs:4:16 @ For they (note:)Meaning that to do evil is more proper and natural to the wicked than to sleep, eat or drink.(:note) sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

geneva@Proverbs:4:18 @ But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that (note:)Signifying that the godly increase daily in knowledge and perfection, till they come to full persecution, which is when the are joined to their head in the heavens.(:note) shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

geneva@Proverbs:4:22 @ For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their (note:)That is, they will have health of body: under which all other blessings promised in the law are contained.(:note) flesh.

geneva@Proverbs:5:2 @ That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

geneva@Proverbs:5:13 @ And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!

geneva@Proverbs:5:18 @ Let thy (note:)Your children who will come from you in great abundance showing that God blesses marriage and curses whoredom.(:note) fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy Who you married in your youth. youth.

geneva@Proverbs:5:21 @ For the ways of man [are] before the (note:)He declares that unless a man joins to his wife both in heart and in outward conversation, he will not escape the judgments of God.(:note) eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

geneva@Proverbs:6:2 @ Thou art (note:)He forbids us not to become surety one for another, according to the rule of charity, but that we consider for whom and after what sort, so that the creditor may not be defrauded.(:note) snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

geneva@Proverbs:6:11 @ So shall thy poverty come as one that (note:)That is, suddenly, and when you do not look for it.(:note) travelleth, and thy want as It will come in such sort, as you are not able to resist it. an armed man.

geneva@Proverbs:6:17 @ The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

geneva@Proverbs:6:18 @ An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, (note:)Meaning, the raging affections, which carry a man away in such sort that he cannot tell what he does.(:note) feet that be swift in running to mischief,

geneva@Proverbs:6:19 @ A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

geneva@Proverbs:6:29 @ So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.

geneva@Proverbs:6:30 @ [Men] do not (note:)He does not reprove theft, showing that it is not as abominable as whoredom, for theft can be restored, but adultery is permanent, and death by the law of God.(:note) despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his Meaning, for necessity. soul when he is hungry;

geneva@Proverbs:6:32 @ But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

geneva@Proverbs:6:34 @ For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not (note:)He shows that man by nature seeks the death of he that has abused his wife, and so concludes that neither God's law nor the law of nature admits any ransom for the adultery.(:note) spare in the day of vengeance.

geneva@Proverbs:7:2 @ Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the (note:)By this diversity of words, he means that nothing should be so dear to us as the word of God, nor that we look on anything more nor mind anything so much.(:note) apple of thy eye.

geneva@Proverbs:7:5 @ That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

geneva@Proverbs:7:9 @ In the twilight, in the evening, in the (note:)He shows that there was almost no one so impudent that they were not afraid to be seen, their consciences accusing them and causing them to seek the night to cover their filthiness.(:note) black and dark night:

geneva@Proverbs:7:14 @ [I have] (note:)Because in peace offerings a portion is returned to them that offered, she shows him that she has meat at home to make good cheer with or else she would use some cloak of holiness till she had gotten him in her snares.(:note) peace offerings with me; this Which declares that harlots outwardly will seem holy and religious: both because they may better deceive others, and also thinking to observe ceremonies and offerings to make satisfaction for their sins. day have I paid my vows.

geneva@Proverbs:7:15 @ Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.

geneva@Proverbs:7:22 @ He goeth after her quickly, as an (note:)Which thinking he goes to the pasture goes willingly to his own destruction.(:note) ox goeth to the slaughter, or Who goes cheerfully, not knowing that he will be chastised. as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

geneva@Proverbs:7:23 @ Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.

geneva@Proverbs:8:1 @ Doth not (note:)Solomon declares that man is the cause of his own perdition and that he cannot pretend ignorance, for God calls all men by his word and his works to follow virtue and flee from vice.(:note) wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

geneva@Proverbs:8:6 @ Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

geneva@Proverbs:8:9 @ They [are] all (note:)Meaning that the word of God is easy to all that have a desire for it and are not blinded by the prince of this world.(:note) plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

geneva@Proverbs:8:13 @ The fear of the LORD [is] to hate (note:)So that he who does not hate evil, does not fear God.(:note) evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

geneva@Proverbs:8:15 @ By me (note:)By which he declares that honours, dignities or riches do not come from man's wisdom or industry, but by the providence of God.(:note) kings reign, and princes decree justice.

geneva@Proverbs:8:17 @ I love them that love me; and those that seek me (note:)That is, study the word of God diligently, and with a desire to profit.(:note) early shall find me.

geneva@Proverbs:8:18 @ Riches and honour [are] with me; (note:)Signifying that he chiefly means the spiritual treasures and heavenly riches.(:note) durable riches and righteousness.

geneva@Proverbs:8:21 @ That I may cause them that loue me, to inherite substance, and I will fill their treasures.

geneva@Proverbs:8:22 @ The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, (note:)He declares by this the divinity and eternity of this wisdom, which he magnifies and praises through this book: meaning by this the eternal Son of God, Jesus Christ our Saviour, whom John calls the Word that was in the beginning (Joh_1:1).(:note) before his works of old.

geneva@Proverbs:8:29 @ When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commaundement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

geneva@Proverbs:8:30 @ Then I was by him, (note:)Some read, a chief worker signifying that this wisdom, Christ Jesus, was equal with God his father, and created, preserves and still works with him, as in (Joh_5:17).(:note) [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;

geneva@Proverbs:8:32 @ Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.

geneva@Proverbs:8:34 @ Blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, & giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.

geneva@Proverbs:8:35 @ For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord.

geneva@Proverbs:8:36 @ But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.

geneva@Proverbs:9:4 @ Whoever [is] (note:)He who knows his own ignorance, and is void of malice.(:note) simple, let him turn in here: [as for] him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him,

geneva@Proverbs:9:7 @ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a (note:)For the wicked will contemn him and labour to defame him.(:note) blot.

geneva@Proverbs:9:8 @ Reprove not a (note:)Meaning them who are incorrigible, which Christ calls dogs and swine: or he speaks this in comparison, not that the wicked should not be rebuked, but he shows their malice, and the small hope of the profit.(:note) scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

geneva@Proverbs:9:13 @ A (note:)By the foolish woman, some understand the wicked preachers, who counterfeit the word of God: as appears in (Pro_9:16) which were the words of the true preachers as in (Pro_9:4) but their doctrine is as stolen waters: meaning that they are men's traditions, which are more pleasant to the flesh than the word of God, and therefore they themselves boast of it.(:note) foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

geneva@Proverbs:9:15 @ To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,

geneva@Proverbs:9:16 @ Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,

geneva@Proverbs:9:18 @ But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.

geneva@Proverbs:10:5 @ He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.

geneva@Proverbs:10:9 @ He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.

geneva@Proverbs:10:10 @ He that (note:)That bears a fair countenance and imagines mischief in his heart, as in (Pro_6:13).(:note) winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a For the corruption of his heart is known by his talk. prating fool shall fall.

geneva@Proverbs:10:13 @ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but (note:)That is, God will find him out to punish him.(:note) a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

geneva@Proverbs:10:17 @ He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

geneva@Proverbs:10:18 @ He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

geneva@Proverbs:10:19 @ In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

geneva@Proverbs:10:22 @ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth (note:)Meaning that all worldly things bring care and sorrow, where as they who feel the blessings of God have none.(:note) no sorrow with it.

geneva@Proverbs:10:24 @ That which the wicked feareth, shal come vpon him: but God wil graunt the desire of the righteous.

geneva@Proverbs:10:26 @ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that (note:)He is trouble and grief to him about any business.(:note) send him.

geneva@Proverbs:11:12 @ He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding (note:)Will not make light report of others.(:note) holdeth his peace.

geneva@Proverbs:11:13 @ Hee that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth a secret: but hee that is of a faithfull heart concealeth a matter.

geneva@Proverbs:11:15 @ He that is surety for a (note:)He who does not without judgment and consideration of the circumstances put himself in danger, as in (Pro_6:1).(:note) stranger shall smart [for it]: and he He who does not co-sign loans for others is very wise. that hateth suretiship is secure.

geneva@Proverbs:11:17 @ The merciful man (note:)Rewards both himself and others.(:note) doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

geneva@Proverbs:11:18 @ The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

geneva@Proverbs:11:19 @ As righteousnes leadeth to life: so hee that followeth euill, seeketh his owne death.

geneva@Proverbs:11:20 @ They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.

geneva@Proverbs:11:24 @ There is that scattereth, (note:)Meaning they who give liberally, whom God blesses.(:note) and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more That is, the miser. than is right, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

geneva@Proverbs:11:25 @ The liberall person shall haue plentie: and he that watereth, shall also haue raine.

geneva@Proverbs:11:26 @ He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that (note:)That provides for the use of them who are in need.(:note) selleth [it].

geneva@Proverbs:11:27 @ He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.

geneva@Proverbs:11:28 @ He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.

geneva@Proverbs:11:29 @ He that troubleth his own (note:)The covetous men who spare their riches to the hinderance of their families, will be deprived of it miserably.(:note) house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] For though the wicked are rich, yet they are only slaves to the godly, who are the true possessors of the gifts of God. servant to the wise of heart.

geneva@Proverbs:11:30 @ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that (note:)That is, brings them to the knowledge of God.(:note) winneth souls [is] wise.

geneva@Proverbs:12:1 @ He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.

geneva@Proverbs:12:3 @ A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the (note:)They are so grounded in the favour of God, that their root will prosper continually.(:note) root of the righteous shall not be moved.

geneva@Proverbs:12:4 @ A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.

geneva@Proverbs:12:9 @ [He that is] despised, (note:)The poor man that is contemned and yet lives of his own travail.(:note) and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and is destitute of bread.

geneva@Proverbs:12:11 @ He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.

geneva@Proverbs:12:15 @ The way of a fool [is] (note:)He stands in his own conceit, and condemns all others in respect to himself.(:note) right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise.

geneva@Proverbs:12:17 @ He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.

geneva@Proverbs:12:18 @ There is that speaketh like the piercings of (note:)Which seek nothing more then to provoke others to anger.(:note) a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

geneva@Proverbs:12:20 @ Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye.

geneva@Proverbs:12:22 @ The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

geneva@Proverbs:12:27 @ The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he (note:)Although he gets much by unlawful means, yet he will not spend it on himself.(:note) took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

geneva@Proverbs:12:28 @ Life is in the way of righteousnesse, and in that path way there is no death.

geneva@Proverbs:13:3 @ Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shal be to him.

geneva@Proverbs:13:7 @ There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

geneva@Proverbs:13:12 @ The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.

geneva@Proverbs:13:13 @ Whoever despiseth (note:)Meaning the word of God, by which he is admonished of his duty.(:note) the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

geneva@Proverbs:13:18 @ Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.

geneva@Proverbs:13:20 @ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be (note:)As he is partaker of their wickedness, and bears with their vices, so will he be punished alike as they are.(:note) destroyed.

geneva@Proverbs:13:24 @ He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.

geneva@Proverbs:14:1 @ Every wise woman (note:)That is, takes pains to profit her family, and to do that which concerns her duty in her house.(:note) buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

geneva@Proverbs:14:2 @ He that walketh in his (note:)That is, in uprightness of heart, and without hypocrisy.(:note) uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.

geneva@Proverbs:14:6 @ A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

geneva@Proverbs:14:12 @ There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.

geneva@Proverbs:14:13 @ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; (note:)He shows the allurement to sin, that it seems sweet, but the end of it is destruction.(:note) and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

geneva@Proverbs:14:17 @ He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

geneva@Proverbs:14:19 @ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked (note:)If this come not daily to pass, we must consider that it is because of our sins, which hinder God's workings.(:note) at the gates of the righteous.

geneva@Proverbs:14:21 @ The sinner despiseth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is blessed.

geneva@Proverbs:14:22 @ Doe not they erre that imagine euill? but to them that thinke on good things, shalbe mercie and trueth.

geneva@Proverbs:14:29 @ He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

geneva@Proverbs:14:31 @ He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

geneva@Proverbs:14:33 @ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] (note:)Forasmuch as they are convicted by it, and silenced.(:note) in the midst of fools is made known.

geneva@Proverbs:14:35 @ The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.

geneva@Proverbs:15:5 @ A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

geneva@Proverbs:15:9 @ The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.

geneva@Proverbs:15:10 @ Correction [is] grievous to him that (note:)He who swears from the word of God, cannot stand to be admonished.(:note) forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

geneva@Proverbs:15:12 @ A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.

geneva@Proverbs:15:14 @ The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

geneva@Proverbs:15:18 @ An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

geneva@Proverbs:15:21 @ Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

geneva@Proverbs:15:23 @ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] (note:)If we will that our talk be comfortable, we must wait for time and season.(:note) in due season, how good [it is]!

geneva@Proverbs:15:27 @ He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.

geneva@Proverbs:15:31 @ The ear that heareth the (note:)That suffers himself to be admonished by God's word, which brings life: and so amends.(:note) reproof of life abideth among the wise.

geneva@Proverbs:15:32 @ Hee that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeyeth correction, getteth vnderstanding.

geneva@Proverbs:15:33 @ The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] (note:)Meaning, that God exalts no one but them that are truly humbled.(:note) humility.

geneva@Proverbs:16:1 @ The (note:)He derides the presumption of man, who dares to attribute anything to himself, as to prepare his heart or such like, seeing that he is not able to speak a word unless God gives it to him.(:note) preparations of the heart belong to man, and the answer of the tongue, [are] from the LORD.

geneva@Proverbs:16:2 @ All the ways of a man [are] (note:)He shows by it that man flatters himself in his doings, calling that virtue, which God terms vice.(:note) clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

geneva@Proverbs:16:4 @ The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of (note:)So that the justice of God will appear to his glory, even in the destruction of the wicked.(:note) evil.

geneva@Proverbs:16:5 @ All that are proude in heart, are an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not be vnpunished.

geneva@Proverbs:16:6 @ By (note:)Their upright and repenting life will be a token that their sins are forgiven.(:note) mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

geneva@Proverbs:16:9 @ A (note:)He shows the folly of man who thinks that his ways are in his own hand, and yet is not able to move one foot unless God gives force.(:note) man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

geneva@Proverbs:16:11 @ A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his (note:)If they are true and just, they are God's work, and he delights in it, but otherwise if they are false, they are the work of the devil, and to their condemnation that use them.(:note) work.

geneva@Proverbs:16:13 @ Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

geneva@Proverbs:16:17 @ The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.

geneva@Proverbs:16:20 @ He that is wise in his busines, shall finde good: and he that trusteth in the Lord, he is blessed.

geneva@Proverbs:16:22 @ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life to him that hath it: but the (note:)Either that which the wicked teach others, or else it is folly to teach them who are malicious.(:note) instruction of fools [is] folly.

geneva@Proverbs:16:25 @ There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.

geneva@Proverbs:16:26 @ The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.

geneva@Proverbs:16:29 @ A wicked man deceiueth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

geneva@Proverbs:16:31 @ The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it is found in the way of (note:)That is, when it is joined with virtue, or else the older that the wicked are, the more they are to be abhorred.(:note) righteousness.

geneva@Proverbs:16:32 @ He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

geneva@Proverbs:16:33 @ The lot is cast into the lap; but its whole disposing [is] (note:)So that there is nothing that ought to be attributed to fortune: for all things are determined in the counsel of God which will come to pass.(:note) from the LORD.

geneva@Proverbs:17:2 @ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the (note:)That is, will be made governor over the children.(:note) inheritance among the brethren.

geneva@Proverbs:17:5 @ Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.

geneva@Proverbs:17:8 @ A bribe [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: wherever it (note:)The reward has great force to gain the hearts of men.(:note) turneth, it prospereth.

geneva@Proverbs:17:9 @ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] (note:)He that admonishes the prince of his fault makes him his enemy.(:note) friends.

geneva@Proverbs:17:10 @ A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

geneva@Proverbs:17:13 @ He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

geneva@Proverbs:17:14 @ The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.

geneva@Proverbs:17:15 @ He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

geneva@Proverbs:17:17 @ A friend loveth at all times, and a (note:)So that he is more than a friend, even a brother that helps in time of adversity.(:note) brother is born for adversity.

geneva@Proverbs:17:19 @ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his (note:)Lifts up himself above his degree.(:note) gate seeketh destruction.

geneva@Proverbs:17:20 @ The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

geneva@Proverbs:17:21 @ He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

geneva@Proverbs:17:24 @ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the (note:)That is, wander to and fro, and seek not after wisdom.(:note) ends of the earth.

geneva@Proverbs:17:25 @ A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

geneva@Proverbs:17:27 @ Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.

geneva@Proverbs:17:28 @ Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

geneva@Proverbs:18:2 @ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may (note:)That is, that he may talk licentiously of whatever comes to mind.(:note) reveal itself.

geneva@Proverbs:18:9 @ He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

geneva@Proverbs:18:13 @ He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.

geneva@Proverbs:18:16 @ A man's gift (note:)Gets him liberty to speak, and the favour of them that are esteemed.(:note) maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

geneva@Proverbs:18:18 @ The lot (note:)If a controversy cannot otherwise be decided, it is best to cast lots to know whose the thing will be.(:note) causeth contentions to cease, and Appeases their controversy, who are so stout that they cannot otherwise be pacified. parteth between the mighty.

geneva@Proverbs:18:21 @ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that (note:)By the using the tongue well or evil, comes the fruit of it either good or bad.(:note) love it shall eat the fruit of it.

geneva@Proverbs:18:24 @ A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer (note:)That is, often such are found who are more ready to do pleasure, than he that is more bound by duty.(:note) than a brother.

geneva@Proverbs:19:1 @ Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

geneva@Proverbs:19:2 @ For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his feete, sinneth.

geneva@Proverbs:19:5 @ A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.

geneva@Proverbs:19:6 @ Many reuerence the face of the prince, and euery man is friend to him that giueth giftes.

geneva@Proverbs:19:8 @ He that getteth wisdom (note:)He that is upright in judgment finds favour from God.(:note) loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

geneva@Proverbs:19:9 @ A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.

geneva@Proverbs:19:13 @ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual (note:)As rain that drops and rots the house.(:note) dropping.

geneva@Proverbs:19:16 @ He that keepeth the commandement, keepeth his owne soule: but hee that despiseth his wayes, shall dye.

geneva@Proverbs:19:17 @ He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and the Lorde will recompense him that which he hath giuen.

geneva@Proverbs:19:20 @ Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende.

geneva@Proverbs:19:21 @ [There are] many devices in a (note:)Man's device will not have success, unless God governs it, whose purpose is unchangeable.(:note) man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

geneva@Proverbs:19:22 @ The desire of a man [is] his (note:)That is, that he be honest: for the poor man who is honest is to be esteemed above the rich who is not virtuous.(:note) kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.

geneva@Proverbs:19:23 @ The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.

geneva@Proverbs:19:25 @ Smite a scorner, and the (note:)That is, the simple and ignorant men learn when they see the wicked punished.(:note) simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

geneva@Proverbs:19:26 @ He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

geneva@Proverbs:19:27 @ My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

geneva@Proverbs:20:7 @ He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him.

geneva@Proverbs:20:8 @ A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment (note:)Where righteous judgment is executed, there sin ceases, and vice dare not appear.(:note) scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

geneva@Proverbs:20:16 @ Take his (note:)Teach him wit, that he cast not himself rashly into danger.(:note) garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

geneva@Proverbs:20:19 @ He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

geneva@Proverbs:20:20 @ He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

geneva@Proverbs:20:25 @ [It is] a snare to the man [who] (note:)That is, to apply or take for his own use, that which was appointed to God's and then ask how he may be exempted from the fault.(:note) devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

geneva@Proverbs:21:6 @ The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

geneva@Proverbs:21:7 @ The (note:)He means this chiefly of judges and princes who leave that calling, to which God has called them, and impoverish their subjects to maintain their lusts.(:note) robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

geneva@Proverbs:21:13 @ He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.

geneva@Proverbs:21:16 @ A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.

geneva@Proverbs:21:17 @ Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

geneva@Proverbs:21:18 @ The (note:)God will cause that to fall on their own heads, which they intended against the just by delivering the just, and putting the wicked in their places.(:note) wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

geneva@Proverbs:21:21 @ He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shal finde life, righteousnes, and glory.

geneva@Proverbs:21:23 @ He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

geneva@Proverbs:21:24 @ Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.

geneva@Proverbs:21:28 @ A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth (note:)He may boldly testify the truth that he has heard.(:note) speaketh constantly.

geneva@Proverbs:22:5 @ Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.

geneva@Proverbs:22:7 @ The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

geneva@Proverbs:22:8 @ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the (note:)His authority by which he oppressed others, will be taken from him.(:note) rod of his anger shall fail.

geneva@Proverbs:22:9 @ He that hath a bountiful (note:)He that is merciful and liberal.(:note) eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

geneva@Proverbs:22:11 @ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the (note:)He shows that princes should use their familiarity, whose conscience is good, and their talk wise and godly.(:note) king [shall be] his friend.

geneva@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of the LORD preserve (note:)Favour them that love knowledge.(:note) knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

geneva@Proverbs:22:13 @ The slothful [man] saith, (note:)He derides them that invent vain excuses, because they would not do their duty.(:note) [There is] a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.

geneva@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD (note:)So God punishes one sin by another, when he suffers the wicked to fall into the acquaintance of a harlot.(:note) shall fall in it.

geneva@Proverbs:22:16 @ Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

geneva@Proverbs:22:19 @ That thy trust may be in (note:)He shows what the end of wisdom is: that is, to direct us to the Lord.(:note) the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

geneva@Proverbs:22:21 @ That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth to them that sende to thee?

geneva@Proverbs:22:23 @ For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

geneva@Proverbs:22:24 @ Make (note:)Have nothing to do with him that is not able to rule his affections: for he would hurt you by his evil conversation.(:note) no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

geneva@Proverbs:22:26 @ Be not thou [one] of them that (note:)Who rashly put themselves in danger for others, as in (Pro_6:2).(:note) strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

geneva@Proverbs:22:27 @ If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?

geneva@Proverbs:22:29 @ Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.

geneva@Proverbs:23:4 @ Labour not to be rich: cease from thy own (note:)Bestow not the gifts that God has given you, to get worldly riches.(:note) wisdom.

geneva@Proverbs:23:6 @ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an (note:)That is, covetous, as contrary a good eye is taken for liberal as in (Pro_22:9).(:note) evil eye, neither desire thou his delicacies:

geneva@Proverbs:23:11 @ For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.

geneva@Proverbs:23:22 @ Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

geneva@Proverbs:23:24 @ The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.

geneva@Proverbs:23:25 @ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

geneva@Proverbs:23:30 @ They that tarry long at the wine; they that go (note:)Who by art make wine stronger and more pleasant.(:note) to seek mixed wine.

geneva@Proverbs:23:34 @ And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the (note:)In such great danger will you be.(:note) sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

geneva@Proverbs:24:6 @ For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.

geneva@Proverbs:24:8 @ Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

geneva@Proverbs:24:11 @ If thou refraineth to deliver [them that are] drawn to (note:)No one can be excused, if he does not help the innocent when he is in danger.(:note) death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;

geneva@Proverbs:24:12 @ If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? And hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?

geneva@Proverbs:24:21 @ My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.

geneva@Proverbs:24:24 @ He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.

geneva@Proverbs:24:25 @ But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.

geneva@Proverbs:24:26 @ They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.

geneva@Proverbs:24:34 @ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

geneva@Proverbs:25:3 @ The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of (note:)He shows that it is too hard for man to attain the reason of all the secret doings of the king, even when he is upright and does his duty.(:note) kings [is] unsearchable.

geneva@Proverbs:25:5 @ Take (note:)It is not enough that he is pure himself, but that he put away others who are corrupted.(:note) away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

geneva@Proverbs:25:7 @ For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

geneva@Proverbs:25:10 @ Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thy infamy (note:)Lest while you think by this means to have an end of the matter, it put you to further trouble.(:note) turn not away.

geneva@Proverbs:25:12 @ He that reprooueth the wise, and the obedient eare, is as a golden earering and an ornament of fine golde.

geneva@Proverbs:25:13 @ As the cold of snow (note:)In the time of great heat, when men desire cold.(:note) in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

geneva@Proverbs:25:15 @ By long (note:)By not creating opportunity to provoke him further.(:note) forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the That is, the heart that is bent to anger, as in (Pro_15:1). bone.

geneva@Proverbs:25:18 @ A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

geneva@Proverbs:25:20 @ [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon (note:)Which melts it, and consumes it.(:note) soda, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

geneva@Proverbs:25:21 @ If hee that hateth thee be hungry, giue him bread to eate, and if he be thirstie, giue him water to drinke.

geneva@Proverbs:25:22 @ For thou shalt heap (note:)You will, as if by force, overcome him, in so much that his own conscience will move him to acknowledge the benefits, and his heart will be inflamed.(:note) coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

geneva@Proverbs:25:28 @ He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] (note:)And so is in extreme danger.(:note) broken down, [and] without walls.

geneva@Proverbs:26:2 @ As the sparowe by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.

geneva@Proverbs:26:6 @ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off (note:)That is, of the messenger whom he sends.(:note) the feet, That is, receives damage by it. [and] drinketh damage.

geneva@Proverbs:26:7 @ As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

geneva@Proverbs:26:8 @ As the closing vp of a precious stone in an heape of stones, so is he that giueth glory to a foole.

geneva@Proverbs:26:16 @ The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.

geneva@Proverbs:26:17 @ He that passeth by and medleth with the strife that belongeth not vnto him, is as one that taketh a dog by the eares.

geneva@Proverbs:26:18 @ As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

geneva@Proverbs:26:19 @ So [is] the man [that] deceiveth (note:)Who disguises himself to be that which he is not.(:note) his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

geneva@Proverbs:26:24 @ He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

geneva@Proverbs:26:27 @ He that diggeth a pit shal fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.

geneva@Proverbs:27:7 @ The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

geneva@Proverbs:27:8 @ As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.

geneva@Proverbs:27:11 @ My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

geneva@Proverbs:27:13 @ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

geneva@Proverbs:27:14 @ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising (note:)Hastily and without cause.(:note) early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

geneva@Proverbs:27:16 @ He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

geneva@Proverbs:27:18 @ He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

geneva@Proverbs:27:26 @ The (note:)This declares the great goodness of God towards man, and the diligence that he requires from him for the preservation of his gifts.(:note) lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.

geneva@Proverbs:28:3 @ A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

geneva@Proverbs:28:4 @ They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that keepe the Law, set themselues against them.

geneva@Proverbs:28:5 @ Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

geneva@Proverbs:28:6 @ Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

geneva@Proverbs:28:7 @ He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

geneva@Proverbs:28:8 @ He that by interest and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather (note:)For God will take away the wicked usurer, and give his goods to him that will bestow them well.(:note) it for him that will pity the poor.

geneva@Proverbs:28:9 @ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] (note:)Because it is not of faith which is grounded on God's word or law which the wicked contemn.(:note) abomination.

geneva@Proverbs:28:10 @ He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

geneva@Proverbs:28:11 @ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth (note:)And judge that he is not wise.(:note) him out.

geneva@Proverbs:28:13 @ He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

geneva@Proverbs:28:14 @ Happy [is] the man that (note:)Which stands in awe of God, and is afraid to offend him.(:note) feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

geneva@Proverbs:28:16 @ A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.

geneva@Proverbs:28:17 @ A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man (note:)No one will be able to deliver him.(:note) sustain him.

geneva@Proverbs:28:18 @ He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.

geneva@Proverbs:28:19 @ He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

geneva@Proverbs:28:20 @ A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

geneva@Proverbs:28:22 @ He that hasteneth to be rich [hath] an evil (note:)Meaning, he that is covetous.(:note) eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

geneva@Proverbs:28:23 @ He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.

geneva@Proverbs:28:24 @ Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.

geneva@Proverbs:28:25 @ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made (note:)Will have all things in abundance.(:note) fat.

geneva@Proverbs:28:26 @ Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.

geneva@Proverbs:28:27 @ He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

geneva@Proverbs:29:1 @ A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.

geneva@Proverbs:29:3 @ A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.

geneva@Proverbs:29:5 @ A man that flattereth his neighbour (note:)He who gives ear to the flatterer is in danger as the bird is before the fowler.(:note) spreadeth a net for his feet.

geneva@Proverbs:29:6 @ In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a (note:)He is always ready to fall into the snare that he lays for others.(:note) snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

geneva@Proverbs:29:10 @ Bloodie men hate him that is vpright: but the iust haue care of his soule.

geneva@Proverbs:29:12 @ Of a prince that hearkeneth to lyes, all his seruants are wicked.

geneva@Proverbs:29:14 @ A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.

geneva@Proverbs:29:21 @ He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

geneva@Proverbs:29:24 @ He that is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth cursing, & declareth it not.

geneva@Proverbs:29:27 @ A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

geneva@Proverbs:30:5 @ Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.

geneva@Proverbs:30:9 @ Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, (note:)Meaning, that they who put their trust in their riches forget God and that by too much wealth men have an opportunity to the same.(:note) Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

geneva@Proverbs:30:11 @ There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

geneva@Proverbs:30:12 @ There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.

geneva@Proverbs:30:16 @ The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.

geneva@Proverbs:30:18 @ There be three thinges hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not,

geneva@Proverbs:30:23 @ For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is (note:)Who is married to her master after the death of her mistress.(:note) heir to her mistress.

geneva@Proverbs:30:29 @ There be three thinges that order well their going: yea, foure are comely in going,

geneva@Proverbs:30:33 @ When one churneth milke, he bringeth foorth butter: and he that wringeth his nose, causeth blood to come out: so he that forceth wrath, bringeth foorth strife.

geneva@Proverbs:31:1 @ The words of king (note:)That is, of Solomon who was called Lemuel, that is, of God, because God had ordained him to be king over Israel.(:note) Lemuel, the The doctrine which his mother Bathsheba taught him. prophecy that his mother taught him.

geneva@Proverbs:31:3 @ Give not thy strength to women, (note:)Meaning, that women are the destruction of kings, if they hunt them.(:note) nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

geneva@Proverbs:31:6 @ Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

geneva@Proverbs:31:8 @ Open thy mouth for the (note:)Defend their cause that are not able to help themselves.(:note) dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

geneva@Proverbs:31:11 @ The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of (note:)He will not need to use any unlawful means to gain his living.(:note) spoil.

geneva@Proverbs:31:18 @ She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.

geneva@Proverbs:31:30 @ Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she shall be praysed.

geneva@Proverbs:31:31 @ Give (note:)Confess her diligent labours, and commend her therefore.(:note) her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the Forasmuch as the most honourable are clad in the apparel that she made. gates.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:1 @ The words of the (note:)Solomon is here called a preacher, or one who assembles the people, because he teaches the true knowledge of God, and how men ought to pass their life in this transitory world.(:note) Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. The Argument - Solomon as a preacher and one that desired to instruct all in the way of salvation, describes the deceivable vanities of this world: that man should not be addicted to anything under the sun, but rather inflamed with the desire of the heavenly life: therefore he confutes their opinions, which set their happiness either in knowledge or in pleasures, or in dignity and riches, wishing that man's true happiness consists in that he is united with God and will enjoy his presence: so that all other things must be rejected, save in as much as they further us to attain to this heavenly treasure, which is sure and permanent, and cannot be found in any other save in God alone.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:3 @ What profit hath a man of all his (note:)Solomon does not condemn man's labour or diligence, but shows that there is no full contentment in anything under the heavens, nor in any creature, as all things are transitory.(:note) labour which he taketh under the sun?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:6 @ The (note:)By the sun, wind and rivers, he shows that the greatest labour and longest has an end, and therefore there can be no happiness in this world.(:note) wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:10 @ Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:11 @ There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:13 @ And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this grievous labour hath God given to the sons of man (note:)Man by nature has a desire to know, and yet is not able to come to the perfection of knowledge, which is the punishment of sin, to humble man, and to teach him to depend only on God.(:note) to be exercised with it.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:14 @ I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:15 @ [That which is] (note:)Man is not able by all his diligence to cause things to go other than they do: neither can he number the faults that are committed, much less remedy them.(:note) crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:16 @ I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:17 @ And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know (note:)That is, vain things, which served to pleasure, in which was no convenience, but grief and trouble of conscience.(:note) madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:18 @ For in much wisdom [is] much (note:)Wisdom and knowledge cannot be come by without great pain of body and mind: for when a man has attained the highest, yet is his mind never fully content: therefore in this world is no true happiness.(:note) grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:2 @ I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:3 @ I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with (note:)Even though I gave myself to pleasures, yet I thought to keep wisdom and the fear of God in my heart, and govern my affairs by the same.(:note) wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:6 @ I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:7 @ I procured [me] male and female servants, and had servants born in my (note:)Meaning, of the servants or slaves which he had bought, so the children born in their servitude, were the masters.(:note) house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:8 @ I gathered me also silver and gold, and the special treasure of kings and of the provinces: I procured me male and female singers, and the (note:)That is, whatever men take pleasure in.(:note) delights of the sons of men, Or, the most beautiful of the women that were taken in war, as in (Jdg_5:30). [as] musical instruments, and of all sorts.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:9 @ So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom (note:)For all this God did not take his gift of wisdom from me.(:note) remained with me.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:11 @ Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:12 @ And I turned myself to behold (note:)I thought to myself whether it was better to follow wisdom, or my own affections and pleasures, which he calls madness.(:note) wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:13 @ Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:14 @ The wise man's (note:)Meaning, in this world.(:note) eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one For both die and are forgotten as in (Ecc_2:16) or they both alike have prosperity or adversity. event happeneth to them all.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:15 @ Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:16 @ For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool (note:)Meaning, in this world.(:note) for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And He wonders that men forget a wise man, being dead, as soon as they do a fool. how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:17 @ Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:18 @ I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:21 @ For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured in it shall he (note:)Among other griefs that was not the least, to leave that which he had gotten by great travail, to one who had taken no pain therefore and whom he know not whether he were a wise man or a fool.(:note) leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:24 @ [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should (note:)When man has all laboured, he can get no more than food and refreshing, yet he confesses also that this comes from God's blessing, as in (Ecc_3:13).(:note) make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:26 @ Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:1 @ To every [thing there is] a (note:)He speaks of this diversity of time for two causes first to declare that there is nothing in this world perpetual: next to teach us not to be grieved, if we have not all things at once according to our desires, neither enjoy them so long as we would wish.(:note) season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:2 @ A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:9 @ What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:11 @ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in its time: also he hath set the (note:)God has given man a desire and affection to seek out the things of this world, and to labour in it.(:note) world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:12 @ I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:13 @ And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the (note:)Read (Ecc_2:24) and these places declare that we should do all things with sobriety and in the fear of God, as he gives not his gifts to the intent that they should be abused.(:note) gift of God.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:14 @ I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for (note:)That is, man will never be able to prevent God's work, but as he has determined so it will come to pass.(:note) ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:15 @ That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God (note:)God only causes what which is past, to return.(:note) requireth that which is past.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:18 @ I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might (note:)And made them pure in their first creation.(:note) tempt them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:19 @ For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing (note:)Man is not able by his reason and judgment to put differences between man and beast, as concerning those things to which both are subject: for the eye cannot judge any otherwise of a man being dead than of a beast, which is dead: yet by the word of God and faith we easily know the diversity as in (Ecc_3:21).(:note) befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:21 @ Who (note:)Meaning, that reason cannot comprehend that which faith believes in.(:note) knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:22 @ Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should (note:)By the often repetition of this sentence as in (Ecc_2:24, Ecc_3:12, Ecc_3:22, Ecc_5:17, Ecc_8:15) he declares that man by reason can comprehend nothing better in this life than to use the gifts of God soberly and comfortably: for to know further, is a special gift of God revealed by his Spirit.(:note) rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:1 @ So (note:)He makes here another discourse with himself concerning the tyranny of them that oppressed the poor.(:note) I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:3 @ Yea, (note:)He speaks according to the judgment of the flesh which cannot abide to feel or see troubles.(:note) better [is he] than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:4 @ Again, I considered all labour, and every (note:)The more perfect that the work is, the more it is envied by the wicked.(:note) right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:10 @ For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:12 @ And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold (note:)By this proverb he declares how necessary it is, that men should live in society.(:note) cord is not quickly broken.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:14 @ For out of (note:)That is, from a poor and base estate or out of trouble and prison as Joseph did, (Gen_41:14).(:note) prison he cometh to reign; though also [he that is] Meaning, that is born a king. born in his kingdom becometh poor.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:15 @ I considered all the living who walk under the sun, (note:)Who follow and flatter the king's son, or him that will succeed to enter into credit with them in hope of gain.(:note) with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:4:16 @ [There is] no (note:)They never cease by all means to creep into favour, but when they do not obtain their greedy desires they think themselves abused, as others have been in times past, and so care no more for him.(:note) end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:1 @ Keep thy (note:)That is, with what affection you come to hear the word of God.(:note) foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of Meaning, of the wicked, who think to please God with common uses, and have neither faith nor repentance. fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:2 @ Be not (note:)Either in vowing or in praying, meaning, that we should use all reverence toward God.(:note) rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be He hears you not for the sake of your many words or often repetitions, but considers your faith and servant's mind. few.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:4 @ When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast (note:)He speaks of vows which are approved by God's word and serve to his glory.(:note) vowed.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:5 @ {\cf2 (5:4)} It is better that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vow and not pay it.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:6 @ Allow not thy mouth to cause thy (note:)Do not cause yourself to sin by vowing rashly as they do who make a vow to live unmarried and such like.(:note) flesh to sin; neither say thou before the That is, before God's messenger when he will examine your doing, as though your ignorance should be a just excuse. angel, that it [was] an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:8 @ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for [he that is] (note:)Meaning, that God will address these things, and therefore we must depend on him.(:note) higher than the highest regardeth; and [there are] higher than they.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:10 @ {\cf2 (5:9)} He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:11 @ {\cf2 (5:10)} When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:16 @ And this also [is] a grievous evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the (note:)Meaning, in vain and without profit.(:note) wind?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:18 @ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and proper [for one] to (note:){{See Ecc_3:22}}(:note) eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:20 @ For he shall not much remember the days of his (note:)He will take no great thought for the pains that he has endured in times past.(:note) life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:2 @ A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet (note:)He shows that it is the plague of God when the rich man does not have a liberal heart to use his riches.(:note) God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:3 @ If a man begetteth an hundred [children], and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not (note:)If he can never have enough.(:note) filled with good, and also [that] he hath no As we see often that the covetous man either falls into crimes that deserve death, or is murdered or drowned or hangs himself or such like and so lacks the honour of burial, which is the last office of humanity. burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:8 @ For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:9 @ Better [is] the (note:)To be content with that which God has given is better than to follow the desires that can never be satisfied.(:note) sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:10 @ That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is (note:)Meaning, God who will make him feel that he is mortal.(:note) mightier than he.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:11 @ {\cf2 (7:1)} Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:2 @ [It is] better to go to the house of (note:)Where we may see the hand of God and learn to examine our lives.(:note) mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:5 @ {\cf2 (7:7)} Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:7 @ Surely oppression maketh a wise man (note:)A man that is esteemed wise, when he falls to oppression, becomes like a beast.(:note) mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:10 @ Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire (note:)Murmur not against God when he sends adversities for man's sins.(:note) wisely concerning this.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:11 @ Wisdom [is] good with an (note:)He answers to them who do not value wisdom unless riches are joined with it, showing that both are the gifts of God, but that wisdom is far more excellent and may be without riches.(:note) inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:13 @ {\cf2 (7:15)} Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:14 @ In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity (note:)Consider why God sends it and what may comfort you.(:note) consider: God also hath appointed the one as well as the other, to the end that man should find That man should be able to control nothing in his works. nothing after him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:15 @ All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his (note:)Meaning that cruel tyrants put the godly to death and let the wicked go free.(:note) righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:18 @ [It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of (note:)That is, on these admonitions that go before.(:note) this; yea, also from Consider what desolation and destruction will come, if you do not obey them. this withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall escape from them all.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:19 @ {\cf2 (7:21)} Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:20 @ {\cf2 (7:22)} Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:21 @ Also take no (note:)Credit them not, neither care for them.(:note) heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:22 @ {\cf2 (7:24)} For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:24 @ That which is far off, (note:)Meaning wisdom.(:note) and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:26 @ {\cf2 (7:28)} And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:29 @ Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many (note:)And so are cause for their own destruction.(:note) devices.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:2 @ I [counsel thee] to keep the king's (note:)That is, that you obey the king and keep the oath that you have made for the same cause.(:note) commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:7 @ For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:8 @ [There is] no man that hath power (note:)Man has no power to save his own life and therefore must not rashly cast himself into danger.(:note) over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:9 @ All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time in which one man ruleth over another to his own (note:)As comes often to tyrants and wicked rulers.(:note) hurt.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:12 @ Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:14 @ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just [men], to whom it happeneth according to the (note:)Who are punished as though they were wicked, as in (Ecc_7:17)(:note) work of the wicked; again, there are wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:15 @ Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than (note:){{See Ecc_3:22}}(:note) to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:16 @ When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:17 @ Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:1 @ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or (note:)Meaning, what things he ought to chose or refuse: or man knows not by these outward things that is, by prosperity or adversity, whom God favours or hates, for he sends them as well to the wicked as to the godly.(:note) hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:2 @ All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:3 @ This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one (note:)In outward things, as riches and poverty, sickness and health, there is no difference between the godly and the wicked but the difference is that the godly are assured by faith of God's favour and assistance.(:note) event to all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:4 @ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a (note:)He notes the Epicurean and carnal men, who made their body their god, and had no pleasure in this life, wishing rather to be an abased and vile person in this life, then a man of authority and so to die, which is meant by the dog and lion.(:note) living dog is better than a dead lion.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:5 @ For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:6 @ Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:10 @ All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:11 @ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and (note:)Thus the worldlings say to prove that all things are lawful for them and attribute that to chance and fortune which is done by the providence of God.(:note) chance happeneth to them all.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:12 @ For man also knoweth not his (note:)That is, he does not foresee what will come.(:note) time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:17 @ The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ Dead flies cause to stinke, & putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: so doeth a litle follie him that is in estimation for wisedome, and for glorie.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ A (note:)So that he does all things well and justly, where as the fool does the contrary.(:note) wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart [is] at his left.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ Also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he (note:)By his doings he betrays himself.(:note) saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @ There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an (note:)Meaning that it is an evil thing when they who are in authority fail and do not do their duty.(:note) error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @ He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @ He that remooueth stones, shall hurt himselfe thereby, and hee that cutteth wood, shall be in danger thereby.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the (note:)The ignorance and beastliness of the wicked is such that they know not common things, and yet will discuss high matters.(:note) city.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:20 @ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a (note:)You cannot work evil so secretly that it will not be known.(:note) bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:11:3 @ If the (note:)As the clouds that are full pour out rain, so the rich that have abundance must distribute it liberally.(:note) clouds are full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the He exhorts to be liberal while we live: for after, there is no power. tree falleth toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:11:4 @ He that observeth the (note:)He who fears inconveniences when need requires will never do his duty.(:note) wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:11:5 @ As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:11:8 @ But if a man shall live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of (note:)That is, of affliction and trouble.(:note) darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:3 @ In the day when the (note:)The hands which keep the body.(:note) keepers of the house shall tremble, and the The legs. strong men shall bow themselves, and the The teeth. grinders cease because they are few, and those that The eyes. look out of the windows shall be darkened,

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:6 @ Or ever the (note:)Meaning, the marrow of the backbone and the sinews.(:note) silver cord shall be loosed, or the golden The little skin that covers the brain, which is in colour like gold. bowl be broken, or the That is, the veins. pitcher be broken at the Meaning the liver. fountain, or the Which is the head. wheel broken at the That is, the heart out of which the head draws the powers of life. cistern.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:12 @ And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many (note:)These things cannot be comprehended in books or learned by study, but God must instruct your heart that you may only know that wisdom is the true happiness and the way to it is to fear God.(:note) books [there is] no end; and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.

geneva@Songs:1:3 @ Because of the (note:)The feeling of your great benefits.(:note) savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the They that are pure in heart and conversation. virgins love thee.

geneva@Songs:1:5 @ I [am] (note:)The Church confesses her spots and sin, but has confidence in the favour of Christ.(:note) black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar was Ishmael's son, of whom came the Arabians that dwelt in tents. Kedar, as the Which within were all set with precious stones and jewels. curtains of Solomon.

geneva@Songs:1:7 @ Tell me, (note:)The spouse feeling her fault flees to her husband only for comfort.(:note) O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of Whom you have called to the dignity of pastors, and they set forth their own dreams instead of your doctrine. thy companions?

geneva@Songs:2:9 @ My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he (note:)For as his divinity was hidden under the cloak of our flesh.(:note) standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, gazing himself through the So that we cannot have full knowledge of him in this life. lattice.

geneva@Songs:2:15 @ Take for us the foxes, the (note:)Suppress the heretics while they are young, that is, when they begin to show their malice, and destroy the vine of the Lord.(:note) little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.

geneva@Songs:3:1 @ By (note:)The Church by night, that is, in troubles, seeks Christ, but is not incontinently heard.(:note) night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

geneva@Songs:3:2 @ I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will (note:)Showing that although we are not heard at first, yet we must still continue in prayer, till we feel comfort.(:note) seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

geneva@Songs:3:3 @ The (note:)Which declares that we must seek to all of whom we hope to have any help.(:note) watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

geneva@Songs:3:4 @ When I had past a litle from them, then I found him whom my soule loued: I tooke holde on him and left him not, till I had brought him vnto my mothers house into the chamber of her that conceiued me.

geneva@Songs:3:6 @ Who [is] this that cometh out of the (note:)This refers to the Church of Israel which was led in the wilderness for forty years.(:note) wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

geneva@Songs:3:11 @ Go forth, O ye (note:)All you that are of the number of the faithful.(:note) daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the Christ became man, was crowned by the love of God with the glorious crown of his divinity. crown with which his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

geneva@Songs:4:1 @ Behold, thou [art] (note:)Because Christ delights in his Church, he commends all that is in her.(:note) fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a He has respect for the multitude of the faithful, which are many in number. flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

geneva@Songs:4:5 @ Thy two (note:)In which are knowledge and zeal two precious jewels.(:note) breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

geneva@Songs:4:9 @ Thou hast ravished my heart, my (note:)Christ calls his Church sister in respect that he had taken the flesh of man.(:note) sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy In that he made his Church beautiful and rich, he loved his gifts in her. eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

geneva@Songs:5:3 @ I have put off my (note:)The spouse confesses her nakedness, and that of herself she has nothing, or seeing that she is once made clean she promises not to defile herself again.(:note) coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

geneva@Songs:5:7 @ The (note:)These are the false teachers who wound the conscience with their traditions.(:note) watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

geneva@Songs:5:8 @ I charge you, (note:)She asks of them who are godly (as the law and salvation should come out of Zion and Jerusalem) that they would direct her to Christ.(:note) O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick with love.

geneva@Songs:6:1 @ Where is thy beloved gone, (note:)Hearing of the excellency of Christ, the faithful desire to know how to find him.(:note) O thou fairest among women? where is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

geneva@Songs:6:8 @ There are (note:)Meaning that the gifts are infinite which Christ gives to his Church: or that his faithful are many in number.(:note) sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

geneva@Songs:6:9 @ But my doue is alone, and my vndefiled, she is the onely daughter of her mother, and shee is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue seene her & counted her blessed: euen the Queenes and the concubines, and they haue praised her.

geneva@Songs:6:13 @ Return, return, O (note:)O ye people of Jerusalem, for Jerusalem was called Shalem which signifies peace.(:note) Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

geneva@Songs:7:2 @ Thy nauel is as a round cuppe that wanteth not licour: thy belly is as an heape of wheat compassed about with lilies.

geneva@Songs:7:4 @ Thy necke is like a towre of yuorie: thine eyes are like the fishe pooles in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the towre of Lebanon, that looketh toward Damascus.

geneva@Songs:7:12 @ Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the (note:)If the people that are called to Christ bring forth any fruit.(:note) vine flourisheth, [whether] the tender grape appeareth, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

geneva@Songs:8:1 @ O (note:)The Church called of the Gentiles speaks thus to the Church of Jerusalem.(:note) that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

geneva@Songs:8:5 @ (Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernesse, leaning vpon her welbeloued?) I raysed thee vp vnder an apple tree: there thy mother conceiued thee: there she coceiued that bare thee.

geneva@Songs:8:12 @ But my vineyarde which is mine, is before me: to thee, O Salomon appertaineth a thousand pieces of siluer, and two hundreth to them that keepe the fruite thereof.

geneva@Songs:8:13 @ Thou that dwellest in the (note:)Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful hear.(:note) gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].

geneva@Isaiah:1:1 @ The (note:)That is, a revelation or prophecy, which was one of the two means by which God declared himself to his servants in old times, as in (Num_12:6) and therefore the prophets were called seers, (1Sa_9:9).(:note) vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw Isaiah was chiefly sent to Judah and Jerusalem, but not only: for in this book are prophecies concerning other nations also. concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Called also Azariah, (2Ki_15:1) of these kings read (2Ki. strkjv@14:1-21:1; 2Ch. strkjv@25:1-33:1). Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The Argument - God, according to his promise in (Deu_18:15) that he would never leave his Church destitute of a prophet, has from time to time accomplished the same: whose office was not only to declare to the people the things to come, of which they had a special revelation, but also to interpret and declare the law, and to apply particularly the doctrine contained briefly in it, for the use and profit of those to whom they thought it chiefly to belong, and as the time and state of things required. Principally in the declaration of the law, they had respect to three things which were the ground of their doctrine: first, to the doctrine contained briefly in the two tables: secondly to the promises and threatenings of the law: and thirdly to the covenant of grace and reconciliation grounded on our Saviour Jesus Christ, who is the end of the law. To which they neither added nor diminished, but faithfully expounded the sense and meaning of it. As God gave them understanding of things, they applied the promises particularly for the comfort of the Church and the members of it, and also denounced the menaces against the enemies of the same: not for any care or regard to the enemies, but to assure the Church of their safeguard by the destruction of their enemies. Concerning the doctrine of reconciliation, they have more clearly entreated it than Moses, and set forth more lively Jesus Christ, in whom this covenant of reconciliation was made. In all these things Isaiah surpassed all the prophets, and was diligent to set out the same, with vehement admonitions, reprehensions, and consolations: ever applying the doctrine as he saw that the disease of the people required. He declares also many notable prophecies which he had received from God, concerning the promise of the Messiah, his office and kingdom, the favour of God toward his Church, the calling of the Gentiles and their union with the Jews. Which are principal points contained in this book, and a gathering of his sermons that he preached. Which after certain days that they had stood upon the temple door (for the manner of the prophets was to post the sum of their doctrine for certain days, that the people might the better mark it as in (Isa_8:1; Hab_2:2)) the priests took it down and reserved it among their registers. By God's providence these books were preserved as a monument to the Church forever. Concerning his person and time he was of the king's stock (for Amos his father was brother to Azariah king of Judah, as the best writers agree) and prophesied more than 64 years, from the time of Uzziah to the reign of Manasseh who was his son-in-law (as the Hebrews write) and by whom he was put to death. In reading of the prophets, this one thing among others is to be observed, that they speak of things to come as though they were now past because of the certainty of it, and that they could not but come to pass, because God had ordained them in his secret counsel and so revealed them to his prophets.

geneva@Isaiah:1:4 @ Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a (note:)They were not only wicked as were their fathers, but utterly corrupt and by their evil example infected others.(:note) seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the That is, him that sanctifies Israel. Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.

geneva@Isaiah:1:5 @ Why should ye be (note:)What good is it to seek to mend you by punishment, seeing that the more I correct you, the more you rebel?(:note) stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole By naming the chief parts of the body, he signifies that there was no part of the whole body of the Jews free from his rods. head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

geneva@Isaiah:1:6 @ From the (note:)Every part of the body, the least as well as the chiefest was plagued.(:note) sole of the foot even to the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, Their plagues were so grievous that they were incurable, and yet they would not repent. neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

geneva@Isaiah:1:7 @ Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, foreigners devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by (note:)Meaning, of them who dwell far off, who because they look for no advantage of that which remains destroy all before them.(:note) foreigners.

geneva@Isaiah:1:10 @ Hear the word of the LORD, ye (note:)You who for your vices deserved to be destroyed, as they of Sodom, save that God from his mercy reserved a little number, (Lam_3:22).(:note) rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

geneva@Isaiah:1:15 @ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full (note:)He shows that where men are given to evil, deceit, cruelty and extortion, which is meant by blood, there God will show his anger and not accept them though they seem holy, as in (Isa_59:3).(:note) of blood.

geneva@Isaiah:1:17 @ Learn to (note:)This kind of reasoning by the second table, the scriptures use in many places against the hypocrites who pretend holiness and religion in word, but when charity and love for their brethren should appear they declare that they have neither faith nor religion.(:note) do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

geneva@Isaiah:1:19 @ If ye (note:)He shows that whatever adversity man endures, it ought to be attributed to his own incredulity and disobedience.(:note) are willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

geneva@Isaiah:1:28 @ And the (note:)The wicked will not be partakers of God's promise, (Psa_92:9).(:note) destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

geneva@Isaiah:1:29 @ For they shall be ashamed of the (note:)That is, the trees and pleasant places where you commit idolatry which was forbidden (Deu_16:22).(:note) oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

geneva@Isaiah:1:30 @ For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: and as a garden that hath no water.

geneva@Isaiah:2:1 @ The worde that Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sawe vpon Iudah and Ierusalem.

geneva@Isaiah:2:4 @ And (note:)The Lord, who is Christ, will have all power given to him.(:note) he shall judge among the nations, and shall That they may acknowledge their sins, and turn to him. rebuke many people: and they shall He shows the fruit of the peace which the gospel should bring, that is, that men should do good to one another, while before they were enemies. beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn He speaks not against the use of weapons and lawful war, but shows how the hearts of the godly will be affected one toward another, which peace and love begin and grow in this life, but will be perfected when we are joined with our head Jesus Christ. war any more.

geneva@Isaiah:2:6 @ Therefore thou (note:)The prophet seeing the small hope that the Jews would convert, complains to God as though he had utterly forsaken them for their sins.(:note) hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are Full of the corruptions that reigned chiefly in the east parts. filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, They altogether gave themselves to the fashions of other nations. and they please themselves in the children of foreigners.

geneva@Isaiah:2:9 @ And the mean man boweth down, and the great man (note:)He notes the nature of the idolaters who are never satisfied in their superstitions.(:note) humbleth himself: therefore Thus the prophet spoke being inflamed with the zeal of God's glory, and that he might fear them with God's judgment. forgive them not.

geneva@Isaiah:2:11 @ The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be abased, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in (note:)Meaning, as soon as God will begin to execute his judgments.(:note) that day.

geneva@Isaiah:2:12 @ For the day of the Lorde of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.

geneva@Isaiah:2:13 @ Euen vpon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are hie & exalted, & vpon all the okes of Bashan,

geneva@Isaiah:2:17 @ And the hautinesse of men shalbe brought low, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord shall onely be exalted in that day.

geneva@Isaiah:2:20 @ In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, (note:)They will cast them into vile and filthy places when they perceive that they are not able to help them.(:note) to the moles and to the bats;

geneva@Isaiah:2:22 @ Cease ye from man, whose (note:)Cast off your vain confidence in man, whose life is so frail that if his nose is stopped he is dead and consider that you are dealing with God.(:note) breath [is] in his nostrils: for why is he to be esteemed?

geneva@Isaiah:3:1 @ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the rod (note:)Because they trusted in their abundance and prosperity he shows that they should be taken from them.(:note) and the staff, the whole support of bread, and the whole support of water,

geneva@Isaiah:3:3 @ The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the skilful craftsman, and the (note:)By these he means that God would take away everything that was of any value, and which they had any opportunity to want in themselves.(:note) eloquent orator.

geneva@Isaiah:3:6 @ When a man shall (note:)He shows that this plague will be so horrible that contrary to the common manner of men, who by nature are ambitious, no one will be found able or willing to be their governor.(:note) take hold of his brother of the house of his father, [saying], Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and [let] this ruin [be] under thy hand:

geneva@Isaiah:3:7 @ In that day shall he (note:)Fear will cause him to forswear himself, rather than to take such a dangerous charge upon himself.(:note) swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

geneva@Isaiah:3:12 @ [As for] my people, (note:)Because the wicked people were more addicted to their princes than to the commandments of God, he shows that he would give them such princes, by whom they would have no help, but that they would be manifest tokens of his wrath, because they would be fools and effeminate.(:note) children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

geneva@Isaiah:3:14 @ The LORD will enter into judgment with the (note:)Meaning that the rulers and governors had destroyed his Church and not preserved it, according to their duty.(:note) elders of his people, and with their princes: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.

geneva@Isaiah:3:16 @ Moreover the LORD saith, (note:)He means the people because of the arrogancy and pride of their women who gave themselves to all wantonness and dissolution.(:note) Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with Which declared their pride. extended necks and As a sign that they were not chaste. wanton eyes, walking and Which showed their wantonness. mincing [as] they go, and making a They delighted then in slippers that creaked or had little plates sewn on them which tinkled as they went. tinkling with their feet:

geneva@Isaiah:3:18 @ In that day shall the Lorde take away the ornament of the slippers, and the calles, and the round tyres,

geneva@Isaiah:3:25 @ Thy men shall fall by the (note:)Meaning that God will not only punish the women but their husbands who have permitted this dissoluteness and also the commonwealth which has not remedied it.(:note) sword, and thy mighty in the war.

geneva@Isaiah:4:1 @ And in that day (note:)When God will executes this vengeance there will not be one man found to be the head to many women, and they contrary to womanly shamefacedness will seek men, and offer themselves under any condition.(:note) seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only He our husband and let us be called your wives. let us be called by thy name, to take away our For so they thought it to be without a head and husband. reproach.

geneva@Isaiah:4:2 @ In that day shall the (note:)He comforts the Church in this desolation which will spring up like a bud signifying that God's graces should be as plentiful toward the faithful as though they sprang out of the earth, as in (Isa_45:8). Some by the bud of the Lord mean Christ.(:note) branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] the pride and glory of them that have escaped of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:4:3 @ And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is (note:)He alludes to the book of life, of which read (Exo_32:32) meaning God's secret counsel, in which his elect are predestinated to life everlasting.(:note) written among the living in Jerusalem:

geneva@Isaiah:4:4 @ When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the (note:)That is, the cruelty, extortion, malice and all wickedness.(:note) blood of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit of When things will be addressed that were amiss. judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

geneva@Isaiah:4:5 @ And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, (note:)He alludes to the pillar of the cloud, (Exo_13:21), meaning that God's favour and protection should appear in every place.(:note) a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the The faithful are called the glory of God because his image and tokens of his grace shine in them. glory [shall be] a defence.

geneva@Isaiah:5:1 @ Now will (note:)The prophet by this song sets before the people's eyes their ingratitude and God's mercy.(:note) I sing to my That is, to God. wellbeloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a Meaning that he had planted his Church in a place most plentiful and abundant. vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

geneva@Isaiah:5:2 @ And he dug it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, (note:)He spared no diligence or cost.(:note) and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth In (Isa_5:7) he declares what they were. wild grapes.

geneva@Isaiah:5:3 @ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, (note:)He makes them judges in their own cause, for as much as it was evident that they were the cause of their own ruin.(:note) between me and my vineyard.

geneva@Isaiah:5:4 @ What coulde I haue done any more to my vineyard that I haue not done vnto it? why haue I looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it bringeth foorth wilde grapes?

geneva@Isaiah:5:5 @ And now come; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I (note:)I will take no more care for it: meaning, that he would take from them his word and ministers and all other comforts, and feed them contrary plagues.(:note) will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down:

geneva@Isaiah:5:6 @ And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.

geneva@Isaiah:5:8 @ Woe to them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there is] no (note:)That is, for the poor to dwell in.(:note) place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

geneva@Isaiah:5:10 @ Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one (note:)Which contains about 5 gallons, so that every acre would yield only half a gallon.(:note) bath, and the seed of an Which contains 50 gallons. homer shall yield an An ephah contains 5 gallons and is in dry things as much as a bath is in liquids. ephah.

geneva@Isaiah:5:11 @ Woe to them that (note:)Who spare no pain nor diligence to follow their lusts.(:note) rise early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until Who are never weary of their rioting and excessive pleasures but use all means to provoke to the same. night, [till] wine inflames them!

geneva@Isaiah:5:14 @ Therefore (note:)Meaning, the grave will swallow up them who will die for hunger and thirst, and yet for all this great destruction it will never be satisfied.(:note) hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

geneva@Isaiah:5:17 @ Then shall (note:)God comforts the poor lambs of his Church, who had been strangers in other countries, promising that they would dwell in these places again, of which they had been deprived by the fat and cruel tyrants.(:note) the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

geneva@Isaiah:5:18 @ Woe to them that draw iniquity with (note:)Who use all allurements, opportunities and excuses to harden their conscience in sin.(:note) cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

geneva@Isaiah:5:19 @ That say, (note:)He shows what are the words of the wicked, when they are menaced by God's judgments, (2Pe_3:4).(:note) Let him make speed, [and] hasten his work, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know [it]!

geneva@Isaiah:5:20 @ Woe to them that call evil good, (note:)Who are not ashamed of sin, nor care for honesty but are grown to a desperate impiety.(:note) and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

geneva@Isaiah:5:21 @ Woe to [them that are] (note:)Who contemn all doctrine and admonition.(:note) wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

geneva@Isaiah:5:22 @ Woe to [them that are] (note:)Who are never weary, but show their strength, and brag in gluttony and drunkenness.(:note) mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

geneva@Isaiah:5:24 @ Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their (note:)Both they and their posterity so that nothing will be left.(:note) root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:5:25 @ Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his (note:)He shows that God had so sore punished this people, that the dumb creatures if they had been so plagued would have been more sensible, and therefore his plagues must continue, till they begin to seal them.(:note) hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills trembled, and their carcases [were] torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.

geneva@Isaiah:5:30 @ And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if (note:)The Jews will find no comfort.(:note) [one] looketh to the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in its In the land of Judah. heavens.

geneva@Isaiah:6:1 @ In the year that king Uzziah died (note:)God does not show himself to man in his majesty but according as man's capacity to comprehend him, that is, by visible signs as John the Baptist saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.(:note) I saw also the Lord sitting upon a As a judge ready to give sentence. throne, high and lifted up, and his Of his garment, or of his throne. train filled the temple.

geneva@Isaiah:6:2 @ Above it stood the (note:)They were angels so called because they were of a fiery colour, to signify that they burnt in the love of God, or were light as fire to execute his will.(:note) seraphims: each one had six wings; with two he covered his Signifying that they were not able to endure the brightness of God's glory. face, and with two he covered his By which it was declared that man was not able to see the brightness of God in them. feet, and with two he Which declares the prompt obedience of the angels to execute God's commandment. flew.

geneva@Isaiah:6:3 @ And one cried to another, and said, (note:)This often repetition signifies that the angels cannot satisfy themselves in praising God, to teach us that in all our lives we should give ourselves to the continual praise of God.(:note) Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole His glory not only appears in the heavens but through all the world, and therefore all creatures are bound to praise him. earth [is] full of his glory.

geneva@Isaiah:6:4 @ And the posts of the door (note:)Which was to confirm the prophet, that it was not the voice of man: and by the smoke was signified the blindness that would come on the Jews.(:note) moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

geneva@Isaiah:6:5 @ Then said I, (note:)He speaks this for two reasons, the one because he who was a mortal creature and therefore had more need to glorify God than the angels, did not do it, and the other because the nearer that man approaches to God, the more he knows his own sin and corruption.(:note) Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Isaiah:6:7 @ And he laid [it] upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy (note:)This declares that man cannot render due obedience to God, till he has purged us.(:note) sin purged.

geneva@Isaiah:6:9 @ And he said, Go, and tell this people, (note:)By which is declared that for the malice of man God will not immediately take away his word, but he will cause it to be preached to their condemnation, when as they will not learn by it to obey his will, and be saved: by this he exhorts the ministers to do their duty, and answers to the wicked murmurers, that through their own malice their heart is hardened, (Mat_13:14; Act_28:26; Rom_11:8).(:note) Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

geneva@Isaiah:6:13 @ But yet in it [shall be] (note:)Meaning, the tenth part: or as some write, it was revealed to Isaiah for the confirmation of his prophecy that ten kings would come before their captivity, as were from Uzziah to Zedekiah.(:note) a tenth, and [it] shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, For the fewness of them they will seem to be eaten up: yet they will later flourish as a tree, which in winter loses leaves, and seems to be dead, yet in summer is fresh and green. and as an oak, whose substance [is] in them, when they cast [their leaves: so] the holy seed [shall be] the substance of it.

geneva@Isaiah:7:2 @ And it was told the house of (note:)Meaning, the kings house.(:note) David, saying, Syria is confederate with That is, Israel, because that tribe was the greatest, (Gen_48:19). Ephraim. And his heart was For fear. moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

geneva@Isaiah:7:3 @ Then said the LORD to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and (note:)That is to say, the rest will return which name Isaiah gave his son, to signify that the rest of the people would return out of their captivity.(:note) Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

geneva@Isaiah:7:8 @ For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within (note:)Counting from the 25 years of the reign of Uzziah, at which time Amos prophesied this thing, and now Isaiah confirms that the Israelites would be led into perpetual captivity, which came to pass 20 years after Isaiah gave this message.(:note) sixty five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

geneva@Isaiah:7:11 @ Ask thee (note:)For the confirmation of this thing that your enemies will be destroyed and you preserved.(:note) a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

geneva@Isaiah:7:14 @ Therefore the Lord (note:)Forasmuch as you are unworthy, the Lord for his own promise sake will give a sign which will be that Christ the Saviour of his Church and the effect of all signs and miracles will be revealed.(:note) himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

geneva@Isaiah:7:16 @ For before the (note:)Not meaning Christ, but any child: for before a child can come to the years of discretion, the kings of Samaria and Syria will be destroyed.(:note) child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings.

geneva@Isaiah:7:17 @ The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that (note:)Since the time that the twelve tribes rebelled under Rehoboam.(:note) Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of In whom you have put your trust. Assyria.

geneva@Isaiah:7:18 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for the (note:)Meaning, the Egyptians: for since the country is hot and moist, it is full of flies, as Assyria is full of bees.(:note) fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.

geneva@Isaiah:7:19 @ And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all (note:)Signifying that no place will be free from them.(:note) bushes.

geneva@Isaiah:7:20 @ In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the (note:)That is, that which is from the belly downward meaning that he would destroy both great and small.(:note) feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

geneva@Isaiah:7:21 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall (note:)He who before had a great number of cattle will be content with one cow and two sheep.(:note) nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

geneva@Isaiah:7:22 @ And it shall come to pass, for the (note:)The number of men will be so small that a few beasts will be able to nourish all abundantly.(:note) abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

geneva@Isaiah:7:25 @ And [on] (note:)The mountains contrary to their will, will be tilled by such as shall flee to them for comfort.(:note) all hills that shall be dug with the mattock, there shall not come there the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

geneva@Isaiah:8:1 @ Moreover the LORD said to me, Take thee a (note:)That you may write in great letters to the intent that it may be more easily read.(:note) great roll, and write in it Meaning, after the common fashion, because all men might read it. with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

geneva@Isaiah:8:6 @ Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of (note:)Which was a fountain at the foot of mount Zion, out of which ran a small river through the city: meaning, that they of Judah distrusting their own power which was small desired such power and riches as they saw in Syria and Israel.(:note) Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

geneva@Isaiah:8:11 @ For the LORD spoke thus to me (note:)To encourage me that I should not shrink for the infidelity of this people, and so neglect my office.(:note) with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

geneva@Isaiah:8:12 @ Say ye not, A (note:)Consent not you who are godly to the league and friendship that this people seek with strangers and idolaters.(:note) confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye Meaning, that they should not fear the thing that they who have no hope in God feared. their fear, nor be afraid.

geneva@Isaiah:8:17 @ Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob, and I wil looke for him.

geneva@Isaiah:8:18 @ Behold, I and the (note:)Meaning, them who were willing to hear and obey the word of God whom the world hated, as though they were monsters and not worthy to live.(:note) children whom the LORD hath given me [are] for signs and for wonders in Israel This was a consolation in their troubles, knowing that nothing could come to them, but by the will of the Lord. from the LORD of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:8:19 @ And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that are mediums, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: (note:)Answer the wicked thus, should not God's people seek comfort only from him?(:note) should not a people seek to their God? for the That is, will they refuse to be taught by the prophet, who is the mouth of God, and seek help from the dead, which is the illusion of Satan? living to the dead?

geneva@Isaiah:8:21 @ And they shall pass through it, distressed and hungry: and it shall come to (note:)That is, in Judah, where they would have had rest, if they had not thus grievously offended God.(:note) pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, In whom before they put their trust. and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

geneva@Isaiah:8:22 @ And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and (note:)They will think that heaven and earth and all creatures are bent against them to trouble them.(:note) darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.

geneva@Isaiah:9:1 @ Nevertheless (note:)He comforts the Church again after these great threatenings promising to restore them to great glory in Messiah.(:note) the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her distress, With which Israel was punished, first by Tiglath-pilesar, which was a light scourge in respect to that which they suffered afterward by Shalmaneser, who carried the Israelites away captive. when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict [her by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of While the Jews and Gentiles dwelt together by reason of those twenty cites, which Solomon gave to Hiram. the nations.

geneva@Isaiah:9:2 @ The people that (note:)Which were in captivity in Babylon and the prophets speaks of that thing which would come to pass 60 years later as though it were now done.(:note) walked in darkness have seen a great Meaning, the comfort of their deliverance. light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the This captivity and deliverance were figures of our captivity by sin and of our deliverance by Christ through the preaching of the Gospel, (Mat_4:15-16). light shined.

geneva@Isaiah:9:4 @ For thou hast broken the (note:)You gave them perfect joy by delivering them, and by destroying the tyrants, that had kept them in cruel bondage, as you delivered them by Gideon from the Midianites, (Jdg_7:21).(:note) yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

geneva@Isaiah:9:9 @ And all the people shall knowe, euen Ephraim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and presumption of the heart,

geneva@Isaiah:9:10 @ The (note:)We were but weak, when the enemy overcame us, but we will make ourselves so strong, that we will neither care for our enemies, nor fear God's threatenings.(:note) bricks have fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change [them into] cedars.

geneva@Isaiah:9:11 @ Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of (note:)Rezin king of Syria, who was in league with Israel, was slain by the Assyrians, after whose death, Aram that is, the Syrians were against Israel, who on the other side were assailed by the Philistines.(:note) Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

geneva@Isaiah:9:13 @ For the people turneth not vnto him that smiteth them, neither doe they seeke the Lord of hostes.

geneva@Isaiah:9:15 @ The ancient and the honorable man, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.

geneva@Isaiah:9:16 @ For the leaders of the people cause them to erre: and they that are led by them are deuoured.

geneva@Isaiah:9:20 @ And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the (note:)Their greediness will be insatiable, so that one brother will eat up another, as though he should eat his own flesh.(:note) flesh of his own arm:

geneva@Isaiah:10:1 @ Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that (note:)Who write and pronounce a wicked sentence to oppress the people: meaning, that the wicked magistrate, who were the chief cause of mischief, would be first punished.(:note) write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;

geneva@Isaiah:10:2 @ To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

geneva@Isaiah:10:3 @ And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from (note:)That is, from Assyria.(:note) far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your Your riches and authority, that they may be safe and that you may receive them again. glory?

geneva@Isaiah:10:9 @ [Is] not Calno as (note:)Seeing that I have overcome one city as well as another, so that none could resist, shall Jerusalem be able to escape my hands?(:note) Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?

geneva@Isaiah:10:14 @ And mine hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathereth egges that are left, so haue I gathered all the earth: and there was none to mooue the wing or to open the mouth, or to whisper.

geneva@Isaiah:10:15 @ Shall the (note:)Here we see that no creature is able to do anything, but as God appoints him, and that they are all his instruments to do his work though the intentions are diverse, as in (Isa_10:6).(:note) axe boast itself against him that heweth with it? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it, [or] as if the staff should lift [itself, as if it were] no wood.

geneva@Isaiah:10:17 @ And the light of Israel shall be for a (note:)Meaning that God is a light to comfort his people and a fire to burn his enemies.(:note) fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour That is, the Assyrians. his thorns and his briers in one day;

geneva@Isaiah:10:19 @ And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.

geneva@Isaiah:10:20 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall (note:)This is the end of God's plagues toward his, to bring them to him, and to forsake all trust in others.(:note) lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

geneva@Isaiah:10:24 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of (note:)As the Egyptians punished you.(:note) Egypt.

geneva@Isaiah:10:27 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of (note:)Because of the promise made to that kingdom, by which Christ's kingdom was prefigured.(:note) the anointing.

geneva@Isaiah:10:28 @ He is come to (note:)He describes by what way the Assyrians would come against Jerusalem, to confirm the faithful, when it would come to pass, that as their plague was come, so should they be delivered.(:note) Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath attended to his carriages:

geneva@Isaiah:10:32 @ Yet there is a time that he will stay at Nob: he shall lift vp his hand towarde the mount of the daughter Zion, the hill of Ierusalem.

geneva@Isaiah:11:1 @ And there shall come forth a (note:)Because the captivity of Babylon was a figure of the spiritual captivity under sin, he shows that our true deliverance must come by Christ: for as David came out of Jesse, a man without dignity, so Christ would come of a poor carpenter's house as out of a dead stock, (Isa_53:2).(:note) rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

geneva@Isaiah:11:4 @ But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall (note:)All these properties can agree to no one, but only to Christ: for it is he who touches the hearts of the faithful and mortifies their concupiscence: and to the wicked he is the favour of death and to them who will perish, so that all the world will be smitten with his rod, which is his word.(:note) smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

geneva@Isaiah:11:6 @ The (note:)Men because of their wicked affections are named by the names of beasts, in which the same affections reign: but Christ by his Spirit will reform them, and work in them such mutual charity, that they will be like lambs, favouring and loving one another and cast off all their cruel affections, (Isa_65:25).(:note) wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

geneva@Isaiah:11:10 @ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the (note:)He prophecies of the calling of the Gentiles.(:note) people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his That is, the Church which he also calls his rest, (Psa_132:14). rest shall be glorious.

geneva@Isaiah:11:11 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand (note:)For God first delivered his people out of Egypt and now promises to deliver them out of their enemies hands as from the Parthians, Persians, Chaldeans and them of Antioch among whom they were dispersed and this is chiefly meant of Christ, who calls his people being dispersed through all the world.(:note) again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the isles of the sea.

geneva@Isaiah:11:13 @ The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of (note:)Here he describes the consent that will be in his Church and their victory against their enemies.(:note) Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not distress Ephraim.

geneva@Isaiah:11:15 @ And the LORD shall utterly destroy the (note:)Meaning a corner of the sea that enters into the land and has the form of a tongue.(:note) tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand That is, Nile, the great river of Egypt which enters into the sea with seven streams. over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.

geneva@Isaiah:11:16 @ And there shalbe a path to the remnant of his people, which are left of Asshur, like as it was vnto Israel in the day that he came vp out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Isaiah:12:1 @ And in that day thou (note:)He shows how the Church will praise God, when they are delivered from their captivity.(:note) shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thy anger is turned away, and thou didst comfort me.

geneva@Isaiah:12:3 @ Therefore with joy shall ye (note:)The graces of God will be so abundant that you may receive them in as great plenty as waters out of a fountain that is full.(:note) draw water out of the wells of salvation.

geneva@Isaiah:12:4 @ And ye shall say in that day, Prayse the Lord: call vpon his Name: declare his workes among the people: make mention of them, for his Name is exalted.

geneva@Isaiah:13:1 @ The (note:)That is, the great calamity which was prophesied to come on Babel, a grievous burden which they were not able to bear. In these twelve chapters following he speaks of the plagues with which God would smite the strange nations (whom they knew) to declare that God chastised the Israelites as his children and these others as his enemies: and also that if God does not spare these who are ignorant, they must not think strange if he punishes them who have knowledge of his Law, and do not keep it.(:note) burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

geneva@Isaiah:13:2 @ Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the (note:)That is, the Medes and Persians.(:note) hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

geneva@Isaiah:13:3 @ I have commanded my (note:)That is, prepared and appointed to execute my judgments.(:note) sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, [even] them that rejoice in my Who willingly go about to the work to which I appoint them, but how the wicked do this, read (Isa_10:6). highness.

geneva@Isaiah:13:8 @ And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] (note:)The Babylonians anger and grief will be so much that their faces will burn as fire.(:note) flames.

geneva@Isaiah:13:10 @ For the (note:)They who are overcome will think that all the powers of heaven and earth are against them, (Eze_32:7; Joe_3:15; Mat_24:29).(:note) stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

geneva@Isaiah:13:11 @ And I will punish the (note:)He compares Babylon to the whole world because they so esteemed themselves by reason of their great empire.(:note) world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the He notes the principal vice, to which they are most given as are all that abound in wealth. proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

geneva@Isaiah:13:12 @ I will make a (note:)He notes the great slaughter that will be, seeing the enemy will neither for gold or silver spare a man's life as in (Isa_13:17).(:note) man more rare than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

geneva@Isaiah:13:14 @ And (note:)Meaning the power of Babylon with their hired soldiers.(:note) it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one to his own land.

geneva@Isaiah:13:15 @ Euery one that is founde, shall be striken through: and whosoeuer ioyneth himselfe, shal fal by the sworde.

geneva@Isaiah:14:1 @ For (note:)He shows why God will haste to destroy his enemies, that is, because he will deliver his Church.(:note) the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers Meaning that the Gentiles will be joined with the Church and worship God. shall be joined with them, and they shall unite with the house of Jacob.

geneva@Isaiah:14:2 @ And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for (note:)Signifying that the Jews would be superior to the Gentiles and that they would be brought under the service of Christ by the preaching of the Apostles, by which all are brought to the subjection of Christ, (2Co_10:5).(:note) servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

geneva@Isaiah:14:3 @ And in that day when the Lord shal giue thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy feare, and from the sore bodage, wherein thou didest serue,

geneva@Isaiah:14:6 @ He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] (note:)That is, he permitted all violence and injuries to be done.(:note) none hindereth.

geneva@Isaiah:14:7 @ The whole earth is at (note:)Meaning that where tyrants reign, there can be no rest or quietness and also how detestable a thing tyranny is, seeing the insensible creatures have opportunity to rejoice at their destruction.(:note) rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.

geneva@Isaiah:14:9 @ Hell from beneath is moved for thee to (note:)As though they feared, lest you should trouble the dead, as you did the living and here he derides the proud tyranny of the wicked, who know not that all creatures wish their destruction, that they may rejoice.(:note) meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

geneva@Isaiah:14:12 @ How art thou fallen from heaven, O (note:)You who thought yourself most glorious and as it were placed in the heaven for the morning star that goes before the sun, is called Lucifer, to whom Nebuchadnezzar is compared.(:note) Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

geneva@Isaiah:14:16 @ They that see thee shall narrowly (note:)In marvelling at you.(:note) look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;

geneva@Isaiah:14:19 @ But thou art (note:)You were not buried in the sepulchre of your fathers, your tyranny was so abhorred.(:note) cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

geneva@Isaiah:14:26 @ This is the counsell that is consulted vpon the whole worlde, and this is the hande stretched out ouer all the nations,

geneva@Isaiah:14:28 @ In the year that king Ahaz died was this (note:){{See Isa_13:1}}(:note) burden.

geneva@Isaiah:14:29 @ Rejoice not thou, all (note:)He wills the Philistines not to rejoice because the Jews are diminished in their power, for their strength will be greater than it ever was.(:note) Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent.

geneva@Isaiah:14:32 @ What shall [one] then answer the (note:)Who will come to enquire of the state of the Church.(:note)...messengers of the nation? That the...They will answer that the Lord defends his Church and those that join themselves to it. Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

geneva@Isaiah:15:5 @ My (note:)The prophet speaks this in the person of the Moabites: or as one who felt the great judgment of God that God would come on them.(:note) heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] to Zoar, Meaning that it was a city that always lived in pleasure and never felt sorrow. an heifer of three years old: for they shall go up the ascent of Luhith with weeping for in the way of Horonaim they He describes the miserable dissipation and flight of the Moabites. shall raise a cry of destruction.

geneva@Isaiah:15:7 @ Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the (note:)To hide themselves and their goods there.(:note) brook of the willows.

geneva@Isaiah:15:9 @ For the waters of Dimon shall be full (note:)Of them who are slain.(:note) of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions So that by no means would they escape the hand of God: thus will God punish the enemies of his Church. upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

geneva@Isaiah:16:1 @ Send (note:)That is, offer a sacrifice, by which he derides their long delay, who would not repent when the Lord called them, showing them that it is now too late seeing the vengeance of God is on them.(:note) ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:16:2 @ For it shall be, [that], as a (note:)There is no remedy but that you must flee.(:note) wandering bird cast out of the nest, [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

geneva@Isaiah:16:3 @ Take counsel, execute judgment; (note:)He shows what Moab would have done, when Israel their neighbour was in affliction, to whom because they would give no shadow or comfort, they are now left comfortless.(:note) make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; discover not him that wandereth.

geneva@Isaiah:16:8 @ For the fields of Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah: (note:)That is, the Assyrians and other enemies.(:note) the lords of the nations have broken down her principal plants, they have come [even] to Meaning that the country of Moab was now destroyed, and all the precious things of it were carried into the borders yea into other countries and over the sea. Jazer, they wandered [through] the wilderness: her branches are extended, they have gone over the sea.

geneva@Isaiah:16:9 @ Therefore I will (note:)He shows that their plague was so great that it would have moved any man to lament with them, as in (Psa_141:5).(:note) bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy The enemies are come upon you, and shout for joy when they carry your conveniences from you as in (Jer_48:33). harvest is fallen.

geneva@Isaiah:16:12 @ And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his (note:)They will use all means to seek help for their idols, and all in vain: for Chemosh their great god will not be able to help them.(:note) sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

geneva@Isaiah:16:13 @ This is the word that the Lord hath spoken against Moab since that time.

geneva@Isaiah:16:14 @ But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, (note:)He appointed a certain time to punish the enemies in.(:note) Within three years, as the years of an Who will observe justly the time for which he is hired and serve no longer but will ever long for it. hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.

geneva@Isaiah:17:3 @ The fortress also shall cease from (note:)It seems that the prophet would comfort the Church in declaring the destruction of these two kings of Syria and Israel, when as they had conspired the overthrow of Judah.(:note) Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the The ten tribes gloried in their multitude and alliance with other nations: therefore he says that they will be brought down and the Syrians also. glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Isaiah:17:4 @ And in that day it shall come to pass, [that] the glory of (note:)Meaning, of the ten tribes who boasted themselves of their nobility, prosperity, strength and multitude.(:note) Jacob shall be diminished, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

geneva@Isaiah:17:5 @ And it shall be as when the reaper gathereth (note:)As the abundance of corn does not fear the harvest men that would cut it down: no more will the multitude of Israel make the enemies shrink, whom God will appoint to destroy them.(:note) the grain, and reapeth the heads with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth heads in the valley of A valley which was plentiful and fertile. Rephaim.

geneva@Isaiah:17:7 @ At that day shall a man look to his (note:)He shows that God's corrections always bring fruit, and cause his to turn from their sins and to humble themselves to him.(:note) Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:17:9 @ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which (note:)As the Canaanites left their cities when God placed the Israelites there, so the cities of Israel will not be able to defend their inhabitants any more than bushes, when God will send the enemy to plague them.(:note) they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

geneva@Isaiah:17:14 @ And behold at the time of evening (note:)He compares the Assyrians to a tempest which rises overnight and in the morning is gone.(:note) trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that plunder us, and the lot of them that rob us.

geneva@Isaiah:18:1 @ Woe to the (note:)He means that part of Ethiopia which lies toward the sea, which was so full of ships that the sails (which he compares to wings) seemed to shadow the sea.(:note) land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush:

geneva@Isaiah:18:2 @ That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of (note:)Which is those countries were great, so much so that they made ships from them for swiftness.(:note) bulrushes upon the waters, [saying], This may be taken that they sent others to comfort the Jews and to promise them help against their enemies, and so the Lord threatened to take away their strength, that the Jews should not trust in it: or that they solicited the Egyptians and promised them aid to go against Judah. Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and stripped, to a That is, the Jews who because of God's plague made all other nations afraid of the same, as God threatened in (Deu_28:37). people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation measured by line and trodden down, whose land the Meaning the Assyrians, (Isa_8:7). rivers have laid waste!

geneva@Isaiah:18:4 @ For so the LORD said to me, I will take my (note:)I will stay a while from punishing the wicked.(:note) rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a Which two seasons are profitable for the ripening of fruit, by which he means that he will seem to favour them and give them abundance for a time, but he will suddenly cut them off. clear heat upon herbs, [and] like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

geneva@Isaiah:18:7 @ In that time shall the (note:)Meaning that God will pity his Church, and receive that little remnant as an offering to himself.(:note) present be brought to the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and stripped, and from a people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation measured by line and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:19:1 @ The (note:)Read (Isa_13:7).(:note) burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD Because the Egyptians trusted in the defence of their country, in the multitude of their idols and in the valiantness of their men the Lord shows that he will come over all their munitions in a swift cloud, and that their idols will tremble at his coming and that men's hearts will faint. rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

geneva@Isaiah:19:5 @ And the waters shall (note:)He shows that the sea and their great river Nile by which they thought themselves most sure, would not be able to defend them but that he would send the Assyrians among them, that would keep them under as slaves.(:note) fail from the sea, and the rivers shall be wasted and dried up.

geneva@Isaiah:19:8 @ The fishermen also shall (note:)The Scriptures describe the destruction of a country by the taking away of the conveniences of it, as by vines, flesh, fish and such other things by which countries are enriched.(:note) mourn, and all they that cast hook into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

geneva@Isaiah:19:9 @ Moreouer, they that worke in flaxe of diuers sortes, shall be confounded, and they that weaue nettes.

geneva@Isaiah:19:10 @ For their nettes shalbe broken, and all they, that make pondes, shalbe heauie in heart.

geneva@Isaiah:19:11 @ Surely the princes of (note:)Called also Tanes, a famous city on the Nile.(:note) Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become senseless: how say ye to Pharaoh, I He notes the flatterers of Pharaoh: who persuaded the king that he was wise and noble, and that his house was ancient and so he flatters himself, saying I am wise. [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

geneva@Isaiah:19:12 @ Where are nowe thy wise men, that they may tell thee, or may knowe what the Lorde of hostes hath determined against Egypt?

geneva@Isaiah:19:13 @ The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of (note:)Or Memphis, Alexandria, and now called the great Cairo.(:note) Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, [even they that are] the The principal upholders of it are the main cause of their destruction. support of its tribes.

geneva@Isaiah:19:16 @ In that day shall Egypt be like vnto women: for it shall be afraide and feare because of the moouing of the hand of the Lorde of hostes, which he shaketh ouer it.

geneva@Isaiah:19:17 @ And the land of Judah shall be a terror (note:)Considering that through their opportunity the Jews did not make God their defence but put their trust in them, and were therefore now punished, they will fear least the same light on them.(:note) to Egypt, every one that maketh mention of it shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

geneva@Isaiah:19:18 @ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt (note:)Will make one confession of faith with the people of God, by the speech of Canaan, meaning the language in which God was then served.(:note) speak the language of Canaan, and Will renounce their superstitions and protest to serve God correctly. swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of Meaning of six cities, five would serve God, and the sixth would remain in their wickedness: and so there would be but one lost. destruction.

geneva@Isaiah:19:19 @ In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and (note:)There will be evident signs and tokens, that God's religion is there: which manner of speech is taken of the patriarchs and ancient time, when God has not as yet appointed the place, and full manner how he would be worshipped.(:note) a pillar at its border to the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:19:20 @ And it shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them (note:)This declares that this prophecy would be accomplished in the time of Christ.(:note) a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

geneva@Isaiah:19:21 @ And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do (note:)By these ceremonies he comprehends the spiritual service under Christ.(:note) sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow to the LORD, and perform [it].

geneva@Isaiah:19:23 @ In that day shall there be a highway from (note:)By these two nations, which were then chief enemies of the Church, he shows that the Gentiles and the Jews would be joined together in one faith and religion, and would all be one fold under Christ their shepherd.(:note) Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

geneva@Isaiah:19:24 @ In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and Asshur, euen a blessing in the middes of the land.

geneva@Isaiah:20:1 @ In the year that (note:)Who was captain of Sennacherib, (2Ki_18:17).(:note) Tartan came to A city of the Philistines. Ashdod, (when The Hebrews write that Sennacherib was so called. Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

geneva@Isaiah:20:2 @ At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the (note:)Which signifies that the prophet lamented the misery that he saw prepared before the three years that he went naked and barefooted.(:note) sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

geneva@Isaiah:20:6 @ And the inhabitant of this (note:)Meaning Judea which was encompassed by their enemies as an isle with waters.(:note) isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

geneva@Isaiah:21:3 @ Therefore are my (note:)This the prophet speaks in the person of the Babylonians.(:note) loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it].

geneva@Isaiah:21:7 @ And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, [and] (note:)Meaning, chariots of men of war, and others that carried the baggage.(:note) a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

geneva@Isaiah:21:9 @ And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And (note:)The watchman whom Isaiah set up, told him who came toward Babylon, and the angel declared that it would be destroyed: all this was done in a vision.(:note) he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken to the ground.

geneva@Isaiah:21:10 @ O (note:)Meaning, Babylon.(:note) my threshing, and the grain of my floor: that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.

geneva@Isaiah:21:14 @ The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought (note:)Signifying that for fear they will not tarry to eat or drink.(:note) water to him that was thirsty, they met with their bread him that fled.

geneva@Isaiah:21:17 @ And the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of (note:)Which was the name of a people of Arabia: and by the horrible destruction of all these nations, he teaches the Jews that there is no place for refuge or to escape God's wrath, but only to remain in his Church, and to live in his fear.(:note) Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].

geneva@Isaiah:22:1 @ The burden of the (note:)Meaning, Judea, which was compassed about with mountains, and was called the valley of visions, because of the prophets, who were always there, whom they named Seers.(:note) valley of vision. What He speaks to Jerusalem, whose inhabitants fled up to the housetops for fear of their enemies. aileth thee now, that thou hast wholly gone up to the housetops?

geneva@Isaiah:22:2 @ Thou that art full of (note:)Which was wont to be full of people and joy.(:note) shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain [men are] not slain But for hunger. with the sword, nor dead in battle.

geneva@Isaiah:22:3 @ All thy rulers have fled together, they are (note:)And led into captivity.(:note) bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, [who] have fled from Who have fled from other places to Jerusalem for comfort. far.

geneva@Isaiah:22:6 @ And Elam (note:)He reminds them how God delivered them once from Sennacherib, who brought the Persians and Syrians with him, that they might by returning to God avoid that great plague which they would suffer by Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) bore the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

geneva@Isaiah:22:8 @ And he uncovered the (note:)The secret place where the armour was: that is, in the house of the forest, (1Ki_7:2).(:note) coverings of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

geneva@Isaiah:22:9 @ Ye have seen also (note:)You forfeited the ruinous places which were neglected in times of peace: meaning, the whole City, and the City of David, which was within the compass of the other.(:note) the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

geneva@Isaiah:22:11 @ Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the (note:)To provide if need should be of water.(:note) water of the old pool: but ye have not looked to To God who made Jerusalem: that is, they trusted more in these worldly means than in God. its maker, neither had respect to him that fashioned it long ago.

geneva@Isaiah:22:12 @ And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth.

geneva@Isaiah:22:13 @ And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us (note:)Instead of repentance you were joyful and made great cheer, contemning the admonitions of the prophets saying Let us eat and drink for our prophets say that we will die tomorrow.(:note) eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

geneva@Isaiah:22:15 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, repair to this (note:)Because the Hebrew word also signifies one who nourishes and cherishes, there are those of the scholars who think that this wicked man nourished a secret friendship with the Assyrians and Egyptians to betray the Church and to provide for himself against all dangers: in the mean season he packed craftily, and got of the best offices into his hand under Hezekiah, ever aspiring to the highest.(:note) treasurer, [even] to Shebna, who [is] over the house, [and say],

geneva@Isaiah:22:16 @ What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre (note:)Meaning, that he was a stranger, and came up of nothing.(:note) here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that cut out an habitation While he thought to make his name immortal by his famous sepulchre, he died most miserably among the Assyrians. for himself in a rock?

geneva@Isaiah:22:18 @ With violence he will surely turn and toss thee [like] a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory [shall be] the (note:)Signifying that whatever dignity the wicked attain to, at length it will turn to the shame of those princes by whom they are preferred.(:note) shame of thy lord's house.

geneva@Isaiah:22:20 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will (note:)To be steward again, out of which office he had been put, by the craft of Shebna.(:note) call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

geneva@Isaiah:22:24 @ And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, (note:)Meaning that both small and great who will come from Eliakim, will have praise and glory by his faithful officer.(:note) all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

geneva@Isaiah:22:25 @ In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the (note:)He means Shebna, who in man's judgment should never have fallen.(:note) nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that [was] upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@Isaiah:23:1 @ The (note:){{See Isa_13:1}}(:note) burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of You of Cilicia that come here for merchandise. Tarshish; for Tyrus is destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of By Chittim they meant all the isles and countries west of Palestine. Chittim it is All men know of this destruction. revealed to them.

geneva@Isaiah:23:2 @ Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have (note:)Have hunted and enriched you.(:note) replenished.

geneva@Isaiah:23:4 @ Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the (note:)That is, Tyrus, which was the chief part of the sea.(:note) sea hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea, saying, I I have no people left in me, and am as a barren woman, that never had children. travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish young men, [nor] bring up virgins.

geneva@Isaiah:23:7 @ Is not this that your glorious citie? her antiquitie is of ancient daies: her owne feete shall leade her afarre off to be a soiourner.

geneva@Isaiah:23:9 @ The Lorde of hostes hath decreed this, to staine the pride of all glorie, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth.

geneva@Isaiah:23:13 @ Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, [till] the (note:)The Chaldeans who dwelt in tents in the wilderness were gathered by the Assyrians into cities.(:note) Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up its towers, they raised up its palaces; [and] he The people of the Chaldeans destroyed the Assyrians: by which the prophet means that seeing the Chaldaeans were able to overcome the Assyrians who were so great a nation, much more will these two nations of Chaldea and Assyria be able to overthrow Tyrus. brought it to ruin.

geneva@Isaiah:23:15 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of (note:)Tyrus will lie destroyed seventy years which he calls the reign of one king, or a man's age.(:note) seventy years shall Tyre Will use all craft and subtilty to entice men again to her. sing as an harlot.

geneva@Isaiah:23:16 @ Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; (note:)She will labour by all means to recover her first credit, as a harlot when she is long forgotten, seeks by all means to entertain her lovers.(:note) make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

geneva@Isaiah:23:17 @ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her (note:)Though she has been chastised by the Lord, yet she will return to her old wicked practises and for gain will give herself to all men's lusts like a harlot.(:note) hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

geneva@Isaiah:23:18 @ And her merchandise and her hire shall be (note:)He shows that God yet by the preaching of the gospel will call Tyre to repentance and turn her heart from evil and filthy gain, to the true worshipping of God, and liberality toward his saints.(:note) holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, for sufficient food and for durable clothing.

geneva@Isaiah:24:1 @ Behold, the LORD maketh the (note:)This prophecy is as a conclusion of that which has been threatened to the Jews and other nations from the 13th chapter and therefore by the earth he means those lands which were named before.(:note) earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.

geneva@Isaiah:24:6 @ Therefore hath the (note:)Written in the law, as in (Lev_26:14; Deu_28:16) thus the prophets used to apply particularly the menaces and promises which are general in the law.(:note) curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are With heat and drought, or else that they were consumed with the fire of God's wrath. burned, and few men left.

geneva@Isaiah:24:7 @ The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merie heart, doe mourne.

geneva@Isaiah:24:8 @ The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noyse of them that reioyce, endeth: the ioye of the harpe ceaseth.

geneva@Isaiah:24:9 @ They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

geneva@Isaiah:24:10 @ The city of (note:)Which as it was without order so now should it be brought to desolation and confusion: and this was not only meant of Jerusalem, but of all the other wicked cities.(:note) confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may enter.

geneva@Isaiah:24:13 @ When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, [there shall be] (note:)He comforts the faithful, declaring that in this great desolation the Lord will assemble his Church which will praise his Name, as in (Isa_10:22).(:note) as the shaking of an olive tree, [and] as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

geneva@Isaiah:24:16 @ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the (note:)Meaning to God, who will publish his gospel through all the world.(:note) righteous. But I said, I am consumed with care, considering the affliction of the Church, both by foreign enemies and domestic. Some read, My secret, my secret: that is, it was revealed to the prophet, that the good would be preserved and the wicked destroyed. My leanness, my leanness, woe to me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

geneva@Isaiah:24:18 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the (note:)Meaning that God's wrath and vengeance would be over and under them, so that they would not escape no more than they did at Noah's flood.(:note) windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

geneva@Isaiah:24:20 @ The earth shal reele to and fro like a drunken man, and shall be remooued like a tent, and the iniquitie thereof shall be heauie vpon it: so that it shall fall, and rise no more.

geneva@Isaiah:24:21 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall (note:)There is no power so high or mighty, but God will visit him with his rods.(:note) punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

geneva@Isaiah:25:5 @ Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the (note:)Meaning, that as the heat is abated by the rain, so shall God bring down the rage of the wicked.(:note) heat in a dry place; As a cloud shades from the heat of the sun, so God will assuage the rejoicing of the wicked against the godly. [even] the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

geneva@Isaiah:25:7 @ And he will destroy on this mountain (note:)Meaning, that ignorance and blindness, by which we are kept back from Christ.(:note) the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

geneva@Isaiah:25:9 @ And in that day shall men say, Loe, this is our God: we haue waited for him, and he wil saue vs. This is the Lorde, we haue waited for him: we will reioyce and be ioyfull in his saluation.

geneva@Isaiah:25:11 @ And he shall stretche out his hande in the middes of them (as he that swimmeth, stretcheth them out to swimme) and with the strength of his handes shall he bring downe their pride.

geneva@Isaiah:26:1 @ In that day shall (note:)This song was made to comfort the faithful when their captivity would come, assuring them also of their deliverance, for which they should sing this song.(:note) this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; God's protection and defence will be sufficient for us. salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.

geneva@Isaiah:26:5 @ For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; (note:)There is no power so high that it can hinder God, when he will deliver his.(:note) the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust.

geneva@Isaiah:26:9 @ With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn (note:)Meaning that by afflictions men will learn to fear God.(:note) righteousness.

geneva@Isaiah:26:14 @ [They are] (note:)Meaning that the reprobate even in this life will have the beginning of everlasting death.(:note) dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

geneva@Isaiah:26:18 @ We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth (note:)Our sorrows had no end, neither did we enjoy the comfort that we looked for.(:note) wind; we have not wrought any deliverance on the earth; neither have the inhabitants of The wicked and men without religion were not destroyed. the world fallen.

geneva@Isaiah:26:21 @ For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her (note:)The earth will vomit and cast out the innocent blood, which it has drunk, that it may care for vengeance against the wicked.(:note) blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

geneva@Isaiah:27:1 @ In that (note:)At the time appointed.(:note) day the LORD with his severe and great and strong That is, by his mighty power, and by his word. He prophecies here of the destruction of Satan and his kingdom under the name of Liviashan, Assur, and Egypt. sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.

geneva@Isaiah:27:2 @ In that day sing ye to her, A vineyard (note:)Meaning, of the best wine, which this vineyard, that is, the Church would bring forth, as most agreeable to the Lord.(:note) of red wine.

geneva@Isaiah:27:4 @ Fury (note:)Therefore he will destroy the kingdom of Satan, because he loves his Church for his own mercies sake, and cannot be angry with it, but wishes that he may pour his anger on the wicked infidels, whom he means by briers and thorns.(:note) [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

geneva@Isaiah:27:5 @ Or let him (note:)He marvels that Israel will not come by gentleness, unless God make them to feel his rods, and so bring them to him.(:note) take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.

geneva@Isaiah:27:7 @ Hath he smitten (note:)He shows that God punishes his in mercy, and his enemies in justice.(:note) him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

geneva@Isaiah:27:9 @ By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the (note:)He shows that there is no true repentance nor full reconciliation to God, till the heart is purged from all idolatry and the monuments of it are destroyed.(:note) fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten asunder, the idols and images shall not stand up.

geneva@Isaiah:27:10 @ Yet the (note:)Not withstanding his favour that he will show them later, yet Jerusalem will be destroyed, and grass for cattle will grow in it.(:note) fortified city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its branches.

geneva@Isaiah:27:11 @ When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the (note:)God will not have need of mighty enemies: for the very women will do it to their great shame.(:note) women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour.

geneva@Isaiah:27:12 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall gather from the channel of the (note:)He will destroy all from the Euphrates to the Nile: for some fled toward Egypt, thinking to have escaped.(:note) river to the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:27:13 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be (note:)In the time of Cyrus, by whom they would be delivered: but this was chiefly accomplished under Christ.(:note) blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD on the holy mount at Jerusalem.

geneva@Isaiah:28:1 @ Woe to the (note:)Meaning, the proud kingdom of the Israelites, who were drunk with worldly prosperity.(:note) crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, who [are] on the head of the rich Because the Israelites for the most part dwelt in plentiful valleys, he means by this the valley of them who had abundance of worldly prosperity and were as it were crowned with garlands. valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

geneva@Isaiah:28:4 @ And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the rich valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as (note:)Which is not of long continuance, but is soon ripe and first eaten.(:note) the early fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

geneva@Isaiah:28:5 @ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the (note:)Signifying that the faithful who do not put their trust in any worldly prosperity but made God their glory, will be preserved.(:note) remnant of his people,

geneva@Isaiah:28:6 @ And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for (note:)He will give counsel to the governor and strength to the captain to drive the enemies in at their own gates.(:note) strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

geneva@Isaiah:28:12 @ To whom (note:)That is, the prophet, whom God would send.(:note) he said, This is the doctrine on which you ought to stay and rest. This [is] the rest [with which] ye may Show to them that are weary and have need of rest, what the true rest is. cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

geneva@Isaiah:28:13 @ But the word of the (note:)Because they will not receive the word of God, when it is offered, it comes of their own malice, if after their hearts are so hardened, that they care not for it, as before, (Isa_6:9).(:note) LORD was to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

geneva@Isaiah:28:14 @ Wherefore, heare the worde of the Lorde, ye scornefull men that rule this people, which is at Ierusalem.

geneva@Isaiah:28:15 @ Because ye have said, We have made a (note:)They thought they had shifts to avoid God's judgments, and that they could escape though all others perished.(:note) covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not reach us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under Though the prophets condemned their idols and vain fruit of falsehood and vanity, yet the wicked thought in themselves that they would trust in these things. falsehood have we hid ourselves:

geneva@Isaiah:28:16 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a (note:)That is, Christ, by whom all the building must be tried and upheld, (Psa_118:22; Mat_21:42; Act_4:11; Rom_9:33; 1Pe_2:6).(:note) tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth He will be quiet, and seek no other remedies, but be content with Christ. shall not make haste.

geneva@Isaiah:28:19 @ From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a (note:)Terror and destruction will make you learn that which exhortations and gentleness could not bring you to.(:note) vexation only [to] understand the report.

geneva@Isaiah:28:20 @ For the bed is (note:)Your affliction will be so sore, that you are not able to endure it.(:note) shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it].

geneva@Isaiah:28:21 @ For the LORD shall rise as [on] mount (note:)When David overcame the Philistines, (2Sa_5:20; 1Ch_14:11).(:note) Perazim, he shall be angry as [in] the valley Where Joshua discomfited five kings of the Amorites, (Jos_10:12). of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

geneva@Isaiah:28:25 @ When he hath made (note:)As the plowman has his appointed time, and various instruments for his labour, so has the Lord for his vengeance: for he punishes some at one time, and some at another, some after one sort, and some after another, so that his chosen seed is beaten and tried, but not broken as are the wicked.(:note) even the face of it, doth he not cast abroad the black cummin, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the wheat in rows and the appointed barley and the rye in their place?

geneva@Isaiah:29:1 @ Woe to (note:)Or Ariel: the Hebrew word Ariel signifies the Lion of God, and signifies the Altar, because the altar seemed to devour the sacrifice that was offered to God, as in (Eze_43:16).(:note) Ariel, to Ariel, the city [where] David dwelt! add ye year to year; Your vain confidence in your sacrifices will not last long. let them kill sacrifices.

geneva@Isaiah:29:4 @ And thou shalt be brought down, [and] shalt speak out of the (note:)Your speech will be no longer be so lofty but abased and low as the very charmers who are in low places and whisper, so that their voice can scarcely by heard.(:note) ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, like a medium, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

geneva@Isaiah:29:5 @ Moreover the multitude of thy (note:)Your hired soldiers in whom you trusted, will be destroyed as dust or chaff in a whirlwind.(:note) strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

geneva@Isaiah:29:7 @ And the (note:)The enemies that I will bring to destroy you, and that which you place your vain trust in will come at unawares even as a dream in the night. Some read as if this was a comfort to the Church for the destruction of their enemies.(:note) multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her strong hold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

geneva@Isaiah:29:8 @ It shall even be as when an hungry [man] dreameth, and, behold, (note:)That is, he thinks that he eats.(:note) he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, [he is] faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:29:11 @ And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I (note:)Meaning, that it is all alike, either to read, or not to read, unless God open the heart to understand.(:note) cannot; for it [is] sealed:

geneva@Isaiah:29:12 @ And the booke is giuen vnto him that can not reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee; he shall say, I can not reade.

geneva@Isaiah:29:15 @ Woe to them that (note:)This is spoken of them who in heart despised God's word, and mocked at the admonitions but outwardly bore a good face.(:note) seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

geneva@Isaiah:29:16 @ Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed (note:)For all your craft says the Lord, you are not able to escape my hands any more than the clay that is in the potter's hands has power to deliver itself.(:note) as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing formed say of him that formed it, He had no understanding?

geneva@Isaiah:29:18 @ And in that day shall the deafe heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darkenesse.

geneva@Isaiah:29:20 @ For the cruel man shal cease, & the scornefull shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquitie, shalbe cut off:

geneva@Isaiah:29:21 @ That make a man an offender for a (note:)They who went about to find fault with the prophets words, and would not abide admonitions, but would entangle them and bring them into danger.(:note) word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

geneva@Isaiah:29:22 @ Therefore thus sayth the Lorde vnto the house of Iaakob, euen hee that redeemed Abraham, Iaakob shall not now be confounded, neither now shal his face be pale.

geneva@Isaiah:29:24 @ They also that erred in spirit (note:)Signifying that unless God gives understanding and knowledge, man cannot but still err and murmur against him.(:note) shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

geneva@Isaiah:30:1 @ Woe to the (note:)Who contrary to their promise take not me for their protector and contrary to my commandment seek help from strangers.(:note) rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that They seek shifts to cloak their doings and not godly means. cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

geneva@Isaiah:30:5 @ They shalbe all ashamed of the people that cannot profite them, nor helpe nor doe them good, but shalbe a shame and also a reproche.

geneva@Isaiah:30:6 @ The (note:)That is, a heavy sentence or prophecy against the beasts that carried their treasures into Egypt, by the wilderness, which was south from Judah, signifying that if the beasts would not be spared, the men would be punished much more grievously.(:note) burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from which [come] the young and the old lion, the viper and flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].

geneva@Isaiah:30:8 @ Now go, write (note:)That is, this prophecy.(:note) it before them in a tablet, and note it in a book, that it may be for the That is may be a witness against them for all posterity. time to come for ever and ever:

geneva@Isaiah:30:9 @ That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not (note:)He shows what was the cause of their destruction and brings also all misery to man: that is, because they would not hear the word of God, but delighted to be flattered and led in error.(:note) hear the law of the LORD:

geneva@Isaiah:30:13 @ Therefore this iniquitie shalbe vnto you as a breach that falleth, or a swelling in an hie wall, whose breaking commeth suddenly in a moment.

geneva@Isaiah:30:14 @ And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it (note:)Signifying that the destruction of the wicked will be without recovery.(:note) a piece to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

geneva@Isaiah:30:15 @ For thus saith the (note:)Often by his prophets he put you in remembrance of this, that you should only depend on him.(:note) Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

geneva@Isaiah:30:16 @ But ye said, No; for we will flee upon (note:)We will trust to escape by our horses.(:note) horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

geneva@Isaiah:30:18 @ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be (note:)He commends the great mercies of God, who with patience waits to call sinners to repentance.(:note) gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of Not only in punishing but in using moderation in the same, as in (Jer_10:24, Jer_30:11). judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

geneva@Isaiah:30:22 @ Ye shall (note:)You will cast away your idols which you have made of gold and silver with all that belongs to them, as a most filthy thing and polluted.(:note) defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a polluted cloth; thou shalt say to it, Showing that there can be no true repentance, unless both in heart and deed we show ourselves enemies to idolatry. Be gone from me.

geneva@Isaiah:30:23 @ Then shall hee giue raine vnto thy seede, when thou shalt sowe the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and as oyle: in that day shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures.

geneva@Isaiah:30:24 @ The oxen also and the yong asses, that till the ground, shall eate cleane prouender, which is winowed with the shoouel and with the fanne.

geneva@Isaiah:30:25 @ And there shall be upon every high (note:)By these various manners of speech he shows that the happiness of the Church will be so great, that no one is able sufficiently to express it.(:note) mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

geneva@Isaiah:30:26 @ Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the (note:)When the Church is restored, the glory of it will pass seven times the brightness of the sun: for by the sun and moon which are two excellent creations, he shows what will be the glory of the children of God in the kingdom of Christ.(:note) sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

geneva@Isaiah:30:28 @ And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of (note:)To drive you to nothing: and thus God consumes the wicked by that means, by which he cleanses his.(:note) vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.

geneva@Isaiah:30:33 @ For (note:)Here it is taken for hell, where the wicked are tormented, read (2Ki_23:10).(:note) Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the So that their estate or degree cannot exempt the wicked. king it is prepared; he hath made [it] By these figurative speeches he declares the condition of he wicked after this life. deep [and] large: the pile of it [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

geneva@Isaiah:31:1 @ Woe to them that (note:)There were two special reasons why the Israelites should not join with the Egyptians: first, because the Lord had commanded them never to return there, (Deu_17:16, Deu_28:68) lest they should forget the benefit of their redemption: and secondly, lest they should be corrupted with the superstition and idolatry of the Egyptians, and so forsake God, (Jer_2:18).(:note) go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither Meaning, that they forsake the Lord, if they put their trust in worldly things: for they cannot trust in both. seek the LORD!

geneva@Isaiah:31:2 @ Yet he also [is] (note:)And knows their crafty enterprises, and will bring all to nought.(:note) wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

geneva@Isaiah:31:3 @ Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that (note:)Meaning, both the Egyptians and the Israelites.(:note) helpeth shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

geneva@Isaiah:31:4 @ For thus hath the LORD spoken to me, As the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come (note:)He shows the Jews that if they would put their trust in him, he is so able, that no one can resist his power and so care over them, as a bird over her young, which ever flies about them for their defence: which similitude the scripture uses in various places, as in (Deu_32:11; Mat_23:37).(:note) down to fight for mount Zion, and for its hill.

geneva@Isaiah:31:5 @ As birds that flie, so shal the Lord of hostes defend Ierusalem by defending and deliuering, by passing through and preseruing it.

geneva@Isaiah:31:6 @ Turn ye to [him from] whom the children of Israel have (note:)He touches their conscience that they might earnestly feel their grievous sins, and so truly repent, for as much as now they are almost drowned and past recovery.(:note) deeply revolted.

geneva@Isaiah:31:7 @ For in that day every man shall (note:)By these fruits your repentance will be known, as in (Isa_2:20).(:note) cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you [for] a sin.

geneva@Isaiah:32:3 @ And the eyes of (note:)He promises to give the true light which is the pure doctrine of God's word, and understanding, and zeal of the same, are contrary to the threatenings against the wicked, (Isa_6:9, Isa_29:10).(:note) them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

geneva@Isaiah:32:9 @ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye (note:)He prophecies of such calamity to come that they will not spare the women and children, and therefore wills them to take heed and provide.(:note) careless daughters; give ear to my speech.

geneva@Isaiah:32:10 @ Many days and years shall ye be troubled, (note:)Meaning that the affliction would continue long and when one year was past, yet they should look for new plagues.(:note) ye careless women: God will take from you the means and opportunities, which made you contemn him: that is, abundance of worldly goods. for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

geneva@Isaiah:32:11 @ Yee women, that are at ease, be astonied: feare, O yee carelesse women: put off the clothes: make bare, and girde sackcloth vpon the loynes.

geneva@Isaiah:32:15 @ Until the (note:)That is, when the Church will be restored, thus the prophets after they have denounced God's judgments against the wicked, used to comfort the godly, lest they should faint.(:note) spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness shall be a fruitful field, and the The field which is now fruitful, will be but as a barren forest in comparison to what it will be then as in (Isa_29:17) which will be fulfilled in Christ's time, for then they who were before as the barren wilderness, being regenerate will be fruitful and they who had some beginning of godliness, will bring forth fruit in such abundance, that their former life will seem but as a wilderness where no fruit was. fruitful field shall be counted for a forest.

geneva@Isaiah:32:20 @ Blessed [are] ye (note:)That is, upon fat ground and well watered, which brings forth in abundance, or in places which before were covered with waters, and now made dry for your uses.(:note) that sow beside all waters, that The fields will be so rank, that they will send out their cattle to eat up the first crop, which abundance will be signs of God's love and favour toward them. send forth [there] the feet of the ox and the donkey.

geneva@Isaiah:33:1 @ Woe to thee that (note:)Meaning, the enemies of the Church, as were the Chaldeans and Assyrians, but chiefly of Sennacherib, but not only.(:note) layest waste, and thou [wast] not laid waste; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt When your appointed time will come that God will take away your power: and that which you have wrongfully gained, will be given to others, as in (Amo_5:11). cease to lay waste, thou shalt be wasted; [and] when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, The Chaldeans will do the same to the Assyrians, as the Assyrians did to Israel, and the Medes and Persians will do the same to the Chaldeans. they shall deal treacherously with thee.

geneva@Isaiah:33:9 @ The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: (note:)Which was a plentiful country, meaning, that Sennacherib would destroy all.(:note) Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].

geneva@Isaiah:33:13 @ Ye [that are] (note:)His vengeance will be so great that all the world will talk of it.(:note) far off, hear what I have done; and, ye [that are] near, acknowledge my might.

geneva@Isaiah:33:15 @ Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

geneva@Isaiah:33:16 @ He shall dwell on (note:)Meaning, that God will be a sure defence to all them that live according to his word.(:note) high: his place of defence [shall be] the strong holds of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.

geneva@Isaiah:33:17 @ Thy eyes shall (note:)They will see Hezekiah delivered from his enemies and restored to honour and glory.(:note) see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the They will be no more shut in as they were by Sennacherib, but go where it pleases them. land that is very far off.

geneva@Isaiah:33:18 @ Thy heart (note:)Before this liberty comes you will think that you are in great danger: for the enemy will so sharply assail you that one will cry «Where is the clerk that writes the names of them who are taxed?» another, «Where is the receiver?» another will cry for him that values the rich houses, but God will deliver you from this fear.(:note) shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?

geneva@Isaiah:33:19 @ Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not vnderstande.

geneva@Isaiah:33:20 @ Looke vpon Zion the citie of our solemne feastes: thine eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation, a Tabernacle that can not be remooued: and the stakes thereof can neuer be taken away, neither shall any of the cordes thereof be broken.

geneva@Isaiah:33:23 @ Thy (note:)He derides the Assyrians and enemies of the Church, declaring their destruction as they who perish by shipwreck.(:note) tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the He comforts the Church, and shows that they will be enriched with all benefits both of body and soul. prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

geneva@Isaiah:33:24 @ And none inhabitant shall say, I am sicke: the people that dwell therein, shall haue their iniquitie forgiuen.

geneva@Isaiah:34:1 @ Come near, ye (note:)He prophecies of the destruction of the Edomites and other nations which were enemies to the Church.(:note) nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that spring from it.

geneva@Isaiah:34:4 @ And all the host of heaven (note:)He speaks this in respect to man's judgment, who in great fear and horrible troubles, think that heaven and earth perishes.(:note) shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their hosts shall fall down, as the leaf falleth from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.

geneva@Isaiah:34:15 @ There (note:)Signifying that Idumea would be a horrible desolation and barren wilderness.(:note) shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

geneva@Isaiah:35:2 @ It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of (note:)The Church which was before compared to a barren wilderness will by Christ be made most plenteous and beautiful.(:note) Carmel and Sharon, they shall He shows that the presence of God is the reason that the Church brings forth fruit and flourishes. see the glory of the LORD, [and] the excellence of our God.

geneva@Isaiah:36:1 @ Now it came to pass (note:)This history is rehearsed because it is as a seal and confirmation of the doctrine before, both for the threatenings and promises: that is, that God would permit his Church to be afflicted, but at length would send deliverance.(:note) in the When he had abolished superstition, and idolatry, and restored religion, yet God would exercise his Church to try their faith and patience. fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

geneva@Isaiah:36:3 @ Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was (note:)For he was now restored to his office, as Isaiah had prophesied in (Isa_22:20).(:note) over the house, and Shebna This declares that there were few godly to be found in the king's house, when he was driven to end this wicked man in such a weighty matter. the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

geneva@Isaiah:36:5 @ I say, (note:)He speaks this in the person of Hezekiah, falsely charging him that he put his trust in his wit and eloquence, while his only confidence was in the Lord.(:note) [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

geneva@Isaiah:36:6 @ Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which if a man lean, it will enter his hand, and pierce it: so [is] (note:)Satan laboured to pull the godly king from one vain confidence to another: that is, from trust in the Egyptians, whose power was weak and would deceive them, to yield himself to the Assyrians, and so not to hope for any help from God.(:note) Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

geneva@Isaiah:36:7 @ But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God. Is not that he, whose hie places & whose altars Hezekiah tooke downe, & said to Iudah & to Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

geneva@Isaiah:36:11 @ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, (note:)They were afraid, lest by his words, he should have stirred up the people against the king, and also pretended to grow to some appointment with him.(:note) Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.

geneva@Isaiah:36:12 @ Then said Rabshakeh, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee to speake these wordes, and not to the men that sit on the wall? that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

geneva@Isaiah:36:16 @ Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make (note:)The Hebrew word signifies blessing, by which this wicked captain would have persuaded the people, that their condition would be better under Sennacherib than under Hezekiah.(:note) [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

geneva@Isaiah:36:19 @ Where [are] the gods of (note:)That is, of Antioch in Syria, of which these two other cities also were: by which we see how every town had its peculiar idol, and how the wicked make God an idol because they do not understand that God makes them his scourge, and punishes cities for sin.(:note) Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

geneva@Isaiah:36:20 @ Who is hee among all the gods of these lands, that hath deliuered their countrey out of mine hand, that the Lorde should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?

geneva@Isaiah:36:21 @ But they (note:)Not that they did not show by evident signs that they detested his blasphemy: or they had now rent their clothes, but they knew it was in vain to use long reasoning with this infidel, whose reign they would have so much more provoked.(:note) held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

geneva@Isaiah:37:1 @ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he (note:)In sign of grief and repentance.(:note) tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:37:2 @ And he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, to (note:)To have comfort from him by the word of God, that his faith might be confirmed and so his prayer be more earnest: teaching by it that in all dangers these two are the only remedies to seek to God and his ministers.(:note) Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

geneva@Isaiah:37:4 @ It may be the LORD thy God will (note:)That is, will declare by effect that he has heard it: for when God defers to punish, it seems to the flesh, that he knows not the sin, or hears not the cause.(:note) hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore Declaring that the ministers office stands not only in comforting by the word, but also in praying for the people. lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that is left.

geneva@Isaiah:37:6 @ And Isaiah sayde vnto them, Thus say vnto your master, Thus saith the Lorde, Be not afrayd of the wordes that thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me.

geneva@Isaiah:37:8 @ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against (note:)Which was a city toward Egypt, thinking by it to have stayed the force of his enemies.(:note) Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

geneva@Isaiah:37:10 @ Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, (note:)Thus God would have him utter a most horrible blasphemy before his destruction: as to call the author of all truth a deceiver: some gather by this that Shebna had disclosed to Sennacherib the answer that Isaiah sent to the king.(:note) deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

geneva@Isaiah:37:16 @ O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that (note:)He grounds his prayer on God's promise, who promised to hear them from between the Cherubims.(:note) dwellest [between] the cherubim, thou [art] the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

geneva@Isaiah:37:20 @ Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that (note:)He declares for what cause he prayed, that they might be glorified by it through all the world.(:note) all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD, [even] thou only.

geneva@Isaiah:37:23 @ Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted thy eyes on high? [even] against the (note:)Declaring by this that they who are enemies to God's Church fight against him whose quarrel his Church only maintains.(:note) Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:37:25 @ I have dug, (note:)He boasts of his policy in that he can find means to nourish his army: and of his power in that his army is so great, that it is able to dry up whole rivers, and to destroy the waters which the Jews had closed in.(:note) and drank water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

geneva@Isaiah:37:26 @ Hast thou not heard long ago, [how] I have done it; [and] of ancient times, (note:)Signifying that God did not make his Church to destroy it, but to preserve it: and therefore he says that he formed it of old, even in his eternal counsel which cannot be changed.(:note) that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities [into] ruinous heaps.

geneva@Isaiah:37:27 @ Therefore their inhabitants [were] of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as grain] blighted (note:)He shows that the state and power of most flourishing cities endures but a moment in respect to the Church, which will remain forever, because God is the maintainer of it.(:note) before it is grown up.

geneva@Isaiah:37:30 @ And this [shall be] a (note:)God gives signs after two sorts: some go before the thing as the signs that Moses worked in Egypt, which were for the confirmation of their faith, and some go after the thing, as the sacrifice, which they were commanded to make three days after their departure: and these latter are to keep the blessings of God in our remembrance, of which sort this here is.(:note) sign to thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the He promises that for two years the ground would feed them of itself. second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

geneva@Isaiah:37:31 @ And (note:)They whom God has delivered out of the hands of the Assyrians will prosper: and this properly belongs to the Church.(:note) the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

geneva@Isaiah:37:32 @ For out of Ierusalem shall goe a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeale of the Lord of hostes shall doe this.

geneva@Isaiah:37:34 @ By the same way that he came, he shall returne, and not come into this citie, saith the Lord.

geneva@Isaiah:37:38 @ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and (note:)Who was also called Sardanapalus, in whose days ten years after Sennacherib's death the Chaldeans overcame the Assyrians by Merodach their king.(:note) Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@Isaiah:38:1 @ In those (note:)Soon after that the Assyrians were slain: so that God will have the exercise of his children continually, that they may learn only to depend on God and aspire to the heavens.(:note) days was Hezekiah sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

geneva@Isaiah:38:2 @ Then Hezekiah (note:)For his heart was touched with fear of God's judgment, seeing he had appointed him to die so quickly after his deliverance from so great calamity, as one unworthy to remain in that estate, and also foreseeing the great change that would come in the Church, as he left no son to reign after him: for as yet Manasseh was not born, and when he reigned, we see what a tyrant he was.(:note) turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,

geneva@Isaiah:38:3 @ And saide, I beseeche thee, Lord, remember nowe howe I haue walked before thee in trueth, and with a perfite heart, & haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

geneva@Isaiah:38:7 @ And (note:)For Hezekiah had asked for a sign for the confirmation of his faith, as in (Isa_38:22; 2Ki_20:8), to which he was moved by the singular motion of God's spirit.(:note) this [shall be] a sign to thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

geneva@Isaiah:38:10 @ I said in the (note:)At which time it was told to me, that I would die.(:note) cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

geneva@Isaiah:38:11 @ I said, (note:)I will no more praise the Lord here in this temple among the faithful thus God permits his dearest children to want his consolation for a time that his grace afterward may appear when they feel their own weakness.(:note) I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

geneva@Isaiah:38:13 @ I reckoned (note:)Overnight I thought that I would live till morning, but my pangs in the night persuaded me the contrary: he shows the horror that the faithful have when they apprehend God's judgment against their sin.(:note) till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.

geneva@Isaiah:38:14 @ Like a crane [or] a swallow, so I (note:)I was so oppressed with sorrow, that I was not able to utter my words, but only to groan and sigh.(:note) chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

geneva@Isaiah:38:15 @ What shall I say? (note:)God has declared by his prophet that I will die and therefore I will yield to him.(:note) he hath both spoken to me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go I will have no release, but continual sorrows while I live. softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

geneva@Isaiah:38:16 @ O Lord, (note:)They who will outlive the men that are now alive, and all they who are in these years will acknowledge this blessing.(:note) by these [things men] live, and in all these [things is] the life of my spirit: so wilt thou That after that you had condemned me to death you restored me to life. restore me, and make me to live.

geneva@Isaiah:38:18 @ For (note:)For as much as God has placed man in this world to glorify him, the godly take it as a sign of his wrath, when their days were shortened, either because they seemed unworthy for their sins to live longer in his service, or for their zeal to God's glory, seeing that there are so few in earth who regard it as in (Psa_6:5, Psa_115:17).(:note) the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

geneva@Isaiah:38:20 @ The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of (note:)He shows what is the use of the Congregation and Church, that is, to give the Lord thanks for his benefits.(:note) our life in the house of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:38:22 @ Hezekiah also (note:)As in (Isa_38:7).(:note) had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

geneva@Isaiah:39:1 @ At that time (note:)This was the first king of Babylon, who overcame the Assyrians in the tenth year of his reign.(:note) Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Partly moved with the greatness of this miracle, partly because he showed himself an enemy to their enemies, but chiefly bacause he would join with them whom God favoured and have their help if needed. letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.

geneva@Isaiah:39:2 @ And Hezekiah was (note:)Read (2Ki_20:13; 2Ch_32:25, 2Ch_32:31).(:note) glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasuries: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.

geneva@Isaiah:39:4 @ Then said he, What have (note:)He asks him of the particulars, to make him understand the craft of the wicked, which he before being overcome with their flattery and blinded with ambition, could not see.(:note) they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that [is] in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

geneva@Isaiah:39:6 @ Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thy house, and [that] which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be (note:)By the grievousness of the punishment is declared how greatly God detested ambition and vain glory.(:note) carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:39:7 @ And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be (note:)That is, officers and servants.(:note) eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

geneva@Isaiah:40:1 @ Comfort (note:)This is a consolation for the Church, assuring them that they will never be destitute of prophets by which he exhorts the true ministers of God that then were, and those also that would come after him, to comfort the poor afflicted and to assure them of their deliverance both of body and soul.(:note) ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

geneva@Isaiah:40:2 @ Speak ye kindly to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her (note:)The time of her affliction.(:note) warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received from the LORD'S hand Meaning, sufficient as in (Isa_61:7) and full correction, or double grace, while she deserved double punishment. double for all her sins.

geneva@Isaiah:40:3 @ The (note:)That is, of the prophets.(:note) voice of him that crieth in the That is, in Babylonia and other places, where they were kept in captivity and misery. wilderness, Meaning Cyrus and Darius who would deliver God's people out of captivity and make them a ready way to Jerusalem. Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

geneva@Isaiah:40:5 @ And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all (note:)This miracle will be so great, that it will be known through all the world.(:note) flesh together shall see [it]: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@Isaiah:40:7 @ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the (note:)The spirit of God will discover the vanity in all that seems to have any excellency of themselves.(:note) breath of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.

geneva@Isaiah:40:9 @ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, go up upon the high (note:)To publish this benefit through all the world.(:note) mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold He shows in one word the perfection of all man's happiness, which is to have God's presence. your God!

geneva@Isaiah:40:11 @ He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with (note:)He will show his care and favour over them who are weak and tender.(:note) young.

geneva@Isaiah:40:12 @ Who hath comprehended the waters in the hollow of his (note:)Declaring that as only God has all power, so does he use the same for the defence and maintenance of his Church.(:note) hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

geneva@Isaiah:40:17 @ All nations before him [are] as (note:)He speaks all this to the intent that they would neither fear man nor put their trust in any, save only in God.(:note) nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

geneva@Isaiah:40:20 @ He that [is] so (note:)He shows the rage of the idolaters, seeing that the poor who do not have enough to meet their own needs will defraud themselves to serve their idols.(:note) impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skilful workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.

geneva@Isaiah:40:21 @ Have ye not known? have ye not (note:)Do you not have the word of God, which plainly condemns idolatry?(:note) heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the Can you not learn by the visible creatures whom God has made for your use, that you should not serve them or worship them? foundations of the earth?

geneva@Isaiah:40:24 @ Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also (note:)So that his power appears in every place we turn our eyes.(:note) blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

geneva@Isaiah:40:25 @ To whom nowe will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?

geneva@Isaiah:40:26 @ Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth (note:)Who has set in order the infinite number of the stars.(:note) out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth.

geneva@Isaiah:40:27 @ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, (note:)He rebukes the Jews because they did not rest on the providence of God, but thought that he had forsaken them in their troubles.(:note) My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?

geneva@Isaiah:40:28 @ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the (note:)And therefore all power is in his hand to deliver when his time comes.(:note) ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his Showing that men must patiently abide, and not curiously seek out the cause of God's delay in our affliction. understanding.

geneva@Isaiah:40:29 @ But he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, and vnto him that hath no strength, he encreaseth power.

geneva@Isaiah:40:31 @ But they that waite vpon the Lord, shall renue their strength: they shall lift vp the wings as the eagles: they shall runne, and not be wearie, and they shall walke and not faint.

geneva@Isaiah:41:1 @ Keep (note:)God as though he pleaded his cause with all nations requires silence, that he may be heard in his right.(:note) silence before me, O isles; and let the people That is, gather all their power and supports. renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

geneva@Isaiah:41:3 @ He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete.

geneva@Isaiah:41:7 @ So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.

geneva@Isaiah:41:11 @ Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.

geneva@Isaiah:41:12 @ Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not (note:)Because they will be destroyed.(:note) find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.

geneva@Isaiah:41:14 @ Fear not, thou (note:)Thus he calls them because they were contemned of all the world, and that they considering their own poor estate should seek him for help.(:note) worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:41:18 @ I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry (note:)God would rather change the order of nature than that they should want anything, who cry to him by true faith in their miseries: declaring to them by this that they will lack nothing by the way, when they return from Babylon.(:note) land springs of water.

geneva@Isaiah:41:20 @ That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel (note:)That is, has appointed and determined that it will come to pass.(:note) hath created it.

geneva@Isaiah:41:22 @ Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come.

geneva@Isaiah:41:23 @ Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, doe good or doe euill, that we may declare it, and beholde it together.

geneva@Isaiah:41:24 @ Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination [is he that] (note:)So that a man cannot make an idol, without doing that which God detests and abhors for he chooses his own devises and forsakes the Lords.(:note) chooseth you.

geneva@Isaiah:41:25 @ I have raised up [one] from the north, (note:)Meaning, the Chaldeans.(:note) and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he That is, Cyrus, who will do all things in my name and by my direction: by which he means that both their captivity and deliverance will be ordered by God's providence and appointment. call upon my name: and he shall come upon Both of the Chaldeans and others. princes as [upon] morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

geneva@Isaiah:41:26 @ Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and in times past, that we may say, [He is] righteous? verily, [there is] none that sheweth, verily, [there is] none that declareth, verily, [there is] none that heareth (note:)Meaning, that none of the Gentile gods can work any of these things.(:note) your words.

geneva@Isaiah:41:27 @ The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold (note:)That is, the Israelites who return from the captivity.(:note) them: and I will give to Jerusalem That is, a continual succession of prophets and ministers. one that bringeth good tidings.

geneva@Isaiah:41:28 @ For (note:)When I looked whether the idols could do these things, I found that they had neither wisdom nor power to do anything: therefore he concludes that all are wicked that trust in such vanities.(:note) I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them, and [there was] no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

geneva@Isaiah:42:1 @ Behold (note:)That is, Christ, who in respect to his manhood is called here servant. The prophets used to make mention of Christ after they declared any great promise, because he is the foundation on which all the promises are made and ratified.(:note) my servant, For I have committed all my power to him, as to a most faithful steward: some read, I will establish him: that is, in his office by giving him the fulness of my Spirit. whom I uphold; my elect, [in whom] my soul Only he is acceptable to me and they that come to me by him: for there is no other means of reconciliation, (Mat_12:18; Eph_4:1) delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth He will declare himself governor over the Gentiles and call them by his word, and rule them by his Spirit. judgment to the Gentiles.

geneva@Isaiah:42:3 @ A (note:)He will not hurt the weak and feeble, but support and comfort them.(:note) bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking Meaning, the wick of a lamp or candle which is almost out, but he will cherish it and snuff it, that it may shine brighter. flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to Although he favours the weak, yet will he not spare the wicked, but will judge them according to truth and equity. truth.

geneva@Isaiah:42:5 @ Thus sayeth God the Lord (he that created the heauens and spred them abroad: he that stretched foorth the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein)

geneva@Isaiah:42:7 @ That thou maist open the eyes of the blind, and bring out the prisoners from the prison: and them that sitte in darkenesse, out of the prison house.

geneva@Isaiah:42:8 @ I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my (note:)I will not permit my glory to be diminished: which I would do if I were not faithful.(:note) glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

geneva@Isaiah:42:10 @ Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song, and his praise from the ende of the earth: yee that goe downe to the sea, and all that is therein: the yles and the inhabitants thereof.

geneva@Isaiah:42:14 @ I have long time held my peace; I have been still, [and] restrained myself: [now] will I cry like a (note:)I will haste to execute my vengeance, which I have so long deferred as a woman that desires to be delivered, when she is in labour.(:note) travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

geneva@Isaiah:42:17 @ They shall be turned backe: they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in grauen images, and say to the molten images, Yee are our gods.

geneva@Isaiah:42:18 @ Heare, ye deafe: and ye blinde, regarde, that ye may see.

geneva@Isaiah:42:19 @ Who [is] blind, but my (note:)That is, Israel, which would have most light because of my Law.(:note) servant? or deaf, as my The priest to whom my word is committed, who would not only hear it himself but cause others to hear it. messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] As the priests and prophets that would be lights to others? perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

geneva@Isaiah:42:21 @ The Lorde is willing for his righteousnesse sake that he may magnifie the Lawe, and exalt it.

geneva@Isaiah:42:22 @ But this [is] a people (note:)Because they will not acknowledge this blessing from the Lord, who is ready to deliver them, he permits them to be spoiled by their enemies through their own fault and incredulity.(:note) robbed and plundered; [they are] all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, There will be no one to comfort them, or to will the enemy to restore that which he has spoiled. Restore.

geneva@Isaiah:43:1 @ But now thus saith the LORD (note:)After these threatenings he promises deliverance to his Church, because he has regenerated them, adopted them, and called them.(:note) that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, When you see dangers and conspiracies on all sides, remember this benefit and the love of your God, and it will encourage you. Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.

geneva@Isaiah:43:5 @ Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the (note:)He prophecies of their deliverance from the captivity of Babylon, and so of the calling of the universal Church, alluding to that which is written in (Deu_30:3).(:note) east, and gather thee from the west;

geneva@Isaiah:43:7 @ [Even] every one that is called by my (note:)Meaning that he could not be unmindful of them, unless he would neglect his own Name and glory.(:note) name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; verily, I have made him.

geneva@Isaiah:43:9 @ Let all the nations be gathered (note:)Signifying that no power can resist him in doing this miraculous work, nor are all their idols able to do the same, as in (Isa_41:22).(:note) together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their To prove that the things which are spoken of them are true. witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them Showing that the malice of the wicked hinders them in the knowledge of the truth, because they will not hear when God speaks by his word. hear, and say, [It is] truth.

geneva@Isaiah:43:10 @ Ye (note:)The prophets and people to whom I have given my law.(:note) [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my Meaning especially Christ, and by him all the faithful. servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no god formed, neither shall there be after me.

geneva@Isaiah:43:12 @ I haue declared, and I haue saued, and I haue shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, sayeth the Lord, that I am God.

geneva@Isaiah:43:13 @ Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?

geneva@Isaiah:43:14 @ Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have (note:)By Darius and Cyrus.(:note) brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in They will cry when they would escape by my water, seeing that the course of the Euphrates is turned another way by the enemy. the ships.

geneva@Isaiah:43:19 @ Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the (note:)Meaning, that their deliverance out of Babylon would be more famous than that from Egypt was, (Jer_23:7; Hag_2:10; 2Co_5:17; Rev_21:5, Rev_21:7).(:note) wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.

geneva@Isaiah:43:20 @ The (note:)They will have such abundance of all things as they return home, even in the dry and barren places, that the very beasts will feel my blessings and will acknowledge them: much more men ought to be thankful for the same.(:note) beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

geneva@Isaiah:43:22 @ But thou hast not (note:)You have not worshipped me as you ought to have done.(:note) called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been Because you have not willingly received that which I commanded you, you grieved me. By which he shows that his mercies were the only reason for their deliverance, as they had deserved the contrary. weary of me, O Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:43:25 @ I, euen I am he that putteth away thine iniquities for mine owne sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.

geneva@Isaiah:43:26 @ Put me in (note:)If I forget anything that may make for your justification, put me in remembrance and speak for yourself.(:note) remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

geneva@Isaiah:44:2 @ Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed (note:)He treated and chose you from the beginning of his own mercy, and before you could merit anything.(:note) thee from the womb, [who] will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, Whom God accepts as righteous: or who had opportunity to it because of the law, and your holy calling. whom I have chosen.

geneva@Isaiah:44:3 @ For I will pour water upon him that is (note:)Because man of himself is as the dry and barren land, he promises to moisten him with the waters of his Holy Spirit, (Joe_2:28; Joh_7:38; Act_2:17).(:note) thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring:

geneva@Isaiah:44:5 @ One shall say, I [am] the LORD'S; and another (note:)By this diversity of speech he means one thing, that is, that the people will be holy, and receive the true religion from God, as in (Psa_87:5).(:note) shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall write [with] his hand to the LORD, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:44:6 @ Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; (note:)I am always like myself, that is, merciful toward my Church, and most able to maintain it, as in (Isa_41:4, Isa_48:12; Rev_1:17, Rev_22:13).(:note) I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and besides me [there is] no God.

geneva@Isaiah:44:7 @ And who, as I, shall (note:)And appoint them that will deliver the Church.(:note) call, and shall declare it, and set That is, tell me how I should proceed in this. it in order for me, since I appointed the God calls the Israelites ancient, because he preferred them to all others in his eternal election. ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let Meaning, their idols. them show to them.

geneva@Isaiah:44:8 @ Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? (note:)Read (Isa_43:10).(:note) ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? verily, [there is] no God; I know not [any].

geneva@Isaiah:44:9 @ They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and (note:)Whatever they bestow on their idols, to make them seem glorious.(:note) their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; That is, the idolaters seeing that their idols are blind, are witnesses of their own blindness, and feeling that they are not able to help them, must confess that they have no power. they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

geneva@Isaiah:44:10 @ Who hath formed a (note:)Meaning that whatever is made by the hand of man, if it is valued as a god, is most detestable.(:note) god, or cast a graven image [that] is By which appears their blasphemy, who call images the books of the laity, seeing that they are not only here called unprofitable, but in (Isa_41:24) abominable. Jeremiah calls them the work of errors, (Jer_10:15), Habakkuk, a lying teacher (Hab_2:18). profitable for nothing?

geneva@Isaiah:44:11 @ Behold, all his (note:)That is, who in any way consent either to the making or worshipping.(:note) fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they [are] of men: let them all be gathered together, let them Signifying, that the multitude will not then save the idolaters, when God will take vengeance, although they excuse themselves by it among men. stand up; [yet] they shall fear, [and] they shall be ashamed together.

geneva@Isaiah:44:13 @ The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in (note:)To place it in some Temple.(:note) the house.

geneva@Isaiah:44:15 @ Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and (note:)He sets forth the obstinacy and malice of the idolaters who though they see by daily experience that their idols are no better than the rest of the matter of which they are made, yet they refuse the one part, and make a god of the other, as the papists make their cake god, and the rest of their idols.(:note) warm himself; indeed, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down to it.

geneva@Isaiah:44:18 @ They have not known nor understood: (note:)The prophet gives here an answer to all them who wonder how it is possible that any would be so blind as to commit such abomination, saying that God has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts.(:note) for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.

geneva@Isaiah:44:20 @ He feedeth (note:)He is abused as one that would eat ashes, thinking to satisfy his hunger.(:note) on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?

geneva@Isaiah:44:24 @ Thus sayeth the Lord thy redeemer and he that formed thee from the wombe, I am the Lord, that made all things, that spred out the heauens alone, and stretched out the earth by my selfe.

geneva@Isaiah:44:25 @ That frustrateth the (note:)He arms them against the soothsayers of Babylon, who would have said that they knew by the stars that God would not deliver Israel, and that Babylon would stand.(:note) tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

geneva@Isaiah:44:26 @ That confirmeth the word of his (note:)Of Isaiah and the rest of his prophets, who assured the Church of God's favour and deliverance.(:note) servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up her decayed places:

geneva@Isaiah:44:27 @ That saith to the (note:)He shows that God's work would be no less notable in this their deliverance, than when he brought them out of Egypt, through the sea.(:note) deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

geneva@Isaiah:44:28 @ That saith of (note:)To assure them of their deliverance he names the person by whom it would be, more than a hundred years before he was born.(:note) Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

geneva@Isaiah:45:1 @ Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to (note:)To assure the Jews of their deliverance against the great temptations that they would abide, he names the person and the means.(:note) Cyrus, whose Because Cyrus would execute the office of a deliverer, God called him his anointed for a time, but after another sort than he called David. right hand I have held, to To guide him in the deliverance of my people. subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

geneva@Isaiah:45:3 @ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest (note:)Not that Cyrus knew God to worship him correctly, but he had a certain particular knowledge as profane men may have of his power, and so was compelled to deliver God's people.(:note) know that I, the LORD, who call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:45:4 @ For Jacob my servant's (note:)Not for anything that is in you, or for your worthiness.(:note) sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

geneva@Isaiah:45:6 @ That they may knowe from the rising of the sunne and from the West, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none other.

geneva@Isaiah:45:10 @ Woe vnto him that sayeth to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought foorth?

geneva@Isaiah:45:13 @ I have raised (note:)That is, Cyrus, that I may show by him the faithfulness of my promise in delivering my people.(:note) him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for Meaning, freely and without ransom, or any grievous condition. price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Isaiah:45:15 @ Verily thou [art] a God that (note:)By this he exhorts the Jews to patience, though their deliverance is deferred for a time: showing that they would not repent their long patience, but the wicked and idolaters will be destroyed.(:note) hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

geneva@Isaiah:45:16 @ All they shalbe ashamed and also confounded: they shall goe to confusion together, that are the makers of images.

geneva@Isaiah:45:18 @ For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be (note:)That is, of men, but chiefly of his Church.(:note) inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.

geneva@Isaiah:45:19 @ I have not spoken in secret, (note:)As do the false gods, who give uncertain answers.(:note) in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

geneva@Isaiah:45:20 @ Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, (note:)All you idolaters who though you seem to have worldly dignity yet in God's sight you are vile and abject.(:note) ye [that have] escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god [that] cannot save.

geneva@Isaiah:45:23 @ I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] (note:)That is, that the thing which I have promise will be faithfully performed.(:note)...and shall not return, That to...The knowledge of God and the true worshipping will be through all the world, (Rom_14:11; Phi_2:10) by which he signifies that we must not only serve God in heart, but declare the same also by outward profession. knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

geneva@Isaiah:45:24 @ Surely, (note:)Meaning the faithful will feel and confess this.(:note) shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are All the contemners of God. incensed against him shall be ashamed.

geneva@Isaiah:46:5 @ To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and (note:)The people of God setting their own calamity, and the flourishing estate of the Babylonians, would be tempted to think that their God was not so mighty as the idols of their enemies: therefore he describes the original of all the idols to make them to be abhorred by all men: showing that the most that can be spoken in their commendation, is but to prove them vile.(:note) compare me, that we may be like?

geneva@Isaiah:46:8 @ Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to (note:)Become wise, meaning, that all idolaters are without wit or sense, like mad men.(:note) mind, O ye transgressors.

geneva@Isaiah:46:10 @ Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.

geneva@Isaiah:46:11 @ Calling a ravenous (note:)That is, Cyrus, who will come as swift as a bird and fight against Babylon.(:note) bird from the east, the man that executeth my Him by whom I have appointed to execute that which I have determined. counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also perform it.

geneva@Isaiah:46:12 @ Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that [are] far from (note:)Who by your incredulity would prevent the performance of my promise.(:note) righteousness:

geneva@Isaiah:46:13 @ I bring (note:)He shows that man's incredulity cannot abolish the promise of God, (Rom_3:3).(:note) near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

geneva@Isaiah:47:6 @ I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no (note:)They abused God's judgments, thinking that he punished the Israelites, because he would completely cast them off, and therefore instead of pitying their misery, you increased it.(:note) mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

geneva@Isaiah:47:7 @ And thou saidest, I shal be a ladie for euer, so that thou diddest not set thy mind to these things, neither diddest thou remeber ye latter end therof.

geneva@Isaiah:47:8 @ Therefore nowe heare, thou that art giuen to pleasures, and dwellest carelesse, Shee sayeth in her heart, I am and none els: I shall not sit as a widowe, neither shall knowe the losse of children.

geneva@Isaiah:47:9 @ But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their (note:)So that your punishment will be so great, as is possible to be imagined.(:note) perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thy enchantments.

geneva@Isaiah:47:10 @ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy (note:)You thought that your own wisdom and policy would have saved you.(:note) wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I [am], and none else besides me.

geneva@Isaiah:47:13 @ Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre gasers, and prognosticatours stand vp, & saue thee from these things, that shall come vpon thee.

geneva@Isaiah:47:15 @ Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his (note:)They will flee everyone to that place, which he thought by his speculations to be most sure: but that will deceive them.(:note) quarter; none shall save thee.

geneva@Isaiah:48:3 @ I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth from my mouth, and I showed (note:)He shows that they could not accuse him in anything, as he had performed whatever he had promised.(:note) them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass.

geneva@Isaiah:48:4 @ Because I knew that (note:)I have done for you more than I promised, that your stubbornness and impudency might have been overcome.(:note) thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

geneva@Isaiah:48:7 @ They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I (note:)Showing that man's arrogancy is the reason God does not declare all things at once, lest they should attribute this knowledge to their own wisdom.(:note) knew them.

geneva@Isaiah:48:8 @ Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the (note:)From the time that I brought you of Egypt: for that deliverance was as the birth of the Church.(:note) womb.

geneva@Isaiah:48:9 @ For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, (note:)As it was my free mercy that I chose you: so it is my free mercy that must save you.(:note) that I cut thee not off.

geneva@Isaiah:48:11 @ For my own sake, [even] for my own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] (note:)God joins the salvation of his with his own honour: so that they cannot perish, but his glory would be diminished, as in (Deu_32:27).(:note) be profaned? Read (Isa_42:8). and I will not give my glory to another.

geneva@Isaiah:48:16 @ Come ye near to me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the (note:)Since the time that I declared myself to your fathers.(:note) beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath Thus the Prophet speaks for himself, and to assure them of these things. sent me.

geneva@Isaiah:48:18 @ Oh that thou haddest hearkened to my commaundements! then had thy prosperitie bene as the floude, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.

geneva@Isaiah:48:21 @ And they (note:)He shows that it will be as easy to deliver them, as he did their fathers out of Egypt.(:note) thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he broke the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

geneva@Isaiah:48:22 @ [There is] no (note:)Thus he speaks that the wicked hypocrites should not abuse God's promise, in whom was neither faith nor repentance, as in (Isa_57:21)(:note) peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked.

geneva@Isaiah:49:1 @ Listen, to me O isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called (note:)This is spoken in the person of Christ, to assure the faithful that these promises should come to pass: for they were all made in him and in him would be performed.(:note) me from This is meant of the time that Christ would be manifested to the world, as in (Psa_2:7). the womb; from the body of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

geneva@Isaiah:49:4 @ Then I said, I have (note:)Thus Christ in his members complains that his labour and preaching take no effect, yet he is contented that his doings are approved by God.(:note) laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God.

geneva@Isaiah:49:5 @ And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb [to be] his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, (note:)Though the Jews refuse my doctrine, yet God will approve my ministry.(:note) yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

geneva@Isaiah:49:6 @ And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give (note:)To declare my gospel to the Gentiles, as in (Isa_42:6; Act_13:47; Luk_2:32).(:note) thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation to the end of the earth.

geneva@Isaiah:49:7 @ Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a (note:)Meaning, the Jews whom tyrants kept in bondage.(:note) servant of rulers, Kings shall see and The benefit of their deliverance will be so great, that great and small will acknowledge it, and revere God for it. arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

geneva@Isaiah:49:8 @ Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Thus he speaks of his Church when he would show his mercy toward it, (2Co_6:2).(:note) In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give Meaning, Christ alone. thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the Signifying that before Christ renewed the earth by his word, there is nothing but confusion and disorder. earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

geneva@Isaiah:49:9 @ That thou mayest say to the (note:)To them who are in the prison of sin and death.(:note) prisoners, Go forth; to them that [are] in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their Being in Christ's protection, they will be safe against all dangers, and free from fear of the enemies. pastures [shall be] in all high places.

geneva@Isaiah:49:10 @ They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy (note:)Meaning, that there would be nothing in their way from Babylon that would hinder or hurt them: but this is accomplished spiritually.(:note) on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

geneva@Isaiah:49:12 @ Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of (note:)Meaning, the south country, so that Christ will deliver his from all the parts of the world.(:note) Sinim.

geneva@Isaiah:49:17 @ Thy children shall make (note:)I have continual care to build you up again and to destroy your enemies.(:note) haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

geneva@Isaiah:49:19 @ For thy desolations, and thy waste places, and thy land destroied, shall surely be now narow for them that shall dwell in it, and they that did deuoure thee, shalbe farre away.

geneva@Isaiah:49:20 @ The children of thy barennesse shall say againe in thine eares, The place is straict for mee: giue place to me that I may dwell.

geneva@Isaiah:49:22 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the (note:)He shows that Christ will not only gather this great number from the Jews but also from the Gentiles.(:note) Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in [their] arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon [their] shoulders.

geneva@Isaiah:49:23 @ And kings (note:)Meaning, that kings will be converted to the gospel, and bestow their power and authority for the preservation of the Church.(:note) shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the Being joined with the Church, they will humble themselves to Christ their head, and give him all honour. dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

geneva@Isaiah:49:25 @ But thus saith the LORD, (note:)This is the answer to their objection, that no one is stronger than the Lord, neither has a more just title to them.(:note) Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

geneva@Isaiah:49:26 @ And I will feed them that oppress thee with (note:)I will cause them to destroy one another as in (Jdg_7:22; 2Ch_20:22; Isa_19:2).(:note) their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

geneva@Isaiah:50:1 @ Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the (note:)Meaning, that he has not forsaken her, but through her own opportunity as in (Hos_2:2).(:note) bill of your mother's divorcement, Who would declare that I have cut her off: meaning, that they could show no one. whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] Signifying, that he sold them not for any debt or poverty, but that they sold themselves to sins to buy their own lusts and pleasures. to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

geneva@Isaiah:50:4 @ The Lord GOD hath given (note:)The prophet represents here the person and charge of them that are justly called to the ministry by God's word.(:note) me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] To him that is oppressed by affliction and misery. weary: he awakeneth morning by morning, he awakeneth my ear to hear As they who are taught, and made meet by him. as the learned.

geneva@Isaiah:50:6 @ I gave my back to the (note:)I did not shrink from God for any persecution or calamity. By which he shows that the true ministers of God can look for no other recompense of the wicked, but after this sort, and also that is their comfort.(:note) smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

geneva@Isaiah:50:7 @ For the Lord God will helpe me, therefore shall I not bee confounded: therefore haue I set my face like a flint, and I knowe that I shall not be ashamed.

geneva@Isaiah:50:8 @ Hee is neere that iustifieth mee: who will contend with me? Let vs stande together: who is mine aduersarie? let him come neere to me.

geneva@Isaiah:50:9 @ Beholde, the Lord God will helpe me: who is he that can condemne me? loe, they shall waxe olde as a garment: the mothe shall eate them vp.

geneva@Isaiah:50:11 @ Behold, all ye that kindle (note:)You have sought consolation by your own devises, and have refused the light and consolation which God has offered: therefore you will remain in sorrow and not be comforted.(:note) a fire, that surround [yourselves] with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

geneva@Isaiah:51:1 @ Hearken to me, (note:)He comforts the Church, that they would not be discouraged for their small number.(:note) ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look to the That is, to Abraham, of whom you were begotten, and to Sarah of whom we were born. rock [from which] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [from which] ye were dug.

geneva@Isaiah:51:2 @ Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

geneva@Isaiah:51:5 @ My (note:)The time that I will accomplish my promise.(:note) righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and my My power and strength. arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they trust.

geneva@Isaiah:51:7 @ Hearken vnto me, ye that know righteousnesse, the people in whose heart is my Lawe. Feare ye not the reproche of men, neither be ye afraide of their rebukes.

geneva@Isaiah:51:9 @ Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, (note:)He puts them in remembrance of his great benefit for their deliverance out of Egypt, that by it they might learn to trust in him constantly.(:note) in the generations of old. [Art] thou not that which hath cut Meaning, Egypt, (Psa_87:4). Rahab, [and] wounded the That is, Pharaoh, (Eze_29:3). dragon?

geneva@Isaiah:51:12 @ I, euen I am he, that comfort you. Who art thou, that thou shouldest feare a mortall man, and the sonne of man, which shalbe made as grasse?

geneva@Isaiah:51:13 @ And forgettest the Lorde thy maker, that hath spred out the heauens, and layde the foundations of the earth? and hast feared continually all the day, because of the rage of the oppressour, which is readie to destroy? Where is now the rage of the oppressour?

geneva@Isaiah:51:14 @ The captive exile (note:)He comforts them by the short time of their banishment: for in seventy years they were restored and the greatest empire of the world destroyed.(:note) hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

geneva@Isaiah:51:15 @ And I am the Lorde thy God that deuided the Sea, when his waues roared: the Lord of hostes is his Name.

geneva@Isaiah:51:16 @ And I have put my words in thy (note:)Meaning, of Isaiah and of all true ministers who are defended by his protection.(:note) mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the That all things may be restored in heaven and earth, (Eph_1:10). heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, Thou [art] my people.

geneva@Isaiah:51:18 @ There is none to guide her among all the sonnes, whome she hath brought foorth: there is none that taketh her by the hand of all the sonnes that she hath brought vp.

geneva@Isaiah:51:19 @ These two (note:)Of which the one is outward as of the things that come to the body, as war, and famine and the other is inward, and belongs to the mind: that is, to be without comfort: therefore he says «How will you be comforted?»(:note) [things] have come to thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

geneva@Isaiah:51:22 @ Thus saith thy Lorde God, euen God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Beholde, I haue taken out of thine hande the cuppe of trembling, euen the dregges of the cuppe of my wrath: thou shalt drinke it no more.

geneva@Isaiah:51:23 @ But I will put it into their hande that spoile thee: which haue said to thy soule, Bowe downe, that wee may goe ouer, and thou hast layde thy bodie as the grounde, and as the streete to them that went ouer.

geneva@Isaiah:52:5 @ Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nothing? they that rule over them make them to wail, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day [is] (note:)That is, by the wicked, who think that I have no power to deliver them.(:note) blasphemed.

geneva@Isaiah:52:6 @ Therefore my people shal know my Name: therefore they shall know in that day, that I am he that doe speake: beholde, it is I.

geneva@Isaiah:52:7 @ How (note:)Signifying that the joy and good tidings of their deliverance would make their affliction in the mean time more easy: but this is chiefly meant of the spiritual joy, as in (Nah_1:15; Rom_10:15).(:note) beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that proclaimeth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that proclaimeth salvation; that saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth!

geneva@Isaiah:53:1 @ Who (note:)The prophet shows that very few will receive their preaching from Christ, and from their deliverance by him, (Joh_12:38; Rom_10:16).(:note) hath believed our report? and to whom is the Meaning, that no one can believe but whose hearts God touches with the virtue of his Holy Spirit. arm of the LORD revealed?

geneva@Isaiah:53:2 @ For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a (note:)The beginning of Christ's kingdom will be small and contemptible in the sight of man, but it will grow wonderfully and flourish before God.(:note) root out of a dry Read (Isa_11:1). ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.

geneva@Isaiah:53:4 @ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried (note:)That is, the punishment due to our sins, for which he has both suffered and made satisfaction, (Mat_8:17; 1Pe_2:24).(:note) our sorrows: yet we did esteem him We judge evil, thinking that he was punished for his own sins, and not for ours. stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

geneva@Isaiah:53:8 @ He was taken from (note:)From the cross and grave, after that he was condemned.(:note) prison and from judgment: Though he died for sin, yet after his resurrection he will live forever and this his death is to restore life to his members, (Rom_6:9). and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

geneva@Isaiah:53:12 @ Therefore I will divide to him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because (note:)Because he humbled himself, therefore he will be extolled to glory, (Phi_2:7-12).(:note) he hath poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin That is, of all that believe in him. of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

geneva@Isaiah:54:1 @ Sing, O (note:)After he has declared the death of Christ, he speaks to the Church, because it would feel the fruit of the same, and calls her barren, because in the captivity she was a widow without hope to have any children.(:note) barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the The Church in this her affliction and captivity will bring forth more children, than when she was free, or this may be spoken by admiration, considering the great number that would come from her. Her deliverance under Cyrus was as her childhood, and therefore this was accomplished when she came of age, which was under the gospel. desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:54:9 @ For this [is as] the (note:)As sure as the promise that I made to Noah, that the waters would no longer overflow the earth.(:note) waters of Noah to me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more overflow the earth; so have I sworn that I will not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee.

geneva@Isaiah:54:10 @ For the mountaines shall remoue and the hilles shall fall downe: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.

geneva@Isaiah:54:14 @ In (note:)In stability and sureness, so that it will stand forever.(:note) righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

geneva@Isaiah:54:16 @ Behold, I have created the (note:)Signifying by this that man can do nothing, but so far as God gives power: for seeing that all are his creatures, he must govern and guide them.(:note) smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

geneva@Isaiah:54:17 @ But all the weapons that are made against thee, shall not prosper: and euery tongue that shall rise against thee in iudgement, thou shalt condemne. This is the heritage of the Lords seruants, and their righteousnesse is of me, sayth the Lorde.

geneva@Isaiah:55:1 @ Ho, every one that (note:)Christ by proposing his graces and gifts to his Church, exempts the hypocrites who are full with their imagined works, and the Epicureans who are full with their worldly lusts, and so do not thirst after these waters.(:note) thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath Signifying that God's benefits cannot be bought for money. no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy By waters, wine, milk and bread, he means all things necessary to the spiritual life, as these are necessary to this corporal life. wine and milk without money and without price.

geneva@Isaiah:55:2 @ Why do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? (note:)He reproves their ingratitude, who refuse those things that God offers willingly, and in the mean time spare neither cost nor labour to obtain those which are not profitable.(:note) and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently to me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in You will be fed abundantly. fatness.

geneva@Isaiah:55:3 @ Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the (note:)The same covenant which through my mercy I ratified and confirmed to David, that it would be eternal, (2Sa_7:13; Act_13:34).(:note) sure mercies of David.

geneva@Isaiah:55:7 @ Let the wicked (note:)By this he shows that repentance must be joined with faith, and how we cannot call on God correctly, unless the fruits of our faith appear.(:note) forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

geneva@Isaiah:55:10 @ Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

geneva@Isaiah:55:11 @ So shall my (note:)If these small things have their effect, as daily experience shows much more will my promise which I have made and confirmed, bring to pass the things which I have spoken for your deliverance.(:note) word be that proceedeth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] for which I sent it.

geneva@Isaiah:55:13 @ Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD (note:)To set forth his glory.(:note) for a name, for an everlasting Of God's deliverance, and that he will never forsake his Church. sign [that] shall not be cut off.

geneva@Isaiah:56:1 @ Thus saith the LORD, (note:)God shows what he requires of them after he has delivered them: that is, the works of charity by which true faith is declared.(:note) Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my Which I will declare toward you, and pour into your hearts by my Spirit. righteousness to be revealed.

geneva@Isaiah:56:2 @ Blessed [is] the man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] layeth hold on it; that keepeth the (note:)Under the Sabbath he comprehends the whole service of God and true religion.(:note) sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

geneva@Isaiah:56:3 @ Neither let the son of the foreigner, that (note:)Let no one think himself unfit to receive the graces of the Lord: for the Lord will take away all impediments, and will forsake no one who will keep his true religion, and believe in him.(:note) hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.

geneva@Isaiah:56:4 @ For thus saith the Lord vnto the Eunuches, that keepe my Sabbaths, and chuse the thing that pleaseth me, and take holde of my couenant,

geneva@Isaiah:56:5 @ Even to them will I give in my (note:)Meaning, in his Church.(:note) house and within my walls a place and a They will be called after my people, and be of the same religion: yea, under Christ the dignity of the faithful will be greater than the Jews were at that time. name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

geneva@Isaiah:56:6 @ Also the strangers that cleaue vnto the Lord, to serue him, and to loue the Name of the Lord, and to be his seruants: euery one that keepeth the Sabbath, and polluteth it not and imbraceth my couenant,

geneva@Isaiah:56:7 @ Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt (note:)By this he means the spiritual service of God, to whom the faithful offer continual thanksgiving, yea themselves and all that they have, as a lively and acceptable sacrifice.(:note) offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called an house of prayer for Not only for the Jews, but for all others, (Mat_21:13). all people.

geneva@Isaiah:56:8 @ The Lord God sayth, which gathereth the scattered of Israel, Yet wil I gather to them those that are to be gathered to them.

geneva@Isaiah:56:9 @ All ye (note:)Meaning, the enemies of the Church, as the Babylonians, Assyrians, etc thus he speaks to scare the hypocrites and to assure the faithful that when this comes they may know it was told to them before.(:note) beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.

geneva@Isaiah:56:10 @ His (note:)He shows that this affliction will come through the fault of the governors, prophets and pastors, whose ignorance, negligence, greed and obstinacy provoked God's wrath against them.(:note) watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

geneva@Isaiah:57:1 @ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away (note:)From the plague that is at hand, and also because God will punish the wicked.(:note) from the evil [to come].

geneva@Isaiah:57:3 @ But draw near here, ye (note:)He threatens the wicked hypocrites, who under the pretence of the name of God's people, derided God's word and his promises: boasting openly that they were the children of Abraham, but because they were not faithful and obedient as Abraham was, he calls them bastards and the children of sorcerers, who forsook God, and fled to wicked means for comfort.(:note) sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

geneva@Isaiah:57:7 @ Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy (note:)That is, your altars in an open place, like an impudent harlot, that cares not for the sight of her husband.(:note) bed: even there thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.

geneva@Isaiah:57:11 @ And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast (note:)Broken promises with me.(:note) lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid [it] to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of Meaning, that the wicked abuse God's leniency, and grow to further wickedness. old, and thou fearest me not?

geneva@Isaiah:57:13 @ When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind (note:)Meaning, the Assyrians and others, whose help they looked for.(:note) shall carry them all away; vanity shall take [them]: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

geneva@Isaiah:57:15 @ For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.

geneva@Isaiah:57:19 @ I create the (note:)That is, I frame the speech and words of my messengers who will bring peace.(:note) fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to [him that is] As well to him that is in captivity as to him that remains at home. far off, and to [him that is] near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

geneva@Isaiah:58:2 @ Yet they (note:)They will seem to worship me and have outward holiness.(:note) seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

geneva@Isaiah:58:5 @ Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?

geneva@Isaiah:58:6 @ [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every (note:)That you leave off all your extortions.(:note) yoke?

geneva@Isaiah:58:7 @ [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou shouldest bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou shouldest cover him; and that thou shouldest not hide thyself from (note:)For in him you see yourself as in a mirror.(:note) thy own flesh?

geneva@Isaiah:58:12 @ And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old (note:)Signifying that of the Jews would come such as would build again the ruins of Jerusalem and Judea: but chiefly this is meant of the spiritual Jerusalem, whose builders were the Apostles.(:note) waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

geneva@Isaiah:59:1 @ Beholde, the Lordes hande is not shortened, that it can not saue: neither is his eare heauie, that it cannot heare.

geneva@Isaiah:59:2 @ But your iniquities haue separated betweene you and your God, and your sinnes haue hidde his face from you, that he will not heare.

geneva@Isaiah:59:5 @ They hatch (note:)Whatever comes from them is poison, and brings death.(:note) eggs of an adder, and weave the spider's They are profitable to no purpose. web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

geneva@Isaiah:59:15 @ Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself (note:)The wicked will destroy him.(:note) a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.

geneva@Isaiah:59:16 @ And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: (note:)Meaning, to do justice, and to remedy the things that were so far out of order.(:note) therefore his arm brought That is, his Church or his arm helped itself and did not seek aid from any other. salvation to him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

geneva@Isaiah:59:17 @ For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an (note:)Signifying that God has all means at hand to deliver his Church and to punish their enemies.(:note) helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

geneva@Isaiah:59:19 @ So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall (note:)He shows that there will be great affliction in the Church, but God will always deliver his.(:note) come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

geneva@Isaiah:59:20 @ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to (note:)By which he declares that the true deliverance from sin and Satan belongs to none but to the children of God, whom he justifies.(:note) them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:59:21 @ As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, (note:)Because the doctrine is made profitable by the virtue of the Spirit, he joins the one with the other, and promises to give them both to his Church for ever.(:note) shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

geneva@Isaiah:60:2 @ For, behold, the darkness shall cover the (note:)Signifying, that all men are in darkness till God gives them the light of his Spirit, and that this light shines to no one, but to those that are in his Church.(:note) earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

geneva@Isaiah:60:3 @ And the Gentiles shall come to (note:)Meaning, that Judea would be as the morning star, and that the Gentiles would receive light from her.(:note) thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

geneva@Isaiah:60:6 @ The (note:)Meaning, that everyone will honour the Lord with that with which he is able: Signifying that it is no true serving of God unless we offer ourselves to serve his glory, and all that we have.(:note) multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:60:7 @ All the flocks of (note:)That is the Arabians, that have great abundance of cattle.(:note) Kedar shall be gathered together to thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee: they shall come up with acceptance on my Because the altar was a figure of Christ, (Heb_13:10), he shows that nothing can be acceptable to him, which is not offered to him by this altar, who was both the offering and the altar itself. altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

geneva@Isaiah:60:9 @ Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships (note:)The Gentiles that are now enemies, will become friends and set forth the Church.(:note) of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

geneva@Isaiah:60:10 @ And the sons of foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their (note:)Meaning Cyrus and his successors, but chiefly this is accomplished in them that serve Christ, being converted by his gospel.(:note) kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

geneva@Isaiah:60:11 @ Therefore thy gates shalbe open cotinually: neither day nor night shall they be shutte, that men may bring vnto thee the riches of the Gentiles, and that their Kings may be brought.

geneva@Isaiah:60:12 @ For the nation and (note:)He shows that God has given all power and authority here in earth for the use of his Church, and that they who will not serve and profit the same will be destroyed.(:note) kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.

geneva@Isaiah:60:13 @ The (note:)There is nothing so excellent which will not serve the needs of the Church.(:note) glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my Signifying that God's majesty is not included in the temple, which is but the place for his feet, that we may learn to rise to the heavens. feet glorious.

geneva@Isaiah:60:14 @ The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending to thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves (note:)To worship their head Christ, by obeying his doctrine.(:note) down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:60:15 @ Where as thou hast bene forsaken and hated: so that no man went by thee, I will make thee an eternall glorie, and a ioye from generation to generation.

geneva@Isaiah:60:16 @ Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the (note:)Both high and low will be ready to help and comfort you.(:note) breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

geneva@Isaiah:60:19 @ The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the (note:)Signifying that all worldly means will cease, and that Christ will be all in all, as in (Rev_21:23, Rev_22:5).(:note) moon give light to thee: but the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

geneva@Isaiah:60:21 @ Thy people also [shall be] all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the (note:)The children of the Church.(:note) branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

geneva@Isaiah:60:22 @ A little one shall become a (note:)Meaning, that the Church would be miraculously multiplied.(:note) thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

geneva@Isaiah:61:1 @ The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] (note:)Thus belongs to all the prophets and ministers of God, but chiefly to Christ, of whose abundant graces everyone receives according as it pleases him to distribute.(:note) upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the To them that are lively touched with the feeling of their sins. brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the Who are in the bondage of sin. captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;

geneva@Isaiah:61:2 @ To proclaim the (note:)The time when it pleased God to show his good favour to man, which Paul calls the fulness of time, (Gal_4:4).(:note) acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of For when God delivers his Church, he punishes his enemies. vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

geneva@Isaiah:61:3 @ To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for (note:)Which was the sign of mourning.(:note) ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called Trees that bring forth good fruits, as in (Mat_3:8). trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

geneva@Isaiah:61:8 @ For I the LORD love judgment, I hate (note:)I will not receive their offerings who are extortioners, deceivers, hypocrites or that deprive me of my glory.(:note) robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

geneva@Isaiah:61:9 @ And (note:)That is, of the Church.(:note) their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed [which] the LORD hath blessed.

geneva@Isaiah:61:11 @ For as the earth bringeth foorth her bud, and as the garden causeth to growe that which is sowen in it: so the Lord God will cause righteousnesse to grow and praise before all the heathen.

geneva@Isaiah:62:1 @ For Zion's sake I will not (note:)The prophet says that he will never cease to declare to the people the good tidings of their deliverance.(:note) hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shall go forth as Till they have full deliverance: and this the prophet speaks to encourage all other ministers to the setting forth of God's mercies toward his Church. brightness, and its salvation as a lamp [that] burneth.

geneva@Isaiah:62:6 @ I have set (note:)Prophets, pastors and ministers.(:note) watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: He exhorts the ministers never to cease to call on God by prayer for the deliverance of his Church and to teach others to do the same. ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

geneva@Isaiah:62:9 @ But they that haue gathered it, shall eate it, and prayse the Lorde, and the gatherers thereof shal drinke it in the courtes of my Sanctuarie.

geneva@Isaiah:63:1 @ Who [is] this that cometh (note:)This prophecy is against the Idumeans and enemies who persecuted the Church, on whom God will take vengeance, and is here set forth all bloody after he has destroyed them in Bozrah, the chief city of the Idumeans: for these were their greatest enemies,and under the title of circumcision and the kindred of Abraham.(:note) from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? God answers them that asked this question, «Who is this?» etc. and says «You see now performed in deed the vengeance which my prophets threatened.» I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

geneva@Isaiah:63:4 @ For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the (note:)Showing that when God punishes his enemies, it is for the profit and deliverance of his Church.(:note) year of my redeemed is come.

geneva@Isaiah:63:5 @ And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore my own (note:)God shows that he has no need of man's help for the deliverance of his, and though men refuse to do their duty through negligence and ingratitude, yet he himself will deliver his Church, and punish the enemies, (Isa_59:16).(:note) arm brought salvation to me; and my fury, it upheld me.

geneva@Isaiah:63:6 @ And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them (note:)I will so astonish them and make them so giddy that they will not know which way to go.(:note) drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

geneva@Isaiah:63:7 @ I will (note:)The prophet speaks this to move the people to remember God's benefits in times past, that they may be confirmed in their troubles.(:note) mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

geneva@Isaiah:63:8 @ For he said, Surely they [are] my (note:)For I chose them to be mine, that they should be holy, and not deceive my expectation.(:note) people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

geneva@Isaiah:63:11 @ Then he (note:)That is, the people of Israel being afflicted, called to mind God's benefits, which he had bestowed on their fathers in times past.(:note) remembered the days of old, Moses, [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them out of the sea with the Meaning, Moses. shepherd of his flock? where [is] he that put his Holy Spirit within That is, in Moses that he might well govern the people: some refer this giving of the spirit to the people. him?

geneva@Isaiah:63:13 @ That led them through the deep, as an (note:)Peaceably and gentle, as a horse is led to his pasture.(:note) horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?

geneva@Isaiah:64:1 @ O that thou wouldest (note:)The prophet continues his prayer, desiring God to declare his love toward his Church by miracles and mighty power, as he did in mount Sinai.(:note) rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

geneva@Isaiah:64:4 @ For since the beginning of the world [men] have not (note:)Paul uses the same kind of admiration, (1Co_2:9) marvelling at God's great benefit showed to his Church, by the preaching of the gospel.(:note) heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

geneva@Isaiah:64:5 @ Thou meetest him (note:)You showed favour toward our fathers, when they trusted in you and walked after your commandments.(:note) that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy They considered your great mercies. ways: behold, thou art angry; for we have sinned: in That is, in your mercies, which he calls the ways of the Lord. those is continuance, and we You will have pity on us. shall be saved.

geneva@Isaiah:64:7 @ And there is none that calleth vpon thy Name, neither that stirreth vp himselfe to take holde of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from vs, and hast consumed vs because of our iniquities.

geneva@Isaiah:65:2 @ I have (note:)He shows the reason for the rejection of the Jews, because they would not obey him or any admonition of his prophets, by whom he called them continually and stretch out his hand to draw them.(:note) spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walketh in a way [that is] not good, after their own He shows that to delight in our own fantasies is the declining from God and the beginning of all superstitions and idolatry. thoughts;

geneva@Isaiah:65:3 @ A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in (note:)Which were dedicated to idols.(:note) gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of Meaning their altars, which he thus named by contempt. brick;

geneva@Isaiah:65:5 @ Which say, (note:)He shows that hypocrisy is always joined with pride and contempt of others.(:note) Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These [are] a smoke in my nose, a fire that Their punishment will never have an end. burneth all the day.

geneva@Isaiah:65:6 @ Behold, [it is] (note:)So that the remembrance of it cannot be forgotten.(:note) written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

geneva@Isaiah:65:7 @ Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers (note:)Will be both punished together: and this declares how the children are punished for their fathers faults, that is, when the same faults or like are found in them.(:note) together, saith the LORD, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

geneva@Isaiah:65:8 @ Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [one] saith, Destroy it not; for a (note:)That is, it is profitable: meaning that God will not destroy the faithful branches of his vineyard, when he destroys the rotten stocks, that is, the hypocrites.(:note) blessing [is] in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.

geneva@Isaiah:65:9 @ But I will bring a seede out of Iaakob, and out of Iudah, that shal inherit my mountaine: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my seruants shall dwell there.

geneva@Isaiah:65:10 @ And (note:)Which was a plentiful place in Judea to feed sheep, as Achor was for cattle.(:note) Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

geneva@Isaiah:65:11 @ But ye [are] they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that (note:)By the multitude and number he means their innumerable idols of whom they thought they could never have enough.(:note) troop, and that furnish the drink offering to that number.

geneva@Isaiah:65:15 @ And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my (note:)Meaning, that he would call the Gentiles, who would abhor even the very name of the Jews for their infidelities sake.(:note) chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by Than by the name of the Jews. another name:

geneva@Isaiah:65:16 @ That he who blesseth himself in the (note:)By blessing, and by swearing is meant the praising of God for his benefits, and the true worshipping of him, who will not be only in Judea, but through all the world.(:note) earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former I will no longer permit my Church to be desolate as in times past. troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

geneva@Isaiah:65:17 @ For, behold, I create (note:)I will so altar and change the state of my church, that it will seem to dwell in a new world.(:note) new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

geneva@Isaiah:65:18 @ But be you glad and reioyce for euer in the things that I shall create: for beholde, I will create Ierusalem, as a reioycing and her people as a ioye,

geneva@Isaiah:65:20 @ There shall be no more from there an infant of days, nor an old man that hath (note:)Meaning, in this wonderful restoration of the Church there would be no weakness of youth, nor infirmities of age, but all would be fresh and flourishing: and this is accomplished in the heavenly Jerusalem, when all sins will cease, and the tears will be wiped away.(:note) not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner [being] By which he shows that the infidels and unrepentant sinners have no part of this benediction. an hundred years old shall be accursed.

geneva@Isaiah:66:1 @ Thus saith the LORD, The (note:)My majesty is so great, that it fills both heaven and earth, and therefore cannot be included in a temple like an idol, condemning by this their main confidence which trusted in the temple and sacrifices.(:note) heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build to me? and where [is] the place of my rest?

geneva@Isaiah:66:2 @ For all these [things] hath my hand made, (note:)Seeing that both the temple and the things in it, with the sacrifices were made and done by his appointment, he shows that he has no need of it, and that he can be without them, {{See Psa_50:10}}.(:note) and all these [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of To him that is humble and pure in heart, who receives my doctrine with reverence and fear. a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

geneva@Isaiah:66:3 @ He that killeth an ox [is as if] he (note:)Because the Jews thought themselves holy by offering their sacrifices, and in the mean season had neither faith or repentance, God shows that he no less detests these ceremonies than he does the sacrifices of the heathen, who offered men, dogs and swine to their idols, which things were expressly forbidden in the law.(:note) slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine's blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

geneva@Isaiah:66:5 @ Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his (note:)He encourages the faithful by promising to destroy their enemies, who pretended to be as brethren, but were hypocrites, and hated them that feared God.(:note) word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

geneva@Isaiah:66:7 @ Before (note:)Meaning, that the restoration of the church would be so sudden and contrary to all men's opinions as when a woman is delivered before she looked for it, and without pain in travail.(:note) she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child.

geneva@Isaiah:66:8 @ Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one (note:)This will pass the capacity of man to see such a multitude that will come up at once, meaning under the preaching of the gospel of which they who came out of Babylon were a sign.(:note) day? [or] shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

geneva@Isaiah:66:9 @ Shall I (note:)Declaring by this that as by his power and providence women travailed and delivered so he gives power to bring forth the Church at his appointed time.(:note) bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut [the womb]? saith thy God.

geneva@Isaiah:66:10 @ Reioyce ye with Ierusalem, and be gladde with her, all ye that loue her: reioyce for ioy with her, all ye that mourne for her,

geneva@Isaiah:66:11 @ That ye may nurse, (note:)That is may rejoice for all the blessings that God bestows on his Church.(:note) and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may draw milk, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

geneva@Isaiah:66:17 @ They that sanctify (note:)Meaning, the hypocrites.(:note) themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one [tree] in the midst, eating By which are meant them that maliciously transgressed the law, by eating beasts forbidden, even to the mouse which nature abhors. swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:66:18 @ For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my (note:)The Gentiles will be partakers of that glory, which before I showed to the Jews.(:note) glory.

geneva@Isaiah:66:19 @ And I will set a (note:)I will make these that I chose, that they perish not with the rest of the infidels: by which he alludes to the marking of the posts of his people, whom he preserved, (Exo_12:7).(:note) sign among them, and I will send those that I will scatter the rest of the Jews, who escaped destruction, into various nations. escape of them to the nations, [to] That is, Cecilia. Tarshish, Meaning Africa. Pul, and That is Lydia, or Asia minor. Lud, that draw the Signifying the Parthians. bow, [to] Italy. Tubal, and Greece. Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and Meaning, the apostles, disciples and others who he first chose of the Jews to preach to the Gentiles. they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

geneva@Isaiah:66:20 @ And they shall bring all your (note:)That is the Gentiles, who by faith will be made the children of Abraham as you are.(:note) brethren [for] an offering to the LORD out of all nations upon By which he means that no necessary means will want, when God will call the Gentiles to the knowledge of the gospel. horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:66:22 @ For as the new (note:)By this he signifies the kingdom of Christ in which his Church will be renewed, and where before there were appointed seasons to sacrifice in this there will be one continual Sabbath, so that all times and seasons will be meet.(:note) heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

geneva@Isaiah:66:24 @ And they shall go forth, and look upon the (note:)As he who declared the happiness that will be within the Church for the comfort of the godly, so does he show what horrible calamity will come to the wicked, that are out of the Church.(:note) carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their Meaning, a continual torment of conscience, which will always gnaw them, and never permit them to be at rest, (Mar_9:44). worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence This is the just recompense for the wicked, who contemning God and his word, will be by God's just judgments abhorred by all his creatures. to all flesh.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:1 @ The (note:)That is, the sermons and prophecies.(:note) words of Jeremiah the son of Who is thought to be he that found the book of the law under king Josiah, (2Ki_22:8). Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in This was a city about three miles from Jerusalem and belonged to the priests, the sons of Aaron, (Jos_21:18). Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: The Argument - The prophet Jeremiah born in the city of Anathoth in the country of Benjamin, was the son of Hilkiah, whom some think to be he that found the book of the law and gave it to Josiah. This prophet had excellent gifts from God, and most evident revelations of prophecy, so that by the commandment of the Lord he began very young to prophecy, that is, in the thirteenth year of Josiah, and continued eighteen years under the king, three months under Jehoahaz and under Jehoiakim eleven years, three months under Jehoiachin, and under Zedekiah eleven years to the time that they were carried away into Babylon. So that this time amounts to above forty years, besides the time that he prophesied after the captivity. In this book he declares with tears and lamentations, the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of the people, for their idolatry, covetousness, deceit, cruelty, excess, rebellion and contempt of God's word, and for the consolation of the Church reveals the just time of their deliverance. Here chiefly are to be considered three things. First the rebellion of the wicked, who wax more stubborn and obstinate, when the prophets admonish them most plainly of their destruction. Next how the prophets and ministers of God should not be discouraged in their vocation, though they are persecuted and rigorously handled by the wicked, for God's cause. Thirdly though God shows his just judgment against the wicked, yet will he ever show himself a preserver of his Church, and when all means seem to men's judgment to be abolished, then will he declare himself victorious in preserving his.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:3 @ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the (note:)Meaning the nephew of Josiah: for Jehoahaz was his father, who reigned but three months, and therefore is not mentioned, nor is Jehoiakim that reigned no longer.(:note) son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth Of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, who was also called Mattaniah, and at this time the Jews were carried away into Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. month.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:5 @ Before I (note:)The scripture uses this manner of speech to declare that God has appointed his minsters to their offices before they were born, as in (Isa_49:1; Gal_1:15).(:note) formed thee in the womb I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet to the For Jeremiah did not only prophecy against the Jews, but also against the Egyptians, Babylonians, Moabites and other nations. nations.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:6 @ Then said I, (note:)Considering the great judgments of God which according to his threatening would come on the world, he was moved with a certain compassion on the one hand to pity them that would thus perish, and on the other hand by the infirmity of man's nature, knowing how hard a thing it was to enterprise such a charge, as in (Isa_6:11; Exo_3:21, Exo_4:1).(:note) Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:7 @ But the Lord said vnto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoeuer I command thee, shalt thou speake.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:9 @ Then the LORD put forth his hand, and (note:)Which declares that God makes them meet and assures them, whom he calls to set forth his glory, giving them all means necessary for the same, (Exo_4:12; Isa_6:7).(:note) touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:13 @ And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling (note:)Signifying that the Chaldeans and Assyrians would be as a pot to seethe the Jews who boiled in their pleasures and lust.(:note) pot; and its face [is] toward the north.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:17 @ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I (note:)Which declares that God's vengeance is prepared against them who do not execute their duty faithfully, either for fear of man, or for any other reason, (1Co_9:16).(:note) confound thee before them.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:18 @ For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an (note:)Signifying on the one hand that the more that Satan and the world rage against God's ministers, the more present will he be to help them, (Jos_1:5; Heb_13:5) and on the other hand, that they are utterly unfit to serve God in his Church, who are afraid and do not resist wickedness, whatever danger depend on it, (Isa_50:7; Eze_3:8).(:note) iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests, and against the people of the land.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:2 @ Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the (note:)According to that grace and favour which I showed you from the beginning, when I first chose you to be my people, and married you to myself, (Eze_16:8).(:note) kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, When I had delivered you out of Egypt. in a land [that was] not sown.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:3 @ Israel [was] (note:)Chosen above all others to serve the Lord only and the first offered to the Lord of all other nations.(:note) holiness to the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his increase: all Whoever challenged this people, or else annoyed them, was punished. that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:5 @ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone (note:)That is, fallen to vile idolatry.(:note) far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become Altogether given to vanity, and are become blind and insensible as the idols that they serve. vain?

geneva@Jeremiah:2:6 @ Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of (note:)Where for lack of all things needed for life, you could look for nothing every hour but present death.(:note) the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

geneva@Jeremiah:2:8 @ The priests said not, (note:)They did not teach the people to seek after God.(:note) Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the As the scribes, who would have expounded the law to the people. law knew me not: the Meaning, the princes and ministers: signifying, that all estates were corrupt. rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by That is, spoke vain things, and brought the people from the true worship of God to serve idols: for by Baal, which was the chief idol of the Moabites, are meant all idols. Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:9 @ Wherefore I will yet (note:)Signifying that he would not as he might, straightway condemn them, but shows them by evident examples their great ingratitude that they might be ashamed and repent.(:note) plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:11 @ Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their (note:)That is, God who is their glory, and who makes them glorious above all other people, reproving the Jews that they were less diligent to serve the true God, than were the idolaters to honour their vanities.(:note) glory for [that which] doth not Meaning the idols who were their destruction, (Psa_106:36). profit.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:12 @ Be astonished, O ye (note:)He shows that the insensible creatures abhor this vile ingratitude, and as it were tremble for fear of God's great judgments against the same.(:note) heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:13 @ For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me (note:)Signifying that when men forsake God's word, which is the fountain of life, they reject God himself, and so fall to their own inventions, and vain confidence, and procure to themselves destruction, (Jon_2:8; Zec_10:2).(:note) the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:17 @ Hast thou not procured this to thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he (note:)Showing that God would have still led them correctly, if they would have followed him.(:note) led thee by the way?

geneva@Jeremiah:2:19 @ Thy own wickedness shall (note:)Meaning, that the wicked are insensible, till the punishment for their sin waken them as in (Jer_2:26; Isa_3:9).(:note) correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:23 @ How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not (note:)Meaning that hypocrites deny that they worship the idols, but that they honour God in them, and therefore they call their doings God's service.(:note) gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift He compares the idolaters to these beasts, because they never cease running to and fro: for both valleys and hills are full of their idolatry. dromedary traversing her ways;

geneva@Jeremiah:2:24 @ A wild (note:)He compares the idolaters to a wild ass: for she can never be tamed nor yet wearied: for as she runs she can take her wind at every opportunity.(:note) donkey used to the wilderness, [that] snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her That is, when she is with foal, and therefore the hunters wait their time: so though you cannot be turned back now from your idolatry, yet when your iniquity will be at the fall, God will meet with you. month they shall find her.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:25 @ Withhold thy foot from (note:)By this he warns them that they should not go into strange countries to seek help: for they should but spend their labour, and hurt themselves, which is here meant by the bare foot and thirst, (Isa_57:10).(:note) being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:27 @ Saying to a tree, Thou [art] my (note:)Meaning, that idolaters rob God of his honour: and where as he has taught to call him the father of all flesh, they attribute this title to their idols.(:note) father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back to me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:28 @ But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according (note:)You thought that your gods of blocks and stones could have helped you, because they were many in number and present in every place: but now let us see whether either the multitude or their presence can deliver you from my plague, (Jer_11:13).(:note) to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:29 @ Why will (note:)As though I did you injury in punishing you, seeing that your faults are so evident.(:note) ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:30 @ In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your (note:)That is, you have killed your prophets, that exhorted you to repentance, as Zechariah, Isaiah, etc.(:note) own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:1 @ They (note:)According as it is written, (Deu_24:4).(:note) say, If a man shall put away his wife, and she shall go from him, and become another man's, shall he return to her again? shall not that land If he take such a one to wife again. be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many That is, with idols, and with them whom you have put your confidence in. lovers; yet And I will not cast you off, but receive you, according to my mercy. return again to me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:2 @ Lift up thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the (note:)Who dwells in tent and waits for them that pass by to rob them.(:note) Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotry and with thy wickedness.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:4 @ Wilt thou not from this time cry (note:)He shows that the wicked in their miseries will cry to God and use outward prayer as the godly do, but because they do not turn from their evil, they are not heard, (Isa_58:3-4).(:note) to me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?

geneva@Jeremiah:3:9 @ And it came to pass through the (note:)The Hebrew word may either signify lightness and wantonness, or noise and brute.(:note) lightness of her harlotry, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with trees.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:10 @ And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned to me with (note:)Judah pretended for a time that she returned, as under Josiah and other good kings, but she was never truly touched, or wholly reformed, as appeared when opportunity was offered by any wicked prince.(:note) her whole heart, but deceitfully, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:13 @ Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast (note:)There was no way which you did not hunt to seek after the idols, and to go on a pilgrimage.(:note) scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:17 @ At that time they shall call Jerusalem (note:)Meaning, the Church, where the Lord will be present to the world's end, (Mat_28:20).(:note) the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:18 @ In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together from the land of the (note:)Where they are now in captivity.(:note) north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:25 @ We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: (note:)They justify not themselves, or say that they would follow their fathers, but condemn their wicked doings and desire forgiveness for the same, as in (Ezr_9:7; Psa_106:6; Isa_64:6).(:note) for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:3 @ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up (note:)He wills them to pluck up the impiety and wicked affection and worldly respects out of their heart, that the true seed of God's word may be sown in it, (Hos_10:12) and this is the true circumcision of the heart, (Deu_10:16; Rom_2:29; Col_2:11).(:note) your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:4 @ Breake vp your fallowe ground, and sowe not among the thornes: be circumcised to the Lord, & take away the foreskinnes of your hearts, ye men of Iudah, and inhabitants of Ierusalem, lest my wrath come foorth like fire, and burne, that none can quenche it, because of the wickednesse of your inuentions.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:9 @ And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the (note:)That is, the false prophets who still prophesied peace and security.(:note) prophets shall wonder.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:11 @ At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry (note:)The north wind by which he means Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not But to carry away both corn and chaff. to fan, nor to cleanse,

geneva@Jeremiah:4:13 @ Behold, he shall come up as (note:)Meaning that Nebuchadnezzar would come as suddenly as a cloud that is carried with the wind.(:note) clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. This is spoken in the person of all the people, who in their affliction would cry thus. Woe to us! for we are laid waste.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:14 @ O Ierusalem, wash thine heart from wickednes, that thou maiest be saued: how long shall thy wicked thoughtes remaine within thee?

geneva@Jeremiah:4:17 @ As keepers of a (note:)Who keep the fruits so straitly, that nothing can come in or out so would the Babylonians compass Judah.,(:note) field, they are against her on all sides; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:19 @ My distress, my (note:)He shows that the true ministers are lively touched with the calamities of the Church, so that all the parts of their body feel the grief of their heart, even though with zeal to God's glory they pronounce his judgments against the people.(:note) distress! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:23 @ I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and (note:)By this manner of speech he shows the horrible destruction that would come on the land and also condemns the obstinacy of the people who do not repent at the fear of these terrible kings, seeing that the insensible creatures are moved therewith, as if the order of nature would be changed, (Isa_13:10, Isa_24:23; Eze_32:7; Joe_2:31, Joe_3:15).(:note) void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:31 @ For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, [and] the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, [that] bewaileth herself, [that] spreadeth her hands, [saying], (note:)As the prophets were moved to pity the destruction of their people, so they declared it to the people to move them to repentance, (Isa_22:4; Jer_9:1).(:note) Woe [is] me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:1 @ Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its broad places, if ye can find a man, if there is [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon (note:)That is, the city.(:note) it.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:6 @ Wherefore a (note:)Meaning, Nebuchadnezzar and his army.(:note) lion from the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:7 @ How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and (note:)He shows that to swear by anything other than by God is to forsake him.(:note) sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:13 @ And the prophets shall become (note:)Their words will be of no effect, but vain.(:note) wind, and the word [is] They are not sent from the Lord, and therefore that which they threaten to us will come on them. not in them: thus shall it be done to them.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:22 @ Feare ye not me, saith the Lord? Or will ye not be afraide at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bounds of the sea by the perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof rage, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?

geneva@Jeremiah:5:24 @ For they say not in their heart, Let vs nowe feare the Lorde our God, that giueth raine both early and late in due season: hee reserueth vnto vs the appointed weekes of the haruest.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:25 @ Your (note:)If there is any stay, that we receive not God's blessings in abundance, we must consider that it is for our own iniquities, (Isa_59:1-2).(:note) iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withheld good [things] from you.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:26 @ For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:31 @ The (note:)Meaning that there could be nothing but disorder, where the ministers were wicked and corrupt.(:note) prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in its end?

geneva@Jeremiah:6:3 @ The shepherds with their flocks (note:)She will be so destroyed that the sheep may be fed in her.(:note) shall come to her; they shall pitch [their] tents against her on every side; they shall feed every one in his place.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:10 @ To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] (note:)They delight to hear vain things, and to shut up their ears to true doctrine.(:note) uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:11 @ Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: (note:)As the Lord had given him his word to be as a fire of his indignation to burn the wicked, (Jer_5:14) so he kindles it now when he sees that all remedies are past.(:note) I will pour it out upon the No one will be spared. children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with [him that is] full of days.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:14 @ They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, (note:)When the people began to fear God's judgments, the false prophets comforted them by flatterings, showing that God would send peace and not war.(:note) Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:16 @ Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the (note:)In which the patriarchs and prophets walked, directed by the word of God: signifying that there is no true way, but that which God prescribes.(:note) old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [in it].

geneva@Jeremiah:6:17 @ Also I set (note:)Prophets who would warn you of the dangers that were at hand.(:note) watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:27 @ I have set (note:)Meaning, Jeremiah, whom God had appointed to try out the godly from the wicked, as a founder does the pure metal from the dross.(:note) thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:29 @ The (note:)All the pain and labour that has been taken with them is lost.(:note) bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:1 @ The woordes that came to Ieremiah from the Lorde, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:7:2 @ Stand in the gate of the Lordes house and crie this woorde there, and say, Heare the woorde of the Lord, all yee of Iudah that enter in at these gates to worship the Lorde.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:4 @ Trust ye not in (note:)Believe not the false prophets, who say that for the temple's sake, and the sacrifices there the Lord will preserve you, and so nourish you in your sin, and vain confidence.(:note) lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:7 @ Then (note:)God shows on what condition he made his promise to this temple that they would be a holy people to him, as he would be a faithful God to them.(:note) will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:8 @ Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:11 @ Is this house, which is called by my name, become (note:)As thieves hidden in holes and dens think themselves safe, so when you are in my temple, you think to be covered with the holiness of it, and that I cannot see your wickedness, (Mat_21:13).(:note) a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen [it], saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:12 @ But go ye now to my place which [was] in Shiloh, (note:)Because they depended so much on the temple, which was for his promise, that he would be present and defend them where the ark was, he sends them to God's judgments against Shiloh, where the ark had remained about 300 years, and after was taken, the priests slain, and the people miserably discomfited, (1Sa_4:11; Jer_26:6).(:note) where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:14 @ Therefore will I do vnto this House, wherupon my Name is called, wherein also yee trust, euen vnto the place that I gaue to you & to your fathers, as I haue done vnto Shilo.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:15 @ And I will cast (note:)I will send you into captivity as I have done Ephraim, that is, the ten tribes.(:note) you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, [even] the whole seed of Ephraim.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:16 @ Therefore (note:)To assure them that God had determined with himself to punish their wickedness, he shows the prayer of the godly cannot help them, while they remain in their obstinacy against God, and will not use the means that he uses to call them to repentance, (Jer_11:14, Jer_14:11).(:note) pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:18 @ The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to (note:)That is, they sacrifice to the sun, moon and stars, which they called the queen of heaven, (Jer_44:17; 2Ki_23:5).(:note) the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:22 @ For (note:)Showing that it was not his chief purpose and intent, that they should offer sacrifices, but that they should regard, why they were ordained: that is, to be joined to the word as seals and confirmations of remissions of sins in Christ: for without the word they were vain and unprofitable.(:note) I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

geneva@Jeremiah:7:23 @ But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voyce, and I will be your God, and yee shalbe my people: and walke yee in all the wayes which I haue commaunded you, that it may be well vnto you.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:25 @ Since the day that your fathers came forth from the land of Egypt to (note:)Which was about fourteen hundred years.(:note) this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily Read (Jer_7:13). rising early and sending [them]:

geneva@Jeremiah:7:27 @ Therefore thou shalt speak all these words to them; but they (note:)By which he shows that the pastors should not leave their flocks in their obstinacy, for the Lord will use the means of his servants to make the wicked more faulty and to prove his.(:note) will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call to them; but they will not answer thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:28 @ But thou shalt say vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lorde their God, nor receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:32 @ Therefore beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall burie in Topheth til there be no place.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:1 @ At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their (note:)The enemy for greediness will rifle your graves and lay you before those idols, who in your life you worshipped, to see if they can help you.(:note) graves:

geneva@Jeremiah:8:3 @ And death shall be chosen (note:)Because of the afflictions that they will feel through God's judgments.(:note) rather than life by all the remnant of them that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:4 @ Moreover thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they (note:)Is there no hope that they will return?(:note) fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return?

geneva@Jeremiah:8:7 @ Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the (note:)He accuses them in that they are more ignorant of God's judgments, than these birds are of their appointed seasons to discern the cold and heat.(:note) judgment of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:8 @ How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain he hath made [it]; (note:)The law does not profit you neither need it to have been written for all that you have learned by it.(:note) the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:10 @ Therefore will I giue their wiues vnto others, and their fieldes to them that shall possesse them: for euery one from the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen to couetousnesse, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, euery one dealeth falsely.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:13 @ I wil surely consume them, sayth the Lord: there shalbe no grapes on the vine, nor figges on the figtree, and the leafe shall fade, and the things that I haue giuen them, shal depart from them.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:14 @ Why do we sit still? (note:)He speaks in the person of the people, who when the enemy comes will turn about to hide themselves and acknowledge that it is God's hand.(:note) assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of That is, has brought us into extreme affliction, and thus they will not attribute this plague to fortune, but to God's just judgment, (Jer_9:15, Jer_23:15). gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:16 @ The snorting of his horses was heard from (note:){{See Jer_4:15}}(:note) Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell in it.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:19 @ Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a distant country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why (note:)Thus the Lord speaks.(:note) have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with foreign vanities?

geneva@Jeremiah:8:20 @ The (note:)The people wonder that they have for so long a time looked for comfort in vain.(:note) harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:1 @ O that my head were (note:)The prophet shows the great compassion that he had toward this people, seeing that he could never sufficiently lament the destruction that he saw to hang over them, which is a special note to discern the true pastors from the hirelings. {{See Jer_4:19}}(:note) waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

geneva@Jeremiah:9:2 @ O that I had in the wilderness a (note:)He shows that there was more peace and greater safety for him to dwell among the wild beasts than among this wicked people except that God has given him this charge.(:note) lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [are] all Utterly turned from God. adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:4 @ Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any (note:)Meaning, that all were corrupt, and none could find an honest man.(:note) brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:5 @ And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they (note:)They have so practised deceit, that they cannot forsake it.(:note) have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:10 @ For the (note:)Signifying that all the places about Jerusalem would be destroyed.(:note) mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them]; neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:12 @ Who [is] the (note:)Meaning that they are all without sense and understanding and that God has taken his spirit from them.(:note) wise man, that may understand this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

geneva@Jeremiah:9:14 @ But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which (note:)He shows that the children cannot excuse themselves by their fathers: for both father and child if they are wicked will perish.(:note) their fathers taught them:

geneva@Jeremiah:9:17 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for (note:)Seeing you cannot lament your own sins, call for those foolish women, whom of a superstition you have to lament for the dead, that they by their feigned tears may provoke you to some sorrow.(:note) the skilful women, that they may come; and send for skilful [women], that they may come:

geneva@Jeremiah:9:18 @ And let them make haste, & let them take vp a lamentation for vs, that our eyes may cast out teares & our eye liddes gush out of water.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:21 @ For death hath come up into our (note:)Signifying that there is no means to deliver the wicked from God's judgments: but when they think to be most sure, and most far off, then they are soonest taken.(:note) windows, [and] hath entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:23 @ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the (note:)As none can save himself by his own labour, or any worldly means, he shows that it is vain to put our trust in it, but that we trust in the Lord, and rejoice in him, who only can deliver.(:note) wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:

geneva@Jeremiah:9:24 @ But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD who (note:)These three points are necessary to know correctly his mercy, in which consists our salvation: his judgment, which he executes continually against the wicked, and his justice, by which he defends and maintains the faithful.(:note) exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:25 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them who are] (note:)Meaning, both Jews and Gentiles, as in this next verse he shows the cause, (Jer_4:4).(:note) circumcised with the uncircumcised;

geneva@Jeremiah:9:26 @ Egypt and Iudah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all the vtmost corners of them that dwell in the wildernesse: for all these nations are vncircumcised, & al the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the heart.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:1 @ Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:4 @ They deck it (note:)The prophets use thus plainly and simply to set forth the vile absurdity of the idolaters that men might learn to be ashamed of that to which their corrupt nature is most subject, (Isa_44:12).(:note) with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it may not move.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:6 @ Forasmuch as [there is] none like thee, O LORD; (note:)He teaches the people to lift up their eyes to God, who has all power and therefore ought only to be feared: and in this he shows them not only the evil that they ought to hate: but the good which they ought to follow, (Rev_15:4).(:note) thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:8 @ But they are altogether senseless and foolish: the stock [is] a (note:)Because the people thought that to have images was a means to serve God, and to bring them to the knowledge of him, he shows that nothing more displeases God, nor brings man into greater errors and ignorance of God: and therefore he calls them the doctrine of vanity, the work of errors, (Jer_10:15). (Hab_2:18) calls them the teachers of lies: contrary to that wicked opinion, that they are the books of the lay people.(:note) doctrine of vanities.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:9 @ Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold (note:)Where they found the best gold; showing that they thought nothing too dear for their idols, some read Ophir as in (1Ki_9:28).(:note) from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of skilful [men].

geneva@Jeremiah:10:11 @ Thus shall ye say to them, The gods (note:)This declares that all that has been spoken of idols in this chapter, was to arm the Jews when they would be in Chaldea among the idolaters, and now with one sentence he instructs them both how to protest their own religion against the idolaters and how to answer them to their shame who would exhort them to idolatry, and therefore he writes this sentence in the Chaldean tongue for a memorial while all the rest of his writing is in Hebrew.(:note) that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:16 @ The (note:)By these words, portion and rod, he signifies their inheritance, meaning that God would be all sufficient for them: and that their happiness consisted in him alone, and therefore they ought to renounce all other help and comfort as of idols, etc. (Deu_32:9; Psa_16:5).(:note) portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:23 @ O LORD, I know that (note:)He speaks this because Nebuchadnezzar purposed to have made war against the Moabites and Ammonites, but hearing of Zedekiah's rebellion he turned his power to go against Jerusalem, (Eze_21:21) therefore the prophet says that this was the Lord's direction.(:note) the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:24 @ O LORD, correct me, but with (note:)Considering that God had revealed to him the certainty of their captivity (Jer_7:16) he only prays that he would punish them with mercy which Isaiah calls in measure, (Isa_27:8) measuring his rods by their infirmity (1Co_10:13) for here by judgment is meant not only the punishment but also the merciful moderation of the same as in (Jer_30:11).(:note) judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:25 @ Pour out (note:)As God cannot only be known and glorified by his mercy that he uses toward his Church, but also by his justice in punishing his enemies, he prays that this glory may fully appear both in the one and the other, (Psa_79:6).(:note) thy fury upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:1 @ The worde that came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:11:3 @ And say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; (note:)He calls the Jews to the consideration of God's mercy, who freely chose them, made a covenant of eternal happiness with them and how he ever performed it on his behalf and how they ever showed themselves rebellious and ingrate toward him, and broke it on their part, and so are subject to the curse of the law, (Deu_27:26).(:note) Cursed [be] the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

geneva@Jeremiah:11:5 @ That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day. Then answered (note:)Thus he speaks in the person of the people, who agreed to the covenant.(:note) I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:15 @ What hath my (note:)My people of Israel whom I have greatly loved till now.(:note) beloved to do in my house, [seeing] she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh Meaning, that they offer not in the temple to God, but on the altars of Baal and the idols and so rejoiced in their wickedness. is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:17 @ For the Lorde of hostes that planted thee, hath pronounced a plague against thee, for the wickednes of the house of Israel, and of the house of Iudah, which they haue done against themselues to prouoke me to anger in offering incense vnto Baal.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:19 @ But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised plots against me, [saying], Let us (note:)Let us destroy the prophet and his doctrine. Some read «Let us corrupt his meat with wood», meaning poison.(:note) destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:20 @ But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy (note:)Thus he spoke not out of hatred, but being moved with the Spirit of God, he desires the advancement of God's glory, and the verifying of his word, which is by the destruction of his enemies.(:note) vengeance on them: for to thee have I revealed my cause.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:21 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the men of (note:)That is, both the priests and the rest of the people: for this town was the priests, and they dwelt in it, (Jer_1:1).(:note) Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Not that they could not abide to hear God named; (for in this they would show themselves most holy) but because they could not abide to be sharply reproved, and therefore desired to be flattered (Isa_30:10), to be maintained in their pleasures (Mic_2:11) and not to hear vice condemned (Amo_7:12). Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

geneva@Jeremiah:12:3 @ But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and (note:)The Hebrew word is «sanctify them», meaning that God would be sanctified in the destruction of the wicked to whom God for a while gives prosperity, that afterward they would the more feel his heavy judgment when they lack their riches which were a sign of his mercy.(:note) prepare them for the day of slaughter.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:4 @ How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, (note:)Abusing God's leniency and his promises, they flattered themselves as though God would ever be merciful and not utterly destroy them therefore they hardened themselves in sin, till at length the beasts and insensible creatures felt the punishment of their stubborn rebellion against God.(:note) He shall not see our last end.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:5 @ If thou hast run with the (note:)Some think that God reproves Jeremiah, in that he would reason with him, saying that if he was not able to march with men, then he was far unable to dispute with God. Others, by the footmen mean them of Anathoth: and by the horsemen, them of Jerusalem who would trouble the prophet worse than his own countrymen did.(:note) footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [in which] thou didst trust, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

geneva@Jeremiah:12:11 @ They have made it desolate, [and being] desolate it mourneth to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth (note:)Because no man regards my word, or the plagues that I have sent on the land.(:note) [it] to heart.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:14 @ Thus saith the LORD against all my evil (note:)Meaning the wicked enemies of his Church who blasphemed his Name, and whom he would punish after he had delivered his people.(:note) neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:17 @ But if they will not obey, then will I vtterly plucke vp, and destroy that nation, sayeth the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:4 @ Take the sash that thou hast bought, which [is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to (note:)Because this river was far from Jerusalem, it is evident that this was a vision, by which it was signified that the Jews would pass over the Euphrates to be captives in Babylon, and there for length of time would seem to be rotten, although they were joined to the Lord before as a girdle about a man.(:note) Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:11 @ For as the girdle cleaueth to the loynes of a man, so haue I tied to me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Iudah, saith the Lorde, that they might bee my people: that they might haue a name and prayse, and glory, but they would not heare.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:12 @ Therefore thou shalt speak to them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every (note:)Every one of you will be filled with spiritual drunkenness, and be without all knowledge to seek how to help yourselves.(:note) skin shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to thee, Do we not certainly know that every skin shall be filled with wine?

geneva@Jeremiah:13:13 @ Then shalt thou say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, euen the Kings that sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and the Priestes and the Prophets and all the inhabitantes of Ierusalem with drunkennesse.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:20 @ Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where [is] the (note:)He asks the king, where his people is become.(:note) flock [that] was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

geneva@Jeremiah:13:23 @ Can the blacke More change his skin? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do euill.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:24 @ Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that is taken away with the South winde.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:26 @ Therefore will I uncover thy skirts upon thy face, (note:)As your iniquities have been revealed to all the world, so shall your shame and punishment.(:note) that thy shame may appear.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:1 @ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the (note:)Which came for lack of rain as in (Jer_14:4).(:note) dearth.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:5 @ Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook (note:)Meaning, that the brute beasts for drought were compelled to forsake their young, contrary to nature, and to go seek water which they could not find.(:note) [it], because there was no grass.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:6 @ And the wild donkeys stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like (note:)Who are so hot by nature, that they cannot be cooled by drinking water, but still gasp for the air to refresh them.(:note) dragons; their eyes failed, because [there was] no grass.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:13 @ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the (note:)He pities the people, and accuses the false prophets who deceived them: but the Lord answered that both the prophets who deceived and the people who permitted themselves to be seduced, will perish, (Jer_23:15, Jer_27:8-9, Jer_29:8).(:note) prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:15 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Concerning the prophets that prophecie in my Name, whom I haue not sent, yet they say, Sworde and famine shal not be in this land, by sword and famine shal those prophets be consumed.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:18 @ If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about (note:)Both high and low will be led captive into Babylon.(:note) into a land that they know not.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:19 @ Hast thou utterly rejected (note:)Though the prophet knew that God had cast off the multitude, who were hypocrites and bastard children, yet he was assured that for his promise sake he would still have a Church, for which he prays.(:note) Judah? hath thy soul abhorred Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

geneva@Jeremiah:14:22 @ Are there [any] among the (note:)Meaning their idols, read (Jer_10:15).(:note) vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].

geneva@Jeremiah:15:1 @ Then said the LORD to me, (note:)Meaning that if there were any man living moved with so great zeal toward the people as were these two, yet he would not grant this request, as he had determined the contrary, (Eze_14:14).(:note) Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:3 @ And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the (note:)The dogs, birds and beasts would devour them that were slain.(:note) dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:4 @ And I will (note:)The word signifies to run to and fro for fear and unquietness of conscience as Cain did.(:note) cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, Not that the people were punished for the king's sin only, but for their own sins also, because they consented to his wickedness. because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [that] which he did in Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:9 @ She that hath borne (note:)She who had many lost all her children.(:note) seven languisheth: she hath breathed her last; her sun is She was destroyed in the midst of her prosperity. gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the remnant of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:11 @ The LORD said, (note:)In this perplexity the Lord comforted me, and said that my last days would be quiet: and by the enemy he means here Nebuzaradan the captain of Nebuchadnezzar, who gave Jeremiah the choice either to remain in his country or to go where he would; or by the enemy he means the Jews, who would later know Jeremiah's faithfulness, and therefore favour him.(:note) Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:13 @ Thy substance and thy treasures wil I giue to be spoyled without gaine, and that for all thy sinnes euen in all thy borders.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:14 @ And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shal burne you.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:15 @ O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my (note:)He does not speak this out of a desire for revenge, but wishing that God would deliver his Church from them who he knew to be hardened and incorrigible.(:note) persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:16 @ Thy words were found, and I (note:)I received them with a great joy, as he that is famished eats meat.(:note) ate them; and thy word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:18 @ Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether to me (note:)And have not assisted me according to the promise? In which it appears that in the saints of God is imperfection of faith, which through impatience is often assailed as in (Jer_20:7).(:note) as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?

geneva@Jeremiah:15:20 @ And I will make thee to this people a fortified brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not (note:)I will teach you with an invincible strength and constancy, so that all the powers of the world will not overcome you.(:note) prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:2 @ Thou shalt not take (note:)Meaning that the affliction would be so horrible in Jerusalem that a wife and children would only increase his sorrow.(:note) thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:3 @ For thus sayeth the Lorde concerning the sonnes, and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, & concerning their mothers that beare them, & concerning their fathers, that beget them in this land,

geneva@Jeremiah:16:5 @ For thus saith the LORD, (note:)Signifying that the affliction would be so great that one would not have leisure to comfort another.(:note) Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:10 @ And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say to thee, Why hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what [is] (note:)Because the wicked are always rebellious and conceal their own sins and murmur against God's judgments, as though he had no just cause to punish them, he shows him what to answer.(:note) our iniquity? or what [is] our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

geneva@Jeremiah:16:13 @ Therefore will I driue you out of this land into a lande that ye knowe not, neither you, nor your fathers, & there shal ye serue other gods day and night: for I will shew you no grace.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:14 @ Behold therfore, saith the Lord, the dayes come that it shal no more be sayde, The Lord liueth, which brought vp the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

geneva@Jeremiah:16:15 @ But, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel from the land of the north, and (note:)Signifying that the blessing of their deliverance out of Babylon would be so great that it would abolish the remembrance of their deliverance from Egypt: but he has here chiefly respect to the spiritual deliverance under Christ.(:note) from all the lands where he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:16 @ Behold, I will send for many (note:)By the fishers and hunters are meant the Babylonians and Chaldeans who would destroy them in such sort, that if they escaped the one, the other would take them.(:note) fishermen, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:19 @ O LORD, my (note:)He wonders at the great mercy of God in this deliverance which will not only extend to the Jews but also to the Gentiles.(:note) strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited Our fathers were most vile idolaters therefore it comes only of God's mercy that he performs his promise and has not utterly cast us off. lies, vanity, and [things] in which [there is] no profit.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:21 @ Therefore, behold, I will this once (note:)They will once again feel my power and mercy for their deliverance that they may learn to worship me.(:note) cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] JEHOVAH.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:1 @ The sin of Judah [is] (note:)The remembrance of their contempt of God cannot pass, although for a time he defers the punishment, for it will be revealed to men and angels.(:note) written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the Instead of the law of God, they have written idolatry and all abomination in their heart. tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your Your sins appear in all the altars that you have erected to idols. altars;

geneva@Jeremiah:17:4 @ And thou, even (note:)Because you would not give the land rest, at such times, days and years as I appointed, you will after this be carried away and it will rest for lack of labourers.(:note) thyself, shall discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in my anger, [which] shall burn for ever.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:5 @ Thus saith the LORD; (note:)The Jews were given to worldly policies and thought to make themselves strong by the friendship of the Egyptians, (Isa_31:3) and strangers and in the mean time did not depend on God, and therefore he denounces God's plagues against them, showing that they prefer corruptible man to God, who is immortal, (Isa_2:22; Jer_48:6-7).(:note) Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:7 @ Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:12 @ A glorious (note:)Showing that the godly ought to glory in nothing, but in God who exalts his, and has left a sign of his favour in his temple.(:note) high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:13 @ O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written (note:)Their names will not be registered in the book of life.(:note) in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:14 @ Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; (note:)He desires God to preserve him that he fall not into temptation, considering the great contempt of God's word, and the multitude that fall from God.(:note) save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:15 @ Behold, (note:)The wicked say that my prophecy will not come to pass, because you deferred the time of your vengeance.(:note) they say to me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:16 @ As for me, (note:)I am assured of my calling, and therefore know that the thing which you speak by me will come to pass, and that I speak not of any worldly affection.(:note) I have not hastened from [being] a shepherd to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which was uttered by my lips was [right] before thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:18 @ Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, (note:)Read (Jer_11:20).(:note) and destroy them with double destruction.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:20 @ And say vnto them, Heare the word of the Lord, ye Kings of Iudah, and al Iudah, and all the inhabitants of Ierusale, that enter in by these gates.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:21 @ Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the (note:)By naming the Sabbath day, he comprehends the thing that is signified by it, for if they transgressed in the ceremony, they must be guilty of the rest, read (Exo_20:8) and by the breaking of this one commandment, he makes them transgressors of the whole law, as the first and second table are contained in it.(:note) sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;

geneva@Jeremiah:17:24 @ Neuerthelesse if ye will heare me, sayth the Lorde, and beare no burden through the gates of the citie in the Sabbath day, but sanctifie ye Sabbath day, so that ye do no worke therein,

geneva@Jeremiah:18:4 @ And the vessel that he made of (note:)As the potter has power over the clay to make what pot he will, or to break them, when he has made them: so have I power over you to do with you as seems good to me, (Isa_45:9; Rom_9:20-21).(:note) clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make [it].

geneva@Jeremiah:18:8 @ If that nation, against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will (note:)When the Scripture attributes repentance to God, it is not that he does contrary to that which he has ordained in his secret counsel: but when he threatens it is a calling to repentance, and when he gives man grace to repent, the threatening (which ever contains a condition in it) takes no place: and this the scripture calls repentance in God, because it so appears to man's judgment.(:note) repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:10 @ But if it do euill in my sight and heare not my voyce, I will repent of ye good that I thought to do for them.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:14 @ Will [a man] leave the snow of Lebanon [which cometh] from the rock of the field? (note:)As no man that has thirst refuses fresh waters which he has at home, to go and seek waters abroad to quench his thirst: so they should not seek help and comfort from strangers and leave God who was present with them.(:note) [or] shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

geneva@Jeremiah:18:16 @ To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,

geneva@Jeremiah:18:19 @ Hearken vnto mee, O Lorde, and heare the voyce of them that contend with me.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:20 @ Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:21 @ Therefore (note:)Seeing the obstinate malice of the adversaries, who grew daily more and more, the prophet being moved with God's Spirit, without any carnal affection prays for their destruction because he knew that it would be to God's glory, and profit of his Church.(:note) deliver their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:2 @ And goe forth vnto the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrie of the East gate: and thou shalt preache there the wordes, that I shall tell thee,

geneva@Jeremiah:19:5 @ They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire [for] burnt offerings to Baal, which I (note:)By which is declared that whatever is not commanded by God's word concerning is service is against his word.(:note) commanded not, nor spoke [it], neither came [it] into my mind:

geneva@Jeremiah:19:6 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called (note:)Read (Jer_7:31; 2Ki_23:10; Isa_30:33).(:note) Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:7 @ And I will bring the counsell of Iudah and Ierusalem to nought in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, & by the hand of them that seeke their liues: and their carkeises will I giue to be meate for ye foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the fielde.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:8 @ And I will make this citie desolate and an hissing, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished & hisse because of all ye plagues thereof.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:9 @ And I will feede the with the flesh of their sonnes and with the flesh of their daughters, and euery one shall eate the flesh of his friende in the siege and straitnes, wherewith their enemies that seeke their liues, shall hold them strait.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:10 @ Then shalt thou breake the bottell in the sight of the men that go with thee,

geneva@Jeremiah:19:11 @ And shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as [one] breaketh a (note:)This visible sign was to confirm them concerning the assurance of this plague, which the Lord threatened by his prophet.(:note) potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury [them] in Tophet, till [there be] no place to bury.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:13 @ And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the (note:)He notes the great rage of the idolaters who left no place free from their abominations, in that they polluted their own houses with it, as we see yet among the papists.(:note) houses upon whose Read (Deu_22:8). roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:15 @ Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, Beholde, I will bring vpon this citie, and vpon all her townes, all the plagues that I haue pronounced against it, because they haue hardened their neckes, & would not heare my wordes.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:1 @ When Pashur, the sonne of Immer, the Priest, which was appointed gouernour in the house of the Lorde, heard that Ieremiah prophecied these things,

geneva@Jeremiah:20:2 @ Then Pashur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the (note:)Thus we see that the thing which neither the king nor the princes nor the people dared to undertake against the prophet of God, this priest as a chief instrument of Satan first attempted, read (Jer_18:18).(:note) stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:6 @ And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy (note:)Who have allowed themselves to be abused by your false prophecies.(:note) friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:8 @ For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and (note:)He shows that he did his office in that he reproved the people of their vices and threatened them with God's judgments: but because he was derided and persecuted for this, he was discouraged, and would have stopped preaching, except that God's spirit forced him to it.(:note) spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:10 @ For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. (note:)Thus the enemies conferred together to know what they had heard him say, that they might accuse him of it, read (Isa_29:21).(:note) Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my friends watched for my fall, [saying], Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:12 @ But, O Lorde of hostes, that tryest the righteous, and seest the reines and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for vnto thee haue I opened my cause.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:15 @ Cursed be the man, that shewed my father, saying, A man child is borne vnto thee, and comforted him.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:16 @ And let that man be as the (note:)Alluding to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, (Gen_19:25).(:note) cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noon;

geneva@Jeremiah:20:17 @ Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been (note:)Meaning that the fruit of it might never come to profit.(:note) delivered.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:18 @ How is it, that I came forth of the wombe, to see labour and sorowe, that my dayes shoulde be consumed with shame?

geneva@Jeremiah:21:4 @ Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will (note:)That is, from your enemies to destroy yourselves.(:note) turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, who besiege you outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

geneva@Jeremiah:21:7 @ And after this, sayeth the Lorde, I will deliuer Zedekiah the King of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie, from the pestilence, from the sworde and from the famine into the hande of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, and into the hande of their enemies, and into the hande of those that seeke their liues, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sworde: he shall not spare them, neither haue pitie nor compassion.

geneva@Jeremiah:21:9 @ He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a (note:)As a thing recovered from extreme danger, (Jer_37:2, Jer_39:18, Jer_45:5).(:note) prize.

geneva@Jeremiah:21:12 @ O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment (note:)Be diligent to do justice.(:note) in the morning, and deliver [him that is] made desolate out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:2 @ And say, Heare the worde of the Lorde, O King of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:3 @ Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and (note:)This was his ordinary manner of preaching before the kings from Josiah to Zedekiah which was about forty years.(:note) righteousness, and deliver him that is laid waste out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:5 @ But if ye will not hear these words, I (note:)Showing that there is no one greater than he is, (Heb_6:13) and that he will most certainly perform his oath.(:note) swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:10 @ Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: [but] weep bitterly for him (note:)Signifying that they would lose their king: for Jehoiachin went forth to meet Nebuchadnezzar and yielded himself, and was carried into Babylon, (2Ki_24:12).(:note) that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:11 @ For thus saith the LORD concerning (note:)Whom some think to be Jehoiachin and that Josiah was his grandfather: but it seems this was Jehoiakim, as in (Jer_22:18).(:note) Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place; He shall not return there any more:

geneva@Jeremiah:22:13 @ Woe to him that buildeth his house by (note:)By bribes and extortion.(:note) unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

geneva@Jeremiah:22:19 @ He shall be (note:)Not honourably among his fathers, but as carrion are cast in a hole, because their stink should not infect, read (1Ki_14:10). Josephus writes that the enemy slew him in the city and commanded him to be cast before the walls unburied, see (Jer_36:30).(:note) buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:20 @ Go up to (note:)To call to the Assyrians for help.(:note) Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in For this was the way out of India to Assyria, by which is meant that all help would fail: for the Chaldeans have subdued both them and the Egyptians. Bashan, and cry from the passes: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:21 @ I spake vnto thee when thou wast in prosperitie: but thou saidest, I will not heare: this hath bene thy maner from thy youth, that thou wouldest not obey my voyce.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:22 @ The wind shall eat up all thy shepherds, (note:)Both your governors and they that would help you will vanish away as wind.(:note) and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:23 @ O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the (note:)You that are built of the fair cedar trees of Lebanon.(:note) cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

geneva@Jeremiah:22:25 @ And I will giue thee into the hande of them that seeke thy life, and into the hande of them, whose face thou fearest, euen into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel, and into the hande of the Caldeans.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:26 @ And I will cause them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where ye were not borne, and there shall ye die.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:28 @ Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they caryed away, hee and his seede, and cast out into a lande that they knowe not?

geneva@Jeremiah:22:29 @ O (note:)He shows that all posterity will be witnesses of his just plague, as though it were registered for perpetual memory.(:note) earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:30 @ Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this (note:)Not that he had no children (for later he begat Salathiel in the captivity, (Mat_1:12)) but that none would reign after him as king.(:note) man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:1 @ Woe be to (note:)Meaning the prince's governors and false prophets as in (Eze_34:2).(:note) the shepherds that destroy and scatter the For which I have special care, and have prepared good pastures for them. sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:2 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds that (note:)Whose charge is to feed the flock but they eat the fruit of it, (Eze_34:3).(:note) feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:5 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous (note:)This prophecy is of the restitution of the Church in the time of Jesus Christ, who is the true branch, read (Isa_11:1, Isa_45:8; Jer_35:15; Dan_9:24).(:note) Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice upon the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:7 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The (note:)Read (Jer_16:14).(:note) LORD liveth, who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

geneva@Jeremiah:23:13 @ And I haue seene foolishnesse in the prophets of Samaria, that prophecied in Baal, & caused my people Israel to erre.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:14 @ I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem (note:)They who should have profited by my rods against Samaria, are become worse than they.(:note) an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them Though to the world they seem holy fathers, yet I detest them as I did these abominable cities. to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:16 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own (note:)Which they have invented of their own brain.(:note) heart, [and] not from the mouth of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:17 @ They say still to them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye (note:)Read (Jer_6:14, Jer_8:11).(:note) shall have peace; and they say to every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:20 @ The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he shall have executed, and till he shall have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye (note:)Both that God has sent me, and that my words will be true.(:note) shall consider it perfectly.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:24 @ Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?

geneva@Jeremiah:23:25 @ I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I (note:)I have a prophecy revealed to me as in (Num_12:6).(:note) have dreamed, I have dreamed.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:27 @ Who think to cause (note:)He shows that Satan raises up false prophets to bring the people from God.(:note) my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:28 @ The prophet that hath a dream, let him (note:)Let the false prophet declare that it is his own fantasy, and not slander my word as though it were a cloak to cover his lies.(:note) tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. Meaning, that it is not enough for God's ministers to abstain from lies and to speak the word of God but that there is judgment in alleging it, and that it may appear to be applied to the same purpose that it was spoken, (Eze_3:27; 1Co_2:13, 1Co_4:2; 2Ti_2:25). What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:29 @ Is not my word euen like a fire, sayeth the Lorde? and like an hammer, that breaketh the stone?

geneva@Jeremiah:23:30 @ Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that (note:)Who set forth in my Name that which I have not commanded.(:note) steal my words every one from his neighbour.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:31 @ Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, (note:)That is, the Lord.(:note) He saith.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:32 @ Beholde, I will come against them that prophecie false dreames, saith the Lorde, and doe tell them, and cause my people to erre by their lies, and by their flatteries, and I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they bring no profite vnto this people, saith the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:34 @ And [as for] the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The (note:)Because this word was brought to contempt and derision, he will teach them another manner of speech, and will cause this word burden to cease and teach them to ask with reverence, «What says the Lord?»(:note) burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:39 @ Therefore beholde, I, euen I will vtterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence,

geneva@Jeremiah:24:1 @ The LORD showed me, and, behold, two (note:)The good figs signified them that were gone into captivity and so saved their life, as in (Jer_21:8), and the bad figs them that remained, who were yet subject to the sword, famine and pestilence.(:note) baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

geneva@Jeremiah:24:2 @ One basket had verie good figges, euen like the figges that are first ripe: and the other basket had verie naughtie figges, which could not be eaten, they were so euill.

geneva@Jeremiah:24:5 @ Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this (note:)By which he approves the yielding of Jeconiah and his company because they obeyed the prophet, who exhorted them to it.(:note) place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.

geneva@Jeremiah:24:7 @ And I will give them (note:)Which declares that man of himself can know nothing till God gives the heart and understanding.(:note) an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

geneva@Jeremiah:24:8 @ And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell (note:)Who fled there for comfort.(:note) in the land of Egypt:

geneva@Jeremiah:24:10 @ And I will sende the sworde, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they bee consumed out of the land, that I gaue vnto them and to their fathers.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the (note:)That is, in the third year accomplished and in the beginning of the fourth: for though Nebuchadnezzar began to reign in the end of the third year of Jehoiakim's reign yet that year is not counted here because it was almost over, (Dan_1:1).(:note) fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that [was] the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;

geneva@Jeremiah:25:3 @ From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to (note:)Which was the fifth year and the ninth month of Jehoiakim's reign.(:note) this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, That is, I have spared no diligence or labour, (Jer_7:13). rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:5 @ They (note:)He shows that the prophets, wholly with one consent laboured to pull the people from those vices, which then reigned, that is, from idolatry and the vain confidence of men: for under these two all others were contained, (2Ki_17:13; Jer_18:11, Jer_35:15; Jon_3:8).(:note) said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

geneva@Jeremiah:25:9 @ Behold, I will send and take all the (note:)The Chaldeans and all their power.(:note) families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my So the wicked and Satan himself are God's servants, because he makes them serve him by constraint and turns that which they do out of malice to his honour and glory. servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations As the Philistines, Ammonites, Egyptians and others. around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an horror, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:10 @ Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the (note:)Meaning that bread and all things that would serve to their feasts would be taken away.(:note) millstones, and the light of the candle.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:12 @ And it shall come to pass, when (note:)This revelation was for the confirmation of his prophecy because he told them of the time that they would enter and remain in captivity, (2Ch_36:22; Ezr_1:1; Jer_29:10; Dan_9:2).(:note) seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish For seeing the judgment began at his own house, the enemies must be punished most grievously, (Eze_9:6; 1Pe_4:17). the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:13 @ And I will bring vpon that lande all my wordes which I haue pronounced against it, euen all that is written in this booke, which Ieremiah hath prophecied against all nations.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:15 @ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel to me; (note:)Signifying the extreme affliction that God had appointed for everyone, (Psa_75:8; Isa_51:17) and this cup which the wicked drink, is more bitter than that which he gives to his children, for he measures the one by mercy, and the other by justice.(:note) Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:16 @ And they shall drinke, and be moued and be mad, because of the sworde that I will sende among them.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:24 @ And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people that dwell in the (note:)For there were two countries so named, the one called plentiful and the other barren, or desert.(:note) desert,

geneva@Jeremiah:25:30 @ Therefore prophecie thou against them al these words, and say vnto them, The Lord shall roare from aboue, and thrust out his voyce from his holy habitation: he shall roare vpon his habitation, and crie aloude, as they that presse the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:31 @ The sounde shall come to the endes of the earth: for the Lord hath a controuersie with the nations, and will enter into iudgement with all flesh, and he will giue them that are wicked, to the sworde, saith the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:33 @ And (note:)They who are slain at the Lord's appointment.(:note) the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from [one] end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be refuse upon the ground.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:34 @ Howl, (note:)You that are chief rulers, and governors.(:note) ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye chief of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a Which are most easily broken. pleasant vessel.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:2 @ Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the (note:)That is, in that place of the temple to which the people resort out of all Judah to sacrifice.(:note) court of the LORD'S house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak to them; diminish not a word: To the intent that they should pretend no ignorance, as in (Act_20:27).

geneva@Jeremiah:26:3 @ It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may (note:){{See Jer_7:12}}(:note) repent of the evil, which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:6 @ Then will I make this house like (note:){{See Jer_7:12}}(:note) Shiloh, and will make this city So that when they would curse any, they will say, «God do to you as to Jerusalem.» a curse to all the nations of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:8 @ Nowe when Ieremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speake vnto all the people, then the Priestes, and the prophets, and all the people tooke him, and saide, Thou shalt die the death.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:9 @ Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, (note:)Because of God's promises to the temple, (Psa_132:14) that he would forever remain there, hypocrites thought this temple could never perish and therefore thought it blasphemy to speak against it, (Mat_26:61; Act_6:13) not considering that this was meant of the Church where God will remain forever.(:note) This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:12 @ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD (note:)He both shows the cause of his doings plainly and also threatens them that nothing would help, though they should put him to death, but heap greater vengeance on their heads.(:note) sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:13 @ Therefore nowe amende your wayes and your workes, and heare the voyce of the Lorde your God, that the Lorde may repent him of the plague, that he hath pronounced against you.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:15 @ But knowe ye for certaine, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood vpon your selues, and vpon this citie, and vpon the inhabitants thereof: for of a trueth the Lord hath sent me vnto you, to speake all these words in your eares.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:18 @ Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the (note:)That is, of the House of the Lord, that is, Zion, and these examples the godly alleged to deliver Jeremiah out of the priests hands, whose rage else would not have been satisfied but by his death.(:note) house as the high places of the forest.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:19 @ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear the LORD, and beseech the LORD, and the LORD repented of the (note:)So that the city was not destroyed, but by a miracle was delivered out of the hands of Sennacherib.(:note) evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:20 @ And there was also a man that prophecied in the Name of the Lord, one Vriiah the sonne of Shemaiah, of Kiriath-iarem, who prophecied against this citie, and against this lande, according to all the wordes of Ieremiah.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:24 @ Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam (note:)Which declares that nothing could have appeased their fury if God had not moved this noble man to stand valiantly in his defense.(:note) the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:5 @ I haue made the earth, the ma, and the beast that are vpon the groud, by my great power, and by my outstreched arme, and haue giuen it vnto whom it pleased me.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:8 @ And the nation and kingdome which will not serue the same Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel, and that will not put their necke vnder the yoke of the King of Babel, the same nation will I visite, saith the Lord, with the sworde, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, vntill I haue wholy giuen them into his hands.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:10 @ For they prophecie a lie vnto you to cause you to goe farre from your lande, and that I should cast you out, and you should perish.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:11 @ But the nation that put their neckes vnder the yoke of the King of Babel, & serue him, those wil I let remaine stil in their owne land, saith the Lord, and they shall occupie it, and dwel therein.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:12 @ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Iudah according to all these wordes, saying, Put your neckes vnder the yoke of the King of Babel, and serue him and his people, that ye may liue.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:13 @ Why will ye dye, thou, and thy people by the sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lorde hath spoken against the nation, that will not serue the King of Babel?

geneva@Jeremiah:27:14 @ Therefore heare not the words of the prophets, that speake vnto you, saying, Ye shall not serue the King of Babel: for they prophecie a lie vnto you.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:15 @ For I haue not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophecie a lie in my name, that I might cast you out, and that ye might perish, both you, and the prophets that prophecie vnto you.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:16 @ Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be (note:)Which were taken when Jeconiah was led captive into Babel.(:note) brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:17 @ Heare them not, but serue the King of Babel, that ye may liue: wherefore shoulde this citie be desolate?

geneva@Jeremiah:27:18 @ But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now (note:)For it was not only the prophet's office to show the word of God, but also to pray for the sins of the people, (Gen_20:7) which these could not do because they had no express word: for God had pronounced the contrary.(:note) make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:19 @ For thus saith the Lord of hostes, concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remaine in this citie,

geneva@Jeremiah:27:21 @ For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remaine in the House of the Lorde, and in the house of the King of Iudah, and at Ierusalem,

geneva@Jeremiah:27:22 @ They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit (note:)That is, for the space of seventy years till I have caused the Medes and Persians to overcome the Chaldeans.(:note) them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:3 @ Within two yeeres space I will bring into this place all the vessels of the Lords House, that Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel tooke away from this place, and caried them into Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:4 @ And I will bring againe to this place Ieconiah the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, with all them that were caried away captiue of Iudah, and went into Babel, saith the Lorde: for I will breake the yoke of the King of Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:5 @ Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the (note:)He was so esteemed though he was a false prophet.(:note) prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,

geneva@Jeremiah:28:6 @ Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the (note:)That is, I would wish the same for God's honour and wealth of my people but he has appointed the contrary.(:note) LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:7 @ But heare thou now this worde that I will speake in thine eares and in the eares of all the people.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:8 @ The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old (note:)Meaning, that the prophets that denounced war or peace were tried either true or false by the success of their prophecies, even though God makes to come to pass sometimes that which the false prophet speaks to try the faith of his, (Deu_13:3).(:note) prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:9 @ And the Prophet which prophecieth of peace, when the word of the Prophet shall come to passe, then shall the Prophet be knowen that the Lorde hath truely sent him.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:10 @ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and (note:)This declares the impudency of the wicked hirelings who have no zeal to the truth but are led with ambition to get the favour of men and therefore cannot abide any that might discredit them but burst forth into rages and contrary to their own conscience, pass not what lies they report or how wickedly they do so that they may maintain their estimation.(:note) broke it.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:12 @ Then the word of the Lorde came vnto Ieremiah the Prophet, (after that Hananiah the Prophet had broken the yoke from the necke of the Prophet Ieremiah) saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:28:14 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a (note:)That is, a hard and cruel servitude.(:note) yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the Signifying that all would be his as in (Dan_2:38). beasts of the field also.

geneva@Jeremiah:28:17 @ So Hananiah the prophet (note:)Seeing this thing was evident in the eyes of the people and yet they returned not to the Lord, it is manifest that miracles cannot move us, neither the word itself, unless God touch the heart.(:note) died the same year in the seventh month.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:1 @ Now these [are] the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to (note:)For some died in the way.(:note) the rest of the elders who were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

geneva@Jeremiah:29:4 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have (note:)That is, the Lord whose work this was.(:note) caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon;

geneva@Jeremiah:29:6 @ Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:7 @ And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and (note:)The prophet does not speak this for the affection that he bore to the tyrant, but that they should pray for the common rest and quietness that their troubles might not be increased, and that they might with more patience and less grief wait for the time of their deliverance, which God had appointed most certain: for not only the Israelites but all the world yea and the insensible creatures would rejoice when these tyrants would be destroyed, as in (Isa_24:4).(:note) pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace of it ye shall have peace.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:8 @ For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, Let not your prophets, and your southsayers that bee among you, deceiue you, neither giue eare to your dreames, which you dreame.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:10 @...thus saith the Lorde, That after...

geneva@Jeremiah:29:11 @ For I knowe the thoughtes, that I haue thought towards you, saith the Lorde, euen the thoughtes of peace, and not of trouble, to giue you an ende, and your hope.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:16 @ Therefore thus saith the Lorde of the King, that sitteth vpon the throne of Dauid, and of all the people, that dwell in this citie, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captiuitie:

geneva@Jeremiah:29:17 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the (note:)By which he assures them that there will be no hope of returning before the appointed time.(:note) sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile According to the comparison, (Jer_24:1-2). figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:25 @ Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy Name vnto all the people, that are at Ierusalem, and to Zephaniah the sonne of Maaseiah the Priest, and to all the Priests, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:29:26 @ The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of (note:)Shemaiah the false prophet flatters Zephaniah the chief priest as though God had given him the spirit and zeal of Jehoiada to punish whoever trespassed against the word of God, of that he would have made Jeremiah one, calling him a raver and a false prophet.(:note) Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:31 @ Send to all them of the captiuitie, saying, Thus saith the Lorde of Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah hath prophecied vnto you, and I sent him not, and hee caused you to trust in a lye,

geneva@Jeremiah:29:32 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man (note:)He and his seed will be destroyed so that none of them would see the blessing of this deliverance.(:note) to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:1 @ The worde, that came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:30:2 @ Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in a (note:)Because they would be assured and their posterity confirmed in the hope of this deliverance promised.(:note) book.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:3 @ For loe, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people Israel and Iudah, saith the Lord: for I will restore them vnto the lande, that I gaue to their fathers, and they shall possesse it.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:4 @ Againe, these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Iudah.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:5 @ For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a (note:)He shows that before this deliverance will come, the Chaldeans would be extremely afflicted by their enemies, and that they would be in such perplexity and sorrow as a woman in her travail as (Isa_13:8).(:note) voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:7 @ Alas! for that (note:)Meaning that the time of their captivity would be grievous.(:note) day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:16 @ Therefore all they that deuoure thee, shal be deuoured, & all thine enemies euery one shall goe into captiuitie: and they that spoyle thee, shalbe spoyled, and all they that robbe thee, wil I giue to be robbed.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:18 @ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captives of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be built upon her own heap, and the (note:)Meaning that the city and the temple would be restored to their former estate.(:note) palace shall remain after its manner.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:19 @ And out of them shall proceed (note:)He shows how the people will with praise and thanksgiving acknowledge this blessing.(:note) thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:20 @ Their children also shall be as afore time, and their congregation shall be established before me: and I will visite all that vexe them.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:21 @ And their (note:)Meaning, Zerubbabel, who was the figure of Christ in whom this was accomplished.(:note) nobles shall be from themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who [is] this that engaged his Signifying that Christ willingly submits himself to the obedience of God his father. heart to approach to me? saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:3 @ The LORD appeared (note:)The people thus reason as though he were not so beneficial to them now as he had been of old.(:note) of old to me, [saying], Thus the Lord answers that his love is not changeable. I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:4 @ Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again (note:)You will still have opportunity to rejoice which is meant by tabrets and dancing as their custom was after notable victories, (Exo_15:20; Jdg_11:34).(:note) be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:8 @ Beholde, I will bring them from the North countrey, and gather them from the coastes of the world, with the blinde & the lame among them, with the woman with childe, and her that is deliuered also: a great companie shall returne hither.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:9 @ They shall come with (note:)That is, lamenting their sins which had not given ear to the prophets and therefore it follows that God received them to mercy, (Jer_50:4). Some take it that they should weep for joy.(:note) weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of Where they found no impediments, but abundance of all things. waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] That is, my dearly beloved as the first child is to the father. my firstborn.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:10 @ Heare the worde of the Lord, O ye Gentiles, and declare in the yles afarre off, and say, Hee that scattered Israel, wil gather him and wil keepe him, as a shepheard doeth his flocke.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:11 @ For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand (note:)That is, from the Babylonians and other enemies.(:note) of [him that was] stronger than he.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:15 @ Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; (note:)To declare the greatness of God's mercy in delivering the Jews, he shows them that they were like the Benjamites of the Israelites, that is, utterly destroyed and carried away, so much so that if Rachel the mother of Benjamin could have risen again to seek her children she would have found none remaining.(:note) Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:17 @ And there is hope in thine ende, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come againe to their owne borders.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:18 @ I have surely heard (note:)That is, the people who were led captive.(:note) Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a Which was wanton and could not be subject to the yoke. bull unaccustomed [to the yoke]: He shows how the faithful used to pray, that is, desire God to tame them as they cannot turn of themselves. turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:22 @ How long wilt thou wander about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created (note:)Because their deliverance from Babylon was a figure of their deliverance from sin, he shows how this would be procured that is, by Jesus Christ, whom a woman would conceive and bear in her womb. Which is a strange thing in earth, because he would be born of a virgin without man or he means that Jerusalem which was like a barren woman in her captivity would be fruitful as she that is joined in marriage and whom God blesses with children.(:note) a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:24 @ And Iudah shall dwell in it, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen and they that goe foorth with the flocke.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:27 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah (note:)I will multiply and enrich them with people and cattle.(:note) with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:29 @ In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have (note:)The wicked used this proverb when they murmured against God's judgments pronounced by the prophets, saying that their fathers had committed the fault and that the children were punished, (Eze_18:2-3).(:note) eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:30 @ But euery one shall die for his owne iniquitie: euery man that eateth the sowre grape, his teeth shalbe set on edge.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:31 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a (note:)Though the covenant of redemption made to the fathers and this which was given later seemed varied, yet they are all one and grounded on Jesus Christ, save that this is called new, because of the manifestation of Christ and the abundant graces of the Holy Spirit given to his Church under the gospel.(:note) new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

geneva@Jeremiah:31:32 @ Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they (note:)And so were the opportunity of their own divorcement through their infidelity, (Isa_50:1).(:note) broke, although I was an husband to them, saith the LORD:

geneva@Jeremiah:31:33 @ But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After (note:)In the time of Christ, my law will instead of tables of stone be written in their hearts by my Holy Spirit, (Heb_8:10).(:note) those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:34 @ And they shall (note:)Under the kingdom of Christ there will be no one blinded with ignorance, but I will give them faith, and acknowledge God for remission of their sins and daily increase the same: so that it will not seem to come so much by the preaching of my ministers as by the instruction of my Holy Spirit, (Isa_54:13) but the full accomplishing of it is referred to the kingdom of Christ, when we will be joined with our head.(:note) teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:35 @ Thus saith the LORD, who giveth (note:)If the sun, moon and stars cannot but glue light according to my ordinance, so long as this world lasts, so shall my church never fail, neither shall anything hinder it: and as sure as I will have a people, so certain is it, that I will leave them my word forever to govern them with.(:note) the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divideth the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:

geneva@Jeremiah:31:37 @ Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, (note:)The one and the other is impossible.(:note) and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:38 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the (note:)As it was performed, (Neh_3:1). By this description he shows that the city would be as ample and beautiful as it ever was: but he alludes to the spiritual Jerusalem whose beauty would be incomparable.(:note) city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the (note:)So that Jeremiah had now prophesied from the thirteenth year of Josiah to the last year save one of Zedekiah's reign, which was almost forty years.(:note) tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:7 @ Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thy uncle shall come to thee, saying, (note:)By which was meant that the people would return again out of captivity and enjoy their possessions and vineyards as in (Jer_32:15, Jer_32:44).(:note) Buy for thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine Because he was next of the kindred, as in (Rth_4:4). to buy [it].

geneva@Jeremiah:32:8 @ So Hanameel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, Buy my (note:)Of the possession of the Levites, read (Lev_25:32).(:note) field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this [was] the word of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:9 @ And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen (note:)Which amounts to about ten shillings six pence in our money if this shekel were the common shekel, {{See Gen_23:15}}, for the shekel of the temple was of double value, and ten pieces of silver were half a shekel, for twenty made the shekel.(:note) shekels of silver.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:11 @ So I took the deed of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed (note:)According to the custom the instrument or evidence was sealed up with the common seal and a copy of it remained which contained the same in effect but was left open to be seen if anything should be called into doubt.(:note) [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:

geneva@Jeremiah:32:12 @ And I gaue the booke of the possession vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, the sonne of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine vncles sonne, and in the presence of the witnesses, written in the booke of the possession, before al the Iewes that sate in the court of the prison.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:14 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase, both that which is sealed, and this deed which is open; and put them in an earthen (note:)And so to hide them in the ground, that they might be reserved as a token of their deliverance.(:note) vessel, that they may continue many days.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:18 @ Thou shewest lovingkindness to thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their (note:)Because the wicked are subject to the curse of God, he shows that their posterity who by nature are under this malediction will be punished both for their own wickedness and that the iniquity of their fathers which is likewise in them, will be also avenged on their head.(:note) children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, JEHOVAH of hosts, [is] his name,

geneva@Jeremiah:32:22 @ And hast giuen them this land, which thou diddest sweare to their fathers to giue them, euen a land, that floweth with milke and hony,

geneva@Jeremiah:32:23 @ And they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voyce, neither walked in thy Law: all that thou commaundedst them to doe, they haue not done: therefore thou hast caused this whole plague to come vpon them.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:24 @ Behold the (note:)The word signifies anything that is cast up, as a mount or rampart, and is also used for engines of war, which were laid on a high place to shoot into a city before guns were in use.(:note) mounts, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it].

geneva@Jeremiah:32:27 @ Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all (note:)That is, of every creature: who as they are his work, so does he govern and guide them as pleases him, by which he shows that as he is the author of their captivity for their sins, so will he for his mercies be their redeemer to restore them again to liberty.(:note) flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

geneva@Jeremiah:32:30 @ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done evil only before me from their (note:)From the time that I brought them out of Egypt and made them my people and called them my firstborn.(:note) youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:31 @ Therefore this citie hath bene vnto me as a prouocation of mine anger, and of my wrath, from the day, that they built it, euen vnto this day, that I should remoue it out of my sight,

geneva@Jeremiah:32:35 @ And they built the high (note:)That is, the altars which were made to offer sacrifices to their idols on.(:note) places of Baal, which [are] in the valley of the Read (Jer_7:31; 2Ki_21:4, 2Ki_21:6). son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to Read (2Ki_16:3). pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:39 @ And I will give them (note:)One consent and one religion, as in (Eze_11:19, Eze_36:26).(:note) one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

geneva@Jeremiah:32:40 @ And I will make an everlasting (note:)Read (Jeremiah strkjv@31:1-33:26).(:note) covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:42 @ For thus sayth the Lorde, Like as I haue brought all this great plague vpon this people, so wil I bring vpon them all the good that I haue promised them.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:44 @ Men shall buy (note:)This is the declaration of that which was spoken of in (Jer_32:8).(:note) fields for money, and signed deeds, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captives to return, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:2 @ Thus saith the LORD the (note:)That is, of Jerusalem, who as he made it, so will he preserve it, read (Isa_37:26).(:note) maker of this, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD [is] his name;

geneva@Jeremiah:33:5 @ They come to (note:)The Jews think to overcome the Chaldeans, but they seek their own destruction.(:note) fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my He shows that God's favour is cause of all prosperity, as his anger is of all adversity. face from this city.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:8 @ And I will (note:)Declaring that there is no deliverance nor joy, but where we feel remission of sins.(:note) cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned, and by which they have transgressed against me.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:9 @ And it shall be to me a name of (note:)By which he shows that the Church in which is remission of sins, is God's honour and glory, so that whoever is enemy to it, labours to dishonour God.(:note) joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure to it.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:10 @ Thus sayth the Lord, Againe there shalbe heard in this place (which ye say shalbe desolate, without man, and without beast, euen in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, that are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast)

geneva@Jeremiah:33:11 @ The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, (note:)Which was a song appointed for the Levites to praise God by, (1Ch_16:8; Psa_105:1; Psa_106:1; Psa_107:1; Psa_118:1; Psa_136:1; Isa_12:4)(:note) Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captives of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:13 @ In the cities of the (note:)Meaning that all the country of Judah will be inhabited again.(:note) mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that counteth [them], saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:14 @ Beholde, the dayes come, sayth the Lorde, that I wil performe that good thing, which I haue promised vnto the house of Israel, & to the house of Iudah.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:15 @ In those days, and at that time, will I cause (note:)That is, I will send the Messiah, who will come of the house of David, of whom this prophecy is meant, as testify all the Jews and that which is written, (Jer_23:5).(:note) the Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:16 @ In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety: and this [is the name] by which (note:)That is, Christ that will call his Church.(:note) she shall be called, The LORD our That is, Christ is our Lord God, our righteousness, sanctification and redemption, (1Co_1:30). righteousness.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:20 @ Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the (note:)Read (Jer_31:35).(:note) day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

geneva@Jeremiah:33:21 @ Then may my couenant be broken with Dauid my seruant, that he should not haue a sonne to reigne vpon his throne, and with the Leuites, and Priests my ministers.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:22 @ As the army of heauen can not be nombred, neither the sand of the sea measured: so wil I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites, that minister vnto me.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:24 @ Considerest thou not what (note:)Meaning, the Chaldeans and other infidels who thought God had utterly cast off Judah and Israel or Benjamin, because he corrected them for a time for their amendment.(:note) this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:7 @ (When the King of Babels hoste fought against Ierusalem, and against all the cities of Iudah, that were left, euen against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these strong cities remained of the cities of Iudah)

geneva@Jeremiah:34:8 @ [This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who [were] at Jerusalem, (note:)When the enemy was at hand and they saw themselves in danger, they would seem holy, and so began some kind of reformation: but soon after they uttered their hypocrisy.(:note) to proclaim liberty to them;

geneva@Jeremiah:34:9 @ That every man should release his male (note:)According to the law, (Exo_21:2; Deu_15:12).(:note) servant, and every man his female servant, [being] a Hebrew man or woman; that none should retain them in service, [that is], a Jew his brother.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:10 @ Now when all the princes, and all the people which had agreed to the couenant, heard that euery one should let his seruant go free, & euery one his handmaide, and that none should serue them selues of them any more, they obeyed and let them go.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:15 @ And ye had now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in (note:)Meaning in the temple to declare that it was a most solemn and straight covenant made in the name of the Lord.(:note) the house which is called by my name:

geneva@Jeremiah:34:18 @ And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they (note:)Concerning the manner of solemn covenant which the ancients used by passing between the two parts of a beast, to signify that the transgressor of the same covenant should be so divided in pieces, read (Gen_15:10).(:note) cut the calf in two, and passed between the parts of it,

geneva@Jeremiah:34:20 @ I wil euen giue them into the hand of their enemies, and into the handes of them that seeke their life: and their dead bodies shalbe for meate vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:21 @ And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which (note:)To fight against the Egyptians, as in (Jer_37:11).(:note) are gone up from you.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:5 @ And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I (note:)The prophet says not. The Lord says thus, for then they ought to have obeyed, but he tends to another end: that is, to declare their obedience to man, seeing the Jews would not obey God himself.(:note) said to them, Drink ye wine.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:6 @ But they said, We will drink no wine: for (note:)Whom the king of Israel favoured for his zeal, (2Ki_10:15).(:note) Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Teaching them by this to flee all opportunity for intemperancy, ambition and greed and that they might know that they were strangers in the earth, and be ready to depart at all opportunity. Ye shall drink no wine, [neither ye], nor your sons for ever:

geneva@Jeremiah:35:7 @ Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seede, nor plant vineyarde, nor haue any, but all your dayes ye shall dwell in tentes, that ye may liue a long time in the land where ye be strangers.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:8 @ Thus haue wee obeyed the voyce of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged vs, and wee drinke no wine all our dayes, neither wee, our wiues, our sonnes, nor our daughters.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:10 @ But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to (note:)Which was now for the span of three hundred years from Jehu to Jehoiakim.(:note) all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:11 @ But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we (note:)Which declares that they were not so bound to their vow that it could not be broken for any need, for where they were commanded to dwell in tents, they dwell now at Jerusalem for fear of the wars.(:note) dwell at Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:14 @ The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: however I have spoken to you, (note:)I have most diligently exhorted and warned you both by myself and my prophet.(:note) rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not to me.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:17 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have (note:)That is, by his prophets and ministers which shows that it is as much, as though he would speak to us himself when he sends his ministers to speak in his Name.(:note) spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:18 @ And Ieremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, Because ye haue obeyed the commandement of Ionadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according vnto all that hee hath commaunded you,

geneva@Jeremiah:36:2 @ Take thee a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to thee, (note:)Which were twenty and three years, as in (Jer_25:3) counting from the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign.(:note) from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:3 @ It may bee that the House of Iudah will heare of all the euill, which I determined to doe vnto them that they may returne euery man from his euil way, that I may forgiue their iniquitie and their sinnes.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:6 @ Therefore go thou, and read in the scroll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the (note:)Which was proclaimed for fear of the Babylonians, as their custom was when they feared war, or any great plague of God.(:note) day of fasting: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:7 @ It may be they will (note:)He shows that fasting without prayer and repentance does nothing but is mere hypocrisy.(:note) present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great [is] the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:8 @ So Baruch the sonne of Neriah did according vnto all, that Ieremiah the Prophet commanded him, reading in the booke the wordes of the Lord in the Lords House.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:9 @ And it came to pass in the fifth (note:)The fast was then proclaimed and Baruch read this rule which was a little before Jerusalem was first taken, and then Jehoiakim and Daniel and his companions were led away captive.(:note) year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, [that] they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:13 @ Then Michaiah declared vnto them all the wordes that he had heard when Baruch read in the booke in the audience of the people.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:15 @ And they saide vnto him, Sit downe now, and reade it, that we may heare. So Baruch read it in their audience.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:19 @ Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, (note:)They who were godly among the princes gave this counsel by whose means it is like that Jeremiah was delivered for they knew the rage of the king and of the wicked to be such that they could not escape without danger of their lives.(:note) hide thyself, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:20 @ And they went in to the King to the court, but they layde vp the roule in the chamber of Elishama the Chancellour and tolde the King all the wordes, that he might heare.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:23 @ And when Iehudi had read three, or foure sides, hee cut it with the penknife and cast it into the fire, that was on the hearth vntil all the roule was consumed in the fire, that was on the hearth.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:24 @ Yet they were not afraid, nor tore (note:)Showing that the wicked instead of repenting when they hear God's judgments, grow into further malice against him and his word.(:note) their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:25 @ Neuerthelesse, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah had besought the King, that he would not burne ye roule: but he would not heare them.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:26 @ But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD (note:)Thus we see the continual care that God has over his to preserve them from the rage of the wicked.(:note) hid them.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:27 @ Then the word of the Lord came to Ieremiah (after that the King had burnt the roule and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah) saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:36:28 @ Take thee again (note:)Though the wicked think to have abolished the word of God when they have burnt the book of it, yet this declares that God will not only raise it up again but also increase it in greater abundance to their condemnation as in (Jer_36:32).(:note) another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burned.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:31 @ And I will visite him and his seede, and his seruants for their iniquitie, and I will bring vpon them, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and vpo the men of Iudah all the euil that I haue pronounced against them: but they would not heare.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:5 @ Then Pharaoh's army had (note:)To help the Jews.(:note) come from Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:7 @ Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the King of Iudah, that sent you vnto me to inquire of me, Behold, Pharaohs hoste, which is come forth to helpe you, shall returne to Egypt into their owne land.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:10 @ For though ye had smitten the whole hoste of the Caldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should euery man rise vp in his tent, and burne this citie with fire.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:14 ...Then sayde Ieremiah, That is...

geneva@Jeremiah:37:15 @ Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the (note:)Because it was a vile and straight prison.(:note) prison.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:18 @ Moreouer, Ieremiah sayd vnto King Zedekiah, What haue I offended against thee, or against thy seruants, or against this people, that ye haue put me in prison?

geneva@Jeremiah:37:20 @ Therefore heare nowe, I pray thee, O my lorde the King: let my prayer be accepted before thee, that thou cause mee not to returne to the house of Iehonathan the scribe, least I die there.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:21 @ Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the (note:)That is, so long as there was any bread in the city: thus God provides for his, that he will cause their enemies to preserve them to that end to which he has appointed them.(:note) bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:1 @ Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of (note:)For Zedekiah had sent these to Jeremiah to enquire at the Lord for the state of the country how when Nebuchadnezzar came, as in (Jer_21:1).(:note) Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:38:2 @ Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for (note:)Read (Jer_21:9, Jer_45:5).(:note) a prize, and shall live.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:4 @ Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war (note:)Thus we see how the wicked when they cannot abide to hear the truth of God's word, seek to put the ministers to death, as transgressors of policies.(:note) that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the harm.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:5 @ Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] (note:)In which he grievously offended in that not only would he not hear the truth spoken by the prophet, but also gave him to the lusts of the wicked to be cruelly treated.(:note) thing against you.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:6 @ Then tooke they Ieremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with coards: and in the dungeon there was no water but myre: so Ieremiah stacke fast in the myre.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:7 @ Now when Ebedmelech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the (note:)To hear matters and give sentence.(:note) gate of Benjamin;

geneva@Jeremiah:38:9 @ My lord the king, (note:)By this is declared that the prophet found more favour at this strangers hands, than he did by all them of his country, which was to their great condemnation.(:note) these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is certain to die from hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:14 @ Then Zedekiah the King sent, and tooke Ieremiah the Prophet vnto him, into the thirde entrie that is in the House of the Lorde, and the King sayd vnto Ieremiah, I wil aske thee a thing: hide nothing from me.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:16 @ So the King sware secretly vnto Ieremiah, saying, As the Lorde liueth that made vs these soules, I will not slay thee, nor giue thee into the hands of those men that seeke thy life.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:19 @ And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they (note:)Which declares that he more feared the reproach of men than the threatenings of God.(:note) mock me.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:21 @ But if thou wilt refuse to go forth, this is the worde that the Lorde hath shewed me.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:22 @ And, behold, all the women that are (note:)When Jeconiah and his mother with others were carried away, these women of the king's house were left: who will be taken, says the prophet and tell the king of Babel how Zedekiah has been seduced by his familiar friends and false prophets who have left him in the mire.(:note) left in the king of Judah's house [shall be] brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those [women] shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, [and] they are turned away back.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:25 @ But if ye princes vnderstand that I haue talked with thee, & they come vnto thee, & say vnto thee, Declare vnto vs nowe, what thou hast sayde vnto the King, hide it not from vs, & we will not slay thee: also what the King sayd vnto thee,

geneva@Jeremiah:38:26 @ Then thou shalt say to them, I (note:)In this appears the infirmity of the prophet, who dissembled to save his life even though it was not to the denial of his doctrine or to the hurt of any.(:note) presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:27 @ Then came all the princes vnto Ieremiah and asked him; he tolde them according to all these wordes that the King had commaunded: so they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceiued.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:28 @ So Ieremiah abode still in the court of the prison, vntill the day that Ierusalem was taken: and he was there, when Ierusalem was taken.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:9 @ Then Nebuzar-adan the chiefe stewarde caried away captiue into Babel the remnant of the people, that remained in the citie, and those that were fled and fallen vnto him, with the rest of the people that remained.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:12 @ Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him (note:)Thus God preserved his prophet by his means, whom he made the scourge to punish the king, and them that were his enemies.(:note) even as he shall say to thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:14 @ Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him to (note:)Whom the king of Babel had now appointed governor over the rest of the Jews that he left behind.(:note) Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:16 @ Go and speake to Ebed-melech the blacke More, saying, Thus saith the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, Beholde, I wil bring my wordes vpon this citie for euill, and not for good, and they shalbe accomplished in that day before thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:17 @ But I wil deliuer thee in that day, saith the Lorde, and thou shalt not be giuen into the hand of the men whome thou fearest.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:1 @ The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lorde after that Nebuzar-adan the chiefe stewarde had let him goe from Ramath, when hee had taken him being bound in chaines among all that were caried away captiue of Ierusalem & Iudah, which were caried away captiue vnto Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:3 @ Now the LORD hath brought [it], and done according as he hath said: because ye have (note:)God moved this infidel to speak this to declare the great blindness and obstinacy of the Jews who could not feel that which this heathen man confessed.(:note) sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:6 @ Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to (note:)Which was a city of Judah.(:note) Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:7 @ Now when all the captains of the forces (note:)Which were scattered abroad for fear of the Chaldeans.(:note) who [were] in the fields, [even] they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

geneva@Jeremiah:40:10 @ As for me, Beholde, I will dwell at Mizpah to serue the Caldeans, which will come vnto vs: but you, gather you wine, and sommer fruites, and oyle, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities, that ye haue taken.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:11 @ Likewise when all the Jews that [were] in (note:)Which were fed also for fear of the Chaldeans.(:note) Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that [were] in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

geneva@Jeremiah:40:13 @ Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were in the fieldes, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

geneva@Jeremiah:40:14 @ And said to him, Dost thou certainly know that (note:)For under the colour of entertaining Ishmael, he sought only to make them destroy one another.(:note) Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:15 @ Then Iohanan the sonne of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me goe, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he kill thee, that all the Iewes, which are gathered vnto thee, shoulde be scattered, and the remnant in Iudah perish?

geneva@Jeremiah:41:2 @ Then arose Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah with these tenne men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan with the sword, and slewe him, whom the King of Babel had made gouernour ouer the lande.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:3 @ Ishmael also slewe all the Iewes that were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and all the Caldeans that were found there, and the men of warre.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:4 @ Now the second day that he had slaine Gedaliah, and no man knewe it,

geneva@Jeremiah:41:5 @ That there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with (note:)For they thought that the temple had not been destroyed and therefore came up to the feast of tabernacles but hearing of the burning of it in the way, they showed these signs of sorrow.(:note) offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:6 @ And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come (note:)For his death was kept secret, and he pretended that he lamented for the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple but later slew them when they seemed to favour Gedaliah.(:note) to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:7 @ And when they came into the middes of the citie, Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah slewe them, and cast them into the middes of the pit, he and the men that were with him.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:8 @ But tenne men were founde among them, that saide vnto Ishmael, Slay vs not: for we haue treasures in the fielde, of wheate, and of barley, and of oyle, and of honie: so he stayed, and slew them not among their brethren.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:9 @ Now the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, [was] that which Asa the king had (note:)Asa fortified Mizpah for fear of the enemy, and dug ditches and trenches, (1Ki_15:22).(:note) made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: [and] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with [them that were] slain.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:10 @ Then Ishmael caryed away captiue all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, euen the Kings daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the chiefe steward had committed to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, and Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah caried them away captiue, and departed to goe ouer to the Ammonites.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:11 @ But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the (note:)Who had been captains under Zedekiah.(:note) captains of the forces that [were] with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

geneva@Jeremiah:41:12 @ Then they all tooke their men, and went to fight with Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, & founde him by ye great waters that are in Gibeon.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:13 @ Nowe when all the people whom Ishmael caryed away captiue, sawe Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were with him, they were glad.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:14 @ So all the people, that Ishmael had caryed away captiue from Mizpah, returned and came againe, & went vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah.

geneva@Jeremiah:41:16 @ Then tooke Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste that were with him, all the remnant of the people, whom Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah had caried away captiue from Mizpah, (after that he had slaine Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam) euen the strong men of warre, and the women, and the children, and the eunuches, whom hee had brought againe from Gibeon:

geneva@Jeremiah:42:3 @ That the LORD thy God may show us the way in which we may walk, and the thing that we may (note:)This declares the nature of hypocrites who would know of God's word what they should do, but will not follow it, unless it agrees with that thing which they have purposed to do.(:note) do.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:6 @ Whether it be good or euill, we will obey the voyce of the Lorde God, to whom we sende thee that it may be well with vs, when wee obey the voyce of the Lord our God.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:10 @ If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I (note:){{See Jer_18:8}}(:note) repent of the evil that I have done to you.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:12 @ And I will graunt you mercie that he may haue compassion vpon you, and he shall cause you to dwell in your owne land.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:17 @ And all the men that set their faces to enter into Egypt to dwell there, shall die by ye sword, by the famine and by the pestilence, and none of them shall remaine nor escape from the plague, that I will bring vpon them.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:18 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an horror, and a (note:)Read (Jer_26:6) showing that this would come on them for their infidelity and stubbornness.(:note) curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:19 @ O ye remnant of Iudah, the Lorde hath said concerning you, Goe not into Egypt: knowe certeinely that I haue admonished you this day.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:20 @ For ye were (note:)For you were fully intending to go into Egypt, whatever God spoke to the contrary.(:note) hypocrites in your hearts, when ye sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do [it].

geneva@Jeremiah:42:22 @ Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, (note:)That is, in Egypt.(:note) in the place where ye desire to go [and] to sojourn.

geneva@Jeremiah:43:2 @ Then spoke (note:)Who was also called Jezaniah, (Jer_42:1).(:note) Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the This declares that pride is the cause of rebellion and contempt of God's ministers. proud men, saying to Jeremiah, When the hypocrisy of the wicked is discovered, they burst forth into open rage: for they can abide nothing but flattery, read (Isa_30:10). Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath He shows what is the nature of the hypocrites: that is, to pretend that they would obey God and embrace his word, if they were assured that his messenger spoke the truth: though indeed they are most far from all obedience. not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

geneva@Jeremiah:43:3 @ But Baruch the son of Neriah (note:)Thus the wicked not only contemn and hurt the messengers of God, but slander and speak wickedly of all them that support or favour the godly.(:note) setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

geneva@Jeremiah:43:5 @ But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that had returned from all (note:)As from the Moabites, Ammonites and Edomites, (Jer_40:11).(:note) nations, where they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

geneva@Jeremiah:43:6 @ [Even] men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the (note:)When these wicked lead away by force.(:note) prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

geneva@Jeremiah:43:9 @ Take great stones in thy hand, and (note:)Which signified that Nebuchadnezzar would come even to the gates of Pharaoh, where his brick kilns for his buildings were.(:note) hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which [is] at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

geneva@Jeremiah:43:10 @ And say to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (note:)Read (Jer_25:9).(:note) my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

geneva@Jeremiah:43:11 @ And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, [and deliver] (note:)Everyone will be slain by the means that God has appointed, (Jer_15:2).(:note) such [as are] for death to death; and such [as are] for captivity to captivity; and such [as are] for the sword to the sword.

geneva@Jeremiah:43:13 @ He shal breake also ye images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the lande of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shal he burne with fire.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, and at (note:)These were all famous and strange cities in Egypt, where the Jews that fled dwelt for their safety but the prophet declares that there is no hold so strong that can preserve them from God's vengeance.(:note) Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:44:2 @ Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, Yee haue seene all the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, and vpon all the cities of Iudah: and beholde, this day they are desolate, and no man dwelleth therein,

geneva@Jeremiah:44:3 @ Because of their wickednes which they haue comitted, to prouoke me to anger in that they went to burne incense, & to serue other gods, who they knew not, neither they nor you nor your fathers.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:4 @ Yet I sent to you all my servants the prophets, (note:)Read (Jer_7:25, Jer_25:3, Jer_29:19, Jer_32:33).(:note) rising early and sending [them], saying, O, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:6 @ Wherefore (note:)He sets before their eyes God's judgments against Judah and Jerusalem for their idolatry that they might beware by their example, and not with the same wickedness provoke the Lord: for then they would be double punished.(:note) my fury and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted [and] desolate, as at this day.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:8 @ In that yee prouoke mee vnto wrath with the woorkes of your hands, burning incense vnto other Gods in the lande of Egypt whither yee be gone to dwell: that yee might bring destruction vnto your selues, and that ye might be a curse and a reproch among all nations of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:9 @ Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the (note:)He shows that we ought to keep in memory God's plagues from the beginning that considering them, we might live in his fear, and know if he did not spare our fathers, yea kings, princes, rulers and also whole countries and nations for their sins that we vile worms cannot look to escape punishment for ours.(:note) kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

geneva@Jeremiah:44:10 @ They are not humbled vnto this day, neither haue they feared nor walked in my lawe nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:12 @ And I will take the remnant of Judah, that (note:)Which have fully set their minds and are gone there on purpose. By which he excepts the innocents as Jeremiah and Baruch that were forces: therefore the Lord shows that he will set his face against them: that is, purposely destroy them.(:note) have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an horror, and a Read (Jer_26:6, Jer_41:18). curse, and a reproach.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:13 @ For I will visite them that dwel in the land of Egypt, as I haue visited Ierusalem, by ye sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence,

geneva@Jeremiah:44:14 @ So that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but (note:)Meaning but a few.(:note) such as shall escape.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:15 @ Then all the men which knewe that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other gods and all the wome that stoode by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the lande of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:44:16 @ [As for] the word that thou hast spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will (note:)This declares how dangerous a thing it is to decline once from God and to follow our own fantasies: for Satan ever solicits such and does not leave them till he has brought them to extreme impudency and madness, even to justify their wickedness against God and his prophets.(:note) not hearken to thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:17 @ But we will certainly do whatever thing proceedeth from our own mouth, to burn incense to (note:)Read (Jer_7:18) it seems that the papists gathered of this place «Salbe Regina» and «Regina caeli latare» calling the virgin Mary Queen of heaven and so out of the blessed virgin and mother of our saviour Christ, made an idol; for here the prophet condemns their idolatry.(:note) the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] we had This is still the argument of idolaters who esteem religion by the belly and instead of acknowledging God's works who sends both plenty and famine, health and sickness. They attribute it to their idols and so dishonour God. plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:20 @ Then said Ieremiah vnto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had giuen him that answere, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:44:21 @ Did not the Lorde remember the incense, that yee burnt in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, both you, and your fathers, your Kinges, and your princes, and the people of the land, and hath he not considered it?

geneva@Jeremiah:44:22 @ So that the Lord could no longer forbeare, because of the wickednes of your inuentions, and because of the abominations, which ye haue committed: therefore is your lande desolate and an astonishment, and a curse and without inhabitant, as appeareth this day.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:24 @ Moreouer Ieremiah saide vnto all the people and to all the women, Heare the word of the Lord, all Iudah that are in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:25 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your (note:)You have committed double evil in making wicked vows, and in performing the same.(:note) hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:26 @ Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name (note:)This declares a horrible plague toward idolaters, seeing that God will not vouchsafe to have his Name mentioned by such as have polluted it.(:note) shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:27 @ Behold, I wil watch ouer them for euil and not for good, and all men of Iudah that are in the land of Egypt, shalbe consumed by the sword, and by the famine, vntill they be vtterly destroied.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:28 @ Yet a small number that escape the sword (note:)We see therefore that God has a perpetual care over his, wherever they are scattered: for though they are but two or three, yet he will deliver them when he destroys his enemies.(:note) shall return from the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:29 @ And this shal be a signe vnto you, saith the Lord, whe I visit you in this place, that ye may know that my words shal surely stand against you for euill.

geneva@Jeremiah:44:30 @ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will (note:)He shows the means by which they would be destroyed to assure them of the certainty of the plague and yet they remain still in their obstinacy till they perish: for Josephus writes that five years after the taking of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar the younger having overcome the Moabites and the Ammonites went against Egypt and slew the king and so brought these Jews and others into Babylon.(:note) give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

geneva@Jeremiah:45:1 @ The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to (note:)Who was Jeremiah's disciple, and wrote his prophecies under him.(:note) Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these Of which read (Jer_36:9-10). words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:45:4 @ Thus shalt thou say to him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built I will (note:)Meaning that God could destroy this people, because he had planted them.(:note) break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:8 @ Egypt riseth vp like the flood, & his waters are mooued like the riuers, and he sayth, I wil goe vp, and will couer the earth: I wil destroy the citie with them that dwell therein.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:9 @ Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; (note:)For these nations took part with the Egyptians.(:note) the Cushites and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:10 @ For this [is] the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satisfied and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath (note:)He calls the slaughter of God's enemies a sacrifice, because it is a thing that pleases him, (Isa_34:6).(:note) a sacrifice in the north country That is, at Carchemish. by the river Euphrates.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:11 @ Go up into Gilead, (note:)For at Gilead there grew a most sovereign balm for wounds.(:note) and take balm, O virgin, the So called, because Egypt had not yet been overcome by the enemy. daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many He sows that no salve or medicine can prevail where God gives the wound. medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:13 @ The woorde that the Lord spake to Ieremiah the Prophet, howe Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel shoulde come and smite the lande of Egypt.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:16 @ He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our (note:)As they who would repent that they helped the Egyptians.(:note) own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:17 @ They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt [is but] a noise; he (note:)He derides them who blame their overthrow on lack of counsel and policy, or to fortune and not observing of time: not considering that it is God's just judgment.(:note) hath passed the time appointed.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:18 @ [As] I live, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor [is] among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, [so] shall (note:)That is, that the Egyptians will be destroyed.(:note) he come.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:25 @ The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the (note:)Some take the Hebrew word Amon for the kings name of No, that is, of Alexandria.(:note) multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and [all] them that trust in him:

geneva@Jeremiah:46:26 @ And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as (note:)Meaning, that after forty years Egypt would be restored, (Isa_19:23; Eze_29:13).(:note) in the days of old, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:47:1 @ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote (note:)Or Azzah, a city of the Philistines.(:note) Gaza.

geneva@Jeremiah:47:2 @ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise out of the (note:)He means the army of the Chaldeans, (Isa_8:7,8).(:note) north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is in it; the city, and them that dwell in it: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

geneva@Jeremiah:47:4 @ Because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, [and] to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the country of (note:)For the Caphtorims had destroyed in old time the Philistines, and dwelt in their land even to Gaza, (Deu_2:23).(:note) Caphtor.

geneva@Jeremiah:47:7 @ How can it be (note:)Meaning, that it is not profitable that the wicked should by any means escape or hinder the Lord when he will take vengeance.(:note) quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:7 @ For because thou hast trusted in thy (note:)That is, the idols which are the works your hands. Some read, in your possessions, for so the word may signify as in (1Sa_25:2).(:note) works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Both your great idol and his maintainers will be led away captives so that they will then know that it is in vain to look for help at idols, (Isa_15:2). Chemosh shall go forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:9 @ Giue wings vnto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shalbe desolate, without any to dwell therein.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:11 @ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been (note:)Has not been removed as the Jews have, but have lived at ease, and as a wine that feeds itself on his lees.(:note) emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:12 @ Therefore beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will send vnto him such as shall carie him away, and shall emptie his vessels, and breake their bottels.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:17 @ All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, (note:)How are they destroyed that put their trust in their strength and riches?(:note) How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod!

geneva@Jeremiah:48:18 @ Thou daughter that doest inhabite Dibon, come downe from thy glory, and sit in thirst: for the destroyer of Moab shall come vpon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holdes.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:19 @ Thou that dwellest in Aroer, stand by the way, and beholde: aske him that fleeth and that escapeth, and say, What is done?

geneva@Jeremiah:48:26 @ Make ye him (note:)He willed the Chaldeans to lay afflictions enough on them till they are like drunken men that fall down to their shame and are derided by all.(:note) drunk: for he magnified [himself] against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:28 @ O ye that dwell in Moab, leaue the cities, and dwell in the rockes, and be like the doue, that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:32 @ O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants have gone over the sea, they reach [even] to the sea (note:)Which city was in the utmost border of Moab: and by this he signifies that the whole land would be destroyed and the people carried away.(:note) of Jazer: the spoiler hath fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:35 @ Moreouer, I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offered in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:41 @ The cities are taken, and the strong holdes are wonne, and ye mightie mens hearts in Moab at that day shalbe as ye heart of a woman in trauaile.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:44 @ He that escapeth from the feare, shall fall in the pit, and he that getteth vp out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring vpon it, euen vpon Moab, the yeere of their visitation, sayeth the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:45 @ They that fled stood under the shadow (note:)They fled there thinking to have comfort from the Amorites.(:note) of Heshbon because of the force: but The Amorites had destroyed the Moabites in times past, and now because of their power the Moabites will seek them for help. a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:2 @ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in (note:)Which was one of the chief cities of the Ammonites, as were Heshbon and Ai: there was also a city called Heshbon among the Moabites.(:note) Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir to them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:4 @ Why gloriest thou in the (note:)In your plentiful country.(:note) valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me?

geneva@Jeremiah:49:5 @ Behold, I will bring (note:)Signifying that power and riches cannot prevail when God will execute his judgments.(:note) a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that are about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:8 @ Flee ye, (note:)The enemies that pretend to flee, will turn back and invade your land, and possess it.(:note) turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time [that] I will punish him.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:9 @ If (note:)Meaning that God would utterly destroy them and not spare one, though the grape gatherers leave some grapes, and thieves seek but till they have enough, (Oba_1:5).(:note) grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:11 @ Leave thy (note:)The destruction will be so great that there will be none left to take care of the widows and the fatherless.(:note) fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:13 @ For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that (note:)Which was a chief city of Edom.(:note) Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:16 @ Thy feare, and ye pride of thine heart hath deceiued thee, thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rocke, and keepest the height of ye hil: though thou shouldest make thy nest as hie as the egle, I wil bring thee downe from thece, sayth the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:17 @ Also Edom shall be desolate: euery one that goeth by it, shall be astonished, and shal hisse at all the plagues thereof,

geneva@Jeremiah:49:19 @ Behold, (note:)That is, Nebuchadnezzar after he has overcome Judah, which is meant by the swelling of Jordan, will come against mount Seir and Edom.(:note) he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make That is, the Israelites whom the Edomites kept as prisoners to hast away from there. him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that The captain and governor of the army meaning Nebuchadnezzar. shepherd that will stand before me?

geneva@Jeremiah:49:20 @ Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least (note:)They will not be able to resist his petty captains.(:note) of the flock shall draw them out: surely To visit the enemy. he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:22 @ Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, (note:)As (Jer_48:40) was said of Moab.(:note) and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:26 @ Therefore her yong men shall fall in her streetes, and all her men of warre shall be cut off in that day, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:29 @ Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their (note:)Because they used to dwell in tents, he names the things that belong to it.(:note) curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Fear [is] on every side.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:34 @ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against (note:)That is Persia, so called for Elam the son of Shem.(:note) Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:49:35 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the (note:)Because the Persians were good archers, he shows that the thing in which they put their trust would not profit them.(:note) bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:37 @ For I will cause Elam to be afraied before their enemies, and before them that seeke their liues, and will bring vpon them a plague, euen the indignation of my wrath, saieth the Lord, & I wil sende the sworde after them till I haue consumed them.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:1 @ The word that the Lord spake, concerning Babel, and cocerning the land of the Caldeans by the ministerie of Ieremiah the Prophet.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:2 @ Declare ye among the nations, and proclaim, and set up a standard; proclaim, [and] conceal not: say, (note:)After God had used the Babylonian's service to punish other nations, this shows that their turn will come to be punished.(:note) Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, These were two of their chief idols. Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:4 @ In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall (note:)When Cyrus will take Babel.(:note) come, they and the children of Judah together, going and Read (Jer_31:9). weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:5 @ They shal aske the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs cleaue to the Lorde in a perpetuall couenant that shall not be forgotten.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:7 @ All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, (note:)For the Lord dwelt among them in his temple and would have maintained them by his justice against their enemies.(:note) the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:10 @ And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that spoil her (note:)Shall be made rich by it.(:note) shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:11 @ Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of my heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, (note:)For joy of the victory that you had against my people.(:note) and bellow as bulls;

geneva@Jeremiah:50:12 @ Therefore your mother shall bee sore confounded, and she that bare you, shall be ashamed: beholde, the vttermost of the nations shalbe a desert, a drie land, and a wildernes.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:13 @ Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, (note:)In sign of contempt and disdain.(:note) and hiss at all her plagues.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:16 @ Cut off the (note:)Destroy her so that no one is left to work the ground or to take the fruit of it.(:note) sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:17 @ Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of (note:)Meaning Tiglath-pilesar who carried away the ten tribes.(:note) Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his He carried away the rest, that is Judah and Benjamin. bones.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:20 @ In those daies, and at that time, sayeth the Lorde, the iniquitie of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sinnes of Iudah, and they shall not be founde: for I will be mercifull vnto them, whome I reserue.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:21 @ Go up against the land of (note:)That is, Babylon: thus the Lord raised up Cyrus.(:note) Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:28 @ The voice of them that (note:)Of the Jews who would be delivered by Cyrus.(:note) flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:29 @ Call vp the archers against Babel: al ye that bend the bow, besiege it rounde about: let none thereof escape: recompence her according to her worke, & according to all that she hath done, doe vnto her: for she hath bene proud against the Lord, euen against the holy one of Israel.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:30 @ Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streetes, and al her men of warre shalbe destroied in that day, sayeth the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:31 @ Beholde, I come vnto thee, O proude man, saith the Lord God of hostes: for thy day is come, euen the time that I will visite thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:33 @ Thus saieth the Lord of hosts, The children of Israel, and the children of Iudah were oppressed together: and all that tooke them captiues, held them, and would not let them goe.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:34 @ Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, (note:)He shows that when God executes his judgments against his enemies, that his Church will then have rest.(:note) and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:37 @ A sworde is vpon their horses & vpon their charets, and vpon all the multitude that are in the middes of her, and they shall be like women: a sworde is vpon her treasures, and they shall be spoyled.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:38 @ A (note:)For Cyrus cut the river Euphrates and divided the course of it into many streams, so that it might be passed over as though there had been no water: which he did by the counsel of two of Belshazzar's captains, who conspired against their king, because he had gelded one of them in spite and slain the son of the other.(:note) drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad over [their] idols.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:41 @ Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from (note:)Meaning, that the Persians would gather their army from many nations.(:note) the ends of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:44 @ Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that (note:){{See Jer_49:19}}(:note) shepherd that will stand before me?

geneva@Jeremiah:50:45 @ Therefore heare the counsell of the Lorde that hee hath deuised against Babel, and his purpose that hee hath conceiued against the lande of the Caldeans: surely the least of the flocke shall drawe them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:1 @ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise against me, a destroying (note:)The Medes and Persians who will destroy them as the wind does the chaff.(:note) wind;

geneva@Jeremiah:51:2 @ And wil send vnto Babel fanners that shal fanne her, & shal empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shalbe against her on euery side.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:3 @ Also to the bender that bendeth his bowe, and to him that lifteth himselfe vp in his brigandine, will I say, Spare not her yong men, but destroy all her hoste.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:4 @ Thus the slaine shal fall in the lande of the Caldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streetes.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:7 @ Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the (note:)By whom the Lord poured out the drink of his vengeance, to whom it pleased him.(:note) LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are For the great afflictions that they have felt by the Babylonians. mad.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:12 @ Set vp the standart vpon the walles of Babel, make the watch strong: set vp the watchmen: prepare the skoutes: for the Lord hath both deuised, and done that which he spake against the inhabitantes of Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:13 @ O thou that dwellest upon many (note:)For the land of Chaldea was full of rivers which ran into the Euphrates.(:note) waters, abundant in treasures, thy end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:21 @ And by thee wil I breake horse and horseman, and by thee will I breake the charet & him that rideth therein.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:24 @ And I will render vnto Babel, and to all the inhabitants of the Caldeans all their euil, that they haue done in Zion, euen in your sight, sayth the Lorde.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:25 @ Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying (note:)Not that Babylon stood on a mountain but because it was strong and seemed invincible.(:note) mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the From your strongholds and fortresses. rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:31 @ One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at (note:)By turning the course of the river one side was made open and the reeds that grew in the water were destroyed which Cyrus did by the counsel of Gobria and Gabatha Belshazzar's captains.(:note) [one] end,

geneva@Jeremiah:51:32 @ And that the passages are stopped, and the reedes burnt with fire, & the me of war troubled.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:35 @ The spoyle of me, and that which was left of me, is brought vnto Babel, shall the inhabitant of Zion say: and my blood vnto the inhabitantes of Caldea, shal Ierusalem say.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:39 @ In their (note:)When they are inflamed with surfeiting and drinking, I will feast with them, alluding to Belshazzar's banquet, (Dan_5:2).(:note) heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:44 @ And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which (note:)That is, his gifts and presents which he had received as part of the spoil of other nations, and which the idolaters brought to him from all countries.(:note) he hath swallowed: and the nations shall not flow together any more to him: even the wall of Babylon shall fall.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:46 @ And lest your heart should faint, and ye should fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come [one] (note:)Meaning that Babylon would not be destroyed all at once but little by little would be brought to nothing for the first year came the tidings, the next year the siege and in the third year it was taken: yet this is not that horrible destruction which the prophets threatened in many places: for that was after this when they rebelled and Darius over came them by the policy of Zopyrus, and hanged three thousand gentlemen beside the common people.(:note) year, and after that in [another] year [shall come] a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:47 @ Therefore beholde, the dayes come, that I will visite the images of Babel, & the whole land shalbe confounded, and all her slayne shal fall in the middes of her.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:48 @ Then the heaven and (note:)All creatures in heaven and earth will rejoice and praise God for the destruction of Babylon the great enemy of his Church.(:note) the earth, and all that [is] in them, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come to her from the north, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:50 @ Ye that (note:)Yet that are now captives in Babylon.(:note) have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:52 @ Wherefore behold, the dayes come, sayth the Lord, that I will visite her grauen images, and through all her land the wounded shal grone.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:56 @ Because the destroyer is come vpon her, euen vpon Babel, and her strong men are taken, their bowes are broken: for the Lorde God that recompenceth, shal surely recompence.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:57 @ And I will (note:)I will so astonish them by affliction that they will not know which way to turn themselves.(:note) make drunk her princes, and her wise [men], her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:60 @ So Ieremiah wrote in a booke all the euill that should come vpo Babel: euen al these things, that are written against Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:62 @ Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, that none should remaine in it, neither man nor beast, but that it should be desolate for euer.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:63 @ And it shall be, when thou hast finished reading this book, [that] thou shalt bind a (note:)John in his Revelation alludes to this place when he says that the angel took a millstone and cast it into the sea: signifying by it the destruction of Babylon, (Rev_18:21).(:note) stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

geneva@Jeremiah:51:64 @ And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall (note:)They will not be able to resist but will labour in vain.(:note) be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:2 @ And he did euil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:6 @ Now in the fourth moneth, the ninth day of the moneth, the famine was sore in ye citie, so that there was no more bread for ye people of the land.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:14 @ And al the armie of the Caldeans that were with the chiefe steward, brake downe all ye walles of Ierusalem round about.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:15 @ Then Nebuzar-adan the chiefe steward caried away captiue certaine of the poore of the people, and the residue of the people that remayned in the citie, and those that were fled, and fallen to the king of Babel, with the rest of the multitude.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:17 @ Also the (note:)Of these pillars read (1Ki_7:15).(:note) pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:19 @ And the bowles, and the ashpannes, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlestickes, and the incense dishes, and the cuppes, and all that was of golde, and that was of siluer, tooke the chiefe steward away,

geneva@Jeremiah:52:20 @ The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that [were] under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without (note:)It was so much in quantity.(:note) weight.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:25 @ He took also out of the city an eunuch, who had the charge of the men of war; and (note:)In (2Ki_25:19) is read but of five: those were the most excellent and the other two, which were not so noble are not there mentioned with them.(:note) seven men of them that were near the king's person, who were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:29 @ In the (note:)To the latter end also of that year, and the beginning of the nineteenth.(:note) eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

geneva@Jeremiah:52:32 @ And spake kindly vnto him, and set his throne aboue the throne of the Kings, that were with him in Babel,

geneva@Jeremiah:52:34 @ And [for] his food, there was a (note:)That is he had allowance in the court, and thus at length he had rest and quietness because he obeyed Jeremiah the Prophet, while the others were cruelly ordered that would not obey him.(:note) continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

geneva@Lamentations:1:2 @ She weepeth bitterly in the (note:)So that she takes no rest.(:note) night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her Meaning the Egyptians and Assyrians who promised help. lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

geneva@Lamentations:1:6 @ And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty hath departed: her princes are become (note:)As men pined away with sorrow and that have no courage.(:note) like harts [that] find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

geneva@Lamentations:1:7 @ Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people (note:)In her misery she considered the great benefits and commodities that she had lost.(:note) fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her, [and] mocked at her At her religion and serving of God, which was the greatest grief to the godly. sabbaths.

geneva@Lamentations:1:8 @ Ierusalem hath grieuously sinned, therefore shee is in derision: all that honoured her, despise her, because they haue seene her filthinesse: yea, she sigheth and turneth backeward.

geneva@Lamentations:1:12 @ [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there is any (note:)Thus Jerusalem laments moving others to pity her and to learn by her example.(:note) sorrow like my sorrow, which hath fallen upon me, with which the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.

geneva@Lamentations:1:13 @ From above hath (note:)This declares that we should acknowledge God to be the author of all our afflictions to the intent that we might seek him for remedy.(:note) he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.

geneva@Lamentations:1:14 @ The (note:)My heavy sins are continually before his eyes as he that ties a thing to his hand for a reminder.(:note) yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are knit together, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise.

geneva@Lamentations:1:16 @ For these things I weepe: mine eye, euen mine eye casteth out water, because the comforter that should refresh my soule, is farre from me: my children are desolate, because the enemie preuailed.

geneva@Lamentations:1:21 @ They haue heard that I mourne, but there is none to comfort mee: all mine enemies haue heard of my trouble, and are glad, that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day, that thou hast pronounced, and they shalbe like vnto me.

geneva@Lamentations:2:4 @ He (note:)Showing that there is no remedy but destruction where God is the enemy.(:note) hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

geneva@Lamentations:2:8 @ The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart (note:)This is a figurative speech as that was, when he said the ways lamented, (Lam_1:4) meaning that this sorrow was so great that the insensible things had their part of it.(:note) and the wall to lament; they languished together.

geneva@Lamentations:2:14 @ Thy prophets have (note:)Because the false prophets called themselves seers, as the others were called, therefore he shows that they saw amiss because they did not reprove the people's faults, but flattered them in their sins, which was the cause of their destruction.(:note) seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not revealed thy iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

geneva@Lamentations:2:15 @ All that passe by the way, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head vpon the daughter Ierusalem, saying, Is this the citie that men call, The perfection of beautie, and the ioye of the whole earth?

geneva@Lamentations:2:16 @ All thine enemies haue opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnashe the teeth, saying, Let vs deuoure it: certainely this is the day that we looked for: we haue founde and seene it.

geneva@Lamentations:2:17 @ The Lorde hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his worde that he had determined of old time: he hath throwen downe, and not spared: hee hath caused thine enemie to reioyce ouer thee, and set vp the horne of thine aduersaries.

geneva@Lamentations:2:19 @ Arise, cry in the night: in the beginning of the watches powre out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift vp thine handes towarde him for the life of thy yong children, that faint for hunger in the corners of all the streetes.

geneva@Lamentations:2:22 @ Thou hast called as in a solemne daye my terrours rounde about, so that in the day of the Lordes wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I haue nourished and brought vp, hath mine enemie consumed.

geneva@Lamentations:3:1 @ I [am] the man [that] hath seen (note:)The prophet complains of the punishments and afflictions that he endured by the false prophets and hypocrites when he declared the destruction of Jerusalem, as in (Jer_20:1-2).(:note) affliction by the rod of his wrath.

geneva@Lamentations:3:5 @ He hath (note:)He speaks this as one that felt God's heavy judgment, which he greatly feared, and therefore sets them out with this diversity of words.(:note) built against me, and surrounded [me] with gall and labour.

geneva@Lamentations:3:6 @ He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.

geneva@Lamentations:3:7 @ He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.

geneva@Lamentations:3:8 @ Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my (note:)This is a great temptation for the godly when they do not see the fruit of their prayers and causes them to think that they are not heard, which thing God uses so that they might pray more earnestly and often.(:note) prayer.

geneva@Lamentations:3:20 @ My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled (note:)He shows that God thus uses to exercise his, to the intent that by this they may know themselves, and feel his mercies.(:note) in me.

geneva@Lamentations:3:22 @ [It is of] the LORD'S (note:)Considering the wickedness of man it is a marvel that any remains alive: but only that God for his own mercies sake and for his promise will ever have his Church remain, though they are never so few in number, (Isa_1:9).(:note) mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

geneva@Lamentations:3:25 @ The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him.

geneva@Lamentations:3:27 @ [It is] good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his (note:)He shows that we can never begin too soon to be exercised under the cross, that when the afflictions grow greater, our patience also by experience may be stronger.(:note) youth.

geneva@Lamentations:3:30 @ Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.

geneva@Lamentations:3:37 @ Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord (note:)He shows that nothing is done without God's providence.(:note) commandeth [it] not?

geneva@Lamentations:3:44 @ Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.

geneva@Lamentations:3:57 @ Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.

geneva@Lamentations:3:62 @ The lippes also of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.

geneva@Lamentations:4:5 @ They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.

geneva@Lamentations:4:6 @ For the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodom, that was destroyed as in a moment, & none pitched campes against her.

geneva@Lamentations:4:9 @ [They that are] slain with the sword are better than [they that are] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [lack of] the (note:)For lack of food they pine away and consume.(:note) fruits of the field.

geneva@Lamentations:4:12 @ The Kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not haue beleeued that the aduersarie and the enemie should haue entred into the gates of Ierusalem:

geneva@Lamentations:4:13 @ For the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of (note:)He means that these things are come to pass therefore, contrary to all men's expectations.(:note) her,

geneva@Lamentations:4:14 @ They have wandered [as] blind [men] (note:)Some refer this to the blind men who as they went, stumbled on the blood, of which the city was full.(:note) in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that Meaning the heathen who came to destroy them could not abide them. men could not touch their garments.

geneva@Lamentations:4:18 @ They hunt our steppes that we cannot goe in our streetes: our ende is neere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our ende is come.

geneva@Lamentations:4:21 @ Rejoice and be glad, (note:)This is spoken by derision.(:note) O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through to thee: thou shalt be drunk, and shalt make thyself naked.

geneva@Lamentations:5:1 @ Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: (note:)This prayer as is thought, was made when some of the people were carried away captive, others such as the poorest remained, and some went into Egypt and other places for comfort, though it seems that the prophet foreseeing their miseries to come, thus prayed.(:note) consider, and behold our reproach.

geneva@Lamentations:5:7 @ Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne (note:)As our fathers have been punished for their sins: so we that are guilty of the same sins are punished.(:note) their iniquities.

geneva@Lamentations:5:9 @ We procured our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword (note:)Because of the enemy that came from the wilderness and would not suffer us to go and seek our necessary food.(:note) of the wilderness.

geneva@Lamentations:5:13 @ They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under (note:)Their slavery was so great, that they were not able to abide it.(:note) the wood.

geneva@Lamentations:5:16 @ The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the (note:)After that the book of the Law as found, which was the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, so that twenty-five years after this book was found, Jeconiah was led away captive with Ezekiel and many of the people, who the first year later saw these visions.(:note) thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Which was a part of Euphrates so called. Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of That is, notable and excellent visions, so that it might be known, it was no natural dream but came from God. God. The Argument - After Jehoiachin by the counsel of Jeremiah and Ezekiel had yielded himself to Nebuchadnezzar, and so went into captivity with his mother and various of his princes and of the people, some began to repent and murmur that they had obeyed the prophet's counsel, as though the things which they had prophesied would not come to pass, and therefore their estate would still be miserable under the Chaldeans. By reason of which he confirms his former prophecies, declaring by new visions and revelations shown to him, that the city would most certainly be destroyed, and the people grievously tormented by God's plagues, in so much that they who remained would be brought into cruel bondage. Lest the godly despair in these great troubles, he assures them that God will deliver his church at his appointed time and also destroy their enemies, who either afflicted them, or rejoiced in their miseries. The effect of the one and the other would be chiefly performed under Christ, of whom in this book are many notable promises, and in whom the glory of the new temple would perfectly be restored. He prophesied these things in Chaldea, at the same time that Jeremiah prophesied in Judah, and there began in the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:4 @ And I looked, and, behold, a (note:)By this diversity of words he signifies the fearful judgment of God and the great afflictions that would come on Jerusalem.(:note) whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about it, and from the midst of it as the colour of amber, from the midst of the fire.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:5 @ Also from the midst of it [came] the likeness of (note:)Which were the four Cherubims that represented the glory of God, as in (Eze_11:22).(:note) four living beings. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:16 @ The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like the colour of a (note:)The Hebrew word is tarshish meaning that the colour was like the Cilician Sea, or a precious stone so called.(:note) beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:24 @ And when they went, I heard the noise of their (note:)Which declared the swiftness and the fearfulness of God's judgments.(:note) wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they Which signified that they had no power of themselves, but only waited to execute God's commandment. let down their wings.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:25 @ And there was a voyce fro the firmament, that was ouer their heads, when they stoode, and had let downe their wings.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:26 @ And aboue the firmament that was ouer their heads, was the facion of a throne like vnto a saphir stone, and vpon the similitude of the throne was by appearance, as the similitude of a man aboue vpon it.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:28 @ As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness around. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell (note:)Considering the majesty of God, and the weakness of flesh.(:note) upon my face, and I heard a voice of one speaking.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:3 @ And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: for they and their fathers haue rebelled against me, euen vnto this very day.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:5 @ And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they [are] a rebellious house,) yet shall know that (note:)This declares on the one part God's great affection toward his people, that despite their rebellion, yet he will send his prophets among them, and admonishes his ministers on the other part that they cease not to do their duty, though the people are never so obstinate: for the word of God will be either to their salvation or greater condemnation.(:note) there hath been a prophet among them.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:6 @ And thou, son of man, (note:)Read (Jer_1:17). He shows that for no afflictions they would cease to do their duties.(:note) be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [are] with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [are] a rebellious house.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:8 @ But thou, son of man, hear what I say to thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and (note:)He not only exhorts him to his duty but also gives him the means with which he may be able to execute it.(:note) eat that which I give thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:10 @ And he spread it before me; and it [was] written within and without: and [there was] written in it (note:)He shows what were the contents of this book: that is, God's judgments against the wicked.(:note) lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:1 @ Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; (note:)By which is meant that no one is fit to be God's messenger before he has received the word of God in his heart, as in (Eze_3:10) and has a zeal to it, and delight in it, as in (Jer_15:16; Rev_10:10).(:note) eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:3 @ And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, cause thy belly to eate, and fill thy bowels with this roule that I giue thee. Then did I eate it, and it was in my mouth as sweete as honie.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:8 @ Behold, I have made thy (note:)God promises his assistance to his ministers, and that he will give them boldness and constancy in their calling, (Isa_50:7; Jer_1:18; Mic_3:8).(:note) face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:10 @ Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to thee (note:)He shows what is meant by the eating of the book, which is that the ministers of God may speak nothing from themselves, but only that which they have received from the Lord.(:note) receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:11 @ And goe and enter to them that are led away captiues vnto the children of thy people, and speake vnto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God: but surely they will not heare, neither will they in deede cease.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:12 @ Then the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, [saying], (note:)By which he signifies that God's glory would not be diminished, although he departed out of his temple, for this declared that the city and temple would be destroyed.(:note) Blessed [be] the glory of the LORD from his place.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:13 @ I heard also the noyse of the wings of the beasts, that touched one another, and the ratling of the wheeles that were by them, euen a noyse of a great russhing.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:14 @ So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I (note:)This shows that there is always an infirmity of the flesh which can never be ready to render full obedience to God, and also God's grace who ever assists his, and overcomes their rebellious affections.(:note) went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:15 @ Then I came to them of the captivity at (note:)Which was a place by Euphrates where the Jews were prisoners.(:note) Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there overwhelmed among them Declaring here that God's ministers must with advisement and deliberation utter his judgments. seven days.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:18 @ When I shall say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, and thou giuest not him warning, nor speakest to admonish the wicked of his wicked way, that he may liue, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquitie: but his blood will I require at thine hande.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:20 @ Again, When a (note:)If he that has been instructed in the right way turn back.(:note) righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a I will give him up to a reprobate mind, (Rom_1:28). stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his Which seemed to have been done in faith, and was not. righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:21 @ Neuerthelesse, if thou admonish that righteous man, that the righteous sinne not, and that he doeth not sinne, he shall liue because he is admonished: also thou hast deliuered thy soule.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:24 @ Then the spirit entered into me, and (note:)Read (Jer_2:2).(:note) set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, Signifying that not only would he not profit, but they would grievously trouble and afflict him. shut thyself within thy house.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:26 @ And I will make thy tongue (note:)Which declares the terrible plague of the Lord, when God stops the mouths of his ministers and that all such are the rods of his vengeance that do it.(:note) cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:27 @ But when I shall haue spoken vnto thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, He that heareth, let him heare, and he that leaueth off, let him leaue: for they are a rebellious house.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:4 @ Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the (note:)By this he represented the idolatry and sin of the ten tribes (for Samaria was on his left hand from Babylon) and how they had remained in it three hundred and ninety years.(:note) house of Israel upon it: [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:8 @ And, behold, I will lay (note:)The people would so straightly be besieged that they would not be able to turn them.(:note) cords upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:9 @ Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, (note:)Meaning that the famine would be so great that they would be glad to eat whatever they could get.(:note) and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread of them, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, Which were fourteen months that the city was besieged and this was as many days as Israel sinned years. three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat of it.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:12 @ And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it (note:)Signifying by this the great scarcity of fuel and matter to burn.(:note) with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:14 @ Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither hath (note:)Much less such vile corruption.(:note) abominable flesh come into my mouth.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:17 @ Because that bread and water shall faile, they shalbe astonied one with another, and shall consume away for their iniquitie.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:2 @ Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the (note:)That is, of that city which he had portrayed on the brick, (Eze_4:1). By the fire and pestilence he means the famine, with which one part perished during the siege of Nebuchadnezzar. By the sword, those that were slain when Zedekiah fled and those that were carried away captive and by the scattering into the wind, those that fled into Egypt, and into other parts after the city was taken.(:note) city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a sword: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:3 @ Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy (note:)Meaning, that a very few would be left, which the Lord would preserve among all these storms, but not without troubles and trial.(:note) skirts.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:5 @ Thus saith the Lorde God, This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the middes of the nations and countreyes, that are rounde about her.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:6 @ And she hath changed my (note:)My word and law into idolatry and superstitions.(:note) judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that [are] around her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:7 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye (note:)Because your idols are in greater number, and your superstitions more than among the professed idolaters, read (Isa_65:11) or he condemns their ingratitude in respect to his benefits.(:note) multiplied more than the nations that [are] around you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that [are] around you;

geneva@Ezekiel:5:9 @ And I will doe in thee, that I neuer did before, neither will do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:13 @ Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be (note:)That is, I will not be pacified till I am avenged, (Isa_1:24).(:note) comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:14 @ Moreouer, I will make thee waste, and abhorred among the nations, that are round about thee, and in the sight of all that passe by.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:15 @ So thou shalt bee a reproche and shame, a chastisement and an astonishment vnto the nations, that are rounde about thee, when I shall execute iudgements in thee, in anger and in wrath, and in sharpe rebukes: I the Lorde haue spoken it.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:6 @ In all your dwelling places the cities shalbe desolate, and the hie places shalbe laide waste, so that your altars shalbe made waste and desolate, and your idoles shalbe broken, and cease, & your images of the sunne shalbe cut in pieces, & your workes shalbe abolished.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:7 @ And the slaine shall fall in the middes of you, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:8 @ Yet will I leave a remnant, (note:)He shows that in all dangers God will preserve a few, which will be as the seed of his Church and call on his Name.(:note) that ye may have [some] that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:9 @ And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations to which they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their adulterous heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot with their idols: and they (note:)They will be ashamed to see that their hope in idols was in vain, and so will repent.(:note) shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:10 @ And they shall knowe that I am the Lord, and that I haue not saide in vaine, that I woulde doe this euill vnto them.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:11 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; (note:)By these signs he would that the prophet would signify the great destruction to come.(:note) Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:12 @ He that is farre off, shal dye of the pestilence, and he that is neere, shal fall by the sword, and hee that remaineth and is besieged, shal dye by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath vpon them.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:13 @ Then shall (note:)That is, all nations when you will see my judgments.(:note) ye know that I [am] the LORD, when their slain [men] shall be among their idols all around their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they offered sweet savour to all their idols.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:14 @ So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, even, more desolate (note:)Which was in Syria and bordered on Israel, or from the wilderness which was south, to Diblath which was north: meaning the while country.(:note) than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:4 @ Neither shall mine eye spare thee, neither will I haue pitie: but I will laye thy waies vpon thee: and thine abomination shall bee in the middes of thee, and yee shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:6 @ An end is come, the end is come: it (note:)He shows that the judgments of God ever watch to destroy the sinners, who notwithstanding he delays till there is no more hope of repentance.(:note) watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:7 @ The (note:)The beginning of his punishments is already come.(:note) morning is come upon thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble [is] near, and not the joyful Which was a voice of joy and mirth. shouting upon the mountains.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:9 @ Neither shall mine eie spare thee, neither will I haue pitie, but I will laye vpon thee according to thy wayes, and thine abominations shalbe in the middes of thee, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde that smiteth.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:13 @ For the seller shall not (note:)In the year of the Jubile, meaning that none would enjoy the privilege of the law, (Lev_25:13) for they would all be carried away captives.(:note) return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the This vision signified that all would be carried away, and none would return for the Jubile. vision [is] concerning its whole multitude, [which] shall not return; No man for all this endeavours himself or takes heart to repent for his evil life. Some read, for none will be strengthened in his iniquity of his life: meaning that they would gain nothing by flattering themselves in evil. neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:15 @ The sword is without, and the pestilence, and the famine within: he that is in the field, shall dye with the sword, and he that is in the citie, famine and pestilence shall deuoure him.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:16 @ But they that flee away from them, shall escape, and shalbe in the mountaines, like the doues of the valleis: all they shall mourne, euery one for his iniquitie.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:23 @ Make a (note:)Signifying that they would be bound and led away captives.(:note) chain: for the land is full of That is, of sins that deserve death. bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:24 @ Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their (note:)Which was the temple that was divided into three parts.(:note) holy places shall be defiled.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:27 @ The King shall mourne, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the handes of the people in the land shall be troubled: I wil doe vnto them according to their waies, and according to their iudgements will I iudge them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Of the captivity of Jeconiah.(:note) sixth year, in the Which contained part of August and part of September. sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [as] I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:3 @ And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the (note:)Meaning that he was thus carried in spirit, and not in body.(:note) visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner Which was the porch or the court where the people assembled. gate that looketh toward the north; where [was] the seat of the image of So called, because it provoked God's indignation, which was the idol of Baal. jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:4 @ And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw (note:)Read (Eze_3:22).(:note) in the plain.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:6 @ He said furthermore to me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? [even] the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should withdraw from (note:)For God will not be where the idols are.(:note) my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:9 @ And he said vnto mee, Go in, and beholde the wicked abominations that they doe here.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:13 @ Againe he saide also vnto me, Turne thee againe, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they doe.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:14 @ Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which [was] toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for (note:)The Jews write, that this was a prophet of the idols, who after his death was once a year mourned for in the night.(:note) Tammuz.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:17 @ Then he said to me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the (note:)Declaring that the censings and service of the idolaters are but infections and villany before God.(:note) branch to their nose.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:1 @ He cried also in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over (note:)The time to take vengeance.(:note) the city to draw near, even every man [with] his destroying weapon in his hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:2 @ And, behold, six (note:)Which were angels in the appearance of men.(:note) men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the Signifying that the Babylonians would come from the north to destroy the city and the temple. north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them [was] clothed with linen, with a writer's To mark them that would be saved. inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:3 @ And the glory of the God of Israel had (note:)Which declared that he was not bound to it, neither would remain any longer than there was hope that they would return from their wickedness and worship him correctly.(:note) gone up from the cherub, on which he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, who [had] the writer's inkhorn by his side;

geneva@Ezekiel:9:4 @ And the LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that (note:)He shows what is the manner of God's children, whom he marks for salvation: that is, to mourn and cry out against the wickedness which they see committed against God's glory.(:note) sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:5 @ And to the other he said, that I might heare, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let your eye spare none, neither haue pitie.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:8 @ And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, (note:)This declares that the servants of God have a compassion when they see his judgments executed.(:note) Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy the whole remnant of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

geneva@Ezekiel:10:1 @ Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the (note:)Which in (Eze_1:5) he called the four beasts.(:note) cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:2 @ And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, [even] under the cherub, and fill thy hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter [them] over (note:)This signified that the city would be burnt.(:note) the city. And he entered in my sight.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:4 @ Then the glory of the LORD (note:)Meaning that the glory of God would depart from the temple.(:note) went up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:7 @ And one Cherub stretched forth his hand from betweene the Cherubims vnto the fire, that was betweene the Cherubims, and tooke thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linnen: who tooke it and went out.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:15 @ And the Cherubims were lifted vp: this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer Chebar.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:20 @ This [is] the (note:)That is, the whole body of the four beasts or cherubims.(:note) living being that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they [were] the cherubim.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:2 @ Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischiefe, and deuise wicked counsell in this citie.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:5 @ And the Spirite of the Lord fell vpon me, and said vnto me, Speake, Thus saith the Lorde, O ye house of Israel, this haue ye said, and I know that which riseth vp of your mindes.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:7 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] (note:)Contrary to their vain confidence he shows in what sense the city is the caldron: that is, because of the dead bodies that have been murdered in it, and so lit as flesh in the caldron.(:note) the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:10 @ Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of (note:)That is, in Riblah, read (2Ki_25:6).(:note) Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:12 @ And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde: for ye haue not walked in my statutes, neither executed my iudgements, but haue done after the maners of the heathen, that are round about you.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:13 @ And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of (note:)It seems that this noble man died of some terrible death, and therefore the prophet feared some strange judgment of God toward the rest of the people.(:note) Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

geneva@Ezekiel:11:15 @ Son of man, thy (note:)They that remained at Jerusalem thus reproached them that were gone into captivity as though they were cast off and forsaken by God.(:note) brethren, [even] thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, [are] they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Retire far from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:16 @ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little (note:)They will be yet a little church: showing that the Lord will ever have some to call on his Name, whom he will preserve and restore, though they are for a time afflicted.(:note) sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:19 @ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the (note:)Meaning, the heart to which nothing can enter and regenerate them anew, so that their heart may be soft and ready to receive my graces.(:note) stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

geneva@Ezekiel:11:20 @ That they may walke in my statutes, and keepe my iudgements, and execute them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:24 @ Afterwarde the Spirite tooke me vp, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Caldea to them that were led away captiues: so the vision that I had seene, went vp from me.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:25 @ Then I spoke to them of the (note:)When Jeconiah was led away captive.(:note) captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:2 @ Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see (note:)That is, they receive not the fruit of that which they see and hear.(:note) not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they [are] a rebellious house.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:3 @ Therefore thou sonne of man, prepare thy stuffe to goe into captiuitie, and goe foorth by day in their sight: and thou shalt passe from thy place to another place in their sight, if it be possible that they may consider it: for they are a rebellious house.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:4 @ Then shalt thou bring foorth thy stuffe by day in their sight as the stuffe of him that goeth into captiuitie: and thou shalt go forth at euen in their sight, as they that go foorth into captiuitie.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:6 @ In their sight shalt thou bear [it] upon [thy] shoulders, [and] carry [it] forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou mayest not see the ground: for I have set thee [for] a (note:)That as you do, so shall they do, and therefore in you they will see their own plague and punishment.(:note) sign to the house of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:7 @ And as I was commaunded, so I brought forth my stuffe by day, as ye stuffe of one that goeth into captiuitie: and by night I digged through the wall with mine hand, & brought it forth in ye darke, & I bare it vpo my shoulder in their sight.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:10 @ But say thou vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God, This burden concerneth the chiefe in Ierusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:12 @ And the chiefest that is among them, shall beare vpon his shoulder in the darke, and shall goe forth: they shall digge through the wall, to cary out thereby: he shall couer his face, that he see not the ground with his eies.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:14 @ And I will scatter toward euerie winde all that are about him to helpe him, and all his garisons, and I will drawe out the sworde after them.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:15 @ And they shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, & disperse them in the countreis.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:16 @ But I will leave a (note:)Who would bear his Name, and would be his Church.(:note) few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:19 @ And say vnto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lorde God of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and of the lande of Israel, They shall eate their bread with carefulnes, and drinke their water with desolation: for the lande shall bee desolate from her abundance because of the crueltie of them that dwell therein.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:20 @ And the cities that are inhabited, shal be left voyde, and the land shall be desolate, and yee shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:22 @ Son of man, what [is] that proverb [that] ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days (note:)Because they did not immediately see the prophecies accomplished, they contemned them as though they would never be fulfilled.(:note) are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

geneva@Ezekiel:12:25 @ For I am the Lorde: I wil speake, and that thing that I shall speake, shall come to passe: it shall be no more prolonged: for in your dayes, O rebellious house, will I saye the thing, and will performe it, sayeth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:27 @ Son of man, behold, [they of] the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth [is] for (note:)That is, it will not come to pass in our days, and therefore we care not for it: thus the wicked ever abuse God's patience and benignity.(:note) many days [to come], and he prophesieth of the times [that are] distant.

geneva@Ezekiel:12:28 @ Therefore say vnto them, Thus sayth the Lorde God, All my wordes shall no longer be delayed, but that thing which I haue spoken, shall be done, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:2 @ Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou to them that prophesy out of their (note:)After their own fantasy and not as having the revelation of the Lord, (Jer_23:16).(:note) own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

geneva@Ezekiel:13:3 @ Thus sayth the Lorde God, Woe vnto the foolish Prophets that followe their owne spirit, and haue seene nothing.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:6 @ They haue seene vanitie, and lying diuination, saying, The Lord sayth it, and the Lorde hath not sent them: & they haue made others to hope that they would cofirme the word of their prophecie.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:7 @ Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, though (note:)You promised peace to this people and now you see their destruction, so that it is revealed that you are false prophets.(:note) ye say, The LORD saith [it]; although I have not spoken?

geneva@Ezekiel:13:9 @ And my hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the (note:)That is in the book of life, in which the true Israelites are written.(:note) writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:10 @ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, (note:){{See Jer_6:14}}(:note) Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up a While the true prophets prophesied the destruction of the city to bring the people to repentance, the false prophets spoke the contrary, and flattered them in their vanities, so that what one false prophet said (which is here called the building of the wall) another false prophet would affirm, though he had neither opportunity nor good ground to hear him. wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered [mortar]:

geneva@Ezekiel:13:11 @ Say vnto them which daube it with vntempered morter, that it shall fall: for there shall come a great showre, and I wil sende haylestones, which shall cause it to fall, and a stormie winde shall breake it.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:14 @ So I wil destroy the wall that ye haue daubed with vntempered morter, and bring it downe to the ground, so that the fundation thereof shalbe discouered, and it shall fal, and ye shalbe consumed in the middes thereof, and ye shall know, that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:15 @ Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with (note:)By which is meant whatever man of himself sets forth under the authority of God's word.(:note) untempered [mortar], and will say to you, The wall [is] no [more], neither they that daubed it;

geneva@Ezekiel:13:18 @ And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew (note:)These superstitious women for money would prophecy and tell every man his fortune giving them pillows to lean on, and kerchiefs to cover their heads, to the intent they might the more allure them and bewitch them.(:note) [magic] charms upon all wrists, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] to you?

geneva@Ezekiel:13:19 @ And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of (note:)Will you make my word serve your bellies?(:note) barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and These sorcerers made the people believe that they could preserve life or destroy it and that it would come to everyone according as they prophesied. to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?

geneva@Ezekiel:13:20 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against your [magic] charms, with which ye there hunt the (note:)That is, to cause them to perish, and that they should depart from the body.(:note) souls to make [them] fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, [even] the souls that ye hunt to make [them] fly.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:21 @ Your vailes also will I teare, and deliuer my people out of your hande, and they shalbe no more in your hands to be hunted, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:13:22 @ Because with lies ye have made the heart of the (note:)By threatening them that were godly, and upholding the wicked.(:note) righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

geneva@Ezekiel:13:23 @ Therefore ye shal see no more vanitie, nor diuine diuinatios: for I wil deliuer my people out of your hand, & ye shall know that I am ye Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:3 @ Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their (note:)They are not only idolaters in heart, but also worship their filthy idols openly which lead them in blindness, and cause them to stumble, so that he will not hear them when they call to him. {{See Isa_1:15}}(:note) heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

geneva@Ezekiel:14:4 @ Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the (note:)To inquire of things which the Lord has appointed to come to pass.(:note) prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude As his abomination has deserved: that is, he will be led with lies according as he delighted in it, (2Th_2:10). of his idols;

geneva@Ezekiel:14:5 @ That (note:)That is, convince them by their own conscience.(:note) I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:7 @ For euery one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that soiourneth in Israel, which departeth from mee, and setteth vp his idoles in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face, and commeth to a Prophet, for to inquire of him for me, I the Lord will answere him for my selfe,

geneva@Ezekiel:14:8 @ And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example and prouerbe, and I will cut him off from the middes of my people, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:9 @ And if the prophet be (note:)The prophet declares that God for man's ingratitude raises up false prophets to seduce them that delight in lies rather than in the truth of God, and thus he punishes sin with sin, (1Ki_22:20, 1Ki_22:22) and destroys those prophets as well as the people.(:note) deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:10 @ And they shall beare their punishment: the punishment of the Prophet shall bee euen as the punishment of him that asketh,

geneva@Ezekiel:14:11 @ That the house of (note:)Thus God's judgments against the wicked are admonitions to the godly to cleave to the Lord and not to defile themselves with the same abominations.(:note) Israel may no more go astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:14 @ Though these three men, (note:)Though Noah and Job were now alive, which in their time were most godly men (for at this time Daniel was in captivity with Ezekiel) and so these three together would pray for this wicked people, yet I would not hear them, read (Jer_15:1).(:note) Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver their own souls only by their Meaning, that a very few (which he calls the remnant, (Eze_14:22)) would escape these plagues, whom God has sanctified and made righteous, so that this righteousness is a sign that they are the Church of God, whom he would preserve for his own sake. righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:15 @ If I bring noysome beastes into the lande and they spoyle it, so that it bee desolate, that no man may passe through, because of beastes,

geneva@Ezekiel:14:17 @ Or if I bring a sworde vpon this land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I destroy man and beast out of it,

geneva@Ezekiel:14:22 @ Yet, behold, in it shall be left a (note:){{See Eze_5:3}}(:note) remnant that shall be brought forth, [both] sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, [even] concerning all that I have brought upon it.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:23 @ And they shal comfort you, when yee see their way and their enterprises: & ye shal know, that I haue not done without cause all that I haue done in it, saith the Lorde God.

geneva@Ezekiel:15:2 @ Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the (note:)Which brings forth no fruit, no more than the other trees of the forest do: meaning that if Jerusalem, which bore the name of his Church, did not bring forth fruit it would be utterly destroyed.(:note) trees of the forest?

geneva@Ezekiel:15:6 @ Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, As the vine tree, that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue giuen to the fire to be consumed, so will I giue the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezekiel:15:7 @ And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] (note:)Though they escape one danger, yet another will take them.(:note) fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:5 @ None eye pitied thee to do any of these vnto thee, for to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the open fielde to the contempt of thy person in ye day that thou wast borne.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:6 @ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thy (note:)Being thus in your filthiness and forsaken by all men, I took you and gave you life: by which is meant that before God wash his Church and give life, there is nothing but filthiness and death.(:note) own blood, I said to thee [when thou wast] in thy blood, Live; yea, I said to thee [when thou wast] in thy blood, Live.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:8 @ Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered (note:)These words as blood, pollution, nakedness and filthiness are often repeated to beat down their pride, and to cause them to consider what they were before God received them to mercy, favoured them and covered their shame.(:note) thy nakedness: yea, I swore to thee, and entered into a covenant with That you should be a chaste wife to me, and that I should maintain you and endue you with all graces. thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:14 @ And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty: for it [was] perfect through my (note:)He declares where the dignity of Jerusalem stood: that is, in that the Lord gave them of his beauty and excellency.(:note) comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:15 @ But thou didst (note:)In abusing my gifts and in putting your confidence in your own wisdom and dignity, which were the opportunities of your idolatry.(:note) trust in thy own beauty, and didst play the harlot because of thy renown, and didst pour out There was no idolatry with which you did not pollute yourself. thy harlotries on every one that passed by; his it was.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:21 @ That thou hast slaine my children, and deliuered them to cause them to passe through fire for them?

geneva@Ezekiel:16:25 @ Thou hast built thine hie place at euery corner of the way, and hast made thy beautie to be abhorred: thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that passed by, & multiplied thy whoredome.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:27 @ Beholde, therefore I did stretche out mine hand ouer thee, and will diminish thine ordinarie, and deliuer thee vnto the will of them that hate thee, euen to the daughters of the Philistims, which are ashamed of thy wicked way.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:31 @ In that thou buildest thy eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, (note:)Meaning that some harlots contemn small rewards but no lovers gave a reward to Israel, but they gave to all others signifying that the idolaters bestow all their substance which they receive from God for his glory to serve their vile abominations.(:note) in that thou scornest hire;

geneva@Ezekiel:16:32 @ But as a wife that playeth the harlot, and taketh others for her husband:

geneva@Ezekiel:16:33 @ They giue giftes to all other whores, but thou giuest giftes vnto all thy louers, and rewardest them, that they may come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:34 @ And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy fornications, neither the like fornication shall be after thee: for in that thou giuest a rewarde, and no reward is giuen vnto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:37 @ Behold, therefore I will gather all (note:)Egyptians, Assyrians and Chaldeans whom you took to be your lovers will come and destroy you, (Eze_23:9).(:note) 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 on every side against thee, and will uncover thy nakedness to them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:38 @ And I will judge thee, as women that (note:)I will judge you to death as the adulterers and murderers.(:note) break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:44 @ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, (note:)As the Canaanites, the Hittites and others were your predecessors, so are you their successors.(:note) [so is] her daughter.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:45 @ Thou [art] thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou [art] the sister of thy (note:)That is, of Samaria and Sodom.(:note) sisters, who lothed their husbands and their children: your mother [was] an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:46 @ And thy elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her (note:)That is, her cities.(:note) daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:47 @ Yet hast thou (note:)But done far worse.(:note) not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:51 @ Neither (note:)Which worshipped the calves in Bethel and Daniel.(:note) hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thy abominations more than they, and hast You are so wicked that in respect to you Sodom and Samaria were just. justified thy sisters in all thy abominations which thou hast done.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:52 @ Therefore thou which hast iustified thy sisters, beare thine owne shame for thy sinnes, that thou hast committed more abominable then they which are more righteous then thou art: be thou therefore confounded also, and beare thy shame, seeing that thou hast iustified thy sisters.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:53 @ When I shall bring again (note:)This he speaks in comparison seeing that he would restore Jerusalem when Sodom would be restored, that is, never: and this is meant of the greatest part of the Jews.(:note) their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then [will I bring again] the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

geneva@Ezekiel:16:54 @ That thou mayest bear thy own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a (note:)In that you have shown yourself worse than they and yet thought to escape punishment.(:note) comfort to them.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:55 @ When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, (note:)Meaning that it would never come to pass.(:note) then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former state.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:61 @ Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive (note:)By which he shows that among the most wicked, he always had some seed of his Church, which he would cause to bear fruit in due time: and here he declares how he will call the Gentiles.(:note) thy sisters, thy elder and thy younger: and I will give them to thee for daughters, but not But of my free mercy. by thy covenant.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:62 @ And I wil establish my couenant with thee, and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord,

geneva@Ezekiel:16:63 @ That thou mayest remember, and be (note:)This declares what fruits God's mercies work in his, that is, sorrow and repentance for their former life.(:note) 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.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:7 @ There was also (note:)Meaning, the king of Egypt from whom Zedekiah sought comfort against Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this 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.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:8 @ It was planted in a good soil by great (note:)They thought to be moistened by the waters of the Nile.(:note) waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a well favoured vine.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:9 @ Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall (note:)Shall not Nebuchadnezzar destroy it?(:note) he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:14 @ That the kingdome might be in subiection, and not lift it selfe vp, but keepe their couenant, and stand to it.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:15 @ But he rebelled against him, and sent his ambassadours into Egypt, that they might giue him horses, and much people: shall hee prosper? shall he escape, that doeth such things? or shal he breake the couenant, and be deliuered?

geneva@Ezekiel:17:16 @ As I liue, saith the Lord God, he shall die in the middes of Babel, in the place of the King, that had made him King, whose othe he despised, and whose couenant made with him, he brake.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:18 @ Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given (note:)Because he took the name of God in vain, and broke his oath which he had confirmed by giving his hand: therefore the prophet declares that God would not permit such perjury and infidelity to escape punishment.(:note) his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:19 @ Therefore, thus sayth the Lord God, As I liue, I wil surely bring mine othe that he hath despised, and my couenant that he hath broken vpon his owne head.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:20 @ And I wil spread my net vpon him, & he shalbe taken in my net, & I wil bring him to Babel, and will enter into iudgement with him there for his trespas that he hath committed against me.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:21 @ And all that flee from him with all his hoste, shal fall by the sword, & they that remaine, shalbe scattered towarde all the windes: and ye shall know that I the Lord haue spoken it.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:24 @ And all the (note:)All the world will know that I have plucked down the proud enemies, and set up my Church which was low and contemned.(:note) 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 flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done [it].

geneva@Ezekiel:18:2 @ What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, (note:)The people murmured at the chastising of the Lord, and therefore used this proverb meaning that their fathers had sinned and their children were punished for their transgressions. {{See Jer_31:29}}(:note) The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

geneva@Ezekiel:18:4 @ Beholde, all soules are mine, both the soule of the father, and also the soule of the sonne are mine: the soule that sinneth, it shall die.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:5 @ But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:6 @ [And] hath not eaten (note:)If he has not eaten flesh that has been offered up to idols, to honour them by it.(:note) upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a polluted woman,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:7 @ Neither hath oppressed any, but hath restored the pledge to his dettour: he that hath spoyled none by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:10 @ If he beget a sonne, that is a thiefe, or a sheader of blood, if he do any one of these things,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:13 @ Hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; (note:)He shows how the son is punished for his father's sin: that is, if he is wicked as his father was and does not repent, he will be punished as his father was, or else not.(:note) he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:14 @ But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:15 @ That hath not eaten vpon the mountaines, neither hath lift vp his eyes to the idols of ye house of Israel, nor hath defiled his neighbours wife,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:20 @ The same soule that sinneth, shal die: the sonne shall not beare the iniquitie of the father, neither shall the father beare the iniquitie of the sonne, but the righteousnes of the righteous shall be vpon him, and the wickednesse of the wicked shall be vpon him selfe.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:21 @ But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my (note:)He joins the observation of the commandments with repentance; for none can repent indeed, unless he labour to keep the Law.(:note) statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:22 @ All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned to him: in his (note:)That is, in the fruit of his faith which declares that God accepts him.(:note) righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:24 @ But 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 live? All his (note:)That is, the false opinion that the hypocrites have of their righteousness.(:note) 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.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:26 @ For when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnes, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die for the same, he shal euen die for his iniquitie, that he hath done.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:27 @ Againe when the wicked turneth away from his wickednes that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawfull and right, he shal saue his soule aliue.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:28 @ Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that hee hath committed, he shall surely liue and shall not die.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:31 @ Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed; and make (note:)He shows that man cannot forsake his wickedness, till his heart is changed which is only the work of God.(:note) you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

geneva@Ezekiel:18:32 @ For I desire not the death of him that dyeth, sayth the Lord God: cause therefore one another to returne, and liue ye.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:5 @ Now when she saw that she had waited, [and] her hope was lost, then she took another of her (note:)Which was Jehoiakim.(:note) whelps, [and] made him a young lion.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:6 @ And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured (note:)He slew the prophets and them that feared God and ravished their wives.(:note) men.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:7 @ And he knew their widowes, & he destroyed their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noyse of his roaring.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:9 @ And they put him in prison and in chaines, and brought him to the King of Babel, and they put him in holdes, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:10 @ Thy (note:)He speaks this in the reproach of this wicked king, in whose blood, that is in the race of his predecessors, Jerusalem would have been blessed according to God's promise and flourished as a fruitful vine.(:note) mother [is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:11 @ And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:12 @ But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the (note:)Meaning, that the Chaldeans would destroy them as the east wind does the fruit of the vine.(:note) east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

geneva@Ezekiel:19:14 @ And fire hath gone out (note:)Destruction is come by Zedekiah, who was the opportunity for this rebellion.(:note) of a rod of her branches, [which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod [to be] a sceptre to rule. This [is] a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:5 @ And say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and (note:)I swore that I would be their God, which manner of oath was observed from all antiquity, where they used to lift up their hands toward the heavens, acknowledging God to be the author of truth and the defender of it, and also the judge of the heart, wishing that he would take vengeance, if they concealed anything which they knew to be truth.(:note) lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I [am] the LORD your God;

geneva@Ezekiel:20:6 @ In the day that I lift vp mine hand vnto them to bring them forth of the land of Egypt, into a land that I had prouided for them, flowing with milke & hony which is pleasant among all lands,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:9 @ But I wrought for my (note:)God had ever this respect to his glory, that he would not have evil spoken of his Name among the Gentiles for the punishment that his people deserved, in confidence of which the godly ever prayed, as in (Exo_32:12; Num_14:13).(:note) name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the nations, among whom they [were], in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth from the land of Egypt.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:12 @ Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me & them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:14 @ But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the (note:)Who might by it take an opportunity to blaspheme my Name and to accuse me of lack of ability, or else that I had sought a means to destroy them more conveniently.(:note) nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:15 @ Yet neuerthelesse, I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes that I would not bring them into the lande, which I had giuen them, flowing with milke and hony, which was pleasant aboue all landes,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:17 @ Neuerthelesse, mine eye spared them, that I would not destroye them, neither would I consume them in the wildernes.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:18 @ But I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your (note:)By which the Holy Spirit confuses them that say that they will follow the religion and example of their fathers, and not measure their doings by God's word whether they are approved by it or not.(:note) fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

geneva@Ezekiel:20:20 @ And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:22 @ Neuerthelesse I withdrew mine hand & had respect to my Name that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them foorth.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:23 @ Yet I lift vp mine hande vnto them in the wildernes, that I would scatter them among the heathen, & disperse them through the countreys,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:24 @ Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after (note:)Meaning that they set their delight on them.(:note) their fathers' idols.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:25 @ Wherefore I gave (note:)Because they would not obey my laws, I gave them up to themselves that they should obey their own fantasies, as in (Eze_20:39; Rom_1:21, Rom_1:24).(:note) them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments by which they should not live;

geneva@Ezekiel:20:26 @ And I polluted them in their own (note:)I condemned those things, and counted them as abominable, which they thought had been excellent and to have declared most zeal, (Luk_16:15) for that which God required as most excellent they gave to their idols.(:note) gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all the firstborn, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:29 @ Then I said to them, What [is] the high place to which ye go? And its name is called (note:)Which signifies a high place, declaring that they vaunted themselves of their idolatry and were not ashamed of it, though God had commanded them expressly that they should have no altar lifted on high by stairs, (Exo_20:26).(:note) Bamah to this day.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:31 @ For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, (note:)He shows that the ingratitude of the people deserves that God should cut them off, and that they should not have the comfort of his word.(:note) I will not be enquired of by you.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:32 @ And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and (note:)He declares that man by nature is wholly enemy to God, and to his own salvation, and therefore God calls him to the right way, partly by chastising but chiefly by his mercy in forgiving his rebellion and wickedness.(:note) stone.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:38 @ And I will (note:)Signifying that he will not burn the corn with the chaff, but chose out the wicked to punish them when he will spare his.(:note) purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:41 @ I will accept your sweete sauour, when I bring you from the people, and gather you out of the countreys, wherein ye haue bene scattered, that I may be sanctified in you before ye heathen.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:42 @ And ye shall knowe, that I am the Lorde, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande to giue it to your fathers.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:43 @ And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, in which ye have been defiled; and ye (note:)Your own consciences will convict you after you have felt my mercies.(:note) shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:44 @ And ye shall knowe, that I am the Lorde, when I haue respect vnto you for my Names sake, and not after your wicked wayes, nor according to your corrupt workes, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:48 @ And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord haue kindled it, and it shall not bee quenched.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:49 @ Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak (note:)The people said that the prophet spoke darkly: therefore he desires the Lord to give them a plain declaration of it.(:note) parables?

geneva@Ezekiel:21:2 @ Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, (note:)Speak sensibly, that all may understand.(:note) and drop [thy word] toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

geneva@Ezekiel:21:4 @ Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the (note:)Meaning, through all the land.(:note) north:

geneva@Ezekiel:21:5 @ That all flesh may knowe that I the Lorde haue drawen my sworde out of his sheath, and it shall not returne any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:7 @ And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, (note:)Because of the great noise of the army of the Chaldeans.(:note) For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:10 @ It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is polished that it may (note:)And so cause fear.(:note) glitter: should we then make mirth? it despiseth the Meaning, the sceptre showing that it will not spare the king, who would be as the son of God, and in his place. rod of my son, That is, the rest of the people. [as] every tree.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:11 @ And he hath given it to be polished, that it may be handled: the sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the (note:)That is, to the army of the Chaldeans.(:note) slayer.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:13 @ Because [it is] a trial, (note:)Ezekiel moved with compassion thus complains fearing the destruction of the kingdom which God had confirmed to David and his posterity by promise, which promise God performed although here it seemed to man's eye that it would utterly perish.(:note) and what if [the sword] despise even the rod? it shall be no [more], saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:14 @ Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite (note:)That is, encourage the sword.(:note) [thy] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their private chambers.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:19 @ Also, thou son of man, mark (note:)This was spoken because when Nebuchadnezzar came against Judah his purpose was also to go against the Ammonites, but doubting in the way which enterprise to undertake first he consulted with his soothsayers and so went against Judah.(:note) two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both [ways] shall come forth from one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:20 @ Mark a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and (note:)That is, to the tribe of Judah that kept themselves in Jerusalem.(:note) to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:23 @ And it shall be to them (note:)Because there was a league between the Jews and the Babylonians, they of Jerusalem will think nothing less than that this thing would come to pass.(:note) as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: That is, Nebuchadnezzar will remember the rebellion of Zedekiah, and so come on them. but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:24 @ Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because ye haue made your iniquitie to bee remembred, in discouering your rebellion, that in al your workes your sinnes might appeare: because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:26 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the (note:)Some refer this to the priest's attire: for Jehozadak the priest went into captivity with the king.(:note) diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.

geneva@Ezekiel:21:29 @ While they see (note:)Though the Jews and Ammonites would not believe that you, that is the sword, would come upon them, and said that the prophets who threatened spoke lies, yet you will as surely come as though you were already on their necks.(:note) vanity to thee, while they divine a lie to thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:2 @ Now, thou son of man, wilt thou (note:)Are you ready to execute your charge, which I commit to you against Jerusalem that murders the prophets and them that are godly?(:note) judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:3 @ Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her (note:)That is, the time of her destruction.(:note) time may come, and maketh idols against To her own undoing. herself to defile herself.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:4 @ Thou hast offended in thy blood, that thou hast shed, & hast polluted thy selfe in thine idols, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy dayes to draw neere, & art come vnto thy terme: therefore haue I made thee a reproch to the heathen, and a mocking to all countreys.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:5 @ [Those that are] near, and [those that are] far from thee, shall mock thee, [who art] (note:)Whose very name all men hate.(:note) infamous [and] much troubled.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:7 @ In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee (note:)He means by this that there was no kind of wickedness which was not committed in Jerusalem and therefore the plagues of God would speedily come on her.(:note) have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they oppressed the fatherless and the widow.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:9 @ In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:10 @ In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:14 @ Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands (note:)That is, able to defend yourself.(:note) be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken [it], and will do [it].

geneva@Ezekiel:22:16 @ And thou shalt take thy (note:)You will be no more the inheritance of the Lord, but forsaken.(:note) inheritance in thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:20 @ [As] they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt [it]; so will I gather [you] in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave [you there], (note:)Meaning by this that the godly would be tried and the wicked destroyed.(:note) and melt you.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:22 @ As siluer is melted in the mids of the fornace, so shal ye be melted in the mids thereof, and ye shall knowe, that I the Lord haue powred out my wrath vpon you.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:24 @ Son of man, say to her, Thou [art] the land that is not cleansed, (note:)You are like a barren land which the Lord plagues with drought.(:note) nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:30 @ And I sought for a man among them, that should (note:)Who would show himself zealous in my cause by resisting vice, (Isa_59:16) also pray to me to withhold my plagues, (Psa_106:23).(:note) make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:7 @ Thus she committed her whoredome with them, euen with all them that were the chosen men of Asshur, and with all on whome she doted, and defiled her selfe with all their idoles.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:8 @ Neither left she her harlotries [brought] from Egypt: for in her youth they (note:)The Holy Spirit uses these terms which seem strange to chaste ears, to cause this wicked vice of idolatry to be so abhorred that no one could stand to hear the name of it.(:note) lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their immorality upon her.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:13 @ Then I sawe that she was defiled, and that they were both after one sort,

geneva@Ezekiel:23:14 @ And [that] she increased her harlotries: for when she saw men (note:)This declares that no words are able to sufficiently express the rage of idolaters and therefore the Holy Spirit here compares them to those who in their raging love and filthy lusts dote on the images and paintings of them after whom they lust.(:note) portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

geneva@Ezekiel:23:27 @ Thus wil I make thy wickednes to cease from thee and thy fornication out of the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift vp thine eyes vnto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:31 @ Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her (note:)I will execute the same judgments and vengeance against you and that with greater severity.(:note) cup into thy hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:33 @ Thou shalt be filled with (note:)Meaning that it's afflictions would be so great that they would cause them to lose their senses and reason.(:note) drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of horror and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:37 @ That they have committed adultery, and blood [is] in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass for them through [the fire], to (note:)That is, to be sacrifices to their idols, read (Eze_16:20).(:note) devour [them].

geneva@Ezekiel:23:40 @ And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from (note:)They sent into other countries to have such as would teach the service of their idols.(:note) far, to whom a messenger [was] sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, didst paint thy eyes, and didst deck thyself with ornaments,

geneva@Ezekiel:23:41 @ And satest (note:)He means the altar that was prepared for the idols.(:note) upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:43 @ Then I sayd vnto her, that was olde in adulteries, Now shall she and her fornications come to an end.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:45 @ And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of (note:)That is worthy of death, (Eze_16:38).(:note) adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they [are] adulteresses, and blood [is] in their hands.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:48 @ Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all (note:)Meaning, all other cities and countries.(:note) women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:49 @ And they shall laye your wickednesse vpon you, and ye shall beare the sinnes of your idoles, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:6 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot (note:)Whose iniquities and wicked citizens there yet remain.(:note) whose scum [is] in it, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out Signifying that they should not be destroyed all at once, but little by little. piece by piece; let no Spare no estate or condition. lot fall upon it.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:8 @ That it might cause wrath to arise, & take vengeance: euen I haue set her blood vpon an high rocke that it should not be couered.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:10 @ Heap on wood, (note:)Meaning that the city would be utterly destroyed and that he would give the enemies an appetite for it.(:note) kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:11 @ Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof, that the brasse of it may be hot, and may burne, and that the filthinesse of it may be molten in it, and that the skomme of it may be consumed.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:17 @ Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon thee, (note:)For in mourning they went bare headed and barefooted and also covered their lips.(:note) and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat That is, which the neighbours sent to them that mourned. not the bread of men.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:19 @ And the people said vnto me, Wilt thou not tell vs what these things meane towarde vs that thou doest so?

geneva@Ezekiel:24:21 @ Speak to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will (note:)By sending the Chaldeans to destroy it, as in {{See Eze_7:22}}.(:note) profane my sanctuary, the In which you boast and delight. excellence of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:24 @ Thus Ezekiel is vnto you a signe: according to all that he hath done, ye shall do: and when this commeth, ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:26 @ That he that escapeth in that day, shal come vnto thee to tell thee that which hee hath heard with his eares?

geneva@Ezekiel:24:27 @ In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speake, and be no more dumme, & thou shalt be a signe vnto them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:25:5 @ And I will make (note:)Called also Philadelphin, which was the chief city of the Ammonites and full of conveniences, (2Sa_12:27).(:note) Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:25:7 @ Beholde, therefore I will stretche out mine hand vpon thee, and will deliuer thee to be spoyled of the heathen, and I will roote thee out from the people, and I will cause thee to be destroyed out of the countreys, and I will destroy thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:25:8 @ Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Moab and Seir doe say, Beholde, the house of Iudah is like vnto all the heathen,

geneva@Ezekiel:25:9 @ Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, (note:)So that no power or strength should be able to resist the Babylonians.(:note) from his cities [which are] on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

geneva@Ezekiel:25:10 @ I will call the men of the East against the Ammonites, and will giue them in possession, so that the Ammonites shal no more be remembred among the nations,

geneva@Ezekiel:25:11 @ And I will execute iudgements vpon Moab, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:25:12 @ Thus sayth the Lorde God, Because that Edom hath done euill by taking vengeance vpon the house of Iudah, and hath committed great offence, and reuenged himselfe vpon them,

geneva@Ezekiel:25:17 @ And I will execute great vengeance vpon them with rebukes of mine indignation, and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde, when I shall lay my vengeance vpon them.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:2 @ Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken [that was] the (note:)That is, the famous city Jerusalem to which all people resorted.(:note) gates of the people: she is turned to me: I shall be My riches and fame will increase: thus the wicked rejoice at their fall by whom they may have any profit or advantage. replenished, [now] she is laid waste:

geneva@Ezekiel:26:6 @ And her (note:)The towns that belonged to her.(:note) daughters who [are] in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:10 @ The dust of his horses shall couer thee, for their multitude: thy walles shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheeles, and of the charets, when he shall enter into thy gates as into the entrie of a citie that is broken downe.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:14 @ And I will make thee like the top of a rock: (note:)I will make you so bare that you will have nothing to cover you.(:note) thou shalt be [a place] to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:16 @ Then all the princes of the (note:)The governors and rulers of other countries that dwell by the sea: by which he signifies that her destruction would be so horrible that all the world would hear of it and be afraid.(:note) sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at [every] moment, and be astonished at thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:17 @ And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, [that wast] inhabited (note:)Meaning, merchants who by their traffic enriched her wonderfully and increased her power.(:note) by seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who cause their terror [to be] on all that dwelt in it!

geneva@Ezekiel:26:18 @ Nowe shall the yles be astonished in the day of thy fall: yea, the yles that are in the sea, shall be troubled at thy departure.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:19 @ For thus saith the Lord God, When I shall make thee a desolate citie, like ye cities that are not inhabited, and when I shall bring the deepe vpon thee, and great waters shall couer thee,

geneva@Ezekiel:26:20 @ When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people (note:)Who were dead long ago.(:note) of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the Meaning in Judea when it will be restored. living;

geneva@Ezekiel:27:3 @ And say to Tyre, O thou that dwelleth at the entrance of the sea, [which art] a merchant (note:)Which serves all the world with your merchandise.(:note) of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyre, thou hast said, I [am] of perfect beauty.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:8 @ The inhabitants of Zidon, and Aruad were thy mariners, O Tyrus: thy wise men that were in thee, they were thy pilots.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:9 @ The ancients of Gebal and its wise [men] were in thee thy (note:)Meaning, that they built the walls of the city, which is here meant by the ship: and of these were the builders of Solomon's temple, (1Ki_5:18).(:note) calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to exchange thy merchandise.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:27 @ Thy riches and thy faires, thy marchandise, thy mariners and pilotes, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy marchandise & al thy men of warre that are in thee, and all thy multitude which is in the middes of thee, shall fall in the middes of the sea in the day of thy ruine.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:29 @ And all that handle the ore, the mariners and al the pilots of the sea shal come downe from their shippes, and shall stand vpon the land,

geneva@Ezekiel:28:3 @ Behold, thou [art] wiser than (note:)Thus he speaks by derision: for Daniel had declared notable signs of his wisdom in Babylon, when Ezekiel wrote this.(:note) Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

geneva@Ezekiel:28:6 @ Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because thou didest thinke in thine heart, that thou wast equall with God,

geneva@Ezekiel:28:8 @ They shall cast thee downe to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of them, that are slaine in the middes of the sea.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:9 @ Wilt thou say then before him, that slayeth thee, I am a god? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hands of him that slayeth thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:12 @ Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of (note:)He derides the vain opinion and confidence that the Tyrians had in their riches, strength and pleasures.(:note) wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:13 @ Thou hast ben in Eden the garden of God: euery precious stone was in thy garment, the rubie, the topaze and the diamonde, the chrysolite, the onix, and the iasper, the saphir, emeraude, and the carbuncle and golde: the woorkemanship of thy timbrels, & of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:14 @ Thou [art] (note:)He means the royal state of Tyre, which for the excellency and glory of it he compares to the cherubim which covered the Ark, and by «anointed» he signifies the same.(:note) the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee I did you this honour to make you one of the builders of my temple, which was when Hiram sent to Solomon things necessary for the work. [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the That is, among my people Israel, which shined as precious stones. stones of fire.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:15 @ Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast (note:)Which was when I first called you to this dignity.(:note) created, till iniquity was found in thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:17 @ Thine heart was lifted vp because of thy beautie, and thou hast corrupted thy wisedome by reason of thy brightnes: I wil cast thee to ye grounde: I will lay thee before Kinges that they may beholde thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:18 @ Thou hast defiled thy (note:)That is, the honour to which I called them.(:note) sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, by the iniquity of thy merchandise; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:19 @ All they that knowe thee among the people, shalbe astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terrour, and neuer shalt thou be any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:22 @ And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon; and I will be (note:)By executing my judgments against your wickedness.(:note) glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:23 @ For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her (note:)That is Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:24 @ And they shalbe no more a pricking thorne vnto the house of Israel, nor any grieuous thorne of all that are round about them, and despised them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde God.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:25 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be (note:)He shows why God will assemble his Church and preserve it, though he destroy his enemies: that is, that they should praise him, and give thanks for his great mercies.(:note) sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:26 @ And they shal dwell safely therein, & shall builde houses, and plant vineyards: yea, they shall dwell safely, when I haue executed iudgements vpon al round about them that despise them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord their God.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:3 @ Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great (note:)He compares Pharaoh to a dragon which hides himself in the Nile river, as in (Isa_51:9).(:note) dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] my own, and I have made [it] for myself.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:6 @ And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of (note:)Read (2Ki_18:21; Isa_36:6).(:note) reed to the house of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:9 @ And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, (note:)Thus God cannot permit man to attribute anything to himself or put his trust in anything save in him alone.(:note) The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].

geneva@Ezekiel:29:12 @ And I wil make the land of Egypt desolate in the middes of the countries, that are desolate, and her cities shall be desolate among the cities that are desolate, for fourtie yeeres: and I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countreis.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:14 @ And I will bring again the captives of Egypt, and will cause them to return [into] the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a (note:)Meaning, that they would not have full dominion but be under the Persians, Greeks and Romans, and the reason is that the Israelites would no more put their trust in them, but learn to depend on God.(:note) base kingdom.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:15 @ It shall be the smallest of the kingdomes, neither shall it exalt it selfe any more aboue the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule the nations.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:16 @ And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth [their] (note:)Lest I should by this means punish their sins.(:note) iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:18 @ Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great (note:)He took great pains at the siege of Tyre and his army was sore handled.(:note) service against Tyre: every head [was] made bald, and every shoulder [was] rubbed raw: yet had he no wages, Signifying that Nebuchadnezzar had more pains than profit by the taking of Tyre. nor his army, for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it:

geneva@Ezekiel:29:20 @ I haue giuen him the land of Egypt for his labour, that he serued against it, because they wrought for me, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:21 @ In that day will I cause the horne of the house of Israel to growe, and I will giue thee an open mouth in the middes of them, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:6 @ Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of (note:)Which was a strong city of Egypt, (Eze_29:10).(:note) Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:7 @ And they shall be desolate in the middes of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the middes of the cities that are wasted.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:8 @ And they shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I haue set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:9 @ In that day shall there messengers go forth from me in shippes, to make the carelesse Mores aftaide, and feare shall come vpon them, as in the day of Egypt: for loe, it commeth.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:12 @ And I will make the riuers drye, and fell the land into the hands of the wicked, and I will make the land waste, and all that therein is by the hands of strangers: I the Lord haue spoken it.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:18 @ At Tehaphnehes also the day (note:)Meaning that there will be great sorrow and affliction.(:note) shall be darkened, when I shall break there the That is, the strength and force. yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:19 @ Thus will I execute iudgements in Egypt, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:22 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break (note:)His force and power.(:note) his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:24 @ And I will strengthen the arme of the King of Babel, and put my sworde in his hand, but I will breake Pharaohs armes, and he shall cast out sighings, as the sighings of him, that is wounded before him.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:25 @ But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, (note:)By which we see that tyrants have no power of themselves, neither can do any more harm than God appoints and when he wills they must cease.(:note) when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:26 @ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, & disperse them among ye countreys, and they shall knowe, that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:2 @ Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou (note:)Meaning that he was not the same in strength to the king of the Assyrians whom the Babylonians overcame.(:note) like in thy greatness?

geneva@Ezekiel:31:8 @ The cedars in the garden (note:)Signifying that there was no greater power in the world than his was.(:note) of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; not any tree in the garden of God was like him in his beauty.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:9 @ I made him faire by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, enuied him.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:14 @ So that none of all the trees by the waters shalbe exalted by their height, neither shall shoote vp their toppe among the thicke boughes, neither shall their leaues stand vp in their height, which drinke so much water: for they are all deliuered vnto death in the nether partes of the earth in the middes of the children of men among them that goe downe to the pit.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:15 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I (note:)The deep waters that caused him to mount so high (meaning his great abundance and pomp) will now lament as though they were covered with sackcloth.(:note) covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:16 @ I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to the grave with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall (note:)To cause this destruction of the king of Assyria to seem more horrible, he sets forth other kings and princes who are dead, as though they rejoiced at the fall of such a tyrant.(:note) be comforted in the lower parts of the earth.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:17 @ They also went downe to hell with him vnto them that be slaine with the sworde, and his arme, and they that dwelt vnder his shadowe in the middes of the heathen.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:18 @ To whom (note:)Meaning that Pharaoh's power was nothing so great as his was.(:note) art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the Read (Eze_28:10). uncircumcised with [them that are] slain by the sword. This [is] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:2 @ Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art like a young (note:)Thus the scriptures compare tyrants to cruel and huge beasts which devour all that are weaker than they and such as they may overcome.(:note) lion of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: and thou didst come forth with thy rivers, and didst You prepared great armies. trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst foul their rivers.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:8 @ All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set (note:)By this manner of speech is meant the great sorrow that will be for the slaughter of the king and his people.(:note) darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:15 @ When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countrey with all that is therein, shall be laid waste: when I shall smite all them which dwell therein, then shall they know that I am ye Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:18 @ Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and (note:)That is, prophecy that they will be cast down: thus the Lord gives his prophets power both to plant and to destroy by his word, read (Jer_1:10).(:note) cast them down, [even] her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:20 @ They shall fall in the midst of [them that are] slain by the sword: (note:)That is, Egypt.(:note) she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:21 @ The strong among the mighty shall speak to (note:)To make the matter more sensible, he brings in Pharaoh whom the dead will meet and marvel at him, read (Isa_14:9).(:note) him out of the midst of the grave with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:24 @ There [is] (note:)Meaning the Persians.(:note) Elam and all her multitude around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the Whom in his life all the world feared. living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:25 @ They haue made his bed in the mids of the slaine with al his multitude: their graues are round about him: all these vncircucised are slaine by the sworde: though they haue caused their feare in the land of ye liuing, yet haue they borne their shame with them that goe downe to the pitte: they are laide in the middes of them, that be slaine.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:28 @ Yea, thou shalt be broken in the middes of the vncircumcised, and lie with them that are slaine by the sworde.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:29 @ There is Edom, his Kings, and all his princes, which with their strength are laied by them that were slaine by the sworde: they shall sleepe with the vncircumcised, and with them that goe downe to the pit.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:30 @ There [are] the princes of the (note:)The kings of Babylon.(:note) north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with [them that are] slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:32 @ For I have caused my (note:)I will make the Egyptians afraid of me, as they caused others to fear them.(:note) terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that are] slain with the sword, [even] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:2 @ Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their territory, and set him for their (note:)He shows that the people ought to continually have governors and teachers who may have a care over them, and to warn them ever of the dangers which are at hand.(:note) watchman:

geneva@Ezekiel:33:4 @ Then hee that heareth the sounde of the trumpet, and will not bee warned, if the sworde come, and take him away, his blood shall be vpon his owne head.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:5 @ For he heard the sound of the trumpet, and woulde not bee admonished: therefore his blood shall be vpon him: but he that receiueth warning, shall saue his life.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:6 @ But if the watchman shall see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword shall come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his (note:)Signifying that the wicked will not escape punishment though the watchman is negligent: but if the watchman blows the trumpet, and then he will not obey, he will deserve double punishment.(:note) iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:7 @ So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my (note:)Which teaches that he that receives not his charge at the Lord's mouth is a spy and not a true watchman.(:note) mouth, and warn them from me.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:8 @ When I say to the wicked, O wicked [man], thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I (note:)The watchman must answer for the blood of all that perish through his negligence.(:note) require at thy hand.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:11 @ Say to them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, (note:){{See Eze_18:23}}(:note) I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked should turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

geneva@Ezekiel:33:12 @ Therefore, thou son of man, say to the children of thy people, The (note:)Read of this righteousness, (Eze_18:21, Eze_18:24).(:note) righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his [righteousness] in the day that he sinneth.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:13 @ When I shal say vnto the righteous, that he shall surely liue, if he trust to his owne righteousnes, and commit iniquitie, all his righteousnes shal be no more remembred, but for his iniquitie that he hath committed, he shall die for the same.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:14 @ Again, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he shall turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and (note:)By this he condemns them all of hypocrisy, who pretend to forsake wickedness and yet do not declare themselves such by their fruits, that is, in obeying God's commandments and by godly life.(:note) right;

geneva@Ezekiel:33:15 @ To wit, if the wicked restore the pledge, and giue againe that he had robbed, and walke in the statutes of life, without committing iniquitie, he shall surely liue, and not die.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:16 @ None of his sinnes that he hath comitted, shal be mentioned vnto him: because he hath done that, which is lawful, and right, he shal surely liue.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:19 @ But if the wicked returne from his wickednesse, and doe that which is lawfull and right, hee shall liue thereby.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:21 @ And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our (note:)When the prophet was led away captive with Jeconiah.(:note) captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:22 @ Now the (note:)I was endued with the Spirit of prophecy, (Eze_3:22).(:note) hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, before he that had escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my By which is signified that the ministers of God cannot give them courage and open their mouths, (Eze_24:27, Eze_29:21; Eph_6:19). mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:24 @ Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, (note:)Thus the wicked think themselves more worthy to enjoy God's promises than the saints of God, to whom they were made: and would bind God to be subject to them, though they would not be bound to him.(:note) Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we [are] many; the land is given to us for inheritance.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:26 @ Ye stand upon your (note:)As they that are ready still to shed blood.(:note) sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

geneva@Ezekiel:33:27 @ Say thus vnto them, Thus saieth the Lorde God, As I liue, so surely they that are in the desolate places, shall fall by the sword: and him that is in the open field, will I giue vnto the beasts to be deuoured: and they that be in the forts and in the caues, shall die of the pestilence.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:29 @ Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I haue laid ye land desolate & wast, because of al their abominations, that they haue committed.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:30 @ Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are (note:)In derision.(:note) talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:31 @ And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they (note:)This declares that we ought to hear God's word with such zeal and affection that we should in all points obey it, else we abuse the word to our own condemnation and make of its ministers as though they were jesters to serve men's foolish fantasies.(:note) show much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:32 @ And loe, thou art vnto them, as a iesting song of one that hath a pleasant voyce, and can sing well: for they heare thy woordes, but they doe them not.

geneva@Ezekiel:33:33 @ And when this commeth to passe (for loe, it will come) then shall they know, that a Prophet hath bene among them.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:2 @ Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe [be] to the (note:)By the shepherds he means the king, the magistrates, priests and prophets.(:note) shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

geneva@Ezekiel:34:3 @ Ye eat the (note:)You seek to enrich yourselves by their conveniences and to spoil their riches and substance.(:note) fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: [but] ye feed not the flock.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:4 @ The (note:)He describes the office and duty of a good pastor who ought to love and comfort his flock and not be cruel toward them.(:note) diseased ye have not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up [that which was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:10 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from (note:)By destroying the covetous hirelings and restoring true shepherds of which we have a sign so often as God sends true preachers, who both by doctrine and life labour to feed his sheep in the pleasant pastures of his word.(:note) their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:12 @ As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in (note:)In the day of their affliction and misery: and this promise is to comfort the Church in all dangers.(:note) the cloudy and dark day.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:16 @ I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the (note:)Meaning such as lift up themselves above their brethren and think they have no need to be governed by me.(:note) strong; I will feed them with That is, by putting difference between the good and the bad, and so give to either as they deserve. judgment.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:19 @ And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:25 @ And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall (note:)This declares that under Christ the flock would be truly delivered from sin and hell, and so be safely preserved in the Church where they would never perish.(:note) dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:27 @ And the (note:)The fruit of God's grace will appear in great abundance in his Church.(:note) tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that subjected them to service.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:29 @ And I will raise up for them a (note:)That is, the rod that will come out of the root of Jesse, (Isa_11:1).(:note) plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:30 @ Thus shall they vnderstande, that I the Lorde their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:4 @ I wil lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, & thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:7 @ Thus will I make mount Seir desolate and waste, and cut off from it him that passeth out & him that returneth.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:8 @ And I will fill his mountaines with his slayne men: in thine hilles, and in thy valleys and in all thy riuers shal they fall, that are slayne with the sworde.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:9 @ I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not (note:)That is, to their former estate.(:note) return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:11 @ Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thy (note:)As you have done cruelly, so will you be cruelly handled.(:note) anger, and according to thy envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among Showing that when God punishes the enemies, the godly ought to consider that he has a care over them and so praise his name: and also that the wicked rage as though there were no God, till they feel his hand to their destruction. them, when I have judged thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:12 @ And thou shalt know, that I the Lord haue heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountaines of Israel, saying, They lye waste, they are giuen vs to be deuoured.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:15 @ As thou diddest reioyce at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I doe vnto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea wholly, & they shall know, that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:3 @ Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made [you] desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of (note:)You are made a matter of talk and derision to all the world.(:note) talkers, and [are] an infamy of the people:

geneva@Ezekiel:36:4 @ Therefore ye mountaines of Israel, heare the worde of the Lord God, Thus sayth the Lord God to the mountaines & to the hilles, to the riuers, and to the valleys, and to the waste, and desolate places, and to the cities that are forsaken: which are spoyled & had in derision of the residue of the heathen that are round about.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:7 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have (note:)By making a solemn oath. {{See Eze_20:5}}(:note) lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that [are] about you, they shall bear their shame.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:11 @ And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you according to your old estates, and will do better [to you] than (note:)Which was accomplished under Christ, to whom all these temporal deliverances directed them.(:note) at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:18 @ Wherfore I powred my wrath vpon them, for the blood that they had shed in the land, and for their idoles, wherewith they had polluted it.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:22 @ Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not [this] for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my (note:)This excludes from man all dignity and means to deserve anything by, seeing that God refers the whole to himself and that only for the glory of his holy Name.(:note) holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the nations, to which ye went.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:23 @ And I wil sanctifie my great Name, which was polluted among the heathen, among whome you haue polluted it, and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, sayth the Lorde God, when I shalbe sanctified in you before their eyes.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:28 @ And ye shall dwell in the land, that I gaue to your fathers, and ye shalbe my people, & I will be your God.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:30 @ For I will multiplie the fruite of the trees, & the increase of the fielde, that ye shal beare no more the reproch of famine among the heathen.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:31 @ Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that [were] not good, and shall (note:)You will come to true repentance and think yourselves unworthy to be of the number of God's creatures, for your ingratitude against him.(:note) lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:32 @ Be it knowen vnto you that I do not this for your sakes, sayth the Lord God: therefore, O ye house of Israel, be ashamed, and confounded for your owne wayes.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:34 @ And the desolate land shalbe tilled, whereas it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:36 @ Then the nations that are left around you shall (note:)He declares that it ought not to be referred to the soil or plentifulness of the earth that any country is rich and abundant, but only to God's mercies, as his plagues and curses declare, when he makes it barren.(:note) know that I the LORD build the ruined [places, and] plant that which was desolate: I the LORD have spoken [it], and I will do [it].

geneva@Ezekiel:36:38 @ As the holy flocke, as the flocke of Ierusalem in their solemne feastes, so shall the desolate cities be filled with flockes of men, and they shal know, that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:1 @ The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which [was] full of (note:)He shows by a great miracle that God has power and will deliver his people from their captivity, in as much as he is able to give life to the dead bones and bodies and raise them up again.(:note) bones,

geneva@Ezekiel:37:6 @ And I will lay sinewes vpon you, & make flesh growe vpon you, & couer you with skinne, and put breath in you, that ye may liue, and yee shal know that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:9 @ Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four (note:)Signifying all places where the Israelites were scattered that is, the faithful will be brought to the same unity of spirit and doctrine wherever they are scattered through the world.(:note) winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:13 @ And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, (note:)That is, when I have brought you out of those places and towns where you are captives.(:note) when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you out of your graves,

geneva@Ezekiel:37:14 @ And shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall liue, and I shal place you in your owne land: then yee shall knowe that I the Lorde haue spoken it, and performed it, sayth the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:25 @ And they shall dwell in the (note:)Meaning that the elect by Christ will dwell in heaven by Jerusalem, which is meant by the land of Canaan.(:note) land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell in it, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:28 @ Thus the heathen shall knowe, that I the Lord do sanctifie Israel, when my Sanctuarie shall be among them for euermore.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against (note:)Who were a people that came from Magog the son of Japheth, (Gen_10:2). Magog also here signifies a certain country so that by these two countries which had the government of Greece and Italy he means the principal enemies of the Church, (Rev_20:8).(:note) Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

geneva@Ezekiel:38:4 @ And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thy army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them (note:)He shows that the enemy would bend themselves against the Church but it would be to their own destruction.(:note) handling swords:

geneva@Ezekiel:38:7 @ Be thou prepared, and (note:)Signifying that all the people of the world would assemble themselves against the Church and Christ their head.(:note) prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled to thee, and be thou a guard to them.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:8 @ After many dayes thou shalt bee visited: for in the latter yeres thou shalt come into the land, that hath bene destroyed with the sworde, and is gathered out of many people vpon the mountaines of Israel, which haue long lien waste: yet they haue bene brought out of the people, and they shall dwell all safe.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:11 @ And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; (note:)Meaning Israel, which had now been destroyed and was not yet built again: declaring by this the simplicity of the godly, who seek not so much to fortify themselves by outward force, as to depend on the providence and goodness of God.(:note) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

geneva@Ezekiel:38:12 @ Thinking to spoyle the pray, and to take a bootie, to turne thine hande vpon the desolate places that are nowe inhabited, and vpon the people, that are gathered out of the nations which haue gotten cattell and goods, and dwell in the middes of the land.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:14 @ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel (note:)Will you not spy your opportunity to come against my Church when they suspect nothing?(:note) dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know [it]?

geneva@Ezekiel:38:16 @ And thou shalt come against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the (note:)Meaning in the last age, and from the coming of Christ to the end of the world.(:note) latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I Signifying that God will be sanctified by maintaining his church, and destroying his enemies, as in (Eze_36:23, Eze_37:28). shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:17 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken of old (note:)By this he declares that no affliction can come to the Church of which they have not been advertised before to teach them to endure all things with more patience when they know that God has so ordained.(:note) by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against them?

geneva@Ezekiel:38:19 @ For in mine indignation and in the fire of my wrath haue I spoken it: surely at that time there shalbe a great shaking in the land of Israel,

geneva@Ezekiel:38:20 @ So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping animals that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be overturned, and the (note:)All means by which man would think to save himself will fail, the affliction in those days will be so great, and the enemies destruction will be so terrible.(:note) steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:22 @ And I will pleade against him with pestilence, and with blood, and I will cause to raine vpon him and vpon his bands, and vpon the great people, that are with him, a sore raine, and hailestones, fire, and brimstone.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:23 @ Thus will I be magnified, and sanctified, and knowen in the eyes of many nations, & they shall knowe, that I am the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:4 @ Thou (note:)Meaning that by the virtue of God's word the enemy will be destroyed wherever he assails his Church.(:note) shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy troops, and the people that [are] with thee: I will give thee to the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:6 @ And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell securely in the (note:)That is, among all nations where the enemies of my people dwell, no matter how separate they seem.(:note) isles: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:7 @ So will I make mine holy Name knowen in the middes of my people Israel, and I will not suffer them to pollute mine holy Name any more, and the heathen shal knowe that I am the Lord, the holy one of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:9 @ And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall (note:)After this destruction the Church will have great peace and tranquillity and burn all their weapons because they will no more fear the enemies. This chiefly refers to the accomplishment of Christ's kingdom when by their head Christ all enemies will be overcome.(:note) go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the javelins, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

geneva@Ezekiel:39:10 @ So that they shall bring no wood out of the fielde, neither cut downe any out of the forestes: for they shall burne the weapons with fire, and they shall robbe those that robbed them, and spoyle those that spoyled them, sayeth the Lorde God.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:11 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will give to Gog (note:)Which declares that the enemies will have a horrible fall.(:note) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the travellers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the For the stink of the carcasses. [noses] of the travellers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call [it] The valley of Hamongog.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:14 @ And they shall set apart men for [the] continual task of passing through the (note:)Partly that the holy land should not be polluted and partly for the compassion that the children of God have even on their enemies.(:note) land to bury with the travellers those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:15 @ And the trauailers that passe through the land, if any see a mans bone, then shall he set vp a signe by it, till the buriers haue buried it, in the valley of Hamon-Gog.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:17 @ And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak to every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; (note:)By which he signifies the horrible destruction that would come on the enemies of his Church.(:note) gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, [even] a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:21 @ And I wil set my glory among the heathe, and all the heathen shall see my iudgement, that I haue executed, and mine hand, which I haue layed vpon them.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:22 @ So the house of Israel shall knowe, that I am the Lord their God fro that day and so forth.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:23 @ And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for (note:)The heathen will know that they did not overcome my people by their strength, neither yet by the weakness of my arm, but that this was for my people's sins.(:note) their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore I hid my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so they all fell by the sword.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:26 @ After that they haue borne their shame, & all their transgression, whereby they haue transgressed against me, whe they dwelt safely in their land, and without feare of any.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:28 @ Then shal they know, that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen: but I haue gathered them vnto their owne land, and haue left none of them any more there,

geneva@Ezekiel:40:1 @ In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the (note:)The Jews counted the beginning of the year after two sorts: for their feasts they began to count in March and for their other affairs in September: so that this is to be understood of September.(:note) beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was smitten, in the same day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:3 @ And he brought me there, and, behold, [there was] a (note:)Which was an angel in the form of a man, that came to measure out this building.(:note) man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:4 @ And the man said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde with thine eyes, and heare with thine eares, and set thine heart vpon all that I shal shew thee: for to the intent, that they might be shewed thee, art thou brought hither: declare al that thou seest, vnto the house of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:10 @ And the chambers of the gate Eastwarde, were three on this side, and three on that side: they three were of one measure, and the postes had one measure on this side, and one on that side.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:12 @ The space also before the chambers was one cubite on this side, and the space was one cubite on that side, and the chambers were sixe cubites on this side and sixe cubites on that side.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:20 @ And the gate of the outwarde court, that looked toward the North, measured he after the length and breadth thereof.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:21 @ And the chambers thereof were, three on this side, and three on that side, and the postes thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fiftie cubites, and the breadth fiue and twentie cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:22 @ And their windowes, and their arches with their palme trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the East, and the going vp vnto it had seuen steppes, and the arches therof were before them.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:26 @ And there were seuen steps to go vp to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palme trees, one on this side, and another on that side vpon the post thereof.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:34 @ And the arches thereof were towarde the vtter court, and palme trees were vpon the postes thereof, on this side and on that side, & the going vp to it had eight steppes.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:37 @ And the postes thereof were towarde the vtter court, and palme trees were vpon the postes thereof on this side, and on that side, & the going vp to it had eight steps.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:39 @ And in the porch of the gate stoode two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, vpon the which they slew the burnt offring, and the sinne offring, and the trespas offring.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:41 @ Foure tables were on this side, and foure tables on that side by the side of the gate, euen eight tables whereupon they slew their sacrifice.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:45 @ And he said vnto me, This chamber whose prospect is towarde the South, is for the Priestes that haue the charge to keepe the house.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:46 @ And the chamber whose prospect is toward the North, is for the Priestes that haue the charge to keepe the altar: these are the sonnes of Zadok among ye sonnes of Leui which may come neere to the Lord to minister vnto him.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:47 @ So he measured the court, an hundreth cubites long, & an hundreth cubits broad, eue foure square: likewise the altar that was before ye house.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:48 @ And hee brought mee to the porch of the house, and measured the postes of the porch, fiue cubites on this side, and fiue cubites on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubites on this side, and three cubites on that side.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:49 @ The length of the porch was twentie cubites, and ye breadth eleuen cubites, & he brought me by the steps whereby they went vp to it, and there were pillars by the postes, one on this side, and another on that side.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:6 @ And the chambers were chamber vpon chaber, three and thirtie foote high, and they entred into the wall made for the chambers which was round about the house, that the postes might bee fastened therein, and not be fastened in the wall of the house.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:9 @ The thickenesse of the wall which was for the chamber without, was fiue cubites, and that which remained, was the place of the chambers that were within.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:11 @ And the doores of the chambers were toward the place that remained, one doore toward the North, and another doore toward the South, and the breadth of the place that remained, was fiue cubites round about.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:12 @ Nowe the building that was before the separate place toward the West corner, was seuentie cubites broad, and the wall of the building was fiue cubites thick, round about, and ye length ninetie cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:18 @ And it was made with Cherubims and palme trees, so that a palme tree was betweene a Cherub and a Cherub: and euery Cherub had two faces.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:19 @ So that the face of a man was towarde the palme tree on the one side, and the face of a lyon toward the palme tree on the other side: thus was it made through all the house round about.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:22 @ The altar of wood was three cubites hie, and the length thereof two cubites, and the corners thereof and the length thereof and the sides thereof were of wood; he sayd vnto me, This is the table that shalbe before the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:1 @ Then brought hee me into the vtter court by the way towarde the North, and he brought me into the chamber that was ouer against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the North.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:5 @ Nowe the chambers aboue were narower: for those chambers seemed to eate vp these, to wit, the lower, and those that were in the middes of the building.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:7 @ And the wall that was without ouer against the chambers, toward the vtter court on the forefront of the chambers, was fiftie cubites long.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:8 @ For the length of the chambers that were in the vtter court, was fiftie cubites: and loe, before the Temple were an hundreth cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:12 @ And according to ye doores of ye chambers that were towarde the South, was a doore in the corner of the way, euen the way directly before the wall toward the East, as one entreth.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:13 @ The said he vnto me, The North chambers and ye South chambers which are before ye separate place, they be holy chambers, wherein the Priests that approch vnto ye Lord, shal eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meate offering, and the sinne offering, and the trespasse offring: for the place is holy.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:1 @ Afterwarde he brought me to the gate, euen the gate that turneth towarde the East.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:3 @ And [it was] according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, [even] according to the vision that I saw (note:)When I prophesied the destruction of the city of the Chaldeans.(:note) when I came to destroy the city: and the visions [were] like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:8 @ Albeit they set their thresholdes by my thresholdes, and their postes by my postes (for there was but a wall betweene me and them) yet haue they defiled mine holy Name with their abominations, that they haue committed: wherfore I haue consumed them in my wrath.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:10 @ Thou sonne of man, shew this House to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their wickednes, & let them measure ye paterne.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:11 @ And if they be ashamed of all that they haue done, shew them the forme of the House, & ye paterne thereof, & the going out thereof, & the coming in thereof, & the whole fashion thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the figures thereof, and all the lawes thereof: & write it in their sight, that they may keepe the whole fashio thereof, & all the ordinances thereof, & do them.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:19 @ And thou shalt giue to the Priestes, and to the Leuites, that be of the seede of Zadok, which approch vnto me, to minister vnto me, saith the Lord God, a yong bullocke for a sinne offring.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:3 @ It appertaineth to the Prince: the Prince himselfe shall sit in it to eate bread before the Lorde: he shall enter by the way of the porche of that gate, & shal go out by the way of the same.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:5 @ And the Lord sayd vnto me, Sonne of man, marke wel, & behold with thine eyes, & heare with thine eares, all that I say vnto thee, concerning al the ordinances of the house of the Lord, & al the lawes thereof, & marke well the entring in of the house with euery going forth of the Sanctuarie,

geneva@Ezekiel:44:7 @ In that ye have brought [into my sanctuary] (note:)For they had brought idolaters who were from other countries, to teach them their idolatry, (Eze_23:40).(:note) strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:9 @ Thus saieth the Lord God, No stranger vncircumcised in heart, nor vncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my Sanctuarie, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel,

geneva@Ezekiel:44:10 @ And the (note:)The Levites who had committed idolatry were put from their dignity and could not be received into the priests office although they had been of the house of Aaron, but must serve in the inferior offices as to watch and to keep the doors, read (2Ki_23:9).(:note) Levites that have gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:14 @ And I will make them keepers of ye watch of the House, for all the seruice thereof, and for all that shalbe done therein.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:15 @ But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that (note:)Who observed the law of God and did not fall to idolatry.(:note) kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

geneva@Ezekiel:44:22 @ Neither shall they take for their wiues a widowe, or her that is diuorced: but they shall take maidens of the seede of the house of Israel, or a widow that hath bene the widow of a Priest.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:25 @ And they shall come near no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may (note:)They may be at their burial which was a defiling.(:note) defile themselves.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:30 @ And all the first of all the first borne, & euery oblation, euen all of euery sort of your oblations shall be the Priestes. Ye shal also giue vnto the Priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:31 @ The Priests shal not eate of any thing, that is dead, or torne, whether it be foule or beast.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:5 @ And in the fiue and twentie thousande of length, and the ten thousand of breadth shall the Leuites that minister in the house, haue their possession for twentie chambers.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:7 @ And a portion shalbe for the prince on ye one side, and on that side of the oblation of the holy portion, & of the possession of the citie, euen before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the citie from the West corner Westward, and from the East corner Eastward, and the length shalbe by one of the portions fro the West border vnto the East border.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:9 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it (note:)The prophet shows that the heads must be first reformed before any good order can be established among the people.(:note) suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:10 @ Ye shall have just balances, and a just (note:)Ephah and Bath are the same quantity save that an Ephah is a dry measure and a Bath liquid, (Lev_5:11; 1Ki_5:11).(:note) ephah, and a just bath.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:13 @ This is the oblation that ye shall offer, ye sixt part of an Ephah of an Homer of wheat, and ye shall giue the sixt part of an Ephah of an Homer of barley.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:20 @ And so shalt thou doe the seuenth day of the moneth, for euery one that hath erred and for him that is deceiued: so shall you reconcile the house.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:22 @ And vpon that day, shal the prince prepare for him selfe, and for all the people of the lande, a bullocke for a sinne offring.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:1 @ Thus sayth the Lord God, The gate of the inner court, that turneth toward the East, shall be shut the sixe working dayes: but on the Sabbath it shalbe opened, and in the day of the newe moone it shalbe opened.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:2 @ And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stande by the post of the gate, and the Priests shal make his burnt offring, and his peace offrings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: after, he shall go foorth, but the gate shall not be shut till the euening.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:4 @ And the burnt offring that the prince shall offer vnto the Lorde on the Sabbath day, shalbe sixe lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:8 @ And when the prince shall enter, hee shall goe in by the way of the porche of that gate, and hee shall go foorth by the way thereof.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:9 @ But when the people of the land shal come before the Lord in the solemne feastes, hee that entreth in by the way of the North gate to worship, shall goe out by the way of the South gate: & he that entreth by the way of the South gate, shall goe foorth by the way of the North gate: hee shall not returne by the way of the gate whereby hee came in, but they shall goe forth ouer against it.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:12 @ Nowe when the prince shall make a free burnt offring or peace offrings freely vnto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate, that turneth towarde the East, and hee shall make his burnt offring and his peace offrings, as he did on the Sabbath day: after, hee shall goe foorth, and when he is gone forth, one shall shut the gate.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:18 @ Moreover the prince shall not (note:)But be content with that portion that God has assigned him, as in (Eze_45:8).(:note) take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; [but] he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not dispossessed every man from his possession.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:20 @ Then said he to me, This [is] the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear [them] not out into the outer court, (note:)That the people should not have to do with those things which belong to the Lord, and think it lawful for them to eat them.(:note) to sanctify the people.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:1 @ Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold, (note:)By which are meant the spiritual graces that would be given to the Church under the kingdom of Christ.(:note) waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:2 @ Then brought he me out toward the North gate, and led me about by the way without vnto the vtter gate, by the way that turneth Eastward: & behold, there came forth waters on ye right side

geneva@Ezekiel:47:3 @ And when the man that had the line in his hand, went foorth Eastward, he measured a thousand cubites, and he brought me through the waters: the waters were to the ancles.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:5 @ Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass over: for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a (note:)Signifying that the graces of God would never decrease, but ever abound in his Church.(:note) river that could not be passed over.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:7 @ Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many (note:)Meaning, the multitude of them that would be refreshed by the spiritual waters.(:note) trees on the one side and on the other.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:8 @ Then said he to me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the (note:)Showing that the abundance of these graces would be so great, that all the world would be full of it, which is here meant by the Persian sea, or Genezareth, and the sea called Mediterranean, (Zec_14:8).(:note) sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:9 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come there: for they shall be (note:)The waters which by nature are salt and unwholesome will be made sweet and comfortable.(:note) healed; and every thing shall live where the river cometh.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:10 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] the (note:)Signifying that when God bestows his mercies in such abundance the ministers will by their preaching win many.(:note) fishermen shall stand upon it from Engedi even to Which were cities at the corners of the salt or dead sea. Eneglaim; they shall be a [place] to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of They will be here of all sorts and in as great abundance as in the great ocean where they are bred. the great sea, very many.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:12 @ And by this riuer vpon the brinke thereof, on this side, and on that side shall grow all fruitful trees, whose leafe shall not fade, neither shall ye fruit thereof faile: it shal bring forth new fruit according to his moneths, because their waters run out of ye Sanctuarie: and the fruite thereof shalbe meat, and the leafe thereof shalbe for medicine.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:22 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be to you as born in the country among the children of Israel; (note:)Meaning that in this spiritual kingdom there would be no difference between Jew nor Gentile but that all would be partakers of this inheritance in their head Christ.(:note) they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:9 @ The oblation that ye shall offer vnto the Lord, shalbe of fiue and twentie thousande long, and of ten thousand the breadth.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:11 @ It shalbe for the Priestes that are sanctified of the sonnes of Zadok, which haue kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Leuites went astray.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:12 @ Therefore this oblation of the land that is offred, shalbe theirs, as a thing most holy by the border of the Leuites.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:15 @ And the fiue thousand that are left in the breadth ouer against the fiue and twentie thousande, shall be a prophane place for the citie, for housing, and for suburbes, and the citie shalbe in the middes thereof.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:16 @ And these [shall be] the measures of it; the north side (note:)Meaning that it would be square.(:note) four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:18 @ And the residue in length ouer against the oblation of the holy portion shalbe ten thousand Eastwarde, and ten thousand Westwarde: and it shalbe ouer against the oblation of the holy portion, and the encrease thereof shall be for foode vnto them that serue in the citie.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:19 @ And they that serue in the citie, shalbe of all the tribes of Israel that shall serue therein.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:22 @ Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that] which is the prince's, between the border (note:)So that Judah was on the north side of the princes and Levites portions and Benjamin on the south side.(:note) of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:28 @ And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the (note:)Which is here taken for Idumea.(:note) border shall be even from Which was Jericho the city of palm trees. Tamar [to] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the Meaning, the Nile that runs into the sea called the Mediterranean. river toward the great sea.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:35 @ It was rounde about eighteene thousande measures, and the name of the citie from that day shalbe, The Lorde is there.

geneva@Daniel:1:1 @ In the (note:)Read (2Ki_24:1; Jer_25:1).(:note) third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. The Argument - The great providence of God, and his singular mercy towards his Church are set forth here most vividly, who never leaves his own destitute, but now in their greatest miseries and afflictions gives them Prophets, such as Ezekiel and Daniel, whom he adorned with special graces of his Holy Spirit. And Daniel above all others had most special revelations of such things as would come to the Church, even from the time that they were in captivity, to the last end of the world, and to the general resurrection, as of the four Monarchies and empires of all the world, that is, of the Babylonians, Persians, Grecians, and Romans. Also of the certain number of the times even until Christ, when all ceremonies and sacrifices would cease, because he would be the accomplishment of them: moreover he shows Christ's office and the reason of his death, which was by his sacrifice to take away sins, and to bring everlasting life. And as from the beginning God always exercised his people under the cross, so he teaches here, that after Christ is offered, he will still leave this exercise to his Church, until the dead rise again, and Christ gathers his own into his kingdom in the heavens.

geneva@Daniel:1:3 @ And the king spake unto (note:)Who was as master of the guards.(:note) Ashpenaz the master of his He calls them «eunuchs» whom the King nourished and brought up to be rulers of other countries afterwards. eunuchs, that he should bring [certain] of the children of Israel, and of the His purpose was to keep them as hostages, and so that he might show himself victorious, and also by their good entreaty and learning of his religion, they might favour him rather than the Jews, and so to be able to serve him as governors in their land. Moreover by this means the Jews might be better kept in subjection, fearing otherwise to bring hurt upon these noble men. king's seed, and of the princes;

geneva@Daniel:1:4 @ Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well (note:)The King required three things: that they should be of noble birth, that they should be intelligent and learned, and that they should be of a strong and handsome nature, so that they might do him better service. This he did for his own benefit, therefore it is not to praise his liberality: yet in this he is worthy of praise, that he esteemed learning, and knew that it was a necessary means to govern by.(:note) favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the That they might forget their own religion and country fashions to serve him the better to his purpose: yet it is not to be thought that Daniel learned any knowledge that was not godly. In all points he refused the abuse of things and superstition, insomuch that he would not eat the meat which the King appointed him, but was content to learn the knowledge of natural things. learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

geneva@Daniel:1:5 @ And the king appointed them a (note:)That by their good entertainment they might learn to forget the mediocrity of their own people.(:note) daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them With the intent that in this time they might learn both the manners of the Chaldeans, and also their language. three years, that at the end thereof they might stand As well as to serve at the table as in other offices. before the king.

geneva@Daniel:1:8 @ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not (note:)Not that he thought any religion to be in the meat or drink (for afterwards he did eat), but because the king should not entice him by this sweet poison to forget his religion and accustomed sobriety, and that in his meat and drink he might daily remember of what people he was from. And Daniel brings this in to show how God from the beginning assisted him with his Spirit, and at length called him to be a Prophet.(:note) defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

geneva@Daniel:1:12 @ Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, (note:)Meaning that within this space he might have the test, and that no man would be able to know about it: and thus he spoke, being moved by the Spirit of God.(:note) ten days; and let them give us Not that it was a thing abominable to eat dainty meats, and to drink wine, as both before and after they did, but if they would have by this been won to the King, and had refused their own religion, that meat and drink would have been accursed. pulse to eat, and water to drink.

geneva@Daniel:1:13 @ Then let our countenances bee looked vpon before thee, and the countenances of the children that eate of the portion of the Kings meate: and as thou seest, deale with thy seruantes.

geneva@Daniel:1:15 @ And at the end of ten days their (note:)This bare feeding and that also of Moses, when he fled from the court of Egypt, declares that we must live in such sobriety as God calls us to, seeing that he will make it more profitable to us than all dainties: for his blessing alone suffices.(:note) countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

geneva@Daniel:1:16 @ Thus Melzar tooke away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drinke, and gaue them pulse.

geneva@Daniel:1:17 @ As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning (note:)Meaning in the liberal sciences, and natural knowledge, and not in the magical areas which are forbidden; (Deu_18:11).(:note) and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all So that he alone was a Prophet, and none of the others: for by dreams and visions God appeared to his Prophets; (Num_12:6) visions and dreams.

geneva@Daniel:1:18 @ Now at the (note:)Of the three years mentioned above as in (Dan_1:5).(:note) end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

geneva@Daniel:1:20 @ And in all matters of wisedome, and vnderstanding that the King enquired of them, hee founde them tenne times better then all the inchanters and astrologians, that were in all his realme.

geneva@Daniel:1:21 @ And Daniel continued [even] unto (note:)That is, he was esteemed in Babylon as a Prophet as long as that commonwealth stood.(:note) the first year of king Cyrus.

geneva@Daniel:2:1 @ And in the (note:)The father and the son were both called by this name, so that this is meant of the son, when he reigned alone: for he also reigned in a way with his father.(:note) second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed Not that he had many dreams, but because many matters were contained in this dream. dreams, wherewith his spirit was Because it was so rare and strange a dream, that he had had nothing similar. troubled, and Or, «his sleep was upon him», that is, that he was so heavy with sleep, that he began to sleep again. his sleep brake from him.

geneva@Daniel:2:2 @ Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the (note:)For all these astrologers and sorcerers called themselves by this name of honour, as though all the wisdom and knowledge of the country depended upon them, and that all other countries were void of such wisdom and knowledge.(:note) Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

geneva@Daniel:2:5 @ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye (note:)This is a just reward of their arrogance (who boasted of themselves that they had knowledge of all things), that they should be proved fools, and that to their perpetual shame and confusion.(:note) shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

geneva@Daniel:2:7 @ They answered again and said, Let the king tell (note:)In this appears their ignorance, that despite their braggings, yet they were not able to tell the dream, unless he told them of it. And if he did tell them, they would pretend knowledge where there was but mere ignorance, and so as deluders of the people they were worthy to die.(:note) his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

geneva@Daniel:2:8 @ Then the King answered, and sayd, I knowe certeinly that ye would gaine the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

geneva@Daniel:2:9 @ But if ye will not declare mee the dreame, there is but one iudgement for you: for ye haue prepared lying and corrupt wordes, to speake before me till the time bee changed: therefore tell me the dreame, that I may knowe, if yee can declare me the interpretation thereof.

geneva@Daniel:2:10 @ Then the Caldeans answered before the King, and sayde, There is no man vpon earth that can declare the Kings matter: yea, there is neither king nor prince nor lorde that asked such things at an inchanter or astrologian or Caldean.

geneva@Daniel:2:11 @ For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.

geneva@Daniel:2:13 @ And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they (note:)Which declares that God would not have his servant united in the company of these sorcerers and astrologers, whose arts were wicked, and therefore justly ought to die, even though the king did it upon a rage and not from zeal.(:note) sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

geneva@Daniel:2:16 @ So Daniel went and desired the king that he woulde giue him leasure and that he woulde shewe the king the interpretation thereof.

geneva@Daniel:2:18 @ That they should beseech the God of heauen for grace in this secrete, that Daniel and his fellowes should not perish with the rest of ye wise men of Babel.

geneva@Daniel:2:21 @ And hee changeth the times & seasons: he taketh away kings: he setteth vp kings: he giueth wisedome vnto the wise, and vnderstanding to those that vnderstand.

geneva@Daniel:2:22 @ He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the (note:)He shows that man has neither wisdom nor knowledge, but very dark blindness and ignorance of himself: for it comes only from God that man understands anything.(:note) light dwelleth with him.

geneva@Daniel:2:24 @ Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise [men] of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not (note:)By which appears that many were slain, as in verse thirteen, and the rest at Daniel's offer were preserved on condition. Not that Daniel favoured their wicked profession, but that he had respect to fairness, because the King proceeded according to his wicked affection, and not considering if their profession was morally correct or not.(:note) the wise [men] of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

geneva@Daniel:2:25 @ Then Arioch brought Daniel before the King in all haste, and sayd thus vnto him, I haue found a man of the children of Iudah that were brought captiues, that will declare vnto the King the interpretation.

geneva@Daniel:2:28 @ But there is a God in (note:)He affirms that man by reason and craft is not able to attain to the cause of God's secrets, but the understanding only of them must come from God: by which he smites the king with a certain fear and reverence of God, that he might be the more able to receive the high mysteries that would be revealed.(:note) heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

geneva@Daniel:2:29 @ O King, when thou wast in thy bedde, thoughts came into thy mind, what should come to passe hereafter, and he that reueyleth secretes, telleth thee, what shall come.

geneva@Daniel:2:30 @ But as (note:)Because he had said that God alone must reveal the signification of this dream, the King might have asked why Daniel undertook to interpret it: and therefore he shows that he was but God's minister, and had no gifts but those which God had given him to set forth his glory.(:note) for me, this secret is not revealed to me for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

geneva@Daniel:2:32 @ This image's head [was] of fine (note:)By gold, silver, brass, and iron are meant the Chaldean, Persian, Macedonian, and Roman kingdoms, which would successively rule all the world until Christ (who is here called the stone) himself comes, and destroys the last. And this was to assure the Jews that their affliction would not end with the empire of the Chaldeans, but that they should patiently await the coming of the Messiah, who would be at the end of this fourth monarchy.(:note) gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

geneva@Daniel:2:34 @ Thou beheldest it til a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image vpon his feete, that were of yron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

geneva@Daniel:2:35 @ Then was the yron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer and the golde broken all together, and became like the chaffe of the sommer floures, and the winde caryed them away, that no place was founde for them: and the stone that smote the image, became a great mountaine, and filled the whole earth.

geneva@Daniel:2:38 @ And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou [art] (note:)Daniel leaves out the kingdom of the Assyrians, which was before the Babylonian, both because it was not a monarchy and general empire, and also because he would declare the things that were to come, until the coming of Christ, for the comfort of the elect among these wonderful alterations. And he calls the Babylonian kingdom the golden head, because in respect of the other three, it was the best, and yet it was of itself wicked and cruel.(:note) this head of gold.

geneva@Daniel:2:39 @ And after thee shall arise another kingdom (note:)Meaning, the Persians who were not inferior in dignity, power, or riches, but were worse with regard to ambition, cruelty, and every type of vice, showing that the world would grow worse and worse, until it was restored by Christ.(:note) inferior to thee, and another That is, those of the Macedonians will be of brass, not alluding to the hardness of it, but to the vileness with regard to silver. third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

geneva@Daniel:2:40 @ And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things]: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in (note:)That is, the Roman empire will subdue all these others, which after Alexander were divided into the Macedonians, Grecians, Syrians, and Egyptians.(:note) pieces and bruise.

geneva@Daniel:2:44 @ And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which (note:)His purpose is to show that all the kingdoms of the world are transitory, and that the kingdom of Christ alone will remain forever.(:note) shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

geneva@Daniel:2:45 @ Forasmuch as thou sawest that the (note:)Meaning Christ, who was sent by God, and not set up by man, whose kingdom at the beginning would be small and without beauty to man's judgment, but would at length grow and fill the whole earth, which he calls a great mountain, as in (Dan_2:35). And this kingdom, which is not only referred to the person of Christ, but also to the whole body of his Church, and to every member of it, will be eternal: for the Spirit that is in them is eternal life; (Rom_8:10).(:note) stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

geneva@Daniel:2:46 @ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and (note:)Though this humbling of the king seemed to deserve commendation, yet because he united God's honour with the Prophets, it is to be reproved, and Daniel would have erred, if he allowed it: but it is to his credit that Daniel admonished him of his fault, and did not allow it.(:note) worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

geneva@Daniel:2:47 @ The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth [it is], that your (note:)This confession was but a sudden motion, as it was also in Pharaoh, (Exo_9:28), but his heart was not touched, as appeared soon afterwards.(:note) God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

geneva@Daniel:2:48 @ Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great (note:)Not that the Prophet was desirous of gifts or honour, but because by this means he might relieve his poor brethren, who were grievously oppressed in this their captivity, and he also received them, lest he should offend this cruel king, who willingly gave them.(:note) gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise [men] of Babylon.

geneva@Daniel:2:49 @ Then Daniel (note:)He did not do this for their personal profit, but that the whole Church, which was then there in affliction, might have some release and ease by this benefit.(:note) requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel [sat] in the Meaning that either he was a judge, or that he had the whole authority, so than no one could be admitted to the king's presence but by him. gate of the king.

geneva@Daniel:3:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king made (note:)Under pretence of religion, and holiness in making an image to his idol Bel, he sought his own ambition and vain glory: and this declares that he was not touched with the true fear of God before, but that he confessed him on a sudden motion, as the wicked when they are overcome with the greatness of his works. The Greek interpreters write that this was done eighteen years after the dream, and as may appear, the King feared lest the Jews by their religion should have altered the state of his commonwealth: therefore he meant to bring all to one type of religion, and so rather sought his own peace than God's glory.(:note) an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

geneva@Daniel:3:2 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the (note:)Showing that the idol is not known for an idol as long as he is with workmen: but when the ceremonies and customs are recited and used, and the consent of the people is there, then they think they have made a god out of a block.(:note) dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the This was sufficient with the wicked at all times to approve their religion, if the king's authority were alleged for the establishment of it, not considering in the meantime what God's word allowed. king had set up.

geneva@Daniel:3:3 @ So the nobles, princes and dukes, the iudges, the receiuers, the counsellers, the officers, and all the gouernours of the prouinces were assembled vnto the dedicating of the image, that Nebuchad-nezzar the King had set vp: and they stood before the image, which Nebuchad-nezzar had set vp.

geneva@Daniel:3:4 @ Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, (note:)These are the two dangerous weapons, which Satan used to fight against the children of God, the consent of the multitude, and the cruelty of the punishment. For even though some feared God, yet the multitude who consented to the wickedness persuaded them: and here the King required not an inward consent, but an outward gesture, that the Jews might by little and little learn to forget their true religion.(:note) nations, and languages,

geneva@Daniel:3:5 @ That when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, dulcimer, and all instruments of musike, ye fall downe and worship the golden image, that Nebuchad-nezzar the King hath set vp,

geneva@Daniel:3:7 @ Therefore assoone as all the people heard the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and all instruments of musike, all the people, nations, and languages fell downe, and worshipped the golden image, that Nebuchad-nezzar the King had set vp.

geneva@Daniel:3:8 @ By reason whereof at that same time came men of the Caldeans, and grieuously accused the Iewes.

geneva@Daniel:3:10 @ Thou, O King, hast made a decree, that euery man that shall heare the sounde of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all instruments of musike, shall fall downe and worship the golden image,

geneva@Daniel:3:11 @ And whosoeuer falleth not downe, and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the mids of an hote fierie fornace.

geneva@Daniel:3:12 @ There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, (note:)It seems that they named not Daniel, because he was greatly in the king's favour, thinking if these three had been destroyed, they might have had better occasion to accuse Daniel. And this declares that this policy of erecting this image was invented by the malicious flatterers who sought nothing but the destruction of the Jews, whom they accused of rebellion and ingratitude.(:note) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

geneva@Daniel:3:13 @ Then Nebuchad-nezzar in his anger and wrath commaunded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: so these men were brought before the King.

geneva@Daniel:3:14 @ And Nebuchad-nezzar spake, and said vnto them, What disorder? Will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego serue my god, nor worship the golden image, that I haue set vp?

geneva@Daniel:3:16 @ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we (note:)For they would have done injury to God, if they would have doubted in this holy cause, and therefore they say that they are resolved to die for God's cause.(:note) [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.

geneva@Daniel:3:17 @ If it be [so], our God whom we serve is (note:)They have two points as their foundation: first on the power and providence of God over them, and second on their cause, which was God's glory, and the testifying of his true religion with their blood. And so they make open confession, that they will not so much as outwardly consent to idolatry.(:note) able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king.

geneva@Daniel:3:18 @ But if not, bee it knowen to thee, O King, that wee will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, which thou hast set vp.

geneva@Daniel:3:19 @ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven (note:)This declares that the more that tyrants rage, and the more crafty they show themselves in inventing strange and cruel punishments, the more is God glorified by his servants, to whom he gives patience and constancy to abide the cruelty of their punishment. For either he delvers them from death, or else for this life gives them better.(:note) times more than it was wont to be heated.

geneva@Daniel:3:20 @ And hee charged the most valiant men of warre that were in his armie, to binde Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the hote fierie fornace.

geneva@Daniel:3:22 @ Therefore, because the Kings commaundement was straite, that the fornace should be exceeding hote, the flame of the fire slew those men that brought foorth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

geneva@Daniel:3:23 @ And these three men Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego fell downe bound into the middes of the hote fierie fornace. \par {\cf2 (3:24) And they walked in the middes of the flame, praising God, & magnified the Lord. (3:25) Then Azarias stoode vp, & praied on this maner, and opening his mouth in ye mids of the fire, saide, (3:26) Blessed be thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy Name is worthie to bee praised and honoured for euermore. (3:27) For thou art righteous in all the things, that thou hast done vnto vs, and all thy works are true, and thy waies are right, and all thy iudgementes certeine. (3:28) In all the things that thou hast brought vpon vs, and vpon Ierusalem, the holy citie of our fathers, thou hast executed true iudgementes: for by right and equitie hast thou brought all these things vpon vs, because of our sinnes. (3:29) For we haue sinned and done wickedly, departing from thee: in all things haue we trespassed, (3:30) And not obeied thy commaundements, nor kept them, neither done as thou haddest commanded vs, that we might prosper. (3:31) Wherefore in all that thou hast broughtvpon vs, and in euery thing that thou hast done to vs, thou hast done them in true iudgement: (3:32) As in deliuering vs into the handes of our wicked enemies, and most hatefull traitours, and to an vnrighteous King, and the most wicked in all the worlde. (3:33) And nowe we may not open our mouthes: we are become a shame and reproofe vnto thy seruants, and to them that worship thee. (3:34) Yet for thy names sake, we beseech thee, giue vs not vp for euer, neither breake thy couenant, (3:35) Neither take away thy mercie from vs, for thy beloued Abrahams sake, and for thy seruant Isaacs sake, and for thine holy Israels sake, (3:36) To whome thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest multiplie their seed as ye starres of heauen, & as the sand, that is vpon the sea shore. (3:37) For we, O Lorde, are become lesse then any nation, and be kept vnder this day in all the world, because of our sinnes: (3:38) So that now we haue neither prince, nor prophet, nor gouernour, nor burnt offering, nor sacrifice, nor oblation, nor incense, nor place to offer ye first fruits before thee, that we might finde mercie. (3:39) Neuerthelesse in a contrite heart, & an humble spirit, let vs be receiued. (3:40) As in the burnt offring of rams & bullocks, and as in ten thousand of fat lambes, so let our offring be in thy sight this daye, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion vnto them that put their trust in thee. (3:41) And now we follow thee with all our heart, and feare thee, and seeke thy face. (3:42) Put vs not to shame, but deale with vs after thy louing kindenesse, and according to the multitude of thy mercies. (3:43) Deliuer vs also by thy miracles, and giue thy Name the glory, O Lord, (3:44) That all they which doe thy seruantes euill, may be confounded: euen let them bee confounded by thy great force and power, and let their strength be broken, (3:45) That they may know, that thou only art the Lord God, and glorious ouer the whole worlde. (3:46) Now the kings seruants that had cast them in, ceased not to make the ouen hote with naphtha, and with pitch, and with towe, & with fagots, (3:47) So that the flame went out of the fornace fourtie and nine cubites. (3:48) And it brake forth, and burnt those Chaldeans, that it found by the fornace. (3:49) But the Angel of the Lord went downe into the fornace with them that were with Azarias, and smote the flame of the fire out of the fornace, (3:50) And made in the middes of the fornace like a moyst hissing winde, so that the fire touched the not at all, neither grieued, nor troubled them. (3:51) Then these three (as out of one mouth) praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the fornace, saying, (3:52) Blessed be thou, O Lord God of our fathers, and praysed, & exalted aboue all things for euer, & blessed be thy glorious & holy Name, and praysed aboue all things, and magnified for euer. (3:53) Blessed be thou in the Temple of thine holy glory, and praysed aboue all thinges, and exalted for euer. (3:54) Blessed be thou that beholdest the depthes, and sittest vpon the Cherubins, and praysed aboue all things, and exalted for euer. (3:55) Blessed be thou in the glorious Throne of thy kingdome, and praysed aboue all things, and exalted for euer. (3:56) Blessed be thou in the firmament of heauen, & praysed aboue all things, & glorified for euer. (3:57) All ye works of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:58) O heauens, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:59) O Angels of the Lorde, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:60) Al ye waters that be aboue the heauen, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:61) All ye powers of the Lord, blesse ye ye Lord: prayse him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:62) O sunne & moone, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:63) O starres of heauen, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:64) Euery showre and dewe, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:65) All ye windes, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:66) O fire & heate, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:67) O winter & sommer, blesse ye ye Lord: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:68) O dewes and stormes of snowe, blesse yee the Lord: prayse him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:69) O frost and colde, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:70) O yee & snow, blesse ye the Lord: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:71) O nights & dayes, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:72) O light and darkenesse, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:73) O lightnings & cloudes, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:74) Let the earth blesse the Lorde: let it prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:75) O mountaines, & hilles, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:76) All things that growe on the earth, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue al things for euer. (3:77) O fountaines, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:78) O sea, and floods, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:79) O whales, and all that moue in the waters, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:80) All ye foules of heauen, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:81) All ye beastes and cattel, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:82) O children of men, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:83) Let Israel blesse the Lord, praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:84) O Priestes of the Lorde, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:85) O seruants of the Lord, blesse ye the Lorde: praise him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer. (3:86) O spirites and soules of the righteous, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all things for euer\par (3:87) O Saintes and humble of heart, blesse ye the Lorde: prayse him, and exalt him aboue all thinges for euer. (3:88) O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, & exalt him aboue all things for euer: for he hath deliuered vs from the hel, & saued vs from the hand of death, and deliuered vs out of the middes of the fornace, and burning flame: euen out of the middes of the fire hath he deliuered vs. (3:89) Confesse vnto the Lord, that he is gracious: for his mercy endureth for euer. (3:90) All ye that worship the Lord, blesse the God of gods: prayse him, and acknowledge him: for his mercy endureth worlde without ende.}

geneva@Daniel:3:26 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, (note:)This commends their obedience to God, that they would not because of any fear depart out of this furnace until the appointed time, as Noah remained in the ark, until the Lord called him forth.(:note) came forth of the midst of the fire.

geneva@Daniel:3:28 @ [Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, (note:)He was moved by the greatness of the miracle to praise God, but his heart was not touched. And here we see that miracles are not sufficient to convert men to God, but that doctrine most chiefly be joined with them, without which there can be no faith.(:note) Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

geneva@Daniel:3:29 @...I make a decree, That every...(note:)If this heathen king moved by God's Spirit would punish blasphemy, and made a law and set a punishment for such transgressors, much more ought all they that profess religion make sure that such impiety does not happen, lest according as their knowledge and responsibility is greater, so they suffer double punishment.(:note) any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

geneva@Daniel:4:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the (note:)Meaning, as far as his dominion extended.(:note) earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

geneva@Daniel:4:2 @ {\cf2 (3:32)} I thought it good to declare the signes and wonders, that the hie God hath wrought toward me.

geneva@Daniel:4:4 @ I Nebuchadnezzar was at (note:)There was no trouble that might cause me to dream, and therefore it came only from God.(:note) rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

geneva@Daniel:4:5 @ I saw a (note:)This was another dream besides that which he saw of the four empires, for Daniel both declared what that dream was, and what it meant, and here he expounds this dream.(:note) dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

geneva@Daniel:4:6 @ {\cf2 (4:3)} Therefore made I a decree, that they should bring all the wise men of Babel before mee, that they might declare vnto me the interpretation of the dreame.

geneva@Daniel:4:7 @ Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but (note:)In that he sent abroad to others, whose ignorance in times past he had experienced, and left Daniel who was ever ready at hand, it declares the nature of the ungodly, who never seek for the servants of God unless they absolutely have to, and then they flatter to a great extent.(:note) they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

geneva@Daniel:4:9 @ O Belteshazzar, (note:)Which also was a great grief to the Prophet, to be numbered among the sorcerers and men whose practices were wicked and contrary to God's word.(:note) master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

geneva@Daniel:4:13 @ I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a (note:)Meaning the angel of God, who neither eats nor sleeps, but is always ready to do God's will, and is not infected with man's corruption, but is always holy. And in that he commands to cut down this tree, he knew that it would not be cut down by man, but by God.(:note) watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;

geneva@Daniel:4:14 @ {\cf2 (4:11)} And cried aloude, and said thus, Hew downe the tree, and breake off his branches: shake off his leaues, and scatter his fruite, that the beastes may flee from vnder it, and the foules from his branches.

geneva@Daniel:4:18 @ {\cf2 (4:15)} This is the dreame, that I King Nebuchad-nezzar haue seene: therefore thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof: for all the wisemen of my kingdome are not able to shewe mee the interpretation: but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

geneva@Daniel:4:19 @ Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was (note:)He was troubled because of the great judgment of God, which he saw ordained against the king. And so the Prophets on the one hand used to make known God's judgments for the zeal they had for his glory, and on the other hand had compassion upon man. And they also considered that they would be subject to God's judgments, if he did not regard them with pity.(:note) astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

geneva@Daniel:4:20 @ {\cf2 (4:17)} The tree that thou sawest, which was great and mightie, whose height reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof through all the world,

geneva@Daniel:4:22 @ {\cf2 (4:19)} It is thou, O King, that art great and mightie: for thy greatnesse is growen, and reacheth vnto heauen, and thy dominion to the endes of the earth.

geneva@Daniel:4:25 @ That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as (note:)Not that his shape or form was changed into a beast, but that he was either stricken mad, and so avoided man's company, or was cast out because of his tyranny, and so wandered among the beasts, and ate herbs and grass.(:note) oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that Daniel shows the reason why God punished him in this way. the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

geneva@Daniel:4:26 @ {\cf2 (4:23)} Where as they sayd, that one should leaue the stumpe of the tree rootes, thy kingdome shall remaine vnto thee: after that, thou shalt knowe, that the heauens haue the rule.

geneva@Daniel:4:27 @ Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and (note:)Cease from provoking God to anger any longer by your sins, that he may reduce the severity of his punishment, if you show by your upright life that you have true faith and repentance.(:note) break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a Allow the errors of your former life to be made up for. lengthening of thy tranquillity.

geneva@Daniel:4:29 @ At the end of twelve (note:)After Daniel had declared this vision: and this pride of his declares that it is not in man to convert to God, unless his Spirit moves him, seeing that these terrible threatenings could not move him to repent.(:note) months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

geneva@Daniel:4:30 @ {\cf2 (4:27)} And the King spake and sayde, Is not this great Babel, that I haue built for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie?

geneva@Daniel:4:32 @ {\cf2 (4:29)} And they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shalbe with the beastes of the fielde: they shall make thee to eate grasse, as the oxen, and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, vntill thou knowest, that the most High beareth rule ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it vnto whomsoeuer he will.

geneva@Daniel:4:34 @ And at the end of the (note:)When the term of these seven years was accomplished.(:note) days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:

geneva@Daniel:4:35 @ And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his (note:)He confesses God's will to be the rule of all justice, and a most perfect law, by which he governs both man and angels and devils, so that none ought to murmur or ask a reason for his doings, but only to stand content with them and give him the glory.(:note) will in the army of heaven, and [among] the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

geneva@Daniel:4:36 @ At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and (note:)By whom it seems that he had been put from his kingdom before.(:note) my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.

geneva@Daniel:4:37 @ Now I Nebuchadnezzar (note:)He not only praises God for his deliverance, but also confesses his fault, so that God alone may have the glory, and man the shame, and so that God may be exalted and man cast down.(:note) praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

geneva@Daniel:5:2 @ Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his (note:)Meaning his grandfather.(:note) father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

geneva@Daniel:5:3 @ Then were brought the golden vessels, that were taken out of the Temple of the Lords house at Ierusalem, and the King and his princes, his wiues and his concubines dranke in them.

geneva@Daniel:5:4 @ They drank wine, and praised the (note:)In contempt of the true God they praise their idols, not that they thought that the gold or silver were gods, but that there was a certain strength and power in them to do them good, which is also the opinion of all idolaters.(:note) gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

geneva@Daniel:5:5 @ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over (note:)That it might the better be seen.(:note) against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

geneva@Daniel:5:6 @ Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his (note:)So he that before condemned God, was moved by this sight to tremble for fear of God's judgments.(:note) knees smote one against another.

geneva@Daniel:5:11 @ There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made master of the (note:)Read (Dan_4:6); and this declares that both this name was odious to him, and also he did not use these vile practises, because he was not among them when all were called.(:note) magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers;

geneva@Daniel:5:13 @ Then was Daniel brought before the King, and the King spake and sayd vnto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captiuitie of Iudah, whom my father the King brought out of Iewrie?

geneva@Daniel:5:14 @ I have even heard of thee, that (note:)For the idolaters thought that the angels had power as God, and therefore held them in the same estimation that they held God, thinking that the spirit of prophecy and understanding came from them.(:note) the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

geneva@Daniel:5:15 @ Now therefore, wisemen and astrologians haue bene brought before me, that they should reade this writing, and shewe me the interpretation thereof: but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing.

geneva@Daniel:5:16 @ Then heard I of thee, that thou couldest shewe interpretations, and dissolue doutes: nowe if thou canst reade the writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and shalt haue a chaine of golde about thy necke, & shalt be the third ruler in the kingdome.

geneva@Daniel:5:18 @ O thou king, the most high God gave (note:)Before he read the writing, he declares to the king his great ingratitude toward God, who could not be moved to give him the glory, considering God's wonderful work toward his grandfather, and so shows that he does not sin from ignorance but from malice.(:note) Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

geneva@Daniel:5:19 @ And for the maiestie that he gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled, and feared before him: he put to death whom he would: he smote whome he would: whome he would he set vp, and whome he would he put downe.

geneva@Daniel:5:21 @ And hee was driuen from the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like the beastes, and his dwelling was with the wilde asses: they fed him with grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the dewe of the heauen, till he knewe, that the most high God bare rule ouer the kingdome of men, and that he appointeth ouer it, whomsoeuer he pleaseth.

geneva@Daniel:5:25 @ And this [is] the writing that was written, (note:)This word is written twice because of the certainty of the thing, showing that God had most surely decided: it signifies also that God has appointed a term for all kingdoms, and that a miserable end will come on all that raise themselves against him.(:note) MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

geneva@Daniel:5:29 @ Then at the commaundement of Belshazzar they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chaine of golde about his necke, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome.

geneva@Daniel:6:2 @ And ouer these, three rulers (of whome Daniel was one) that the gouernours might giue accompts vnto them, and the King should haue no domage.

geneva@Daniel:6:7 @ All the rulers of thy kingdome, the officers and gouernours, the counsellers, and dukes haue consulted together to make a decree for the King and to establish a statute, that whosoeuer shall aske a petition of any god or man for thirtie dayes saue of thee, O King, he shalbe cast into the denne of lyons.

geneva@Daniel:6:8 @ Nowe, O King, confirme the decree, and seale the writing, that it be not changed according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

geneva@Daniel:6:10 @ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his (note:)Because he would not by his silence show that he consented to this wicked decree, he set open his windows toward Jerusalem when he prayed: both to stir up himself with the remembrance of God's promises to his people, when they should pray toward that temple, and also that others might see that he would neither consent in heart nor deed for these few days to anything that was contrary to God's glory.(:note) windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

geneva@Daniel:6:12 @ So they came &, spake vnto the King concerning the Kings decree, Hast thou not sealed the decree, that euery man that shall make a request to any god or man within thirtie dayes, saue to thee, O King, shall be cast into the denne of lyons? The King answered, and sayd, The thing is true, according to the Lawe of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

geneva@Daniel:6:13 @ Then answered they, and sayd vnto the King, This Daniel which is of the children of the captiuitie of Iudah, regardeth not thee, O King, nor the decree, that thou hast sealed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

geneva@Daniel:6:15 @ Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians [is], That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be (note:)Thus the wicked maintain evil laws by constancy and authority, which is often either weakness, or stubbornness, and the innocent as a result perish by them: and these governors neither ought to fear, nor be ashamed to break such laws.(:note) changed.

geneva@Daniel:6:17 @ And a stone was brought, and layed vpon the mouth of the denne, and the King sealed it with his owne signet, and with the signet of his princes, that the purpose might not be changed, concerning Daniel.

geneva@Daniel:6:20 @ And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: [and] the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, (note:)This declares that Darius was not touched with the true knowledge of God, because he doubted of his power.(:note) able to deliver thee from the lions?

geneva@Daniel:6:22 @ My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him (note:)My just cause and uprightness in this thing in which I was charged, is approved by God.(:note) innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done For he disobeyed the kings's wicked commandment in order to obey God, and so he did no injury to the king, who ought to command nothing by which God would be dishonoured. no hurt.

geneva@Daniel:6:23 @ Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he (note:)Because he committed himself wholly to God whose cause he defended, he was assured that nothing but good could come to him: and in this we see the power of faith, as in (Heb_11:33).(:note) believed in his God.

geneva@Daniel:6:25 @ Afterwarde King Darius wrote, Vnto all people, nations and languages, that dwel in all the world: Peace be multiplied vnto you.

geneva@Daniel:6:26 @...I make a decree, That in...(note:)This does not prove that Darius worshipped God properly, or was converted: for then he would have destroyed all superstition and idolatry, and not only given God the chief place, but also have set him up, and caused him to be honoured according to his word. But this was a specific confession of God's power, unto which he was compelled by this wonderful miracle.(:note) before the God of Daniel: for he [is] the Who not only has life in himself, but is the only fountain of life, and quickens all things, so that without him there is no life. living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end.

geneva@Daniel:7:1 @ In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: (note:)Whereas the people of Israel looked for a continual peace, after the seventy years which Jeremiah had declared, he shows that this rest will not be a deliverance from all troubles, but a beginning. And therefore he encourages them to look for a continual affliction until the Messiah is uttered and revealed, by whom they would have a spiritual deliverance, and all the promises would be fulfilled. And they would have a certain experience of this in the destruction of the Babylonian kingdom.(:note) then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters.

geneva@Daniel:7:2 @ Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon (note:)Which signified that there wold be horrible troubles and afflictions in the world in all corners of the world, and at various times.(:note) the great sea.

geneva@Daniel:7:6 @ After this I beheld, and lo another, like a (note:)Meaning Alexander the king of Macedonia.(:note) leopard, which had upon the back of it That is, his four chief captains, which had the empire among them after his death. Selencus had Asia the great, Antigonus the less, Cassander and after him Antipater was king of Macedonia, and Ptolemeus had Egypt. four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and It was not of himself nor of his own power that he gained all these countries: for his army contained only thirty thousand men, and he overcame in one battle Darius, who had one million, when he was so heavy with sleep that his eyes were hardly open, as the stories report: therefore this power was given to him from God. dominion was given to it.

geneva@Daniel:7:7 @ After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a (note:)That is, the Roman empire which was a monster, and could not be compared to any beast, because there was no beast that was even comparable.(:note) fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great Signifying the tyranny and greediness of the Romans. iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped That which the Romans could not quietly enjoy in other countries, they would give it to other kings and rulers, so that whenever they wanted to, they might take it again: which liberality is here called the stamping of the rest under the feet. the residue with the feet of it: and it [was] diverse from all the beasts that [were] before it; and it had That is, various and different provinces which were governed by the deputies and proconsuls: and each one of these might be compared to a king. ten horns.

geneva@Daniel:7:8 @ I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little (note:)Which is meant of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, etc., who were as kings in effect, but because they could not rule, except by the consent of the senate, their power is compared to a little horn. For Muhammad did not come from the Roman Empire, and the pope has no vocation of government: therefore this cannot be applied to them, and also in this prophecy the Prophet's purpose is chiefly to comfort the Jews until the revelation of Christ. Some take it for the whole body of antichrist.(:note) horn, before whom there were Meaning a certain portion of the ten horns: that is, a part from the whole estate was taken away. For Augustus took from the senate the liberty of choosing the deputies to send into the provinces, and took the governing of certain countries to himself. three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] These Roman emperors at the first used a certain humanity and gentleness, and were content that others, as the consuls, and senate, should bear the names of dignity, so that they might have the profit. And therefore in election and counsels they would behave themselves according as did other senators: yet against their enemies and those that would resist them, they were fierce and cruel, which is here meant by the proud mouth. eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

geneva@Daniel:7:9 @ I beheld till the (note:)Meaning, the places where God and his angels would come to judge these monarchies, which judgment would begin at the first coming of Christ.(:note) thrones were cast down, and the That is, God who was before all times, and is here described in a way such that man's nature is able to comprehend some portion of his glory. Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.

geneva@Daniel:7:11 @ I beheld then (note:)Meaning that he was astonished when he saw these emperors in such dignity and pride, so suddenly destroyed at the coming of Christ, when this fourth monarchy was subject to men of other nations.(:note) because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld [even] till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

geneva@Daniel:7:12 @ As (note:)As the three former monarchies had an end at the time that God appointed, even though they flourished for a time, so will this fourth have an end, and they that patiently wait for God's appointment, will enjoy the promises.(:note) concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

geneva@Daniel:7:13 @ I saw in the night visions, and, behold, (note:)Which is meant of Christ, who had not yet taken upon him man's nature, neither was he yet the son of David according to the flesh, as he was afterward: but he appeared then in a figure, and that in the clouds, that is, being separated from the common sort of men by manifest signs of his divinity.(:note) [one] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and That is, when he ascended into the heavens, and his divine majesty appeared, and all power was given to him, in respect that he was our mediator. came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

geneva@Daniel:7:14 @ And there was given him (note:)This is meant of the beginning of Christ's kingdom, when God the Father gave unto him all dominion, as the the Mediator, with the intent that he would continually govern his Church which is here on earth, until the time that he brought them to eternal life.(:note) dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.

geneva@Daniel:7:16 @ I came near unto (note:)Meaning one of the angels, as in {{See Dan_7:10}}(:note) one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

geneva@Daniel:7:18 @ But the saints of the (note:)That is, of the most high things, because God has chosen them out of this world, that they should look up to the heavens, upon which all their hope depends.(:note) most High shall take the Because Abraham was appointed heir of all the world, (Rom_4:13), and in him all the faithful, therefore the kingdom of him is theirs by right, which these four beasts or tyrants would invade, and usurp until the world were restored by Christ. And this was to strengthen and encourage those that were in troubles, that their afflictions would eventually have an end. kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

geneva@Daniel:7:20 @ And of the ten horns that [were] in his head, and [of] the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even [of] that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose (note:)This is meant of the fourth beast, which was more terrible than the others.(:note) look [was] more stout than his fellows.

geneva@Daniel:7:22 @ Until (note:)Until God showed his power in the person of Christ, and by the preaching of the Gospel gave unto his own some rest, and so obtained a famous name in the world, and were called the Church of God, or the kingdom of God.(:note) the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

geneva@Daniel:7:25 @ And he shall speak [great] words against (note:)That is, will make wicked decrees and proclamations against God's word, and send throughout all their dominion, to destroy all that did profess it.(:note) the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to These emperors will not consider that they have their power from God, but think it is in their own power to change God's laws and man's, and as it were the order of nature, as appears by Octavius, Tiberius, Calligula, Nero, Domitianus, etc. change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a God will allow them to rage in this way against his saints for a long time, the time and times, but at length he will soften these troubles, and shorten the time for his elect's sake, (Mat_24:22), which is here meant by the dividing of time. time and times and the dividing of time.

geneva@Daniel:7:26 @ But the (note:)God by his power will restore things that were out of order, and destroy this little horn in such a way that it will never rise up again.(:note) judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy [it] unto the end.

geneva@Daniel:7:27 @ And the (note:)He shows why the beast would be destroyed, that is, so that his Church might have rest and quietness, which though they do not fully enjoy here, yet they have it in hope, and by the preaching of the Gospel enjoy the beginning of it, which is meant by these words, «under the whole heaven». And therefore he speaks here of the beginning of Christ's kingdom in this world, which kingdom the faithful have by the participation that they have with Christ their head.(:note) kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all That is, some of every type that rule. dominions shall serve and obey him.

geneva@Daniel:7:28 @ Hitherto [is] the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my (note:)Even though he had many motions in his heart which moved him to and fro to seek out this matter curiously, yet he was content with that which God revealed, and kept it in memory, and wrote it for the use of the Church.(:note) cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

geneva@Daniel:8:1 @ In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, [even unto] me Daniel, (note:)After the general vision, he comes to certain particular visions with regard to the destruction of the monarchy of the Persians, and Macedonians: for the ruin of the Babylonians was at hand, and also he had sufficiently spoken of it.(:note) after that which appeared unto me at the first.

geneva@Daniel:8:2 @ And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I [was] at Shushan [in] the palace, which [is] in the province (note:)That is, of Persia.(:note) of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

geneva@Daniel:8:4 @ I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no (note:)That is, no kings or nations.(:note) beasts might stand before him, neither [was there any] that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

geneva@Daniel:8:5 @ And as I was considering, behold, (note:)Meaning Alexander that came from Greece with great speed and warlike undertaking.(:note) an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat [had] a notable Even though he came in the name of all Greece, yet he bore the title and dignity of the general captain, so that the strength was attributed to him, which is meant by this horn. horn between his eyes.

geneva@Daniel:8:6 @ And he came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes, whome I had seene standing by the riuer, and ranne vnto him in his fierce rage.

geneva@Daniel:8:7 @ And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and (note:)Alexander overcame Darius in two different battles, and so had the two kingdoms of the Medes and Persians.(:note) smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

geneva@Daniel:8:8 @ Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great (note:)Alexander's great power was broken: for when he had overcome all the East, he thought to return towards Greece to subdue those that had rebelled, and so died along the way.(:note) horn was broken; and for it came up four That is, who were famous: for almost in the space of fifteen years there were fifteen different successors before this monarchy was divided to these four, of which Cassander had Macedonia, Seleucus had Syria, Antigonus had Asia the less, and Ptolemeus had Egypt. notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

geneva@Daniel:8:12 @ And (note:)He shows that their sins are the cause of these horrible afflictions: and yet comforts them, in that he appoints this tyrant for a time, whom he would not allow to utterly abolish his religion.(:note) an host was given [him] against the daily [sacrifice] by reason of transgression, and it This horn will abolish for a time the true doctrine, and so corrupt God's service. cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

geneva@Daniel:8:13 @ Then I heard one (note:)Meaning that he heard one of the angels asking this question of Christ, whom he called a certain one, or a secret one, or a marvellous one.(:note) saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain [saint] which spake, How long [shall be] the vision [concerning] the daily [sacrifice], and the transgression of That is, the Jews' sins, which were the cause of its destruction. desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the That is, which suppresses God's religion and his people. host to be trodden under foot?

geneva@Daniel:8:16 @ And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, (note:)This power to command the angel, declared that he was God.(:note) make this [man] to understand the vision.

geneva@Daniel:8:19 @ And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last (note:)Meaning that great rage which Antiochus would show against the Church.(:note) end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end [shall be].

geneva@Daniel:8:21 @ And the goate is the King of Grecia, and the great horne that is betweene his eyes, is the first King.

geneva@Daniel:8:22 @ Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up (note:)That is, out of Greece.(:note) out of the nation, but not They will not have similar power as Alexander had. in his power.

geneva@Daniel:8:23 @ And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of (note:)Noting that this Antiochus was impudent and cruel, and also crafty so that he could not be deceived.(:note) fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

geneva@Daniel:8:24 @ And his power shall be mighty, but not (note:)That is, not like Alexander's strength.(:note) by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the Both the Gentiles that dwelt around him, and also the Jews. mighty and the holy people.

geneva@Daniel:9:2 @ In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by (note:)For even though he was an excellent Prophet, yet he daily increased in knowledge by the reading of the scriptures.(:note) books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

geneva@Daniel:9:3 @ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to (note:)He does not speak of that ordinary prayer, which he used in his house three times a day, but of a rare and vehement prayer, lest their sins should cause God to delay the time of their deliverance prophesied by Jeremiah.(:note) seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

geneva@Daniel:9:4 @ And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the (note:)That is, has all power in yourself to execute your terrible judgments against obstinate sinners, as you are rich in mercy to comfort those who obey your word and love you.(:note) great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

geneva@Daniel:9:7 @ O Lord, (note:)He shows that whenever God punishes, he does it for just cause: and thus the godly never accuse him of rigour as the wicked do, but acknowledge that in themselves there is just cause why he should so treat them.(:note) righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

geneva@Daniel:9:10 @ Neither have we obeyed the (note:)He shows that they rebel against God, who do not serve him according to his commandment and word.(:note) voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

geneva@Daniel:9:11 @ Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the (note:)As in (Deu_27:15), or the curse confirmed by an oath.(:note) curse is poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

geneva@Daniel:9:12 @ And he hath confirmed his wordes, which he spake against vs, and against our iudges that iudged vs, by bringing vpon vs a great plague: for vnder the whole heauen hath not bene the like, as hath bene brought vpon Ierusalem.

geneva@Daniel:9:13 @ All this plague is come vpon vs, as it is written in the Lawe of Moses: yet made we not our prayer before the Lorde our God, that we might turne from our iniquities and vnderstand thy trueth.

geneva@Daniel:9:15 @ And nowe, O Lorde our God, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mightie hand, and hast gotten thee renoume, as appeareth this day, we haue sinned, we haue done wickedly.

geneva@Daniel:9:17 @ Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to (note:)Show yourself favourable.(:note) shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the That is, for your Christ's sake, in whom you will accept all of our prayers. Lord's sake.

geneva@Daniel:9:18 @ O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our (note:)Declaring that the godly flee only to God's mercies, and renounce their own works, when they seek for remission of their sins.(:note) righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

geneva@Daniel:9:24 @ Seventy (note:)He alludes to Jeremiah's prophecy, who prophesied that their captivity would be seventy years: but now God's mercy would exceed his judgment seven times as much, which would be 490 years, even until the coming of Christ, and so then it would continue forever.(:note) weeks are determined upon Meaning Daniel's nation, over whom he was careful. thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the To show mercy and to put sin out of remembrance. transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

geneva@Daniel:9:25 @ Know therefore and understand, [that] from (note:)That is, from the time that Cyrus gave them permission to depart.(:note) the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven These weeks make forty-nine years, of which forty-six are referred to the time of the building of the temple, and three to the laying of the foundation. weeks, and Counting from the sixth year of Darius, who gave the second commandment for the building of the temple are sixty-two weeks, which make 434 years, which comprehend the time from the building of the temple until the baptism of Christ. threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

geneva@Daniel:9:26 @ And after threescore and two (note:)In this week of the seventy, will Christ come and preach and suffer death.(:note) weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but He will seem to have no beauty, nor to be of any estimation; (Isa_53:2). not for himself: and the people of the Meaning Titus, Vespasians's son, who would come and destroy both the temple, and the people, without any hope of recovery. prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

geneva@Daniel:9:27 @ And he (note:)By the preaching of the Gospel he affirmed his promise, first to the Jews, and after to the Gentiles.(:note) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to Christ accomplished this by his death and resurrection. cease, Meaning that Jerusalem and the sanctuary would be utterly destroyed because of their rebellion against God, and their idolatry: or as some read, that the plague will be so great, that they will all be astonished at them. and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

geneva@Daniel:10:1 @ In the (note:)He notes this third year, because at this time the building of the temple began to be hindered by Cambyses, Cyrus's son, when the father made war in Asia minor against the Scythians, which was discouraging to the godly, and fearful to Daniel.(:note) third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] Which is to declare that the godly should not hasten too much, but patiently abide the fulfilment of God's promise. long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

geneva@Daniel:10:4 @ And in the four and twentieth day of the (note:)Called Abib, which contains part of March, and part of April.(:note) first month, as I Being carried by the Spirit of prophecy so that he could see the river Tigris. was by the side of the great river, which [is] Hiddekel;

geneva@Daniel:10:5 @ Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man (note:)This was the angel of God, who was sent to assure Daniel in this prophecy that follows.(:note) clothed in linen, whose loins [were] girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

geneva@Daniel:10:7 @ And I Daniel alone sawe the vision: for the men that were with me, sawe not the vision: but a great feare fell vpon them, so that they fled away and hid themselues.

geneva@Daniel:10:8 @ Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for (note:)So that because of fear he was like a dead man because of his deformity.(:note) my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

geneva@Daniel:10:10 @ And, behold, an (note:)Which declares that when we are struck down with the majesty of God we cannot rise, unless he also lifts us up with his hand, which is his power.(:note) hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and [upon] the palms of my hands.

geneva@Daniel:10:11 @ And he sayde vnto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloued, vnderstand the wordes that I speake vnto thee, and stand in thy place: for vnto thee am I nowe sent; when hee had sayde this worde vnto me, I stood trembling.

geneva@Daniel:10:12 @ Then sayd he vnto me, Feare not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou diddest set thine heart to vnderstand, and to humble thy selfe before thy God, thy wordes were heard, and I am come for thy wordes.

geneva@Daniel:10:13 @ But the (note:)Meaning Cambyses, who reigned in his father's absence, and did not only for this time hinder the building of the temple, but would have further raged, if God had not sent me to resist him: and therefore I have stayed for the profit of the Church.(:note) prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Even though God could by one angel destroy all the world, yet to assure his children of his love he sends forth double power, even Michael, that is, Christ Jesus the head of angels. Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

geneva@Daniel:10:16 @ And, behold, (note:)This was the same angel that spoke with him before in the appearance of a man.(:note) [one] like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, I was overcome with fear and sorrow, when I saw the vision. by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

geneva@Daniel:10:19 @ And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: (note:)He declares by this that God would be merciful to the people of Israel.(:note) peace [be] unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I Which declares that when God smites his children down, he does not immediately lift them up at once (for now the Angel had touched him twice), but by little and little. was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

geneva@Daniel:10:20 @ Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the (note:)Meaning that he would not only himself bridle the rage of Cambyses, but also the other kings of Persia by Alexander the King of Macedonia.(:note) prince of Grecia shall come.

geneva@Daniel:10:21 @ But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: (note:)For this angel was appointed for the defence of the Church under Christ, who is the head of it.(:note) and [there is] none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

geneva@Daniel:11:1 @ Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, (note:)The angel assures Daniel that God has given him power to perform these things, seeing that he appointed him to assist Darius when he overcame the Chaldeans.(:note) stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

geneva@Daniel:11:2 @ And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet (note:)Of which Cambyses that now reigned was the first, the second Smerdes, the third Darius the son of Hystaspis, and the fourth Xerxes, who all were enemies to the people of God, and stood against them.(:note) three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up For he raised up all the east countries to fight against the Grecians, and even though he had in his army 900,000 men, yet in four battles he was defeated, and fled away with shame. all against the realm of Grecia.

geneva@Daniel:11:3 @ And a (note:)That is, Alexander the Great.(:note) mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

geneva@Daniel:11:6 @ And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's (note:)That is, Bernice the daughter of Ptolemais Philadelphus will be given in marriage to Antiochus Theos, thinking by this affinity that Syria and Egypt would have a continual peace together.(:note) daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the That power and strength will not continue: for soon after her husband's death, Bernice and her young son were slain by her stepson Seleicus Calinieus the son of Laodice, the lawful wife of Antiochus, but put away for this woman's sake. arm; neither shall Neither Ptolemais nor Antiochus. he stand, nor his Some read «seed», meaning the child begotten by Bernice. arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he Some read, «she that begat her», and by this understand her nurse, who brought her up: so that all those who were part of this marriage were destroyed. that begat her, and he that strengthened her in [these] times.

geneva@Daniel:11:7 @ But out of a branch of her (note:)Meaning that Ptolemais Evergetes after the death of his father Philadelphus would succeed in the kingdom, being of the same stock that Bernice was.(:note) roots shall [one] stand up in his estate, To revenge the sister's death against Antiochus Calinicus King of Syria. which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

geneva@Daniel:11:14 @ And in those times there shall (note:)For not only Antaiochus came against him, but also Philip King of Macedonia, and these two brought great power with them.(:note) many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy For under Onies, who falsely alleged that place of (Isa_19:19), certain of the Jews retired with him into Egypt to fulfil this prophecy: also the angel shows that all these troubles which are in the Church, are by the providence and counsel of God. people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

geneva@Daniel:11:16 @ But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the (note:)He shows that he will not only afflict the Egyptians, but also the Jews, and will enter into their country, of which he admonished them before, that they may know that all these things came by God's providence.(:note) glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

geneva@Daniel:11:17 @ He shall also (note:)This was the second battle that Antiochus fought against Ptolemais Epiphanes.(:note) set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the That is, a beautiful woman who was Cleopatra, Antiochus' daughter. daughter of women, corrupting For he did not regard the life of his daughter in respect of the kingdom of Egypt. her: but She will not agree to his wicked counsel, but will love her husband, as her duty requires, and not seek his destruction. she shall not stand [on his side], neither be for him.

geneva@Daniel:11:22 @ And with the (note:)He shows that great foreign powers will come to help the young son of Seleucus against his uncle Antiochus, and yet will be overthrown.(:note) arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the Meaning Ptolemais Philopater's son, who was this child's cousin, and is here called the prince of the covenant, because he was the chief, and all others followed his conduct. covenant.

geneva@Daniel:11:26 @ Yea, they that feed of the portion of (note:)Signifying his princes and the chief men about him.(:note) his meat shall destroy him, and his army Declaring that his soldiers will break out and venture their life to stay and to be slain for the safeguard of their prince. shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

geneva@Daniel:11:27 @ And both these kings' hearts [shall be] to do (note:)The uncle and the nephew will make truce, and banquet together, yet in their hearts they will imagine mischief against one another.(:note) mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for Signifying that it depends not on the counsel of men to bring things to pass, but on the providence of God, who rules the kings by a secret bridle, so that they cannot do what they themselves wish. yet the end [shall be] at the time appointed.

geneva@Daniel:11:28 @ Then shall he return into his land with great (note:)Which he will take from the Jews in spoiling Jerusalem and the temple, and this is told them before to exhort them to be patient, knowing that all things are done by God's providence.(:note) riches; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [exploits], and return to his own land.

geneva@Daniel:11:30 @ For the ships (note:)That is, the Roman power will come against him: for P. Popilius the ambassador appointed him to depart in the Romans' name, which he obeyed, although with grief, and to avenge his rage he came against the people of God the second time.(:note) of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, With the Jews who will forsake the covenant of the Lord: for first he was called against the Jews by Jason the high priest, and this second time by Menelaus. and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

geneva@Daniel:11:31 @ And arms (note:)A great faction of the wicked Jews will join with Antiochus.(:note) shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary So called because the power of God was not at all diminished, even though this tyrant set up in the temple the image of Jupiter Olympius, and so began to corrupt the pure service of God. of strength, and shall take away the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

geneva@Daniel:11:32 @ And such as do wickedly (note:)Meaning those who had the name of Jews, but indeed were not Jews at all, for they sold their souls, and betrayed their brethren for gain.(:note) against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].

geneva@Daniel:11:33 @ And they that understand among the (note:)Those that remain constant among the people will teach others by their example, and edify many in the true religion.(:note) people shall instruct many: By which he exhorts the godly to constancy, even though they should perish a thousand times, and even though their miseries endure ever so long. yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days.

geneva@Daniel:11:34 @ Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a (note:)As God will not leave his Church destitute, yet he will not deliver it all at once, but help in such a way that they may still seem to fight under the cross, as he did in the time of the Maccabees, of which he here prophesies.(:note) little help: but many shall cleave to them That is, there will even be among this small number many hypocrites. with flatteries.

geneva@Daniel:11:35 @ And [some] of them (note:)That is, of those that fear God and will lose their life for the defence of true religion. Signifying also that the Church must continually be tried and purged, and ought to look for one persecution after another: for God has appointed the time, and therefore we must obey.(:note) of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make [them] white, [even] to the time of the end: because [it is] yet for a time appointed.

geneva@Daniel:11:36 @ And the (note:)Because the angels purpose is to show the whole course of the persecutions of the Jews until the coming of Christ, he now speaks of the monarchy of the Romans, which he notes by the name of a king, who were without religion and condemned the true God.(:note) king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation So long the tyrants will prevail as God has appointed to punish his people: but he shows that it is but for a time. be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

geneva@Daniel:11:37 @ Neither shall he regard the (note:)The Romans will observe no certain form of religion as other nations, but will change their gods at their pleasures, indeed, they will condemn them and prefer themselves to their gods.(:note) God of his fathers, nor the desire Signifying that they would be without all humanity: for the love of women is taken for singular or great love, as (2Sa_1:26). of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

geneva@Daniel:11:39 @ Thus shall he do in (note:)Even though in their hearts they had no religion, yet they did acknowledge the gods, and worshipped them in their temples, lest they should have been despised as atheists. But this was to increase their fame and riches, and when they gained any country, they made others the rulers of it in such a way that the profit always came to the Romans.(:note) the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

geneva@Daniel:11:41 @ He shall enter also into the (note:)The angel forewarns the Jews that when they should see the Romans invade them, and that the wicked would escape their hands, that then they should think that all this was done by God's providence, seeing that he warned them of it so long before, and therefore he would still preserve them.(:note) glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

geneva@Daniel:11:44 @ But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall (note:)Hearing that Crassus was slain, and Antonius defeated.(:note) trouble him: therefore he shall go forth For Augustus overcame the Parthians, and recovered that which Antonius had lost. with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

geneva@Daniel:12:1 @ And at that (note:)The angel here notes two things: first that the Church will be in great affliction and trouble at Christ's coming, and next that God will send his angel to deliver it, whom he here calls Michael, meaning Christ, who is proclaimed by the preaching of the Gospel.(:note) time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

geneva@Daniel:12:2 @ And many (note:)Meaning all will rise at the general resurrection, which thing he here names because the faithful should always consider that: for in the earth there will be no sure comfort.(:note) of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

geneva@Daniel:12:3 @ And they that be (note:)Who have kept the true fear of God and his religion.(:note) wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that He chiefly means the ministers of God's word, and next all the faithful who instruct the ignorant, and bring them to the true knowledge of God. turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

geneva@Daniel:12:4 @ But thou, O Daniel, (note:)Even though the most part despise this prophecy, yet make sure you keep it and esteem it as a treasure.(:note) shut up the words, and seal the book, Until the time that God has appointed for the full revelation of these things: and then many will run to and fro to search for the knowledge of these mysteries, which things they obtain now by the light of the Gospel. [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

geneva@Daniel:12:5 @ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the (note:)Which was the Tigris.(:note) river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

geneva@Daniel:12:7 @ And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his (note:)Which was as it were a double oath, and did the more confirm the thing.(:note) right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a Meaning, a long time, a longer time, and at length a short time: signifying that their troubles would have an end. time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished When the Church will be scattered and diminished in such a way as it will seem to have no power. to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.

geneva@Daniel:12:11 @ And from the time [that] the (note:)From the time that Christ by his sacrifice will take away the sacrifices and ceremonies of the Law.(:note) daily [sacrifice] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, [there Signifying that the time will be long until Christ's second coming, and yet the children of God ought not to be discouraged, even though it is deferred. shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

geneva@Daniel:12:12 @ Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and (note:)In this number he adds a month and a half to the former number, signifying that it is not in man to appoint the time of Christ's coming, but that they are blessed that patiently wait for his appearing.(:note) five and thirty days.

geneva@Daniel:12:13 @ But go (note:)The angel warns the Prophet patiently to wait, until the time appointed comes, signifying that he should depart this life, and rise again with the elect, when God had sufficiently humbled and purged his Church.(:note) thou thy way till the end [be]: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

geneva@Hosea:1:1 @ The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days (note:)Also called Azariah, who being a leper was disposed from his kingdom.(:note) of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, So that it may be gathered by the reign of these four kings that he preached about eighty years. kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The Argument - After the ten tribes had fallen away from God by the wicked and subtle counsel of Jeroboam, the son of Neba, and instead of his true service commanded by his word, worshipped him according to their own imaginings and traditions of men, giving themselves to most vile idolatry and superstition, the Lord from time to time sent them Prophets to call them to repentance. But they grew even worse and worse, and still abused God's benefits. Therefore now when their prosperity was at the highest under Jeroboam, the son of Joash, God sent Hosea and Amos to the Israelites (as he did at the same time send Isaiah and Micah to those of Judah) to condemn them for their ingratitude. And whereas they thought themselves to be greatly in the favour of God, and to be his people, the Prophet calls them bastards and children born in adultery: and therefore shows them that God would take away their kingdom, and give them to the Assyrians to be led away captives. Thus Hosea faithfully executed his office for the space of seventy years, though they remained still in their vices and wickedness and derided the Prophets, and condemned God's judgments. And because they would neither be discouraged with threatening only, nor should they flatter themselves by the sweetness of God's promises, he sets before them the two principal parts of the Law, which are the promise of salvation, and the doctrine of life. For the first part he directs the faithful to the Messiah, by whom alone they would have true deliverance: and for the second, he uses threatenings and menaces to bring them from their wicked manners and vices: and this is the chief scope of all the Prophets, either by God's promises to allure them to be godly, or else by threatenings of his judgments to scare them from vice. And even though the whole Law contains these two points, yet the Prophets moreover note distinctly both the time of God's judgments and the manner.

geneva@Hosea:1:2 @ The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife (note:)That is, one that has been a harlot for a long time: not that the Prophet did this thing in effect, but he saw this in a vision, or else was commanded by God to set forth under this parable or figure the idolatry of the Synagogue, and of the people her children.(:note) of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the LORD.

geneva@Hosea:1:3 @ So he went and took (note:)Gomer signifies a consumption or corruption, and rotten clusters of figs, declaring that they were all corrupt like rotten figs.(:note) Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

geneva@Hosea:1:4 @ And the LORD said unto him, Call his name (note:)Meaning that they would no longer be called Israelites, which name they boasted because Israel did prevail with God: but that they were as bastards, and therefore should be called Jezreelites, that is, scattered people, alluding to Jezreel, which was the chief city of the ten tribes under Ahab, where Jehu shed so much blood; (1Ki_18:45).(:note) Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of I will be avenged upon Jehu for the blood that he shed in Jezreel: for even though God stirred him up to execute his judgments, yet he did them for his own ambition, and not for the glory of God as the intended goal: for he built up that idolatry which he had destroyed. Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

geneva@Hosea:1:5 @ And it shall come to pass at that (note:)When the measure of their iniquity is full, and I will take vengeance and destroy all their administration and strength.(:note) day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

geneva@Hosea:1:6 @ And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name (note:)That is, not obtaining mercy: by which he signifies that God's favour had departed from them.(:note) Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly For the Israelites never returned after they were taken captives by the Assyrians. take them away.

geneva@Hosea:1:10 @ Yet the number of the (note:)Because they thought that God could not have been true in his promise unless he had preserved them, he declares that though they were destroyed, yet the true Israelites who are the sons of the promise, would be without number, who consist both of the Jews and the Gentiles; (Rom_9:26).(:note) children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.

geneva@Hosea:1:11 @ Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be (note:)That is, after the captivity of Babylon, when the Jews were restored: but chiefly this refers to the time of Christ, who would be the head both of the Jews and Gentiles.(:note) gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the The calamity and destruction of Israel will be so great, that to restore them will be a miracle. day of Jezreel.

geneva@Hosea:2:1 @ Say ye unto your (note:)Seeing that I have promised you deliverance, it remains that you encourage one another to embrace this promise, considering that you are my people on whom I will have mercy.(:note) brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

geneva@Hosea:2:2 @ Plead with your (note:)God shows that the fault was not in him, that he forsook them, but in their Synagogue, and their idolatries; (Isa_50:1).(:note) mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries Meaning that their idolatry was so great, that they were not ashamed, but boasted of it; (Eze_16:25). from between her breasts;

geneva@Hosea:2:3 @ Lest I strip her naked, and (note:)For even though his people were as a harlot for their idolatries, yet he had left them with their dress and dowry and certain signs of his favour, but if they continued still, he would utterly destroy them.(:note) set her as in the day that she was When I brought her out of Egypt. {{See Eze_16:4}} born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

geneva@Hosea:2:5 @ For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my (note:)Meaning the idol which they served, and by whom they thought they had wealth and abundance.(:note) lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

geneva@Hosea:2:6 @ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up (note:)I will punish you so that you may then test whether your idols can help you, and bring you into such straightness that you will have no lust to play the harlot.(:note) thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

geneva@Hosea:2:8 @ For she did not know that I (note:)This declares that idolaters defraud God of his honour, when they attribute his benefits to their idols.(:note) gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.

geneva@Hosea:2:9 @ Therefore will I return, and take away (note:)Signifying that God will take away his benefits, when man by his ingratitude abuses them.(:note) my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness.

geneva@Hosea:2:12 @ And I wil destroy her vines & her figtrees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my louers haue giuen mee: and I will make them as a forest, and the wilde beasts shall eate them.

geneva@Hosea:2:14 @ Therefore, behold, I will (note:)By my benefits in offering her grace and mercy, even in that place where she will think herself destitute of all help and comfort.(:note) allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

geneva@Hosea:2:16 @ And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me (note:)That is, my husband, knowing that I am united to you by a covenant which could not be violated.(:note) Ishi; and shalt call me no more That is, my master: which name was applied to their idols. Baali.

geneva@Hosea:2:18 @ And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the (note:)Meaning that he will so bless them that all creatures will favour them.(:note) beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

geneva@Hosea:2:20 @ I will even betroth thee unto me in (note:)With a covenant that will never be broken.(:note) faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

geneva@Hosea:2:21 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear (note:)Then will the heaven desire rain for the earth, which will bring forth things for the use of man.(:note) the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

geneva@Hosea:2:23 @ And I will sowe her vnto me in the earth, and I will haue mercie vpon her, that was not pitied, and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; they shal say, Thou art my God.

geneva@Hosea:3:1 @ Then said the LORD unto me, (note:)In this the Prophet represents the person of God, who loved his Church before he called her, and did not withdraw his love when she gave herself to idols.(:note) Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and That is, gave themselves wholly to pleasure, and could not stop, as those that are given to drunkenness. love flagons of wine.

geneva@Hosea:4:2 @ By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and (note:)In every place appears a liberality to most wicked vices, so that one follows right after another.(:note) blood toucheth blood.

geneva@Hosea:4:3 @ Therefore shall the land mourne, and euery one that dwelleth therein, shall be cut off, with the beasts of the fielde, and with the foules of the heauen, and also the fishes of the sea shall be taken away.

geneva@Hosea:4:4 @ Yet (note:)As though he would say that it was in vain to rebuke them, for no man can endure it: indeed, they will speak against the prophets and priests whose office it is chiefly to rebuke them.(:note) let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest.

geneva@Hosea:4:6 @ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because (note:)That is, the priests will be cast off, because for lack of knowledge they are not able to execute their charge, and instruct others; (Deu_33:3; Mal_2:7).(:note) thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing Meaning the whole body of the people, who were weary with hearing the word of God. thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

geneva@Hosea:4:9 @ And there shall be, like people, like (note:)Signifying that as they have sinned together, so will they be punished together.(:note) priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

geneva@Hosea:4:10 @ For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall (note:)Showing that their wickedness will be punished in all ways: for even though they think by the multitude of wives to have many children, yet they will be deceived of their hope.(:note) commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

geneva@Hosea:4:13 @ They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof [is] good: therefore your daughters shall (note:)Because they take away God's honour, and give it to idols: therefore he will give them up to their lusts, so that they will dishonour their own bodies; (Rom_1:28).(:note) commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

geneva@Hosea:4:15 @ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] (note:)God complains that Judah is infected, and wants them to learn to return in time.(:note) let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto For even though the Lord had honoured this place by his presence, yet because it was abused by their idolatry, he did not want his people to resort there. Gilgal, neither go ye up to He calls Bethel, that is, the house of God, Bethaven, that is, the house of iniquity, because of their abominations set up there, signifying that no place is holy, where God is not purely worshipped. Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

geneva@Hosea:4:16 @ For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a (note:)God will so disperse them, that they will not remain in any certain place.(:note) lamb in a large place.

geneva@Hosea:4:18 @ Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, (note:)They are so shameless in receiving bribes, that they command men to bring them to them.(:note) Give ye.

geneva@Hosea:5:3 @ I know (note:)They boasted themselves not only to be Israelites, but also Ephraimites, because their King Jeroboam came from that tribe.(:note) Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, [and] Israel is defiled.

geneva@Hosea:5:7 @ They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten (note:)That is, their children are degenerate, so that there is no hope in them.(:note) strange children: now shall Their destruction is not far off. a month devour them with their portions.

geneva@Hosea:5:8 @ Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O (note:)That is, all of Israel that was included under this tribe, signifying that the Lord's plagues would pursue them from place to place until they were destroyed.(:note) Benjamin.

geneva@Hosea:5:9 @ Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made (note:)By the success they will know that I have surely determined this.(:note) known that which shall surely be.

geneva@Hosea:5:10 @ The princes of Judah were like them that (note:)They have turned upside down all political order and all manner of religion.(:note) remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

geneva@Hosea:6:1 @ Come, and let (note:)He shows the people that they ought to turn to the Lord, so that he might stop his plagues.(:note) us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

geneva@Hosea:6:6 @ For I desired (note:)He shows to what his doctrine was aimed at, that they should unite the obedience of God, and the love of their neighbour, with outward sacrifices.(:note) mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

geneva@Hosea:7:1 @ When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and (note:)Meaning that there was no one type of vice among them, but that they were subject to all wickedness, both secret and open.(:note) the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without.

geneva@Hosea:7:2 @ And they consider not in their hearts, that I remember all their wickednes: now their owne inuentions haue beset them about: they are in my sight.

geneva@Hosea:7:7 @ They are all hot as an oven, and have (note:)By their doing God has deprived them of all good rulers.(:note) devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.

geneva@Hosea:7:8 @ Ephraim, he hath (note:)That is, he counterfeited the religion of the Gentiles, yet is but as a cake baked on the one side, and raw on the other, that is, neither thoroughly hot, nor thoroughly cold, but partly a Jew, and partly a Gentile.(:note) mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

geneva@Hosea:7:11 @ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without (note:)That is, without all judgment, as those that cannot tell whether it is better to cleave only to God, or to seek the help of man.(:note) heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

geneva@Hosea:8:3 @ Israel hath cast off ye thing that is good: the enemie shall pursue him.

geneva@Hosea:8:4 @ They have set up (note:)That is, Jeroboam, by whom they sought their own liberty, and to obey my will.(:note) kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew [it] not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

geneva@Hosea:8:7 @ For they have (note:)Showing that their religion has but a show, and in itself is but vanity.(:note) sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

geneva@Hosea:8:13 @ They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it; but] the (note:)Saying that they offer it to the Lord, but he accepts no service which he himself has not appointed.(:note) LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

geneva@Hosea:9:1 @ Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, (note:)For even though all other people should escape, yet you will be punished.(:note) as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved You have committed idolatry in hope of reward, and to have your barns filled ((Jer_44:17)), as a harlot that had rather live by playing the whore, than to be provided for by her own husband. a reward upon every cornfloor.

geneva@Hosea:9:4 @ They shall not offer (note:)All their doings both with regard to administration and religion, will be rejected as polluted things.(:note) wine [offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices [shall be] unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread The meat offering which they offered for themselves. for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

geneva@Hosea:9:6 @ For, lo, they are gone because of (note:)Even though they think to escape by fleeing the destruction that is at hand, yet they will be destroyed in the place where they flee for help.(:note) destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles.

geneva@Hosea:9:7 @ The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: (note:)Then they will know that they were deluded by those who claimed themselves to be their prophets and spiritual men.(:note) the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

geneva@Hosea:9:9 @ They (note:)This people is so rooted in their wickedness, that Gibeah, which was similar to Sodom, was never more corrupt; (Jdg_19:22).(:note) have deeply corrupted [themselves], as in the days of Gibeah: [therefore] he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

geneva@Hosea:9:10 @ I found Israel like (note:)Meaning, that he esteemed them and delighted in them in this way.(:note) grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according They were as abominable to me, as their lovers the idols. as they loved.

geneva@Hosea:9:11 @ [As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, (note:)Signifying that God would destroy their children by these different means, and so consume them by little and little.(:note) and from the womb, and from the conception.

geneva@Hosea:9:14 @ Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a (note:)The Prophet seeing the great plagues of God toward Ephraim, prays to God to make them barren, rather than that this great slaughter should come upon their children.(:note) miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

geneva@Hosea:9:15 @ All their wickedness [is] in (note:)The chief cause of their destruction is that they commit idolatry, and corrupt my religion in Gilgal.(:note) Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes [are] revolters.

geneva@Hosea:10:1 @ Israel [is] an (note:)Of which though the grapes were gathered, yet always as it gathered new strength it increased in new wickedness, so that the correction which should have brought them to obedience, only proclaimed their stubbornness.(:note) empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the As they were rich and had abundance. goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

geneva@Hosea:10:3 @ For now they shall say, We have no (note:)The day will come that God will take away their king, and then they will feel the fruit of their sins, and how they trusted in him in vain; (2Ki_17:6-7).(:note) king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

geneva@Hosea:10:9 @ O Israel, thou hast (note:)In those days you were as wicked as the Gibeonites, as God there partly declared: for your zeal could not be good in executing God's judgments, seeing your own deeds were as wicked as theirs.(:note) sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they That is, to fight, or, the Israelites remained in that stubbornness from that time. stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not The Israelites were not moved by the example of the Gibeonites to cease from their sins. overtake them.

geneva@Hosea:10:10 @ [It is] in my desire (note:)Because they are so desperate, I will delight to destroy them.(:note) that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two That is, when they have gathered all their strength together. furrows.

geneva@Hosea:10:14 @ Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as (note:)That is, Shalmaneser in the destruction of that city spared neither type nor age.(:note) Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.

geneva@Hosea:11:3 @ I ledde Ephraim also, as one shoulde beare them in his armes: but they knewe not that I healed them.

geneva@Hosea:11:4 @ I drew them with cords (note:)That is, friendly, and not as beasts or slaves.(:note) of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

geneva@Hosea:11:5 @ He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his (note:)Seeing that they condemn all this kindness, they will be led captive into Assyria.(:note) king, because they refused to return.

geneva@Hosea:12:3 @ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had (note:)Seeing that God in this way preferred Jacob their father, Judah's ingratitude was the more to be abhorred.(:note) power with God:

geneva@Hosea:12:4 @ Yea, he had (note:)Read (Gen_32:24-32).(:note) power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: God found Jacob as he lay sleeping in Bethel (Gen_28:12), and spoke with him there in such a way that the fruit of that speech appertained to the whole body of the people, of which we are. he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;

geneva@Hosea:12:8 @ And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me (note:)Thus way the wicked measure God's favour by outward prosperity, and like hypocrites cannot endure that any should reprove their doings.(:note) that [were] sin.

geneva@Hosea:12:11 @ [Is there] (note:)The people thought that no man dare have spoken against Gilead, that holy place, and yet the Prophet says that all their religion was but vanity.(:note) iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

geneva@Hosea:12:13 @ And by a (note:)Meaning Moses, by which appears that whatever they have, it comes from God's free goodness.(:note) prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

geneva@Hosea:13:1 @ When Ephraim spake (note:)He shows the excellency and authority that this tribe had above all the rest.(:note) trembling, he He made a king of his tribe. exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, The Ephraimites are not far from destruction, and have lost their authority. he died.

geneva@Hosea:13:2 @ And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, (note:)«Let the men that sacrifice» or «while they sacrifice men». The false prophets persuaded the idolaters to offer their children after the example of Abraham, and he shows how they would exhort one another to the same, and to kiss and worship these calves which were their idols.(:note) Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

geneva@Hosea:13:3 @ Therefore they shall bee as the morning cloude, and as the morning dewe that passeth away, as the chaffe that is driuen with a whirlewind out of the floore, and as the smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

geneva@Hosea:13:8 @ I will meete them, as a beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I will breake the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.

geneva@Hosea:13:9 @ O Israel, thou (note:)Your destruction is certain, and my benefits toward you declare that it comes not from me: therefore your own malice, idolatry, and vain confidence in men must necessarily be the cause of it.(:note) hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.

geneva@Hosea:13:13 @ The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the (note:)But would come out of the womb, that is out of these dangers in which he is, and not wait to be suppressed.(:note) breaking forth of children.

geneva@Hosea:13:14 @ I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O (note:)Meaning that no power will resist God when he will deliver his own, but even in death he will give them life.(:note) death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Because they will not turn to me, I will change my purpose. repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

geneva@Hosea:14:2 @ Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, (note:)He shows them that they ought to confess their sins.(:note) Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our Declaring that this is the true sacrifice that the faithful can offer, even thanks and praise; (Heb_13:15). lips.

geneva@Hosea:14:7 @ They that dwell under his (note:)Whoever unites themselves to this people will be blessed.(:note) shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.

geneva@Hosea:14:9 @ Who [is] (note:)Signifying that the true wisdom and knowledge consists in this, even to rest upon God.(:note) wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

geneva@Joel:1:1 @ The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. (note:)The Argument - The Prophet Joel first rebukes those of Judah, that being now punished with a great plague of famine, still remain obstinate. Secondly, he threatens greater plagues, because they grow daily to a more hardness of heart and rebellion against God in spite of his punishments. Thirdly, he exhorts them to repentance, showing that it must be earnest, and proceed from the heart, because they had grievously offended God. And in doing this, Joel promises that God will be merciful, and not forget his covenant that he made with their fathers, but will send his Christ, who will gather the scattered sheep, and restore them to life and liberty, even though they seem to be dead.(:note)

geneva@Joel:1:4 @ That which is left of ye palmer worme, hath the grashopper eaten, & the residue of ye grashopper hath the canker worme eaten, and the residue of the canker worme hath the caterpiller eaten.

geneva@Joel:1:5 @ Awake, ye (note:)Meaning, that the reason for their excess and drunkenness was taken away.(:note) drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

geneva@Joel:1:9 @ The meat offering and the drink offering is (note:)The signs of God's wrath appeared in his temple, in so much that God's service was discontinued.(:note) cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

geneva@Joel:1:15 @ Alas for the day! for the (note:)We see by these great plagues that utter destruction is at hand.(:note) day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

geneva@Joel:2:5 @ Like the noyse of charrets in the toppes of the mountaines shal they leape, like the noyse of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, and as a mightie people prepared to the battel.

geneva@Joel:2:11 @ And the LORD shall (note:)The Lord will stir up the Assyrians to execute his judgments.(:note) utter his voice before his army: for his camp [is] very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD [is] great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

geneva@Joel:2:14 @ Who knoweth [if] he will (note:)He speaks this to stir up their slothfulness, and not that he doubted of God's mercies, if they did repent. For the way in which God repents, {{See Jer_18:8}}(:note) return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

geneva@Joel:2:16 @ Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the (note:)That as all have sinned, so all may show forth signs of their repentance, so that men seeing the children who are not free from God's wrath, might be the more deeply touched with the consideration of their own sins.(:note) children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

geneva@Joel:2:17 @ Let the Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

geneva@Joel:2:18 @ Then will the LORD be (note:)If they repent he shows that God will preserve and defend them with a most fervent affection.(:note) jealous for his land, and pity his people.

geneva@Joel:2:20 @ But I will remove far off from you the (note:)That is, the Assyrians your enemies.(:note) northern [army], and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the Called the Salt Sea, or Persian Sea: meaning, that even though this army was so great that it filled all from this sea to the Mediterranean Sea, yet he would scatter them. east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

geneva@Joel:2:25 @ And I will render you the yeeres that the grashopper hath eaten, the canker worme and the caterpiller and the palmer worme, my great hoste which I sent among you.

geneva@Joel:2:26 @ So you shal eate and be satisfied and praise the Name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt marueilously with you: and my people shal neuer be ashamed.

geneva@Joel:2:27 @ Ye shal also know, that I am in the middes of Israel, and that I am the Lorde your God and none other, & my people shal neuer be ashamed.

geneva@Joel:2:30 @ And I will shew (note:)He warns the faithful what terrible things would come, with the intent that they should not look for continual quietness in this world: and yet in all these troubles he would preserve them.(:note) wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

geneva@Joel:2:31 @ The (note:)The order of nature will seem to be changed because of the horrible afflictions that will be in the world; (Isa_13:10; Eze_32:7; Joe_3:15; Mat_24:29).(:note) sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

geneva@Joel:3:1 @ For, behold, in (note:)When I will deliver my Church, which consists of both Jews and Gentiles.(:note) those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

geneva@Joel:3:2 @ I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the (note:)It appears that he alludes to the great victory of Jehoshaphat, whom God used without man's help to destroy the enemies, (2Ch_20:20-26); also he is referring to this word Jehoshaphat, which signifies pleading or judgment, because God would judge the enemies of his Church, as he did there.(:note) valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

geneva@Joel:3:3 @ And they have cast lots for my people; and have (note:)That which the enemy received for the sale of my people, they bestowed upon harlots and drink.(:note) given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

geneva@Joel:3:4 @ Yea, and (note:)He takes the cause of his Church in hand against the enemy, as though the injury were done to himself.(:note) what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me Have I done you wrong, that you will render me the same? a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

geneva@Joel:3:6 @ The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

geneva@Joel:3:16 @ The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the (note:)God assures his own against all trouble, that when he destroys his enemies, his children will be delivered.(:note) hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

geneva@Joel:3:17 @ So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass (note:)The strangers will no longer destroy his Church: and if they do, it is the fault of the people, who by their sins make the breach for the enemy.(:note) through her any more.

geneva@Joel:3:18 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall (note:)He promises to his Church abundance of graces, {{See Eze_47:1}}, which would water and comfort the most barren places; (Amo_9:13).(:note) drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

geneva@Amos:1:1 @ The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of (note:)Which was a town five miles from Jerusalem in Judea, but he prophesied in Israel.(:note) Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of In his days the kingdom of Israel flourished the most. Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the Which as Josephus writes, was when Uzziah would have usurped the priest's office, and therefore was smitten with leprosy. earthquake. The Argument - Among many other Prophets that God raised up to admonish the Israelites of his plagues for their wickedness and idolatry, he stirred up Amos, who was a herdman or shepherd of a poor town, and gave him both knowledge and constancy to reprove all estates and degrees, and to make known God's horrible judgments against them, unless they repented in time. And he showed them, that if God did not spare the other nations around them, who had lived as it were in ignorance of God compared to them, but for their sins punished them, then they could look for nothing, but a horrible destruction, unless they turned to the Lord in true repentance. And finally, he comforts the godly with hope of the coming of the Messiah, by whom they would have perfect deliverance and salvation.

geneva@Amos:1:3 @ Thus saith the LORD; For (note:)He shows first that all the people round about would be destroyed for their manifold sins: which are meant by three and four, which make seven, so that the Israelites would the more deeply consider God's judgments toward them.(:note) three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have If the Syrians will not be spared for committing this cruelty against one city, it is not possible that Israel would escape punishment, which has committed so many and such grievous sins against God and man. threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

geneva@Amos:1:5 @ I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto (note:)Tiglath Pileser led the Assyrians captive, and brought them to Cyrene, which he here calls Kir.(:note) Kir, saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:1:8 @ And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon, and turne mine hande to Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistims shall perish, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Amos:1:13 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they (note:)He notes the great cruelty of the Ammonites, that did not spare the women, but most tyrannously tormented them, and yet the Ammonites came from Lot, who was of the household of Abraham.(:note) have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

geneva@Amos:2:1 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the (note:)For the Moabites were so cruel against the King of Edom, that they burnt his bones after he was dead: which declared their barbarous rage, that they would avenge themselves upon the dead.(:note) bones of the king of Edom into lime:

geneva@Amos:2:4 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, (note:)Seeing that the Gentiles who did have as much knowledge were punished in this way, Judah which was so fully instructed by the Lord's will, should not think that they would escape.(:note) I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

geneva@Amos:2:7 @ That pant after the (note:)When they have robbed him and thrown him to the ground, they open wide their mouths for his life.(:note) dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:

geneva@Amos:2:8 @ And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge (note:)Thinking that by these ceremonies, that is, by sacrificing, and by being near my altar, they may excuse all of their other wickedness.(:note) by every altar, and they They rob others and offer it to God, thinking that he will exempt them, when he is made partaker of their iniquity. drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.

geneva@Amos:2:15 @ Nor he that handleth the bowe, shal stand, and he that is swift of foote, shall not escape, neyther shall he that rideth the horse, saue his life.

geneva@Amos:2:16 @ And he that is of a mighty courage among the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lord.

geneva@Amos:3:1 @ Heare this worde that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, euen against the whole familie which I brought vp fro the land of Egypt, saying,

geneva@Amos:3:3 @ Can two walk together, except they be (note:)By this the Prophet signifies that he speaks not of himself, but as God guides and moves him, which is called the agreement between God and his Prophets.(:note) agreed?

geneva@Amos:3:8 @ The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but (note:)Because the people always murmured against the Prophets, he shows that God's Spirit moved them to speak as they did.(:note) prophesy?

geneva@Amos:3:12 @ Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh (note:)When the lion has satisfied his hunger, the shepherd finds a leg or a piece of an ear, to show that the sheep have been torn by his teeth.(:note) out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Where they thought to have had a sure stronghold, and to have been in safety. Damascus [in] a couch.

geneva@Amos:3:14 @ Surely in the day that I shal visit the transgressions of Israel vpon him, I wil also visite the altars of Beth-el, and the hornes of the altar shal be broken off, and fall to the ground.

geneva@Amos:4:1 @ Hear this word, ye (note:)Thus he calls the princes and governors, who being overwhelmed with the great abundance of God's benefits, forgot God, and therefore he calls them by the name of beasts and not of men.(:note) kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, They encourage those who have authority over the people to oppress them, so that they may have profit by it. Bring, and let us drink.

geneva@Amos:4:2 @ The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with (note:)He alludes to fishers, who catch fish by hooks or thorns.(:note) hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

geneva@Amos:4:4 @ Come to (note:)He speaks this in contempt of those who resorted to those places, thinking that their great devotion and good intention was sufficient to have bound God to them.(:note) Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three Read (Deu_14:28). years:

geneva@Amos:4:8 @ So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were (note:)They could not find enough water where they had heard that it had rained.(:note) not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:4:13 @ For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, & createth the winde, & declareth vnto man what is his thought: which maketh the morning darkenesse, & walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes is his Name.

geneva@Amos:5:3 @ For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave (note:)Meaning, that the tenth part would hardly be saved.(:note) an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

geneva@Amos:5:5 @ But seek not Bethel, nor enter into (note:)In those places they worshipped new idols, which before served for the true honour of God: therefore he says that these will not save them.(:note) Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

geneva@Amos:5:8 @ [Seek him] that (note:)He describes the power of God; (Job_9:9).(:note) maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:

geneva@Amos:5:10 @ They hate him (note:)They hate the Prophets, who reprove them in the open assemblies.(:note) that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

geneva@Amos:5:13 @ Therefore (note:)God will so plague them that they will not allow the godly to open their mouths once to admonish them of their faults.(:note) the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.

geneva@Amos:5:14 @ Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lorde God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

geneva@Amos:5:15 @ Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.

geneva@Amos:5:16 @ Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the (note:)So that people of all types will have reason to lament because of the great plagues.(:note) husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

geneva@Amos:5:18 @ Woe unto you that (note:)He speaks in this way because the wicked and hypocrites said they were content to endure God's judgments, whereas the godly tremble and fear; (Jer_30:7; Joe_2:2, Joe_2:11), (Zep_1:15).(:note) desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.

geneva@Amos:5:26 @ But ye have borne the tabernacle of your (note:)That idol which you esteemed as your king, and carried about as you did Chiun, in which images you thought that there was a certain divinity.(:note) Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

geneva@Amos:6:1 @ Woe to (note:)The Prophet threatens the wealthy, who did not regard God's plagues, nor threatenings by his Prophets.(:note) them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, These two cities were famous from their first inhabitants the Canaanites: and seeing that before they did not avail those that were born here, why should you think that they should save you who were brought in to dwell in other men's possessions? [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

geneva@Amos:6:2 @ Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: [be (note:)If God has destroyed these excellent cities in three different kingdoms, that is Babylon, Syria, and that of the Philistines, and has narrowed their wide borders more than yours yet are, do you think that you are better, or that you will escape?(:note) they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

geneva@Amos:6:3 @ Ye that put far away the (note:)You that continue still in your wickedness, and think that God's plagues are not at hand, but give yourselves to all idleness, lustfulness, and disorder.(:note) evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

geneva@Amos:6:5 @ That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like (note:)As he caused different types of instruments to be made to serve God's glory, so these did strive to invent as many to serve their unrestrained affections and lusts.(:note) David;

geneva@Amos:6:6 @ That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not (note:)They did not pity their brethren, of which many were now slain and carried away captive.(:note) grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

geneva@Amos:6:7 @ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the (note:)Some read «the sorrow of them that stretched themselves is at hand».(:note) banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

geneva@Amos:6:10 @ And a man's uncle (note:)The destruction will be so great, that almost none will be left to bury the dead: and therefore they will burn them at home, to carry out the burnt ashes with more ease.(:note) shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the That is, to some neighbour that dwells near by. sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, They will be so astonished at this destruction, that they will not boast any more of the name of God, and that they are his people: but they will be silent when they hear God's name, and abhor it, as those that are desperate, or reprobate. Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

geneva@Amos:6:12 @ Shall horses (note:)He compares them to barren rocks, upon which it is in vain to bestow labour: showing that God's benefits can have no place among them.(:note) run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into Read (Amo_5:7). hemlock:

geneva@Amos:7:4 @ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, (note:)Meaning, that God's indignation was inflamed against the stubbornness of this people.(:note) and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

geneva@Amos:7:7 @ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, (note:)Signifying that this would be the last measuring of the people, and that he would defer his judgment no longer.(:note) with a plumbline in his hand.

geneva@Amos:7:12 @ Also (note:)When this instrument of Satan was not able to accomplish his purpose by the king, he tried by another practice, that was, to scare the Prophet, that he might depart, and not reprove their idolatry there openly, and so hinder his profit.(:note) Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

geneva@Amos:7:14 @ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no (note:)Thus he shows by his extraordinary calling, that God had given him a charge, which he must necessarily execute.(:note) prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

geneva@Amos:7:17 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD; (note:)In this way God used to approve the authority of his Prophets, by his plagues and judgments against those who were malicious enemies as in (Jer_28:12-17; Jer_29:21-26), as this day he does against those that persecute the ministers of his Gospel.(:note) Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

geneva@Amos:8:3 @ And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with (note:)There will be none left to mourn for them.(:note) silence.

geneva@Amos:8:4 @ Hear this, O ye that (note:)By stopping the sale of food and necessary things which you have gotten into your own hands, and so cause the poor to spend quickly that little that they have, and at length because of need to become your slaves.(:note) swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

geneva@Amos:8:5 @ Saying, When will the (note:)When the scarcity had come they were so greedy for gain, that they thought the holy day to be a hindrance to them.(:note) new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making That is, the measure small, and the price great. the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

geneva@Amos:8:6 @ That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.

geneva@Amos:8:8 @ Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and (note:)That is, the inhabitants of the land will be drowned, as the Nile drowns many when it overflows.(:note) drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.

geneva@Amos:8:9 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the (note:)In the midst of their prosperity, I will send great affliction.(:note) sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

geneva@Amos:8:11 @ Beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lorde God, that I will send a famine in the lande, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.

geneva@Amos:8:12 @ And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the (note:)By which he shows that they will not only perish in body, but also in soul for lack of God's word, which is the food of it.(:note) word of the LORD, and shall not find [it].

geneva@Amos:8:13 @ In that day shall the faire virgines and the yong men perish for thirst.

geneva@Amos:8:14 @ They that swear by the sin (note:)For the idolaters used to swear by their idols, which here he calls their sin: and the papists yet swear by theirs.(:note) of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, That is, the common manner of worshipping, and the service or religion used there. The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

geneva@Amos:9:1 @ I saw the Lord standing upon the (note:)Which was at Jerusalem: for he did not appear in the idolatrous places of Israel.(:note) altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the Both the most important of them, and also the common people. head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

geneva@Amos:9:3 @ And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the (note:)He shows that God will declare himself as an enemy to them in all places, and that his elements and all his creatures will be enemies to destroy them.(:note) serpent, and he shall bite them:

geneva@Amos:9:5 @ And the Lord God of hosts shall touch the land, and it shall melt away, & al that dwel therein shall mourne, and it shall rise vp wholy like a flood, and shall bee drowned as by the flood of Egypt.

geneva@Amos:9:6 @ [It is] he that buildeth his (note:)He declares by the wonderful power of God, by the making of the heavens and the elements, that it is not possible for man to escape his judgments when he punishes.(:note) stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name.

geneva@Amos:9:8 @ Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly (note:)Though he destroys the rebellious multitude, yet he will always reserve the remnant of his Church to call upon his name.(:note) destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:9:9 @ For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the (note:)Meaning that none of his own would perish in his wrath.(:note) least grain fall upon the earth.

geneva@Amos:9:11 @ In that day will I raise up the (note:)I will send the promised Messiah, and restore by him the spiritual Israel; (Act_15:16).(:note) tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

geneva@Amos:9:12 @ That they may possess the remnant of (note:)Meaning, the very enemies (as were the Edomites) and others would be united with the Jews in one society and body, of which Christ would be the head.(:note) Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

geneva@Amos:9:13 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall (note:)Signifying, that there will be great abundance of all things, so that when one type of fruit is ripe, another would follow, and every one in order; (Lev_26:5).(:note) overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall Read (Joe_3:18). drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

geneva@Obadiah:1:1 @ The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; (note:)God has certainly revealed to his prophets, that he will raise up the heathen to destroy the Edomites, concerning which the rumour is now proclaimed; (Jer_49:14).(:note) We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and Thus the heathen encourage themselves to rise against Edom. let us rise up against her in battle. The Argument - The Idumeans, who came from Esau, were mortal enemies always to the Israelites, who came from Jacob, and therefore did not only vex them continually with various types of cruelty, but also stirred up others to fight against them. Therefore when they were now in their greatest prosperity, and did most triumph against Israel, which was in great affliction and misery, God raised up his Prophet to comfort the Israelites. For God had now determined to destroy their adversaries, who did so severely vex them, and to send them those who would deliver them, and set up the kingdom of the Messiah which he had promised.

geneva@Obadiah:1:3 @ The (note:)Which despises all others in respect of yourself, and yet you are but a handful in comparison with others, and you are shut up among the hills as separate from the rest of the world.(:note) pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

geneva@Obadiah:1:7 @ All the men of thy confederacy (note:)Those in whom you trusted to have help and friendship, will be your enemies and destroy you.(:note) have brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy That is, your familiar friends and guests have by secret practices destroyed you. bread have laid a wound under thee: [there is] none understanding in him.

geneva@Obadiah:1:8 @ Shall not I in that day, saith the Lorde, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding from the mount of Esau?

geneva@Obadiah:1:10 @ For [thy] violence against thy (note:)He shows the reason why the Edomites were so severely punished: that is, because they were enemies to his Church, whom he now comforts by punishing their enemies.(:note) brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

geneva@Obadiah:1:11 @ In the day that thou stoodest (note:)When Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem, you joined with him, and had part of the spoil, and so rejoiced when my people (that is, your brother), were afflicted, whereas you should have pitied and helped your brother.(:note) on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them.

geneva@Obadiah:1:12 @ But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became (note:)When the Lord deprived them of their former dignity, and delivered them to be carried into captivity.(:note) a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

geneva@Obadiah:1:14 @ Neyther shouldest thou haue stande in the crosse wayes to cut off them, that shoulde escape, neither shouldest thou haue shut vp the remnant thereof in the day of affliction.

geneva@Obadiah:1:19 @ And [they of] the south shall possess the (note:)He describes how the Church will be enlarged and have great possessions: but this is mainly accomplished under Christ, when that faithful are made heirs and lords of all things by him who is their head.(:note) mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.

geneva@Obadiah:1:20 @ And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the (note:)By the Canaanites, the Jews mean the Dutchmen, and by Zarephath, France, and by Sepharad, Spain.(:note) Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

geneva@Obadiah:1:21 @ And (note:)Meaning that God will raise up in his Church those who will rule and govern for the defence of it, and for the destruction of his enemies under the Messiah, whom the Prophet here calls the Lord and head of this kingdom.(:note) saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

geneva@Jonah:1:1 @ Now the word of the LORD came (note:)After he had preached a long time in Israel: and so Ezekiel, after he had prophesied in Judah for a time, had visions in Babylon; (Eze_1:1).(:note) unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, The Argument - When Jonah had long prophesied in Israel and had little profited, God gave him specific charge to go and denounce his judgments against Nineveh, the chief city of the Assyrians, because he had appointed that those who were of the heathen, should convert by the mighty power of his word. And this was so that within three day's preaching, Israel might see how horribly they had provoked God's wrath, who for the space of so many years, had not converted to the Lord, for so many prophets and such diligent preaching. He prophesied under Jonah, and Jeroboam; (2Ki_14:25).

geneva@Jonah:1:2 @ Arise, go to (note:)For seeing the great obstipation of the Israelites, he sent his Prophet to the Gentiles, that they might provoke them to repentance, or at least make them inexcusable: for Nineveh was the chief city of the Assyrians.(:note) Nineveh, that For as authors write, it contained in circuit about forty-eight miles, and had 1500 towers, and at this time there were 120,000 children in it; (Jon_4:11). great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

geneva@Jonah:1:3 @ But Jonah rose up to (note:)By which he declares his weakness, that would not promptly follow the Lord's calling, but gave place to his own reason, which persuaded him that he would not profit these people at all, seeing he had done such little good among his own people; (Jon_4:2).(:note) flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Which was the haven, and port to take shipping there, also called Joppa. Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the From that vocation to which God had called him, and in which he would have assisted him. presence of the LORD.

geneva@Jonah:1:4 @ But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

geneva@Jonah:1:5 @ Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down (note:)As one that would have cast off this care and concern by seeking rest and quietness.(:note) into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

geneva@Jonah:1:6 @ So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy (note:)As they had called on their idols, which declares that idolaters have no rest nor certainty, but in their troubles seek what they do not even know.(:note) God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

geneva@Jonah:1:7 @ And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast (note:)Which declares that the matter was very extreme and in doubt, which was God's way of getting them to test for the cause: and this may not be done except in matters of great importance.(:note) lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

geneva@Jonah:1:10 @ Then were the men exceedingly afrayde, and said vnto him, Why hast thou done this? (for the men knewe, that he fled from the presence of the Lorde, because he had tolde them)

geneva@Jonah:1:11 @ Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

geneva@Jonah:1:12 @ And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.

geneva@Jonah:1:14 @ Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, (note:)This declares that the very wicked in their time of need flee to God for help, and also that they are touched with a certain fear of shedding man's blood, whereas they know no manifest sign of wickedness.(:note) We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

geneva@Jonah:2:1 @ Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God (note:)Being now swallowed up by death, and seeing no remedy to escape, his faith broke out to the Lord, knowing that out of this very hell he was able to deliver him.(:note) out of the fish's belly,

geneva@Jonah:2:8 @ They that observe lying (note:)Those that depend upon anything except on God alone.(:note) vanities forsake their own They refuse their own felicity, and that goodness which they would otherwise receive from God. mercy.

geneva@Jonah:2:9 @ But I will sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thankesgiuing, and will pay that that I haue vowed: saluation is of the Lorde.

geneva@Jonah:3:1 @ And the word of the LORD came unto (note:)This is a great declaration of God's mercy, that he receives him again, and sends him forth as his Prophet, who had before shown such great weakness.(:note) Jonah the second time, saying,

geneva@Jonah:3:2 @ Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, & preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

geneva@Jonah:3:5 @ So the people of Nineveh (note:)For he declared that he was a Prophet sent to them from God, to make known his judgments against them.(:note) believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

geneva@Jonah:3:7 @ And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor (note:)Not that the dumb beasts had sinned or could repent, but that by their example man might be astonished, considering that for his sin the anger of God hung over all creatures.(:note) beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

geneva@Jonah:3:8 @ But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and (note:)He exhorted that the men should earnestly call to God for mercy.(:note) cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.

geneva@Jonah:3:10 @ And God saw their (note:)That is, the fruits of their repentance, which proceeded from faith, which God had planted by the ministry of his Prophet.(:note) works, that they turned from their evil way; and {{See Jer_18:8}} God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.

geneva@Jonah:4:2 @ And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto (note:)Read (Jon_1:3).(:note) Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

geneva@Jonah:4:3 @ Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life (note:)Thus he prayed from grief, fearing that God's name by this forgiveness might be blasphemed, as though he sent his Prophets forth to make known his judgments in vain.(:note) from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.

geneva@Jonah:4:6 @ And the LORD God prepared a (note:)Which was a further means to cover him from the heat of the sun, as he remained in his booth.(:note) gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

geneva@Jonah:4:7 @ But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, & it smote the gourd, that it withered.

geneva@Jonah:4:8 @ And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.

geneva@Jonah:4:11 @ And should (note:)Thus God mercifully reproves him who would pity himself and this gourd, and yet would keep God from showing his compassion to so many thousand people.(:note) not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that Meaning that they were children and infants. cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?

geneva@Micah:1:1 @ The word of the LORD that came to Micah the (note:)Born in Mareshah, a city of Judah.(:note) Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. The Argument - Micah the prophet of the tribe of Judah served in the work of the Lord concerning Judah and Israel at least thirty years: during which time Isaiah prophesied. He declares the destruction first of the one kingdom, and then of the other, because of their manifold wickedness, but chiefly because of their idolatry. And to this end he notes the wickedness of the people, the cruelty of the princes and governors, and the allowing of the false prophets, and the delighting in them. Then he sets forth the coming of Christ, his kingdom, and the felicity of it. This Prophet was not that Micah who resisted Ahab and all his false prophets, (1Ki_22:8) but another with the same name.

geneva@Micah:1:2 @ Hear, (note:)Because of the malice and obstinacy of the people, whom he had so often exhorted to repentance, he summons them to God's judgments, taking all creatures, and God himself as witness, that the preaching of the Prophets, which they have abused, will be avenged.(:note) all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

geneva@Micah:1:3 @ For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come (note:)Meaning by this that God will come to judgment against the strong cities and strongholds.(:note) down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

geneva@Micah:1:4 @ And the mountaines shall melt vnder him (so shall the valleys cleaue) as waxe before the fire, and as the waters that are powred downewarde.

geneva@Micah:1:5 @ For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not (note:)Samaria, which should have been an example to all Israel of true religion and justice, was the dirty pool and the tank that all idolatry and corruption was kept alive in, and who prided themselves in their father Jacob, and boasted of him.(:note) Samaria? and what [are] the high That is, the idolatry and infection. places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?

geneva@Micah:1:7 @ And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the (note:)Which they gathered by evil practices, and thought that their idols had enriched them with these wages because of their service to them.(:note) hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return The gain that came by their idols will be consumed as a thing of nothing: for as the wages or riches of harlots are wickedly gotten, so are they vilely and quickly spent. to the hire of an harlot.

geneva@Micah:1:12 @ For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the (note:)For Rabshakeh had shut up Jerusalem, so that they could not send to help them.(:note) gate of Jerusalem.

geneva@Micah:1:13 @ O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the (note:)To flee away: for Sennacherib laid siege first to that city, and remained there when he sent his captains and army against Jerusalem.(:note) swift beast: she You first received the idolatry of Jeroboam, and so infected Jerusalem. [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

geneva@Micah:1:15 @ Yet will I bring an (note:)He prophesies against his own city: and because it signified a heritage, he says that God would send an heir to possess it.(:note) heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam For so they thought themselves because of the strength of their cities. the glory of Israel.

geneva@Micah:2:1 @ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! (note:)As soon as they rise, they execute their wicked devices of the night, and according to their ability hurt others.(:note) when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

geneva@Micah:2:4 @ In that day shall [one] take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, (note:)Thus the Jews lament and say that there is no hope of restitution, seeing their possessions are divided among the enemies.(:note) We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed [it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

geneva@Micah:2:5 @ Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in (note:)You will have no more lands to divide as you had in times past, and as you used to measure them in the Jubilee.(:note) the congregation of the LORD.

geneva@Micah:2:7 @ O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? (note:)Are these your works according to his Law?(:note) [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him Do not the godly find my words comfortable? that walketh uprightly?

geneva@Micah:2:8 @ Even (note:)That is, in past times.(:note) of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the The poor can have no benefit from them, but they rob them, as though they were enemies. robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

geneva@Micah:2:11 @ If a man (note:)That is, show himself to be a prophet.(:note) walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], He shows what prophets they delight in, that is, in flatterers, who tell them pleasant tales, and speak of their benefits. I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

geneva@Micah:3:4 @ Then (note:)That is, when I will punish their wickedness: for though I hear the godly before they cry (Isa_65:24), yet I will not hear these even though they cry; (Isa_1:15) (Eze_8:18; Jam_2:13; 1Pe_3:11-12).(:note) shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

geneva@Micah:3:5 @ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that (note:)They devour all their substance, and then flatter them, promising that all will go well. But if someone does not feed them, then they invent all ways to do evil.(:note) bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

geneva@Micah:3:6 @ Therefore (note:)As you have loved to walk in darkness, and to prophesy lies, so God will reward you with gross blindness and ignorance, so that when all others will see the bright beams of God's grace, you will as blind men grope as in the night.(:note) night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

geneva@Micah:3:7 @ Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover (note:)When God will reveal them to the world, they will be afraid to speak: for all will know that they were but false prophets, and did give a false notion of the word of God.(:note) their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.

geneva@Micah:3:10 @ They build up Zion with (note:)They will say that they are the people of God, and abuse his name, as a pretence to disguise their hypocrisy.(:note) blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

geneva@Micah:4:2 @ And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will (note:)He shows that there is no true Church, except where the people are taught by God's pure word.(:note) teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

geneva@Micah:4:5 @ For all people will walk (note:)He shows that the people of God ought to remain constant in their religion, even if all the world should give themselves to their superstition and idolatry.(:note) every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

geneva@Micah:4:6 @ At the same day, saith the Lorde, will I gather her that halteth, and I will gather her that is cast out, and her that I haue afflicted.

geneva@Micah:4:7 @ And I will make her that halted (note:)I will cause that Israel, who is now as one lame and halting, and so almost destroyed, to live again, and grow into a great people.(:note) a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

geneva@Micah:4:9 @ Now why dost thou cry out aloud? [is (note:)In the meantime he shows that they would endure great troubles and temptations, when they saw themselves neither to have king nor counsel.(:note) there] no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

geneva@Micah:4:12 @ But they (note:)He shows that the faithful ought not to measure God's judgments by the braggings and threatenings of the wicked, but by these are admonished to lift up their hearts to God to call for deliverance.(:note) know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

geneva@Micah:5:1 @ Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter (note:)He forewarns them of the dangers that will come before they enjoy these comforts, showing that inasmuch as Jerusalem was accustomed with her garrisons to trouble others, the Lord would now cause other garrisons to vex her, and that her rulers would be hit on the face most contemptuously.(:note) of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

geneva@Micah:5:2 @ But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be (note:)For so the Jews divided their country that for every thousand there was a chief captain: and because Bethlehem was not able to make a thousand, he calls it little. But yet God will raise up his captain and governor in it: and thus it is not the least by reason of this benefit. {{See Mat_2:6}}(:note) little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose He shows that the coming of Christ and all his ways were appointed by God from all eternity. goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.

geneva@Micah:5:6 @ And they shall waste the (note:)These whom God will raise up for the deliverance of his Church, will destroy all the enemies of it, who are meant here by the Assyrians and Babylonians, who were the chief enemies at that time.(:note) land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he By these governors will God deliver us when the enemy comes into our land. deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

geneva@Micah:5:7 @ And the (note:)This remnant or Church which God will deliver will only depend on God's power and defence (as does the grass of the field), and not on the hope of man.(:note) remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

geneva@Micah:5:10 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy (note:)I will destroy all things in which you put your confidence, such as your vain self-reliance and idolatry, and in doing this I will be helping you.(:note) horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

geneva@Micah:5:15 @ And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, (note:)It will be so terrible that nothing like it has been heard of.(:note) such as they have not heard.

geneva@Micah:6:5 @ O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from (note:)That is, remember my benefits from the beginning, how I delivered you from Balaam's curse, and also spared you from Shittim which was in the plain of Moab, until I brought you into the promised land.(:note) Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the That is, the truth of his promise and his manifold benefits toward you. righteousness of the LORD.

geneva@Micah:6:8 @ He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, (note:)The Prophet in few words calls them to the observation of the second table of the ten commandments, to know if they will obey God correctly or not, saying that God has commanded them to do this.(:note) but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

geneva@Micah:6:9 @ The LORD'S voice crieth unto the (note:)Meaning, that when God speaks to any city or nation, the godly will acknowledge his majesty and not consider the mortal man that brings the threatening, but God that sends it.(:note) city, and [the man of] wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

geneva@Micah:6:10 @ Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?

geneva@Micah:6:14 @ Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and (note:)You will be consumed with inward grief and evils.(:note) thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou Meaning that the city would go about to save her men, as they that lay hold of that which they would preserve. shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

geneva@Micah:6:16 @ For the (note:)You have received all the corruption and idolatry with which the ten tribes were infected under Omri and Ahab his son: and to excuse your doings, you allege the King's authority by his statutes, and also wisdom and policy in so doing, but you will not escape punishment. But as I have shown you great favour, and taken you for my people, so will your plagues be according as your sins; (Luk_12:47).(:note) statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

geneva@Micah:7:1 @ Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the (note:)The Prophet takes upon himself the voice of the earth, which complains that all her fruits are gone, so that none are left: that is, that there is no godly man remaining, for all are given to cruelty and deceit, so that none spares his own brother.(:note) summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

geneva@Micah:7:2 @ The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: (note:)He shows that the prince, the judge, and the rich man are all linked together to do evil, and to disguise the deeds of one another.(:note) they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

geneva@Micah:7:3 @ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the (note:)That is, the rich man that is able to give money, abstains from no wickedness or injury.(:note) great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so These men agree among themselves, and conspire with one another to do evil. they wrap it up.

geneva@Micah:7:4 @ The best of them [is] as (note:)They that are of most estimation and are counted most honest among them, are but thorns and briers to prick.(:note) a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of Meaning the prophets and governors. thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

geneva@Micah:7:5 @ Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

geneva@Micah:7:7 @ Therefore (note:)The Prophet shows that the only remedy for the godly in desperate evils, is to flee to God for help.(:note) I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

geneva@Micah:7:10 @ Then she that is mine enemie, shall looke vpon it, and shame shall couer her, which said vnto me, Where is the Lorde thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be troden downe as the myre of the streetes.

geneva@Micah:7:11 @ [In] (note:)That is, when God will show himself to be a deliverer of his Church, and a destroyer of his enemies.(:note) the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall Meaning the cruel empire of the Babylonians. the decree be far removed.

geneva@Micah:7:12 @ [In] that day [also] he shall come even to thee from (note:)When the Church will be restored, those that were enemies before will come out of all the corners of the world to her, so that neither fortresses, rivers, seas, nor mountains will be able to stop them.(:note) Assyria, and [from] the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.

geneva@Micah:7:13 @ Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of (note:)Before this grace appears, he shows how grievously the hypocrites themselves will be punished, seeing that the earth itself, which cannot sin, will be made waste because of their wickedness.(:note) their doings.

geneva@Micah:7:18 @ Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and (note:)As though he did not see it, ignoring it.(:note) passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.

geneva@Micah:7:20 @ Thou wilt perform the (note:)The Church is assured that God will perform the truth of his merciful promise, which he had made long ago to Abraham, and to all that would apprehend the promise by faith.(:note) truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

geneva@Nahum:1:1 @ The (note:){{See Isa_13:1}}(:note) burden of Nineveh. The vision or revelation, which God commanded Nahum to write concerning the Ninevites. The book of the vision of Nahum the That is, born in a poor village in the tribe of Simeon. Elkoshite. The Argument - As those of Nineveh showed themselves prompt and ready to receive the word of God at Jonah's preaching, and so turned to the Lord by repentance, so after a certain time they gave themselves to worldly means to increase their dominion, rather than seeking to continue in that fear of God, and path in which they had begun. They cast off the care of religion, and so returned to their vomit and provoked God's just judgment against them, in afflicting his people. Therefore their city Nineveh was destroyed, and Meroch-baladan, king of Babel (or as some think, Nebuchadnezzar) enjoyed the empire of the Assyrians. But because God has a continual care for his Church, he stirs up his Prophet to comfort the godly, showing that the destruction of their enemies would be for their consolation: and as it seems, he prophesies around the time of Hezekiah, and not in the time of Manasseh his son, as the Jews write.

geneva@Nahum:1:5 @ The mountaines tremble for him, and the hilles melt, & the earth is burnt at his sight, yea, the worlde, and all that dwell therein.

geneva@Nahum:1:7 @ The LORD [is] good, (note:)Lest the faithful should be discouraged by hearing the power of God, he shows them that his mercy appertains to them, and that he has care over them.(:note) a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

geneva@Nahum:1:8 @ But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the (note:)Signifying that God will suddenly destroy Nineveh and the Assyrians in such a way, that they will lie in perpetual darkness, and never recover their strength again.(:note) place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

geneva@Nahum:1:9 @ What do ye (note:)He shows that the undertakings of the Assyrians against Judah and the Church were against God, and therefore he would so destroy them the first time, that he would not need to return the second time.(:note) imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

geneva@Nahum:1:10 @ For while [they be] folden together [as] (note:)Though the Assyrians think themselves like thorns that prick on all sides, yet the Lord will set fire on them, and as drunken men are not able to stand against any force, so they will not be able to resist him at all.(:note) thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

geneva@Nahum:1:11 @ There is [one] (note:)Which may be understood either of Sennacherib, or of the whole body of the people of Nineveh.(:note) come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

geneva@Nahum:1:15 @ Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth (note:)Which peace the Jews would enjoy by the death of Sennacherib.(:note) peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

geneva@Nahum:2:2 @ For the LORD hath (note:)Seeing God has punished his own people Judah and Israel, he will now punish the enemies by whom he scourged them; read (Isa_10:12).(:note) turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and Signifying that the Israelites were utterly destroyed. marred their vine branches.

geneva@Nahum:2:3 @ The shield of his mighty men is made red, (note:)Both to put fear into the enemy, and also that they themselves should not so soon detect blood among one another, to discourage them.(:note) the valiant men [are] in scarlet: the chariots [shall be] with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and Meaning their spears would shake and crash together. the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

geneva@Nahum:2:8 @ But Nineveh [is] of (note:)The Assyrians will flatter themselves and say that Nineveh is so ancient that it can never perish, and is as a fishpool, whose waters cannot be touched by those that walk on the banks. But they will be scattered, and will not look back, even if men call them.(:note) old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.

geneva@Nahum:3:4 @ Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured (note:)He compares Nineveh to a harlot, who by her beauty and subtilty entices young men, and brings them to destruction.(:note) harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

geneva@Nahum:3:7 @ And it shall come to passe, that al they that looke vpon thee, shall flee from thee, and say, Nineueh is destroyed, who will haue pitie vpon her? where shall I seeke comforters for thee?

geneva@Nahum:3:8 @ Art thou better than populous (note:)Meaning Alexandria, which had a compact of peace with so many nations, and yet was now destroyed.(:note) No, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about it, whose rampart [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea?

geneva@Nahum:3:15 @ There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the (note:)Signifying that God's judgments would suddenly destroy the Assyrians, as these vermin do with rain or change of weather.(:note) cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

geneva@Nahum:3:19 @ [There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon (note:)Meaning that the Assyrians had done hurt to all people.(:note) whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

geneva@Habakkuk:1:1 @ The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw. (note:)The Argument - The Prophet complains to God, considering the great felicity of the wicked, and the miserable oppression of the godly, who endure all types of affliction and cruelty, and yet can see no end. Therefore he had this revelation shown to him by God, that the Chaldeans would come and take them away as captives, so that they could look for no end of their troubles as yet, because of their stubbornness and rebellion against the Lord. And lest the godly should despair, seeing this horrible confusion, he comforts them by this, that God will punish the Chaldeans their enemies, when their pride and cruelty will be at height. And for this reason he exhorts the faithful to patience by his own example, and shows them a form of prayer, with which they should comfort themselves.(:note)

geneva@Habakkuk:1:2 @ O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out to thee (note:)The Prophet complains to God, and bewails that among the Jews is left no fairness and brotherly love: but instead of these reigns cruelty, theft, contention, and strife.(:note) [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!

geneva@Habakkuk:1:3 @ Why doest thou shewe mee iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling, and violence are before me: and there are that rayse vp strife and contention.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:6 @ For lo, I raise vp the Caldeans, that bitter & furious nation, which shall goe vpon the breadth of the lande to possesse the dwelling places, that are not theirs.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:11 @ Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall (note:)The Prophet comforts the faithful that God will also destroy the Babylonians, because they will abuse this victory, and become proud and insolent, attributing the praise of this to their idols.(:note) pass over, and offend, [imputing] this his power to his god.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:12 @ [Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not (note:)He assures the godly of God's protection, showing that the enemy can do no more than God has appointed, and also that their sins require such a sharp rod.(:note) die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:13 @ Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest thou looke vpon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?

geneva@Habakkuk:1:14 @ And makest men as the (note:)So that the great devours the small, and the Chaldeans destroy all the world.(:note) fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals, [that have] no ruler over them?

geneva@Habakkuk:1:16 @ Therefore they sacrifice to their (note:)Meaning that the enemies flatter themselves, and glory in their own strength, power, and intellect.(:note) net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their food plenteous.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:17 @ Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay (note:)Meaning, that they would not.(:note) the nations?

geneva@Habakkuk:2:1 @ I will stand upon my (note:)I will renounce my own judgment, and only depend on God to be instructed what I will answer those that abuse my preaching, and to be armed against all temptations.(:note) watch, and seat myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:2 @ And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tablets, that he may run (note:)Write it in great letters, that he that runneth may read it.(:note) that readeth it.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:5 @ Yea also, because (note:)He compares the proud and covetous man to a drunkard that is without reason and sense, whom God will punish and make a laughing stock to all the world: and this he speaks for the comfort of the godly, and against the Chaldeans.(:note) he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth to him all nations, and heapeth to him all people:

geneva@Habakkuk:2:6 @ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! (note:)Signifying that all the world will wish the destruction of tyrants, and that by their oppression and covetousness, they heap but upon themselves more heavy burdens: for the more they get, the more are they troubled.(:note) how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

geneva@Habakkuk:2:7 @ Shall (note:)That is, the Medes and persians, that would destroy the Babylonians?(:note) they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall oppress thee, and thou shalt be for booty to them?

geneva@Habakkuk:2:8 @ Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnant of the people shal spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:9 @ Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:10 @ Thou (note:)Signifying that the covetous man is the ruin of his own house, when he thinks to enrich it be cruelty and oppression.(:note) gavest shameful counsel to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:11 @ For the (note:)The stones of the house will cry, and say that they are built from blood, and the wood will answer and say the same of itself.(:note) stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:12 @ Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:13 @ Behold, [is it] not from the (note:)Meaning, that God will not defer his vengeance long, but will come and destroy all their labours, as though they were consumed with fire.(:note) LORD of hosts that the people shall labour [only] for fire, and the nations shall weary themselves for nothing?

geneva@Habakkuk:2:15 @ Woe to him that giveth his neighbour (note:)He reproaches by this the king of Babylon, who as he was drunken with covetousness and cruelty, so he provoked others to the same, and inflamed them by his madness, and so in the end brought them to shame.(:note) drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunk also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

geneva@Habakkuk:2:17 @ For the (note:)Because the Babylonians were cruel not only against other nations, but also against the people of God, which is meant by Lebanon and the beast in it, he shows that the same cruelly will be executed against them.(:note) violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it.

geneva@Habakkuk:2:18 @ What profiteth the graven (note:)He shows that the Babylonian gods could not help them at all, for they were but blocks or stones. {{See Jer_10:8}}(:note) image that its maker hath engraved it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth in it, to make dumb idols?

geneva@Habakkuk:2:19 @ Woe to him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! (note:)If you will consider what it is, and how it has neither breath nor life, but is a dead thing.(:note) Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all within it.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:3 @ God came from (note:)Teman and Paran were near Sinai, where the Law was given: by which is signified that his deliverance was as present now as it was then.(:note) Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:4 @ And [his] brightness was as the light; (note:)By which is meant a power that was joined with his brightness, which was hidden to the rest of the world, but was revealed at Mount Sinai to his people; (Psa_31:16).(:note) he had horns [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his power.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:6 @ He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his (note:)Signifying that God has wonderful means, and always has a marvellous power when he will deliver his Church.(:note) ways [are] everlasting.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:8 @ Was the LORD displeased against the (note:)Meaning that God was not angry with the waters, but that by this means he would destroy his enemies, and deliver his Church.(:note) rivers? [was] thy anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride And so did use all the elements as instruments for the destruction of your enemies. upon thy horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?

geneva@Habakkuk:3:11 @ The (note:)As appears in (Jos_10:12).(:note) sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: According to your command the sun was directed by the weapons of your people, that fought in your cause, as though it dare not go forward. at the light of thy arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:13 @ Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thy (note:)Signifying that there is no salvation, except by Christ.(:note) anointed; thou didst wound the head out of the house of the wicked, by laying bare the foundation to the From the top to the bottom you have destroyed the enemies. neck. Selah.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:16 @ When I (note:)He returns to that which he spoke as in, (Hab_3:2) and shows how he was afraid of God's judgments.(:note) heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in He shows that the faithful can never have true rest, except that which they feel before the weight of God's judgments. the day of trouble: when he cometh up That is, the enemy, but the godly will be quiet, knowing that all things will turn to good for them. to the people, he will invade them with his troops.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:1 @ The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. (note:)The Argument - Seeing the great rebellion of the people, and that there was now no hope of amendment, he gives notice of the great judgment of God, which was at hand, showing that their country would be utterly destroyed, and they would be carried away captives by the Babylonians. Yet for the comfort of the faithful he prophesied of God's vengeance against their enemies, such as the Philistines, Moabites, Assyrians, and others, to assure them that God had a continual care over them. And as the wicked would be punished for their sins and transgressions, so he exhorts the godly to patience, and to trust to find mercy by reason of the free promise of God made to Abraham: and therefore quietly to wait until God shows them the effect of that grace, by which in the end they should be gathered to him, and counted as his people and children.(:note)

geneva@Zephaniah:1:3 @ I will consume man and beast; I will consume the (note:)Not that God was angry with these dumb creatures, but because man was so wicked for whose cause they were created, God makes them to take part of the punishments with him.(:note) fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:5 @ And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by (note:)He alludes to their idol Molech, which was forbidden; read (Lev_20:2), yet they called him their king, and made him as a god: therefore he here notes those that will both say they worship God, and yet will swear by idols and serve them: which faltering is here condemned, as in (Eze_20:39; 1Ki_18:21; 2Ki_17:33).(:note) Malcham;

geneva@Zephaniah:1:6 @ And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lorde, nor inquired for him.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:8 @ And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with (note:)Meaning, the courtiers, who did imitate the strange apparel of other nations to win their favour by it, and to appear glorious in the eyes of all others; read (Eze_23:14-15).(:note) strange apparel.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:9 @ In the same day also will I punish all those that (note:)He means the servants of the rulers who invade other men's houses, and rejoice and leap for joy, when they can get any gain to please their master with.(:note) leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:10 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, [that there shall be] the noise of a cry from the (note:)Signifying that all the corners of the city of Jerusalem would be full of trouble.(:note) fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:11 @ Howl, ye inhabitants of (note:)This is meant of the street of the merchants which was lower than the rest of the place around it.(:note) Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:12 @ And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with (note:)So that nothing will escape me.(:note) candles, and punish the men that are settled By their prosperity they are hardened in their wickedness. on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:14 @ The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: (note:)They that trusted in their own strength and condemned the Prophets of God.(:note) the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:15 @ That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenesse, a day of cloudes and blackenesse,

geneva@Zephaniah:1:17 @ And I will bring distresse vpon men, that they shall walke like blind men, because they haue sinned against the Lorde, and their blood shall be powred out as dust, and their flesh as the dongue.

geneva@Zephaniah:1:18 @ Neither their siluer nor their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in ye day of the Lords wrath, but the whole lande shalbe deuoured by the fire of his ielousie: for hee shall make euen a speedie riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

geneva@Zephaniah:2:2 @ Before the decree come foorth, and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day, and before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you, and before the day of the Lords anger come vpon you.

geneva@Zephaniah:2:4 @ For (note:)He comforts the faithful in that God would change his punishments from them to the Philistines their enemies, and other nations.(:note) Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

geneva@Zephaniah:2:5 @ Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea (note:)That is, Galilee: by these nations he means the people that dwelt near to the Jews, and instead of friendship were their enemies: therefore he calls them Canaanites, whom the Lord appointed to be slain.(:note) coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

geneva@Zephaniah:2:8 @ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and (note:)These nations presumed to take from the Jews that country which the Lord had given them.(:note) magnified [themselves] against their border.

geneva@Zephaniah:2:15 @ This [is] the (note:)Meaning, Nineveh, which rejoicing so much of her strength and prosperity, should be thus made waste, and God's people delivered.(:note) rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:1 @ Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing (note:)That is, Jerusalem.(:note) city!

geneva@Zephaniah:3:3 @ Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they (note:)They are so greedy, that they eat up bones and all.(:note) gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:5 @ The (note:)The wicked thus boasted that God was ever among them, but the Prophet answers that that cannot excuse their wickedness: for God will not bear with their sins. Yet he did patiently abide and sent his Prophets continually to call them to repentance, but he profited nothing.(:note) just LORD [is] in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:6 @ I have (note:)By the destruction of other nations he shows that the Jews should have learned to fear God.(:note) cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:8 @ Therefore (note:)Seeing that you will not repent, you can expect my vengeance as well as other nations.(:note) wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination [is] to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, [even] all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:9 @ For (note:)Lest any should then think that God's glory should have perished when Judah was destroyed, he shows that he will proclaim his grace through all the world.(:note) then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:11 @ In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for (note:)For they will have full remission of their sins, and the hypocrites who boasted of the temple, which was also your pride in times past, will be taken from you.(:note) all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:16 @ In that day it shalbe said to Ierusalem, Feare thou not, O Zion: let not thine handes be faint.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:17 @ The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in (note:)Signifying, that God delights to show his love and great affection toward his Church.(:note) his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:18 @ I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of (note:)That is, those that were held in hatred and reviled for the Church, and because of their religion.(:note) it [was] a burden.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:19 @ Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will (note:)I will deliver the Church, which now is afflicted, as in (Mic_4:6).(:note) save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every As among the Assyrians and Chaldaeans, who mocked them and put them to shame. land where they have been put to shame.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:20 @ At that time wil I bring you againe, & then wil I gather you: for I wil giue you a name & a praise among all people of the earth, when I turne backe your captiuitie before your eyes, saith the Lorde.

geneva@Haggai:1:1 @ In the second year of (note:)Who was the son of Histaspis and the third king of the Persians, as some think.(:note) Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Because the building of the temple began to cease, by reason that the people were discouraged by their enemies: and if these two notable men had need to be stirred up and admonished of their duties, what will we think of other governors, whose doings are either against God, or very cold in his cause? Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, The Argument - When the time of the seventy years captivity prophesied by Jeremiah was expired, God raised up Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, to comfort the Jews, and to exhort them to the building of the temple, which was a figure of the spiritual Temple and Church of God, whose perfection and excellency depended on Christ. And because all were given to their own pleasures and benefits, he declares that that plague of famine, which God then sent among them, was a just reward for their ingratitude, in that they condemned God's honour, who had delivered them. Yet he comforts them, if they will return to the Lord, with the promise of great felicity, since the Lord will finish the work that he has begun, and send Christ whom he had promised, and by whom they would attain to perfect joy and glory.

geneva@Haggai:1:2 @ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time (note:)Not that they condemned the building of it, but they preferred policy and personal profit to religion, being content with small beginnings.(:note) that the LORD'S house should be built.

geneva@Haggai:1:4 @ [Is it] time for you, O ye, to dwell in your (note:)Showing that they sought not only their necessities, but their very pleasures before God's honour.(:note) cieled houses, and this house [lie] waste?

geneva@Haggai:1:8 @ Go (note:)Meaning, that they should leave their own benefits, and go forward in the building of God's temple, and in the setting forth of his religion.(:note) up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and That is, I will hear your prayers according to my promise; (1Ki_8:22, 1Ki_8:29). I will take pleasure in it, and I will That is, my glory will be set forth by you. be glorified, saith the LORD.

geneva@Haggai:1:9 @ Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought [it] home, I did blow (note:)And so bring it to nothing.(:note) upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

geneva@Haggai:1:11 @ And I called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaines, & vpon the corne, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, vpon all that the ground bringeth foorth: both vpon men and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.

geneva@Haggai:1:12 @ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the (note:)This declares that God was the author of the doctrine, and that Haggai was but the minister, as in (Exo_14:31), (Jdg_7:20; Act_15:28).(:note) voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

geneva@Haggai:1:14 @ And the LORD stirred up (note:)Which declares that men are unable and dull to serve the Lord, neither can they obey his word or his messengers, before God reforms their hearts, and gives them new spirits; (Joh_6:44).(:note) the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

geneva@Haggai:2:3 @ Who [is] left among you that saw this (note:)For the people according as had been prophesied in (Isa_2:2) and (Eze. strkjv@41:1-26), thought this temple should have been more excellent than Solomon's temple, which was destroyed by the Babylonians, but the Prophets meant the spiritual Temple, the Church of Christ.(:note) house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? [is it] not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

geneva@Haggai:2:5 @ {\cf2 (2:6)} According to the worde that I couenanted with you, when ye came out of Egypt: so my Spirite shall remaine among you, feare ye not.

geneva@Haggai:2:12 @ If one bear (note:)That is, the flesh of the sacrifices, by which he means that a thing which of itself is good, cannot make another thing so: and therefore they ought not to justify themselves by their sacrifices and ceremonies: but contrary to this, he that is unclean and not pure of heart, does corrupt those things and make them detestable to God, which otherwise are good and godly.(:note) holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

geneva@Haggai:2:14 @ {\cf2 (2:15)} Then answered Haggai, and sayd, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord: and so are all the workes of their hands, and that which they offer here, is vncleane.

geneva@Haggai:2:18 @ Consider now from (note:)From the time they began to build the temple, he promises that God would bless them: and even though the fruit has not yet come forth, yet in the gathering they would have plenty.(:note) this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month, even] from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider [it].

geneva@Haggai:2:22 @ And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the (note:)By this he shows that there will be no stop or hindrance, when God will make this wonderful restitution of his Church.(:note) kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

geneva@Haggai:2:23 @ In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a (note:)Signifying that his dignity would be most excellent, which thing was accomplished in Christ.(:note) signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:1:1 @ In the eighth month, in the second year of (note:)Who was the son of Histaspis.(:note) Darius, came the word of the LORD unto This was not the Zechariah, of which mention is made in (2Ch_24:20), but he had the same name, and is called the son of Berechiah, as he was, because he came of those progenitors, as of Joiada or Berechiah, and Iddo. Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The Argument - Two months after Haggai had begun to prophesy, Zechariah was also sent of the Lord to help him in the labour, and to confirm the same doctrine. First therefore, he puts them in remembrance for what reason God had so severely punished their fathers: and yet comforts them if they will truly repent, and not abuse this great benefit of God in their deliverance which was a figure of that true deliverance, that all the faithful should have from death and sin, by Christ. But because they remained still in their wickedness, and lack of desire to set forth God's glory, and were not yet made better by their long banishment, he rebukes them most sharply: yet for the comfort of the repentant, he ever mixes the promise of grace, that they might by this means be prepared to receive Christ, in whom all should be sanctified to the Lord.

geneva@Zechariah:1:2 @ The LORD hath been (note:)He speaks this to make them afraid of God's judgments, so that they should not provoke him as their fathers had done, whom he so grievously punished.(:note) sore displeased with your fathers.

geneva@Zechariah:1:3 @ Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; (note:)Let your fruits declare that you are God's people, and that he has wrought in you by his Spirit, and mortified you: for otherwise man has no power to return to God, but God must convert him; (Jer_31:18; Lam_5:21) {{See Isa_31:6}}(:note) Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:1:6 @ But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of (note:)Seeing you saw the force of my doctrine in punishing your fathers, why do you not fear the threatenings contained in the same, and declared by my Prophets?(:note) your fathers? and As men astonished with my judgments, and not that they were touched with true repentance. they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

geneva@Zechariah:1:8 @ I (note:)This vision signifies the restoration of the Church: but as yet it would not appear to man's eyes, which is here meant by the night, by the bottom, and by the myrtle trees, which are black, and give a dark shadow. Yet he compares God to a King who has his posts and messengers abroad, by whom he still works his purpose and brings his matters to pass.(:note) saw by night, and behold Who was the chief among the rest of the horsemen. a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] These signify the various offices of God's angels, by whom God sometimes punishes, and sometimes comforts, and brings forth his works in various ways. red horses, speckled, and white.

geneva@Zechariah:1:9 @ Then sayd I, O my Lorde, what are these? And the Angel that talked with me, sayde vnto me, I wil shew thee what these be.

geneva@Zechariah:1:10 @ And the man that stood among the mirre trees, answered, and sayd, These are they whome the Lord hath sent to go through the world.

geneva@Zechariah:1:11 @ And they answered the Angel of the Lord, that stood among the mirre trees, and sayd, We haue gone thorowe the world: and beholde, all the world sitteth still, and is at rest.

geneva@Zechariah:1:13 @ And the Lorde answered the Angel that talked with me, with good wordes and comfortable wordes.

geneva@Zechariah:1:14 @ So the angel that talked with me said to me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am (note:)Though for a time God defers his help and comfort from his Church, yet this declares that he still loves them most dearly, as a most merciful father his children, or a husband his wife, and when it is expedient for them, his help is ever ready.(:note) jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

geneva@Zechariah:1:17 @ Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet (note:)The abundance will be so great, that the places of storage will not be able to contain these blessings that God will send, but will even break because of fullness.(:note) be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

geneva@Zechariah:1:19 @ And I said vnto the Angel that talked with me, What be these? And hee answered me, These are the hornes which haue scattered Iudah, Israel, and Ierusalem.

geneva@Zechariah:1:20 @ And the LORD showed me four (note:)These craftsmen or smiths are God's instruments, who with their mallets and hammers break these hard and strong horns which would overthrow the Church, and declare that no enemies' horn is so strong, but God has a hammer to break it in pieces.(:note) craftsmen.

geneva@Zechariah:1:21 @ Then said I, What come these to doe? And he answered, and said, These are the hornes, which haue scattered Iudah, so that a man durst not lift vp his head: but these are come to fray them, and to cast out the hornes of the Gentiles, which lift vp their horne ouer the land of Iudah, to scatter it.

geneva@Zechariah:2:2 @ Then saide I, Whither goest thou? And he saide vnto me, To measure Ierusalem, that I may see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

geneva@Zechariah:2:3 @ And beholde, the Angel that talked with me, went foorth: and another Angel went out to meete him,

geneva@Zechariah:2:6 @ Ho, ho, [come (note:)He calls to those who partly for fear, and partly for their own case, remained still in captivity, and so preferred their own personal benefits to the benefits of God promised in his Church.(:note) forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four As it was I that scattered you, so I have power to restore you. winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

geneva@Zechariah:2:8 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the (note:)Seeing that God had begun to show his grace among you by delivering you, he continues the same still toward you, and therefore sends me his angel and his Christ to defend you from your enemies, so that they will not hurt you, neither along the way nor at home.(:note) glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the You are so dear to God, that he can no more allow your enemies to hurt you, than a man can endure to be thrust in the eye; (Psa_17:8). apple of his eye.

geneva@Zechariah:2:9 @ For, behold, I will shake my hand (note:)Upon the heathen your enemies.(:note) upon them, and They will be your servants, as you have been theirs. they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath This must necessarily be understood of Christ, who being God equal with his Father, was sent, as he was Mediator to dwell in his Church and to govern them. sent me.

geneva@Zechariah:2:11 @ And many nations shall be ioyned to the Lord in that day, and shalbe my people: and I will dwell in the middes of thee, and thou shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hath sent me vnto thee.

geneva@Zechariah:3:1 @ And he showed me Joshua the high priest (note:)He prayed to Christ the Mediator for the state of the Church.(:note) standing before the angel of the LORD, and Which declares that the faithful do not only war with flesh and blood, but with Satan himself, and spiritual wickedness; (Eph_6:12). Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

geneva@Zechariah:3:2 @ And the (note:)That is, Christ speaks to God as the mediator of his Church, that he would rebuke Satan: and here he shows himself to be the continual preserver of his Church.(:note) LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: [is] not this a Meaning that Joshua was wonderfully preserved in the captivity, and now Satan sought to afflict and trouble him when he was doing his office. brand plucked out of the fire?

geneva@Zechariah:3:3 @ Now Joshua was clothed with (note:)With regard to the glorious garments and precious stones that the priests wore before the captivity: and by this contemptible state the Prophet signifies, that these small beginnings would be made excellent when Christ will make the full restitution of his Church.(:note) filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

geneva@Zechariah:3:4 @ And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the (note:){{See Zec_3:3}}(:note) filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have He shows of what apparel he speaks, which is, when our filthy sins are taken away, and we are clothed with God's mercies, which refers to the spiritual restitution. caused thy iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

geneva@Zechariah:3:5 @ And I said, Let them (note:)The Prophet prays that besides the raiment, the Priest might also have attire for his head accordingly, that is, that the dignity of the priesthood might be perfect: and this was fulfilled in Christ, who was both Priest and King. And here all those are condemned, that can content themselves with any average reformation in religion, seeing the Prophet desires the perfection, and obtains it.(:note) set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.

geneva@Zechariah:3:7 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also (note:)That is, have rule and government in my Church, as your predecessors have had.(:note) judge my house, and shalt also keep my By which he means to have the whole charge and ministry of the Church. courts, and I will give thee places to walk among That is, the angels, who represented the whole number of the faithful: signifying that all the godly would willingly receive him. these that stand by.

geneva@Zechariah:3:8 @ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they (note:)Because they follow my word, they are condemned in the world, and esteemed as monsters. {{See Isa_8:18}}(:note) [are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the That is, Christ, who did so humble himself, that he not only became the servant of God, but also the servant of men: and therefore in him they should have comfort, even though in the world they are condemned; (Isa_11:1) (Jer_23:5; Jer_33:14-15). BRANCH.

geneva@Zechariah:3:9 @ For behold the (note:)He shows that the ministers cannot build before God lay the first stone, which is Christ, who is full of eyes, both because he gives light to all others, and that all ought to seek light from him; (Zec_4:10).(:note) stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I That is, I will make perfect in all points, as a thing done by the hand of God. will engrave the engraving of it, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will Though I have punished this land for a time, yet I will even now be pacified, and punish their sins no more. remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

geneva@Zechariah:3:10 @ In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the (note:)You will then live in peace and quietness, that is, in the kingdom of Christ; (Isa_2:2; Mic_4:4; Hag_2:9).(:note) vine and under the fig tree.

geneva@Zechariah:4:1 @ And the Angel that talked with mee, came againe and waked mee, as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe,

geneva@Zechariah:4:2 @ And said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a (note:)Which was ever in the midst of the temple, signifying that the graces of God's Spirit would shine, here in most abundance, and in all perfection.(:note) lamp stand all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps, and seven Which conveyed the oil that dropped from the trees into the lamps, so that the light never went out: and this vision was to strengthen and encourage the faithful that God had sufficient power in himself to continue his graces, and to bring his promise to pass even though he had no help from man. pipes to the seven lamps, which [were] upon the top of it:

geneva@Zechariah:4:4 @ So I answered, and spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my Lord?

geneva@Zechariah:4:5 @ Then the Angel that talked with mee, answered and said vnto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my Lord.

geneva@Zechariah:4:6 @ Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD to (note:)Who was a figure of Christ, and therefore this doctrine was directed to all the Church who are his body and members.(:note) Zerubbabel, saying, Not by He shows that God's power alone is sufficient to preserve his Church, even though he does not use man's help to do it. might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:4:7 @ Who [art] thou, O (note:)He compares the power of the adversaries to a great mountain, who thought the Jews were nothing with regard to them, and would have hindered Zerubbabel, who represented Christ, whom the enemies daily labour to stop in the building of his spiritual Temple, but all in vain.(:note) great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and Though the enemies think to stop this building, yet Zerubbabel will lay the highest stone of it, and bring it to perfection, so that all the godly will rejoice, and pray to God that he would continue his grace and favour toward the Temple. he shall bring forth its headstone [with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace to it.

geneva@Zechariah:4:9 @ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and (note:)Meaning, the Prophet, that I am Christ sent from my Father for the building and preservation of my spiritual temple.(:note) thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to you.

geneva@Zechariah:4:10 @ For who hath despised the day of (note:)Signifying that all were discouraged at the small and poor beginnings of the temple.(:note) small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the By which he signifies the plummet and line, that is, that Zerubbabel who represented Christ, would go forward with his building to the joy and comfort of the godly, though the world was against him, and though his own for a while were discouraged, because they do not see things pleasant to the eye. plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; That is, God has seven eyes: meaning, a continual providence, so that neither Satan nor any power in the world, can go about to bring anything to pass to hinder his work; (Zec_5:9). they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

geneva@Zechariah:4:14 @ Then said he, These [are] the two (note:)Which were always green and full of oil, so that still they poured forth oil into the lamps: signifying, that God will continually maintain and preserve his Church, and endue it still with abundance and perfection of grace.(:note) anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

geneva@Zechariah:5:2 @ And he said to me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying (note:)Because the Jews had provoked God's plagues by condemning his word, and casting off all judgment and equity, he shows that God's curses written in this book had justly happened both to them and their fathers. But now if they would repent, God would send the same among the Chaldeans and their former enemies.(:note) scroll; its length [is] twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits.

geneva@Zechariah:5:3 @ Then said he to me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that (note:)That is, does any injury toward his neighbour.(:note) stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this Meaning, wherever he is in the world. side according to it; and every one that He that transgresses the first table of the ten commandments, and does not serve God correctly but abuses his name. sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.

geneva@Zechariah:5:4 @ I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thiefe, and into the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my Name: and it shall remaine in the middes of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and stones thereof.

geneva@Zechariah:5:5 @ Then the Angel that talked with me, went foorth, and said vnto me, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth foorth.

geneva@Zechariah:5:6 @ And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an (note:)Which was a measure in dry things, containing about five gallons.(:note) ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their That is, all the wickedness of the ungodly is in God's sight, which he keeps in a measure, and can shut it or open it at his pleasure. resemblance through all the earth.

geneva@Zechariah:5:7 @ And, behold, there was lifted up a (note:)To cover the measure.(:note) talent of lead: and this [is] a Which represents iniquity, as in the next verse. woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

geneva@Zechariah:5:8 @ And he said, This [is] (note:)Signifying that Satan would not have such power against the Jews to tempt them, as he had in times past, but that God would shut up iniquity in a measure as in a prison.(:note) wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.

geneva@Zechariah:5:9 @ Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two (note:)Which declared that God would execute his judgment by the means of the weak and infirm.(:note) women, and the wind [was] in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

geneva@Zechariah:5:10 @ Then saide I to the Angel that talked with me, Whither doe these beare the Ephah?

geneva@Zechariah:5:11 @ And he said to me, To build for it an house in the land of (note:)To remove the iniquity and affliction that came from Judah because of the judgment, to place it forever in Babylon.(:note) Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

geneva@Zechariah:6:1 @ And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four (note:)By chariots here, as by horses before, he means the swift messengers of God to execute and declare his will.(:note) chariots out from between By the mountains he means the external counsel and providence of God, by which he has from before all eternity declared what will come to pass, and that which neither Satan nor all the world can alter. two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass.

geneva@Zechariah:6:2 @ In the first chariot [were] (note:)Which signifies the great cruelty and persecution that the Church had endured under different enemies.(:note) red horses; and in the second chariot Signifying that they had endured great afflictions under the Babylonians. black horses;

geneva@Zechariah:6:3 @ And in the third chariot (note:)These represented their state under the Persians, who restored them to their liberty.(:note) white horses; and in the fourth chariot Which signified that God would sometimes give his Church rest, and pour his plagues upon their enemies, as he did in destroying Nineveh and Babylon, and other of their enemies. spotted and bay horses.

geneva@Zechariah:6:4 @ Then I answered, and saide vnto the Angell that talked with mee, What are these, my Lorde?

geneva@Zechariah:6:7 @ And the (note:)That is, those of different colours, which ask permission, to signify that Satan has no power to hurt or afflict, until God gives it to him; (Job_1:12).(:note) bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Go from here, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

geneva@Zechariah:6:8 @ Then he cried upon me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my (note:)By punishing the Chaldeans my anger ceased, and you were delivered.(:note) spirit in the north country.

geneva@Zechariah:6:11 @ Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set [them] upon the (note:)Because this could not be attributed to any one according to the Law, therefore it follows that Joshua must represent the Messiah, who was both Priest and King.(:note) head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

geneva@Zechariah:6:12 @ And speak to him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The (note:)Meaning Christ, of whom Joshua was the figure: for in Greek they were both called Jesus.(:note) BRANCH; and he shall grow That is, of himself without the help of man. up out of his place, and he shall Which declares that no one could build this temple of which Haggai speaks, but only Christ: and therefore it was spiritual, and not material; (Hag_2:9). build the temple of the LORD:

geneva@Zechariah:6:13 @ Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the (note:)Of which Joshua had but a shadow.(:note) glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between The two offices of the kingdom and priesthood, will be joined together in such a way, that they will no longer be separated. them both.

geneva@Zechariah:6:14 @ And the crowns shall be to (note:)Who was also called Heldai.(:note) Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to He was also called Joshias. Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a That they may acknowledge their infirmity, who thought that all things would be restored immediately: and of this their infidelity these two crowns will remain as tokens; (Act_1:6). memorial in the temple of the LORD.

geneva@Zechariah:6:15 @ And they [that are] (note:)That is, the Gentiles by the preaching of the Gospel, will help toward the building of the spiritual temple.(:note) far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to you. And [this] shall come to pass, if ye will diligently If you will believe and remain in the obedience of faith. obey the voice of the LORD your God.

geneva@Zechariah:7:2 @ When (note:)That is, the rest of the people that yet remained in Chaldea, sent to the Church at Jerusalem for the resolution of these questions, because these feasts were consented upon by the agreement of the whole Church, the one in the month that the temple was destroyed, and the other when Gedaliah was slain; (Jer_41:2).(:note) they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

geneva@Zechariah:7:9 @ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, (note:)He shows that they did not fast with a sincere heart, but because of hypocrisy, and that it was not done from a pure religion, because they lacked these offices of charity which should have declared that they were godly; (Mat_23:23).(:note) Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

geneva@Zechariah:7:11 @ But they refused to hearken, and (note:)And would not carry the Lord's burden, which was sweet and easy, but would bear their own, which was heavy and grievous to the flesh, thinking to gain merit by it: which metaphor is taken from oxen, which shrink at the yoke; (Neh_9:29).(:note) withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

geneva@Zechariah:7:12 @ Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his (note:)Which declares that they did not only rebel against the Prophets, but against the Spirit of God that spoke in them.(:note) spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:7:13 @ Therefore it is come to passe, that as he cried, and they would not heare, so they cried, and I would not heare, sayth the Lord of hostes.

geneva@Zechariah:7:14 @ But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate (note:)That is, after they were taken captive.(:note) after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land By their sins by which they provoked God's anger. desolate.

geneva@Zechariah:8:2 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was (note:)I loved my city with a singular love, so that I could not endure that any should do her any injury.(:note) jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

geneva@Zechariah:8:6 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it is (note:)He shows in what our faith consists, that is, to believe that God can perform that which he has promised, though it seem ever so impossible to man; (Gen_13:14; Rom_4:20).(:note) marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in my eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Zechariah:8:8 @ And I will bring them, and they shall (note:)So that their return will not be in vain: for God will accomplish his promise, and their prosperity will be sure and stable.(:note) dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

geneva@Zechariah:8:9 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your (note:)Let neither respect of your personal benefits, neither counsel of others, nor fear of enemies, discourage you in the going forward with the building of the temple, but be steadfast and obey the Prophets, who encourage you to that.(:note) hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who [were] in the day [when] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

geneva@Zechariah:8:10 @ For before these days there was no hire for (note:)For God cursed your work, so that neither man nor beast had profit from their labours.(:note) man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

geneva@Zechariah:8:13 @ And it shal come to passe, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Iudah, and house of Israel, so wil I deliuer you, & ye shalbe a blessing: feare not, but let your hands be strong.

geneva@Zechariah:8:15 @ So again have I thought in these days (note:)Which declares that man cannot turn to God until he changes man's heart by his Spirit, and so begin to do good to them, which is to pardon his sins and to give him his graces.(:note) to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

geneva@Zechariah:8:16 @ These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truly & vprightly in your gates,

geneva@Zechariah:8:17 @ And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

geneva@Zechariah:8:19 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the (note:)Which fast was appointed when the city was besieged, and was the first fast of these four. And here the prophet shows that if the Jews will repent, and turn wholly to God, they will have no more occasion to fast, or to show signs of heaviness, for God will send them joy and gladness.(:note) tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

geneva@Zechariah:8:20 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come (note:)He declares the great zeal that God would give the Gentiles to come to his Church, and to unite with the Jews in his true religion, which would be in the kingdom of Christ.(:note) people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

geneva@Zechariah:8:21 @ And they that dwell in one citie, shal go to another, saying, Vp, let vs go & pray before the Lord, and seeke the Lord of hostes: I wil go also.

geneva@Zechariah:8:23 @ Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all languages of the nations, euen take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe, and say, We will go with you: for we haue heard that God is with you.

geneva@Zechariah:9:2 @ And Hamath also shall border (note:)That is, by Damascus: meaning, that Harnath or Antiochia would be under the same rod and plague.(:note) by it; Tyre, and Zidon, though it be He secretly shows the cause of their destruction, because they deceived all others by their craft and subtilty, which they cloaked with this name of wisdom. very wise.

geneva@Zechariah:9:4 @ Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her (note:)Though those of Tyre think themselves invincible by reason of the sea that surrounds them, yet they will not escape God's judgments.(:note) power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

geneva@Zechariah:9:6 @ And a (note:)Meaning, that all would be destroyed, save a very few, that would remain as strangers.(:note) bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

geneva@Zechariah:9:7 @ And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his (note:)He promises to deliver the Jews when he will take vengeance on their enemies for their cruelty, and the wrongs they did to them.(:note) teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, [shall be] for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and As the Jebusites had been destroyed, so would Ekron and all the Philistines. Ekron as a Jebusite.

geneva@Zechariah:9:8 @ And I will encamp about (note:)He shows that God's power alone will be sufficient to defend his Church against all adversaries, be they ever so cruel, or assert their power ever so often.(:note) my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now That is, God has now seen the great injuries and afflictions with which they have been afflicted by their enemies. have I seen with my eyes.

geneva@Zechariah:9:9 @ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh to thee: (note:)That is, he has righteousness and salvation in himself for the use and benefit of his Church.(:note) he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a Which declares that they should not look for such a king as would be glorious in the eyes of man, but should be poor, and yet in himself have all power to deliver his own: and this is meant of Christ, as in (Mat_21:5). donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

geneva@Zechariah:9:12 @ Turn ye to the (note:)That is, into the holy land where the city and the temple are, where God will defend you.(:note) strong hold, ye Meaning the faithful, who seemed to be in danger of their enemies on every side, and yet lived in hope that God would restore them to liberty. prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render That is, double benefits and prosperity, in respect of that which your fathers enjoyed from David's time to the captivity. double to thee;

geneva@Zechariah:9:13 @ When I have bent Judah for me, filled the (note:)I will make Judah and Ephraim, that is, my whole Church, victorious against all enemies, which he here means by the Greeks.(:note) bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

geneva@Zechariah:9:15 @ The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, (note:)He promises that the Jews will destroy their enemies, and have abundance and excess of all things, as there is abundance on the altar when the sacrifice is offered. And these things are not to move them to excess, but to sobriety, and a thankful remembrance of God's great liberality.(:note) and subdue the sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.

geneva@Zechariah:9:16 @ And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [shall be as] the (note:)The faithful will be preserved, and reverenced by all, that their very enemies will be compelled to esteem them: for God's glory will shine in them, as Josephus declares of Alexander the great when he met Jadi the high priest.(:note) stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

geneva@Zechariah:10:9 @ And I will (note:)Though they will yet be scattered and seem to be lost, yet it will be profitable to them: for there they will come to the knowledge of my name, which was accomplished under the Gospel, among whom it was first preached.(:note) sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and Not that they would return into their country, but be gathered and joined in one faith by the doctrine of the Gospel. turn again.

geneva@Zechariah:11:1 @ Open thy doors, O (note:)Because the Jews thought themselves so strong by reason of this mountain, that no enemy could come to hurt them, the Prophet shows that when God sends the enemies, it will show itself ready to receive them.(:note) Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

geneva@Zechariah:11:2 @ Wail, (note:)Showing that if the strong men were destroyed, the weaker were not able to resist.(:note) fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are laid waste: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the Seeing that Lebanon was destroyed, which was the strongest fortress, the weaker places could not hope to hold out. vintage is come down.

geneva@Zechariah:11:5 @ Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves (note:)Their governors destroy them without any remorse of conscience, or yet thinking that they do evil.(:note) not guilty: and they that sell them say, He notes the hypocrites, who always have the name of God in their mouths, though in their life and doings they deny God, attributing their gain to God's blessings, which comes from the wealth of their brethren. Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

geneva@Zechariah:11:9 @ Then said I, I will not feede you: that that dyeth, let it dye: and that that perisheth, let it perish: and let the remnant eate, euery one the flesh of his neighbour.

geneva@Zechariah:11:10 @ And I tooke my staffe, euen Beautie, and brake it, that I might disanull my couenant, which I had made with all people.

geneva@Zechariah:11:11 @ And it was broken in that day: and so the (note:)He shows that the least always profit by God's judgments.(:note) poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.

geneva@Zechariah:11:13 @ And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the (note:)Showing that it was too little to pay his wages with, which could hardly suffice to make a few tiles to cover the temple.(:note) potter: a glorious price that I was valued at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

geneva@Zechariah:11:14 @ Then brake I mine other staffe, euen the Bandes, that I might dissolue the brotherhood betweene Iudah and Israel.

geneva@Zechariah:11:15 @ And the LORD said to me, Take to thee yet (note:)Signifying that they should have a certain type of regiment and outward show of government: but in effect it would be nothing, for they would be wolves, and devouring beasts instead of shepherds.(:note) the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

geneva@Zechariah:11:16 @ For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [who] shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which (note:)And is in health and sound.(:note) standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

geneva@Zechariah:11:17 @ Woe to the idle shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his (note:)By the arm he signifies strength, as he does wisdom and judgments by the eye: that is, the plague of God will take away both your strength and judgment.(:note) arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be wholly dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

geneva@Zechariah:12:3 @ And in that day will I make Ierusalem an heauie stone for all people: all that lift it vp, shall be torne, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

geneva@Zechariah:12:4 @ In that day, sayeth the Lorde, I will smite euery horse with stonishment, and his rider with madnesse, and I will open mine eyes vpon the house of Iudah, and will smite euery horse of the people with blindnesse.

geneva@Zechariah:12:5 @ And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The (note:)Every captain, that had many under him before, will now think that the small power of Jerusalem will be sufficient to defend them against all enemies, because the Lord is among them.(:note) inhabitants of Jerusalem [shall be] my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

geneva@Zechariah:12:6 @ In that day will I make the princes of Iudah like coles of fire among the wood, and like a fire brand in the sheafe, and they shall deuoure all the people round about on the right hand, and on the left: and Ierusalem shall be inhabited againe in her owne place, euen in Ierusalem.

geneva@Zechariah:12:7 @ The LORD also shall save the (note:)The people who are now as it were dispersed by the fields, and lie open to their enemies, will be preserved by my power just as if they were under their kings (which is meant by the house of David), or in their defended cities.(:note) tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not magnify [themselves] against Judah.

geneva@Zechariah:12:8 @ In that day shall the Lord defende the inhabitants of Ierusalem, & he that is feeble among them, in that day shall be as Dauid: and the house of Dauid shall be as Gods house, and as the Angel of the Lord before them.

geneva@Zechariah:12:9 @ And in that day will I seeke to destroy all the nations that come against Ierusalem.

geneva@Zechariah:12:10 @ And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of (note:)They will have the feeling of my grace by faith, and know that I have compassion on them.(:note) grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have That is, whom they have continually vexed with their obstinacy, and grieved my Spirit. In (Joh_19:37) it is referred to Christ's body, whereas here it is referred to the Spirit of God. pierced, and they shall mourn for They will turn to God by true repentance, whom before they had so grievously offended by their ingratitude. him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.

geneva@Zechariah:12:11 @ In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the (note:)They will exceedingly lament and repent for their offences against God.(:note) mourning of Which was the name of a town and place near to Megiddo, where Josiah was slain; (2Ch_35:22). Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

geneva@Zechariah:12:12 @ And the (note:)That is, in all places where the Jews will remain.(:note) land shall mourn, every family Signifying, that this mourning or repentance would not be a vain ceremony: but every one touched with his own griefs will lament. apart; the family of the Under these certain families he includes all the tribes, and shows that both the kings and the priests had by their sins pierced Christ. house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

geneva@Zechariah:12:14 @ All the families that (note:)That is, who were elect by grace, and preserved from the common destruction.(:note) remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

geneva@Zechariah:13:1 @ In that day there (note:)He shows what will be the fruit of their repentance, that is, remission of sins by the blood of Christ, which will be a continual running fountain, and purge them from all uncleanness.(:note) shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

geneva@Zechariah:13:2 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the (note:)He promises that God will also purge them from all superstition, and that their religion will be pure.(:note) names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the Meaning, the false prophets and teachers, who are the corrupters of all religion, whom the Prophet here calls unclean spirits. prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

geneva@Zechariah:13:3 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet (note:)That is, when they will prophesy lies, and make God, who is the author of truth, a cloak for them.(:note) prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say to him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him He shows what zeal the godly will have under the kingdom of Christ; (Deu_13:6, Deu_13:9). shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

geneva@Zechariah:13:4 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall (note:)God will make them ashamed of their errors and lies, and bring them to repentance, and they will no more wear prophet's apparel to make their doctrine seem more holy.(:note) be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

geneva@Zechariah:13:6 @ And [one] shall say to him, What [are] these (note:)By this he shows that though their parents and friends dealt more gently with them, and did not put them to death, yet they would so punish their children that became false prophets, that the marks and signs would remain forever.(:note) wounds in thy hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends.

geneva@Zechariah:13:7 @ Awake, O sword, against my (note:)The Prophet warns the Jews, that before this great comfort under Christ would come, there would be a horrible dissipation among the people: for their governors and pastors would be destroyed, and the people would be as scattered sheep. And the evangelist applies this to Christ, because he was the head of all pastors; (Mat_26:31).(:note) shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

geneva@Zechariah:13:8 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, (note:)The greatest part will have no portion of these blessings, and yet they that will enjoy them will be tried with great afflictions, so that is will be known that only God's power and his mercies preserve them.(:note) two parts in it shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left in it.

geneva@Zechariah:13:9 @ And I will bring that third part thorowe the fire, and will fine them as the siluer is fined, and will trye them as golde is tryed: they shall call on my Name, and I will heare them: I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The Lorde is my God.

geneva@Zechariah:14:1 @ Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be (note:)He arms the godly against the great temptations that would come, before they enjoyed this prosperous estate promised under Christ, that when these dangers came, they might know that they were warned of them before.(:note) divided in the midst of thee.

geneva@Zechariah:14:4 @ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the (note:)By this manner of speech the Prophet shows God's power and care over his Church, and how he will as it were by a miracle save it.(:note) mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst of it toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great So that out of all the parts of the world, they will see Jerusalem, which was before his with this mountain: and this he means of the spiritual Jerusalem the Church. valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

geneva@Zechariah:14:5 @ And ye shall flee [to] the (note:)He speaks of the hypocrites, who could not abide God's presence, but would flee into all places, where they might hide themselves among the mountains.(:note) valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal: yea, ye shall flee, as ye fled from before the Read (Amo_1:1). earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD Because they did not credit the Prophet's words, he turns to God and comforts himself in that that he knew that these things would come, and says, «You, O God, with your angels will come to perform this great thing.» my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.

geneva@Zechariah:14:6 @ And in that day shall there bee no cleare light, but darke.

geneva@Zechariah:14:7 @ But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, (note:)Signifying, that there would be great troubles in the Church, and that the time of it is in the Lord's hands, yet at length (which is here meant by the evening) God would send comfort.(:note) not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening it shall be light.

geneva@Zechariah:14:8 @ And it shall be in that day, [that] living (note:)That is, the spiritual graces of God, which would always continue in most abundance.(:note) waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

geneva@Zechariah:14:9 @ And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one (note:)All idolatry and superstition will be abolished, and there will be one God, one faith, and one religion.(:note) LORD, and his name one.

geneva@Zechariah:14:12 @ And this shall bee the plague, wherewith the Lorde will smite all people, that haue fought against Ierusalem: their flesh shall consume away, though they stand vpon their feete, and their eyes shall consume in their holes, and their tongue shall consume in their mouth.

geneva@Zechariah:14:13 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] (note:)God will not only raise up war outside, but sedition at home to test them.(:note) a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on To hurt and oppress him. the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

geneva@Zechariah:14:15 @ And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this (note:)As the men would be destroyed, (Zec_14:12).(:note) plague.

geneva@Zechariah:14:16 @ But it shall come to passe that euery one that is left of all the nations, which came against Ierusalem, shall goe vp from yere to yere to worship the King the Lord of hostes, and to keepe the feast of Tabernacles.

geneva@Zechariah:14:18 @ And if the family of (note:)By the Egyptians, who were the greatest enemies to true religion, he means all the Gentiles.(:note) Egypt shall not go up, and shall not come, that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, with which the LORD will smite the nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

geneva@Zechariah:14:19 @ This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that come not vp to keepe the feast of Tabernacles.

geneva@Zechariah:14:20 @ In that day there shall be upon the (note:)Signifying to whatever service they were put now (whether to labour, or to serve in war), they were now holy, because the Lord had sanctified them.(:note) bells of the horses, HOLINESS TO THE LORD; and the The one as precious as the other, because they will be sanctified. pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

geneva@Zechariah:14:21 @ Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil in them: and in that day there shall be no more the (note:)But all will be pure and clean, and there will neither by hypocrites, nor any that will corrupt the true service of God.(:note) Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:1:1 @ The (note:){{See Isa_13:1}}(:note) burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. The Argument - This Prophet was one of the three who God raised up for the comfort of the Church after the captivity, and after him there was no one else until John the Baptist was sent, which was either a token of God's wrath, or an admonition that they should with more fervent desires look for the coming of the Messiah. He confirms the same doctrine, that the two former do: chiefly he reproves the priests for their covetousness, and because they served God after their own fantasies, and not according to the direction of his word. He also notes certain distinct sins, which were then among them, such as the marrying of idolatrous and many wives, murmurings against God, impatience, and things such as these. Nonetheless, for the comfort of the godly he declares that God would not forget his promise made to their fathers, but would send Christ his messenger, in whom the covenant would be accomplished, whose coming would be terrible to the wicked, and bring all consolation and joy to the godly.

geneva@Malachi:1:2 @ I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, (note:)Which declares their great ingratitude that did not acknowledge this love, which was so evident, in that he chose Abraham from out of all the world, and next chose Jacob the younger brother from whom they came, and left Esau the elder.(:note) Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

geneva@Malachi:1:3 @ And I (note:)For besides this the signs of my hatred appeared even when he was made servant to his younger brother, being yet in his mother's belly, and also afterward in that he was put from his birthright. Yet even now before your eyes the signs of this are evident, in that his country lies waste, and he will never return to inhabit it.(:note) hated Esau, Whereas you my people, whom the enemy hated more than them, are by my grace and love towards you delivered; read (Rom_9:13). and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

geneva@Malachi:1:6 @ A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, (note:)Besides the rest of the people he mainly condemns the priests, because they should have reproved others for their hypocrisy, and for not yielding to God, and should not have hardened them by their example to do greater evils.(:note) O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, He notes their great hypocrisy, who would not see their faults, but most impudently covered them, and so were blind guides. Wherein have we despised thy name?

geneva@Malachi:1:7 @ Ye offer (note:)You receive all types of offerings for your own greediness, and do not examine whether they are according to my Law or not.(:note) polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] Not that they said this, but by their doings they declared it. contemptible.

geneva@Malachi:1:8 @ And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, [is it] (note:)You make it no fault: and by this he condemns them that think it sufficient to serve God partly as he has commanded, and partly after man's fantasy, and so do not come to the pureness of religion, which he requires. And therefore in reproach he shows them that a mortal man would not be content to be served in such a way.(:note) not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, [is it] not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:1:9 @ And now, I pray you, (note:)He derides the priests who deceived the people in saying that they prayed for them, and shows that they were the occasion that these evils came upon the people.(:note) beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard Will God consider your office and state, seeing you are so covetous and wicked? your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:1:10 @ Who [is there] even among you (note:)Because the Levites who kept the doors did not test whether the sacrifices that came in were according to the Law, God wishes that they would rather shut the doors, than to receive such as were not perfect.(:note) that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

geneva@Malachi:1:11 @ For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] (note:)God shows that their ingratitude and neglect of his true service will be the cause of the calling of the Gentiles: and here the Prophet that was under the Law, used words that the people would understand, and by the altar and sacrifice he means the spiritual service of God, which should be under the Gospel, when an end would be made to all these legal ceremonies by Christ's sacrifice alone.(:note) great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:1:12 @ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, (note:)Both the priests and the people were infected with this error, that they did not regard what was offered: for they thought that God was as well content with the lean, as with the fat. But in the meantime they did not show the obedience to God which he required, and so committed impiety, and also showed their contempt of God, and covetousness.(:note) The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.

geneva@Malachi:1:13 @ Ye said also, Behold, what a (note:)The priests and people were both weary with serving God, and did not regard what manner of sacrifice and service they gave to God: for that which was least profitable, was thought good enough for the Lord.(:note) weariness [is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

geneva@Malachi:2:4 @ And ye shall know that I have (note:)The Priests objected against the Prophet that he could not remove them without speaking against the priesthood, and the office established by God by promise. But he shows that the office is nothing slandered, when these villains and dung are called by their own names.(:note) sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:2:5 @ My (note:)He shows what were the two conditions of the covenant made with the tribe of Levi on God's part, that he would give them long life and felicity, and on their part, that they should faithfully serve him according to his word.(:note) covenant was with him of life and peace; and I I commanded Levi a certain law to serve me. gave them to him [for] the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before He served me and set forth my glory with all humility and submission. my name.

geneva@Malachi:2:6 @ The law of (note:)He shows that the priests ought to have knowledge to instruct others in the word of the Lord.(:note) truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

geneva@Malachi:2:7 @ For the priest's (note:)He is as the treasure house of God's word, and ought to give to everyone according to their need, and not to reserve it for himself.(:note) lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the Showing that whoever does not declare God's will, is not his messenger, and priest. messenger of the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:2:11 @ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the (note:)They have united themselves in marriage with those that are of another religion.(:note) daughter of a strange god.

geneva@Malachi:2:12 @ The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that (note:)That is, the priest.(:note) offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:2:13 @ And this have ye done again, (note:)Yet cause the people to lament, because God does not regard their sacrifices, so that they seem to sacrifice in vain.(:note) covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at your hand.

geneva@Malachi:2:14 @ Yet ye say, (note:)This is another fault, of which he accuses them, that is, that they broke the laws of marriage.(:note) Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy As the one half of yourself. companion, and the wife of thy She that was united to you by a solemn covenant, and by the invocation of God's name. covenant.

geneva@Malachi:2:15 @ And did not (note:)Did not God make man and woman as one flesh and not many?(:note) he make one? Yet had he the By his power and strength he could have made many women for one man....spirit. And wherefore one? That he...Those who should be born in lawful and moderate marriage, in which is no excess of lusts. seed. Therefore take heed to your Contain yourselves within your bounds, and be sober in mind, and bridle your affections. spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

geneva@Malachi:2:16 @ For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he (note:)Not that he allows divorce, but of two faults he shows which is the less.(:note) hateth putting away: for [one] covereth He thinks it sufficient to keep his wife still, even though he takes others, and so as it were covers his fault. violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

geneva@Malachi:2:17 @ Ye have (note:)You murmur against God, because he did not hear you as soon as you called.(:note) wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth In thinking that God favoured the wicked, and had no respect for those that serve him. evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of Thus they blasphemed God in condemning his power and justice, because he did not judge according to their imaginings. judgment?

geneva@Malachi:3:2 @ But who (note:)He shows that the hypocrites who wish so much for the Lord's coming will not remain when he draws near: for he will consume them, and purge his own and make them clean.(:note) may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

geneva@Malachi:3:3 @ And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of (note:)He begins at the priests, that they might be lights, and shine unto others.(:note) Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

geneva@Malachi:3:5 @ And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will be a swift witnesse against the southsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelings wages, and vexe the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the stranger, and feare not me, sayth the Lord of hostes.

geneva@Malachi:3:6 @ For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob (note:)They murmured against God, because they did not see his help which was ever present to defend them: and therefore he accuses them of ingratitude, and shows that in that they are not daily consumed, it is a sign that he still defends them, and so his mercy towards them never changes.(:note) are not consumed.

geneva@Malachi:3:8 @ Will a (note:)There are none of the heathen so barbarous, that will defraud their gods of their honour, or deal deceitfully with them.(:note) man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In By which the service of God should have been maintained, and the priests and the poor relieved. tithes and offerings.

geneva@Malachi:3:10 @ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, (note:)Not having respect how much you need, but I will give you in all abundance, so that you will lack place to put my blessings in.(:note) that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

geneva@Malachi:3:13 @ Your words have been stout (note:)The Prophet condemns them of double blasphemy against God: first, in that they said that God had no respect for those that served him, and next, that the wicked were more in his favour than the godly.(:note) against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?

geneva@Malachi:3:14 @ Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?

geneva@Malachi:3:15 @ And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even (note:)They are not only preferred to honour, but also delivered from dangers.(:note) delivered.

geneva@Malachi:3:17 @ And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day (note:)When I will restore my Church according to my promise, they will be as my own proper goods.(:note) when I make up my jewels; and I will That is, forgive their sins, and govern them with my Spirit. spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

geneva@Malachi:3:18 @ Then shall you returne, and discerne betweene the righteous and wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.

geneva@Malachi:4:1 @ For, behold, the day cometh, that shall (note:)He prophesies of God's judgments against the wicked, who would not receive Christ, when God would send him for the restoration of his Church.(:note) burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

geneva@Malachi:4:2 @ But unto you that fear my name shall the (note:)Meaning, Christ, who with his wings or beams of his grace would enlighten and comfort his Church; (Eph_5:14). And he is called the «Sun of righteousness», because in himself he has all perfection, and also the justice of the Father dwells in him: by which he regenerates us to righteousness, cleanses us from the filth of this world, and reforms us to the image of God.(:note) Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go You will be set at liberty, and increase in the joy of the Spirit; (2Co_3:17). forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

geneva@Malachi:4:3 @ And ye shall treade downe the wicked: for they shall be dust vnder the soles of your feete in the day that I shall doe this, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.

geneva@Malachi:4:6 @ And he shall (note:)He shows in what John's office would consist: in the turning of men to God, and uniting the father and children in one voice of faith: so that the father will turn to the religion of his son who is converted to Christ, and the son will embrace the faith of the true fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.(:note) turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and The second point of his office was to give notice of God's judgment against those that would not receive Christ. smite the earth with a curse.

geneva@Matthew:1:6 @ And Iesse begate Dauid the King; Dauid the King begate Solomon of her that was the wife of Vrias.

geneva@Matthew:1:16 @ And Iacob begat Ioseph ye husbad of Mary, of whom was borne Iesvs, that is called Christ.

geneva@Matthew:1:18 @ Now the birth of (note:)Christ is the true Emmanuel, and therefore, Jesus (that is, Saviour) is conceived in the virgin by the Holy Spirit, as foretold by the prophets.(:note) Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.

geneva@Matthew:1:20 @ but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to (note:)Receive her from her parents and kinsfolks hands.(:note) take to [thee] Mary, thy Who was promised, and made sure to you to be your wife. wife, for that which is Of the mother's substance by the Holy Spirit. begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.

geneva@Matthew:1:22 @ And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

geneva@Matthew:1:25 @ And knew her not (note:)The word «till», in the Hebrew language, gives us to understand that a thing will not come to pass in time to come: as Michal had no children «till» her death day, (2Sa_6:23). And in the last chapter of this evangelist: Behold, I am with you «till» the end of the world.(:note) till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

geneva@Matthew:2:2 @ Saying, Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne? For wee haue seene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.

geneva@Matthew:2:4 @ And when he had gathered all the (note:)The chief priests, that is, such as were of Aaron's family, who were divided into twenty-four orders. (1Ch_24:5; 2Ch_36:14).(:note) chief priests and They that expound the law to the people, for the Hebrews take this word for another, which means as much as to expound and to declare. scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

geneva@Matthew:2:6 @ And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the (note:)Though you are a small town, yet you will be very famous and notable through the birth of the Messiah, who will be born in you.(:note) least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that That will rule and govern: for kings are rightly called leaders and shepherds of the people. shall rule my people Israel.

geneva@Matthew:2:7 @ Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

geneva@Matthew:2:8 @ And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

geneva@Matthew:2:12 @ And being (note:)God warned and told them of it, even though they did not ask him.(:note) warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

geneva@Matthew:2:15 @ And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.

geneva@Matthew:2:16 @ Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.

geneva@Matthew:2:17 @ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken (note:)For God speaketh by the mouth of the prophets.(:note) by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

geneva@Matthew:2:18 @ In Rama was there (note:)A voice of lamenting, weeping and howling.(:note) a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, That is to say, All who live around Bethlehem: for Rachel, Jacob's wife who died in childbirth, was buried by the road that leads to this town, which is also called Ephratah, because of the fruitfulness of the soil, and the plentifulness of corn. Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

geneva@Matthew:2:22 @ But whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,

geneva@Matthew:2:23 @...the Prophets, which was, That hee...

geneva@Matthew:3:1 @ In (note:)Not when Joseph went to dwell at Nazareth, but a great while after, about fifteen years: for in the 30th year of his life Jesus was baptized by John: therefore «those days» means the time when Jesus remained as an inhabitant of the town of Nazareth.(:note) those days came John, who through his singular holiness and rare austerity of life caused men to cast their eyes on him, prepares the way for Christ who is following fast on his heels, as the prophet Isaiah foretold, and delivers the sum of the gospel, which a short time later would be delivered more fully. John the Baptist, preaching in the In a hilly country, which was nonetheless inhabited, for Zacharias dwelt there, (Luk_1:39-40), and there was Joab's house, (1Ki_2:34); and besides these, Joshua makes mention of six towns that were in the wilderness, (Jos_15:61-62). wilderness of Judaea,

geneva@Matthew:3:3 @ For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, (note:)Make him a plain and smooth way.(:note) make his paths straight.

geneva@Matthew:3:6 @ And were baptized of him in Jordan, (note:)Acknowledging that they were saved only by free remission and forgiveness of their sins.(:note) confessing their sins.

geneva@Matthew:4:1 @ Then was (note:)Christ is tempted in all manner of ways, and still overcomes, that we also through his virtue may overcome.(:note) Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

geneva@Matthew:4:3 @ Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Sonne of God, commande that these stones be made bread.

geneva@Matthew:4:4 @ But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

geneva@Matthew:4:5 @ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a (note:)The battlement which encompassed the flat roof of the Temple so that no man might fall down: as was appointed by the law; (Deu_22:8).(:note) pinnacle of the temple,

geneva@Matthew:4:6 @ And said vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: for it is written, that he wil giue his Angels charge ouer thee, and with their hands they shall lift thee vp, lest at any time thou shouldest dash thy foote against a stone.

geneva@Matthew:4:14 @ That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,

geneva@Matthew:4:15 @ The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the (note:)Of Tiberias, or because that country went toward Tyre, which borders the eastern Mediterranean Sea.(:note) sea, beyond Jordan, So called because it bordered upon Tyre and Sidon, and because Solomon gave the king of Tyre twenty cities in that quarter; (1Ki_9:11). Galilee of the Gentiles;

geneva@Matthew:4:17 @ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at (note:)Is come to you.(:note) hand.

geneva@Matthew:4:23 @ And (note:)Christ assures the hearts of the believers of his spiritual and saving virtue, by healing the diseases of the body.(:note) Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in Their, that is, the Galilaeans. their Synagogues, that is, the Churches of the Jews. synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the Of the Messiah. kingdom, and healing Diseases of all kinds, but not every disease: that is, as we say, some of every kind. all manner of sickness and all manner of The word properly signifies the weakness of the stomach: but here it is taken for those diseases which make those that have them faint and wear away. disease among the people.

geneva@Matthew:4:24 @ And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and (note:)The word signifies properly the stone with which gold is tried: and by a borrowed kind of speech, is applied to all kinds of examinations by torture, when as by rough dealing and torments, we draw out the truths from men who otherwise would not confess: in this place it is taken for those diseases, which put sick men to great woe.(:note) torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were Who at every full moon or the change of the moon, are troubled and diseased. lunatick, and those that had the Weak and feeble men, who have the parts of their body loosed and so weakened, that they are neither able to gather them up together, nor do with them as they wish. palsy; and he healed them.

geneva@Matthew:5:3 @ Blessed [are] the (note:)Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are joined with poverty.(:note) poor in Whose minds and spirits are brought under control, and tamed, and obey God. spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

geneva@Matthew:5:4 @ Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.

geneva@Matthew:5:13 @ Ye (note:)The ministers of the word especially (unless they will be the most cowardly of all) must lead others both by word and deed to this greatest joy and happiness.(:note) are the salt of the Your doctrine must be very sound and good, for if it is not so, it will be not regarded and cast away as a thing unsavoury and vain. earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be What will you have to salt with? And so are fools in the Latin tongue called «saltless», as you would say, men that have no salt or savour and taste in them. salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

geneva@Matthew:5:14 @ Ye are the (note:)You shine and give light by being made partakers of the true light.(:note) light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

geneva@Matthew:5:15 @ Neither doe men light a candel, and put it vnder a bushel, but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.

geneva@Matthew:5:16 @ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

geneva@Matthew:5:22 @...I say unto you, That whosoever...(note:)He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used.(:note) in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.

geneva@Matthew:5:28 @ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.

geneva@Matthew:5:29 @ And if thy (note:)He names the right eye and the right hand, because the parts of the right side of our bodies are the chiefest, and the most ready to commit any wickedness.(:note) right eye Literally, do cause you to offend: for sins are stumbling blocks as it were, that is to say, rocks which we are cast upon. offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.

geneva@Matthew:5:30 @ Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

geneva@Matthew:5:32 @ But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shall put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marrie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.

geneva@Matthew:5:42 @ Giue to him that asketh, and from him that would borowe of thee, turne not away.

geneva@Matthew:5:43 @ Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

geneva@Matthew:5:44 @ But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,

geneva@Matthew:5:47 @ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the (note:)They that were the toll masters, and had the oversight of tributes and customs: this was a type of man that the Jews hated to death, both because they served the Romans in those offices (whose heavy bondage they could not overthrow) and also because these toll masters were for the most part given to covetousness.(:note) publicans so?

geneva@Matthew:6:1 @ Take heed that ye do not your (note:)Ambition makes alms vain.(:note) alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no This word «reward» is always taken in the scriptures for a free recompense, and therefore the schoolmen fondly set it to be answerable to a deserving, which they call «merit». reward of your Father which is in heaven.

geneva@Matthew:6:2 @ Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the (note:)Counterfeits, for hypocrites were players that played a part in a play.(:note) hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

geneva@Matthew:6:4 @ That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly.

geneva@Matthew:6:7 @ But when ye pray, use not (note:)Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and superstitious ones.(:note) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

geneva@Matthew:6:18 @ That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.

geneva@Matthew:6:23 @ But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?

geneva@Matthew:6:26 @ Behold the fowls of the (note:)Of the air, or that line in the air: in almost all languages the word «heaven» is taken for the air.(:note) air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

geneva@Matthew:6:29 @ Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.

geneva@Matthew:6:32 @ (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

geneva@Matthew:7:1 @ Judge (note:)We ought to find fault with one another, but we must beware we do not do it without cause, or to seem holier than others or because of hatred of others.(:note) not, that ye be not judged.

geneva@Matthew:7:3 @ And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brothers eye, and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

geneva@Matthew:7:5 @ Hypocrite, first cast out that beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

geneva@Matthew:7:8 @ For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

geneva@Matthew:7:11 @ If ye then, which are euill, can giue to your children good giftes, howe much more shall your Father which is in heauen, giue good thinges to them that aske him?

geneva@Matthew:7:14 @ Because (note:)The way is straight and narrow: we must pass through this rough way and suffer, endure, be changed and so enter into life.(:note) strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

geneva@Matthew:7:19 @ Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

geneva@Matthew:7:22 @ Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy (note:)By «name» here is meant mighty working power of God, which every man witnesses that calls upon him.(:note) name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many Properly, powers: Now these excellent works which are done are called powers because of those things which they bring to pass, for by them we understand how mighty the power of God is. wonderful works?

geneva@Matthew:7:23 @ And then will I profess unto them, (note:)This is not of ignorance, but because he will cast them away.(:note) I never knew you: depart from me, You that are given to all kinds of wickedness, and seem to make an art of sin. ye that work iniquity.

geneva@Matthew:7:25 @ And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rocke.

geneva@Matthew:7:27 @ And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.

geneva@Matthew:8:4 @ Then Iesus saide vnto him, See thou tell no man, but goe, and shewe thy selfe vnto the Priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a witnesse to them.

geneva@Matthew:8:8 @ But the Centurion answered, saying, Master, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe: but speake the worde onely, and my seruant shall be healed.

geneva@Matthew:8:10 @ When Iesus heard that, he marueiled, and said to them that folowed him, Verely, I say vnto you, I haue not found so great faith, euen in Israel.

geneva@Matthew:8:11 @...I say unto you, That many...(note:)A metaphor taken of banqueters, for they that sit down together are fellows in the banquet.(:note) sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

geneva@Matthew:8:16 @ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed (note:)Of all sorts.(:note) all that were sick:

geneva@Matthew:8:17 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, He tooke our infirmities, and bare our sickenesses.

geneva@Matthew:8:24 @ And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a sleepe.

geneva@Matthew:8:27 @ And the men marueiled, saying, What man is this, that both the windes and the sea obey him!

geneva@Matthew:8:33 @ Then the heardmen fled: and when they were come into the citie, they tolde all things, and what was become of them that were possessed with the deuils.

geneva@Matthew:8:34 @ And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would (note:)Where men live as swine, there Christ does not abide, but demons.(:note) depart out of their coasts.

geneva@Matthew:9:6 @ And that ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then saide he vnto the sicke of the palsie,) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

geneva@Matthew:9:10 @ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and (note:)The publicans who were placed by the Romans, after that time Judea was brought into the form of a province, to gather the taxes, and therefore by the rest of the Jews they were called sinners, that is to say, very vile men.(:note) sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

geneva@Matthew:9:12 @ Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.

geneva@Matthew:9:15 @ And Jesus said unto them, Can the (note:)A Hebrew idiom, for they that are admitted into the marriage chamber are as the bridegroom's closest friends.(:note) children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

geneva@Matthew:9:16 @ No man putteth a piece of (note:)Raw, which was never processed by the fuller.(:note) new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

geneva@Matthew:9:22 @ Then Iesus turned him about, and seeing her, did say, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; the woman was made whole at that same moment.)

geneva@Matthew:9:26 @ And this bruite went throughout all that lande.

geneva@Matthew:9:28 @ And when hee was come into the house, the blinde came to him, & Iesus saide vnto them, Beleeue yee that I am able to doe this? And they sayd vnto him, Yea, Lord.

geneva@Matthew:9:30 @ And their eyes were opened, and Iesus gaue them great charge, saying, See that no man knowe it.

geneva@Matthew:9:31 @ But when they were departed, they spread abroad his fame throughout all that land.

geneva@Matthew:9:38 @ Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will (note:)Literally, «cast them out»: for men are very slow in a work so holy.(:note) send forth labourers into his harvest.

geneva@Matthew:10:2 @ Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The (note:)Theophylact says that Peter and Andrew are called the first, because they were first called.(:note) first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

geneva@Matthew:10:3 @ Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe that Publicane: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus:

geneva@Matthew:10:14 @ And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare your woordes, when yee depart out of that house, or that citie, shake off the dust of your feete.

geneva@Matthew:10:15 @ Truely I say vnto you, it shall be easier for them of the lande of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

geneva@Matthew:10:19 @ But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake: for it shall be giuen you in that houre, what ye shall say.

geneva@Matthew:10:20 @ For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.

geneva@Matthew:10:22 @ And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name: but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saued.

geneva@Matthew:10:23 @ But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have (note:)Bring to an end, that is, you will not have gone through all the cities of Israel and preached in them.(:note) gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

geneva@Matthew:10:25 @ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house (note:)It was the idol of the Acronites, which we call the god of flies.(:note) Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?

geneva@Matthew:10:27 @ What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the (note:)Openly, and in the highest places. For the tops of their houses were made in such a way that they might walk upon them; (Act_10:9).(:note) housetops.

geneva@Matthew:10:38 @ And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

geneva@Matthew:10:39 @ He that (note:)They are said to find their life, who deliver it out of danger: and this is spoken against the opinion of the people, who think those that die are certainly lost, because they think not of the life to come.(:note) findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

geneva@Matthew:11:1 @ And (note:)Christ shows by his works that he is the promised Messiah.(:note) it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of Of instructing them with precepts. commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in The disciples' cities, that is to say, in Galilee, where many of them were born; (Act_2:7). their cities.

geneva@Matthew:11:3 @ Art thou he that shoulde come, or shal we looke for another?

geneva@Matthew:11:6 @ And blessed is he that shal not be offeded in me.

geneva@Matthew:11:8 @ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses.

geneva@Matthew:11:11 @ Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the (note:)In the new state of the Church where the true glory of God shines: the people are not compared together, but the types of doctrines, the preaching of John with the law and the prophets: and again, the most clear preaching of the gospel is compared with John's.(:note) kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

geneva@Matthew:11:14 @ And if ye will receiue it, this is that Elias, which was to come.

geneva@Matthew:11:15 @ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

geneva@Matthew:11:24 @ But I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.

geneva@Matthew:11:25 @ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast (note:)Through the ministry of Christ, who alone shows the truth of all things pertaining to God.(:note) revealed them unto babes.

geneva@Matthew:11:28 @ Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you.

geneva@Matthew:11:29 @ Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.

geneva@Matthew:12:1 @ At (note:)Of the true sanctifying of the sabbath, and the breaking of it.(:note) that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

geneva@Matthew:12:2 @ And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath.

geneva@Matthew:12:3 @ But he said vnto them, Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred, & they that were with him?

geneva@Matthew:12:4 @ How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the (note:)The Hebrews call it «bread of faces», because it stood before the Lord all the week upon the golden table appointed for that service; (Lev_24:6).(:note) shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

geneva@Matthew:12:5 @ Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple (note:)When the priests do God's service on the sabbath day, they do not break the law: much less does the Lord of the Sabbath break the sabbath.(:note) profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

geneva@Matthew:12:6 @ But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.

geneva@Matthew:12:10 @...vpon a Sabbath day? That they...

geneva@Matthew:12:11 @ And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, & if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it & lift it out?

geneva@Matthew:12:16 @ And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen,

geneva@Matthew:12:17 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

geneva@Matthew:12:18 @ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew (note:)By judgment is meant a godly kingdom, because Christ was to proclaim true religion among the Gentiles, and to cast out superstition; and wherever this is done, the Lord is said to reign and judge there, that is to say, to govern and rule matters.(:note) judgment to the Gentiles.

geneva@Matthew:12:23 @ And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?

geneva@Matthew:12:30 @ He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

geneva@Matthew:12:36 @...I say unto you, That every...(note:)Vain and unprofitable trifles, which for the most part, men spend their lives in search of.(:note) idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

geneva@Matthew:12:45 @ Then he goeth, & taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.

geneva@Matthew:12:48 @ But he answered, and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? & who are my brethren?

geneva@Matthew:13:9 @ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

geneva@Matthew:13:12 @ For whosoeuer hath, to him shalbe giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hath.

geneva@Matthew:13:15 @ For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.

geneva@Matthew:13:17 @ For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, & righteous men haue desired to see those things which ye see, & haue not seene them, & to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

geneva@Matthew:13:19 @ When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his (note:)Though there is mention made of the heart, yet this sowing is referred to as hearing without understanding. For whether the seed is received in the heart or not, yet he that sows, sows to the heart.(:note) heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

geneva@Matthew:13:20 @ And hee that receiued seede in the stonie grounde, is he which heareth the woorde, and incontinently with ioy receiueth it,

geneva@Matthew:13:22 @ And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.

geneva@Matthew:13:23 @ But he that receiued the seede in the good ground, is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruite, and bringeth foorth, some an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some thirtie folde.

geneva@Matthew:13:28 @ And hee said to them, Some enuious man hath done this. Then the seruants saide vnto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them vp?

geneva@Matthew:13:32 @ Which in deede is the least of all seedes: but when it is growen, it is the greatest among herbes, and it is a tree, so that the birdes of heauen come and builde in the branches thereof.

geneva@Matthew:13:35 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.

geneva@Matthew:13:36 @ Then sent Iesus the multitude away, and went into the house; his disciples came vnto him, saying, Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of that fielde.

geneva@Matthew:13:38 @ And the field is the worlde, and the good seede are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of that wicked one.

geneva@Matthew:13:39 @ And the enemie that soweth them, is the deuill, and the haruest is the end of the worlde, and the reapers be the Angels.

geneva@Matthew:13:41 @ The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,

geneva@Matthew:13:43 @ Then shall the iust men shine as ye sunne in the kingdome of their Father. Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

geneva@Matthew:13:45 @ Againe, the kingdome of heauen is like to a marchant man, that seeketh good pearles,

geneva@Matthew:13:46 @ Who hauing found a pearle of great price, went and solde all that he had, and bought it.

geneva@Matthew:13:53 @ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had ended these parables, he departed thence,

geneva@Matthew:14:2 @ And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty (note:)By works he means that force and power by which works are performed, and not the works which are often seen before.(:note) works do shew forth themselves in him.

geneva@Matthew:14:6 @ But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased (note:)There were three Herods: the first of them was Antipater's son, who is also called Ascalonius, in whose reign Christ was born, and it was he that caused the children to be slain. The second was called Antipas, Magnus his son, whose mother's name was Malthaca or Martaca, and he was called Tetrarch, because he enlarged his dominion, when Archelaus was banished to Vienna in France. The third was Agrippa, Magnus his nephew by Aristobulus, and it was he that slew James.(:note) Herod.

geneva@Matthew:14:7 @ Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

geneva@Matthew:14:9 @ And the King was sorie: neuerthelesse because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giuen her,

geneva@Matthew:14:15 @ And when euen was come, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desart place, and the time is alreadie past: let the multitude depart, that they may goe into the townes, and bye them vitailes.

geneva@Matthew:14:20 @ And they did all eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, twelue baskets full.

geneva@Matthew:14:21 @ And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousande men, beside women and litle children.

geneva@Matthew:14:26 @ And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a (note:)A spirit, as it is taken here, is that which a man imagines to himself vainly in his mind, persuading himself that he sees something when he sees nothing.(:note) spirit; and they cried out for fear.

geneva@Matthew:14:33 @ Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a trueth thou art the Sonne of God.

geneva@Matthew:14:36 @ And besought him, that they might touch the hemme of his garment onely: and as many as touched it, were made whole.

geneva@Matthew:15:4 @ For God commanded, saying, (note:)By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents.(:note) Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

geneva@Matthew:15:5 @ But ye say, (note:)The meaning is this: whatever I bestow upon the temple, is to your profit, for it is as good as if I gave it to you, for (as the Pharisees of our time say) it will be meritorious for you: for under this form of religion, they gathered all to themselves, as though he that had given anything to the temple, had done the duty of a child.(:note) Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

geneva@Matthew:15:11 @ That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.

geneva@Matthew:15:12 @ Then came his disciples, and saide vnto him, Perceiuest thou not, that the Pharises are offended in hearing this saying?

geneva@Matthew:15:17 @ Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?

geneva@Matthew:15:21 @ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the (note:)Coasts which were next to Tyre and Sidon, that is in that region where Palestine faces toward Venice, and the sea of Syria.(:note) coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

geneva@Matthew:15:28 @ Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desirest; her daughter was made whole at that houre.

geneva@Matthew:15:30 @ And great multitudes came unto him, having with them [those that were] lame, blind, dumb, (note:)Whose members were weakened with paralysis, or by nature, for after it is said that he healed them. Now Christ preferred to heal in this way, that such members as were weak, he restored to health, and yet he could easily, if he had wanted, have given them hands and feet and other members which they lacked.(:note) maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

geneva@Matthew:15:31 @ In so much that the multitude wondered, to see the dumme speake, the maimed whole, the halt to goe, and the blinde to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

geneva@Matthew:15:37 @ And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven (note:)A kind of container made with twigs.(:note) baskets full.

geneva@Matthew:15:38 @ And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children.

geneva@Matthew:16:1 @ The (note:)The wicked who otherwise disagree with one another, agree well together against Christ, but do what they can, Christ is victorious, and triumphs over them.(:note) Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and To see whether he could do that which they desired, but their purpose was useless for they thought to find something in him by it, in which case they might have just occasion to reprehend him: or else distrust and curiosity moved them to do so, for by such means also is God said to be tempted, that is to say, provoked to anger, as though men would strive with him. tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

geneva@Matthew:16:11 @ How is it that ye do not (note:)A demand or question joined with wonder.(:note) understand that I «Spake» for commanded. spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

geneva@Matthew:16:12 @ Then vnderstood they that he had not said that they should beware of the leauen of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharises, and Sadduces.

geneva@Matthew:16:14 @ And they said, Some [say that thou art] (note:)As Herod thought.(:note) John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

geneva@Matthew:16:15 @ He said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am?

geneva@Matthew:16:16 @ Then Simon Peter answered, & said, Thou art that Christ, the Sonne of the liuing God.

geneva@Matthew:16:25 @ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall (note:)Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselves, not only not gain that which they look for, but also lose the thing they would have kept, that is, themselves, which is the greatest loss of all: but as for them that doubt not to die for Christ, it goes well with them otherwise.(:note) find it.

geneva@Matthew:17:1 @ And (note:)Christ in his present company is humble in the gospel, but all the while he is Lord both of heaven and earth.(:note)Luke counts eight days, containing in that number the first and last, and Matthew speaks but of the days between them. after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

geneva@Matthew:17:5 @ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is (note:)The word «my» distinguishes Christ from other children. For he is God's natural son, we by adoption; therefore he is called the first begotten among the brethren, because although he is by right the only son, yet he is chief among many, in that he is the source and head of the adoption.(:note) my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

geneva@Matthew:17:9 @ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the (note:)Which they saw, otherwise the word used in this place is usually used in referring to that which is seen in a dream.(:note) vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

geneva@Matthew:17:10 @ And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come?

geneva@Matthew:17:12 @ But I say vnto you that Elias is come alreadie, and they knewe him not, but haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would: likewise shal also the Sonne of man suffer of them.

geneva@Matthew:17:13 @ Then the disciples perceiued that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.

geneva@Matthew:17:15 @ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is (note:)They that at certain times of the moon are troubled with the falling sickness, or any other kind of disease: but in this case, we must so understand it, that besides the natural disease he had a demonic derangement.(:note) lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

geneva@Matthew:17:18 @ And Iesus rebuked the deuill, and he went out of him: and the childe was healed at that houre.

geneva@Matthew:17:27 @ Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a (note:)The word used here is «stater», which is in value four didrachmas; every drachma is about five pence.(:note) piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

geneva@Matthew:18:11 @ For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.

geneva@Matthew:18:12 @ How thinke ye? If a man haue an hundreth sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doeth he not leaue ninetie & nine, & go into the mountaines, and seeke that which is gone astray?

geneva@Matthew:18:13 @ And if so be that he finde it, verely I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray:

geneva@Matthew:18:14 @ So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.

geneva@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the (note:)That is, by the word and witness; the mouth is sometimes taken for the word of speech, (Num_3:16), and also for a still witness, namely, when the matter speaks for itself, as below in (Mat_21:16).(:note) mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be Sure and certain. established.

geneva@Matthew:18:19 @...I say unto you, That if...(note:)This word, which is normally used of the body, is here used of the mind, for it belongs properly to poetry.(:note) agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

geneva@Matthew:18:24 @ And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him (note:)Here is set down a very great sum of six thousand crowns, that the difference may be the greater, for there is no proportion between them.(:note) ten thousand talents.

geneva@Matthew:18:25 @ And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.

geneva@Matthew:18:26 @ The servant therefore fell down, and (note:)This was a polite reverence which was very common in the East.(:note) worshipped him, saying, Lord, Yield not too much to your anger against me: so is God called in the Scripture, slow to anger, that is to say, gentle, and one that refrains his fierce wrath, (Psa_86:5); patient and of great mercy. have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

geneva@Matthew:18:27 @ Then that seruants Lord had compassion, and loosed him, and forgaue him the dette.

geneva@Matthew:18:28 @ But when the seruant was departed, hee found one of his felow seruants, which ought him an hundred pence, & he layde hands on him, and thratled him, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

geneva@Matthew:18:31 @ And when his other felowe seruants sawe what was done, they were very sory, & came, and declared vnto their Lord all that was done.

geneva@Matthew:18:32 @ Then his Lord called him vnto him, and sayd to him, O euil seruant, I forgaue thee all that dette, because thou prayedst me.

geneva@Matthew:18:34 @ So his Lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentours, till he should pay all that was due to him.

geneva@Matthew:19:4 @ And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,

geneva@Matthew:19:9 @ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] (note:)Therefore in these days the laws that were made against adulterers were not regarded: for they would have no need of divorce, if the marriage had been severed by punishment of death.(:note) for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

geneva@Matthew:19:12 @ For there are some (note:)A man can become a eunuch in one of two ways: the first is by castration or emasculation, and the other by natural causes, such as a rupture.(:note) eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have Who abstain from marriage, and live as celibates through the gift of God. made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].

geneva@Matthew:19:21 @ Jesus said unto him, If (note:)The young man did not answer truly in saying that he had kept all the commandments: and therefore Christ sets forth an example of true charity before him, to show the disease that lay lurking in his mind.(:note) thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.

geneva@Matthew:19:22 @ And when the yong man heard that saying, he went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.

geneva@Matthew:19:24 @ And again I say unto you, It is (note:)Literally, «it is of less labour».(:note) easier for a Theophylact notes, that by this word is meant a cable rope, but Caninius alleges out of the Talmuds that it is a proverb, and the word «Camel» signifies the beast itself. camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

geneva@Matthew:20:1 @ For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an (note:)God is bound to no man, and therefore he calls whoever and whenever he desires. This only every man ought to take heed of, and upon this bestow his whole endeavour, that he go forward and come to the mark without stopping at all or staggering, and to not curiously examine the doings of other men, or the judgments of God.(:note) householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

geneva@Matthew:20:7 @ They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.

geneva@Matthew:20:10 @ Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.

geneva@Matthew:20:14 @ Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee.

geneva@Matthew:20:15 @ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye (note:)Naught, that is to say, do you envy at my goodness towards them? For by an «evil eye» the Hebrews mean «envy», because such dispositions appear chiefly in the eyes, as above in (Mat_6:23). It is set in opposition to the word «single», and it is taken there for corrupt: for whereas he said before in verse 22, «If thine eye be single», he adds in verse 23, «but if thine eye by wicked», or «corrupt», the word being the same in that place as it is here. (Mat_6:22-23)(:note) evil, because I am good?

geneva@Matthew:20:21 @ And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome.

geneva@Matthew:20:22 @ But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to (note:)«Taking the cup» is figurative speech for that which is contained in the cup. And again, the Hebrews understand by the word «cup», sometimes the manner of punishment which is rendered to sin, as (Psa_11:6), or the joy that is given to the faithful, as (Psa_23:5), and sometimes a lot or condition, as (Psa_16:5).(:note) drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the This is in reference to afflictions, as David commonly uses. baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

geneva@Matthew:20:23 @ And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is (note:)The almightiness of Christ's divinity is not shut out by this, but it shows the debasing of himself by taking man's nature upon him.(:note) not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father.

geneva@Matthew:20:25 @ But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise (note:)Somewhat sharply and roughly.(:note) dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

geneva@Matthew:20:30 @ And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lorde, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.

geneva@Matthew:20:32 @ And Jesus stood still, and (note:)Himself, not by the means of other men.(:note) called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

geneva@Matthew:20:33 @ They saide to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

geneva@Matthew:21:2 @ Saying to them, Goe into the towne that is ouer against you, and anon yee shall finde an asse bounde, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them vnto me.

geneva@Matthew:21:3 @ And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway (note:)He that will say anything to you will let them go, that is, the ass and the colt.(:note) he will send them.

geneva@Matthew:21:4 @ All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,

geneva@Matthew:21:9 @ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, (note:)This was an ancient kind of cry, which they voiced in the feast of Tabernacles, when they carried boughs according as God commanded; (Lev_23:40). And the word is corruptly made of two, for we should say, «Hoshiang-na», which is as much as to say, «Save I pray thee».(:note) Hosanna to the Son of David: Well is it to him that comes in the Name of the Lord, that is to say, whom the Lord has given us for our King. Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

geneva@Matthew:21:11 @ And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile.

geneva@Matthew:21:12 @ And Iesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that solde and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money chagers, & the seates of them that sold doues,

geneva@Matthew:21:16 @ And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast (note:)You have made most perfect. We read in David, «Thou hast established» or «grounded», and if the matter is considered well, the evangelist says here the same thing, for that which is most perfect is stable and sure.(:note) perfected praise?

geneva@Matthew:21:24 @ And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you (note:)One thing, that is to say, I will ask you one thing first before I answer your questions.(:note) one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

geneva@Matthew:21:31 @ Whether of them twain did the will of [his]...I say unto you, That the...(note:)They hurry to the kingdom of God and you go slowly, so that you should at least have followed their example. Mark then that this word, «go into», is improperly taken in this place because none of them followed Christ.(:note) go into the kingdom of God before you.

geneva@Matthew:21:32 @ For John came unto you in the (note:)Living uprightly, being of good and honest behaviour; For the Hebrews use this word «way» for life and manners.(:note) way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

geneva@Matthew:21:42 @ Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the (note:)Master builders, who are chief builders of the house, that is of the Church.(:note) builders rejected, the same is Began to be. become the The chiefest stone in the corner is called the head of the corner: which bears up the couplings or joints of the whole building. head of the corner: That matter (in that the stone which was cast away is made the head) is the Lord's doing which we behold and greatly marvel at. this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

geneva@Matthew:21:45 @ And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.

geneva@Matthew:22:1 @ And (note:)Not all of the whole company of those that are called by the voice of the gospel are the true Church before God: for the most part of them would rather follow the conveniences of this life: and some persecute very cruelly those that call them: but they are the true Church who obey when they are called, such as for the most part are those whom the world despises.(:note) Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

geneva@Matthew:22:3 @ And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.

geneva@Matthew:22:12 @ And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was (note:)Literally, «haltered», that is to say, he held his peace, as though he had a bridle or a halter around his neck.(:note) speechless.

geneva@Matthew:22:13 @ Then said the king to the (note:)To those that served the guests.(:note) servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

geneva@Matthew:22:16 @ And they sent out unto him their disciples with the (note:)Those who with Herod made a new religion, composed of both heathen and Jewish religion.(:note) Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God Truly and sincerely. in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the You are not moved with any appearance and outward show. person of men.

geneva@Matthew:22:19 @ Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a (note:)Before (Mat_17:24) there is mention made of a didrachma, and here of a penny, whereas a didrachma is more by the seventh part then a penny: so that there seems to be an inconsistency in these two places: but they may easily be reconciled in this way: The penny was paid to the Romans for tribute, according to the proportion they were rated at, and the drachma was payed by everyone to the Temple, which also the Romans took to themselves when they had subdued India.(:note) penny.

geneva@Matthew:22:30 @ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the (note:)He does not say that they will be without bodies, for then they would not be men any more; but, they will be as angels, for they will neither marry nor be married.(:note) angels of God in heaven.

geneva@Matthew:22:46 @ And none could answere him a worde, neither durst any from that day foorth aske him any moe questions.

geneva@Matthew:23:7 @ And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, (note:)This word «Rabbi» signifies one that is above his fellows, and is as good as any of them: and we may see by the repeating of it how proud a title it was. Now they were called Rabbi who, by the laying on of hands, were uttered and declared to the world to be wise men.(:note) Rabbi.

geneva@Matthew:23:10 @ Neither be ye called (note:)It seems that the scribes hunted very greatly after such titles, these scribes being the ones whom he called blind guides in (Mat_23:16).(:note) masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.

geneva@Matthew:23:11 @ But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

geneva@Matthew:23:12 @ And whosoever (note:)He seems to allude to the position of the rabbis, for rabbi signifies one that is in a high position.(:note) shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

geneva@Matthew:23:15 @ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and (note:)The dry part: now that part of the earth is called dry which the Lord has given to us to live upon.(:note) land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

geneva@Matthew:23:16 @ Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he (note:)Is a debtor. In the Syrian language, sins are called «Debts», and it is certain that Christ spoke in Syrian.(:note) is a debtor!

geneva@Matthew:23:17 @ [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that (note:)Causes the gold which is dedicated to a holy use to be considered holy.(:note) sanctifieth the gold?

geneva@Matthew:23:18 @ And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.

geneva@Matthew:23:21 @ And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

geneva@Matthew:23:22 @ And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the (note:)If heaven is God's throne, than he is without doubt above this entire world.(:note) throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

geneva@Matthew:23:26 @ Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.

geneva@Matthew:23:31 @ So then ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the children of them that murthered the Prophets.

geneva@Matthew:23:39 @ For I say vnto you, ye shall not see mee henceforth till that ye say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord.

geneva@Matthew:24:6 @ And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the (note:)That is, when those things are fulfilled, yet the end will not come.(:note) end is not yet.

geneva@Matthew:24:14 @ And this (note:)Joyful tidings of the kingdom of heaven.(:note) gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the Through all that part of the world that people live in. world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

geneva@Matthew:24:19 @ And woe shalbe to them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.

geneva@Matthew:24:20 @ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the (note:)It was not lawful to take a journey on the sabbath day; Josephus, book 13.(:note) sabbath day:

geneva@Matthew:24:30 @ And then shall appear the (note:)The exceeding glory and majesty, which will bear witness that Christ the Lord of heaven and earth draws near to judge the world.(:note) sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the All nations, and he alludes to the dispersion which we read of in (Genesis 10-11), or to the dividing of the people of Israel. tribes of the earth They will be in such sorrow, that they will strike themselves: and it is transferred to the mourning. mourn, and they shall see the Son of man Sitting upon the clouds, as he was taken up into heaven. coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

geneva@Matthew:24:33 @ So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.

geneva@Matthew:24:38 @ For as in the days that were before the flood they were (note:)The word which the evangelist uses expresses the matter more fully then ours does: for it is a word which is used of brute beasts: and his meaning is that in those days men will pay attention to their appetites just like brute beasts: for otherwise there is nothing wrong with eating and drinking.(:note) eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

geneva@Matthew:24:43 @ Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.

geneva@Matthew:24:44 @ Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

geneva@Matthew:24:46 @ Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

geneva@Matthew:24:48 @ But if that euil seruant shal say in his heart, My master doth deferre his comming,

geneva@Matthew:24:50 @ That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

geneva@Matthew:25:1 @ Then (note:)We must desire strength from God's hand which may serve us as a torch while we walk through this darkness, to bring us to our desired end: otherwise, if we become slothful and negligent because we are weary of our pains and travail, we shall be kept from entering the doors.(:note) shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and The pomp of weddings was usually preferred to be done at night, and that by young unmarried women. went forth to meet the bridegroom.

geneva@Matthew:25:9 @ But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there will not be ynough for vs and you: but goe ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues.

geneva@Matthew:25:10 @ And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

geneva@Matthew:25:16 @ Then he that had receiued the fiue talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other fiue talents.

geneva@Matthew:25:17 @ Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two.

geneva@Matthew:25:18 @ But he that receiued that one, went & digged it in the earth, and hid his masters money.

geneva@Matthew:25:20 @ Then came he that had receiued fiue talents, and brought other fiue talents, saying, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me fiue talents: behold, I haue gained with them other fiue talents.

geneva@Matthew:25:21 @ His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: (note:)Come and receive the fruit of my goodness: now the Lord's joy is doubled; see (Joh_15:11): that my joy may remain in you, and your joy be fulfilled.(:note) enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

geneva@Matthew:25:22 @ Also he that had receiued two talents, came, and said, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me two talents: behold, I haue gained two other talets more.

geneva@Matthew:25:24 @ Then he which had receiued the one talent, came, & said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not:

geneva@Matthew:25:26 @ And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.

geneva@Matthew:25:29 @ For vnto euery man that hath, it shall be giuen, and he shall haue abundance, and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken away.

geneva@Matthew:25:30 @ Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.

geneva@Matthew:26:1 @ And (note:)Christ witnesses by his going to death voluntarily, that he will make full satisfaction for the sin of Adam by his obedience.(:note) it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

geneva@Matthew:26:4 @ And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.

geneva@Matthew:26:5 @ But they said, Not on the (note:)By the word «feast» is meant the whole feast of unleavened bread: the first and eighth day of which were so holy that they were not allowed to do any work on it, though the whole company of the Sanhedrin determined otherwise: And yet it came to pass through God's providence, that Christ suffered at that time, so that all the people of Israel might be witnesses of his everlasting sacrifice.(:note) feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.

geneva@Matthew:26:8 @ But when his (note:)This is a figure of speech called synecdoche: for it is said that only Judas was moved at this; (Joh_12:4).(:note) disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this Unprofitable spending. waste?

geneva@Matthew:26:12 @ For (note:)In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me.(:note) in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.

geneva@Matthew:26:13 @ Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall bee preached throughout all the worlde, there shall also this that shee hath done, be spoken of for a memoriall of her.

geneva@Matthew:26:16 @ And from that time, he sought opportunitie to betraie him.

geneva@Matthew:26:20 @ Now when the even was come, he (note:)Because the Law appointed them to be wearing footwear, and to have their staffs in their hands, as though they were is haste, therefore it is to be gathered that they did not sit down when they ate the Passover, but stood, for normally when they went to eat they took off their shoes: therefore he speaks here in this place, not of the Passover, but of the supper which was celebrated after the Passover was solemnly done.(:note) sat down with the twelve.

geneva@Matthew:26:21 @ And as they did eate, he sayde, Verely I say vnto you, that one of you shall betraie me.

geneva@Matthew:26:23 @ And he answered and said, He that (note:)That is to say, he whom I invited to come to my table, alluding in this to (Psa_41:9), which is not to be understood as though just as the Lord spoke these words Judas had his hand in the dish (for that would have been an undoubted sign) but it refers to his tabling and eating with him.(:note) dippeth [his] hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

geneva@Matthew:26:24 @ Surely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had bene good for that man, if hee had neuer bene borne.

geneva@Matthew:26:29 @ I say vnto you, that I will not drinke henceforth of this fruit of the vine vntil that day, when I shal drinke it new with you in my Fathers kingdome.

geneva@Matthew:26:33 @ But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.

geneva@Matthew:26:34 @ Iesus sayde vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, that this night, before the cocke crow, thou shalt denie me thrise.

geneva@Matthew:26:37 @ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and (note:)The word which he uses signifies great sorrow, and tremendous and deadly grief: this thing, as it indicates man's true nature, which shuns death as a thing that entered in against nature, shows that though Christ was void of sin, yet he sustained this horrible punishment, because he felt the wrath of God kindled against us for sins, which he revenged and punished in his person.(:note) very heavy.

geneva@Matthew:26:41 @ Watch, and praie, that yee enter not into tentation: the spirit in deede is readie, but the flesh is weake.

geneva@Matthew:26:42 @ Againe he went away the second time, and praied, saying, O my Father, if this cuppe can not passe away from mee, but that I must drinke it, thy will be done.

geneva@Matthew:26:48 @ Now he that betraied him, had giuen them a token, saying, Whomesoeuer I shall kisse, that is he, laie holde on him.

geneva@Matthew:26:56 @ But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsooke him, and fled.

geneva@Matthew:26:62 @ And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? (note:)How does it come to pass that these men witness against thee?(:note) what [is it which] these witness against thee?

geneva@Matthew:26:63 @ But Iesus helde his peace. Then the chiefe Priest answered, and saide to him, I charge thee sweare vnto vs by the liuing God, to tell vs, If thou be that Christ the Sonne of God, or no.

geneva@Matthew:26:64 @ Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, (note:)This word distinguishes his first coming from the latter.(:note) Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting Sitting with God in like and equal honour at the right hand of his power, that is, in greatest power: for the right hand signifies among the Hebrews that which is mighty and of great power. on the right hand of power, and coming in the Clouds of heaven; see above in (Mat_24:30). clouds of heaven.

geneva@Matthew:26:68 @ Saying, Prophecie to vs, O Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

geneva@Matthew:26:71 @ And when hee went out into the porche, another maide sawe him, and sayde vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazareth.

geneva@Matthew:26:73 @ So after a while, came vnto him they that stoode by, and sayde vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewraieth thee.

geneva@Matthew:27:4 @ Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

geneva@Matthew:27:8 @ Wherefore that field is called, The field of bloud, vntill this day.

geneva@Matthew:27:9 @ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by (note:)As this prophecy is found in (Zec_11:12) it cannot be denied that Jeremy's name slipped into the text either through the fault of the Scribe, or by someone else's ignorance: it may also be that it came out of the margin by means of the abbreviation on one of the letters, the one being «yod» and the other being «zayin», which are very similar: But in the Syrian text the Prophet's name is not written down at all.(:note) Jeremy the prophet, saying, The evangelist does not follow the prophet's words, but instead he follows the prophet's meaning, which he shows to have been fulfilled. And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

geneva@Matthew:27:14 @ But he answered him not to one worde, in so much that the gouernour marueiled greatly.

geneva@Matthew:27:17 @ When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto the, Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?

geneva@Matthew:27:18 @ (For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.

geneva@Matthew:27:19 @ Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seate, his wife sent to him, saying, Haue thou nothing to do with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him.)

geneva@Matthew:27:20 @ But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.

geneva@Matthew:27:21 @ Then the gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of the twaine will ye that I let loose vnto you? And they said, Barabbas.

geneva@Matthew:27:32 @ And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they (note:)They compelled Simon to bear his burdensome cross, by which it appears that Jesus was so poorly handled before that he fainted along the way, and was not able to bear his cross the whole distance: for John writes that he did bear the cross, that is, at the beginning.(:note) compelled to bear his cross.

geneva@Matthew:27:40 @ And saying, Thou that destroyest ye Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: if thou be ye Sonne of God, come downe fro ye crosse.

geneva@Matthew:27:46 @ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou (note:)That is, in this misery: And this crying out is a natural part of his humanity, which, even though it was void of sin, still felt the wrath of God, the wrath which is due to our sins.(:note) forsaken me?

geneva@Matthew:27:47 @ Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for (note:)They allude to Elias' name, not because they did not understand what he said, but because of a profane impudence and disrespect, and he repeated those words so that this repetition of the name might be understood.(:note) Elias.

geneva@Matthew:27:52 @ And the (note:)That is to say, the stones broke apart, and the graves opened themselves to show by this act that death was overcome: and the resurrection of the dead followed the resurrection of Christ, as the next verse indicates (Mat_27:53).(:note) graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

geneva@Matthew:27:54 @ When the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Iesus, saw the earthquake, and the thinges that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Sonne of God.

geneva@Matthew:27:63 @ And said, Syr, we remember that that deceiuer saide, while he was yet aliue, Within three dayes I will rise.

geneva@Matthew:27:64 @ Command therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so shall the last errour be worse then the first.

geneva@Matthew:28:1 @ In (note:)Christ, having routed death in the tomb, rises by his own power, as the angel immediately witnesses.(:note) the At the going out of the sabbath, that is, about daybreak after the Roman manner of telling time, which considers the natural day to be from the rising of the sun to the next sunrise: and not as the Hebrews, which count from evening to evening. end of the sabbath, as it When the morning of the first day after the sabbath began to dawn: and that first day is the same as that which we now call Sunday, or the Lord's day. began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

geneva@Matthew:28:5 @ And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not (note:)The word «ye» is spoken with force to indicate that it was the women to whom he was speaking, as the soldiers were also afraid.(:note) ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

geneva@Matthew:28:7 @ And go quickly, & tel his disciples that he is risen fro ye dead: & behold, he goeth before you into Galile: there ye shall see him: loe, I haue told you.

geneva@Matthew:28:10 @ Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.

geneva@Matthew:28:14 @ And if this (note:)For it was to be feared that it would be brought to the governor's ears.(:note) come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

geneva@Mark:1:3 @ The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

geneva@Mark:1:8 @ I indeed have (note:)He shows that all the power of baptism proceeds from Christ, who baptizes the inner man.(:note) baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

geneva@Mark:1:22 @ And they were astonied at his doctrine, for he taught them as one that had authoritie, and not as the Scribes.

geneva@Mark:1:24 @ Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou (note:)He was born in Bethlehem, but through the error of the people he was called a Nazarene, because he was brought up in Nazareth.(:note) Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the He alludes to the name that was written in the golden plate which the high Priest wore; (Exo_28:36) Holy One of God.

geneva@Mark:1:27 @ And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned (note:)As men who were amazed.(:note) among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine [is] this? for with authority By his own authority, or as a lord. commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

geneva@Mark:1:32 @ And whe euen was come, at what time the sunne setteth, they brought to him all that were diseased, & them that were possessed with deuils.

geneva@Mark:1:34 @ And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and (note:)For it is not proper for the demons to preach the gospel; (Act_16:18)(:note) suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

geneva@Mark:1:36 @ And Simon, and they that were with him, followed carefully after him.

geneva@Mark:1:38 @ And he said unto them, Let us go into the (note:)Villages which were like cities.(:note) next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

geneva@Mark:1:45 @ But when he was departed, hee began to tel many things, and to publish the matter: so that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euery quarter.

geneva@Mark:2:1 @ And (note:)By healing this man who was sick from paralysis Christ shows that men recover all their lost strength in him through faith alone.(:note) again he entered into Capernaum after [some] days; and it was noised that he was in the In the house where he used to remain: for he chose Capernaum to dwell in and left Nazareth. house.

geneva@Mark:2:2 @ And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive [them], no, not so much as (note:)Neither the house nor the entry was able to hold them.(:note) about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

geneva@Mark:2:3 @ And there came vnto him, that brought one sicke of the palsie, borne of foure men.

geneva@Mark:2:4 @ And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken [it] up, they (note:)They broke up the upper part of the house which was made simply, and let down the man that was sick from paralysis into the lower part where Christ preached, for they could not come before Christ in any other way.(:note) let down the The word signifies the poorest kind of bed, upon which men used to lay down at noon, and at such other times to refresh themselves; we call it a couch. bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

geneva@Mark:2:8 @ And immediatly when Iesus perceiued in his spirite, that thus they reasoned with themselues, he sayde vnto them, Why reason yee these things in your hearts?

geneva@Mark:2:10 @ But that ye may knowe, that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsie.)

geneva@Mark:2:12 @ And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all (note:)Literally, «past themselves», or «out of their wit».(:note) amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

geneva@Mark:2:15 @ And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at table in his house, many Publicanes & sinners sate at table also with Iesus, and his disciples: for there were many that followed him.

geneva@Mark:2:16 @ And when the Scribes and Pharises sawe him eate with the Publicanes and sinners, they sayd vnto his disciples, Howe is it, that hee eateth and drinketh with Publicanes and sinners?

geneva@Mark:2:21 @ Also no man soweth a piece of newe cloth in an olde garment: for els the newe piece that filled it vp, taketh away somewhat from the olde, and the breach is worse.

geneva@Mark:2:24 @ And the Pharises saide vnto him, Beholde, why doe they on the Sabbath day, that which is not lawfull?

geneva@Mark:2:25 @ And he saide to them, Haue yee neuer read what Dauid did when he had neede, and was an hungred, both he, and they that were with him?

geneva@Mark:2:26 @ How he went into the house of God in the days of (note:)In (1Sa_21:1) he is called Ahimelech and his son is called Abiathar, but by conferring other places it is plain that both of them had two names; see (1Ch_24:6; 2Sa_8:17; 2Sa_15:29; 1Ki_2:26; 2Ki_25:18).(:note) Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

geneva@Mark:3:2 @ And they watched him, whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

geneva@Mark:3:5 @ And when he had looked round about on them (note:)Men are angry when they have wrong done to them, but not without sin: but Christ is angry without sin, and he is not sorry for the injury that is done to him as much as he is for their wickedness; and therefore he had pity upon them, and because of that he is said to have been grieved.(:note) with anger, being grieved for the As though their heart had been closed up and had grown together, so that wholesome doctrine had no effect upon them. hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

geneva@Mark:3:9 @ And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should (note:)Should always be ready for him.(:note) wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

geneva@Mark:3:10 @ For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had (note:)Diseases with which God scourges men as it were with whips.(:note) plagues.

geneva@Mark:3:15 @ And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.

geneva@Mark:3:20 @ And the multitude assembled againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.

geneva@Mark:3:24 @ For if a kingdome bee deuided against it selfe, that kingdome can not stand.

geneva@Mark:3:25 @ Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue.

geneva@Mark:3:27 @ No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.

geneva@Mark:3:29 @ But hee that blasphemeth against the holy Ghost, shall neuer haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.

geneva@Mark:3:31 @ There came then his (note:)By the name «brother» the Hebrews understand all that are of the same stock and blood.(:note) brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

geneva@Mark:4:1 @ And he began again to teach by the (note:)Seaside of Tiberias.(:note) sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat In a ship which was launched into the sea. in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

geneva@Mark:4:4 @ And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fell by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came, and deuoured it vp.

geneva@Mark:4:7 @ And some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite.

geneva@Mark:4:8 @ Some againe fell in good grounde, and did yeelde fruite that sprong vp, and grewe, and it brought foorth, some thirtie folde, some sixtie folde, and some an hundreth folde.

geneva@Mark:4:9 @ Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

geneva@Mark:4:10 @ And when he was (note:)Literally, «solitary».(:note) alone, they that were They that followed him at his heels. about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

geneva@Mark:4:11 @ And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are (note:)That is to say, to strangers, and such ones as are not of us.(:note) without, all [these] things are done in parables:

geneva@Mark:4:12 @ That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

geneva@Mark:4:15 @ And these are they that receiue the seede by the wayes side, in whome the worde is sowen: but when they haue heard it, Satan commeth immediatly, and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their heartes.

geneva@Mark:4:16 @ And likewise they that receiue the seede in stony ground, are they, which whe they haue heard the word, straightwayes receiue it with gladnesse.

geneva@Mark:4:18 @ Also they that receiue the seede among the thornes, are such as heare the word:

geneva@Mark:4:20 @ But they that haue receiued seede in good ground, are they that heare the worde, and receiue it, and bring foorth fruite: one corne thirtie, another sixtie, and some an hundreth.

geneva@Mark:4:22 @ For there is nothing hid, that shall not be opened: neither is there a secret, but that it shall come to light.

geneva@Mark:4:25 @ For vnto him that hath, shall it be giuen, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away, euen that he hath.

geneva@Mark:4:27 @ And (note:)That is, when he has finished sowing should wait both day and night not doubting that the seed should spring forth, which grows both by day and night.(:note) should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he It is the duty of the ministers to work the ground with all diligence, and accredit the success to God: for the mighty work of the seed coming to blade and ear is mysterious, and is only known by the fruit that comes. knoweth not how.

geneva@Mark:4:28 @ For the earth bringeth forth fruit (note:)By a certain power which moves itself.(:note) of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

geneva@Mark:4:31 @ It is like a graine of mustarde seede, which when it is sowen in the earth, is the least of all seedes that be in the earth:

geneva@Mark:4:32 @ But after that it is sowen, it groweth vp, and is greatest of all herbes, and beareth great branches, so that the foules of heauen may builde vnder the shadow of it.

geneva@Mark:4:38 @ And he was in the sterne asleepe on a pillow: and they awoke him, and saide to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

geneva@Mark:4:40 @ And he said unto them, (note:)How does it come to pass that you have no faith?(:note) Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

geneva@Mark:4:41 @ And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who is this, that both the winde and sea obey him?

geneva@Mark:5:4 @ Because that when hee was often bounde with fetters and chaines, he plucked the chaines asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces, neither could any man tame him.

geneva@Mark:5:7 @ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I (note:)That is, assure me by an oath that you will not vex me.(:note) adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

geneva@Mark:5:10 @ And he (note:)The demon that was the spokesperson of the many.(:note) besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

geneva@Mark:5:12 @ And all ye deuils besought him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may enter into them.

geneva@Mark:5:13 @ And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the (note:)Strabo in the sixteenth book says that in Gadaris there is a standing pool of very polluted water, which if beasts taste, they shed their hair, nails, or hooves and horns.(:note) sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

geneva@Mark:5:14 @ And the swineheards fled, and told it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to see what it was that was done.

geneva@Mark:5:15 @ And they came to Iesus, and sawe him that had bene possessed with the deuil, and had the legion, sit both clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afraide.

geneva@Mark:5:16 @ And they that saw it, tolde them, what was done to him that was possessed with the deuil, and concerning the swine.

geneva@Mark:5:17 @ Then they began to pray him, that hee would depart from their coastes.

geneva@Mark:5:18 @ And when he was come into the shippe, he that had bene possessed with the deuil, prayed him that he might be with him.

geneva@Mark:5:23 @ And besought him instantly, saying, My litle daughter lyeth at point of death: I pray thee that thou wouldest come and lay thine hands on her, that she may be healed, and liue.

geneva@Mark:5:26 @ And had suffred many things of many physicions, and had spent all that she had, and it auailed her nothing, but she became much worse.

geneva@Mark:5:29 @ And straightway the course of her blood was dried vp, and she felt in her body, that she was healed of that plague.

geneva@Mark:5:30 @ And immediatly when Iesus did knowe in himselfe the vertue that went out of him, he turned him round about in the preasse, and said, Who hath touched my clothes?

geneva@Mark:5:32 @ And he looked round about, to see her that had done that.

geneva@Mark:5:38 @ So hee came vnto the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, and sawe the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

geneva@Mark:5:43 @ And he charged them straitly that no man should knowe of it, and commaunded to giue her meate.

geneva@Mark:6:2 @ And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing [him] were astonished, saying, From whence hath this [man] these things? and what wisdom [is] this which is given unto him, that even such (note:)The word signifies powers or virtues, by which are meant those wonderful works that Christ did which showed and set forth the virtue and power of his Godhead to all the world; (Mat_7:22).(:note) mighty works are wrought by his hands?

geneva@Mark:6:4 @ But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without (note:)Not only has that honour taken from him which is rightly due to him, but also has evil spoken of him and his words are misrepresented.(:note) honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

geneva@Mark:6:5 @ And he (note:)That is, he would not: for we need to have faith if we are going to receive the works of God.(:note) could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them].

geneva@Mark:6:9 @ But [be] shod with (note:)The word properly signifies women's shoes.(:note) sandals; and not put on That is they should take no change of garments with them, so that they might be lighter for this journey and travel more quickly. two coats.

geneva@Mark:6:10 @ And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, (note:)That is, do not change your inns in this short journey.(:note) there abide till ye depart from that place.

geneva@Mark:6:12 @ And they went out, and preached, that men should amend their liues.

geneva@Mark:6:13 @ And they cast out many devils, and (note:)This oil was a token and a sign of his marvellous virtue: and seeing that the gift of healing has stopped a good while since, the ceremony of anointing which is yet carried on by some is of no purpose.(:note) anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed [them].

geneva@Mark:6:15 @...Elias. And others said, That it...(note:)Of the old prophets.(:note) the prophets.

geneva@Mark:6:20 @ For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him (note:)The tyrant was very well content to hear sentence pronounced against himself, but the seed fell upon stony places.(:note) gladly.

geneva@Mark:6:22 @ And when the daughter (note:)This same Herodias had the daughter by Philip, not by Herod Antipas, and Josephus called the daughter Salome.(:note) of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give [it] thee.

geneva@Mark:6:25 @ Then she came in straightway with haste vnto the King, & asked, saying, I would that thou shouldest giue me euen now in a charger the head of Iohn Baptist.

geneva@Mark:6:27 @ And immediately the king sent an (note:)The word signifies one that bears a short lance, and the king's guard was so called because they bore short lances.(:note) executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

geneva@Mark:6:36 @ Let them depart, that they may goe into the countrey and townes about, and buy them bread: for they haue nothing to eate.

geneva@Mark:6:40 @ And they sat down in (note:)The word signifies the beds in a garden, and it is literally, «by beds and beds», meaning by this that they sat down in rows one by another, as beds in a garden.(:note) ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

geneva@Mark:6:44 @ And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousand men.

geneva@Mark:6:51 @ And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were (note:)They were still so amazed when they knew that it was no spirit, that they were much more astonished than they ever were before, when they saw the wind and the sea obey his commandment.(:note) sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

geneva@Mark:6:52 @ For they (note:)Either they did not perceive, or had not well considered that miracle of the five loaves, to the point that the virtue of Christ was just as strange to them as if they had not been present at that miracle which was done just a little before.(:note) considered not [the miracle] of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

geneva@Mark:6:55 @ And ran about throughout all that region round about, and began to cary hither & thither in couches all that were sicke, where they heard that he was.

geneva@Mark:6:56 @ And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched (note:)Or the hem of his garment.(:note) him were made whole.

geneva@Mark:7:1 @ Then (note:)None resist the wisdom of God more than they that should be wisest, and they resist because of their zeal for their own traditions: for men please themselves in superstition more than in any other thing, that is to say, in a worship of God fondly devised by themselves.(:note) came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

geneva@Mark:7:2 @ And when they saw some of his disciples (note:)Literally, «eat bread»: an idiom which the Hebrews use, understanding bread to represent every type of food.(:note) eat bread with For the Pharisees would not eat their food with unwashed hands, because they thought that their hands were defiled with the common handling of things; (Mat_15:11-12). defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

geneva@Mark:7:11 @ But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.

geneva@Mark:7:15 @ There is nothing without a man, that can defile him, when it entreth into him: but the things which proceede out of him, are they which defile the man.

geneva@Mark:7:18 @ And he sayde vnto them, What? Are ye without vnderstanding also? Doe ye not knowe that whatsoeuer thing from without entreth into a man, cannot defile him,

geneva@Mark:7:19 @ Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, (note:)For that which goes into the draught purges all meats.(:note) purging all meats?

geneva@Mark:7:20 ...Then he sayd, That which...

geneva@Mark:7:26 @ The woman was a (note:)By nationality, profane.(:note) Greek, a A neighbour of or near to Damascus. Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

geneva@Mark:7:27 @ But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] unto the (note:)«Dog» here signifies a little dog, and he uses this term that he may seem to speak more reproachfully.(:note) dogs.

geneva@Mark:7:28 @ And she answered and said unto him, (note:)As if she said, «It is as thou sayest Lord, for it is enough for the dogs if they can but gather up the crumbs that are under the table; therefore I crave the crumbs and not the children's bread.»(:note) Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

geneva@Mark:7:32 @ And they brought vnto him one that was deafe and stambered in his speache, and prayed him to put his hand vpon him.

geneva@Mark:7:34 @ And looking vp to heauen, hee sighed, and said vnto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

geneva@Mark:7:36 @ And he commanded them, that they should tell no man: but howe much soeuer hee forbad them, the more a great deale they published it,

geneva@Mark:8:8 @ So they did eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.

geneva@Mark:8:9 @ (And they that had eaten, were about foure thousand) so he sent them away.

geneva@Mark:8:21 @ And he said unto them, (note:)How does it come to pass that you do not understand these things which are so plain and evident.(:note) How is it that ye do not understand?

geneva@Mark:8:25 @ After that he put [his] hands again upon his eyes, and made him (note:)He commanded him to try again, to determine whether or not he could indeed see well.(:note) look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

geneva@Mark:8:29 @ And he said vnto them, But whome say ye that I am? Then Peter answered, and saide vnto him, Thou art that Christ.

geneva@Mark:8:33 @ But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou (note:)This is not godly, but worldly wisdom.(:note) savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

geneva@Mark:9:1 @...I say unto you, That there...(note:)When he will begin his kingdom through the preaching of the gospel: that is to say, after the resurrection.(:note) kingdom of God come with power.

geneva@Mark:9:7 @ And there was a cloude that shadowed them, and a voyce came out of the cloude, saying, This is my beloued Sonne: heare him.

geneva@Mark:9:10 @ And they (note:)Though just barely as it were.(:note) kept that saying with themselves, They did not question together concerning the general resurrection, which will be in the latter day, but they did not understand what he meant when he spoke of his own special resurrection. questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

geneva@Mark:9:13 @ But I say vnto you, that Elias is come, (and they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would) as it is written of him.

geneva@Mark:9:18 @ And wheresoever he taketh him, he (note:)Vexes him inwardly, as the colic does.(:note) teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

geneva@Mark:9:20 @ And they brought him unto him: and when he (note:)As soon as Jesus had looked upon the boy that was brought to him, the demon began to rage in this way.(:note) saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

geneva@Mark:9:23 @ Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, (note:)Christ can and will do anything for those that believe in him.(:note) all things [are] possible to him that believeth.

geneva@Mark:9:25 @ When Iesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the vncleane spirit, saying vnto him, Thou domme & deafe spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, & enter no more into him.

geneva@Mark:9:30 @ And they departed thence, and (note:)He and his disciples together.(:note) passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know [it].

geneva@Mark:9:32 @ But they vnderstoode not that saying, and were afraide to aske him.

geneva@Mark:9:37 @ Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not (note:)He not only receives me, but also him that sent me.(:note) me, but him that sent me.

geneva@Mark:9:39 @ But Iesus sayd, Forbid him not: for there is no man that can doe a miracle by my Name, that can lightly speake euill of me.

geneva@Mark:9:43 @ Wherefore, if thine hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, then hauing two hands, to goe into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched,

geneva@Mark:9:44 @ Where their (note:)Their worm who will be cast into that flame.(:note) worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

geneva@Mark:9:45 @ Likewise, if thy foote cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to go halt into life, then hauing two feete, to be cast into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched,

geneva@Mark:10:8 @ And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.

geneva@Mark:10:10 @ And in the house his disciples asked him againe of that matter.

geneva@Mark:10:21 @ And Iesus looked vpon him, & loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, followe me, and take vp the crosse.

geneva@Mark:10:22 @ But hee was sad at that saying, and went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.

geneva@Mark:10:23 @ And Iesus looked round about, & sayd vnto his disciples, Howe hardly doe they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!

geneva@Mark:10:24 @ And his disciples were afraide at his words. But Iesus answered againe, and sayd vnto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdome of God!

geneva@Mark:10:29 @ Iesus answered, and sayd, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the Gospels,

geneva@Mark:10:30 @ But he shall receive an (note:)A hundred times as much, if we use the commodities of this life in a proper way, so that we use them in accordance with the will of God, and not just to gain the wealth itself, and to fulfil our greedy desire.(:note) hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, Even in the midst of persecutions. with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

geneva@Mark:10:31 @ But many that are first, shall be last, and the last, first.

geneva@Mark:10:37 @ And they said to him, Graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.

geneva@Mark:10:38 @ But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye knowe not what ye aske. Can ye drinke of the cup that I shal drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme that I shall be baptized with?

geneva@Mark:10:39 @ And they said vnto him, We can. But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of the cup that I shall drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme wherewith I shalbe baptized:

geneva@Mark:10:47 @ And when hee heard that it was Iesus of Nazareth, he began to crye, and to say, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me.

geneva@Mark:10:51 @ And Iesus answered, & said vnto him, What wilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And the blinde sayd vnto him, Lorde, that I may receiue sight.

geneva@Mark:11:2 @ And sayd vnto them, Goe your wayes into that towne that is ouer against you, and assoone as ye shall enter into it, ye shall finde a colte tied, whereon neuer man sate: loose him, and bring him.

geneva@Mark:11:3 @ And if any man say vnto you, Why doe ye this? Say that the Lord hath neede of him, and straightway he will send him hither.

geneva@Mark:11:5 @ Then certaine of them, that stoode there, sayd vnto them, What doe ye loosing the colt?

geneva@Mark:11:9 @ And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; (note:)Let it be well to him that comes to us from God, or that is sent from God.(:note) Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

geneva@Mark:11:16 @ And would not suffer that any man should carry [any] (note:)That is, any profane instrument (of which those men had many) that made the court of the temple a marketplace.(:note) vessel through the temple.

geneva@Mark:11:22 @ And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have (note:)The faith of God is that assured faith and trust which we have in him.(:note) faith in God.

geneva@Mark:11:23 @ For verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer shall say vnto this mountaine, Be thou taken away, and cast into the sea, and shall not wauer in his heart, but shall beleeue that those things which he saieth, shal come to passe, whatsoeuer he saieth, shall be done to him.

geneva@Mark:11:24 @ Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that (note:)Literally, «that you receive it», speaking in the present tense, to show the certainty of the thing, and that it will indeed be performed.(:note) ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].

geneva@Mark:11:25 @ And when (note:)When you will appear before the altar.(:note) ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

geneva@Mark:11:28 @ And said vnto him, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie, that thou shouldest doe these things?

geneva@Mark:12:12 @ And they (note:)They were greedy and very desirous.(:note) sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

geneva@Mark:12:14 @ And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou (note:)You do not judge by the outward appearance, so that the truth is therefore not darkened by any means at all.(:note) regardest not the person of men, but teachest the The way by which we come to see God. way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

geneva@Mark:12:15 @ Should we giue it, or should we not giue it? But he knew their hypocrisie, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a peny, that I may see it.

geneva@Mark:12:17 @ Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Giue to Cesar the things that are Cesars, and to God, those that are Gods: & they marueiled at him.

geneva@Mark:12:19 @ Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

geneva@Mark:12:26 @ And as touching the dead, that they shall rise againe, haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, howe in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob?

geneva@Mark:12:31 @ And the second is like, that is, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. There is none other commandement greater then these.

geneva@Mark:12:32 @ Then that Scribe said vnto him, Well, Master, thou hast saide the trueth, that there is one God, and that there is none but he,

geneva@Mark:12:34 @ Then when Iesus saw that he answered discreetely, he saide vnto him, Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God; no man after that durst aske him any question.

geneva@Mark:12:36 @ For David himself said by (note:)Literally, «in the Holy Spirit»; and there is a great power in this kind of speech, by which is meant that it was not so much David who was speaking, but instead the Holy Spirit, who in a way possessed David.(:note) the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

geneva@Mark:12:43 @ Then he called vnto him his disciples, and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

geneva@Mark:12:44 @ For they all did cast in of their superfluitie: but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had, euen all her liuing.

geneva@Mark:13:2 @ Then Iesus answered and saide vnto him, Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone vpon a stone, that shall not be throwen downe.

geneva@Mark:13:9 @ But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a (note:)When they hear you preach it will be a most evident witness against them, so that they will not be able to pretend that they do not know.(:note) testimony against them.

geneva@Mark:13:11 @ But when they shall lead [you], and deliver you up, (note:)We are not forbidden to think beforehand, but we are willed to beware of that pensive carefulness by which men discourage themselves, which proceeds from distrust and lack of confidence and sure hope of God's assistance. {{See Mat_6:27}}(:note) take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither By any kind of made-up and cunning type of story to tell. do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

geneva@Mark:13:13 @ And ye shall be hated of all [men] (note:)For me.(:note) for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

geneva@Mark:13:14 @ But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, (note:)When the heathen and profane people shall not only enter into the temple, and defile both it and the city, but also completely destroy it.(:note) standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

geneva@Mark:13:15 @ And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, neither enter therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.

geneva@Mark:13:16 @ And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.

geneva@Mark:13:17 @ Then wo shalbe to the that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.

geneva@Mark:13:18 @ Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter.

geneva@Mark:13:19 @ For [in] (note:)This is an idiom which the Hebrews use and it has a great power in it, for it shows us that during that entire time one misery will follow another in such a way as if the time itself was very misery itself. So the prophet Amos says that the day of the Lord will be darkness; (Amo_5:20).(:note) those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

geneva@Mark:13:20 @ And except that the Lorde had shortened those dayes, no flesh shoulde be saued: but for the elects sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.

geneva@Mark:13:24 @ Moreouer in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and ye moone shall not giue her light,

geneva@Mark:13:28 @ Nowe learne a parable of the figge tree. When her bough is yet tender, and it bringeth foorth leaues, ye knowe that sommer is neere.

geneva@Mark:13:29 @ So in like maner, when ye see these things come to passe, knowe that the kingdom of God is neere, euen at the doores.

geneva@Mark:13:30 @ Verely I say vnto you, that this generation shall not passe, till all these things be done.

geneva@Mark:13:37 @ And those things that I say vnto you, I say vnto all men, Watch.

geneva@Mark:14:1 @ After (note:)By the will of God, against the counsel of men, it came to pass that Christ should be put to death upon the solemn day of the passover, that in all respects the truth of his sacrifice might agree to the symbol of the passover.(:note) two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

geneva@Mark:14:9 @ Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shalbe spoken of in remembrance of her.

geneva@Mark:14:11 @ And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised that they woulde giue him monie: therefore he sought howe he might conueniently betraie him.

geneva@Mark:14:15 @ And he will shew you a large (note:)The Greek word signifies that part of the house that is highest from the ground, and because they used to eat supper in that part of the house they called it a supper room, no matter what they were using it for.(:note) upper room furnished [and] prepared: there make ready for us.

geneva@Mark:14:20 @ And he answered and said unto them, [It is] one of the twelve, that (note:)That regularly eats with me.(:note) dippeth with me in the dish.

geneva@Mark:14:21 @ Truly the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe bee to that man, by whome the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had beene good for that man, if hee had neuer beene borne.

geneva@Mark:14:24 @ And he saide vnto them, This is my blood of that newe Testament, which is shed for many.

geneva@Mark:14:25 @ Verely I say vnto you, I wil drinke no more of the fruit of ye vine vntill that day, that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of God.

geneva@Mark:14:28 @ But after that I am risen, I will goe into Galile before you.

geneva@Mark:14:35 @ So he went forward a litle, and fell downe on the ground, and praied, that if it were possible, that houre might passe from him.

geneva@Mark:14:38 @ Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirite in deede is ready, but the flesh is weake.

geneva@Mark:14:42 @ Rise vp: let vs go: loe, he that betraieth me, is at hand.

geneva@Mark:14:44 @ And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead [him] away (note:)So diligently that he cannot escape out of your hand.(:note) safely.

geneva@Mark:14:47 @ And (note:)That is, Peter.(:note) one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

geneva@Mark:14:49 @ I was daily with you teaching in the Temple, and yee tooke me not: but this is done that the Scriptures should be fulfilled.

geneva@Mark:14:60 @ Then the hie Priest stoode vp amongst them, and asked Iesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What is the matter that these beare witnesse against thee?

geneva@Mark:14:69 @ And (note:)If we carefully compare the evangelists together we will perceive that Peter was known by many through the maiden's report: furthermore, when the second denial is spoken of in Luke, there is a man servant mentioned and not a maid.(:note) a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is [one] of them.

geneva@Mark:14:70 @ But hee denied it againe: and anon after, they that stoode by, sayde againe to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art of Galile, and thy speach is like.

geneva@Mark:14:72 @ Then the seconde time the cocke crewe, and Peter remembred the woorde that Iesus had saide vnto him, Before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt denie me thrise, and waying that with himselfe, he wept.

geneva@Mark:15:1 @ And (note:)Christ being bound before the judgment seat of an earthly Judge, is condemned before the open assembly as guilty unto the death of the cross, not for his own sins (as is shown by the judge's own words) but for all of ours, that we who are indeed guilty creatures, in being delivered from the guiltiness of our sins, might be acquitted before the judgment seat of God, even in the open assembly of the angels.(:note) straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried [him] away, and It was not lawful for them to put any man to death, for all authority to punish by death was taken away from them, first by Herod the great, and afterward by the Romans, about forty years before the destruction of the temple, and therefore they deliver Jesus to Pilate.delivered [him] to Pilate.

geneva@Mark:15:5 @ But Iesus answered no more at all, so that Pilate marueiled.

geneva@Mark:15:7 @ Then there was one named Barabbas, which was bounde with his fellowes, that had made insurrection, who in the insurrection had committed murther.

geneva@Mark:15:8 @ And the people cried aloude, and began to desire that he woulde doe as he had euer done vnto them.

geneva@Mark:15:9 @ Then Pilate answered them, and said, Will ye that I let loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

geneva@Mark:15:10 @ For he knewe that the hie Priestes had deliuered him of enuie.

geneva@Mark:15:11 @ But the high Priestes had moued the people to desire that he would rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them.

geneva@Mark:15:12 @ And Pilate answered, and said againe vnto them, What will ye then that I doe with him, whom ye call the King of the Iewes?

geneva@Mark:15:15 @ So Pilate willing to content the people, loosed them Barabbas, & deliuered Iesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.

geneva@Mark:15:21 @ And they (note:)The rage of the wicked has no measure; meanwhile, even the weakness of Christ, who was in pain under the heavy burden of the cross, manifestly shows that a lamb is led to be sacrificed.(:note) compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

geneva@Mark:15:26 @...cause was written aboue, That king...

geneva@Mark:15:29 @ And they that went by, railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Hey, thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes,

geneva@Mark:15:32 @ Let Christ the King of Israel nowe come downe from the crosse, that we may see, and beleeue. They also that were crucified with him, reuiled him.

geneva@Mark:15:33 @ And when the sixth hour was come, there was (note:)How angry God was against our sins, which he punished in his son who is our sure substitute, is made evident by this horrible darkness.(:note) darkness over the By this word «land» he means Palestine: so that the strangeness of the wonder is all the more set forth in that at the feast of the passover, and in the full moon, when the sun shone over all the rest of the world, and at midday, this corner of the world in which so wicked an act was committed was covered over with great darkness. whole land until the ninth hour.

geneva@Mark:15:34 @ And at the (note:)Christ striving mightily with Satan, sin and death, all three armed with the horrible curse of God, grievously tormented in body hanging upon the cross, and in soul plunged into the depth of hell, yet he clears himself, crying with a mighty voice: and notwithstanding the wound which he received from death, in that he died, yet by smiting both things above and things beneath, by the renting of the veil of the temple, and by the testimony wrung out of those who murdered him, he shows evidently unto the rest of his enemies who are as yet obstinate, and mock at him, that he will be known without delay to be conqueror and Lord of all.(:note) ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

geneva@Mark:15:35 @ And some of them that stoode by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

geneva@Mark:15:39 @ Nowe when the Centurion, which stoode ouer against him, sawe that he thus crying gaue vp the ghost, he saide, Truely this man was the Sonne of God.

geneva@Mark:15:42 @ And nowe when the night was come (because it was the day of the preparation that is before the Sabbath)

geneva@Mark:15:46 @ Who bought a linnen cloth, & tooke him downe, and wrapped him in the linnen cloth, and laide him in a tombe that was hewen out of a rocke, and rolled a stone vnto the doore of the sepulchre:

geneva@Mark:16:1 @ And when the Sabbath day was past, Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, and Salome, bought sweete oyntments, that they might come, and anoynt him.

geneva@Mark:16:4 @ And when they (note:)When they cast their eyes toward the sepulchre.(:note) looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

geneva@Mark:16:7 @ But goe your way, and tell his disciples, and Peter, that he will goe before you into Galile: there shall ye see him, as he said vnto you.

geneva@Mark:16:10 @ And shee went and tolde them that had bene with him, which mourned and wept.

geneva@Mark:16:11 @ And when they heard that he was aliue, and had appeared to her, they beleeued it not.

geneva@Mark:16:16 @ He that shall beleeue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that will not beleeue, shalbe damned.

geneva@Mark:16:17 @ And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with (note:)Strange tongues, ones which they did not know before.(:note) new tongues;

geneva@Luke:1:1 @ Forasmuch as (note:)Luke commends the witnesses that saw this present account.(:note) many have Many took it in hand, but did not perform: Luke wrote his gospel before Matthew and Mark. taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

geneva@Luke:1:4 @ That thou mightest (note:)Have fuller knowledge of those things which you know only partially.(:note) know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

geneva@Luke:1:5 @ There (note:)John, who was another Elias and appointed to be the herald of Christ, coming from the family of Aaron, and of two famous and blameless parents, has shown in his conception (which was against the course of nature) a double miracle, to the end that men should be more readily prepared for the hearing of his preaching, according to the forewarning of the prophets.(:note) was This is a Hebrew idiom which shows us how short and frail a thing the power of princes is. in the days of Herod the great. Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the For the posterity of Aaron was divided into courses. course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.

geneva@Luke:1:6 @ And they were both (note:)The true mark of righteousness is demonstrated when one is liked and accepted in the judgment of God.(:note) righteous before God, Lived, as the Hebrews say, for our life is as a way in which we must walk until we come to the mark. walking in all the In all the moral and ceremonial law. commandments and ordinances of the Lord Whom no man could justly reprove: now so it is that the fruits of justification are set forth here, and not the cause, which is faith only, and nothing else. blameless.

geneva@Luke:1:7 @ And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

geneva@Luke:1:15 @ For he shall be great in the (note:)So the Hebrews say when a rare kind of excellency is signified: so it is said of Nimrod in (Gen_10:9), «He was a mighty hunter before the LORD».(:note) sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor Any drink that might make someone drunk. strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

geneva@Luke:1:17 @ And he shall go (note:)As they used to go before kings, and when you see them, you know the king is not far off.(:note) before him This is spoken by the figure of speech metonymy, taking the spirit for the gift of the spirit; as you would say, the cause of that which comes from the cause. in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the By the figure of speech synecdoche he shows that he will take away all types of enmities which used to breed great troubles and turmoils among men. hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the Wisdom and goodness are two of the main causes which make men revere and honour their fathers. wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

geneva@Luke:1:19 @ And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, (note:)That appears, for so the Hebrews use this saying «to stand» to mean that they are ready to do his commandment.(:note) that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.

geneva@Luke:1:20 @ And beholde, thou shalt be domme, & not be able to speake, vntill the day that these things be done, because thou beleeuedst not my words, which shalbe fulfilled in their season.

geneva@Luke:1:21 @ Now the people waited for Zacharias, and marueiled that he taried so long in the Temple.

geneva@Luke:1:22 @ And when hee came out, hee coulde not speake vnto them: then they perceiued that hee had seene a vision in the Temple: For he made signes vnto them, and remained domme.

geneva@Luke:1:23 @ And it came to passe, when the daies of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.

geneva@Luke:1:28 @ And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that art] (note:)It might be literally rendered, «full of favour and grace», and he shows immediately after, laying out plainly unto us, what that favour is in that he says, «The Lord is with thee».(:note) highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: Of God. blessed [art] thou among women.

geneva@Luke:1:30 @ And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast (note:)So the Hebrews said, saying that those men have found favour who are in favour.(:note) found favour with God.

geneva@Luke:1:34 @ Then said Mary unto the angel, (note:)The greatness of the matter causes the virgin to ask this question, not that she distrusted by any means at all, for she asks only of the manner of the conceiving, so that it is plain she believed all the rest.(:note) How shall this be, seeing So speak the Hebrews, signifying by this modest kind of speech the company of man and wife together, and this is the meaning of it: how will this be, for as I will be Christ's mother I am very sure I will not know any man: for the godly virgin had learned by the prophets that the Messiah would be born of a virgin. I know not a man?

geneva@Luke:1:35 @ And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost (note:)That is, the Holy Spirit will cause thee to conceive by his mighty power.(:note) shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that That thing which is pure and void of all spot of uncleanliness: for he that was to take away sin must of necessity be void of sin. holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be Declared and shown to the world to be the Son of God. called the Son of God.

geneva@Luke:1:43 @ And whence commeth this to mee, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

geneva@Luke:1:45 @ And blessed is shee that beleeued: for those things shall be perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lord.

geneva@Luke:1:48 @ For he hath (note:)Has freely and graciously loved.(:note) regarded the Literally, «My baseness», that is, my base estate: so that the virgin did not boast of her deserts, but the grace of God. low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

geneva@Luke:1:49 @ Because hee that is mightie, hath done for me great things, and holy is his Name.

geneva@Luke:1:50 @ And his mercy [is] on them (note:)To those that live godly and religiously, as the Hebrews say.(:note) that fear him from generation to generation.

geneva@Luke:1:51 @ He hath shewed strength with his (note:)Here many more words than necessary are used, which the Hebrews use very much: and «arm» here is taken for strength.(:note) arm; he hath Even as the wind does to the chaff. scattered the proud in the He has scattered them, and the imagination of their hearts; or, by and through the imagination of their own hearts; so that their wicked counsel turned to their own destruction. imagination of their hearts.

geneva@Luke:1:52 @ He hath (note:)The mighty and rich men.(:note) put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of Those of no account, who are vile in men's eyes, who are indeed the poor in spirit, that is, those who claim nothing of themselves in the sight of God. low degree.

geneva@Luke:1:53 @ He hath filled the (note:)Those that are brought to extreme poverty.(:note) hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

geneva@Luke:1:59 @ And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

geneva@Luke:1:61 @ And they saide vnto her, There is none of thy kindred, that is named with this name.

geneva@Luke:1:65 @ And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all (note:)All this which was said and done.(:note) these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.

geneva@Luke:1:66 @ And all they that heard [them] (note:)Thought upon them diligently and earnestly, and as it were, printed them in their hearts.(:note) laid [them] up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the That is, the present favour of God, and a singular type of virtue appeared in him. hand of the Lord was with him.

geneva@Luke:1:68 @ Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath (note:)That he has shown himself mindful of his people, to the extent that he came down from heaven himself to visit us in person, and to redeem us.(:note) visited and Has paid the ransom, that is to say, the price of our redemption. redeemed his people,

geneva@Luke:1:69 @ And hath raised up an (note:)This word «horn», in the Hebrew language, signifies strength, and it is a metaphor taken from beasts that fight with their horns: And by raising up the might of Israel is meant that the kingdom of Israel was defended, and the enemies of it laid on the ground, even then when the strength of Israel seemed to be utterly gone.(:note) horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

geneva@Luke:1:71 @ That he would sende vs deliuerance fro our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate vs,

geneva@Luke:1:72 @ To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and (note:)Declare indeed that he was mindful.(:note) to remember his holy covenant;

geneva@Luke:1:74 @ Which was, that he would graunt vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, should serue him without feare,

geneva@Luke:1:78 @ Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the (note:)Or «bud», or «branch»; he alludes to (Jer_23:5) (Zec_3:8; Zec_6:12); and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.(:note) dayspring from on high hath visited us,

geneva@Luke:1:79 @ To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the (note:)Into the way which leads us to true happiness.(:note) way of peace.

geneva@Luke:1:80 @ And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.

geneva@Luke:2:1 @ And (note:)Christ, the son of God, taking upon himself the form of a servant, and making himself of no reputation, is poorly born in a stable: and by the means of Augustus, the mightiest prince in the world, (thinking nothing of it) has his cradle prepared in Bethlehem, as the prophets foretold.(:note) it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the As far as the empire of the Romans stretched. world should be That is, the inhabitants of every city should have their names recorded, and their goods rated at a certain value, that the emperor might understand how rich every country, city, family, and house was. taxed.

geneva@Luke:2:5 @ To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.

geneva@Luke:2:6 @ And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,

geneva@Luke:2:10 @ Then the Angel saide vnto them, Be not afraid: for behold, I bring you glad tidings of great ioy, that shalbe to all the people,

geneva@Luke:2:11 @ That is, that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.

geneva@Luke:2:15 @ And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.

geneva@Luke:2:17 @ And when they had seene it, they published abroade the thing, that was tolde them of that childe.

geneva@Luke:2:18 @ And all that heard it, wondred at ye things which were tolde them of the shepheards.

geneva@Luke:2:20 @ And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them.

geneva@Luke:2:23 @ (As it is written in the Lawe of the Lorde, Euery man childe that first openeth ye wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)

geneva@Luke:2:26 @ And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord.

geneva@Luke:2:27 @ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the (note:)Joseph and Mary: and he says «parents» because that is what most of the people then thought.(:note) parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

geneva@Luke:2:35 @ (Yea, a sword shall (note:)Will most keenly wound and grieve.(:note) pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

geneva@Luke:2:38 @ She then coming at the same instant vpon them, confessed likewise the Lord, & spake of him to all that looked for redemption in Hierusalem.

geneva@Luke:2:44 @ But they supposing, that he had bene in the company, went a dayes iourney, and sought him among their kinsfolke, and acquaintance.

geneva@Luke:2:46 @ And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

geneva@Luke:2:47 @ And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.

geneva@Luke:2:49 @ Then said he vnto them, Howe is it that ye sought me? knewe ye not that I must goe about my Fathers busines?

geneva@Luke:2:50 @ But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.

geneva@Luke:3:4 @ As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

geneva@Luke:3:7 @ Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?

geneva@Luke:3:8 @ Bring foorth therefore fruites worthy amendement of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

geneva@Luke:3:11 @ And he answered, and said vnto them, He that hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none: and hee that hath meate, let him doe likewise.

geneva@Luke:3:13 @ And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is (note:)Require no more than that sum that is appointed for the tribute money.(:note) appointed you.

geneva@Luke:3:20 @ He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.

geneva@Luke:4:4 @...saying, It is written, That man...

geneva@Luke:4:6 @ And the devil said unto him, All this (note:)By this word «power» are meant the kingdoms themselves which have the power: and so this is said using the figure of speech metonymy.(:note) power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is This is surely so, for he is prince of the world, but not absolutely, and is the sovereign of it only by permission and request, and therefore he does not truly say that he can give it to whom he will. delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

geneva@Luke:4:10 @...For it is written, That hee...

geneva@Luke:4:18 @ The Spirit of the Lorde is vpon mee, because he hath anoynted me, that I should preach the Gospel to the poore: he hath sent mee, that I should heale the broken hearted, that I should preach deliuerance to the captiues, and recouering of sight to the blinde, that I should set at libertie them that are bruised:

geneva@Luke:4:19 @ And that I should preache the acceptable yeere of the Lord.

geneva@Luke:4:20 @ And hee closed the booke, and gaue it againe to the minister, and sate downe: and the eyes of all that were in the Synagogue were fastened on him.

geneva@Luke:4:40 @ Now at the sunne setting, all they that had sicke folkes of diuers diseases, brought them vnto him, and he layd his hands on euery one of them, and healed them.

geneva@Luke:5:3 @ And he entred into one of the ships, which was Simons, & required him that he would thrust off a litle from the land: and he sate downe, and taught the people out of the ship.

geneva@Luke:5:5 @ And Simon answering said unto him, (note:)The word signifies someone that has rule over anything.(:note) Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

geneva@Luke:5:6 @ And when they had so done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, so that their net brake.

geneva@Luke:5:7 @ And they beckened to their parteners, which were in the other ship, that they shoulde come and helpe them, who came then, and filled both the ships, that they did sinke.

geneva@Luke:5:9 @ For he was vtterly astonied, and all that were with him, for the draught of fishes which they tooke.

geneva@Luke:5:14 @ And he commaunded him that hee should tell it no man: but Go, sayth he, and shew thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, as Moses hath commanded, for a witnes vnto them.

geneva@Luke:5:21 @ Then the Scribes & the Pharises began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? who can forgiue sinnes, but God onely?

geneva@Luke:5:24 @ But that ye may know that that Sonne of man hath authoritie to forgiue sinnes in earth, (he sayd vnto the sicke of the palsie) I say to thee, Arise: take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

geneva@Luke:5:29 @ Then Leui made him a great feast in his owne house, where there was a great company of Publicanes, and of other that sate at table with them.

geneva@Luke:5:30 @ But they that were Scribes and Pharises among them, murmured against his disciples, saying, Why eate ye and drinke ye with Publicanes and sinners?

geneva@Luke:5:31 @ Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, They that are whole, neede not the Physician, but they that are sicke.

geneva@Luke:5:39 @ Also no man that drinketh olde wine, straightway desireth newe: for he sayth, The olde is more profitable.

geneva@Luke:6:1 @ And (note:)Christ shows against the superstitious, who dwell on every trifling matter, that the law of the very sabbath was not given to be kept without exception: much less that the salvation of man should consist in the outward keeping of it.(:note) it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples Epiphanius notes well in his treatise, where he refutes Ebion, that the time when the disciples plucked the ears of the corn was in the feast of unleavened bread. Now, in those feasts which were kept over a period of many days, as the feast of tabernacles and passover, their first day and the last were very solemn; see (Leviticus. strkjv@23:1-44). Luke then fitly calls the last day the second sabbath, though Theophylact understands it to be any of the sabbaths that followed the first. plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.

geneva@Luke:6:2 @ And certaine of the Pharises sayde vnto them, Why doe ye that which is not lawfull to doe on the Sabbath dayes?

geneva@Luke:6:3 @ Then Iesus answered them, and said, Haue ye not read this, that Dauid did when he himselfe was an hungred, and they which were with him,

geneva@Luke:6:7 @ And the Scribes & Pharises watched him, whether he would heale on the Sabbath day, that they might finde an accusation against him.

geneva@Luke:6:18 @ And they that were vexed with foule spirits, and they were healed.

geneva@Luke:6:21 @ Blessed are ye that hunger nowe: for ye shalbe satisfied: blessed are ye that weepe now: for ye shall laugh.

geneva@Luke:6:23 @ Rejoice ye in that day, and (note:)Leap for exceeding joy, as cattle do who are spurred on by food.(:note) leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

geneva@Luke:6:24 @ But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have (note:)That is, you reap now of your riches all the convenience and blessing you are ever likely to have, and therefore you have no other reward to look for; (Mat_6:2).(:note) received your consolation.

geneva@Luke:6:25 @ Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shal wayle and weepe.

geneva@Luke:6:28 @ Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

geneva@Luke:6:29 @ And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.

geneva@Luke:6:30 @ Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

geneva@Luke:6:31 @ And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

geneva@Luke:6:32 @ For if ye love them which love you, (note:)What is there in this your work that is to be accounted of? For if you look to have reward by loving, seek those rewards which are indeed rewards: love your enemies, and so will you show to the world that you look for those rewards which come from God.(:note) what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

geneva@Luke:6:38 @ Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, (note:)These are borrowed types of sayings, taken from those who used to measure dry things, as corn and such things, who do it in a rather forceful manner, and thrust it down and shake it together, and press it and put it into a pile.(:note) pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

geneva@Luke:6:42 @ Either howe canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou see, perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

geneva@Luke:6:46 @ But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

geneva@Luke:6:48 @ He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the fundation on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood beat vpon that house, and coulde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke.

geneva@Luke:6:49 @ But hee that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built an house vpon the earth without foundation, against which the flood did beate, and it fell by and by: and the fall of that house was great.

geneva@Luke:7:1 @ Now (note:)Christ admonishes the Jews that for their obstinacy and rebellion he will go to the Gentiles, by setting before them the example of the centurion.(:note) when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

geneva@Luke:7:3 @ And when he heard of Iesus, hee sent vnto him the Elders of the Iewes, beseeching him that he would come, and heale his seruant.

geneva@Luke:7:4 @ So they came to Iesus, and besought him instantly, saying that hee was worthy that hee should doe this for him:

geneva@Luke:7:6 @ Then Iesus went with them: but when he was now not farre from the house, the Centurion sent friendes to him, saying vnto him, Lorde, trouble not thy selfe: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe:

geneva@Luke:7:9 @ When Iesus heard these things, he marueiled at him, and turned him, and said to the people, that followed him, I say vnto you, I haue not found so great faith, no not in Israel.

geneva@Luke:7:10 @ And when they that were sent, turned backe to the house, they founde the seruant that was sicke, whole.

geneva@Luke:7:14 @ And he went and touched the coffin (and they that bare him, stoode still) and he said, Yong man, I say vnto thee, Arise.

geneva@Luke:7:15 @ And he that was dead, sate vp, and began to speake, and he deliuered him to his mother.

geneva@Luke:7:19 @ So Iohn called vnto him two certaine men of his disciples, and sent them to Iesus, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

geneva@Luke:7:20 @ And when the men were come vnto him, they said, Iohn Baptist hath sent vs vnto thee, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

geneva@Luke:7:21 @ And (note:)When John's disciples came to Christ.(:note) in that same hour he cured many of [their] infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many [that were] blind he gave sight.

geneva@Luke:7:22 @ And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Goe your wayes and shewe Iohn, what things ye haue seene and heard: that the blinde see, the halt goe, the lepers are cleansed, the deafe heare, the dead are raised, and the poore receiue the Gospel.

geneva@Luke:7:23 @ And blessed is hee, that shall not be offended in me.

geneva@Luke:7:28 @ For I say vnto you, there is no greater Prophet then Iohn, among them that are begotten of women: neuerthelesse, hee that is the least in the kingdome of God, is greater then he.

geneva@Luke:7:29 @ And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, (note:)Said that he was just, good, faithful and merciful.(:note) justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

geneva@Luke:7:37 @ And beholde, a woman in the citie, which was a sinner, when she knewe that Iesus sate at table in the Pharises house, shee brought a boxe of oyntment.

geneva@Luke:7:43 @ Simon answered, and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgaue most; he said vnto him, Thou hast truely iudged.

geneva@Luke:7:47 @ Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; (note:)That is, says Theophylact, she has shown her faith abundantly: and Basil in his «Sermon of Baptism» says, «He that owes much has much forgiven him, that he may love much more». And therefore Christ's saying is so plain in light of this that it is a wonder to see the enemies of the truth so badly distort and misinterpret this place in such a thorough manner in order to establish their meritorious works: for the greater sum a man has forgiven him, the more he loves him that has been so gracious to him. And this woman shows by deeds of love how great the benefit was she had received: and therefore the charity that is here spoken of is not to be taken as the cause of her forgiveness, but as a sign of it: for Christ does not say as the Pharisees did that she was a sinner, but bears her witness that the sins of her past life are forgiven her.(:note) for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.

geneva@Luke:7:49 @ And they that sate at table with him, began to say within themselues, Who is this that euen forgiueth sinnes?

geneva@Luke:8:1 @ And it came to passe afterwarde, that hee himselfe went through euery citie and towne, preaching and publishing the kingdome of God, and the twelue were with him,

geneva@Luke:8:8 @ And some fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite, an hundreth folde; as hee sayd these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

geneva@Luke:8:9 @ Then his disciples asked him, demaunding what parable that was.

geneva@Luke:8:10 @ And he said, Unto you it is given to know the (note:)Those things are called secret which may not be uttered: for the word used here is equivalent to our saying, «to hold a man's peace».(:note) mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

geneva@Luke:8:12 @ And they that are beside the way, are they that heare: afterward commeth the deuill, and taketh away the worde out of their hearts, least they should beleeue, and be saued.

geneva@Luke:8:13 @ But they that are on the stones, are they which when they haue heard, receiue ye word with ioy: but they haue no rootes: which for a while beleeue, but in the time of tentation goe away.

geneva@Luke:8:14 @ And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, (note:)That is, as soon as they have heard the word, they go about their business.(:note) go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and They do not bring forth perfect and full fruit to the ripening: or, they begin, but they do not bring to an end. bring no fruit to perfection.

geneva@Luke:8:15 @ But that on the good ground are they, which in an (note:)Who seek not only to seem to be such, but are indeed so: so that this word «honest» refers to the outward life, and the word «good» refers to the good gifts of the mind.(:note) honest and good heart, having heard the word, With much difficulty, for the devil and the flesh fight against the Spirit of God, who is a new guest. keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.

geneva@Luke:8:17 @ For nothing is secret, that shall not be euident: neither any thing hid, that shall not be knowen, and come to light.

geneva@Luke:8:23 @ But as they sailed he fell (note:)Jesus fell asleep, and it appears that he was very fast asleep, because they called him twice before he awoke.(:note) asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and Not the disciples, but the ship. they were filled [with water], and were in jeopardy.

geneva@Luke:8:25 @ Then he sayde vnto them, Where is your fayth? And they feared, & wondered among them selues, saying, Who is this that commandeth both the windes and water, and they obey him!

geneva@Luke:8:31 @ And they besought him, that he would not commaund them to goe out into the deepe.

geneva@Luke:8:32 @ And there was there by, an hearde of many swine, feeding on an hill: and the deuils besought him, that he would suffer them to enter into them. So he suffered them.

geneva@Luke:8:36 @ They also which saw it, tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed with the deuill, was healed.

geneva@Luke:8:37 @ Then the whole multitude of the countrey about the Gadarenes, besought him that he would depart from them: for they were taken with a great feare: and he went into the ship, and returned.

geneva@Luke:8:38 @ Then the man, out of whome the deuils were departed, besought him that hee might be with him: but Iesus sent him away, saying,

geneva@Luke:8:39 @ Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published (note:)That is, the city of the Gadarenes: and though Mark says that he preached it in Decapolis, these accounts do not differ, for Pliny records in lib. 5, chap. 18, that Gadara is a town of Decapolis: so that Decapolis was partly on this side of Jordan, and partly on the other side.(:note) throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

geneva@Luke:8:43 @ And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her (note:)All that she had to live upon.(:note) living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

geneva@Luke:8:45 @ Then Iesus sayd, Who is it that hath touched me? When euery man denied, Peter sayd and they that were with him, Master, the multitude thrust thee, and tread on thee, & sayest thou, Who hath touched me?

geneva@Luke:8:46 @ And Iesus sayde, Some one hath touched me: for I perceiue that vertue is gone out of me.

geneva@Luke:8:47 @ When the woman sawe that she was not hid, she came trembling, and fell downe before him, and tolde him before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediatly.

geneva@Luke:8:52 @ And all wept, and (note:)The word signifies to beat and strike, and is used in the mournings and lamentations that are at burials, at which times men used this type of behaviour.(:note) bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

geneva@Luke:8:53 @ And they laught him to scorne, knowing that she was dead.

geneva@Luke:8:55 @ And her spirit came again, and she (note:)The corpse was lying there, and then the young girl received life, and rose out of the bed, that all the world might see that she was not only restored to life, but also void of all sickness.(:note) arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

geneva@Luke:8:56 @ Then her parents were astonied: but hee commaunded them that they should tell no man what was done.

geneva@Luke:9:1 @ Then (note:)The twelve apostles are sent forth only at the commandment of Christ and equipped with the power of the Holy Spirit: both that none of the Israelites might pretend ignorance, and also that they might be better prepared for their general mission.(:note) he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

geneva@Luke:9:4 @ And whatsoever house ye enter into, there (note:)When you depart out of any city, depart from that place where you first took up your lodging: so that in these few words the Lord forbids them to change their lodgings: for this publishing of the gospel was as it were a publishing throughout the whole land, that no one in Judea might pretend ignorance, as though he had not heard that Christ had come.(:note) abide, and thence depart.

geneva@Luke:9:5 @ And howe many so euer will not receiue you, when ye goe out of that citie, shake off the very dust from your feete for a testimonie against them.

geneva@Luke:9:8 @ And of some, that Elias had appeared: and of some, that one of the olde Prophets was risen againe.

geneva@Luke:9:11 @ But when the people knewe it, they followed him: and he receiued them, and spake vnto them of the kingdome of God, and healed them that had neede to be healed.

geneva@Luke:9:12 @ And when the day began to weare away, the twelue came, and sayd vnto him, Sende the people away, that they may goe into the townes and villages round about, and lodge, & get meate: for we are here in a desart place.

geneva@Luke:9:16 @ Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, (note:)He gave God thanks for these loaves and fishes, and prayed at the same time that God would feed this multitude which was so great with such a small quantity, and to put it briefly, that this whole banquet might be to the glory of God.(:note) he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

geneva@Luke:9:17 @ So they did all eate, and were satisfied: and there was taken vp of that remained to them, twelue baskets full of broken meate.

geneva@Luke:9:19 @ They answered, and sayd, Iohn Baptist: and others say, Elias: and some say, that one of the olde Prophets is risen againe.

geneva@Luke:9:20 @...Peter answered, and sayd, That Christ...

geneva@Luke:9:21 @ And he warned and commaunded them, that they should tell that to no man,

geneva@Luke:9:23 @ And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross (note:)Even as one day follows another, so does one cross follow another, and the cross is by the figure of speech metonymy taken for the miseries of this life: for to be hanged on the cross was the most grievous and cruel punishment that there was amongst the Jews.(:note) daily, and follow me.

geneva@Luke:9:32 @ But Peter & they that were with him, were heauie with sleepe, and when they awoke, they saw his glorie, and the two men standing with him.

geneva@Luke:9:35 @ And there came a voyce out of the cloud, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, heare him.

geneva@Luke:9:38 @ And beholde, a man of the companie cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, beholde my sonne: for he is all that I haue.

geneva@Luke:9:39 @ And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and (note:)As it happens in the falling sickness.(:note) bruising him hardly departeth from him.

geneva@Luke:9:45 @ But they vnderstood not that word: for it was hid from them, so that they could not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.

geneva@Luke:9:48 @ And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.

geneva@Luke:9:50 @ Then Iesus saide vnto him, Forbid ye him not: for he that is not against vs, is with vs.

geneva@Luke:9:55 @ But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of (note:)So the Hebrews say, that is, you do not know what will, mind, and counsel you are of: so the gifts of God are called the spirit because they are given by God's Spirit, and so are the things that are contrary to them also called the spirit, which proceed from the wicked spirit, such as the spirit of covetousness, of pride, and madness.(:note) spirit ye are of.

geneva@Luke:9:62 @ And Iesus saide vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh backe, is apt to the kingdome of God.

geneva@Luke:10:6 @ And if (note:)So say the Hebrews: that is, he that favours the doctrine of peace and embraces it.(:note) the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

geneva@Luke:10:7 @ And in the same house (note:)Take up your lodging in that house which you enter into first, that is, do not be concerned about comfortable lodging, as men do who plan to stay in a place a long time: for here that solemn preaching of the gospel, which was used afterward when the Churches were settled, is not instituted: but these are sent abroad to all the coasts of Judea to show them that the last jubilee is at hand.(:note) remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

geneva@Luke:10:8 @ And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, (note:)Be content with the food that is set before you.(:note) eat such things as are set before you:

geneva@Luke:10:9 @ And heale the sicke that are there, and say vnto them, The kingdome of God is come neere vnto you.

geneva@Luke:10:11 @ Euen the very dust, which cleaueth on vs of your citie, we wipe off against you: notwithstanding knowe this, that the kingdome of God was come neere vnto you.

geneva@Luke:10:12 @ For I say to you, that it shall be easier in that day for them of Sodom, then for that citie.

geneva@Luke:10:16 @ He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.

geneva@Luke:10:18 @ And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning (note:)Paul writes that the location of the devil and his angels is in the air, as is found in (Eph_6:12), and he is said to be cast down from there by force, when his power is abolished by the voice of the Gospel.(:note) fall from heaven.

geneva@Luke:10:20 @ Neuerthelesse, in this reioyce not, that the spirits are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen.

geneva@Luke:10:24 @ For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings haue desired to see those things, which ye see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

geneva@Luke:10:31 @ Nowe so it fell out, that there came downe a certaine Priest that same way, and when he sawe him, he passed by on the other side.

geneva@Luke:10:36 @ Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour vnto him that fell among the theeues?

geneva@Luke:10:37 @ And he saide, He that shewed mercie on him. Then said Iesus vnto him, Goe, and do thou likewise.

geneva@Luke:10:40 @ But Martha was combred about much seruing, and came to him, and saide, Master, doest thou not care that my sister hath left me to serue alone? bid her therefore, that she helpe me.

geneva@Luke:11:1 @ And so it was, that as he was praying in a certaine place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said vnto him, Lord, teache vs to pray, as Iohn also taught his disciples.

geneva@Luke:11:3 @ Give us (note:)That is, as much as is needed for us this day, by which we are not prevented from having an honest care for the maintenance of our lives; but that complaining care, which kills a number of men, is cut off and restrained.(:note) day by day our daily bread.

geneva@Luke:11:4 @ And forgiue vs our sinnes: for euen we forgiue euery man that is indetted to vs: And leade vs not into temptation: but deliuer vs from euill.

geneva@Luke:11:8 @ I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his (note:)Literally, «impudence»: but that impudency which is spoken of here is not to be found fault with, but is very commendable before God, for he is well pleased by such importunity.(:note) importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

geneva@Luke:11:10 @ For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: & to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

geneva@Luke:11:11 @ If a sonne shall aske bread of any of you that is a father, will he giue him a stone? Or if hee aske a fish, will he for a fish giue him a serpent?

geneva@Luke:11:13 @ If yee then which are euill, can giue good giftes vnto your children, howe much more shall your heauenly Father giue the holy Ghost to them, that desire him?

geneva@Luke:11:18 @ If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils (note:)By the name and power of Beelzebub.(:note) through Beelzebub.

geneva@Luke:11:26 @ Then goeth hee, and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe: and they enter in, and dwel there: so the last state of that man is worse then the first.

geneva@Luke:11:28 @ But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.

geneva@Luke:11:35 @ Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.

geneva@Luke:11:38 @ And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.

geneva@Luke:11:40 @ Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

geneva@Luke:11:41 @ But rather give alms (note:)That is, according to your ability: as one would say, instead of your extortion which hindered you so that you could not eat cleanly, use charity, and in accordance with your ability be good to the poor, and in this way will that which is within the platter be sanctified even though the platter is unwashed.(:note) of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

geneva@Luke:11:48 @ Truly (note:)When you persecute God's servants like mad men, even as your fathers did, though you try and cover it with a pretence of godliness, yet nonetheless, by beautifying the sepulchres of the prophets, what else are you doing but glorying in your father's cruelty, and setting up monuments (as it were) in glory and triumph of it?(:note) ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

geneva@Luke:11:49 @ Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and (note:)They will so vex them and trouble them, that at length they will banish them.(:note) persecute:

geneva@Luke:11:50 @ That the blood of all the prophets, which was (note:)That you may be called to give an account for it, yea, and be punished for the shedding of that blood of the prophets.(:note) shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

geneva@Luke:12:1 @ In (note:)The faithful teachers of God's word, who are appointed by him for his people, must both take good heed of those who corrupt the purity of doctrine with smooth speech, and also take pains through the help of God to set forth sincere doctrine, openly and without fear.(:note) the mean time, when there were gathered together Literally, «ten thousand of people», a certain number which is given for an uncertain number. an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

geneva@Luke:12:2 @ For there is nothing couered, that shall not bee reueiled: neither hidde, that shall not be knowen.

geneva@Luke:12:3 @ Wherefore whatsoeuer yee haue spoken in darkenesse, it shall be heard in the light: and that which ye haue spoken in the eare, in secret places, shall be preached on the houses.

geneva@Luke:12:5 @ But I will (note:)He warns them of dangers that presently hang over their heads, for those that come upon one suddenly make a greater wound.(:note) forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

geneva@Luke:12:9 @ But hee that shall denie mee before men, shall be denied before the Angels of God.

geneva@Luke:12:10 @ And whosoeuer shall speake a woorde against the Sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but vnto him, that shal blaspheme ye holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen.

geneva@Luke:12:15 @ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of (note:)By covetousness is meant that greedy desire to get, commonly causing hurt to other men.(:note) covetousness: for a man's life God is the author and preserver of man's life; goods are not. consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

geneva@Luke:12:21 @ So [is] he that layeth up treasure (note:)Caring for no man but for himself, and making sure to trust in himself.(:note) for himself, and is not rich toward God.

geneva@Luke:12:27 @ Consider the lilies howe they growe: they labour not, neither spin they: yet I say vnto you, that Solomon himselfe in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.

geneva@Luke:12:29 @ And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither (note:)A metaphor taken of things that hang in the air, for those that care too much for this worldly life, and rely upon the arm of man, always have wavering and doubtful minds, swaying sometimes this way, and sometimes that way.(:note) be ye of doubtful mind.

geneva@Luke:12:30 @ For all such things the people of the world seeke for: and your Father knoweth that ye haue neede of these things.

geneva@Luke:12:36 @ And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their master, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediatly.

geneva@Luke:12:39 @ Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through.

geneva@Luke:12:42 @ And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] lord shall make ruler over his household, to give [them their] (note:)That is, every month the measure of corn that was given to them.(:note) portion of meat in due season?

geneva@Luke:12:43 @ Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

geneva@Luke:12:44 @ Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hath.

geneva@Luke:12:45 @ But if that seruant say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and ginne to smite the seruants, and maydens, and to eate, and drinke, and to be drunken,

geneva@Luke:12:46 @ The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

geneva@Luke:12:47 @ And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes.

geneva@Luke:12:48 @ But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask (note:)More than the one who did not receive as much.(:note) the more.

geneva@Luke:12:51 @ Thinke ye that I am come to giue peace on earth? I tell you, nay, but rather debate.

geneva@Luke:12:55 @ And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: & it commeth to passe.

geneva@Luke:12:58 @ When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the (note:)To him that has to demand and gather the fines from those who were fined at the discretion of the court, people who had wrongly troubled men: moreover, the magistrate's officers make those who are condemned pay what they owe, yea and often if they are obstinate, they not only take the fine, but also imprison them.(:note) officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

geneva@Luke:13:1 @ There (note:)We must not rejoice at the just punishment of others, but rather we should be instructed by it to repent.(:note) were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea almost ten years, and about the fourth year of his government, which might be about the fifteenth year of Tiberius' reign, Christ finished the work of our redemption by his death. Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

geneva@Luke:13:2 @ And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Suppose ye, that these Galileans were greater sinners then al the other Galileans, because they haue suffered such things?

geneva@Luke:13:4 @ Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in (note:)That is, in the place, or river: for Siloam was a small river from which the conduits of the city came; see (Joh_9:7; Isa_8:6); and therefore it was a tower or a castle, built upon the conduit side, which fell down suddenly and killed some.(:note) Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

geneva@Luke:13:7 @ Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why (note:)Make the ground barren in that part which is otherwise good for vines.(:note) cumbereth it the ground?

geneva@Luke:13:12 @ And when Jesus saw her, he called [her to him], and said unto her, Woman, thou art (note:)For Satan had the woman bound, as if she had been in chains, to the extent that for eighteen years time she could not hold up her head.(:note) loosed from thine infirmity.

geneva@Luke:13:17 @ And when he said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: but all the people reioyced at all the excellent things, that were done by him.

geneva@Luke:13:23 @ Then saide one vnto him, Lorde, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them,

geneva@Luke:13:32 @ And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that (note:)That deceitful and treacherous man.(:note) fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures That is, a small time, and Theophylact says it is a proverb: or else by «to day» we may understand the present time, and by tomorrow the time to come, meaning by this the entire time of his ministry and office. to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be That is, when the sacrifice for sin is finished. perfected.

geneva@Luke:13:34 @ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her (note:)Literally, «the nest»: now the brood of chickens is the nest.(:note) brood under [her] wings, and ye would not!

geneva@Luke:13:35 @ Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate: and verely I tell you, ye shall not see me vntill the time come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord.

geneva@Luke:14:1 @ And (note:)The law of the very sabbath ought not to hinder the offices of charity.(:note) it came to pass, as he went into the house of Either one of the elders, whom they called the sanhedrin, or one of the chiefs of the synagogue: for all the Pharisees were not chief men of the synagogue (Joh_7:48); for this word Pharisee was the name of a sect, though it appears by viewing the whole history of the matter that the Pharisees had much authority. one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

geneva@Luke:14:9 @ And he that bade both him & thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.

geneva@Luke:14:10 @ But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roome, that when he that bade thee, cometh, he may say vnto thee, Friende, sit vp hier: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

geneva@Luke:14:11 @ For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.

geneva@Luke:14:15 @ Nowe when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God.

geneva@Luke:14:17 @ And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are nowe readie.

geneva@Luke:14:21 @ So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the (note:)Wide and broad areas.(:note) streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

geneva@Luke:14:23 @ Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.

geneva@Luke:14:24 @ For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.

geneva@Luke:14:29 @ Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,

geneva@Luke:14:31 @ Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsell, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

geneva@Luke:14:33 @ So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

geneva@Luke:14:35 @ It is neither meete for the land, nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

geneva@Luke:15:4 @ What man of you hauing an hundreth sheepe, if hee lose one of them, doeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he finde it?

geneva@Luke:15:7 @ I say vnto you, that likewise ioy shall be in heauen for one sinner that conuerteth, more then for ninetie and nine iust men, which neede none amendement of life.

geneva@Luke:15:10 @ Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.

geneva@Luke:15:12 @ And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.

geneva@Luke:15:14 @ Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

geneva@Luke:15:15 @ Then hee went and claue to a citizen of that conntrey, and hee sent him to his farme, to feede swine.

geneva@Luke:15:16 @ And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him.

geneva@Luke:15:29 @ But he answered & said to his father, Loe, these many yeeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any time thy commadement, and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kidde that I might make merie with my friends.

geneva@Luke:15:31 @ And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and al that I haue, is thine.

geneva@Luke:15:32 @ It was meete that we shoulde make merie, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and hee was lost, but he is found.

geneva@Luke:16:1 @ And he said also unto his disciples, (note:)Seeing that men often purchase friendship for themselves at the expense of others, we are to be ashamed if we do not please the Lord or procure the good will of our neighbours with the goods which the Lord has bestowed on us freely and liberally, making sure that by this means riches, which are often occasions of sin, are used for another end and purpose.(:note) There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

geneva@Luke:16:2 @ And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer steward.

geneva@Luke:16:4 @ I knowe what I will doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue mee into their houses.

geneva@Luke:16:8 @ And the lord commended (note:)This parable does not approve the steward's evil dealing, for it was definitely theft: but parables are set forth to show a thing in a secret way, and as it were, to present the truth by means of an allegory, even though it may not be exact: so that by this parable Christ means to teach us that worldly men are more clever in the affairs of this world than the children of God are diligent for everlasting life.(:note) the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the Men that are given to this present life, contrary to whom are the children of light: Paul calls the former carnal and the latter spiritual. children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

geneva@Luke:16:9 @ And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon (note:)This is not spoken of goods that are gotten wrongly, for God will have our bountifulness to the poor proceed and come from a good fountain: but he calls those things riches of iniquity which men use wickedly.(:note) of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting That is, the poor Christians: for they are the inheritors of these habitations; Theophylact. habitations.

geneva@Luke:16:12 @ And if ye have not been faithful in that which is (note:)In worldly goods, which are called other men's because they are not ours, but rather entrusted to our care.(:note) another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

geneva@Luke:16:17 @ Nowe it is more easie that heauen and earth shoulde passe away, then that one title of the Lawe should fall.

geneva@Luke:16:18 @ Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her (note:)They that gather by this passage that a man cannot be married again after he has divorced his wife for adultery, while she lives, reason incorrectly: for Christ speaks of those divorces which the Jews had which were not because of adultery, for adulterers were put to death by the law.(:note) that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.

geneva@Luke:16:21 @ And desired to bee refreshed with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogges came and licked his sores.

geneva@Luke:16:22 @ And it was so that the begger died, and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The rich man also died, and was buried.

geneva@Luke:16:24 @ Then he cried, and saide, Father Abraham, haue mercie on mee, and sende Lazarus that hee may dippe the tip of his finger in water, & coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.

geneva@Luke:16:25 @ But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus paines: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

geneva@Luke:16:26 @ Besides all this, betweene you & vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which would goe from hence to you, can not: neither ca they come from thence to vs.

geneva@Luke:16:28 @ (For I haue fiue brethren) that he may testifie vnto them, least they also come into this place of torment.

geneva@Luke:17:1 @ Then said he unto the disciples, (note:)The Church is of necessity subject to offences, but the Lord will not suffer them unpunished, if any of the least be offended.(:note) It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe [unto him], through whom they come!

geneva@Luke:17:2 @ It is better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into ye sea, then that he should offende one of these litle ones.

geneva@Luke:17:9 @ Doeth he thanke that seruant, because hee did that which was commaunded vnto him? I trowe not.

geneva@Luke:17:12 @ And as hee entred into a certaine towne, there met him tenne men that were lepers, which stoode a farre off.

geneva@Luke:17:14 @ And when he saw them, he said vnto them, Goe, shewe your selues vnto the Priestes; it came to passe, that as they went, they were clensed.

geneva@Luke:17:15 @ Then one of them, when hee sawe that hee, was healed, turned backe, and with a loude voyce praised God,

geneva@Luke:17:18 @ There is none founde that returned to giue God praise, saue this stranger.

geneva@Luke:17:24 @ For as the lightening that lighteneth out of the one part vnder heauen, shineth vnto the other part vnder heauen, so shall the Sonne of man be in his day.

geneva@Luke:17:27 @ They ate, they dranke, they married wiues, and gaue in marriage vnto the day that Noe went into the Arke: and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

geneva@Luke:17:29 @ But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.

geneva@Luke:17:33 @ Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall (note:)That is, will save it, as Matthew expounds it: for the life that is spoken of here is everlasting salvation.(:note) preserve it.

geneva@Luke:17:34 @ I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.

geneva@Luke:18:1 @ And (note:)God will have us to continue in prayer, not to weary us, but to exercise us; therefore we must fight against impatience so that a long delay does not cause us to quit our praying.(:note) he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to Yield to afflictions and adversities as those do who have lost heart. faint;

geneva@Luke:18:3 @ And there was a widowe in that citie, which came vnto him, saying, Doe mee iustice against mine aduersarie.

geneva@Luke:18:5 @ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she (note:)Literally, «beat me down with her blows», and it is a metaphor taken of wrestlers who beat their adversaries with their fists or clubs: in the same way those that are persistent beat the judge's ears with their crying out, even as it were with blows.(:note) weary me.

geneva@Luke:18:12 @ I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.

geneva@Luke:18:14 @ I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.

geneva@Luke:18:22 @ Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come followe mee.

geneva@Luke:18:26 @ Then said they that heard it, And who then can be saued?

geneva@Luke:18:37 @ And they saide vnto him, that Iesus of Nazareth passed by.

geneva@Luke:18:41 @ Saying, What wilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receiue my sight.

geneva@Luke:19:4 @ Wherefore he ranne before, and climed vp into a wilde figge tree, that he might see him: for he should come that way.

geneva@Luke:19:9 @ And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a (note:)Beloved of God, one that walks in the steps of Abraham's faith: and we gather that salvation came to that house because they received the blessing as Abraham had. (Ed.)(:note) son of Abraham.

geneva@Luke:19:10 @ For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

geneva@Luke:19:15 @ And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.

geneva@Luke:19:21 @ For I feared thee, because thou art a straight man: thou takest vp, that thou layedst not downe, and reapest that thou diddest not sowe.

geneva@Luke:19:22 @ Then he sayde vnto him, Of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, O euill seruant. Thou knewest that I am a straight man, taking vp that I layd not downe, & reaping that I did not sowe.

geneva@Luke:19:23 @ Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the (note:)To the bankers and money changers. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exo_22:25-27; Deu_23:19-20). Even a rate as low as one per cent interest was disallowed, (Neh_5:11). This servant had already told two lies. First he said the master was an austere or harsh man. This is a lie for the Lord is merciful and gracious. Next he called his master a thief because he reaped where he did not sow. Finally the master said to him that why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a «usurer» too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury. (Ed.)(:note) bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

geneva@Luke:19:24 @ And he sayd to them that stoode by, Take from him that piece, and giue it him that hath ten pieces.

geneva@Luke:19:26 @ For I say vnto you, that vnto all them that haue, it shalbe giuen: and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken from him.

geneva@Luke:19:27 @ Moreouer, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

geneva@Luke:19:32 @ So they that were sent, went their way, and found it as he had sayd vnto them.

geneva@Luke:19:37 @ And when he was nowe come neere to the going downe of the mount of Oliues, the whole multitude of the disciples began to reioyce, and to prayse God with a loude voyce, for all the great workes that they had seene,

geneva@Luke:19:38 @ Saying, Blessed be the King that commeth in the Name of the Lord: peace in heauen, and glory in the highest places.

geneva@Luke:19:40 @ But he answered, and sayd vnto them, I tell you, that if these should holde their peace, the stones would crie.

geneva@Luke:19:43 @ For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compasse thee round, and keepe thee in on euery side,

geneva@Luke:20:2 @ And spake vnto him, saying, Tell vs by what authoritie thou doest these things, or who is hee that hath giuen thee this authoritie?

geneva@Luke:20:6 @ But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will stone vs: for they be perswaded that Iohn was a Prophet.

geneva@Luke:20:7 @ Therefore they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

geneva@Luke:20:10 @ And at the time conuenient he sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruite of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beate him, & sent him away emptie.

geneva@Luke:20:13 @ Then sayd the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I doe? I will send my beloued sonne: it may be that they will doe reuerence, when they see him.

geneva@Luke:20:14 @ But when the husbandmen sawe him, they reasoned with themselues, saying, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

geneva@Luke:20:17 @ And he beheld them, & said, What meaneth this then that is written, The stone that the builders refused, that is made the head of the corner?

geneva@Luke:20:18 @ Whosoeuer shall fall vpon that stone, shall be broken: and on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to pouder.

geneva@Luke:20:19 @ Then the hie Priests, and the Scribes the same houre went about to lay hands on him: (but they feared the people) for they perceiued that he had spoken this parable against them.

geneva@Luke:20:21 @ And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the (note:)You are not moved by favour of any man: and by «person» he means outward circumstances, for if a man judges according to these, there will be those who are truly alike whom he will judge to be different.(:note) person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:

geneva@Luke:20:28 @ Saying, Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die hauing a wife, and hee die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seede vnto his brother.

geneva@Luke:20:34 @ And Jesus answering said unto them, The (note:)«The children of this world» refers here to those who live in this world, and not those that are wholly given to the world (and therefore contrary to the children of light), as above in (Luk_16:8).(:note) children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

geneva@Luke:20:35 @ But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wiues, neither are married.

geneva@Luke:20:36 @ Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the (note:)That is, men who partake in the resurrection: for as we truly say that they will indeed live who will enjoy everlasting bliss, so do those indeed rise who rise to life; though if this word «resurrection» is taken generally, it refers also to the wicked, who will rise to condemnation, which is not properly life, but death.(:note) children of the resurrection.

geneva@Luke:20:37 @ And that the dead shall rise againe, euen Moses shewed it besides the bush, when he said, The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob.

geneva@Luke:21:3 @ And he sayd, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast in more then they all.

geneva@Luke:21:4 @ For they all haue of their superfluitie cast into the offerings of God: but she of her penurie hath cast in all the liuing that she had.

geneva@Luke:21:6 @ Are these ye things that ye looke vpon? the dayes will come wherein a stone shall not be left vpon a stone, that shall not be throwen downe.

geneva@Luke:21:8 @ And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come (note:)Using my name.(:note) in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

geneva@Luke:21:13 @ And it shall turn to you for (note:)This will be the result of your troubles and afflictions: they will be witnesses both before God and man of the treacherous and cruel dealing of your enemies, as well as of your steadfastness: A noble saying, that the afflictions of the godly and holy men pertain to the witness of the truth.(:note) a testimony.

geneva@Luke:21:14 @ Lay it vp therefore in your heartes, that ye cast not before hand, what ye shall answere.

geneva@Luke:21:21 @ Then let them which are in Iudea, flee to the mountaines: and let them which are in the middes thereof, depart out: and let not them that are in the countrey, enter therein.

geneva@Luke:21:22 @ For these be the dayes of vengeance, to fulfill all things that are written.

geneva@Luke:21:23 @ But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and (note:)By «wrath» are meant those things which God sends when he is displeased.(:note) wrath upon this people.

geneva@Luke:21:30 @ When they nowe shoote foorth, ye seeing them, knowe of your owne selues, that sommer is then neere.

geneva@Luke:21:31 @ So likewise yee, when yee see these thinges come to passe, knowe ye that the kingdome of God is neere.

geneva@Luke:21:34 @ Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.

geneva@Luke:21:35 @ For as a snare shall it come (note:)On all men wherever they may be.(:note) on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

geneva@Luke:21:36 @ Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to (note:)You will appear before him in a condition such that you will abide the presence and sentence of the Judge without fear.(:note) stand before the Son of man.

geneva@Luke:21:37 @ Nowe in the day time hee taught in the Temple, and at night hee went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Oliues.

geneva@Luke:22:4 @ And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and (note:)Those that had the charge of keeping the temple, who were not from among the priests and bishops, as is shown below in (Luk_22:52).(:note) captains, how he might betray him unto them.

geneva@Luke:22:8 @ And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the (note:)The lamb which was the symbol of the passover: And this is said using the figure of speech metonymy, which is often used when talking about the sacraments.(:note) passover, that we may eat.

geneva@Luke:22:9 @ And they saide to him, Where wilt thou, that we prepare it?

geneva@Luke:22:10 @ Then he said vnto them, Beholde, when ye be entred into the citie, there shall a man meete you, bearing a pitcher of water: folowe him into the house that he entreth in,

geneva@Luke:22:20 @ Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This (note:)Here is a double use of metonymy: for first, the vessel is taken for that which is contained in the vessel, as the cup is spoken of for the wine which is within the cup. Second, the wine is called the covenant or testament, whereas in reality it is but the sign of the testament, or rather of the blood of Christ by which the testament was made: neither is it a vain sign, although it is not the same as the thing that it represents.(:note) cup [is] This word «the» shows the excellency of the testament, and corresponds to (Jer_31:31) where the new testament is promised. the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

geneva@Luke:22:23 @ Then they began to enquire among themselues which of them it should be, that should do that.

geneva@Luke:22:25 @ And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called (note:)Have great titles, for so it was the custom to honour princes with some great titles.(:note) benefactors.

geneva@Luke:22:26 @ But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.

geneva@Luke:22:27 @ For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.

geneva@Luke:22:30 @ That ye may eate, and drinke at my table in my kingdome, and sit on seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.

geneva@Luke:22:34 @ But he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cocke shall not crowe this day, before thou hast thrise denied that thou knewest me.

geneva@Luke:22:37 @...I say vnto you, That yet...

geneva@Luke:22:44 @ And being in an (note:)This agony shows that Christ struggled hard and was in great distress: for Christ struggled hard not only with the fears of death as other men do (for in this regard many martyrs might seem more constant then Christ), but also with the fearful judgment of his angry Father, which is the most fearful thing in the world: and this was because he took the burden of all our sins upon himself.(:note) agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great These do not only show that Christ was true man, but also other things which the godly have to consider of, in which the secret of the redemption of all mankind is contained in the Son of God when he debased himself to the state of a servant: such things as these no man can sufficiently declare. drops of blood falling down to the ground.

geneva@Luke:22:53 @ When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the (note:)The power that was given to darkness to oppress the light for a time.(:note) power of darkness.

geneva@Luke:22:64 @ And when they had blindfolded him, they smote him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophecie who it is that smote thee.

geneva@Luke:22:67 @ Saying, Art thou that Christ? tell vs; he said vnto them, If I tell you, ye wil not beleeue it.

geneva@Luke:22:70 @ Then sayd they all, Art thou then ye Sonne of God? And he sayd to them, Ye say, that I am.

geneva@Luke:23:1 @ And (note:)Christ, who is now ready to suffer for the rebellion which we raised in this world, is first of all pronounced guiltless, so that it might appear that he suffered not for his own sins (which were none) but for ours.(:note) the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

geneva@Luke:23:2 @ And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [fellow] (note:)Corrupting the people, and leading them into errors.(:note) perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

geneva@Luke:23:7 @ And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto (note:)This was Herod Antipas the Tetrarch, in the time of whose period of rule (which was almost twenty-two years long) John the Baptist preached and was put to death, and Jesus Christ also died and rose again, and the apostles began to preach, and various things were done at Jerusalem almost seven years after Christ's death. This Herod was sent into banishment to Lyons, about the second year of Gaius Caesar.(:note) Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

geneva@Luke:23:14 @ And sayd vnto them, Ye haue brought this man vnto me, as one that peruerted the people: and beholde, I haue examined him before you, and haue found no fault in this man, of those things whereof ye accuse him:

geneva@Luke:23:23 @ But they were instant with loude voyces, and required that he might be crucified: and the voyces of them and of the hie Priests preuailed.

geneva@Luke:23:24 @ So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.

geneva@Luke:23:25 @ And he let loose vnto them him that for insurrection and murther was cast into prison, whome they desired, and deliuered Iesus to doe with him what they would.

geneva@Luke:23:29 @ For behold, the dayes wil come, when men shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombes that neuer bare, and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.

geneva@Luke:23:43 @ And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in (note:)God made the visible paradise in the eastern part of the world: but that which we behold with the eyes of our mind is the place of everlasting joy and salvation, through the goodness and mercy of God, a most pleasant rest for the souls of the godly, and a most quiet and joyful dwelling.(:note) paradise.

geneva@Luke:23:48 @ And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things, which were done, smote their brestes, and returned.

geneva@Luke:23:54 @ And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath (note:)Literally, «dawning», and now beginning, for the light of the former day drew toward the going down of the sun, and that was the day of preparation for the feast, that is, the feast which was to be kept the following day.(:note) drew on.

geneva@Luke:24:1 @ Now upon the (note:)Poor humble women, who were certainly not expecting it, are chosen to be the first witnesses of the resurrection, so that there might not be any suspicion of either deceit or violence.(:note) first [day] of the week, very Very early, as Mark says: or as John says, while it was yet dark, that is, when it was yet hardly the dawning of day. early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain [others] with them.

geneva@Luke:24:4 @ And it came to passe, that as they were amased thereat, beholde, two men suddenly stood by them in shining vestures.

geneva@Luke:24:5 @ And as they were afraide, & bowed downe their faces to the earth, they sayd to them, Why seeke ye him that liueth, among the dead?

geneva@Luke:24:7 @ Saying, that the sonne of man must be deliuered into the hands of sinfull men, and be crucified, and the third day rise againe.

geneva@Luke:24:14 @ And they talked together of al these things that were done.

geneva@Luke:24:15 @ And it came to passe, as they communed together, and reasoned, that Iesus himselfe drewe neere, and went with them.

geneva@Luke:24:17 @ And he sayd vnto them, What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad?

geneva@Luke:24:18 @ And (note:)Some of the old fathers think that the other disciple was the same evangelist who wrote this book, but Epiphanius, writing against the Saturnilians, says it was Nathanael; but none of these are certainties.(:note) the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

geneva@Luke:24:21 @ But we trusted that it had bene he that should haue deliuered Israel, and as touching all these things, to day is ye third day, that they were done.

geneva@Luke:24:23 @ And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seene a vision of Angels, which sayd, that he was aliue.

geneva@Luke:24:25 @ Then he sayd vnto them, O fooles and slowe of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken!

geneva@Luke:24:31 @ And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he (note:)Suddenly taken away, and we may not therefore imagine that he was there in an invisible body, but indeed believe that he suddenly changed the place where he was.(:note) vanished out of their sight.

geneva@Luke:24:33 @ And they rose vp the same houre, and returned to Hierusalem, and found the Eleuen gathered together, and them that were with them,

geneva@Luke:24:35 @ And they told what things [were done] in the way, and how he was known of them in (note:)When he broke bread, which that people used to do, and as the Jews still do today at the beginning of their meals and say a prayer.(:note) breaking of bread.

geneva@Luke:24:37 @ But they were abashed and afraide, supposing that they had seene a spirit.

geneva@Luke:24:45 @ Then opened he their vnderstanding, that they might vnderstand the Scriptures,

geneva@Luke:24:47 @ And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, (note:)The apostles, who are the preachers of the gospel, beginning at Jerusalem.(:note) beginning at Jerusalem.

geneva@Luke:24:51 @ And it came to passe, that as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caried vp into heauen.

geneva@John:1:1 @ In (note:)The Son of God is of one and the selfsame eternity or everlastingness, and of one and the selfsame essence or nature with the Father.(:note) the From the beginning, as the evangelist says in (1Jo_1:1); it is as though he said that the Word did not begin to have his being when God began to make all that was made: for the Word was even then when all things that were made began to be made, and therefore he was before the beginning of all things. beginning Had his being. was This word «the» points out to us a peculiar and choice thing above all others, and puts a difference between this «Word», which is the Son of God, and the laws of God, which are also called the word of God. the Word, and the Word was This word «with» points out that there is a distinction of persons here. with God, and the This word «Word» is the first in order in the sentence, and is the subject of the sentence, and this word «God» is the latter in order, and is the predicate of the sentence. Word was God.

geneva@John:1:7 @ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] (note:)Through John.(:note) through him might believe.

geneva@John:1:8 @ He was not (note:)That light which we spoke of, that is, Christ, who alone can enlighten our darkness.(:note) that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.

geneva@John:1:13 @ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the (note:)Of that shameful and corrupt nature of man, which is throughout the scriptures described as an enemy of the spirit.(:note) will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

geneva@John:1:21 @ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, (note:)The Jews thought that Elias would come again before the days of the Messiah, and they took as the basis of their opinion (Mal_4:5), which is to be understood as referring to John, see (Mat_11:14). And yet John denies that he is Elias, answering their question just as they meant it.(:note) I am not. Art thou They are inquiring about some great prophet, and not about Christ, for John denied before that he is Christ, for they thought that some great prophet would be sent like Moses, using to support this position (Deu_18:15), which is to be understood to refer to all the company of the prophets and ministers, which have been and shall be to the end, and especially of Christ who is the head of all prophets. that prophet? And he answered, No.

geneva@John:1:22 @ Then said they vnto him, Who art thou, that we may giue an answere to them that sent vs? What sayest thou of thy selfe?

geneva@John:1:23 @ He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.

geneva@John:1:25 @ And they asked him, and said unto him, (note:)By this we may prove that the Jews knew there should be some change in religion under the Messiah.(:note) Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

geneva@John:1:27 @ He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.

geneva@John:1:31 @ And (note:)I never knew him by face before.(:note) I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

geneva@John:1:33 @ And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost.

geneva@John:1:34 @ And I saw, and bare record that this is (note:)This word «the» points out to us some excellent thing, and makes a distinction between Christ and others, whom Moses and the prophets commonly call the sons of the most High.(:note) the Son of God.

geneva@John:1:39 @ He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the (note:)It was getting later in the night.(:note) tenth hour.

geneva@John:1:40 @ Andrewe, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that followed him.

geneva@John:1:49 @ Nathanael answered, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, thou art that Sonne of God: thou art that King of Israel.

geneva@John:2:1 @ And (note:)Christ, declaring openly in an assembly by a notable miracle that he has power over the nature of things to feed man's body, leads the minds of all men to consider his spiritual and saving strength and power.(:note) the After the talk which he had with Nathanael, or after his departure from John, or after he came into Galilee. third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

geneva@John:2:6 @ And there were set there six (note:)These were vessels made for the use of water, in which they washed themselves.(:note) waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three Every firkin contained one hundred pounds, at twelve ounces a pound: By this we gather that Christ helps them with one thousand and eight hundred pounds of wine. (about 135 imperial gallons or 600 litres Ed.) firkins apiece.

geneva@John:2:9 @ Nowe when the gouernour of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he knewe not whence it was: but the seruants, which drewe the water, knewe) the gouernour of ye feast called the bridegrome,

geneva@John:2:10 @ And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have (note:)Literally, «are drunken». Now this saying, to be drunken, does not always refer to being drunk in the evil sense in the Hebrew language, but sometimes signifies an abundant and plentiful use of wine, which is nonetheless a measured amount, as in (Gen_43:34).(:note) well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.

geneva@John:2:16 @ And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my fathers house, an house of marchandise.

geneva@John:2:17 @ And his disciples remembered that it was written, The (note:)«Zeal» in this place is taken for a wrathful indignation and displeasure of the mind, brought about when someone deals wickedly and evilly towards those whom we love well.(:note) zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

geneva@John:2:22 @ Assoone therefore as he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that hee thus sayde vnto them: and they beleeued the Scripture, and the worde which Iesus had saide.

geneva@John:3:2 @ The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a (note:)We know that you are sent from God to teach us.(:note) teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, But he in whom some part of the excellency of God appears. And if Nicodemus had rightly known Christ, he would not only have said that God was with him, but in him, as Paul does in (2Co_1:19). except God be with him.

geneva@John:3:5 @ Iesus answered, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except that a man be borne of water and of the Spirite, hee can not enter into the kingdome of God.

geneva@John:3:6 @ That which is born of the flesh is (note:)That is, fleshly, namely, wholly unclean and under the wrath of God: and therefore this word «flesh» signifies the corrupt nature of man: contrary to which is the Spirit, that is, the man ingrafted into Christ through the grace of the Holy Spirit, whose nature is everlasting and immortal, though the strife of the flesh remains.(:note) flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

geneva@John:3:7 @ Marueile not that I said to thee, Yee must be borne againe.

geneva@John:3:8 @ The wind bloweth where it (note:)With free and wandering blasts as it wishes.(:note) listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

geneva@John:3:11 @ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our (note:)You handle doubtful things even though you have no solid basis for believing them, and yet men believe you: but I teach those things that are of a truth and well known, and you do not believe me.(:note) witness.

geneva@John:3:13 @ And no (note:)Only Christ can teach us heavenly things, for no man ascends, etc.(:note) man That is, has any spiritual light and understanding, or ever had any, but only the Son of God who came down to us. hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] Whereas he is said to have come down from heaven, this must be understood as referring to his Godhead, and of the manner of his conception: for Christ's birth upon the earth was heavenly and not earthly, for he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. the Son of man which That which is proper to the divinity of Christ, is here spoken of the whole Christ, to show us that he is but one person in which two natures are united. is in heaven.

geneva@John:3:14 @ And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernesse, so must that Sonne of man be lift vp,

geneva@John:3:15 @ That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.

geneva@John:3:18 @ Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.

geneva@John:3:20 @ For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

geneva@John:3:21 @ But he that (note:)That is, he that leads an honest life, and is void of all cunning and deceit.(:note) doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought That is, with God, God as it were going before. in God.

geneva@John:3:26 @ And they came vnto Iohn, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iorden, to whom thou barest witnesse, behold, he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

geneva@John:3:27 @ John answered and said, A man (note:)Why are you trying to better my state? This is every man's lot and portion, that he cannot better himself in the slightest way.(:note) can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

geneva@John:3:28 @ Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.

geneva@John:3:29 @ He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voyce. This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.

geneva@John:3:31 @ He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is (note:)Is nothing else but man, a piece of work made of the slime of the earth.(:note) earthly, and Is characterized by nothing but corruption, ignorance, dulness, etc. speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

geneva@John:3:32 @ And what he hath (note:)What he knows fully and perfectly.(:note) seen and heard, that he testifieth; and That is, very few. no man receiveth his testimony.

geneva@John:3:33 @ He that hath receiued his testimonie, hath sealed that God is true.

geneva@John:3:36 @ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not (note:)Shall not enjoy.(:note) see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

geneva@John:4:1 @ When (note:)This balance is to be kept in doing our duty, that neither by fear are we terrified from going forward, and neither by rashness procure or bring dangers upon ourselves.(:note) therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

geneva@John:4:9 @ Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews (note:)There is no familiarity nor friendship between the Jews and the Samaritans.(:note) have no dealings with the Samaritans.

geneva@John:4:10 @ Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest (note:)By this word «the» we are shown that Christ speaks of some excellent gift, that is to say, even about himself, whom his Father offered to this woman.(:note) the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee This everlasting water, that is to say, the exceeding love of God, is called «living» or «of life», to make a difference between it and the water that should be drawn out of a well: and these metaphors are frequently used by the Jews. living water.

geneva@John:4:11 @ The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life?

geneva@John:4:14 @ But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.

geneva@John:4:15 @ The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to drawe.

geneva@John:4:18 @ For thou hast had fiue husbands, and he whom thou nowe hast, is not thine husband: that saidest thou truely.

geneva@John:4:19 @ The woman saide vnto him, Sir, I see that thou art a Prophet.

geneva@John:4:22 @ Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.

geneva@John:4:23 @ But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in (note:)This word «spirit» is to be taken here as it is set against that commandment which is called carnal in (Heb_7:16), as the commandment is considered in itself: and so he speaks of «truth» not as we set it against a lie, but as we take it in respect of the outward ceremonies of the law, which only shadowed that which Christ indeed performed.(:note) spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

geneva@John:4:24 @ God [is] a (note:)By the word «spirit» he means the nature of the Godhead, and not the third person in the Trinity.(:note) Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

geneva@John:4:25 @ The woman said vnto him, I knowe well that Messias shall come which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell vs all things.

geneva@John:4:26 @ Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speake vnto thee.

geneva@John:4:27 @ And vpon that, came his disciples, and marueiled that he talked with a woman: yet no man said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?

geneva@John:4:29 @ Come, see a man which hath tolde me all things that euer I did: is not he that Christ?

geneva@John:4:34 @ Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.

geneva@John:4:37 @ And herein is that (note:)That proverb.(:note) saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

geneva@John:4:40 @ Then when the Samaritans were come vnto him, they besought him, that he woulde tarie with them: and he abode there two dayes.

geneva@John:4:42 @ And they said vnto the woman, Nowe we beleeue, not because of thy saying: for we haue heard him our selues, and knowe that this is in deede that Christ the Sauiour of the world.

geneva@John:4:44 @ For Iesus himselfe had testified, that a Prophet hath none honour in his owne countrey.

geneva@John:4:45 @ Then when he was come into Galile, the Galileans receiued him, which had seene all the things that he did at Hierusalem at the feast: for they went also vnto the feast.

geneva@John:4:47 @ When he heard that Iesus was come out of Iudea into Galile, he went vnto him, and besought him that he would goe downe, and heale his sonne: for he was euen ready to die.

geneva@John:4:50 @ Iesus said vnto him, Go thy way, thy sonne liueth: and the man beleeued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto him, and went his way.

geneva@John:4:53 @ Then the father knew, that it was the same houre in the which Iesus had said vnto him, Thy sonne liueth; he beleeued, & all his houshold.

geneva@John:5:6 @ When Iesus sawe him lie, and knew that he nowe long time had bene diseased, he saide vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

geneva@John:5:11 @ He answered them, He that made me whole, he said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke.

geneva@John:5:12 @ Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?

geneva@John:5:13 @ And he that was healed, knewe not who it was: for Iesus had conueied himselfe away from the multitude that was in that place.

geneva@John:5:15 @ The man departed and tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus, which had made him whole.

geneva@John:5:18 @ Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was (note:)That is, his alone and no one else's, which they gather from his saying, «And I work», applying this word «work» to himself which properly belongs to God, and therefore makes himself equal to God.(:note) his Father, making himself equal with God.

geneva@John:5:19 @ Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing (note:)Not only without his Father's authority, but also without his mighty working and power.(:note) of himself, but what he This must be understood of the person of Christ, which consists of two natures, and not simply of his Godhead: so then he says that his Father moves and governs him in all things, but yet nonetheless, when he says he works with his Father, he confirms his Godhead. seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son In like sort, jointly and together. Not because the Father does some things, and then the Son works after him and does the same, but because the might and power of the Father and the Son work equally and jointly together. likewise.

geneva@John:5:20 @ For the Father loueth the Sonne, & sheweth him all things, whatsoeuer he himselfe doeth, and he will shewe him greater workes then these, that ye should marueile.

geneva@John:5:22 @ For the Father (note:)This word «judgeth» is taken by the figure of speech synecdoche to represent all governing.(:note) judgeth These words are not to be taken as though they simply denied that God governed the world, but rather they deny that he governed as the Jews imagined it, who separate the Father from the Son, whereas indeed, the Father does not govern the world, but only in the person of his Son, being made manifest in the flesh: so he says below in (Joh_5:30), that he came not to do his own will: that his doctrine is not his own, that the blind man and his parents did not sin (Joh_7:16; Joh_9:3), etc. no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

geneva@John:5:23 @ Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

geneva@John:5:27 @ And hath given him (note:)That is, high and sovereign power to rule and govern all things, in so much that he has power over life and death.(:note) authority to execute judgment also, because he is That is, he will not only judge the world as he is God, but also as he is man, he received this from his Father, to be judge of the world. the Son of man.

geneva@John:5:31 @ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not (note:)Faithful, that is, worthy to be credited; see (Joh_8:14).(:note) true.

geneva@John:5:32 @ There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I know that the witnesse, which he beareth of me, is true.

geneva@John:5:34 @ But I receiue not the record of man: neuerthelesse these things I say, that ye might be saued.

geneva@John:5:36 @ But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of me, that the Father sent me.

geneva@John:5:40 @ But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

geneva@John:5:42 @ But I know you, that ye have not the (note:)Love toward God.(:note) love of God in you.

geneva@John:5:44 @ How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone?

geneva@John:6:1 @ After these things Jesus went (note:)Not that he cut across the lake of Tiberias, but by sailing across the large creeks he made his journey shorter: therefore he is said to have gone over the sea, when in reality he passed over from one side of the creek to the other.(:note) over the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias.

geneva@John:6:2 @ And a great multitude followed him, because they sawe his miracles, which hee did on them that were diseased.

geneva@John:6:7 @ Philippe answered him, Two hundreth penie worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that euery one of them may take a litle.

geneva@John:6:10 @ And Iesus saide, Make ye people sit downe. (Nowe there was much grasse in that place.) Then the men sate downe in nomber, about fiue thousande.

geneva@John:6:11 @ And Iesus tooke the bread, & gaue thanks, & gaue to the disciples, and the disciples, to them that were set downe: and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

geneva@John:6:12 @ And when they were satisfied, he said vnto his disciples, Gather vp the broken meat which remaineth, that nothing be lost.

geneva@John:6:13 @ Then they gathered it together, and filled twelue baskets with the broken meat of the fiue barly loaues, which remained vnto them that had eaten.

geneva@John:6:14 @ Then the men, when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did, saide, This is of a trueth that Prophet that should come into the world.

geneva@John:6:18 @ And the Sea arose with a great winde that blewe.

geneva@John:6:22 @ The day following, the people which stoode on the other side of the sea, saw that there was none other ship there, saue that one, whereinto his disciples were entred, and that Iesus went not with his disciples in the ship, but that his disciples were gone alone,

geneva@John:6:23 @ And that there came other ships from Tiberias neere vnto the place where they ate the bread, after the Lord had giuen thankes.

geneva@John:6:24 @ Nowe when the people sawe that Iesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also tooke shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Iesus.

geneva@John:6:28 @ Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the (note:)Which please God: for they think that everlasting life depends upon the condition of fulfilling the law: therefore Christ calls them back to faith.(:note) works of God?

geneva@John:6:35 @ And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread (note:)Which has life and gives life.(:note) of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

geneva@John:6:36 @ But I said vnto you, that ye also haue seene me, and beleeue not.

geneva@John:6:38 @ For I came down from heaven, not to do mine (note:)See above in (Joh_5:22).(:note) own will, but the will of him that sent me.

geneva@John:6:39 @ And this is the Fathers will which hath sent mee, that of all which hee hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but shoulde raise it vp againe at the last day.

geneva@John:6:40 @ And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which (note:)Seeing and believing are joined together: for there is another type of seeing which is general, which the demons have, for they see: but here he speaks about that type of seeing which properly belongs to the elect.(:note) seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

geneva@John:6:42 @ And they said, Is not this Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother wee knowe? Howe then sayth he, I came downe from heauen?

geneva@John:6:45 @ It is written in the (note:)In the book of the prophets, for the Old Testament was divided by them into three general parts: into the law, the prophets, and the holy writings.(:note) prophets, And they shall be all That is, they will be children of the Church, for so the prophet Isaiah expounds it in (Isa_54:13); that is to say, ordained to life, {{See Act_13:48}}, and therefore the knowledge of the heavenly truth is the gift and work of God, and does not rest in any power of man. taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

geneva@John:6:46 @ Not that any man hath seen the Father, (note:)If only the Son has seen the Father, then it is only he that can truly teach us and instruct us.(:note) save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

geneva@John:6:47 @ Verely, verely I say vnto you, hee that beleeueth in me, hath euerlasting life.

geneva@John:6:56 @ Hee that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

geneva@John:6:57 @ As (note:)In that Christ is man, he receives that power which quickens and gives life to those that are his, from his Father: and he adds this word «the» to make a distinction between his Father and all other fathers.(:note) the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Christ means that although he is man, yet his flesh can give life, not by its own nature, but because his flesh lives by the Father, that is to say, sucks and draws out of the Father that power which it has to give life. Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

geneva@John:6:58 @ This is that bread which came downe from heauen: not as your fathers haue eaten Manna, and are deade. Hee that eateth of this bread, shall liue for euer.

geneva@John:6:61 @ But Iesus knowing in himselfe, that his disciples murmured at this, saide vnto them, Doeth this offend you?

geneva@John:6:62 @ What then if yee should see that Sonne of man ascend vp where he was before?

geneva@John:6:64 @ But there are some of you that beleeue not: for Iesus knewe from the beginning, which they were that beleeued not, & who shoulde betray him.

geneva@John:6:65 @ And hee saide, Therefore saide I vnto you, that no man can come vnto mee, except it be giuen vnto him of my Father.

geneva@John:6:69 @ And we beleeue and knowe that thou art that Christ that Sonne of the liuing God.

geneva@John:6:71 @ Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: for hee it was that shoulde betraie him, though he was one of the twelue.

geneva@John:7:4 @ For there is no man that doeth any thing secretely, and hee himselfe seeketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.

geneva@John:7:7 @ The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.

geneva@John:7:15 @ And the Iewes marueiled, saving, Howe knoweth this man the Scriptures, seeing that hee neuer learned!

geneva@John:7:23 @ If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the (note:)That is to say, if the law of circumcision which Moses gave matters so much to you that you do not hesitate to circumcise upon the sabbath, do you rightly reprove me for thoroughly healing a man?(:note) law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

geneva@John:7:26 @ And beholde, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him: doe the rulers know in deede that this is in deede that Christ?

geneva@John:7:31 @ Now many of the people beleeued in him, and said, When that Christ commeth, will he doe moe miracles then this man hath done?

geneva@John:7:33 @ Then saide Iesus vnto them, Yet am I a little while with you, and then goe I vnto him that sent mee.

geneva@John:7:35 @ Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the (note:)Literally, «to the dispersion of the Gentiles» or «Greeks», and under the name of the Greeks he refers to the Jews who were dispersed among the Gentiles.(:note) dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

geneva@John:7:36 @ What saying is this that hee saide, Ye shall seeke mee, and shall not finde mee? and where I am, cannot ye come?

geneva@John:7:38 @ He that believeth on me, as the (note:)The scripture being referred to is not found anywhere word for word, but rather Christ seems to be referring to many different places where mention is made of the gifts of the Holy Spirit; see (Joe_2:28-29; Isa_44:3) and especially (Isa_55:1-13).(:note) scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

geneva@John:7:39 @ (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the (note:)What is meant by the Holy Spirit he expressed a little before, speaking of the Spirit which they that believed in him should receive. So that by the name of Holy Spirit are meant the powers and mighty workings of the Holy Spirit.(:note) Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet That is, those things were not yet seen and perceived which were to show and set forth the glory of the only begotten. glorified.)

geneva@John:7:41 @ Other saide, This is that Christ: and some said, But shall that Christ come out of Galile?

geneva@John:7:42 @ Saith not the Scripture that that Christ shall come of the seede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-leem, where Dauid was?

geneva@John:7:50 @ Nicodemus said vnto them, ( he that came to Iesus by night, and was one of them.)

geneva@John:8:5 @ Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?

geneva@John:8:6 @ And this they saide to tempt him, that they might haue, whereof to accuse him. But Iesus stouped downe, & with his finger wrote on the groud.

geneva@John:8:14 @ Jesus answered and said unto them, (note:)That which he denied before in (Joh_5:31) must be understood as Christ granting their position in a way, for in that place he talked of himself somewhat in line with the opinions of his hearers, who acknowledged nothing in Christ but his humanity, and therefore he was content they should not regard his own witness, unless it were otherwise confirmed. But in this place he stands and affirms Godhead, and praises his Father, who is his witness, and agrees with him.(:note) Though I bear record of myself, [yet] my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

geneva@John:8:16 @ And if I also iudge, my iudgement is true: for I am not alone, but I, and the Father, that sent mee.

geneva@John:8:17 @ And it is also written in your Lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true.

geneva@John:8:20 @ These words spake Jesus in the (note:)This was a certain place appointed for the gathering of the offerings.(:note) treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; We live and die according to the pleasure of God, and not of men: therefore it behooves us that we constantly go forward in our calling. for his hour was not yet come.

geneva@John:8:24 @...said therefore vnto you, That ye...

geneva@John:8:28 @ Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.

geneva@John:8:29 @ For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do alwayes those things that please him.

geneva@John:8:34 @ Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.

geneva@John:8:36 @ If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.

geneva@John:8:38 @ I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

geneva@John:8:40 @ But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

geneva@John:8:44 @ Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the (note:)From the beginning of the world: for as soon as man was made, the devil cast him headlong into death.(:note) beginning, and That is, did not continue constantly, or did not remain. abode not in the That is, in faithfulness and uprightness, that is, he did not remain in the manner in which he was created. truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his Even from his own head, and from his own mind or disposition. own: for he is a liar, and the The author of it. father of it.

geneva@John:8:47 @ He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.

geneva@John:8:50 @ And I seek not mine own glory: there is one (note:)That is, that will avenge both your despising of me and of him.(:note) that seeketh and judgeth.

geneva@John:9:1 @ And (note:)Sin is even the beginning of all bodily diseases, and yet it does not follow that in punishing, even very severely, that God is punishing because of sin.(:note) as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.

geneva@John:9:2 @ And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sinne, this man, or his parents, that he was borne blinde?

geneva@John:9:3 @ Jesus answered, (note:)Christ reasons here as his disciples thought, who presupposed that no diseases came except for the reason of sins: as a result of this he answers that there was another cause of this man's blindness, and that was in order that God's work might be seen.(:note) Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

geneva@John:9:11 @ He answered, and sayd, The man that is called Iesus, made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and sayde vnto me, Goe to the poole of Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and receiued sight.

geneva@John:9:13 @ They brought to the Pharises him that was once blinde.

geneva@John:9:18 @ Then the Iewes did not beleeue him (that he had bene blinde, and receiued his sight) vntill they had called the parents of him that had receiued sight.

geneva@John:9:20 @ His parents answered them, and sayd, We know that this is our sonne, & that he was borne blinde:

geneva@John:9:22 @ These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.

geneva@John:9:24 @ Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, (note:)A solemn order, by which men were put under oath in ancient time to acknowledge their fault before God, as if it was said to them, «Consider that you are before God, who knows the entire matter, and therefore be sure that you revere his majesty, and do him this honour and confess the whole matter openly rather than to lie before him»; (Jos_7:19; 1Sa_6:5).(:note) Give God the praise: we know that this man is a He is called a sinner in the Hebrew language, who is a wicked man, and someone who makes an art of sinning. sinner.

geneva@John:9:25 @ Then he answered, and sayd, Whether hee be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I know, that I was blinde, and nowe I see.

geneva@John:9:29 @ We know that God spake with Moses: but this man we know not from whence he is.

geneva@John:9:30 @ The man answered, and sayde vnto them, Doutlesse, this is a marueilous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

geneva@John:9:31 @ Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.

geneva@John:9:32 @ Since the world began, was it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blinde.

geneva@John:9:36 @ He answered, and sayd, Who is he, Lord, that I might beleeue in him?

geneva@John:9:37 @ And Iesus sayd vnto him, Both thou hast seene him, and he it is that talketh with thee.

geneva@John:10:1 @ Verily, (note:)Seeing that by Christ alone we have access to the Father, there are no true shepherds other than those who come to Christ themselves and bring others there also, neither is any to be thought to be in the true sheepfold but those who are gathered to Christ.(:note) verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

geneva@John:10:2 @ But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe.

geneva@John:10:7 @ Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

geneva@John:10:10 @ The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.

geneva@John:10:11 @ I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

geneva@John:10:14 @ I am that good shepheard, & knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.

geneva@John:10:21 @ Other sayd, These are not the wordes of him that hath a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?

geneva@John:10:24 @ Then came the Iewes round about him, and sayd vnto him, Howe long doest thou make vs dout? If thou be that Christ, tell vs plainely.

geneva@John:10:33 @ The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.

geneva@John:10:38 @ But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

geneva@John:10:41 @ And many resorted vnto him, and saide, Iohn did no miracle: but all thinges that Iohn spake of this man, were true.

geneva@John:11:2 @ (And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)

geneva@John:11:4 @ When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.

geneva@John:11:11 @ These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus (note:)The Jews used a milder kind of speech and called death «sleep», and this same manner of speech is found in other languages, who call the place of burial where the dead are laid waiting for the resurrection a «sleeping place».(:note) sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

geneva@John:11:13 @ Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe.

geneva@John:11:15 @ And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.

geneva@John:11:16 @ Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.

geneva@John:11:17 @ Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.

geneva@John:11:20 @ Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house.

geneva@John:11:22 @ But now I know also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God will giue it thee.

geneva@John:11:24 @ Martha said vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.

geneva@John:11:25 @ Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue.

geneva@John:11:27 @ She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleeue that thou art that Christ that Sonne of God, which should come into the world.

geneva@John:11:31 @ The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastily, & went out, folowed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.

geneva@John:11:37 @ And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died?

geneva@John:11:39 @ Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lorde, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.

geneva@John:11:40 @ Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God?

geneva@John:11:42 @ I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me.

geneva@John:11:44 @ Then he that was dead, came forth, bound hande and foote with bandes, and his face was bound with a napkin. Iesus said vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe.

geneva@John:11:47 @ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a (note:)The Jews called the council sanhedrin: and the word that John uses is Synedri.(:note) council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

geneva@John:11:48 @ If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and (note:)That is, take away from us by force: for at that time, though the high priest's authority was greatly lessened and weakened, yet there was some type of government left among the Jews.(:note) take away both our place and nation.

geneva@John:11:50 @ Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

geneva@John:11:52 @ And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that (note:)For they were not gathered together in one country, as the Jews were, but were to be gathered from all quarters, from the east to the west.(:note) were scattered abroad.

geneva@John:11:53 @ Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.

geneva@John:11:56 @ Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stoode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast?

geneva@John:11:57 @ Nowe both the hie Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commaundement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shewe it, that they might take him.

geneva@John:12:2 @ There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with him.

geneva@John:12:6 @ Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

geneva@John:12:10 @ The hie Priestes therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also,

geneva@John:12:11 @ Because that for his sake many of the Iewes went away, and beleeued in Iesus.

geneva@John:12:12 @ On the morowe a great multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Iesus should come to Hierusalem,

geneva@John:12:13 @ Tooke branches of palme trees, and went foorth to meete him, and cried, Hosanna, Blessed is the King of Israel that commeth in the Name of the Lorde.

geneva@John:12:16 @ But his disciples vnderstoode not these thinges at the first: but when Iesus was glorified, then remembred they, that these thinges were written of him, and that they had done these things vnto him.

geneva@John:12:17 @ The people therefore that was with him, bare witnesse that hee called Lazarus out of the graue, and raised him from the dead.

geneva@John:12:18 @ Therefore mette him the people also, because they heard that he had done this miracle.

geneva@John:12:20 @ And there were certain Greeks among them that (note:)After the solemn custom: the Greeks were first so called by the name of the country of Greece, where they lived: but afterward, all that were not of the Jew's religion, but worshipped false gods and were also called heathens, were called by the name Greeks.(:note) came up to worship at the feast:

geneva@John:12:21 @ And they came to Philippe, which was of Bethsaida in Galile, and desired him, saying, Syr, we would see that Iesus.

geneva@John:12:23 @ And Iesus answered them, saying, The houre is come, that the Sonne of man must bee glorified.

geneva@John:12:25 @ He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.

geneva@John:12:29 @ Then saide the people that stoode by, and heard, that it was a thunder: other said, An Angel spake to him.

geneva@John:12:32 @ And I, if I be (note:)Christ used a word which has a double meaning, for it signifies either to lift up or to get out of the way: for he intended them to think of his death, but the Jews seemed to take it another way.(:note) lifted up from the earth, will draw Chrysostom and Theophylact say that this word «all» refers to all nations: that is, not only to the Jews. all [men] unto me.

geneva@John:12:34 @ The people answered him, We haue heard out of the Law, that that Christ bideth for euer: and howe sayest thou, that that Sonne of man must be lift vp? Who is that Sonne of man?

geneva@John:12:36 @ While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the (note:)That is, partakers of light.(:note) children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

geneva@John:12:38 @ That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the (note:)The arm of the Lord is the gospel, which is the power of God to salvation to all that believe, and therefore the arm of the Lord is not revealed to those whose hearts the Lord has not opened.(:note) arm of the Lord been revealed?

geneva@John:12:39 @ Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe,

geneva@John:12:40 @ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

geneva@John:12:45 @ And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.

geneva@John:12:46 @ I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.

geneva@John:12:48 @ He that refuseth me, and receiueth not my wordes, hath one that iudgeth him: the worde that I haue spoken, it shall iudge him in the last day.

geneva@John:12:50 @ And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.

geneva@John:13:1 @ Now (note:)Christ is as sure of the victory as he is of the combat which was at hand, and by using the sign of washing the feet, gives by this an example in part of singular modesty, and his great love toward his apostles in this notable act, being likely to depart very shortly from them: and he partly witnesses unto them that it is he alone who washes away the filth of his people, and sanctifies them little by little in their time and season.(:note) before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his Those of his household, that is, his saints. own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

geneva@John:13:2 @ And when supper was done (and that the deuill had now put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, to betray him)

geneva@John:13:3 @ Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his (note:)Into his power.(:note) hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

geneva@John:13:4 @ He (note:)In that he is said to rise, it argues that there was a space of time between the ceremony of the passover and this washing of feet, at which time it seems that the Lord's supper was instituted.(:note) riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

geneva@John:13:10 @ Iesus sayd to him, He that is washed, needeth not, saue to wash his feete, but is cleane euery whit: and ye are cleane, but not all.

geneva@John:13:15 @ For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.

geneva@John:13:16 @ Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.

geneva@John:13:19 @ From henceforth tell I you before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue that I am he.

geneva@John:13:20 @ Verely, verely I say vnto you, If I send any, he that receiueth him, receiueth me, and hee that receiueth me, receiueth him that sent me.

geneva@John:13:21 @ When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and (note:)He affirmed it openly and sealed it.(:note) testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

geneva@John:13:23 @ Now there was (note:)John's leaning was such that sitting down on his mat his head was toward the head of Jesus: for it is certain that in ancient times men used to not sit at the table, but to lie down on one of their sides.(:note) leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

geneva@John:13:24 @ To him beckened therefore Simon Peter, that he should aske who it was of whom he spake.

geneva@John:13:27 @...sayd Iesus vnto him, That thou...

geneva@John:13:28 @ But none of them that were at table, knew, for what cause he spake it vnto him.

geneva@John:13:29 @ For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.

geneva@John:13:34 @ A newe commaundement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you, that ye also loue one another.

geneva@John:13:35 @ By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples, if ye haue loue one to another.

geneva@John:14:2 @ In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], (note:)That is, if it were not as I am telling you, that is, unless there was room enough not only for me, but also for you in my Father's house, I would not deceive you in this way with a vain hope, but I would have plainly told you so.(:note) I would have told you. I go to This whole speech is an allegory, by which the Lord comforts his own, declaring to them his departure into heaven; and he departs not to reign there alone, but to go before and prepare a place for them. prepare a place for you.

geneva@John:14:9 @ Iesus sayd vnto him, I haue bene so long time with you, and hast thou not knowen mee, Philippe? he that hath seene me, hath seene my Father: how then sayest thou, Shewe vs thy Father?

geneva@John:14:11 @ Beleeue me, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me: at the least, beleeue me for the very workes sake.

geneva@John:14:13 @ And whatsoeuer ye aske in my Name, that will I doe, that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne.

geneva@John:14:16 @ And I wil pray the Father, and he shal giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,

geneva@John:14:17 @ [Even] the (note:)The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth by reason of that which he does, because he inspires the truth into us, because he has the truth in himself.(:note) Spirit of truth; whom the Worldly men. world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

geneva@John:14:20 @ At that day ye shall know that I [am] (note:)The Son is in the Father in such a way that he is of one selfsame substance with the Father, but he is in his disciples in a different way, as an aider and helper of them.(:note) in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

geneva@John:14:21 @ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will (note:)I will show myself to him, and be known by him, as if he saw me with his eyes: but this showing of himself is not bodily, but spiritual, yet so plain that no other showing could be more evident.(:note) manifest myself to him.

geneva@John:14:24 @ He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, & the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.

geneva@John:14:29 @ And nowe haue I spoken vnto you, before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue.

geneva@John:14:31 @ But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.

geneva@John:15:1 @ I (note:)We are by nature dry and fit for nothing but the fire. Therefore, in order that we may live and be fruitful, we must first be grafted into Christ, as it were into a vine, by the Father's hand: and then be daily moulded with a continual meditation of the word, and the cross: otherwise it will not avail any man at all to have been grafted unless he cleaves fast to the vine, and so draws juice out of it.(:note) am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

geneva@John:15:2 @ Euery branch that beareth not fruite in me, he taketh away: and euery one that beareth fruite, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruite.

geneva@John:15:5 @ I am that vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, & I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruite: for without me can ye doe nothing.

geneva@John:15:11 @ These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.

geneva@John:15:12 @ This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.

geneva@John:15:17 @ These things commaunde I you, that ye loue one another.

geneva@John:15:20 @ Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.

geneva@John:15:23 @ He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

geneva@John:15:25 @ But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their (note:)Sometimes this word «law» refers to the five books of Moses, but in this place it refers to the whole scripture: for the place that he refers to is found in the Psalms.(:note) law, They hated me without a cause.

geneva@John:16:1 @ These (note:)The ministers of the gospel must expect all types of reproaches, not only by those who are open enemies, but even by those also who seem to be of the same household, and the very pillars of the Church.(:note) things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

geneva@John:16:2 @ They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that he doeth God seruice.

geneva@John:16:4 @ But these things haue I tolde you, that when the houre shall come, ye might remember, that I tolde you them; these things said I not vnto you from ye beginning, because I was with you.

geneva@John:16:5 @ But now I go my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

geneva@John:16:10 @ Of (note:)Of Christ himself: for when the world will see that I have poured out the Holy Spirit they will be forced to confess that I was just, and was not condemned by my Father when I went out of this world.(:note) righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

geneva@John:16:11 @ Of (note:)Of that authority and power which I have both in heaven and in earth.(:note) judgment, That is, because they will then understand and indeed know that I have overcome the devil, and govern the world, and then all men will see that they set themselves against you in vain, for I will arm you with heavenly power by which you may destroy every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God; (2Co_10:5). because the prince of this world is judged.

geneva@John:16:15 @ All thinges that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shewe it vnto you.

geneva@John:16:17 @ Then said some of his disciples among them selues, What is this that he saieth vnto vs, A litle while, and ye shall not see me, and againe, a litle while, and ye shall see me, and, For I goe to the Father.

geneva@John:16:18 @ They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle while? we know not what he sayeth.

geneva@John:16:19 @ Now Iesus knew that they would aske him, and said vnto them, Doe ye enquire among your selues, of that I said, A litle while, & ye shal not see me: and againe, a litle while, and yee shall see me?

geneva@John:16:20 @ Verely, verely I say vnto you, that ye shall weepe and lament, and the worlde shall reioyce: and ye shall sorowe, but your sorowe shalbe turned to ioye.

geneva@John:16:21 @ A woman when she traueileth, hath sorowe, because her houre is come: but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe, she remembreth no more the anguish, for ioy that a man is borne into the world.

geneva@John:16:23 @ And in that day shall ye aske me nothing. Verely, verely I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my Name, he will giue it you.

geneva@John:16:24 @ Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.

geneva@John:16:27 @ For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.

geneva@John:16:30 @ Nowe knowe wee that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should aske thee. By this we beleeue, that thou art come out from God.

geneva@John:17:1 @ These (note:)Jesus Christ, the everlasting high Priest, being ready to immediately offer himself up, by solemn prayers consecrates himself to God the Father as a sacrifice, and us together with himself. Therefore this prayer was from the beginning, is, and will be to the end of the world, the foundation and ground of the Church of God.(:note) words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, He first declares that as he came into the world so that the Father might show in him (being apprehended by faith) his glory in saving his elect, so he applied himself to that only: and therefore he desires from the Father that he would bless the work which he had finished. Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

geneva@John:17:2 @ As thou hast given him power over (note:)Over all men.(:note) all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

geneva@John:17:3 @ And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the (note:)He calls the Father the only true God in order to set him against all false gods, and to include himself and the Holy Spirit, for he immediately joins the knowledge of the Father and the knowledge of himself together, and according to his accustomed manner sets forth the whole Godhead in the person of the Father. So is the Father alone said to be King, immortal, wise, dwelling in light which no man can attain unto, and invisible; (Rom_16:27; 1Ti_1:17).(:note) only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

geneva@John:17:7 @ Nowe they knowe that all things whatsoeuer thou hast giuen me, are of thee.

geneva@John:17:8 @ For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.

geneva@John:17:11 @ And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be (note:)He prays that his people may peaceably agree and be joined together in one, that as the Godhead is one, so they may be of one mind and one consent together.(:note) one, as we [are].

geneva@John:17:12 @ While I was with them in the worlde, I kept them in thy Name: those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but the childe of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

geneva@John:17:13 @ And now come I to thee, and these things speake I in the worlde, that they might haue my ioy fulfilled in themselues.

geneva@John:17:19 @ And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the (note:)The true and substantial sanctification of Christ is contrasted with the outward purifyings of the law.(:note) truth.

geneva@John:17:21 @ That they all may bee one, as thou, O Father, art in me, and I in thee: euen that they may be also one in vs, that the worlde may beleeue that thou hast sent me.

geneva@John:17:22 @ And the glory that thou gauest me, I haue giuen them, that they may be one, as we are one,

geneva@John:17:23 @ I in them, and thou in mee, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent mee, and hast loued them, as thou hast loued me.

geneva@John:17:24 @ Father, I will that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me euen where I am, that they may beholde that my glorie, which thou hast giuen mee: for thou louedst me before the foundation of the world.

geneva@John:17:25 @ O righteous Father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee, but I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen, that thou hast sent me.

geneva@John:18:1 @ When (note:)Christ goes of his own accord into a garden, which his betrayer knew, to be taken, so that by his obedience he might take away the sin that entered into the world by one man's rebellion, and that in a garden.(:note) Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

geneva@John:18:9 @ This was that the worde might be fulfilled which hee spake, Of them which thou gauest me, haue I lost none.

geneva@John:18:14 @ And Caiaphas was he, that gaue counsel to the Iewes, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

geneva@John:18:16 @ But Peter stood at the doore without. Then went out the other disciple which was knowen vnto the hie Priest, and spake to her that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.

geneva@John:18:17 @ Then saide the maide that kept the doore, vnto Peter, Art not thou also one of this mans disciples? He sayd, I am not.

geneva@John:18:32 @ That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, (note:)For Christ had foretold that he would be crucified.(:note) signifying what death he should die.

geneva@John:18:34 @ Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

geneva@John:18:37 @ Pilate then said vnto him, Art thou a King then? Iesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King: for this cause am I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnes vnto the trueth: euery one that is of the trueth, heareth my voyce.

geneva@John:18:39 @ But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

geneva@John:19:1 @ Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and (note:)The wisdom of the flesh chooses the least of two evils, but God curses that very wisdom.(:note) scourged [him].

geneva@John:19:10 @ Then saide Pilate vnto him, Speakest thou not vnto me? Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee, & haue power to loose thee?

geneva@John:19:11 @ Iesus answered, Thou couldest haue no power at all against me, except it were giuen thee from aboue: therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the greater sinne.

geneva@John:19:21 @ Then saide the hie Priests of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Iewes, but that he sayd, I am King of the Iewes.

geneva@John:19:24 @ Therefore they sayde one to another, Let vs not deuide it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. This was that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which sayth, They parted my garments among them, and on my coate did cast lots. So the souldiers did these things in deede.

geneva@John:19:27 @ Then saide he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and from that houre, the disciple tooke her home vnto him.

geneva@John:19:29 @ Now there was set a (note:)Galatinus witnesses out of the book called Sanhedrin that the Jews often gave those who were executed vinegar mixed with frankincense to drink, to make them somewhat delirious: so the Jews provided charitably for the poor men's conscience who were executed.(:note) vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to his mouth.

geneva@John:19:33 @ But when they came to Iesus, and saw that he was dead alreadie, they brake not his legges.

geneva@John:19:35 @ And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might beleeue it.

geneva@John:19:36 @ For these things were done, that the Scripture shoulde be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shalbe broken.

geneva@John:19:41 @ Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was (note:)That no man might frivolously object to his resurrection, as though someone else that had been buried there had risen; Theophylact.(:note) never man yet laid.

geneva@John:20:7 @ And the kerchiefe that was vpon his head, not lying with the linnen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by it selfe.

geneva@John:20:9 @...knewe not the Scripture, That he...

geneva@John:20:15 @ Iesus saith vnto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She supposing that he had bene the gardener, said vnto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

geneva@John:20:18 @ Marie Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seene the Lord, and that he had spoken these things vnto her.

geneva@John:20:31 @ But these things are written, that ye might beleeue, that Iesus is that Christ that Sonne of God, and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name.

geneva@John:21:1 @ After these things (note:)In that Christ is not only present here but also eats with his disciples, he gives a most full assurance of his resurrection.(:note) Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he [himself].

geneva@John:21:3 @ Simon Peter said vnto them, I go a fishing. They said vnto him, We also will goe with thee. They went their way & entred into a ship straightway, and that night caught they nothing.

geneva@John:21:4 @ But when the morning was nowe come, Iesus stoode on the shore: neuerthelesse the disciples knewe not that it was Iesus.

geneva@John:21:7 @ Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt [his] fisher's (note:)It was a linen garment which prevented him from swimming freely.(:note) coat [unto him], (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

geneva@John:21:12 @ Iesus saide vnto them, Come, and dine; none of the disciples durst aske him, Who art thou? seeing they knewe that he was the Lord.

geneva@John:21:14 @ This is now the third time that Iesus shewed himselfe to his disciples, after that he was risen againe from the dead.

geneva@John:21:16 @ He said to him againe the second time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? He said vnto him, Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my sheepe.

geneva@John:21:17 @ He saith unto him the (note:)It was appropriate that he that had denied him three times should confess him three times, so that Peter might neither doubt the forgiveness of his grievous sin, nor his being restored to the office of the apostleship.(:note) third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

geneva@John:21:19 @ This spake he, signifying by (note:)That is, that Peter would die by a violent death.(:note) what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

geneva@John:21:22 @ Iesus said vnto him, If I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee? followe thou me.

geneva@John:21:23 @ Then went this worde abroade among the brethren, that this disciple shoulde not die. Yet Iesus saide not to him, He shall not die: but if I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee?

geneva@John:21:25 @ Nowe there are also many other things which Iesus did, the which if they should be written euery one, I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bookes that shoulde be written, Amen.

geneva@Acts:1:1 @ The (note:)Luke switches over from the history of the Gospel, that is from the history of the sayings and doings of Christ, unto the Acts of the Apostles.(:note) former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to The acts of Jesus are the miracles and deeds which showed his Godhead, and his most perfect holiness, and examples of his doctrine. do and teach,

geneva@Acts:1:2 @ Vntill the day that hee was taken vp, after that hee through the holy Ghost, had giuen commaundements vnto the Apostles, whome hee had chosen:

geneva@Acts:1:4 @ And, being (note:)They were dispersed here and there, but he gathers them together so that all of them might together be witnesses of his resurrection.(:note) assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.

geneva@Acts:1:5 @ For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized (note:)Either by the Father, or by me: so that either the Father or Christ is set here contrasted with John, as the Holy Spirit is contrasted with water, as things that are comparable to one another.(:note) with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

geneva@Acts:1:7 @ And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the (note:)That is, the proper occasions that provide opportunities for doing matters, which occasions the Lord has appointed to bring things to pass in.(:note) seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

geneva@Acts:1:14 @ These all (note:)The Greek word signifies an invincible constancy and steadfastness.(:note) continued with It is to good purpose that this agreement is mentioned: for those prayers are most acceptable to God which are made with agreeing minds and wills. one accord in The disciples prayed for the sending of the Holy Spirit, and also to be delivered from present dangers, of which there were many that they were experiencing. prayer and supplication, with the For it was appropriate to have the wives strengthened and encouraged who would afterwards be partakers of the dangers with their husbands. women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his With his relatives. brethren.

geneva@Acts:1:18 @ Now this man (note:)Luke did not consider Judas' purpose, but that which followed it, and so we used to say that a man has done himself harm, not that he wanted and intended to, but in respect of that which followed.(:note) purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and The Greek words signify this much, that Judas fell down flat and was torn apart in the middle, with a tremendously great noise. falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

geneva@Acts:1:19 @...their owne language, Aceldama, That is,...

geneva@Acts:1:20 @ For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his (note:)His office and ministry: David wrote these words against Doeg the King's herdsman: and these words «shepherd», «sheep», and «flock» are used with reference to the Church office and ministry, so that the Church and the offices are called by these names.(:note) bishoprick let another take.

geneva@Acts:1:22 @ Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up (note:)From our company.(:note) from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

geneva@Acts:1:25 @ That he may take (note:)That he may be a member and partaker of this ministry.(:note) part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression Departed from, or fallen from: and it is a metaphor taken from the word «way»: for callings are signified by the name of «ways» with the Hebrews. fell, that he might go to his own place.

geneva@Acts:2:1 @ And (note:)The Apostles being gathered together on a most solemn feast day in one place, that it might evidently appear to all the world that they all had one office, one Spirit, and one faith, are by a double sign from heaven authorised, and anointed with all the most excellent gifts of the Holy Spirit, and especially with an extraordinary and necessary gift of tongues.(:note) when the day of Pentecost was Literally, «was fulfilled»: that is, was begun, as in (Luk_2:21). For the Hebrews say that a day or a year is fulfilled or ended when the former days or years are ended, and the other has begun; (Jer_25:12): «And it will come to pass that when seventy years are fulfilled, I will visit, etc.» For the Lord did not bring his people home after the seventieth year was ended, but in the seventieth year: Now the day of Pentecost was the fiftieth day after the feast of the Passover. fully come, they were The twelve apostles, who were to be the patriarchs as it were of the Church. all with one accord in one place.

geneva@Acts:2:4 @ And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with (note:)He calls them «other tongues» which were not the same as the apostles commonly used, and Mark calls them «new tongues».(:note) other tongues, as the By this we understand that the apostles were not speaking one language and then another by chance at random, or as eccentric men used to do, but that they kept in mind the languages of their hearers: and to be short, that they only spoke as the Holy Spirit directed them to speak. Spirit gave them utterance.

geneva@Acts:2:5 @ And there were dwelling at Hierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, of euery nation vnder heauen.

geneva@Acts:2:6 @ Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language.

geneva@Acts:2:10 @ Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, (note:)By Jews he means those that were both Jews by birth and Jews by profession of religion, though they were born in other places: and these latter ones were proselytes, who were born Gentiles, and embraced the Jewish religion.(:note) Jews and proselytes,

geneva@Acts:2:13 @ Others (note:)The word which he uses here signifies a kind of mocking which is reproachful and insolent: and by this reproachful mocking we see that no matter how great and excellent the miracle, the wickedness of man still dares to speak evil against it.(:note) mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

geneva@Acts:2:14 @ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, (note:)The holiness of Peter is to be marked, in which the grace of the Holy Spirit is to be seen, even from the very beginning.(:note) lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

geneva@Acts:2:16 @ But this is that which was spoken by the (note:)There is nothing that can dissolve questions and doubt except testimony taken out of the Prophets: for men's reasonings may be overturned, but God's voice cannot be overturned.(:note) prophet Joel;

geneva@Acts:2:20 @ The Sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.

geneva@Acts:2:23 @ Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and (note:)God's everlasting foreknowledge, which can neither be separated from his determinate counsel, as the Epicureans say, neither yet be the cause of evil: for God in his everlasting and unchangeable counsel appointed the wicked act of Judas to an excellent end: and God does that well which the instrument does wickedly.(:note) foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked God's counsel does not excuse the Jews, whose hands were wicked. hands have crucified and The fact is said to be theirs by whose counsel and urging on it is done. slain:

geneva@Acts:2:25 @ For Dauid sayeth concerning him, I beheld the Lorde alwaies before me: for hee is at my right hand, that l should not be shaken.

geneva@Acts:2:29 @ Men and brethren, I may boldly speake vnto you of the Patriarke Dauid, that hee is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre remaineth with vs vnto this day.

geneva@Acts:2:30 @ Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had (note:)Had sworn solemnly.(:note) sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

geneva@Acts:2:31 @ Hee knowing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soule shoulde not bee left in graue, neither his flesh shoulde see corruption.

geneva@Acts:2:36 @ Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath (note:)Christ is said to be «made» because he was advanced to that dignity, and therefore it is not spoken with reference to his nature, but with reference to his position and high dignity.(:note) made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

geneva@Acts:2:39 @ For the (note:)The word that is used here shows us that it was a free gift.(:note) promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.

geneva@Acts:3:1 @ Now (note:)Christ, in healing a man that was born lame and well known to all men, both in a famous place and at a popular time, by the hands of his apostles partly strengthens and encourages those who believed, and partly also calls others to believe.(:note) Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].

geneva@Acts:3:2 @ And a certaine ma which was a creeple fro his mothers wombe, was caried, whom they layde dayly at the gate of the Temple called Beautifull, to aske almes of them that entred into ye Temple.

geneva@Acts:3:3 @ Who seeing Peter & Iohn, that they would enter into the Temple, desired to receiue an almes.

geneva@Acts:3:6 @ Then said Peter, Siluer & gold haue I none, but such as I haue, that giue I thee: In the Name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth, rise vp and walke.

geneva@Acts:3:10 @ And they knewe him, that it was he which sate for the almes at the Beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were amased, and sore astonied at that, which was come vnto him.

geneva@Acts:3:11 @ And as the lame man which was healed (note:)Either because he loved them who had healed him, or because he feared that if he let them go out of his sight that he would become lame again.(:note) held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

geneva@Acts:3:18 @ But those things, which God before had shewed (note:)Though there were many Prophets, yet he speaks only of one mouth, to show us the consent and agreement of the Prophets.(:note) by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

geneva@Acts:3:19 @ Amend your liues therefore, and turne, that your sinnes may be put away, whe the time of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.

geneva@Acts:3:23 @ For it shalbe that euery person which shall not heare that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.

geneva@Acts:3:24 @ Yea, and all the prophets (note:)At which time the kingdom of Israel was established.(:note) from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

geneva@Acts:4:1 @ And (note:)There are none more commonly diligent or bold enemies of the Church than those who profess themselves to be the chief builders of it, but the more they rage, the more steadfastly the faithful servants of God continue.(:note) as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the The Jews had certain troops for the guard and safety of the temple and holy things (see (Mat_26:47)). These garrisons had a captain, such as Eleazarus Ananias, the high Priest's son in the time of the war that was in Judea, being a very impudent and proud young man; Josephus, lib. 2, of the taking of Judea. captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

geneva@Acts:4:2 @ Taking it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus Name the resurrection from the dead.

geneva@Acts:4:5 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their (note:)These were those who were members of the Sanhedrin, who were all from the tribe of Judah, until Herod came to power.(:note) rulers, and elders, and scribes,

geneva@Acts:4:12 @ Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other (note:)There is no other man, or no other power and authority at all; and this kind of speech was common among the Jews, and arose from this, that when we are in danger we call upon those at whose hands we look for help.(:note) name Anywhere: and this shows us the largeness of Christ's kingdom. under heaven Of God. given among men, whereby we must be saved.

geneva@Acts:4:17 @ But that it be noysed no farther among the people, let vs threaten and charge them, that they speake hencefoorth to no man in this Name.

geneva@Acts:4:18 @ So they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wise they should speake or teach in the Name of Iesus.

geneva@Acts:4:30 @ So that thou stretch forth thine hand, that healing, and signes, and wonders may be done by the Name of thine holy Sonne Iesus.

geneva@Acts:5:3 @ But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan (note:)Fully possessed.(:note) filled thine heart For when they had appointed that farm or possession for the Church, they were foolish to keep away a part of the price, as though they were dealing with men, and not with God, and therefore he says afterwards that they tempted God. to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?

geneva@Acts:5:5 @ Now when Ananias heard these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. Then great feare came on all them that heard these things.

geneva@Acts:5:7 @ And it came to passe about the space of three houres after, that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done.

geneva@Acts:5:9 @ Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to (note:)Look how often men do things with an evil conscience; and so they pronounce sentence against themselves, and as much as in them lies, they provoke God to anger, as they do this on purpose, in order to test whether he is just and almighty or not.(:note) tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the Are at hand. door, and shall carry thee out.

geneva@Acts:5:14 @ Also the number of them that beleeued in the Lord, both of men and women, grewe more and more)

geneva@Acts:5:15 @ In so much that they brought the sicke into the streetes, and layd them on beds and couches, that at the least way the shadowe of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them.

geneva@Acts:5:33 @ When they heard [that], they (note:)This shows that they were in a most vehement rage, and tremendously disquieted in mind, for it is a borrowed kind of speech taken from those who are harshly cut in pieces with a saw.(:note) were cut [to the heart], and took counsel to slay them.

geneva@Acts:5:37 @ After this man, arose vp Iudas of Galile, in the dayes of the tribute, and drewe away much people after him: hee also perished, and all that obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

geneva@Acts:5:40 @ And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when they had beaten them, they commaunded that they should not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them goe.

geneva@Acts:6:14 @ For we haue heard him say, that this Iesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the ordinances, which Moses gaue vs.

geneva@Acts:6:15 @ And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, (note:)By this it appears that Steven had an excellent and wholesome countenance, having a quiet and settled mind, a good conscience, and certain conviction that his cause was just: for seeing as he was to speak before the people, God beautified his countenance, so that by the very beholding of him the Jews' minds might be penetrated and amazed.(:note) saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

geneva@Acts:7:1 @ Then (note:)Steven is allowed to plead his cause, but for this reason and purpose, that under a disguise and pretence of the Law he might be condemned.(:note) said the high priest, Are these things so?

geneva@Acts:7:4 @ Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; after that his father was dead, God brought him from thence into this land, wherein ye now dwell,

geneva@Acts:7:5 @ And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to (note:)Not enough ground to even set his foot upon.(:note) set his foot on: yet he The promise of the possession was certain, and belonged to Abraham, though it was his posterity that enjoyed it a great while after his death: and this is the figure of speech synecdoche. promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

geneva@Acts:7:6 @...spake on this wise, That his...[them] evil (note:)Four hundred years are counted from the beginning of Abraham's progeny, which was at the birth of Isaac: and four hundred and thirty years which are spoken of by Paul in (Gal_3:17), from the time that Abraham and his father departed together out of Ur of the Chaldeans.(:note) four hundred years.

geneva@Acts:7:11 @ Then came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.

geneva@Acts:7:12 @ But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:

geneva@Acts:7:16 @ And were (note:)The patriarchs who were the sons of Jacob, though only Joseph is mentioned; (Jos_24:32).(:note) carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.

geneva@Acts:7:19 @ The same (note:)He devised a subtle plan against our stock, in that he commanded all the males to be cast out.(:note) dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

geneva@Acts:7:24 @ And whe he saw one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, & auenged his quarell that had the harme done to him, and smote the Egyptian.

geneva@Acts:7:25 @ For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.

geneva@Acts:7:27 @ But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?

geneva@Acts:7:29 @ Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begate two sonnes.

geneva@Acts:7:38 @ This is he that was in the Congregation, in the wildernes with the Angell, which spake to him in mount Sina, and with our fathers, who receiued the liuely oracles to giue vnto vs.

geneva@Acts:7:40 @ Saying vnto Aaron, Make vs gods that may goe before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Acts:7:45 @ Which also our fathers that came after (note:)Delivered from hand to hand.(:note) brought in with Jesus into the This is said using the figure of speech metonymy, and refers to the countries which the Gentiles possessed. possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out God drove them out that they should yield up the possession of those countries to our fathers when they entered into the land. before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

geneva@Acts:7:46 @ Who found fauour before God, and desired that hee might finde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob.

geneva@Acts:7:49 @ Heauen is my throne, and earth is my footestoole: what house wil ye build for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I should rest in?

geneva@Acts:7:52 @ Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? & they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,

geneva@Acts:7:58 @ And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the (note:)It was appointed by the Law that the witnesses should cast the first stones; (Deu_17:7).(:note) witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

geneva@Acts:8:1 @ And (note:)Christ uses the rage of his enemies in the spreading forth and enlarging of his kingdom.(:note) Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

geneva@Acts:8:4 @ Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went to and fro preaching the worde.

geneva@Acts:8:7 @ For vncleane spirits crying with a loud voyce, came out of many that were possessed of them: and many taken with palsies, & that halted, were healed.

geneva@Acts:8:8 @ And there was great ioy in that citie.

geneva@Acts:8:10 @ To whome they gaue heede from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that great power of God.

geneva@Acts:8:11 @ And they gaue heed vnto him, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

geneva@Acts:8:12 @ But assoone as they beleeued Philip, which preached the thinges that concerned the kingdome of God, and the Name of Iesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

geneva@Acts:8:15 @ Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the (note:)Those excellent gifts which are necessary, especially for those that were to be appointed rulers and governors of the Church.(:note) Holy Ghost:

geneva@Acts:8:19 @ Saying, Giue mee also this power, that on whomsoeuer I lay the handes, he may receiue the holy Ghost.

geneva@Acts:8:23 @ For I perceive that thou art in the (note:)He calls the inward malice of the heart and the venomous and demonic wickedness with which the magician was wholly filled with the gall of bitterness: and he is said to be in the gall, as though he were wholly overwhelmed with gall, and buried in it.(:note) gall of bitterness, and [in] the Entangled in the bonds of iniquity. bond of iniquity.

geneva@Acts:8:24 @ Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye haue spoken, come vpon me.

geneva@Acts:8:31 @ And he said, How can I, except some man should (note:)To show me the way to understand it.(:note) guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

geneva@Acts:8:39 @ And assoone as they were come vp out of the water, the Spirit of the Lorde caught away Philip, that the Eunuche sawe him no more: so he went on his way reioycing.

geneva@Acts:9:1 @ And (note:)Saul (who is also Paul), persecuting Christ most cruelly, who did as it were flee before him, falls into Christ's hands, and is overcome: and with a singular example of the goodness of God, in place of punishment which he justly deserved for his cruelty, is not only kindly received, but is also even by the mouth of God appointed an apostle, and is confirmed by the ministry and witness of Ananias.(:note) Saul, yet This is a sign that Saul's stomach boiled and cast out great threats to murder the disciples. breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

geneva@Acts:9:2 @ And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this (note:)Any trade of life which a man take upon himself the Jews call a «way».(:note) way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

geneva@Acts:9:3 @ Now as he iourneyed, it came to passe that as he was come neere to Damascus, suddenly there shined rounde about him a light from heauen.

geneva@Acts:9:6 @ He then both trembling and astonied, sayd, Lord, what wilt thou that I doe? And the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise and goe into the citie, and it shall be tolde thee what thou shalt doe.

geneva@Acts:9:7 @ And the men which journeyed with him (note:)Stood still and could not go one step forward, but remained amazed as stood still like statues.(:note) stood speechless, hearing a They heard Paul's voice: for afterwards it is plainly said in (Act_22:9) that they did not hear the voice of the one who spoke. Others, however, try to reconcile these places (which seem to contradict) by saying that the men with Saul heard the sound of a voice, but did not hear it clearly. voice, but seeing no man.

geneva@Acts:9:11 @ And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for [one] called Saul, of (note:)Tarsus was a city of Cilicia near to Anchiala. It is said that Sardanapalus built these two cities in one day.(:note) Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

geneva@Acts:9:12 @ (And he sawe in a vision a man named Ananias comming in to him, and putting his hands on him, that he might receiue his sight.)

geneva@Acts:9:14 @ Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name.

geneva@Acts:9:17 @ And Ananias went his way, and entered into (note:)Into Judas' house.(:note) the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

geneva@Acts:9:21 @ So that all that heard him, were amased, and sayde, Is not this hee, that made hauocke of them which called on this Name in Hierusalem, and came hither for that intent, that hee should bring them bound vnto the hie Priests?

geneva@Acts:9:24 @ But their laying awayte was knowen of Saul: nowe they watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him.

geneva@Acts:9:27 @ But Barnabas tooke him, and brought him to the Apostles, and declared to them, howe hee had seene the Lord in the way, and that hee had spoken vnto him, and how he had spoken boldly at Damascus in the Name of Iesus.

geneva@Acts:9:35 @ And all that dwelt at (note:)Lydda was a city of Palestine, and Saron a first-class country, and a place which was excellent for grazing, between Caesarea of Palestine and Mount Tabor, and the lake of Gennesaret, which goes far beyond Joppa.(:note) Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

geneva@Acts:9:37 @ And it came to passe in those dayes, that she was sicke & dyed: and when they had washed her, they layd her in an vpper chamber.

geneva@Acts:9:38 @ Now forasmuch as Lydda was nere to Ioppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent vnto him two men, desiring that he would not delay to come vnto them.

geneva@Acts:9:43 @ And it came to passe that he taried many dayes in Ioppa with one Simon a Tanner.

geneva@Acts:10:2 @ [A] (note:)So that he worshipped one God, and was not an idolater, and neither could he be void of faith in Christ, because he was a devout man: but as of yet he did not know that Christ had come.(:note) devout [man], and one that feared God with This is a commendable thing about the man, that he laboured to have all his household, and well-known friends, and acquaintances to be religious and godly. all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

geneva@Acts:10:4 @ And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, (note:)What do you want with me Lord? For he prepares himself to hear.(:note) What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are This is a borrowed kind of speech which the Hebrews used very much, taken from sacrifices and applied to prayers: for it is said of whole burnt sacrifices that the smoke and smell of them goes up into God's nostrils, and so do our prayers, as a sweet smelling sacrifice which the Lord takes great pleasure in. come up for That is, in as much that they will not allow God as it were to forget you: for so the Scripture often talks childish with us as nurses do with little children, when they prepare their tongues to speak. a memorial before God.

geneva@Acts:10:7 @ And when the Angel which spake vnto Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his seruants, and a souldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,

geneva@Acts:10:10 @ And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a (note:)For though Peter does not stand amazed as one that is tongue tied, but talks with God and is instructed in his mysteries, yet his mind was far from being as it normally was; shortly, however, it returned to its normal state.(:note) trance,

geneva@Acts:10:11 @ And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the (note:)So that it seemed to be a square sheet.(:note) four corners, and let down to the earth:

geneva@Acts:10:12 @ Wherein were (note:)Here is this word «all» which is general, plainly used for something indefinite and uncertain, that is to say, for some of all sorts, not for all of every sort.(:note) all manner of That is, such as were proper for men's use. fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and To see what is meant by these creeping things see (Leviticus. strkjv@11:2-47). creeping things, and fowls of the air.

geneva@Acts:10:22 @ And they sayd, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holy Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.

geneva@Acts:10:27 @ And as he talked with him, he came in, and found many that were come together.

geneva@Acts:10:28 @ And he sayd vnto them, Ye know that it is an vnlawfull thing for a man that is a Iewe, to company, or come vnto one of another nation: but God hath shewed me, that I should not call any man polluted, or vncleane.

geneva@Acts:10:30 @ And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until (note:)He does not mean the very hour at the present time (as it was nine o'clock when he spoke to Peter), but the like, that is, about nine o'clock the other day.(:note) this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

geneva@Acts:10:33 @ Then sent I for thee immediately, and thou hast well done to come. Nowe therefore are we all here present before God, to heare all things that are commanded thee of God.

geneva@Acts:10:35 @ But in every nation he that (note:)By the «fear of God» the Hebrews understood the whole service of God, by which we perceive that Cornelius was not void of faith, no more than they were who lived before Christ's time: and therefore they deal incorrectly who deduce meritorious works and free will from this passage.(:note) feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

geneva@Acts:10:36 @ The (note:)God showed the Israelites that whoever lives godly is acceptable to God, no matter what nation he comes from, for he preached peace to men through Jesus Christ, who is Lord not only of one nation, that is, of the Jews, but of all.(:note) word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

geneva@Acts:10:38 @ How God (note:)This manner of speaking is taken from an old custom of the Jews, who used to anoint their kings and priests, because of which it came to pass to call those anointed upon whom God bestowed gifts and virtues.(:note) anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

geneva@Acts:10:40 @ Him God raysed vp the third day, and caused that he was shewed openly:

geneva@Acts:10:42 @ And he commanded vs to preach vnto the people, and to testifie, that it is he that is ordained of God a iudge of quicke and dead.

geneva@Acts:10:43 @ To him also giue all the Prophets witnesse, that through his Name all that beleeue in him, shall receiue remission of sinnes.

geneva@Acts:10:45 @ So they of the circumcision which beleeued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was powred out the gift of the holy Ghost.

geneva@Acts:11:1 @ And (note:)Peter, being reprehended without reason by the unskilful and ignorant, does not object and say that he should not be judged by any, but openly gives an account of his actions.(:note) the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

geneva@Acts:11:9 @ But the voyce answered me the seconde time from heauen, The things that God hath purified, pollute thou not.

geneva@Acts:11:12 @ And the Spirit saide vnto me, that I should go with them, without doubting: moreouer these sixe brethren came with me, and we entred into the mans house.

geneva@Acts:11:17 @ For as much then as God gaue them a like gift, as he did vnto vs, when we beleeued in the Lorde Iesus Christ, who was I, that I coulde let God?

geneva@Acts:11:21 @ And the hand of the Lord was with them, so that a great number beleeued and turned vnto the Lord.

geneva@Acts:11:23 @ Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.

geneva@Acts:11:26 @ And when he had founde him, he brought him vnto Antiochia: and it came to passe that a whole yere they were conuersant with ye Church, and taught much people, in so much that the disciples were first called Christians in Antiochia.

geneva@Acts:11:28 @ And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to passe vnder Claudius Cesar.

geneva@Acts:12:1 @ Now (note:)God gives his Church peace only for a short time.(:note) about that time This name Herod was common to all those that come from the stock of Herod Ascalonites, whose surname was Magnus: but he that is spoken of here was nephew to Herod the great, son to Aristobulus, and father to the Agrippa who is spoken of afterwards. Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church.

geneva@Acts:12:9 @ So Peter came out and followed him, and knewe not that it was true, which was done by the Angel, but thought he had seene a vision.

geneva@Acts:12:10 @ Nowe when they were past the first and the second watch, they came vnto the yron gate, that leadeth vnto the citie, which opened to them by it owne accord, and they went out, and passed through one streete, and by and by the Angel departed from him.

geneva@Acts:12:11 @ And when Peter was come to himselfe, he said, Nowe I know for a trueth, that the Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the wayting for of the people of the Iewes.

geneva@Acts:12:15 @ But they said vnto her, Thou art mad. Yet she affirmed it constantly, that it was so. Then said they, It is his Angel.

geneva@Acts:13:1 @ Now (note:)Paul with Barnabas is again the second time appointed apostle of the Gentiles, not of man, neither by man, but by an extraordinary commandment of the Holy Spirit.(:note) there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with This was the same Antipas who put John the Baptist to death. Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

geneva@Acts:13:2 @ As they (note:)While they were busy doing their office, that is, as Chrysostom expounds it, while they were preaching.(:note) ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have The Lord is said to call, from which this word «called» comes from, which is common in the Church, when he causes that to be which was not, whether you refer it to the matter itself, or to any quality or thing about the matter: and the use of the word «call» has come about because when things begin to be, then they have some name: and furthermore this also declares God's mighty power, in that he spoke the word, and things were made. called them.

geneva@Acts:13:20 @ And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space of (note:)There were from the birth of Isaac until the destruction of the Canaanites under the governance of Joshua four hundred and forty-seven years, and therefore he adds in this place the word «about», for three years are missing; the apostle, however, uses the whole greater number.(:note) four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

geneva@Acts:13:22 @ And after he had taken him away, he raised vp Dauid to be their King, of whom he witnessed, saying, I haue found Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after mine owne heart, which will doe all things that I will.

geneva@Acts:13:25 @ And when Iohn had fulfilled his course, he saide, Whom ye thinke that I am, I am not he: but beholde, there commeth one after me, whose shooe of his feete I am not worthy to loose.

geneva@Acts:13:29 @ And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they tooke him downe from the tree, and put him in a sepulchre.

geneva@Acts:13:32 @ And we declare vnto you, that touching the promise made vnto the fathers,

geneva@Acts:13:33 @ God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he (note:)For then he appeared plainly and manifestly as the only Son of God, when he left behind his weakness and came out of the grave, having conquered death.(:note) hath raised up Jesus again; If Christ had remained dead, he would not have been the true Son of God, neither would the covenant which was made with David have been certain. as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

geneva@Acts:13:34 @ And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, [now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the (note:)The Greeks call those things «holy things» which the Hebrews call «gracious bounties»: and they are called David's bounties in the passive voice, because God bestowed them upon David. Moreover, they are termed «sure», after the manner of speech which the Hebrews use, who terms those things «sure» which are steady and certain, and such things which never alter or change.(:note) sure mercies of David.

geneva@Acts:13:39 @ And by him all that believe are justified from (note:)Whereas the ceremonies of the Law could not absolve you from your sins, this man absolves you, if you lay hold of him by faith.(:note) all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

geneva@Acts:13:47 @ For so hath the Lord commanded vs, saying, I haue made thee a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be the saluation vnto the end of the world.

geneva@Acts:13:48 @ And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were (note:)Therefore either all were not appointed to everlasting life, or either all believed, but because all did not believe, it follows that certain ones were ordained: and therefore God did not only foreknow, but also foreordained, that neither faith nor the effects of faith should be the cause of his ordaining, or appointment, but his ordaining the cause of faith.(:note) ordained to eternal life believed.

geneva@Acts:14:1 @ And (note:)We should be no less constant in the preaching of the Gospel than the perversity of the wicked is obstinate in persecuting it.(:note) it came to pass in Iconium was a city of Lycaonia. Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

geneva@Acts:14:6 @ They were ware of [it], and (note:)It is sometimes proper to flee dangers, at the appropriate times.(:note) fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

geneva@Acts:14:9 @ He heard Paul speake: who beholding him, and perceiuing that he had faith to be healed,

geneva@Acts:14:17 @ Neuerthelesse, hee left not him selfe without witnes, in that hee did good and gaue vs raine from heauen, & fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with foode, and gladnesse.

geneva@Acts:14:18 @ And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude, that they had not sacrificed vnto them.

geneva@Acts:14:27 @ And when they were come & had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that God had done by them, and howe he had opened the doore of faith vnto the Gentiles.

geneva@Acts:15:1 @ And (note:)The Church is at length troubled with dissension within itself, and the trouble rises from the proud and stubborn intellects of certain evil men. The first strife was concerning the office of Christ, whether we are saved only by his righteousness apprehended by faith, or if we also have need to observe the Law.(:note)Epiphanius is of the opinion that this was Cerinthus. certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

geneva@Acts:15:3 @ And (note:)Courteously and lovingly brought on their way by the Church, that is, by certain ones appointed by the Church.(:note) being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

geneva@Acts:15:5 @ But said they, certaine of the sect of the Pharises, which did beleeue, rose vp, saying, that it was needefull to circumcise them, and to commaunde them to keepe the lawe of Moses.

geneva@Acts:15:7 @ And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, (note:)God himself, in the calling of the Gentiles who are uncircumcised, taught that our salvation consists in faith, without the worship appointed by the Law.(:note) Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a Literally, «of old time», that is, even from the first time that we were commanded to preach the Gospel, and immediately after that the Holy Spirit came down upon us. good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

geneva@Acts:15:9 @ And put no (note:)He put no difference between us and them, with regard to the benefit of his free favour.(:note) difference between us and them, purifying their hearts Christ proclaims those blessed who are pure of heart: and here we are plainly taught that men are made pure of heart by faith. by faith.

geneva@Acts:15:17 @ That the residue of men might seeke after the Lorde, and all the Gentiles vpon whom my Name is called, saith the Lorde which doeth all these things.

geneva@Acts:15:20 @ But that we write unto them, that they abstain from (note:)From sacrifices, or from feasts which were kept in idol's temples.(:note) pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.

geneva@Acts:15:21 @ For Moses of olde time hath in euery citie them that preache him, seeing he is read in the Synagogues euery Sabbath day.

geneva@Acts:15:26 @ Men that haue giuen vp their liues for the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ.

geneva@Acts:16:2 @ Which was (note:)Both for his godliness and honesty.(:note) well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

geneva@Acts:16:12 @ And from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefe citie in ye partes of Macedonia, & whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there, and we were in that citie abiding certaine dayes.

geneva@Acts:16:24 @ Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet (note:)Because he wanted to be more sure that they did not escape, he set them fast in the stocks.(:note) fast in the stocks.

geneva@Acts:16:26 @ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken: and by and by all the doores opened, and euery mans bands were loosed.

geneva@Acts:16:32 @ And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.

geneva@Acts:16:34 @ And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

geneva@Acts:17:4 @ And some of them beleeued, and ioyned in companie with Paul and Silas: also of the Grecians that feared God a great multitude, and of the chiefe women not a fewe.

geneva@Acts:17:6 @ And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the (note:)Into whatever country and place they come, they cause sedition and tumult.(:note) world upside down are come hither also;

geneva@Acts:17:7 @ Whom Iason hath receiued, and these all doe against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Iesus.

geneva@Acts:17:9 @ And when they had taken (note:)When Jason had put them in good assurance that they would appear.(:note) security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

geneva@Acts:17:17 @ Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with (note:)Whoever Paul met with that would allow him to talk with him, he reasoned with him, so thoroughly did he burn with the zeal of God's glory.(:note) them that met with him.

geneva@Acts:17:23 @ For as I passed by, and beheld your (note:)Whatever men worship for religion's sake, that we call religion.(:note) devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE Pausanias in his Atticis makes mention of the altar which the Athenians had dedicated to unknown gods: and Laertius in his Epimenides makes mention of an altar that had no name entitled upon it. UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

geneva@Acts:17:27 @ That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might (note:)For as blind men we could not seek out God except by groping, before the true light came and enlightened the world.(:note) feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

geneva@Acts:17:29 @ Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, (note:)Which things (gold, silver, and stones) are custom engraved as much as a man's mind can devise, for men will not worship those things as they are, unless by some art it has formed into an image of some sort.(:note) graven by art and man's device.

geneva@Acts:17:31 @ Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given (note:)By declaring Christ to be the judge of the world through the resurrection from the dead.(:note) assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.

geneva@Acts:18:1 @ After (note:)The true ministers are so far from seeking their own profit, that they willingly depart from what is rightfully theirs, rather than hindering the course of the Gospel in the slightest way.(:note) these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

geneva@Acts:18:2 @ And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that (note:)Suetonius records that Rome banished the Jews because they were never at rest, and that because of Christ.(:note) Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

geneva@Acts:18:5 @ And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul (note:)Was very much grieved in mind: by which is signified the great earnestness of his mind, which was greatly moved: for Paul was so zealous that he completely forgot himself, and with a wonderful courage gave himself to preach Christ.(:note) was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.

geneva@Acts:18:11 @ And he (note:)Literally, «sat», whereupon they in former time took the name of their bishop's seat: but Paul sat, that is, continued teaching the word of God: and this type of seat does not belong to those who never took their seats with a mind to teach in them.(:note) continued [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

geneva@Acts:18:14 @ And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, (note:)As much as I rightly could.(:note) reason would that I should bear with you:

geneva@Acts:18:15 @ But if it be a question of (note:)As if a man has not spoken well, as judged by your religion.(:note) words and For this profane man thinks that the controversy of religion is merely a fight about words, and over nothing important. names, and [of] your law, look ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such [matters].

geneva@Acts:18:21 @ But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, (note:)So we should promise nothing without this clause, for we do not know what the following day will bring forth.(:note) if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

geneva@Acts:18:26 @ And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded unto him the (note:)The way that leads to God.(:note) way of God more perfectly.

geneva@Acts:18:28 @ For mightily hee confuted publikely the Iewes, with great vehemencie, shewing by the Scriptures, that Iesus was that Christ.

geneva@Acts:19:4 @ Then saide Paul, Iohn verely baptized with the baptisme of repentance, saying vnto the people, that they shoulde beleeue in him, which should come after him, that is, in Christ Iesus.

geneva@Acts:19:8 @ Moreouer he went into the Synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three moneths, disputing and exhorting to the things that appertaine to the kingdome of God.

geneva@Acts:19:10 @ And this was done by the space of two yeeres, so that all they which dwelt in Asia, heard the word of ye Lord Iesus, both Iewes & Grecians.

geneva@Acts:19:12 @ So that from his body were brought vnto the sicke, kerchefs or handkerchefs, and the diseases departed from them, and the euill spirits went out of them.

geneva@Acts:19:16 @ And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and (note:)He prevailed against them, though they struggled ever so much.(:note) prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

geneva@Acts:19:19 @ Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the price of them, and found [it] (note:)Those that give the lowest estimate, reckon it to be about eight hundred pounds English.(:note) fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.

geneva@Acts:19:22 @ So sent hee into Macedonia two of them that ministred vnto him, Timotheus and Erastus, but he remained in Asia for a season.

geneva@Acts:19:25 @ Whom he called together, with the workemen of like things, and saide, Syrs, ye knowe that by this craft we haue our goods:

geneva@Acts:19:26 @...away much people, saying, That they...

geneva@Acts:19:27 @ So that not only (note:)As if he said, «If Paul goes on in this way as he has begun, to confuse the opinion which men have of Diana's image, all of our gain will come to nothing.»(:note) this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

geneva@Acts:19:36 @ Seeing then that no man can speake against these things, ye ought to be appeased, and to doe nothing rashly.

geneva@Acts:19:38 @ Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a (note:)Have anything to accuse any man of.(:note) matter against any man, the For there are certain days appointed for civil causes and matters of judgment, and the deputies sit on those days. law is open, and there are By the deputies are meant also the deputies' substitutes, that is, those who sat for them. deputies: let them implead one another.

geneva@Acts:20:13 @ Then we went before to shippe, and sailed vnto the citie Assos, that wee might receiue Paul there: for so had hee appointed, and would himselfe goe afoote.

geneva@Acts:20:20 @ [And] how I kept (note:)I did not refrain form speaking, neither did I conceal my motives in any way at all, either for fear or for wicked gain.(:note) back nothing that was profitable [unto you], but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,

geneva@Acts:20:23 @ Saue that ye holy Ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying, that bondes and afflictions abide me.

geneva@Acts:20:24 @ But I passe not at all, neither is my life deare vnto my selfe, so that I may fulfill my course with ioye, and the ministration which I haue receiued of the Lorde Iesus, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.

geneva@Acts:20:25 @ And now behold, I know that henceforth ye all, through whome I haue gone preaching the kingdome of God, shall see my face no more.

geneva@Acts:20:26 @ Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] (note:)If you perish, yet there will fault with me. {{See Act_18:6}}(:note) pure from the blood of all [men].

geneva@Acts:20:28 @ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to (note:)To keep it, to feed and govern it.(:note) feed the church of God, which A notable sentence for Christ's Godhead: which shows plainly in his person, how that by reason of the joining together of the two natures in his own person, that which is proper to one is spoken of the other, being taken as deriving from one another, and not in the original: which in old time the godly fathers termed a communicating or fellowship of properties or attributes, that is to say, a making common of that to two, which belongs but to one. he hath purchased with The words «his own» show forth the excellency of that blood. his own blood.

geneva@Acts:20:31 @ Therefore watche, and remember, that by the space of three yeres I ceased not to warne euery one, both night and day with teares.

geneva@Acts:20:34 @ Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

geneva@Acts:20:35 @ I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought (note:)As it were by reaching out the hand to those who otherwise are about to slip and fall away, and so to steady them.(:note) to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

geneva@Acts:20:38 @...words which he spake, That they...

geneva@Acts:21:1 @ And (note:)Not only ordinary men, but even our friends, and such as are endued with the Spirit of God, sometimes go about to hinder the course of our calling: but it is our part to go forward without any stopping or staggering, after we are sure of our calling from God.(:note) it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the [day] following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

geneva@Acts:21:2 @ And we found a ship that went ouer vnto Phenice, and went aboard, and set forth.

geneva@Acts:21:4 @ And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the (note:)They foretold through the Spirit what dangers were about to befall Paul, and this they did as prophets: but they misdirected him away from Jerusalem because of a fleshly affection.(:note) Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

geneva@Acts:21:8 @ And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the (note:)He speaks of the seven deacons which he mentioned before in (Act_6:1-7).(:note) seven; and abode with him.

geneva@Acts:21:11 @ And when he was come vnto vs, he tooke Pauls girdle, and bound his owne hands & feete, and sayd, Thus sayth the holy Ghost, So shall the Iewes at Hierusalem binde the man that oweth this girdle, and shall deliuer him into the hands of the Gentiles.

geneva@Acts:21:12 @ And when we had heard these things, both we and other of the same place besought him that he would not go vp to Hierusalem.

geneva@Acts:21:21 @ Now they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes, which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and sayest that they ought not to circumcise their sonnes, neither to liue after the customes.

geneva@Acts:21:22 @ What is then to be done? the multitude must needes come together: for they shall heare that thou art come.

geneva@Acts:21:23 @ Doe therefore this that we say to thee. We haue foure men, which haue made a vowe,

geneva@Acts:21:24 @ Them take, and (note:)That is, consecrate thyself: for he does not speak here of the unclean, but of those who are subject to the vow of the Nazarites.(:note) purify thyself with them, and That it may be known that you were not only present at the vow, but also a main participator in it: and therefore it is said afterwards that Paul declared the days of purification: for although the offerings for the Nazarites offerings were appointed, yet they might add somewhat unto them; see (Num_6:21). be at charges with them, that they may shave [their] heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

geneva@Acts:21:25 @ For as touching ye Gentiles, which beleeue, we haue written, & determined that they obserue no such thing, but that they keepe themselues from things offred to idoles, and from blood, and from that that is strangled, and from fornication.

geneva@Acts:21:26 @ Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, (note:)The priests were to be informed of the accomplishment of the days of the purification, because there were sacrifices to be offered the same day that their vow was ended.(:note) to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

geneva@Acts:21:28 @ Crying, Men of Israel, helpe: this is the man that teacheth all men euery where against the people, and the Lawe, and this place: moreouer, he hath brought Grecians into the Temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

geneva@Acts:21:29 @ For they had seene before Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the citie, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the Temple.

geneva@Acts:21:35 @ And when hee came vnto the grieces, it was so that he was borne of the souldiers, for the violence of the people.

geneva@Acts:21:38 @ Art not thou that (note:)Concerning this Egyptian who assembled thirty thousand men, read Josephus, book 2, chap. 12.(:note) Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

geneva@Acts:22:2 @ (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)

geneva@Acts:22:5 @ As also ye chiefe Priest doeth beare me witnes, & al the company of the Elders: of whom also I receiued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring them which were there, bound vnto Hierusalem, that they might be punished.

geneva@Acts:22:6 @ And so it was, as I iourneyed and was come neere vnto Damascus about noone, that suddenly there shone from heauen a great light round about me.

geneva@Acts:22:9 @ Moreouer they that were with me, sawe in deede a light and were afraide: but they heard not the voyce of him that spake vnto me.

geneva@Acts:22:11 @ So when I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, and came into Damascus.

geneva@Acts:22:13 @ Came vnto me, and stoode, and sayd vnto me, Brother Saul, receiue thy sight: and that same houre I looked vpon him.

geneva@Acts:22:14 @ And he sayd, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee, that thou shouldest knowe his wil, and shouldest see that Iust one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth.

geneva@Acts:22:17 @ And it came to passe, that when I was come againe to Hierusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in a traunce,

geneva@Acts:22:19 @ Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee.

geneva@Acts:22:20 @ And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that (note:)This is properly spoken, for Steven was murdered by a bunch of cutthroats, not by order of justice, but by open force: for at that time the Jews could not put any man to death by law.(:note) slew him.

geneva@Acts:22:29 @ Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was (note:)Not by nation, but by the law of his city of birth.(:note) a Roman, and because he had bound him.

geneva@Acts:23:4 @ And they that stood by, sayd, Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest?

geneva@Acts:23:14 @ And they came to the chiefe Priestes and Elders, and said, We haue bound our selues with a solemne curse, that wee will eate nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul.

geneva@Acts:23:15 @ Now therefore ye with the (note:)You and the senate ask that the same thing should be done, so that the tribune will not think that it was demanded of him because of an individual's private interests.(:note) council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

geneva@Acts:23:20 @ And he saide, The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee, that thou wouldest bring foorth Paul to morow into the Council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly:

geneva@Acts:23:21 @ But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promes.

geneva@Acts:23:23 @ And he called vnto him two certaine Centurions, saying, Make readie two hundred souldiers, that they may go to Cæsarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and two hundred with dartes, at the thirde houre of the night.

geneva@Acts:23:24 @ And let them make readie an horse, that Paul being set on, may be brought safe vnto Felix the Gouernour.

geneva@Acts:23:27 @ As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpon them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romane.

geneva@Acts:23:29 @ There I perceiued that hee was accused of questions of their Lawe, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bondes.

geneva@Acts:23:30 @ And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes layd waite for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and commaunded his accusers to speake before thee the thinges that they had against him. Farewell.

geneva@Acts:23:34 @ So when the Gouernour had read it, hee asked of what prouince he was: and when he vnderstoode that he was of Cilicia,

geneva@Acts:24:2 @ And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, Seeing that (note:)Felix ruled that province with great cruelty and covetousness, and yet Josephus records that he did many worthy things, such as taking Eleazar the captain of certain cutthroats, and put that deceiving wretch the Egyptian to flight, who caused great troubles in Judea.(:note) by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very He uses a word which the Stoics defined as a perfect duty and perfect behaviour. worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

geneva@Acts:24:4 @ But that I be not tedious vnto thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldest heare vs of thy courtesie a fewe wordes.

geneva@Acts:24:5 @ For we have found this man [a] (note:)Literally, «a plague».(:note) pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a As one would say, a ringleader, or a flag bearer. ringleader of the sect of the So they scoffingly called the Christians, taking the name from the towns where they thought that Christ was born, whereupon it happened that Julian the apostate called Christ a Galilean. Nazarenes:

geneva@Acts:24:9 @ And the Jews also (note:)Confirmed what Tertullus said.(:note) assented, saying that these things were so.

geneva@Acts:24:11 @ Seeing that thou mayest knowe, that there are but twelue dayes since I came vp to worship in Hierusalem.

geneva@Acts:24:15 @ And haue hope towardes God, that the resurrection of the dead, which they themselues looke for also, shalbe both of iust and vniust.

geneva@Acts:24:21 @ Except it be for this one voyce, that I cried standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead am I accused of you this day.

geneva@Acts:24:26 @ Hee hoped also that money shoulde haue bene giuen him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore hee sent for him the oftner, and communed with him.

geneva@Acts:25:3 @ And desired fauour against him, that hee would send for him to Hierusalem: and they layd waite to kill him by the way.

geneva@Acts:25:4 @ But Festus answered, that Paul should bee kept at Cæsarea, and that he himselfe would shortly depart thither.

geneva@Acts:25:8 @ Forasmuch as he answered, that he had neither offended any thing against the lawe of the Iewes, neither against ye temple, nor against Cæsar.

geneva@Acts:25:16 @ To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to (note:)The Romans did not used to deliver any man to be punished before, etc.(:note) deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

geneva@Acts:25:24 @ And Festus sayd, King Agrippa, & all men which are present with vs, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue called vpon me, both at Hierusalem, and here, crying, that he ought not to liue any longer.

geneva@Acts:25:25 @ Yet haue I found nothing worthy of death, that he hath committed: neuertheles, seeing that he hath appealed to Augustus, I haue determined to send him.

geneva@Acts:25:26 @ Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my (note:)To Augustus. Good princes refused this name at the first, that is, to be called lords, but afterwards they allowed it, as we read of Traianus.(:note) lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

geneva@Acts:26:5 @ Which (note:)That I was, and where, and how I lived.(:note) knew me from That my parents were Pharisees. the beginning, if they would testify, that after the The sect of the Pharisees was the most exquisite amongst all the sects of the Jews, for it was better than all the rest. most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

geneva@Acts:26:9 @ I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to doe many contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazareth.

geneva@Acts:26:20 @ But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, and at Hierusalem, & throughout all the coasts of Iudea, & then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turne to God, and doe workes worthy amendement of life.

geneva@Acts:26:23 @ That Christ should (note:)That Christ would not be such a king as the Jews dreamed of, but one appointed to bear our miseries, and the punishment of our sins.(:note) suffer, [and] that he should be the The first of those who are raised from the dead. first that should rise from the dead, and should shew Life, yea and that a most blessed life which will be endless: and this is set against darkness, which almost in all languages sometimes signifies death, and sometimes misery and calamity. light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

geneva@Acts:26:26 @ For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a (note:)Secretly and privately.(:note) corner.

geneva@Acts:26:29 @ And Paul said, (note:)I would to God that not only almost, but thoroughly and altogether, both you and all that hear me this day, might be made as I am, only except for my bonds.(:note) I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

geneva@Acts:27:1 @ And (note:)Paul, with many other prisoners and through the midst of many deaths, is brought to Rome, but yet by God's own hand as it were, and set forth and commended to the world with many singular testimonies.(:note) when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

geneva@Acts:27:3 @ And the next day we arriued at Sidon: and Iulius courteously entreated Paul, and gaue him libertie to go vnto his friends, that they might refresh him.

geneva@Acts:27:10 @ And sayde vnto them, Syrs, I see that this voiage will be with hurt & much damage, not of the lading and ship onely, but also of our liues.

geneva@Acts:27:14 @ But not long after there arose against (note:)By Crete, from whose shore our ship was driven by that means.(:note) it a tempestuous wind, called Northeast wind. Euroclydon.

geneva@Acts:27:20 @ And when neither sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.

geneva@Acts:27:24 @ Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee freely all that sayle with thee.

geneva@Acts:27:29 @ Then fearing least they should haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.

geneva@Acts:27:34 @ Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an (note:)This is a proverb which the Hebrews use, by which is meant that they will be safe, and that not one of them will perish.(:note) hair fall from the head of any of you.

geneva@Acts:28:1 @ And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called (note:)That place which we today call Malta.(:note) Melita.

geneva@Acts:28:6 @ Howbeit they looked when he should have (note:)The Greek word signifies to be inflamed or to swell: moreover, Dioscorides in his sixth book, chap. 38, witnesses that the biting of a viper causes a swelling of the body, and so says Nicander, in his remedies against poisons.(:note) swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: There are none who are more changing in every way than they who are ignorant of true religion. but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

geneva@Acts:28:8 @ And so it was, that the father of Publius lay sicke of the feauer, and of a bloodie flixe: to whom Paul entred in, and when he prayed, he laide his hands on him, and healed him.

geneva@Acts:28:16 @ And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by (note:)Not in a common prison, but in a house which he rented for himself.(:note) himself with a soldier that kept him.

geneva@Acts:28:20 @ For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.

geneva@Acts:28:21 @ Then they saide vnto him, We neither receiued letters out of Iudea concerning thee, neither came any of the brethren that shewed or spake any euill of thee.

geneva@Acts:28:22 @ But we will heare of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoken against.

geneva@Acts:28:25 @ Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers,

geneva@Acts:28:27 @ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they (note:)They made as though they did not see that which they saw against their desires: yea, they did see, but they would not see.(:note) closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

geneva@Romans:1:1 @ Paul, (note:)The first part of the epistle contains a most profitable preface down to verse six.(:note) a Paul, exhorting the Romans to give diligent heed to him, in that he shows that he comes not in his own name, but as God's messenger to the Gentiles, entreats them with the weightiest matter that exists, promised long ago by God, by many good witnesses, and now at length indeed performed.Minister, for this word «servant» is not taken in this place as set against the word «freeman», but rather refers to and declares his ministry and office. servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an Whereas he said before in a general term that he was a minister, now he comes to a more special name, and says that he is an apostle, and that he did not take this office upon himself by his own doing, but that he was called by God, and therefore in this letter of his to the Romans he is doing nothing but his duty. apostle, Appointed by God to preach the gospel. separated unto the gospel of God,

geneva@Romans:1:7 @ To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: (note:)God's free good will: by «peace» the Hebrews mean a prosperous success in all things.(:note) Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

geneva@Romans:1:9 @ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my (note:)Very willingly and with all my heart.(:note) spirit in the In preaching his Son. gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

geneva@Romans:1:10 @ Alwayes in my prayers, beseeching that by some meanes, one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God, to come vnto you.

geneva@Romans:1:11 @ For I long to see you, that I might bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that you might be strengthened:

geneva@Romans:1:12 @ That is, that (note:)Though Paul was ever so excellent, yet in teaching the church, he might be instructed by it.(:note) I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

geneva@Romans:1:13 @ Now my brethren, I would that ye should not be ignorant, how that I haue oftentimes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) that I might haue some fruite also among you, as I haue among the other Gentiles.

geneva@Romans:1:15 @ So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at (note:)He means all those who dwell at Rome, though some of them were not Romans; see the end of the epistle.(:note) Rome also.

geneva@Romans:1:16 @ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: (note:)This is the second part of the epistle, until the beginning of chapter nine. Now the whole end and purpose of the discussion is this: that is to say, to show that there is but one way to attain unto salvation (which is displayed to us by God in the gospel, and that equally to every nation), and this way is Jesus Christ apprehended by faith.(:note) for it is the God's mighty and effectual instrument to save men by. power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the When this word «Greek» is contrasted with the word «Jew», then it signifies a Gentile. Greek.

geneva@Romans:1:20 @ For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being (note:)You do not see God, and yet you acknowledge him as God by his works; Cicero.(:note) understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

geneva@Romans:1:21 @ Because that, when they knew God, they (note:)They did not honour him with that honour and service which was appropriate for his everlasting power and Godhead.(:note) glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became As if he said, became so corrupt in themselves. vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

geneva@Romans:1:26 @ For this cause God gaue them vp vnto vile affections: for euen their women did change the naturall vse into that which is against nature.

geneva@Romans:1:27 @ And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that (note:)An appropriate reward and that which they deserved.(:note) recompence of their error which was meet.

geneva@Romans:1:32 @ Who knowing the (note:)By the «judgment of God» he means that which the philosophers called the «law of nature», and the lawyers themselves termed the «law of nations».(:note) judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but Are companions and partakers with them in their wickedness, and beside that, commend those who do wrong. have pleasure in them that do them.

geneva@Romans:2:1 @ Therefore (note:)He convicts those who would seem to be exempt from the rest of men (because they reprehend other men's faults), and says that they are least of all to be excused, for if they were searched well and carefully (as God surely does) they themselves would be found guilty in those things which they reprehend and punish in others: so that in condemning others, they pronounce sentence against themselves.(:note) thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

geneva@Romans:2:2 @ But we (note:)Paul alleges no places of scripture, for he reasons generally against all men: but he brings reasons such that every man is persuaded by them in his mind, so that the devil himself is not able to completely pluck them out.(:note) are sure that the judgment of God is according to Considering and judging things correctly, and not by any outward show. truth against them which commit such things.

geneva@Romans:2:3 @ And thinkest thou this, O thou man, that condemnest them which doe such thinges, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

geneva@Romans:2:7 @ To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for (note:)Glory which follows good works, which he does not lay out before us as though there were any that could attain to salvation by his own strength, but, he lays this condition of salvation before us, which no man can perform, to bring men to Christ, who alone justifies the believers, as he himself concludes; see (Rom_2:21-22).(:note) glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

geneva@Romans:2:8 @ But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the (note:)By «truth» he means the knowledge which we naturally have.(:note) truth, but obey unrighteousness, God's indignation against sinners, which will quickly be kindled. indignation and wrath,

geneva@Romans:2:9 @ Tribulation and anguish shalbe vpon the soule of euery man that doeth euill: of the Iewe first, and also of the Grecian.

geneva@Romans:2:10 @ But to euery man that doeth good, shalbe glory, and honour, and peace: to the Iew first, and also to the Grecian.

geneva@Romans:2:18 @ And knowest [his] will, and (note:)Can test and discern what things swerve from God's will.(:note) approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

geneva@Romans:2:19 @ And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse,

geneva@Romans:2:20 @ An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the (note:)The way to teach and to form others in the knowledge of the truth.(:note) form of knowledge and of the truth in the As though he said that the Jews under a pretence of an outward serving of God, attributed all to themselves, when in reality they did nothing less than observe the Law. law.

geneva@Romans:2:21 @ Thou therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thy selfe? thou that preachest, A man should not steale, doest thou steale?

geneva@Romans:2:22 @ Thou that saist, A man should not commit adulterie, doest thou commit adulterie? thou that abhorrest idoles, committest thou sacrilege?

geneva@Romans:2:23 @ Thou that gloriest in the Lawe, through breaking the Lawe, dishonourest thou God?

geneva@Romans:2:27 @ And shall not (note:)He who is uncircumcised by nature and race.(:note) uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the Paul often contrasts the letter against the Spirit: but in this place, the circumcision which is according to the letter is the cutting off of the foreskin, but the circumcision of the Spirit is the circumcision of the heart, that is to say, the spiritual result of the ceremony is true holiness and righteousness, by which the people of God are known from profane and heathen men. letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

geneva@Romans:3:1 @ What (note:)The first address to the Jews, or the first anticipating of an objection by the Jews: what then, are the Jews preferred no more than the Gentiles? Indeed, they are, says the apostle, by the doing of God, for he committed the tables of the covenant to them, so that the unbelief of a few cannot cause the whole nation without exception to be cast away by God, who is true, and who also uses their unworthiness to commend and set forth his goodness.(:note) advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?

geneva@Romans:3:2 @ Much every way: (note:)The Jews' state and condition was of principal importance.(:note) chiefly, because that unto them were committed the Words. oracles of God.

geneva@Romans:3:3 @ For what if some did not (note:)Break the covenant.(:note) believe? shall their unbelief make the The faith that God gave. faith of God without effect?

geneva@Romans:3:4 @...as it is written, That thou...(note:)That your justice might be plainly seen.(:note) justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome Seeing that you showed forth an true token of your righteousness, steadfastness and faith, by preserving him who had broken his covenant. when thou art judged.

geneva@Romans:3:8 @ And (as we are blamed, & as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.

geneva@Romans:3:11 @ There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.

geneva@Romans:3:12 @ They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

geneva@Romans:3:20 @ Therefore by the (note:)By those deeds by which the law can be done by us.(:note) deeds of the law there shall no Flesh is here taken for man, as in many other places, and furthermore has greater force here: for it is given to show the contrast between God and man: as if one would say, «Man, who is nothing else but a piece of flesh defiled with sin, and God, who is most pure and most perfect in himself.» flesh be Absolved before the judgment seat of God. justified in his Paul has in mind a contrasting of the righteousness of before men, be they ever so just, against the justice which can stand before God: now there is no righteousness that can stand before God, except the righteousness of Christ alone. sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

geneva@Romans:3:23 @ For all have sinned, and come short of the (note:)By the «glory of God» is meant that mark which we all aim for, that is, everlasting life, which consists in our being made partakers of the glory of God.(:note) glory of God;

geneva@Romans:3:26 @ To declare, [I say], (note:)That is, when Paul wrote this.(:note) at this time his righteousness: that he might be That he might be found exceedingly truth and faithful. just, and the Making him just and without blame, but putting Christ's righteousness to him. justifier of him which Of the number of those who by faith lay hold upon Christ: contrary to whom are those who seek to be saved by circumcision, that is by the law. believeth in Jesus.

geneva@Romans:3:28 @ Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

geneva@Romans:4:1 @ What (note:)A new argument of great weight, taken from the example of Abraham the father of all believers: and this is the proposition: if Abraham is considered in himself by his works, he has deserved nothing with which to rejoice with God.(:note) shall we then say that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the By works, as is evident from the next verse. flesh, hath found?

geneva@Romans:4:5 @ But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that (note:)That makes him who is wicked in himself to be just in Christ.(:note) justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

geneva@Romans:4:17 @ (As it is written, I have made thee a (note:)This fatherhood is spiritual, depending only upon the power of God, who made the promise.(:note) father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] Before God, that is by membership in his spiritual family, which has a place before God, and makes us acceptable to God. God, who Who restores to life. quickeneth the dead, and With whom those things are already, which as yet are not indeed, as he can with a word make what he wishes out of nothing. calleth those things which be not as though they were.

geneva@Romans:4:24 @ But also for vs, to whom it shalbe imputed for righteousnesse, which beleeue in him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead,

geneva@Romans:5:1 @ Therefore being (note:)Another argument taken from the effects: we are justified with that which truly appeases our conscience before God: and faith in Christ does appease our conscience and not the law, as it was said before, therefore by faith we are justified, and not by the law.(:note) justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

geneva@Romans:5:8 @ But God (note:)He commends his love toward us, so that in the midst of our afflictions we may know assuredly that he will be present with us.(:note) commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet While sin reigned in us. sinners, Christ died for us.

geneva@Romans:5:21 @ That as sinne had reigned vnto death, so might grace also reigne by righteousnesse vnto eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

geneva@Romans:6:1 @ What (note:)He passes now to another benefit of Christ, which is called sanctification or regeneration.(:note) shall we say then? Shall we continue in In that corruption, for though the guiltiness of sin, is not imputed to us, yet the corruption still remains in us: and this is killed little by little by the sanctification that follows justification. sin, that grace may abound?

geneva@Romans:6:2 @ God forbid. (note:)The benefits of justification and sanctification are always inseparable joined together, and both of them proceed from Christ by the grace of God: now sanctification is the abolishing of sin, that is, of our natural corruption, whose place is taken by the cleanness and pureness of a reformed nature.(:note) How shall we, that are They are said by Paul to be dead to sin, who are made partakers of the power of Christ, so that the natural corruption is dead in them, that is, the power of it is removed, and it does not bring forth its bitter fruits: and on the other hand, they are said to live to sin, who are in the flesh, that is, whom the Spirit of God has not delivered from the slavery of the corruption of nature. dead to sin, live any longer therein?

geneva@Romans:6:4 @ Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead (note:)So that Christ himself, being released of his infirmity and weakness, might live in glory with God forever.(:note) by the glory of the Father, even so And we who are his members rise for this purpose, that being made partakers of the very same power, we should begin to lead a new life, as though we were already in heaven. we also should walk in newness of life.

geneva@Romans:6:6 @ Knowing this, that our (note:)Our entire nature, as we are conceived and born into this world with sin, is called «old», partly by comparing that old Adam with Christ, and partly also in respect of the deformed state of our corrupt nature, which we change with a new.(:note) old man is crucified with Our corrupt nature is regarded as belonging to Christ, not because of what he has done, but by imputation. [him], that the That wickedness which remains in us. body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not The end of sanctification which we aim at, and will at length come to, that is, when God will be all in all. serve sin.

geneva@Romans:6:8 @ Wherefore, if we bee dead with Christ, we beleeue that we shall liue also with him,

geneva@Romans:6:9 @ Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion ouer him.

geneva@Romans:6:10 @ For in that he died, he died unto sin (note:)Once for all.(:note) once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto With God. God.

geneva@Romans:6:11 @ Likewise thinke ye also, that ye are dead to sin, but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord.

geneva@Romans:6:13 @ Neither (note:)To sin, as to a Lord or tyrant.(:note) yield ye your Your mind and all the powers of it. members [as] As instruments to commit wickedness with them. instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.

geneva@Romans:6:16 @ Knowe ye not, that to whomsoeuer yee giue your selues as seruats to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?

geneva@Romans:7:1 @ Know (note:)By expounding the similitude of marriage, he compares together the state of man both before and after regeneration. The law of matrimony, he says, is this, that as long as the husband lives, the marriage remains binding, but if he is dead, the woman may marry again.(:note) ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

geneva@Romans:7:3 @ So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be (note:)That is, she will be an adulteress, by the consent and judgment of all men.(:note) called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

geneva@Romans:7:6 @ But now we are delivered from the law, that (note:)As if he said, «The bond which bound us is dead, and has disappeared, in as much that the sin which held us does not have anything to hold us with now.»(:note) being dead For this husband is within us. wherein we were Satan is an unjust possessor, for he deceitfully brought us into bondage to sin and himself: and yet nonetheless, as long as we are sinners, we sin willingly. held; that we should serve in As is appropriate for those who, after the death of their old husband, are joined to the Spirit, the ones whom the Spirit of God has made new men. newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the By the letter he means the law, with respect to that old condition: for before our will is shaped by the Holy Spirit, the law speaks but to deaf men, and therefore it is dumb and dead to us, with regard to the fulfilling of it. letter.

geneva@Romans:7:8 @ But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] (note:)Though sin is in us, yet it is not known as sin, neither does it rage in the same way that it rages after the law is known.(:note) dead.

geneva@Romans:7:16 @ If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.

geneva@Romans:7:17 @ Now then it is no more I that do it, but (note:)That natural corruption, which adheres strongly even to those that are regenerated, and is not completely gone.(:note) sin that dwelleth in me.

geneva@Romans:7:19 @ For I doe not the good thing, which I would, but the euil, which I would not, that do I.

geneva@Romans:7:20 @ Nowe if I do that I would not, it is no more I that doe it, but the sinne that dwelleth in me.

geneva@Romans:7:22 @ For I delight in the law of God after the (note:)The inner man and the new man are the same, and are compared and contrasted with the old man; and neither do these words «inward man» signify man's mind and reason, and the «old man» the physical body that is subject to them, as the philosophers imagine: but by the outward man is meant whatever is either without or within a man from top to bottom, as long as that man is not born again by the grace of God.(:note) inward man:

geneva@Romans:7:25 @ I (note:)He recovers himself, and shows us that he rests only in Christ.(:note) thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I This is the true perfection of those that are born again, to confess that they are imperfect. myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

geneva@Romans:8:1 @ [There is] (note:)A conclusion of all the former discussion, from (Rom_1:16) to this verse: seeing that we, being justified by faith in Christ, obtain remission of sins and imputation of righteousness, and are also sanctified, it follows from this that those who are grafted into Christ by faith, need have no fear of condemnation.(:note) therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who The fruits of the Spirit, or effects of sanctification, which are begun in us, do not ingraft us into Christ, but declare that we are grafted into him. walk not after the Do not follow the flesh as their guide: for he is not said to live after the flesh that has the Holy Spirit for his guide, even though he sometimes takes a step off of the path. flesh, but after the Spirit.

geneva@Romans:8:4 @ That the (note:)The very substance of the law of God might be fulfilled, or that same which the law requires, that we may be found just before God: for if with our justification there is joined that sanctification which is imputed to us, we are just, according to the perfect form which the Lord requires.(:note) righteousness of the law might be fulfilled He returns to that which he said, that the sanctification which is begun in us is a sure testimony of our ingrafting into Christ, which is a most plentiful fruit of a godly and honest life. in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

geneva@Romans:8:16 @ The same Spirit beareth witnesse with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

geneva@Romans:8:20 @ For the creature was made subject to (note:)Is subject to a vanishing and disappearing state.(:note) vanity, not Not by their natural inclination. willingly, but by reason That they should obey the Creator's commandment, whom it pleased to show by their sickly state, how greatly he was displeased with man. of him who hath subjected [the same] in God would not make the world subject to be cursed forever because of the sin of man, but gave it hope that it would be restored. hope,

geneva@Romans:8:22 @ For we know that the whole creation groaneth and (note:)By this word is meant not only exceeding sorrow, but also the fruit that follows from it.(:note) travaileth in pain together until now.

geneva@Romans:8:25 @ But if we hope for that we see not, we doe with patience abide for it.

geneva@Romans:8:27 @ And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the (note:)What sighs and sobs proceed from the impulse of his Spirit.(:note) mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints Because he teaches the godly to pray according to God's will. according to [the will of] God.

geneva@Romans:8:29 @ For those which hee knewe before, he also predestinate to bee made like to the image of his Sonne, that hee might be the first borne among many brethren.

geneva@Romans:8:30 @ Moreover whom he did (note:)He uses the past tense for the present time, as the Hebrews use, who sometimes describe something that is to come by using the past tense, to signify the certainty of it: and he also is referring to God's continual working.(:note) predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

geneva@Romans:8:32 @ He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely (note:)Give us freely.(:note) give us all things?

geneva@Romans:8:38 @ For I am perswaded that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

geneva@Romans:9:2 @ That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.

geneva@Romans:9:3 @ For I could wish that myself were (note:)The apostle loved his brethren so completely that if it had been possible he would have been ready to have redeemed the castaways of the Israelites with the loss of his own soul forever: for this word «accursed» signifies as much in this place.(:note) accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the Being brethren by flesh, as from one nation and country. flesh:

geneva@Romans:9:7 @ Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: (note:)The first proof is taken from the example of Abraham's own house, in which Isaac only was considered the son, and that by God's ordinance: although Ishmael also was born of Abraham, and circumcised before Isaac.(:note) but, In Isaac will be your true and natural son, and therefore heir of the blessing. Isaac shall thy seed be called.

geneva@Romans:9:11 @ (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the (note:)God's decree which proceeds from only his good will, by which it pleases him to choose one, and refuse the other.(:note) purpose of God according to election might Paul does not say, «might be made», but «being made might remain». Therefore they are deceived who make foreseen faith the cause of election, and foreknown infidelity the cause of reprobation. stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

geneva@Romans:9:23 @ And that he might make known the (note:)The unmeasurable and marvellous greatness.(:note) riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

geneva@Romans:9:26 @ And it shalbe in the place where it was said vnto them, Ye are not my people, that there they shalbe called, The children of the liuing God.

geneva@Romans:9:29 @ And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of (note:)Armies, by which word the greatest power that exists is attributed to God.(:note) Sabaoth had left us a Even as very few. seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

geneva@Romans:9:32 @ Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the (note:)Seeking to attain righteousness, they followed the law of righteousness.(:note) works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

geneva@Romans:9:33 @ As it is written, Beholde, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euery one that beleeueth in him, shall not be ashamed.

geneva@Romans:10:1 @ Brethren, (note:)Purposing to set forth in the Jews an example of marvellous obstinacy, he uses this declaration.(:note) my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

geneva@Romans:10:2 @ For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge.

geneva@Romans:10:6 @ But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, (note:)Do not think to yourself, as men that are doubting do.(:note) Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down [from above]:)

geneva@Romans:10:10 @ For with the heart man (note:)Faith is said to justify, and furthermore seeing the confession of the mouth is an effect of faith, and confession in the way to come to salvation, it follows that faith is also said to save.(:note) believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

geneva@Romans:10:12 @ For there is no difference betweene the Iewe and the Grecian: for he that is Lorde ouer all, is rich vnto all, that call on him.

geneva@Romans:10:14 @ How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? (note:)That is, true faith, which seeks God in his word, and that preached: and this preaching God has appointed in the Church.(:note) and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

geneva@Romans:10:20 @ But Esaias is very (note:)Speaks without fear.(:note) bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

geneva@Romans:11:1 @ I say then, (note:)Now the apostle shows how this doctrine is to be applied to others, remaining still in his propounded cause. Therefore he teaches us that all the Jews in particular are not cast away, and therefore we ought not to pronounce rashly of individual persons, whether they are of the number of the elect or not.(:note) Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For The first proof: I am a Jew, and yet elected, therefore we may and ought fully to be sure of our election, as has been said before: but of another man's we cannot be so certainly sure, and yet ours may cause us to hope well of others. I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.

geneva@Romans:11:4 @ But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have (note:)He speaks of remnants and reserved people who were chosen from everlasting, and not of remnants that should be chosen afterwards: for they are not chosen, because they were not idolaters: but rather they were not idolaters, because they were chosen and elect.(:note) reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] «Baal» signifies as much as «master» or «patron», or one in whose power another is, which name the idolaters in this day give their idols, naming them «patrons», and «patronesses» or «ladies». Baal.

geneva@Romans:11:5 @ Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the (note:)The election of grace is not that by which men chose grace, but by which God chose us of his grace and goodness.(:note) election of grace.

geneva@Romans:11:7 @ What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were (note:)See (Mar_3:5).(:note) blinded

geneva@Romans:11:9 @ And David saith, (note:)As unhappy birds are enticed by that which is their sustenance, and then killed, and so did that thing turn to the Jew's destruction, out of which they sought life, that is, the law of God, for the preposterous zeal of which they refused the Gospel.(:note) Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

geneva@Romans:11:10 @ Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.

geneva@Romans:11:15 @ For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], (note:)It will come to pass that when the Jews come to the Gospel, the world will as it were come to life again, and rise up from death to life.(:note) but life from the dead?

geneva@Romans:11:19 @ Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be graft in.

geneva@Romans:11:20 @ Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but (note:)See that you stand in awe of God modestly, and carefully.(:note) fear:

geneva@Romans:11:31 @ Euen so nowe haue they not beleeued by the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtaine mercie.

geneva@Romans:11:32 @ For God hath concluded them (note:)Both Jews and Gentiles.(:note) all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

geneva@Romans:11:36 @ For of him, and through him, and to (note:)That is, for God, to whose glory all things are ascribed, not only things that were made, but especially his new works which he works in his elect.(:note) him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.

geneva@Romans:12:1 @ I beseech (note:)The fourth part of this epistle, which after the finishing of the principal points of Christian doctrine, consists in the declaring of precepts of the Christian life. And first of all he gives general precepts and grounds: the principal of which is this, that every man consecrate himself wholly to the spiritual service of God, and do as it were sacrifice himself, trusting the grace of God.(:note) you therefore, brethren, By this preface he shows that God's glory is the utmost goal of everything we do. by the mercies of God, that ye In times past the sacrifices were presented before the altar: but now the altar is everywhere. present your Yourselves: in times past other bodies besides our own, but now our own must be offered. bodies a In times past, dead sacrifices were offered, but now we must offer those which have the spirit of life in them. living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your Spiritual. reasonable service.

geneva@Romans:12:7 @ Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that (note:)Whose office is only to expound the scriptures.(:note) teacheth, on teaching;

geneva@Romans:12:8 @ Or he that (note:)Who in other passages is called the «pastor».(:note) exhorteth, on exhortation: he that That is, the alms, that he distributes them faithfully, and without any favouritism. giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that The elders of the church. ruleth, with diligence; he that Those that are occupied with the care of the poor must do it with cheerfulness, lest they add sorrow upon sorrow. sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

geneva@Romans:12:15 @ Reioyce with them that reioyce, & weepe with them that weepe.

geneva@Romans:12:16 @ [Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of (note:)There is nothing that disrupts harmony as much as seeking glory, when every man detests a base estate, and ambitiously seeks to be exalted.(:note) low estate. Be not Do not be puffed up with an opinion of your own wisdom. wise in your own conceits.

geneva@Romans:13:1 @ Let (note:)Now he distinctly shows what subjects owe to their magistrates, that is, obedience: from which he shows that no man is free: and the obedience we owe is such that it is not only due to the highest magistrate himself, but also even to the lowest, who has any office under him.(:note) every Indeed, though an apostle, though an evangelist, though a prophet; Chrysostom. Therefore the tyranny of the pope over all kingdoms must be thrown down to the ground. soul be subject unto the higher A reason taken from the nature of the thing itself: for to what purpose are they placed in higher degree, but in order that the inferiors should be subject to them? powers. Another argument of great force: because God is author of this order: so that those who are rebels ought to know that they make war with God himself: and because of this they purchase for themselves great misery and calamity. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are Be distributed: for some are greater, some smaller. ordained of God.

geneva@Romans:13:2 @ Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shall receiue to themselues condemnation.

geneva@Romans:13:4 @ For he is the minister of God to thee for good. (note:)God has armed the magistrate even with an avenging sword.(:note) But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a By whom God avenges the wicked. revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.

geneva@Romans:13:7 @ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom (note:)Obedience, and that from the heart.(:note) fear; honour to whom Reverence, which (as we have reason) we must give to the magistrate. honour.

geneva@Romans:13:9 @ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is (note:)For the whole law commands nothing else but that we love God and our neighbour. But seeing that Paul speaks here of the duties we owe one to another, we must restrain this word «law» to the second table of the ten commandments.(:note) briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

geneva@Romans:13:12 @ The night is far spent, the day is (note:)In other places we are said to be in the light, but yet so that it does not yet appear what we are, for as yet we see but as it were in the twilight.(:note) at hand: let us therefore cast off the works That kind of life which those lead that flee the light. of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

geneva@Romans:13:13 @ So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.

geneva@Romans:14:1 @ Him (note:)Now he shows how we ought to behave ourselves toward our brethren in matters and things indifferent, who offend in the use of them not from malice or damnable superstition, but for lack of knowledge of the benefit of Christ. And thus he teaches that they are to be instructed gently and patiently, and so that we apply ourselves to their ignorance in such matters according to the rule of charity.(:note) that is weak in the faith Do not for a matter or thing which is indifferent, and such a thing as you may do or not do, shun his company, but take him to you. receive ye, [but] not to To make him by your doubtful and uncertain disputations go away in more doubt than he came, or return back with a troubled conscience. doubtful disputations.

geneva@Romans:14:9 @ For Christ therefore died and rose againe, and reuiued, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the quicke.

geneva@Romans:14:15 @ But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. (note:)It is the part of a cruel mind to make more account of meat than of our brother's salvation. Which thing those do who eat with the intent of giving offence to any brother, and so give him occasion to turn back from the Gospel.(:note) Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Another argument: we must follow Christ's example: and Christ was so far from destroying the weak with meat that he gave his life for them. Christ died.

geneva@Romans:14:18 @ For he that in (note:)He that lives peaceably, and does righteously, through the Holy Spirit.(:note) these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.

geneva@Romans:14:23 @ And he that (note:)Reasons with himself.(:note) doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.

geneva@Romans:15:1 @ We (note:)Now the apostle reasons generally of tolerating or bearing with the weak by all means, in so far that it may be for their profit.(:note) then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to And despise others. please ourselves.

geneva@Romans:15:6 @ That ye with one minde, and with one mouth may prayse God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ.

geneva@Romans:15:12 @ And againe Esaias sayth, There shall be a roote of Iesse, and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.

geneva@Romans:15:15 @ Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

geneva@Romans:15:16 @ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the (note:)By the offering up of the Gentiles, he means the Gentiles themselves, whom he offered to God as a sacrifice.(:note) offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

geneva@Romans:15:18 @ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which (note:)Christ was so with me in all things, and by all means, that even if I had wanted to, yet I cannot say what he has done by me to bring the Gentiles to obey the gospel.(:note) Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

geneva@Romans:15:19 @ Through (note:)In the first place this word «mighty» signifies the force and working of the wonders in piercing men's minds: and in the latter, it signifies God's mighty power which was the worker of those wonders.(:note) mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

geneva@Romans:15:21 @ But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

geneva@Romans:15:24 @ When I shal take my iourney into Spaine, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I haue bene somewhat filled with your company.

geneva@Romans:15:25 @ But now I go unto Jerusalem to (note:)Doing his duty for the saints, to carry to them that money which was gathered for their use.(:note) minister unto the saints.

geneva@Romans:15:30 @ Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the (note:)For the mutual union, with which the Holy Spirit has united our hearts and minds together.(:note) love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in [your] prayers to God for me;

geneva@Romans:15:31 @ That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

geneva@Romans:15:32 @ That I may come vnto you with ioy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

geneva@Romans:16:1 @ I (note:)Having made an end of the whole discussion, he comes now to familiar commendations and salutations, and that to good consideration and purpose, that is, that the Romans might know who are most to be honoured and to be considered among them: and also whom they ought to set before them to follow: and therefore he attributes to every of them individual and singular testimonies.(:note) commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

geneva@Romans:16:2 @ That ye receive her in the (note:)For Christ's sake, which appropriately belongs to the Christians, for the heathen philosophers have a resemblance of the same virtues.(:note) Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

geneva@Romans:16:5 @ Likewise [greet] the (note:)The company of the faithful, for in so great a city as that was, there were different companies.(:note) church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the For he was the first of Achaia that believed in Christ: and this type of speech is an allusion to the ceremonies of the law. firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

geneva@Romans:16:16 @ Salute one another with an holy (note:)He calls that a holy kiss which proceeds from a heart that is full of that holy love: now this is to be understood as referring to the manner used in those days.(:note) kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

geneva@Romans:16:18 @ For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by (note:)The word which he uses signifies a promising which accomplishes nothing, and if you hear any such, you may assure yourself that he who promises to you is more concerned about receiving from you than he is concerned about giving to you.(:note) good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:1 @ Paul, (note:)The inscription of the epistle, in which he mainly tries to procure the good will of the Corinthians towards him, yet nonetheless in such a way that he always lets them know that he is the servant of God and not of men.(:note) called [to be] an If he is an apostle, then he must be heard, even though he sometimes sharply reprehends them, seeing he has not his own cause in hand, but is a messenger that brings the commandments of Christ. apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and He has Sosthenes with himself, that this doctrine might be confirmed by two witnesses. Sosthenes [our] brother,

geneva@1Corinthians:1:5 @ That in every thing ye are enriched by him, (note:)He refers to that by name which they abused the most.(:note) in Seeing that while we live here we know but in part, and prophesy in part, this word «all» must be limited by the present state of the faithful: and by «utterance» he does not mean a vain kind of babbling, but the gift of holy eloquence, which the Corinthians abused. all utterance, and [in] all knowledge;

geneva@1Corinthians:1:7 @ So that ye come behind in no gift; (note:)He says along the way that there is no reason why they should be so pleased in those gifts which they had received, seeing that those were nothing in comparison of those which are to be looked for.(:note) waiting for the He speaks of the last coming of Christ. coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

geneva@1Corinthians:1:12 @ Now (note:)The matter I would say to you is this.(:note) this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:15 @ Lest any should say, that I had baptized into mine owne name.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:18 @ For the (note:)The preaching of Christ crucified, or the type of speech which we use.(:note) preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the It is that in which he declares his marvellous power in saving his elect, which would not so evidently appear if it depended upon any help of man, for if it did man might attribute that to himself which is to be attributed only to the cross of Christ. power of God.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:20 @ Where [is] the wise? where [is] the (note:)Where are you, O you learned fellow, and you that spend your days in turning your books?(:note) scribe? where [is] the You that spend all your time in seeking out the secret things of this world, and in expounding all hard questions: and thus he triumphs against all the men of this world, for there was not one of them that could so much as dream of this secret and hidden mystery. disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

geneva@1Corinthians:1:28 @ And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which (note:)Which in man's judgment are almost nothing.(:note) are not, to bring to To show that they are vain and unprofitable, and worth nothing. {{See Rom_3:31}} nought things that are:

geneva@1Corinthians:1:29 @ That no (note:)«Flesh» is often, as we see, taken for the whole man: and he uses this word «flesh» very well, to contrast the weak and miserable condition of man with the majesty of God.(:note) flesh should glory in his presence.

geneva@1Corinthians:1:30 @ But (note:)Whom he cast down before, now he lifts up, indeed, higher than all men: yet in such a way that he shows them that all their worthiness is outside of themselves, that is, it stands in Christ, and that of God.(:note) of him are ye in Christ Jesus, He teaches that especially and above all things, the Gospel ought not to be condemned, seeing that it contains the principal things that are to be desired, that is, true wisdom, the true way to obtain righteousness, the true way to live honestly and godly, and the true deliverance from all miseries and calamities. who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

geneva@1Corinthians:1:31 @ That, according as it is written, (note:)Let him yield all to God and give him thanks: and so by this place is man's free will beaten down, which the papists so dream about.(:note) He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

geneva@1Corinthians:2:1 @ And (note:)He returns to (1Co_1:17), that is to say, to his own example: confessing that he did not use among them either excellency of words or enticing speech of man's wisdom, but with great simplicity of speech both knew and preached Jesus Christ crucified, humbled and abject, with regard to the flesh.(:note) I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the The Gospel. testimony of God.

geneva@1Corinthians:2:12 @ Now we have received, not the (note:)The Spirit which we have received does not teach us things of this world, but lifts us up to God, and this verse teaches us the opposite of what the papists teach: what faith is, from where it comes, and from what power it originates.(:note) spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; That which he spoke generally, he confines now to those things which God has opened to us of our salvation in Christ: so that no man should separate the Spirit from the preaching of the word and Christ: or should think that those fanciful men are governed by the Spirit of God, who wandering besides the word, thrust upon us their vain imaginations for the secrets of God. that we might This word «know» is taken here in its proper sense for true knowledge, which the Spirit of God works in us. know the things that are freely given to us of God.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:1 @ And (note:)Having declared the worthiness of heavenly wisdom, and of the Gospel, and having generally condemned the blindness of man's mind, now at length he applies it particularly to the Corinthians, calling them carnal, that is, those in whom the flesh still prevails against the Spirit. And he brings a twofold testimony of it: first, because he had proved them to be such, in so much that he dealt with them as he would with ignorant men, and those who are almost babes in the doctrine of godliness, and second, because they showed indeed by these dissensions, which sprang up by reason of the ignorance of the power of the Spirit, and heavenly wisdom, that they had profited very little or nothing.(:note) I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto He calls them carnal, who are as yet ignorant, and therefore to express it better, he calls them «babes». carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:7 @ So then, neither is hee that planteth any thing, neither hee that watreth, but God that giueth the increase.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:8 @ And he that planteth, and he that watreth, are one, and euery man shall receiue his wages, according to his labour.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:9 @ For we are (note:)Serving under him: now they who serve under another do nothing by their own strength, but as it is given them of grace, which grace makes them fit for that service. See (1Co_15:10; 2Co_3:6). All the increase that comes by their labour proceeds from God in such a way that no part of the praise of it may be given to the servant.(:note) labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:10 @ According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. (note:)Now he speaks to the teachers themselves, who succeeded him in the church of Corinth, and in this regard to all that were after or will be pastors of congregations, seeing that they succeed into the labour of the apostles, who were planters and chief builders. Therefore he warns them first that they do not persuade themselves that they may build after their own fantasy, that is, that they may propound and set forth anything in the Church, either in matter, or in type of teaching, different from the apostles who were the chief builders.(:note) But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:14 @ If any mans worke, that he hath built vpon, abide, he shall receiue wages.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:15 @ If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but (note:)He does not take away the hope of salvation from the unskilful and foolish builders, who hold fast the foundation, of which sort were those rhetoricians, rather than the pastors of Corinth. However, he adds an exception, that they must nonetheless suffer this trial of their work, and also abide the loss of their vain labours.(:note) he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:20 @ And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.

geneva@1Corinthians:3:22 @ Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the (note:)He passes from the persons to the things themselves, that his argument may be more forcible. Indeed, he ascends from Christ to the Father, to show that we rest ourselves not in Christ himself, in that he is man, but because he carries us up even to the Father, as Christ witnesses of himself everywhere that he was sent by his Father, that by this band we may be all united with God himself.(:note) world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

geneva@1Corinthians:4:1 @ Let (note:)He concludes the duty of the hearers towards their ministers: that they do not esteem them as lords. Yet nonetheless they are to give ear to them, as to those that are sent from Christ. Sent I say to this end and purpose, that they may receive as it were at their hands the treasure of salvation which is drawn out of the secrets of God.(:note) a Every man. man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

geneva@1Corinthians:4:4 @ For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the (note:)I submit myself to the Lord's judgment.(:note) Lord.

geneva@1Corinthians:4:9 @ For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a (note:)He that thinks that Paul and the pope are alike, who lyingly boasts that he is his successor, let him compare the delicacies of the popish court with Paul's state as we see it here.(:note) spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

geneva@1Corinthians:5:1 @ It is (note:)They are greatly to be reprehended who by allowing wickedness, set forth the Church of God to be mocked and scorned by infidels.(:note) reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

geneva@1Corinthians:5:4 @ In the (note:)Calling upon Christ's name.(:note) name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, There is no doubt that the judgment is ratified in heaven, in which Christ himself sits as Judge. with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

geneva@1Corinthians:5:11 @ But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extorsioner, with such one eate not.

geneva@1Corinthians:5:13 @ But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.

geneva@1Corinthians:6:1 @ Dare (note:)The third question is of civil judgments. Whether it is lawful for one of the faithful to draw another of the faithful before the judgment seat of an infidel? He answers that is not lawful because it is an offence for the faithful to do this, for it is not evil in itself that a matter be brought before the judgment seat, even of an infidel.(:note)As if he said, «Have you become so impudent, that you are not ashamed to make the Gospel a laughing stock to profane men?» any of you, having a matter against another, go to law Before the unjust. before the unjust, He adds that he does not forbid that one neighbour may go to law with another, if need so require, but yet under holy judges. and not before the saints?

geneva@1Corinthians:6:3 @ Knowe ye not that we shall iudge the Angels? howe much more, things that perteine to this life?

geneva@1Corinthians:6:6 @ But a brother goeth to law with a brother, and that vnder the infidels.

geneva@1Corinthians:6:8 @ Nay, yee your selues doe wrong, and doe harme, and that to your brethren.

geneva@1Corinthians:6:9 @ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? (note:)Now he prepares himself to pass over to the fourth treatise of this epistle, which concerns other matters, concerning this matter first, how men may well use a woman or not. And this question has three parts: fornication, matrimony, and a single life. As for fornication, he utterly condemns it. And marriage he commands to some, as a good and necessary remedy for them: to others he leaves is free. And others he dissuades from it, not as unlawful, but as inconvenient, and that not without exception. As for singleness of life (under which also I comprehend virginity) he enjoins it to no man: yet he persuades men to it, but not for itself, but for another respect, neither to all men, nor without exception. And being about to speak against fornication, he begins with a general reprehension of those vices, with which that rich and riotous city most abounded: warning and teaching them earnestly, that repentance is inseparable joined with forgiveness of sins, and sanctification with justification.(:note) Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

geneva@1Corinthians:6:17 @ But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:1 @ Now (note:)He teaches concerning marriage that although a single life has its advantages, which he will declare afterwards, yet that marriage is necessary for the avoiding of fornication. But so that neither one man may have many wives, nor any wife many husbands.(:note) concerning the things Concerning those matters about which you wrote to me. whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] Commodious, and (as we say) expedient. For marriage brings many griefs with it, and that by reason of the corruption of our first estate. good for a man not to touch a woman.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:5 @ Defraud ye not one the other, (note:)He adds an exception: unless the one abstain from the other by mutual consent, that they may the better give themselves to prayer, in which nonetheless he warns them to consider what is expedient, lest by this long breaking off as it were from marriage, they are stirred up to incontinency.(:note) except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may Do nothing else. give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:7 @ For I (note:)I wish.(:note) would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:9 @ But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to (note:)So to burn with lust, that either the will yields to the temptation, or else we cannot call upon God with a peaceful conscience.(:note) burn.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:13 @ And the woman which hath an husbande that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:22 @ For he that is called in the (note:)He that is in the state of a servant, and is called to be a Christian.(:note) Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:26 @ I suppose therefore that (note:)To remain a virgin.(:note) this is good for the For the necessity which the saints are daily subject to, who are continually tossed up and down, so that their estate may seem most unfit for marriage, were it not that the weakness of the flesh forced them to it. present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:28 @ But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the (note:)By the «flesh» he understands whatever things belong to this present life, for marriage brings with it many problems. So that he leans more to a single life, not because it is a service more agreeable to God than marriage is, but for those problems which (if it were possible) he would wish all men to be avoid, so that they might give themselves to God alone.(:note) flesh: but I I would your weakness were provided for. spare you.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:29 @ But this I say, brethren, the time [is] (note:)For we are now in the latter end of the world.(:note) short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

geneva@1Corinthians:7:30 @ And they that (note:)By «weeping» the Hebrews understand all adversity, and by «joy», all prosperity.(:note) weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

geneva@1Corinthians:7:31 @ And they that use this (note:)Those things which God gives us here.(:note) world, as not abusing [it]: for the The guise, and shape, and fashion: by which he shows us that there is nothing in this world that continues. fashion of this world passeth away.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:33 @ But he that is married (note:)Those that are married have their minds drawn here and there, and therefore if any man has the gift of continency, it is more advantageous for him to live alone. But those who are married may care for the things of the Lord also. Clement, Strom. 3.(:note) careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:34 @ There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in (note:)Mind.(:note) spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:35 @ And this I speak for your own (note:)He means that he will force no man either to marry or not to marry, but to show them plainly what type of life is most advantageous.(:note) profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:37 @ Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his (note:)Resolved himself.(:note) heart, having no That the weakness of his daughter does not force him, or any other matter, that that he may safely still keep her a virgin. necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:38 @ So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth (note:)Provides better for his children, and that not in just any way, but by reason of such conditions as are mentioned before.(:note) better.

geneva@1Corinthians:7:40 @ But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.

geneva@1Corinthians:8:1 @ Now (note:)He begins to entreat of another type of indifferent things, that is, things offered to idols, or the use of flesh so offered and sacrificed. And first of all he removes all those things which the Corinthians pretended in using things offered to idols without any respect. First of all they affirmed that this difference of foods was for the unskilful men, but as for them, they knew well enough the benefit of Christ, which causes all these things to be clean to those that are clean. Be it so, Paul says: even if we are all sufficiently instructed in the knowledge of Christ, I say nonetheless that we must not simply rest in this knowledge. The reason is, that unless our knowledge is tempered with charity, it does not only not avail, but also does much hurt, because it is the mistress of pride. Nay, it does not so much as deserve the name of godly knowledge, if it is separate from the love of God, and therefore from the love of our neighbour.(:note) as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we This general word is to be abridged as (1Co_8:7) appears, for there is a type of taunt in it, as we may perceive by (1Co_8:2). all have knowledge. Knowledge Gives occasion of vanity and pride, because it is void of charity. puffeth up, but charity Instructs our neighbour. edifieth.

geneva@1Corinthians:8:2 @ Nowe, if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as hee ought to knowe.

geneva@1Corinthians:8:5 @ For though there bee that are called gods, whether in heauen, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords)

geneva@1Corinthians:8:6 @ But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, (note:)When the Father is distinguished from the Son, he is named the beginning of all things.(:note) of whom [are] all things, and we We have our being in him. in him; and But as the Father is called Lord, so is the Son therefore God: therefore this word «one» does not regard the persons, but the natures. one Lord Jesus Christ, This word «by» does not signify the instrumental cause, but the efficient: for the Father and the Son work together, which is not so to be taken that we make two causes, seeing they have both but one nature, though they are distinct persons. by whom [are] all things, and we by him.

geneva@1Corinthians:8:9 @ But take heede lest by any meanes this power of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:1 @ Am (note:)...also take it away. That is,...(he says) you allege for yourselves that you are free, and therefore will use your liberty, am I not also free, seeing I am an apostle?(:note) I not an apostle? am I not free? He proves his apostleship by the effects, in that he was appointed by Christ himself, and the authority of his function was sufficiently confirmed to him among them by their conversion. And all these things he sets before their eyes, to make them ashamed because they would not in the least way that might be, debase themselves for the sake of the weak, whereas the apostle himself did all the he could to win them to God, when they were utterly reprobate and without God. have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye By the Lord. my work in the Lord?

geneva@1Corinthians:9:2 @ If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the (note:)As a seal by which it sufficiently appears that God is the author of my apostleship.(:note) seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:5 @ Have we not power to lead about a (note:)One that is a Christian and a true believer.(:note) sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

geneva@1Corinthians:9:9 @ For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for (note:)Was it God's proper intention to provide for oxen, when he made this law? For there is not the smallest thing in the world, but that God has a concern for.(:note) oxen?

geneva@1Corinthians:9:10 @ Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope, & that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:14 @ Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live (note:)Because they preach the Gospel. It follows by this place, that Paul received no living, neither would have any other man receive, by a commodity of masses, or any other such superstitious nonsense.(:note) of the gospel.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:15 @ But I have used none of these things: (note:)He takes away occasion of suspicion by the way, that it might not be thought that he wrote this as though he was demanding his wages that were not payed him. On the contrary, he says, I had rather die, than not to continue in this purpose to preach the Gospel freely. For I am bound to preach the Gospel, seeing that the Lord has given and commanded me this office: but unless I do it willingly and for the love of God, nothing that I do is to be considered worthwhile. If I had rather that the Gospel should be evil spoken of, than that I should not require my wages, then would it appear that I took these pains not so much for the Gospel's sake, as for my gains and advantages. But I say, this would not be to use, but rather to abuse my right and liberty: therefore not only in this thing, but also in all others (as much as I could) I am made all things to all men, that I might win them to Christ, and might together with them be won to Christ.(:note) neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:18 @ What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ (note:)By taking nothing from those to whom I preach it.(:note) without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:19 @ For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:20 @ And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the (note:)The word «law» in this place must be limited to the ceremonial Law.(:note) law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

geneva@1Corinthians:9:21 @ To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:

geneva@1Corinthians:9:22 @ To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to (note:)In matters that are indifferent, which may be done or not done with a good conscience. It is as if he said, «I accommodated all customs and manners, that by all means I might save some.»(:note) all [men], that I might by all means save some.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:23 @ And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with (note:)That both I and those to whom I preach the Gospel, may receive fruit by the Gospel.(:note) [you].

geneva@1Corinthians:9:25 @ And every man that striveth for the mastery is (note:)Uses a most excellent and moderate diet.(:note) temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:26 @ I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.

geneva@1Corinthians:9:27 @ But I keep under my (note:)The old man which strives against the Spirit.(:note) body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be Or, «reproved». And this word «reproved» is not contrasted with the word «elect», but with the word «approved», when we see someone who is experienced not to be such a one as he ought to be. a castaway.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:1 @ Moreover, (note:)He sets out that which he said, laying before them an example of the horrible judgment of God against those who had in effect the very same pledges of the same adoption and salvation that we have. And yet nonetheless when they gave themselves to idol's feasts, they perished in the wilderness, being horribly and manifoldly punished. Now, moreover and besides that these things are fitly spoken against those who frequented idol's feasts, the same also seems to be alleged to this end and purpose, because many men think that those things are not of such great weight that God will be angry with them if they use them. And so they frequent Christian assemblies and are baptized, and receive the communion, and confess Christ.(:note) brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our Paul says this in respect of the covenant, and not in respect of the persons, except generally. fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

geneva@1Corinthians:10:3 @ And did all eat the (note:)The same that we do.(:note) same spiritual Manna, which was a spiritual meat to the believers, who in faith lay hold upon Christ, who is the true meat. meat;

geneva@1Corinthians:10:4 @ And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that (note:)Of the River and running Rock, who followed the people.(:note) followed them: and that Rock was Did signify Christ as an ordinance, so that together with the sign, there was the thing signified, and the truth itself. For God does not offer a bare sign, but the thing signified by the sign together with it, which is to be received with faith. Christ.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:9 @ Neither let us tempt (note:)To tempt Christ is to provoke him to a combat as it were, which those men do who abuse the knowledge that he has given them, and make it to serve for a cloak for their lusts and wickedness.(:note) Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:13 @ There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to (note:)Which comes from weakness.(:note) man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also He that would have you tempted for your profit's sake, will make a way for you to escape out of the temptation. make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].

geneva@1Corinthians:10:16 @ The cup of (note:)Of thanksgiving: whereupon, that holy banquet was called «eucharist», which is Greek for thanksgiving.(:note) blessing which we bless, is it not the A most effectual pledge and note of your joining together with Christ, and ingrafting to him. communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

geneva@1Corinthians:10:17 @ For we that are many, are one bread and one body, because we all are partakers of one bread.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:18 @ Behold Israel after the (note:)That is, those who yet observe their ceremonies.(:note) flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices Are consenting and guilty, both of that worship and sacrifice. partakers of the altar?

geneva@1Corinthians:10:19 @ What say I then? that the idole is any thing? or that that which is sacrificed to idoles, is any thing?

geneva@1Corinthians:10:20 @ But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have (note:)Have anything to do with the demons, or enter into that society which is begun in the demon's name.(:note) fellowship with devils.

geneva@1Corinthians:10:28 @ But if any man say vnto you, This is sacrificed vnto idoles, eate it not, because of him that shewed it, and for the conscience (for the earth is the Lords, and all that therein is)

geneva@1Corinthians:10:29 @ Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: (note:)A reason: for we must take heed that our liberty is not spoken of as evil, and that the benefit of God which we ought to use with thanksgiving is not changed into impiety. And this is through our fault, if we choose rather to offend the conscience of the weak, than to yield a little of our liberty in a matter of no importance, and so give occasion to the weak to judge in such sort of us, and of Christian liberty. And the apostle takes these things upon his own person, that the Corinthians may have so much the less occasion to oppose anything against him.(:note) for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?

geneva@1Corinthians:10:30 @ For if I by (note:)If I may through God's grace eat this meat or that meat, why should I through my fault cause that benefit of God to turn to my blame?(:note) grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

geneva@1Corinthians:10:33 @ Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

geneva@1Corinthians:11:14 @ Doeth not nature it selfe teach you, that if a man haue long heare, it is a shame vnto him?

geneva@1Corinthians:11:20 @ When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is (note:)This is a usual metaphor by which the apostle flatly denies that which many did not do well.(:note) not to eat the Lord's supper.

geneva@1Corinthians:11:29 @ For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not (note:)He is said to discern the Lord's body that has consideration of the worthiness of it, and therefore comes to eat of this food with great reverence.(:note) discerning the Lord's body.

geneva@1Corinthians:12:1 @ Now (note:)Now he enters into the third part of this treatise touching the right use of spiritual gifts, in which he gives the Corinthians plainly to understand that they abused them. For they that excelled bragged ambitiously of them, and so robbed God of the praise of his gifts: and having no consideration of their brethren, abused them to a vain display, and so robbed the church of the use of those gifts. On the other side the inferior sort envied the better, and went about to make a departure, so that all the body was as it were scatted and rent in pieces. So then, going about to remedy these abuses he wills them first to consider diligently that they have not these gifts of themselves, but from the free grace and liberality of God, to whose glory they ought to bestow them all.(:note) concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you Ignorant to what purpose these gifts are given to you. ignorant.

geneva@1Corinthians:12:6 @ And there are diversities of (note:)So Paul calls that inward power which comes from the Holy Spirit, and makes men fit for wonderful things.(:note) operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

geneva@1Corinthians:12:10 @ To another the (note:)By «working» he means those great workings of God's mighty power, which pass and excel among his miracles, as the delivery of his people by the hand of Moses: that which he did by Elijah against the priests of Baal, in sending down fire from heaven to consume his sacrifice: and that which he did by Peter, in the matter of Ananias and Sapphira.(:note) working of miracles; to another Foretelling of things to come. prophecy; to another By which false prophets are know from true, in which Peter surpassed Philip in exposing Simon Magus; (Act_8:20). discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

geneva@1Corinthians:12:11 @ But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally (note:)He adds moreover somewhat else, that is, that although these gifts are unequal, yet they are most wisely divided, because the will of the Spirit of God is the rule of this distribution.(:note) as he will.

geneva@1Corinthians:12:24 @ For our comely partes neede it not: but God hath tempered the body together, and hath giuen the more honour to that part which lacked,

geneva@1Corinthians:12:25 @ That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same (note:)Should bestow their operations and offices to the profit and preservation of the whole body.(:note) care one for another.

geneva@1Corinthians:12:28 @ And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, (note:)The offices of deacons.(:note) helps, He sets forth the order of elders, who were the maintainers of the church's discipline. governments, diversities of tongues.

geneva@1Corinthians:13:1 @ Though (note:)He reasons first of charity, the excellency of which he first shows by this, that without it, all other gifts are as nothing before God. And this he proves partly by an induction, and partly also by an argument taken of the end, for what reason those gifts are given. For, to what purpose are those gifts but to God's glory, and the profit of the Church as is before proved? So that those gifts, without charity, have no right use.(:note) I speak with the tongues of men and of A very earnest amplifying of the matter, as if he said, «If there were any tongues of angels, and I had them, and did not use them to the benefit of my neighbour, it would be nothing else except a vain and prattling type of babbling.» angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a That gives a rude and uncertain sound. tinkling cymbal.

geneva@1Corinthians:13:2 @ And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all (note:)By «faith» he means the gift of doing miracles, and not that faith which justifies, which cannot be void of charity as the other may.(:note) faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

geneva@1Corinthians:13:3 @ And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.

geneva@1Corinthians:13:10 @ But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is in part, shalbe abolished.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:1 @ Follow (note:)He infers now of what he spoke before: therefore seeing charity is the chiefest of all, before all things set it before you as chief and principal. And so esteem those things as most excellent which profit the greater part of men (such as prophecy, that is to say, the gift of teaching and applying the doctrine: which was condemned in respect of other gifts, although it is the chiefest and most necessary for the Church) and not those who for a show seem to be marvellous, as the gifts of tongues. This was when a man was suddenly endowed with the knowledge of many tongues, which made men greatly amazed and yet of itself was not greatly of any use, unless there was an interpreter.(:note) after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may What prophecy is he shows in the third verse. prophesy.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:3 @ But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] (note:)Which may further men in the study of godliness.(:note) edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:4 @ He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the (note:)The company.(:note) church.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:5 @ I would that ye all spake strange languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is hee that prophecieth, then hee that speaketh diuers tongues, except hee expounde it, that the Church may receiue edification.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:11 @ Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that (note:)As the papists in all their sermons, and they that ambitiously pour out some Hebrew or Greek words in the pulpit before the unlearned people, by this to get themselves a name of vain learning.(:note) speaketh [shall be] a barbarian unto me.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:13 @ Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue (note:)Pray for the gift of interpretation.(:note) pray that he may interpret.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:15 @ What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the (note:)So that I may be understood by others, and may instruct others.(:note) understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:19 @ Yet in the church I had rather speak (note:)A very few words.(:note) five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:21 @ In the (note:)By the «law» he understands the entire scripture.(:note) law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:24 @ But if all prophecie, and there come in one that beleeueth not, or one vnlearned, hee is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of all,

geneva@1Corinthians:14:25 @ And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:30 @ And if any thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by, let the first holde his peace.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:31 @ For ye may all prophecie one by one, that all may learne, and all may haue comfort.

geneva@1Corinthians:14:37 @ If any man think himself to be a prophet, or (note:)Skilful in knowing and judging spiritual things.(:note) spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:1 @ Moreover, (note:)The sixth treatise of this epistle, concerning the resurrection: and he uses a transition, or passing over from one matter to another, showing first that he brings no new thing, to the end that the Corinthians might understand that they had begun to swerve from the right course. And next that he does not go about to entreat of a trifling matter, but of another chief point of the Gospel, which if it is taken away, their faith will necessarily come to nothing. And so at the length he begins this treatise at Christ's resurrection, which is the ground and foundation of ours, and confirms it first by the testimony of the scriptures and by the witness of the apostles, and of more than five hundred brethren, and last of all by his own.(:note) brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye In the profession of which you still continue. stand;

geneva@1Corinthians:15:2 @ By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, (note:)Which is very absurd, and cannot be, for they that believe must reap the fruit of faith.(:note) unless ye have believed in vain.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:3 @ For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes, according to the Scriptures,

geneva@1Corinthians:15:4 @ And that he was buried, and that he arose the third day, according to the Scriptures,

geneva@1Corinthians:15:5 @ And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the (note:)Of those twelve picked and chosen apostles, who were commonly called twelve, though Judas was put out of the number.(:note) twelve:

geneva@1Corinthians:15:10 @ But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:15 @ And we are found also false witnesses of God: for we haue testified of God, that he hath raised vp Christ: whome he hath not raised vp, if so be the dead be not raised.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:17 @ And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; (note:)First, seeing death is the punishment of sin, in vain should we believe that our sins were forgiven us, if they remain: but they do remain, if Christ did not rise from death.(:note) ye are They are yet in their sins who are not sanctified, nor have obtained remission of their sins. yet in your sins.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:25 @ For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies (note:)Christ is considered here as he appeared in the form of a servant, in which respect he rules the Church as head, and that because this power was given to him from his Father.(:note) under his feet.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:26 @ The (note:)The conclusion of the argument, which is taken from the whole to the part: for if all his enemies will be put under his feet, then it will necessarily be that death also will be subdued under him.(:note) last enemy [that] shall be destroyed [is] death.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:27 @ For he hath put downe all things vnder his feete. (And when he saith that all things are subdued to him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put downe all things vnder him.)

geneva@1Corinthians:15:28 @ And when all things shall be subdued unto him, (note:)Not because the Son was not subject to his Father before, but because his body, that is to say, the Church which is here in distress, and not yet wholly partaker of his glory, is not yet fully perfect: and also because the bodies of the saints which are in the graves, will not be glorified until the resurrection. But Christ as he is God, has us subject to him as his Father has, but as he is Priest, he is subject to his Father together with us. Augustine, book 1, chap. 8, of the trinity.(:note) then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that By this high type of speech is set forth an incomprehensible glory which flows from God, and will fill all of us, as we are joined together with our head, but yet in such a way that our head will always preserve his preeminence. God may be all in all.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:31 @ I protest by your (note:)As though he said, «I die daily, as all the miseries I suffer can well witness, which I may truly boast of, that I have suffered among you.»(:note) rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:37 @ And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shalbe, but bare corne as it falleth, of wheat, or of some other.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:43 @ It is sown in (note:)Void of honour, void of glory and beauty.(:note) dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in Freed from the former weakness, in which it is subject to such alteration and change, that it cannot maintain itself without food and drink and such other like helps. power:

geneva@1Corinthians:15:47 @ The first man [is] of the earth, (note:)Wallowing in dirt, and wholly given to an earthly nature.(:note) earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from As Adam was the first man, Christ is the second man; and these two are spoken of, as if they were the only two men in the world; because as the former was the head and representative of all his natural posterity, so the latter is the head and representative of all the spiritual offspring: and that he is «the Lord from heaven»; in distinction from the first man. (Ed.) heaven.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:52 @ In (note:)He shows that the time will be very short.(:note) a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

geneva@1Corinthians:15:54 @ So when this corruptible hath put on incorruption, and this mortall hath put on immortalitie, then shalbe brought to passe the saying that is written, Death is swallowed vp into victorie.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:2 @ Upon the (note:)Which in times past was called Sunday, but now is called the Lord's day.(:note) first [day] of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as [God] hath That every man bestow according to the ability that God has blessed him with. prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:6 @ And it may be that I will abide, yea, or winter with you, that ye may bring me on my way, whither soeuer I goe.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:10 @ Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you (note:)Without any just occasion of fear.(:note) without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also [do].

geneva@1Corinthians:16:11 @ Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth (note:)Safe and sound, and that with every type of courtesy.(:note) in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:15 @ I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of (note:)Stephanas is the name of a man and not of a woman.(:note) Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have Given themselves wholly to the ministry. addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

geneva@1Corinthians:16:16 @ That ye (note:)That you honour and revere them, be obedient to them, and be content to be ruled by them, as you properly should, seeing that they have bestowed themselves and their goods, and this to help you with them.(:note) submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with [us], and laboureth.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:18 @ For they have refreshed my (note:)My heart.(:note) spirit and yours: therefore Take them for such men as they are indeed. acknowledge ye them that are such.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:19 @ The Churches of Asia salute you: Aquila and Priscilla with ye Church that is in their house, salute you greatly in the Lord.

geneva@1Corinthians:16:22 @ If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema (note:)By these words are meant the severest type of curse and excommunication that was among the Jews: and the words are as much as to say, «As our Lord comes». So that his meaning may be this, «Let him be accursed even to the coming of the Lord», that is to say, to the day of his death, even for ever.(:note) Maranatha.

geneva@2Corinthians:1:4 @ Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, (note:)The Lord comforts us to this end and purpose, that we may so much the more surely comfort others.(:note) that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

geneva@2Corinthians:1:7 @ And our hope is stedfast concerning you, in as much as we know that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

geneva@2Corinthians:1:9 @ But we had the sentence of death in (note:)I was resolved within myself to die.(:note) ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

geneva@2Corinthians:1:10 @ Who delivered us from so (note:)From these great dangers.(:note) great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];

geneva@2Corinthians:1:13 @ For we write (note:)He says that he writes plainly and simply: for he that writes in an elaborate way, is rightly said to write otherwise than we read. And this, he says, the Corinthians will truly know and like very well.(:note) none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the Perfectly. end;

geneva@2Corinthians:1:14 @ As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your (note:)Paul's rejoicing in the Lord was that he had won the Corinthians: and they themselves rejoiced that such an apostle was their instructor, and taught them so purely and sincerely.(:note) rejoicing, even as ye also [are] ours in the When he will sit as judge. day of the Lord Jesus.

geneva@2Corinthians:1:15 @ And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a (note:)Another benefit.(:note) second benefit;

geneva@2Corinthians:2:1 @ But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in (note:)Causing grief among you, which he would have done if he had come to them before they had repented.(:note) heaviness.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:2 @ For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me?

geneva@2Corinthians:2:3 @ And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having (note:)For I trusted that you would immediately take that out of the way which you knew I was discontented with, considering how you are persuaded that my joy is your joy.(:note) confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:4 @ For in great affliction, & anguish of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that yee should be made sorie, but that ye might perceiue the loue which I haue, specially vnto you.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:6 @ It is sufficient vnto the same man, that hee was rebuked of many.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:7 @ So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to (note:)That whereas before you punished him sharply, you should now forgive him.(:note) forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:8 @ Wherefore I beseech you that ye would (note:)That at my entreaty you would declare by the consent of the whole church, that you take him again as a brother.(:note) confirm [your] love toward him.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:9 @ For this cause also did I write, that I might knowe the proofe of you, whether yee would be obedient in all things.

geneva@2Corinthians:2:16 @ To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. (note:)Again, he dismisses all suspicion of arrogance, attributing all things that he did to the power of God, whom he serves sincerely, and with honest affection. And he makes them witnesses of this, even to the sixth verse of the next chapter (2Co_2:17; 2Co_3:6).(:note) And who [is] sufficient for these things?

geneva@2Corinthians:3:3 @ [Forasmuch as ye are] (note:)The apostle says this wisely, that by little and little he may come from the commendation of the person to the matter itself.(:note) manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ Which I took pains to write as it were. ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Along the way he sets the power of God against the ink with which epistles are commonly written, to show that it was accomplished by God. living God; He alludes along the way to the comparison of the outward ministry of the priesthood of Levi with the ministry of the Gospel, and the apostolical ministry, which he handles afterward more fully. not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

geneva@2Corinthians:3:5 @ Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our (note:)In that we are proper and able to make other men partakers of so great a grace.(:note) sufficiency [is] of God;

geneva@2Corinthians:3:7 @ But if the ministration of death, written (note:)Imprinted and engraved: so that by this place we may plainly perceive that the apostle speaks not of the ceremonies of the Law, but of the ten commandments.(:note) [and] engraven in stones, was This word «glorious» indicates a brightness, and a majesty which was in Moses physically, but in Christ spiritually. glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:

geneva@2Corinthians:3:10 @ For euen that which was glorified, was not glorified in this point, that is, as touching the exceeding glorie.

geneva@2Corinthians:3:11 @ For if that which is (note:)The Law, indeed, and the ten commandments themselves, together with Moses, are all abolished, if we consider the ministry of Moses apart by itself.(:note) done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.

geneva@2Corinthians:3:17 @ Now the (note:)Christ is that Spirit who takes away that covering, by working in our hearts, to which also the Law itself called us, though in vain, because it speaks to dead men, until the Spirit makes us alive.(:note) Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:1 @ Therefore (note:)Now he plainly witnesses that both he and his associates (through the mercy of God) do their vocation and duty uprightly and sincerely, neglecting all dangers.(:note) seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we Though we are broken in pieces with miseries and calamities, yet we do not yield. faint not;

geneva@2Corinthians:4:2 @ But have renounced the (note:)Subtilty and every type of deceit which men hunt after, as it were dens and lurking holes, to cover their shameless dealings with.(:note) hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God This is that which he called in the former chapter, making merchandise of the word of God. deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:6 @ For God, (note:)Who made with his word alone.(:note) who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the That being enlightened by God, we should in the same way give that light to others. light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:11 @ For we which (note:)Who live that life, that is, by the Spirit of Christ, among so many and so great miseries.(:note) live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our Subject to that miserable condition. mortal flesh.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:14 @ Knowing that he which hath raised vp the Lord Iesus, shall raise vs vp also by Iesus, and shall set vs with you.

geneva@2Corinthians:4:16 @ For which cause we faint not; (note:)He adds as it were a triumphant song, that he is outwardly afflicted, but inwardly he profits daily: and he is not bothered by all the miseries that may be sustained in this life, in comparison of that most constant and eternal glory.(:note) but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is Gathers new strength so that the outward man is not overcome with the miseries which come freshly one after another, being maintained and upheld with the strength of the inward man. renewed day by day.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:1 @ For (note:)Taking occasion by the former comparison, he compares this miserable body as it is in this life, to a frail and brittle tabernacle. And contrasts this with the heavenly tabernacle, which he calls that sure and everlasting condition of this same body glorified in heaven. And this is so, he says, in that we are addicted to this tabernacle, but also with sobs and sighs desire rather that tabernacle. And so this place concerning the glory to come is put within the treatise of the dignity of the ministry, just as it also was in the beginning of the second chapter.(:note) we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:2 @ For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be (note:)He calls the glory of immortality, which we will be as it were clothed with, a garment.(:note) clothed upon with our house which is from Heavenly, not that the substance of it is heavenly, but rather the glory of it. heaven:

geneva@2Corinthians:5:4 @ For in deede we that are in this tabernacle, sigh and are burdened, because we would not be vnclothed, but would be clothed vpon, that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:5 @ Now he that hath (note:)He means that first creation, to show us that our bodies were made to this end, that they should be clothed with heavenly immortality.(:note) wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:8 @ We are (note:)And yet we are in such a manner confident and do so pass on our pilgrimage with a valiant and peaceful mind, that yet nonetheless we had rather depart from here to the Lord.(:note) confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:9 @ Wherefore we (note:)And seeing that it is so, we strive to live so, that both in this our pilgrimage here we may please him, and that at length we may be received home to him.(:note) labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:15 @ And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth (note:)See {{See Romans strkjv@6:1-7:25}}(:note) live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:19 @ To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath (note:)Used our labour and travail.(:note) committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:20 @ Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as though God did beseeche you through vs, we pray you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled to God.

geneva@2Corinthians:5:21 @ For he hath made him [to be] (note:)A sinner, not in himself, but by imputation of the guilt of all our sins to him.(:note) sin for us, who Who was completely void of sin. knew no sin; that we might be made the Righteous before God, and that with righteousness which is not fundamental in us, but being fundamental in Christ, God imputes it to us through faith. righteousness of God in him.

geneva@2Corinthians:6:1 @ We (note:)Men do not only need the ministry of the Gospel before they have received grace, in order that they may be partakers of the Gospel, but also after they have received grace they need to continue in it.(:note) then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

geneva@2Corinthians:6:12 @ Ye are not (note:)You are in my heart as in a house, and that no narrow or confined house, for I have opened my whole heart to you; but you are inwardly narrow towards me.(:note) straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own After the manner of the Hebrews, he calls those tender affections which rest in the heart, «bowels». bowels.

geneva@2Corinthians:6:15 @ And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what (note:)What can there be between them?(:note) part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

geneva@2Corinthians:7:1 @ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the (note:)Both of body and soul, that by this means the sanctification may be perfect, consisting in both the parts of the flesh.(:note) flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:3 @ I speak not [this] to (note:)To condemn you of unkindness or treachery.(:note) condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].

geneva@2Corinthians:7:6 @ Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are (note:)Whose hearts are cast down, and are very much worn out.(:note) cast down, comforted us by the With those things which Titus told me of you at his coming, that is, how fruitfully you read over my letters. And moreover and besides that, I am exceedingly refreshed with his presence. coming of Titus;

geneva@2Corinthians:7:7 @ And not by his comming onely, but also by the consolation wherewith he was comforted of you, when he tolde vs your great desire, your mourning, your feruent minde to me warde, so that I reioyced much more.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:9 @ Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to (note:)In that this sorrow did you much good in leading you to amend your obscene behaviour and sins.(:note) repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:10 @ For (note:)God's sorrow occurs when we are not terrified with the fear of punishment, but because we feel we have offended God our most merciful Father. Contrary to this there is another sorrow, that only fears punishment, or when a man is vexed for the loss of some worldly goods. The fruit of the first is repentance, and the fruit of the second is desperation, unless the Lord quickly helps.(:note) godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:11 @ For beholde, this thing that ye haue bene godly sory, what great care it hath wrought in you: yea, what clearing of yourselues: yea, what indignation: yea, what feare: yea, howe great desire: yea, what a zeale: yea, what reuenge: in all things ye haue shewed your selues, that ye are pure in this matter.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:12 @ Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the (note:)It was neither fake nor counterfeit, but such as I dare give account of before God.(:note) sight of God might appear unto you.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:14 @ For if that I haue boasted any thing to him of you, I haue not bene ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, euen so our boasting vnto Titus was true.

geneva@2Corinthians:7:16 @ I reioyce therefore that I may put my confidence in you in all things.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:1 @ Moreover, (note:)The sixth part of this epistle containing different exhortations to stir up the Corinthians to liberality, with which the poverty of the church of Jerusalem might be helped at an appropriate time. And first of all he sets before them the example of the churches of Macedonia, which otherwise were brought by great misery to extreme poverty, so that the Corinthians should follow them.(:note) brethren, we do you to wit of the The benefit that God bestowed upon the Corinthians. grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

geneva@2Corinthians:8:2 @ How that in a (note:)For those manifold afflictions with which the Lord tried them did not stop their joyful readiness, but also made it much more excellent and well-known.(:note) great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:4 @ Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the (note:)He calls that «gift» which other men would have called a burden. And this verse is to be explained by (2Co_8:6).(:note) gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:6 @ That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:7 @ Therefore, as yee abound in euery thing, in faith and woorde, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue towardes vs, euen so see that yee abound in this grace also.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:11 @ Nowe therefore performe to doe it also, that as there was a readinesse to will, euen so yee may performe it of that which yee haue.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:14 @ But by an (note:)That as now in your abundance you help others with a share of your goods, so should others in the same way bestow some of their goods upon you.(:note) equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:

geneva@2Corinthians:8:15 @ As it is written, Hee that gathered much, had nothing ouer, and hee that gathered litle, had not the lesse.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:17 @ Because hee accepted the exhortation, yea, hee was so carefull that of his owne accorde hee went vnto you.

geneva@2Corinthians:8:20 @ Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this (note:)In this plentiful liberality of the churches, which is committed to our trust.(:note) abundance which is administered by us:

geneva@2Corinthians:9:1 @ For (note:)He wisely answers the suspicion which the Corinthians might conceive, as though the apostle in urging them so carefully was doubting of their good will. Therefore he witnesses that he does it not to teach them that they ought to help the saints, seeing that he had become surety for them to the Macedonians. But only to stir those up who were labouring by themselves, to the end that all things might both be in a better readiness, and also be more plentiful.(:note) as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

geneva@2Corinthians:9:2 @ For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:3 @ Nowe haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shoulde bee in vaine in this behalfe, that yee (as I haue sayde) be readie:

geneva@2Corinthians:9:4 @ Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same (note:)The word which he uses signifies a mind so steady and established that it cannot be moved by any terror or fear.(:note) confident boasting.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:5 @ Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] (note:)As from covetous men.(:note) covetousness.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:8 @ And God [is] able to make (note:)All the bountiful liberality of God.(:note) all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to To help others by all means possible, in doing them good in their needs. every good work:

geneva@2Corinthians:9:9 @ (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for (note:)Is everlasting: now David speaks of a man that fears God, and loves his neighbour, who will always be able (he says) to give to others.(:note) ever.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:10 @ Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the (note:)There is no inheritance as good to the godly as bountifulness is.(:note) fruits of your righteousness;)

geneva@2Corinthians:9:11 @ That on all partes yee may bee made rich vnto all liberalitie, which causeth through vs thanksgiuing vnto God.

geneva@2Corinthians:9:13 @ Whiles by the (note:)By this proof of your liberality in this helping of them.(:note) experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your In showing with one consent that you acknowledge that Gospel alone which you have willingly submitted yourselves to, declaring by this that you agree with the church of Jerusalem. professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for [your] liberal distribution unto them, and unto all [men];

geneva@2Corinthians:10:1 @ Now (note:)He returns to the defence of his apostleship, but in such a way that he uses his authority in his defence: for he warns them earnestly and gravely, using also terrible threatenings, to show themselves to be those who are able to be instructed. And he reviles certain proud men who made no better account of him, than of a bragging proud man, in that he used to be sharp against them when he was absent, because they saw no great majesty in him after the manner of men; and besides, he had proved his gentleness, even though in his absence he had written to them sharply. Therefore first of all he professes that he was gentle and moderate, but after the example of Christ: but if they continue still to despise his gentleness, he protests to them that he will show indeed how far they are deceived, who judge the office of an apostle in the same way that they judge worldly offices, that is, according to the outward appearance.(:note) I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and That nature which is inclined to mercy, rather than to rigor of justice. gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

geneva@2Corinthians:10:2 @ But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked (note:)As though I had no other aid and help than that which outwardly I seem to have: and therefore Paul contrasts his flesh, that is, his weak condition and state, with his spiritual and apostolic dignity.(:note) according to the flesh.

geneva@2Corinthians:10:4 @ (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not (note:)Are not those weapons that men get authority over one another with, and do great acts.(:note) carnal, but mighty through Stand upon the foundation of God's infinite power. God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

geneva@2Corinthians:10:5 @ Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, (note:)An amplification of this spiritual power, which conquers the enemies in such a way, be they ever so crafty and mighty, that it brings some of them by repentance to Christ, and justly avenges others that are stubbornly obstinate, separating them from the others who allow themselves to be ruled.(:note) and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

geneva@2Corinthians:10:9 @ This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.

geneva@2Corinthians:10:11 @ Let such one thinke this, that such as wee are in woorde by letters, when we are absent, such wil we be also in deede, when we are present.

geneva@2Corinthians:10:15 @ Not boasting of things (note:)As though God had divided the whole world among the apostles to be governed.(:note) without [our] measure, [that is], of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

geneva@2Corinthians:10:18 @ For hee that praiseth himselfe, is not alowed, but he whome the Lorde praiseth.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:1 @ Would (note:)He grants that in a way he is playing the fool in this exalting of things, but he adds that he does it against his will for their profit, because he sees them deceived by certain vain and crafty men, through the craft and subtilty of Satan.(:note) to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:2 @ For I am jealous over you with (note:)He speaks as one who woos them, but yet as one that seeks them not for himself, but for God.(:note) godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may To marry you together. present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:3 @ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be (note:)This passage is to be noted against those who hate the plain and pure simplicity of the scriptures, in comparison of the elegance and fluency of man's eloquence.(:note) corrupted from the simplicity that is in Which is proper for those who are in Christ. Christ.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:5 @ Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:9 @ And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, (note:)An amplification: so far is he from being ashamed of this act, that he has also resolved with himself to act in no other way while he is among them, in order that it may always be truly said that he taught in Achaia for nothing. And this is not because he disdains the Corinthians, but rather so that these proud and boastful men may never find the occasion which they have already sought for, and he in the meantime may set something before the Corinthians to follow, so that at length they may truly say that they are like Paul.(:note) and [so] will I keep [myself].

geneva@2Corinthians:11:12 @ But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they (note:)Paul's adversaries sought all occasions they could to be equal to him. And therefore seeing they had rather live off the Corinthians then preach to them for nothing, they sought another occasion, that is, to make Paul take something. And if he had done this, then they hoped by this means to be equal to him. For they made such a show of zeal and knowledge, and set it forth with such a flattering type of eloquence, that some of them even despised Paul. But he shows that all this is nothing but frivolities and pretensions.(:note) glory, they may be found even as we.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:17 @ That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:18 @ Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:19 @ For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:21 @ I speak as concerning (note:)As if he said, «In respect of that reproach which they do to you, which surely is as evil as if they beat you.»(:note) reproach, as though we had been Paul is called weak, in that he seems to be to the Corinthians a vile and abject man, a beggarly craftsman, a most wretched and miserable idiot, whereas in reality God's mighty power was made manifest in that. weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:24 @ Of the Jews (note:)He alludes to that which is written in (Deu_25:3). And moreover this place shows us that Paul suffered many more things which Luke omitted in writing Acts.(:note) five times received I forty [stripes] save one.

geneva@2Corinthians:11:31 @ The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:2 @ I knew a man (note:)I speak this in Christ, that is, it is spoken without boastfulness, for I seek nothing but Christ Jesus only.(:note) in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the Into the highest heaven: for we do not need to dispute subtly upon the word «third». But yet this passage is to be marked against those who would make heaven to be everywhere. third heaven.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:4 @ How that he was caught up into (note:)So the Greeks name that which we call a park, that is to say, a place where trees are planted, and wild beasts kept. And those that translated the Old Testament out of Hebrew into Greek, called the garden of Eden by this name, into which Adam was put immediately after his creation, as a most delicate and pleasant place. And from this it occurred that the blessed seat of the glory of God is called by that name.(:note) paradise, and heard Which no man is able to utter. unspeakable words, which it is not Which the saints themselves are not by any means able to express, because it is God himself. This is the way that Clement of Alexandria explains this passage, Strom. 5. lawful for a man to utter.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:6 @ For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:8 @ For this thing I besought the Lord (note:)Often.(:note) thrice, that it might depart from me.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:9 @ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. (note:)...things as he did. That is,...(:note) Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may That I might feel the power of Christ more and more: for the weaker that our tabernacles are, the more does Christ's power appear in them. rest upon me.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:12 @ Truly the (note:)The arguments by which it may well appear that I am indeed an apostle of Jesus Christ.(:note) signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

geneva@2Corinthians:12:13 @ For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not (note:)I was not slothful with my own hands, so that I might not be burdensome to you.(:note) burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

geneva@2Corinthians:13:1 @ Lo this is the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand

geneva@2Corinthians:13:2 @ I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,

geneva@2Corinthians:13:4 @ For though he was crucified through (note:)Regarding that base form of a servant which he took upon him when he abased himself.(:note) weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

geneva@2Corinthians:13:7 @ Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as (note:)In men's judgment.(:note) reprobates.

geneva@Galatians:1:1 @ Paul, (note:)A salutation which puts in a few words the sum of the apostle's doctrine, and also immediately from the beginning shows the gravity appropriate for the authority of an apostle, which he had to maintain against the false apostles.(:note) an apostle, (not He shows who is the author of the ministry generally: for in this the whole ministry agrees, that whether they are apostles, or shepherds, or teachers, they are appointed by God. of men, neither by He mentions that man is not the instrumental cause: for this is a special right of the apostles, to be called directly from Christ. man, but by Christ no doubt is man, but he is also God, and head of the Church, and in this respect to be exempted out of the number of men. Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

geneva@Galatians:1:8 @ But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be (note:)See (Rom_9:3).(:note) accursed.

geneva@Galatians:1:9 @ As we sayd before, so say I now againe, If any man preach vnto you otherwise, then that ye haue receiued, let him be accursed.

geneva@Galatians:1:15 @ But when it pleased God, who (note:)He speaks of God's everlasting predestination, by which he appointed him to be an apostle, of which he makes three distinctions: the everlasting council of God, his appointing from his mother's womb, and his calling. And we see that there is no mention at all of foreseen works.(:note) separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,

geneva@Galatians:1:16 @ To reveal his Son (note:)To me, and this is a type of speech which the Hebrews use, by which it shows us that this gift comes from God.(:note) in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately He says this because it might be objected that he was indeed called by Christ in the way, but afterward was instructed by the apostles and others (whose names, as I said before, the false apostles abused to destroy his apostleship), as though he delivered another Gospel than they did, and as though he were not of their number, who are to be credited without exception. Therefore, Paul answers that he began immediately after his calling to preach the Gospel at Damascus and in Arabia, and was not from that time in Jerusalem except for fifteen days, when he saw only Peter and James. And afterwards, he began to teach in Syria and Cilicia, with the consent and approval of the churches of the Jews, who knew him only by name: so far off was it, that he was there instructed by men. I conferred not with With any man in the world. flesh and blood:

geneva@Galatians:1:23 @...they had heard only, That he...(note:)The doctrine of faith.(:note) faith which once he destroyed.

geneva@Galatians:2:1 @ Then (note:)Now he shows how he agrees with the apostles, with whom he grants that he conferred concerning his Gospel which he taught among the Gentiles, fourteen years after his conversion. And they permitted it in such a way, that they did not force his companion Titus to be circumcised, although some tormented themselves in this, who traitorously laid wait against him, but in vain. Neither did they add the least amount that might be to the doctrine which he had preached, but rather they gave to him and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, and acknowledged them as apostles appointed by the Lord to the Gentiles.(:note) fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with [me] also.

geneva@Galatians:2:2 @ And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, (note:)Unfruitful, for as touching his doctrine, Paul does not doubt it, but because there were certain reports being spread about him, that he was of another opinion than the rest of the apostles were, which thing might have hindered the course of the Gospel. Therefore he labours to remedy this dangerous situation.(:note) in vain.

geneva@Galatians:2:4 @ And that because of (note:)Who by deceit and counterfeit holiness crept in among the faithful.(:note) false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

geneva@Galatians:2:5 @ To whom we gave place by (note:)By submitting ourselves to them, and betraying our own liberty.(:note) subjection, no, not for an hour; that the The true and sincere doctrine of the Gospel, which remained safe from being corrupted with any of these men's false doctrines. truth of the gospel might continue with Under the Galatian's name, he understands all nations. you.

geneva@Galatians:2:6 @ But by them which seemed to be great, I was not taught (whatsoeuer they were in time passed, I am nothing the better: God accepteth no mans person) for they that are the chiefe, did adde nothing to me aboue that I had.

geneva@Galatians:2:7 @ But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the (note:)Among the Gentiles, as Peter had to preach it among the Jews.(:note) uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter;

geneva@Galatians:2:8 @ (For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

geneva@Galatians:2:9 @ And when James, Cephas, and John, who (note:)Whom alone and only these men count for pillars of the Church, and whose name they abuse to deceive you.(:note) seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right They gave us their hand to show that we agreed wholly in the doctrine of the Gospel. hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

geneva@Galatians:2:10 @ Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

geneva@Galatians:2:13 @ And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was (note:)By example rather than by judgment.(:note) carried away with their dissimulation.

geneva@Galatians:2:14 @ But when I saw that they walked not (note:)Literally, «with a right foot», which he sets against halting and hypocrisy, which is a backwards state.(:note) uprightly according to the He calls the truth of the Gospel, both the doctrine itself, and also the use of doctrine, which we call the practice. truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why He says they were forced who lived as Jews by Peter's example. compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

geneva@Galatians:2:16 @ Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith (note:)In Jesus Christ.(:note) of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall No man, and in this word «flesh» there is a great force, by which is meant that the nature of man is utterly corrupt. no flesh be justified.

geneva@Galatians:2:18 @ For if I build againe the things that I haue destroyed, I make my selfe a trespasser.

geneva@Galatians:2:19 @ For I through the law am dead to the (note:)The Law that terrifies the conscience brings us to Christ, and he alone causes us to indeed die to the Law, because by making us righteous, he takes away from us the terror of conscience. And by sanctifying us, he causes the mortifying of lust in us, so that it cannot take such occasion to sin by the restraint which the Law makes, as it did before; (Rom_7:10-11).(:note) law, that I might live unto God.

geneva@Galatians:2:20 @ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not (note:)The same that I was before.(:note) I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the In this mortal body. flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

geneva@Galatians:3:1 @ O (note:)The third reason or argument taken of those gifts of the Holy Spirit, with which they were endued from heaven after they had heard and believed the gospel by Paul's ministry. And seeing that they were so evident to all men's eyes, that they were as it were graphic images, in which they might behold the truth of the doctrine of the Gospel, just as much as if they had beheld with their eyes Christ himself crucified, in whose only death they ought to have their trust, he marvels how it could be that they could be so bewitched by the false apostles.(:note) foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, Christ was laid before you so notably and so plainly that you had a graphic image of him as it were represented before your eyes, as if he had been crucified before you. before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

geneva@Galatians:3:2 @ This only would I learn of you, Received ye the (note:)Those spiritual graces and gifts, which were a seal as it were to the Galatians that the Gospel which was preached to them was true.(:note) Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of Of the doctrine of faith. faith?

geneva@Galatians:3:16 @ Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, (note:)He puts forth the sum of the seventh argument, that is, that both the Jews and the Gentiles grow together in one body of the seed of Abraham, in Christ alone, so that all are one in Christ, as it is afterward declared in (Gal_3:28).(:note) which is Paul does not speak of Christ's person, but of two peoples, who grew together in one, in Christ. Christ.

geneva@Galatians:3:20 @ Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, (note:)A taking away of an objection, lest any man might say that sometimes by consent of the parties which have made a covenant, something is added to the covenant, or the former covenants are broken. This, the apostle says, does not come to pass in God, who is always one, and the very same, and like himself.(:note) but God is one.

geneva@Galatians:3:22 @ But the (note:)By this word «scripture» he means the Law.(:note) scripture hath concluded All mankind, and whatever comes from mankind. all under sin, that the In every one of these words, there lies an argument against the merits of works: for all these words, promise, faith, Christ, might be given, to believers, are against meritorious works, and not one of them can be included as a meritorious work. promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

geneva@Galatians:3:24 @ Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

geneva@Galatians:3:25 @ But after that faith is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaster.

geneva@Galatians:4:1 @ Now (note:)He declares by another twofold similitude, that which he said before concerning the keeper and schoolmaster. For, he says, the Law (that is, the whole government of God's house according to the Law) was as it were a tutor or overseer appointed for a time. And when that protection and overseeing which was but for a time is ended, we would at length come to be at our own liberty, and would live as children, and not as servants. Moreover, he shows along the way, that the governance of the Law was as it were the basics, and as certain principles, in comparison with the doctrine of the Gospel.(:note) I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

geneva@Galatians:4:2 @ But is under tutors and governors (note:)This is added because he that is always under a tutor or governor may hardly be considered a freeman.(:note) until the time appointed of the father.

geneva@Galatians:4:5 @ To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the (note:)The adoption of the sons of God is from everlasting, but is revealed and shown in the time appointed for it.(:note) adoption of sons.

geneva@Galatians:4:7 @ Wherefore thou art no more a (note:)The word «servant» is not taken here for one that lives in sin, which is appropriate for the unfaithful, but for one that is yet under the ceremonies of the Law, which is proper to the Jews.(:note) servant, but a son; and if a son, then an Partaker of his blessings. heir of God through Christ.

geneva@Galatians:4:9 @ But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and (note:)They are called impotent and beggarly ceremonies, being considered apart by themselves without Christ: and again, by that means they gave good testimony that they were beggars in Christ, for when men fall back from Christ to ceremonies, it is nothing else but to cast away riches and to follow beggary.(:note) beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire By going backward. again to be in bondage?

geneva@Galatians:4:17 @ They zealously affect you, (note:)For they are jealous over you for their own benefit.(:note) [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, That they may transfer all your love from me to themselves. that ye might affect them.

geneva@Galatians:4:22 @ For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

geneva@Galatians:4:24 @ Which things are an allegory: for (note:)These represent and symbolize.(:note) these are the They are called two covenants, one of the Old Testament, and another of the New: which were not two indeed, but in respect of the times, and the diversity of the manner of ruling. two covenants; the one from the mount He makes mention of Sinai, because that covenant was made in that mountain, of which mountain Hagar was a symbol. Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

geneva@Galatians:4:29 @ But as then he that was born after the (note:)By the common course of nature.(:note) flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the By the virtue of God's promise and after a spiritual manner. Spirit, even so [it is] now.

geneva@Galatians:5:3 @ For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe.

geneva@Galatians:5:13 @ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; (note:)The third part of this epistle, showing that the right use of Christian liberty consists of this, that being delivered and set at liberty from the slavery of sin and the flesh, and being obedient to the Spirit, we should through love help each other to mature in their salvation.(:note) only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

geneva@Galatians:5:17 @ For the (note:)For the flesh dwells even in the regenerated man, but the Spirit reigns, even though not without great strife, as is largely set forth in (Romans. strkjv@7:1-25).(:note) flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

geneva@Galatians:5:21 @ Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

geneva@Galatians:5:23 @ Meekness, temperance: (note:)Lest that any man should object that Paul plays the deceiver, as one who urging the Spirit urges nothing but that which the Law commands, he shows that he requires not that literal and outward obedience, but spiritual, which proceeds not from the Law but from the Spirit of Christ, who gives us new birth, and must and ought to be the ruler and guider of our life.(:note) against such there is no law.

geneva@Galatians:5:24 @ For they that are Christes, haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes.

geneva@Galatians:5:25 @ If we (note:)If we are indeed endued with the quickening Spirit, who causes us to die to sin, and live to God, let us show it in our deeds, that is, by holiness of life.(:note) live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

geneva@Galatians:6:1 @ Brethren, (note:)He condemns persistent and pressing harshness, because brotherly reprehensions ought to be moderated and tempered by the spirit of meekness.(:note) if a man be Through the malice of the flesh and the devil. overtaken in a fault, ye which are Who are upheld by the power of God's Spirit. spiritual, Labour to fill up that which is lacking in him. restore such an one in the This is a metaphor which the Hebrews use, showing by this that all good gifts come from God. spirit of meekness; He touches the problem, for they are commonly the most severe judges who forget their own weaknesses. considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

geneva@Galatians:6:3 @ For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

geneva@Galatians:6:8 @ For he that soweth to his (note:)To the commodities of this present life.(:note) flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

geneva@Galatians:6:12 @ As many as desire to make a (note:)He sets a fair show against the truth.(:note) fair shew in In the keeping of ceremonies. the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the For the preaching of him that was crucified. cross of Christ.

geneva@Galatians:6:13 @ For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in (note:)That they have entangled you in Judaism, and yet he dwells on the aspect of circumcision.(:note) your flesh.

geneva@Ephesians:1:9 @ Having made known unto us the (note:)For unless the Lord had opened to us that mystery, we could never have so much as dreamed of it ourselves.(:note) mystery of his will, Not only the election, but also the calling proceeds from grace alone. according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

geneva@Ephesians:1:12 @ That we should be to the praise of his glory, who (note:)He speaks concerning the Jews.(:note) first trusted in Christ.

geneva@Ephesians:1:18 @ The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the (note:)What blessings they are which he calls you to hope for, whom he calls to Christ.(:note) hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

geneva@Ephesians:1:21 @ Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every (note:)Everything, whatever it may be, or above all things, even if they are of ever so much power or excellency.(:note) name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

geneva@Ephesians:1:23 @ Which is his body, the (note:)For the love of Christ is so great towards the Church, that even though he fully satisfies all with all things, yet he considers himself but a maimed and unperfect head, unless he has the Church joined to him as his body.(:note) fulness of him that filleth all in all.

geneva@Ephesians:2:1 @ And (note:)He declares again the greatness of God's good will by comparing that miserable state in which we are born, with that dignity unto which we are advanced by God the Father in Christ. So he describes that condition in such a way that he says, that with regard to spiritual motions we are not only born half dead, but wholly and altogether dead.(:note) you [hath he quickened], who were See (Rom_6:2). So then he calls those dead who are not regenerated: for as the immortality of those who are damned is not life, so this knitting together of body and soul is properly not life, but death in those who are not ruled by the Spirit of God. dead in He shows the cause of death, that is, sins. trespasses and sins;

geneva@Ephesians:2:6 @ And hath raised [us] up (note:)That is, as he adds afterwards, in Christ, for as yet this is not fulfilled in us, but only in our head by whose Spirit we have begun to die to sin, and live to God, until that work is fully brought to an end. And yet the hope is certain, for we are as sure of that which we look for, as we are of that which we have already received.(:note) together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:

geneva@Ephesians:2:7 @ That he might shewe in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace, through his kindnesse toward vs in Christ Iesus.

geneva@Ephesians:2:8 @ For by (note:)So then, grace, that is to say, the gift of God, and faith, stand with one another, to which two it is contrary to be saved by ourselves, or by our works. Therefore, what do those mean who would join together things of such contrary natures?(:note) grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:

geneva@Ephesians:2:10 @ For we are (note:)He speaks here of grace, and not of nature: therefore if the works are ever so good, see what they are, and know that they are that way because of grace.(:note) his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

geneva@Ephesians:2:12 @ That at that time ye were (note:)He begins first with Christ, who was the end of all the promises.(:note) without Christ, being You had no right or title to the commonwealth of Israel. aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

geneva@Ephesians:2:15 @ In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, that is, the Lawe of commandements which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twaine one newe man in himselfe, so making peace,

geneva@Ephesians:2:16 @ And that he might reconcile both unto God in (note:)He alludes to the sacrifices of the Law, which represented that true and only sacrifice.(:note) one body by the cross, having For he destroyed death by death, and fastened it as it were to the cross. slain the enmity thereby:

geneva@Ephesians:2:21 @ In whom all the building (note:)So that God is the workman not only of the foundation, but also of the whole building.(:note) fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

geneva@Ephesians:3:1 @ For (note:)He maintains his apostleship against the offence of the cross, upon which he also makes an argument to confirm himself, affirming that he was not only appointed an apostle by the mercy of God, but was also appointed particularly to the Gentiles. And this was to call them everywhere to salvation, because God had so determined this from the beginning, although he deferred a great while the manifestation of his counsel.(:note) this cause I Paul, These words, «the prisoner of Jesus Christ», are taken passively, that is to say, «I, Paul, am cast into prison for maintaining the glory of Christ.» the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

geneva@Ephesians:3:3 @ That is, that God by reuelation hath shewed this mysterie vnto me (as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes,

geneva@Ephesians:3:5 @ Which in (note:)He does not mean that no one knew of the calling of the Gentiles before, but because very few knew of it. And those that did know it, such as the prophets, had it revealed to them very obscurely, and by means of symbols.(:note) other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

geneva@Ephesians:3:6 @ That the Gentiles should be inheriters also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel,

geneva@Ephesians:3:8 @ Euen vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen, that I should preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ,

geneva@Ephesians:3:13 @ Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes, which is your glory.

geneva@Ephesians:3:15 @ Of whom the whole (note:)That entire people, who had but one household Father, and that is the Church which is adopted in Christ.(:note) family in heaven and earth is named,

geneva@Ephesians:3:16 @ That he would grant you, according to the (note:)According to the greatness of his mercy.(:note) riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the See (Rom_7:22). inner man;

geneva@Ephesians:3:17 @ That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in (note:)With which God loves us, which is the root of our election.(:note) love,

geneva@Ephesians:3:18 @ May be able to comprehend with all saints (note:)How perfect that work of Christ is in every part.(:note) what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

geneva@Ephesians:3:19 @ And to know the (note:)Which God has shown us in Christ.(:note) love of Christ, which Which surpasses all the capacity of man's intellect, to comprehend it fully in his mind: for otherwise whoever has the Spirit of God perceives as much (according to the measure that God has given him) as is necessary for salvation. passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the So that we have abundantly in us whatever things are required to make us perfect with God. fulness of God.

geneva@Ephesians:4:1 @ I therefore, (note:)Another part of the epistle, containing precepts of the Christian life, the sum of which is this, that every man behave himself as it is fitting for so excellent a grace of God.(:note) the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the By this is meant the general calling of the faithful, which is this, to be holy as our God is holy. vocation wherewith ye are called,

geneva@Ephesians:4:9 @ (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the (note:)Down to the earth, which is the lowest part of the world.(:note) lower parts of the earth?

geneva@Ephesians:4:10 @ He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might (note:)Fill with his gifts.(:note) fill The Church. all things.)

geneva@Ephesians:4:16 @ From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the (note:)Of Christ, who with regard to the soul, empowers all the members.(:note) effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh Such increase as is fit for the body to have. increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in Charity is the knitting of the limbs together. love.

geneva@Ephesians:4:18 @ Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the (note:)By which God lives in them.(:note) life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

geneva@Ephesians:4:21 @ If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, (note:)As they have learned who acknowledge Christ indeed, and in good earnest.(:note) as the truth is in Jesus:

geneva@Ephesians:4:22 @ That ye put off concerning the former conversation (note:)Yourselves.(:note) the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

geneva@Ephesians:4:24 @ And that ye put on the new man, which (note:)After the image of God.(:note) after God is created The effect and end of the new creation. in righteousness and Not fake nor counterfeit. true holiness.

geneva@Ephesians:5:4 @ Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor (note:)Jests which men cast at one another: that no lightness is seen, nor evil example given, nor any offence made by evil words or backbiting.(:note) jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

geneva@Ephesians:5:8 @ For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] (note:)The faithful are called light, both because they have the true light in them which enlightens them, and also because they give light to others, insomuch that their honest conversation reproves the life of wicked men.(:note) light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

geneva@Ephesians:5:10 @ Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lorde.

geneva@Ephesians:5:13 @ But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.

geneva@Ephesians:5:14 @ Wherefore (note:)The scripture, or God in the scripture.(:note) he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the He speaks of the death of sin. dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

geneva@Ephesians:5:27 @ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, (note:)The Church as it is considered in itself, will not be without wrinkle, before it come to the mark it aims at: for while it is in this life, it runs in a race. But if it is considered in Christ, it is clean and without wrinkle.(:note) not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

geneva@Ephesians:6:1 @ Children, (note:)He comes to another part of a family, and shows that the duty of the children toward their parents consists in obedience to them.(:note) obey your parents The first argument: because God has so appointed. And upon this it follows also that children are obligated to obey their parents, that they may not swerve from the true worship of God. in the For the Lord is author of all fatherhood, and therefore we must yield such obedience as he will have us. Lord: The second argument: because this obedience is most just. for this is right.

geneva@Ephesians:6:3 @ That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.

geneva@Ephesians:6:6 @ Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, (note:)To cut off occasion of all pretences, he teaches us that it is God's will that some are either born or made servants, and therefore they must respect God's will although their service is ever so hard.(:note) doing the will of God from the heart;

geneva@Ephesians:6:11 @ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the assaultes of the deuil.

geneva@Ephesians:6:15 @ And your feet shod with the (note:)The preparation of the Gospel may be as it were shoes to you: and it is very fitly called the Gospel of peace, because, seeing we have to go to God through most dangerous ranks of enemies, this may encourage us to go on bravely, in that you know by the doctrine of the Gospel, that we are travelling to God who is at peace with us.(:note) preparation of the gospel of peace;

geneva@Ephesians:6:19 @ And for me, that vtterance may be giuen vnto me, that I may open my mouth boldly to publish the secret of the Gospel,

geneva@Ephesians:6:20 @ Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.

geneva@Ephesians:6:22 @ Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye might knowe mine affaires, and that he might comfort your hearts.

geneva@Ephesians:6:24 @ Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ (note:)Or to immortality, to life everlasting.(:note) in sincerity. Amen. «[To [the] Ephesians written from Rome, by Tychicus.]»

geneva@Philippians:1:1 @ Paul (note:)The Paul's point in writing this epistle, is to strengthen and encourage the Philippians by all means possible, not to faint, but more than that, to go forward. And first of all he commends their former deeds, to exhort them to go forward: which thing he says he fully hopes they will do, and that by the testimony of their abundant charity. But in the meantime he refers all things to the grace of God.(:note) and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the By the bishops are meant both the pastors who have the dispensation of the word, and the elders that govern: and by deacons are meant those that were stewards of the treasury of the Church, and had to look after the poor. bishops and deacons:

geneva@Philippians:1:6 @ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the (note:)The Spirit of God will not forsake you to the very latter end, until your mortal bodies will appear before the judgment of Christ to be glorified.(:note) day of Jesus Christ:

geneva@Philippians:1:10 @ That ye may alowe those things which are best, that ye may be pure, and without offence vntill the day of Christ,

geneva@Philippians:1:11 @ Being filled with the (note:)If righteousness is the tree, and good works the fruits, then the papists are truly deceived indeed, when they say that works are the cause of righteousness.(:note) fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

geneva@Philippians:1:13 @ So that my bonds (note:)For Christ's sake.(:note) in Christ are manifest in all the In the emperor's court. palace, and in all other [places];

geneva@Philippians:1:17 @ But the others of loue, knowing that I am set for the defence of the Gospell.

geneva@Philippians:1:19 @ For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation through your prayer, and by the helpe of the Spirit of Iesus Christ,

geneva@Philippians:1:25 @ And this am I sure of, that I shal abide, and with you all continue, for your furtherance and ioy of your faith,

geneva@Philippians:1:26 @ That ye may more aboundantly reioyce in Iesvs Christ for me, by my comming to you againe.

geneva@Philippians:2:1 @ If (note:)A most earnest request to remove all those things, by which that great and special consent and agreement is commonly broken, that is, contention and pride, by which it comes to pass that they separate themselves from one another.(:note) [there be] therefore any consolation in Any Christian comfort. Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any If any seeking of inward love. bowels and mercies,

geneva@Philippians:2:2 @ Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the (note:)Equal love.(:note) same love, [being] of one accord, of one mind.

geneva@Philippians:2:3 @ That nothing be done through contention or vaine glory, but that in meekenesse of minde euery man esteeme other better then himselfe.

geneva@Philippians:2:6 @ Who, being in the (note:)Such as God himself is, and therefore God, for there is no one in all parts equal to God but God himself.(:note) form of God, Christ, that glorious and everlasting God, knew that he might rightfully and lawfully not appear in the base flesh of man, but remain with majesty fit for God: yet he chose rather to debase himself. thought it not robbery to be If the Son is equal with the Father, then is there of necessity an equality, which Arrius that heretic denies: and if the Son is compared to the Father, then is there a distinction of persons, which Sabellius that heretic denies. equal with God:

geneva@Philippians:2:10 @ That at the name of Jesus (note:)All creatures will at length be subject to Christ.(:note) every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

geneva@Philippians:2:11 @ And [that] (note:)Every nation.(:note) every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

geneva@Philippians:2:16 @ Holding forth the (note:)The Gospel is called the word of life, because of the effects which it produces.(:note) word of life; Again he urges them forward, setting before them his true apostolic care that he had for them: in addition comforting them to the end that they should not be sorry for the greatness of his afflictions, no, not even if he should die to make perfect their sacrifice with his blood, as it were with a drink offering. that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

geneva@Philippians:2:17 @ Yea, and if I be offered upon the (note:)As if he said, I brought you Philippians to Christ, and my desire is that you present yourselves a living sacrifice to him, and then it will not grieve me to be offered up as a drink offering, to accomplish this your spiritual offering.(:note) sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

geneva@Philippians:2:22 @ But yee knowe the proofe of him, that as a sonne with the father, hee hath serued with me in the Gospel.

geneva@Philippians:2:24 @ And trust in the Lorde, that I also my selfe shall come shortly.

geneva@Philippians:2:25 @ But I supposed it necessarie to sende my brother Epaphroditus vnto you, my companion in labour, and fellowe souldier, euen your messenger, and he that ministred vnto me such things as I wanted.

geneva@Philippians:2:26 @ For he longed after all you, and was full of heauinesse, because yee had heard that hee had beene sicke.

geneva@Philippians:2:28 @ I sent him therefore the more diligently, that when yee shoulde see him againe, yee might reioyce, and I might be the lesse sorowfull.

geneva@Philippians:3:1 @ Finally, (note:)A conclusion of those things which have been said before, that is, that they go forward cheerfully in the Lord.(:note) my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. A preface to the next admonition that follows, to take good heed and beware of false apostles, who join circumcision with Christ, (that is to say, justification by works, with free justification by faith), and beat into men's head the ceremonies which are abolished, instead of true exercises of godliness and charity. And he calls them dogs, as profane barkers, and evil workmen, because they neglected true works and did not teach the true use of them. To be short, he calls them concision, because in urging circumcision, they cut off themselves and others from the Church. To write the Which you have often times heard from me. same things to you, to me indeed [is] not grievous, but for you [it is] safe.

geneva@Philippians:3:8 @ Yea doubtless, and I count (note:)He shuts out all works, those that go before, as well as those that come after faith.(:note) all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may That in their place I might get Christ, and from a poor man become rich, so far am I from losing anything at all. win Christ,

geneva@Philippians:3:9 @ And be found in (note:)In Christ: for those that are found outside of Christ are subject to condemnation.(:note) him, That is, to be in Christ, to be found not in a man's own righteousness, but clothed with the righteousness of Christ imputed to him. not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

geneva@Philippians:3:12 @ Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am (note:)For we run only as far forth as we are laid hold on by Christ, that is, as God gives us strength, and shows us the way.(:note) apprehended of Christ Jesus.

geneva@Philippians:3:13 @ Brethren, I count not my selfe, that I haue attained to it, but one thing I doe: I forget that which is behinde, and endeuour my selfe vnto that which is before,

geneva@Philippians:3:16 @ Neuerthelesse, in that whereunto wee are come, let vs proceede by one rule, that wee may minde one thing.

geneva@Philippians:3:21 @ Who shall change our vile bodie, that it may be fashioned like vnto his glorious body, according to the working, whereby hee is able euen to subdue all things vnto him selfe.

geneva@Philippians:4:1 @ Therefore, (note:)A rehearsal of the conclusion: that they bravely continue until they have gotten the victory, trusting in the Lord's strength.(:note) my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and My honour. crown, so stand fast in the In that unification of which the Lord is the bond. Lord, [my] dearly beloved.

geneva@Philippians:4:7 @ And the (note:)That great quietness of mind, which God alone gives in Christ.(:note) peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your He divides the mind into the heart, that is, into that part which is the seat of the will and affections, and into the higher part, by which we understand and reason about matters. hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

geneva@Philippians:4:11 @ Not that I speak in respect of (note:)As though I am speaking concerning my want.(:note) want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.

geneva@Philippians:4:14 @ Notwithstanding yee haue well done, that yee did communicate to mine affliction.

geneva@Philippians:4:18 @ But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an (note:)He alludes to the sweet smelling savours that were offered under the old Law.(:note) odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

geneva@Philippians:4:22 @ All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of (note:)Those who belong to the emperor Nero.(:note) Caesar's household.

geneva@Colossians:1:2 @ To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at (note:)Colosse is situated in Phrygia, not far from Hierapolis and Laodicea, on that side that faces toward Lycia and Pamphylia.(:note) Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

geneva@Colossians:1:5 @ For the (note:)For the glory that is hoped for.(:note) hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

geneva@Colossians:1:6 @ Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, & is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard & truly knew ye grace of God,

geneva@Colossians:1:9 @ For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of (note:)God's will.(:note) his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

geneva@Colossians:1:10 @ That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, & please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

geneva@Colossians:1:16 @ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] (note:)He sets forth the angels with glorious names, so that by the comparison of most excellent spirits, we may understand how far surpassing the excellency of Christ is, in whom alone we have to content ourselves with, and let go of all angels.(:note) thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

geneva@Colossians:1:19 @ For it pleased [the Father] that in him should (note:)Most plentiful abundance of all things pertaining to God.(:note) all fulness dwell;

geneva@Colossians:1:22 @ In the body of his (note:)In that fleshly body, to show us that his body was not an unreal body, but a real one.(:note) flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

geneva@Colossians:1:24 @ Who now rejoice in my sufferings for (note:)For our profit and benefit.(:note) you, and fill up The afflictions of the Church are said to be Christ's afflictions, by reason of that fellowship and knitting together that the body and the head have with one another. And this is not because there is any more need to have the Church redeemed, but because Christ shows his power in the daily weakness of his own, and that for the comfort of the whole body. that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

geneva@Colossians:1:26 @ [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his (note:)Whom he chose to sanctify to himself in Christ. Moreover, he says that the mystery of our redemption was hidden since the world began, except that it was revealed to a few, who also were taught it extraordinarily.(:note) saints:

geneva@Colossians:2:1 @ For I (note:)The taking away of an objection: in that he did not visit the Colossians or the Laodiceans, he was not being negligent; rather, he is so much the more careful for them.(:note) would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my Me, present in body. face in the flesh;

geneva@Colossians:3:1 @ If (note:)Another part of this epistle, in which he takes occasion by reason of those vain exercises, to show the duty of a Christian life: which is an ordinary thing with him, after he has once set down the doctrine itself.(:note) ye then Our renewing or new birth, which is accomplished in us by being partakers of the resurrection of Christ, is the source of all holiness, out of which various streams or rivers afterwards flow. be For if we are partakers of Christ, we are carried as it were into another life, where we will need neither meat nor drink, for we will be similar to the angels. risen with Christ, The end and mark which all the duties of Christian life aim at is to enter into the kingdom of heaven, and to give ourselves to those things which lead us there, that is, to true godliness, and not to those outward and physical things. seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

geneva@Colossians:3:2 @ Set your affection on things above, not on things on the (note:)So he calls that show of religion which he spoke of in the former chapter.(:note) earth.

geneva@Colossians:3:9 @ Lie not one to another, (note:)A definition of our new birth taken from the parts of it, which are the putting off of the old man, that is to say, of the wickedness which is in us by nature, and the restoring and repairing of the new man, that is to say, of the pureness which is given us by grace. However, both the putting off and the putting on are only begun in us in this present life, and by certain degrees finished, the one dying in us by little and little, and the other coming to the perfection of another life, by little and little.(:note) seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

geneva@Colossians:3:10 @ And have put on the new [man], (note:)Newness of life consists in knowledge which transforms man to the image of God his maker, that is to say to the sincerity and pureness of the whole soul.(:note) which is renewed in He speaks of an effectual knowledge. knowledge after the image of him that created him:

geneva@Colossians:3:14 @ And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the (note:)Which bonds and knits together all the duties that take place between men.(:note) bond of perfectness.

geneva@Colossians:3:15 @ And let the peace of God (note:)Rule and govern all things.(:note) rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in You are joined together into one body through God's goodness, so that you might help one another, as fellow members. one body; and be ye thankful.

geneva@Colossians:3:24 @ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the (note:)Because you will have duly obeyed your masters, the time will come, that you will be changed from servants to sons, and you will know this for certain, which will be when you are made partakers of the heavenly inheritance.(:note) reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

geneva@Colossians:4:1 @ Ye masters, doe vnto your seruants, that which is iust, and equall, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.

geneva@Colossians:4:4 @ That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.

geneva@Colossians:4:8 @ Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he might know your state, & might comfort your hearts,

geneva@Colossians:4:11 @ And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These (note:)Hence, Peter was not at that time in Rome.(:note) only [are my] fellowworkers unto the In the Gospel. kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.

geneva@Colossians:4:12 @ Epaphras the seruant of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and alwayes striueth for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect, and full in all the will of God.

geneva@Colossians:4:13 @ For I beare him record, that he hath a great zeale for you, and for them of Laodicea, & them of Hierapolis.

geneva@Colossians:4:16 @ And when this Epistle is read of you, cause that it be read in the Church of the Laodiceans also, and that ye likewise reade the Epistle written from Laodicea.

geneva@Colossians:4:17 @ And say to Archippus, Take heede to the ministerie, that thou hast receiued in the Lorde, that thou fulfill it.

geneva@1Thessalonians:1:7 @ So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.

geneva@1Thessalonians:1:8 @ For from you sounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also which is toward God, spred abroad in all quarters, that we neede not to speake any thing.

geneva@1Thessalonians:1:10 @ And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from (note:)This word «the» is not put here without reason: and by «wrath» is meant that revenge and punishment with which the Lord will in time judge the world in his terrible wrath.(:note) the wrath to come.

geneva@1Thessalonians:2:1 @ For (note:)That which he mentioned before briefly concerning his apostleship, he handles now more at large, and to that end and purpose which we spoke of.(:note) yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

geneva@1Thessalonians:2:7 @ But we were (note:)We were rough, and yet easy and gentle as a nurse that is neither seeking glory, nor covetous, but who takes all pains as patiently as if she were a mother.(:note) gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

geneva@1Thessalonians:2:16 @ Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to (note:)Until that wickedness of theirs which they have by inheritance as it were of their fathers, has grown so great, that the measure of their iniquity being filled, God may come forth to wrath.(:note) fill up their sins alway: for the The judgment of God who was angry, which indeed appeared shortly after in the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, where many fled even out of various provinces, when it was besieged. wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

geneva@1Thessalonians:3:3 @ That no man should be moved by these afflictions: (note:)The will of God, who calls his own on this condition, to bring them to glory by affliction, is a most sure remedy against all afflictions.(:note) for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

geneva@1Thessalonians:3:4 @ For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

geneva@1Thessalonians:3:5 @ Euen for this cause, when I could no longer forbeare, I sent him that I might knowe of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sort, and that our labour had bene in vaine.

geneva@1Thessalonians:3:10 @ Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might (note:)Paul was forced through the pressing dealing of the enemies to leave the building which he had just begun: and for that reason he had left Silas and Timothy in Macedonia, and when Timothy came to Athens to him, he sent him back again immediately. So that he desires to see the Thessalonians, that he may thoroughly perfect their faith and religion, that was as yet imperfect.(:note) perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

geneva@1Thessalonians:4:1 @ Furthermore (note:)Various exhortations, the foundation of which is this, to be mindful of those things which they have heard from the apostle.(:note) then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would That you labour to excel more and more, and daily surpass yourselves. abound more and more.

geneva@1Thessalonians:4:8 @ He therefore that (note:)These commandments which I gave you.(:note) despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

geneva@1Thessalonians:4:10 @ Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

geneva@1Thessalonians:4:12 @ That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

geneva@1Thessalonians:4:16 @ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a (note:)The word which the apostle uses here, properly signifies that encouragement which mariners give to one another, when they altogether with one shout put forth their oars and row together.(:note) shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

geneva@1Thessalonians:5:1 @ But (note:)The day that God has appointed for this judgment we do not know. But this is sure, that it will come upon men when they are not expecting it.(:note) of the times and the See (Act_1:7). seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

geneva@1Thessalonians:5:2 @ For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lorde shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.

geneva@1Thessalonians:5:7 @ For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

geneva@1Thessalonians:5:21 @ Try all things, & keepe that which is good.

geneva@1Thessalonians:5:23 @ And the very God of peace (note:)Separate you from the world, and make you holy to himself through his Spirit, in Christ, in whom alone you will attain to that true peace.(:note) sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

geneva@1Thessalonians:5:27 @ I charge you in the Lorde, that this Epistle be read vnto all the brethren the Saintes.

geneva@2Thessalonians:1:4 @ So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience & faith in al your persecutions & tribulatios that ye suffer,

geneva@2Thessalonians:1:7 @ And to you who are troubled rest (note:)He strengthens and encourages them also along the way by this means, that the condition both of this present state and the state to come, is common to him with them.(:note) with us, A most glorious description of the second coming of Christ, to be set against all the miseries of the godly, and the triumphs of the wicked. when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

geneva@2Thessalonians:1:8 @ In flaming fire taking vengeance on them (note:)There is no knowledge of God to salvation, without the Gospel of Christ.(:note) that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

geneva@2Thessalonians:1:10 @ When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe ((note:)They are considered as children of God by the faith which they have in the Gospel, which is preached to them by the apostles.(:note) because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

geneva@2Thessalonians:1:12 @ That the Name of our Lorde Iesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lorde Iesus Christ.

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:1 @ Now (note:)The second part of the epistle, containing an excellent prophecy of the state of the Church, which will be from the apostles time to the latter day of judgment.(:note) we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our If we think earnestly upon that unmeasurable glory which we will be partakers of with Christ, it will be an excellent remedy for us against wavering and impatience, so that neither the glistening of the world will allure us, nor the dreadful sight of the cross dismay us. gathering together unto him,

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:3 @ Let no man deceive you by any means: (note:)The apostle foretells that before the coming of the Lord, there will be a throne set up completely contrary to Christ's glory, in which that wicked man will sit, and transfer all things that appertain to God to himself: and many will fall away from God to him.(:note) for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and By speaking of one, he singles out the person of the tyrannous and persecuting antichrist. that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:4 @ Who opposeth and (note:)All men know who he is that says he can shut up heaven and open it at his pleasure, and takes upon himself to be lord and master above all kings and princes, before whom kings and princes fall down and worship, honouring that antichrist as a god.(:note) exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; He foretells that the antichrist (that is, whoever he is that will occupy that seat that falls away from God) will not reign outside of the Church, but in the very bosom of the Church. so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:6 @ And now ye know (note:)What hinders and stops.(:note) what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:10 @ And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:11 @ And for this cause God shall send them (note:)A most mighty working to deceive them.(:note) strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

geneva@2Thessalonians:2:12 @ That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but (note:)They liked lies so much that they had pleasure in them, which is the greatest madness that may exist.(:note) had pleasure in unrighteousness.

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:1 @ Finally, (note:)He adds now consequently according to his manner, various admonitions: the first of them is, that they pray for the increase and passage of the Gospel, and for the safety of the faithful ministers of it.(:note) brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have [free] course, and be glorified, even as [it is] with you:

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:2 @ And that we may be delivered from (note:)Who do not do or care about their duty.(:note) unreasonable and wicked men: It is no wonder that the Gospel is hated by so many, seeing that faith is a rare gift of God. Nonetheless, the Church will never be destroyed by the multitude of the wicked, because it is grounded and stayed upon the faithful promise of God. for all [men] have not faith.

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:9 @ Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:10 @ For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, (note:)What will we do then with those fat lazy monks, and sacrificing priests? A monk (says Socrates, book eight, of his Tripartite History) who does not work with hands, is like a thief.(:note) neither should he eat.

geneva@2Thessalonians:3:11 @ For we hear that there are some which walk among (note:)How great a fault idleness is, he declares in that God created no man in vain or to no purpose, neither is there any to whom he has not allotted as it were a certain position and place. From which it follows, that the order which God has appointed is troubled by the idle, indeed broken, which is great sin and wickedness.(:note) you disorderly, working not at all, He reprehends a vice, which is joined with the former, upon which follows an infinite sort of mischiefs: that is, that there are none more busy in other men's matters, than they who neglect their own. but are busybodies.

geneva@1Timothy:1:1 @ Paul, (note:)First of all, he affirms his own free vocation and also Timothy's, that the one might be confirmed by the other: and in addition he declares the sum of the apostolic doctrine, that is, the mercy of God in Christ Jesus apprehended by faith, the end of which is yet hoped for.(:note) an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;

geneva@1Timothy:1:2 @ Unto Timothy, [my] own son in the faith: Grace, (note:)There is as much difference between mercy and grace, as is between the effect and the cause: for grace is that free good will of God, by which he chose us in Christ, and mercy is that free justification which follows it.(:note) mercy, [and] peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

geneva@1Timothy:1:10 @ To whoremongers, to buggerers, to menstealers, to lyers, to the periured, and if there be any other thing, that is contrary to wholesome doctrine,

geneva@1Timothy:1:14 @ And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant (note:)He proves this change by the effects, because he who was a profane man, has become a believer: and he that did most outrageously persecute Christ, burns now in love towards him.(:note) with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

geneva@1Timothy:1:16 @ Notwithstanding, for this cause was I receiued to mercie, that Iesus Christ should first shewe on me all long suffering vnto the ensample of them, which shall in time to come beleeue in him vnto eternall life.

geneva@1Timothy:1:20 @ Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; (note:)Those who fall from God, and his religion, are not to be endured in the Church, but rather ought to be excommunicated.(:note) whom I have Cast out of the Church, and so delivered them to Satan. delivered unto Satan, that they may That by their pain they might learn how serious it is to blaspheme. learn not to blaspheme.

geneva@1Timothy:2:1 @ I (note:)Having dispatched those things which pertain to doctrine, he speaks now in the second place of the other part of the ministry of the word, that is, of public prayers. And first of all, answering the question for whom we ought to pray, he teaches that we must pray for all men, and especially for every type of magistrate. And this thing was at that time somewhat doubted of, seeing that kings, indeed, and most of the magistrates, were at that time enemies of the Church.(:note) exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;

geneva@1Timothy:2:2 @ For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; (note:)An argument taken of the end: that is, because magistrates are appointed to this end, that men might peaceably and quietly live in all godliness and honesty: and therefore we must commend them especially to God, that they may faithfully execute so necessary an office.(:note) that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and This word includes every type of duty, which is to be used by men in all their affairs. honesty.

geneva@1Timothy:2:4 @ Who will that all men shalbe saued, and come vnto the acknowledging of the trueth.

geneva@1Timothy:2:10 @ But (as becommeth women that professe the feare of God) with good workes.

geneva@1Timothy:3:1 @ This (note:)Having completed the treatise of doctrine and of the manner of handling of it, as well also of public prayer, he now in the third place comes to the persons themselves, speaking first of pastors, and afterwards of deacons. And he uses a preface, so that the church may know that these are certain and sure rules.(:note) [is] a true saying, The office of bishop, or the ministry of the word is not an idle dignity, but a work, and that an excellent work: and therefore a bishop must be furnished with many virtues both at home and abroad. Therefore it is necessary before he is chosen to examine well his learning, his gifts, his abilities, and his life. If a man He does not speak here of ambitious seeking, of which there cannot be a worse fault in the Church, but generally of the mind and disposition of man, prepared and disposed to help and edify the Church of God, when and wherever it will please the Lord. desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

geneva@1Timothy:3:2 @ A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of (note:)Therefore he that shuts out married men from the office of bishops, only because they are married, is antichrist.(:note) one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

geneva@1Timothy:3:3 @ Not (note:)A common drinker and one that will often partake of it.(:note) given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

geneva@1Timothy:3:4 @ One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.

geneva@1Timothy:3:6 @ Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the (note:)Lest by reason that he is advanced to that position, he takes occasion to be proud, which will undo him, and so he fall into the same condemnation that the devil himself has fallen into.(:note) condemnation of the devil.

geneva@1Timothy:3:13 @ For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good (note:)Honour and estimation.(:note) degree, and Bold and assured confidence without fear. great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

geneva@1Timothy:3:15 @ But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the (note:)The pastor always has to consider how he carries out his duties in the house of the living God, in which the treasure of the truth is kept.(:note) house of God, which is the church of the living God, the That is, with regard to man: for the Church rested upon that cornerstone, Christ, and is the preserver of the truth, but not the mother. pillar and ground of the truth.

geneva@1Timothy:4:1 @ Now (note:)He contrasts that true doctrine, with false opinions, which he foretells that certain ones who shall fall away from God and his religion, will bring in by the suggestion of Satan, and so that a great number will give ear to them.(:note) the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the From the true doctrine of God. faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

geneva@1Timothy:4:10 @ For therefore we labour and are rebuked, because we trust in the liuing God, which is the Sauiour of all men, specially of those that beleeue.

geneva@1Timothy:4:14 @ Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership.

geneva@1Timothy:4:15 @ These things exercise, and giue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest among all men.

geneva@1Timothy:4:16 @ Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both (note:)Faith is by hearing, and hearing by preaching: and therefore the ministers of the word are so said to save themselves and others, because in them the Lord has put the word of reconciliation.(:note) save thyself, and them that hear thee.

geneva@1Timothy:5:7 @ These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

geneva@1Timothy:5:8 @ If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.

geneva@1Timothy:5:18 @ For the Scripture sayeth, Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: and, The labourer is worthie of his wages.

geneva@1Timothy:6:1 @ Let (note:)He adds also rules for the servant's duty towards their masters: upon which matter there were no doubt many questions asked by those who took occasion by the Gospel to trouble the normal manner of life. And this is the first rule: let servants that have come to the faith and have the unfaithful for their masters, serve them nonetheless with great faithfulness.(:note) as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, The reason: lest God should seem by the doctrine of the Gospel to stir up men to rebellion and all wickedness. that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.

geneva@1Timothy:6:5 @ Perverse (note:)Such as we see in those shameless schools of popery, which are nothing else but vain babbling and foolish talking.(:note) disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

geneva@1Timothy:6:14 @ That thou keepe this commaundement without spot, and vnrebukeable, vntill the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ,

geneva@1Timothy:6:16 @ Who onely hath immortalitie, and dwelleth in the light that none can attaine vnto, whom neuer man sawe, neither can see, vnto whome bee honour and power euerlasting, Amen.

geneva@1Timothy:6:18 @ That they doe good, and be riche in good woorkes, & readie to distribute, and comunicate,

geneva@1Timothy:6:21 @ Which some (note:)Not only in word, but also in appearance and gesture: to be short, while their behaviour was such that even when they held their peace they would make men believe, their heads were occupied about nothing but high and lofty matters, and therefore they erred concerning the faith.(:note) professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace [be] with thee. Amen. «[The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.]»

geneva@2Timothy:1:1 @ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, (note:)Sent of God to preach that life which he promised in Christ Jesus.(:note) according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

geneva@2Timothy:1:4 @ Desiring to see thee, mindefull of thy teares, that I may be filled with ioy:

geneva@2Timothy:1:5 @ When I call to remembrance the vnfained faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

geneva@2Timothy:1:18 @ The Lord graunt vnto him, that he may finde mercie with the Lorde at that day, and in howe many things he hath ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

geneva@2Timothy:2:1 @ Thou (note:)The conclusion of the former exhortation which has also a declaration added to it: how those who do not keep that worthy thing that is committed to them, who keep it to themselves, but rather those who do most freely communicate it with others, to the end that many may be partakers of it, without any man's loss or hindrance.(:note) therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

geneva@2Timothy:2:2 @ And the things that thou hast heard of me among (note:)When many were there, who can bear witness of these things.(:note) many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

geneva@2Timothy:2:4 @ No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of (note:)With affairs of household, or other things that belong to other ordinary businesses.(:note) [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

geneva@2Timothy:2:10 @ Therefore I suffer all things, for the elects sake, that they might also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.

geneva@2Timothy:2:14 @ Of these things put [them] in remembrance, (note:)Call God to witness, or as a Judge: as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and Paul himself did, in Acts 13.(:note) charging [them] before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, [but] to the subverting of the hearers.

geneva@2Timothy:2:18 @ Which as concerning ye trueth haue erred from the marke, saying that the resurrection is past alreadie, and do destroy the faith of certaine.

geneva@2Timothy:2:21 @ If a man therefore (note:)By these words is meant the execution of the matter, and not the cause: for in that we purge ourselves, it is not to be attributed to any free will that is in us, but to God, who freely and wholly works in us, a good and an effectual will.(:note) purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, [and] prepared unto every good work.

geneva@2Timothy:2:23 @ And put away foolish and vnlearned questions, knowing that they ingender strife.

geneva@2Timothy:2:25 @ In meekness instructing those that (note:)He means those who do not yet see the truth.(:note) oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

geneva@2Timothy:2:26 @ And come to amendement out of that snare of the deuil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to doe his will.

geneva@2Timothy:3:1 @ This (note:)The seventh admonition: we may not hope for a Church in this world without corruption: but there will be rather great abundance of most wicked men even in the very bosom of the Church, who will nonetheless make a show and countenance of great holiness, and charity.(:note) know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

geneva@2Timothy:3:12 @ Yea, and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus, shall suffer persecution.

geneva@2Timothy:3:15 @ And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.

geneva@2Timothy:3:17 @ That the (note:)The Prophets and expounders of God's will are properly and distinctly called, men of God.(:note) man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

geneva@2Timothy:4:1 @ I (note:)The principal and chief of all admonitions, being therefore proposed with a most earnest charge, is this: that the word of God is explained and set forth with a certain holy urgent exhorting, as necessity requires: but in such a way that a good and true ground of the doctrine is laid, and the vehemency is tempered with all holy meekness.(:note) charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

geneva@2Timothy:4:4 @ And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto (note:)To false and unprofitable doctrines which the world is now so bewitched with, that it would rather have the open light of the truth completely put out, than it would come out of darkness.(:note) fables.

geneva@2Timothy:4:8 @ For hence foorth is laide vp for me the crowne of righteousnesse, which the Lorde the righteous iudge shall giue me at that day: and not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue that his appearing.

geneva@2Timothy:4:13 @ The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou commest, bring with thee, and the bookes, but specially the parchments.

geneva@2Timothy:4:16 @ At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge.

geneva@2Timothy:4:17 @ Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the (note:)Of Nero.(:note) lion.

geneva@Titus:1:1 @ Paul, (note:)He vouches his apostleship (not for Titus, but for the Cretian's sake) both by the testimony of his outward calling, and by his consent in which he agrees with all the elect from the beginning of the world.(:note) a A minister, as Christ himself, in his office of minister and head of the Prophets, is called a servant; (Isa_43:10). servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's Of those whom God has chosen. elect, The faith in which all the elect agree, is the true and sincere knowledge of God for this purpose, that worshipping God correctly, they may at length obtain everlasting life according to the promise of God, who is true, which promise was exhibited in Christ in due time according to his eternal purpose. and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

geneva@Titus:1:2 @ In (note:)Hope is the end of faith.(:note) hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, Freely and only from his generosity. promised before the {{See 2Ti_1:9}} world began;

geneva@Titus:1:13 @ This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them (note:)Clearly and plainly, and do not go about the bush with them.(:note) sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

geneva@Titus:1:14 @ And not taking heede to Iewish fables and commaundements of men, that turne away from the trueth.

geneva@Titus:1:16 @ They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable & disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

geneva@Titus:2:3 @ The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

geneva@Titus:2:4 @ That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbads, that they loue their children,

geneva@Titus:2:5 @ [To be] discreet, chaste, (note:)Not roving about idly.(:note) keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

geneva@Titus:2:6 @ Exhort yong men likewise, that they bee sober minded.

geneva@Titus:2:8 @ And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.

geneva@Titus:2:10 @ Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.

geneva@Titus:2:14 @ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a (note:)As it were a thing peculiarly laid aside for himself.(:note) peculiar people, zealous of good works.

geneva@Titus:3:1 @ Put (note:)He declares particularly and separately that which he said before generally, noting out certain main and principal duties which men owe to men, and especially subjects to their magistrates.(:note) them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

geneva@Titus:3:2 @ That they speake euill of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, shewing all meekenesse vnto all men.

geneva@Titus:3:4 @ But when that bountifulnesse & that loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared,

geneva@Titus:3:7 @ That we, being iustified by his grace, should be made heires according to the hope of eternall life.

geneva@Titus:3:11 @ Knowing that hee that is such, is peruerted, and sinneth, being damned of his owne selfe.

geneva@Titus:3:13 @ Bring Zenas the expounder of the Lawe, and Apollos on their iourney diligently, that they lacke nothing.

geneva@Titus:3:14 @ And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.

geneva@Titus:3:15 @ All that are with mee, salute thee. Greete them that loue vs in the faith. Grace bee with you all, Amen. To Titus, elect the first bishoppe of the Church of the Cretians, written from Nicopolis in Macedonia.

geneva@Philemon:1:2 @ And to our deare sister Apphia, and to Archippus our fellowe souldier, and to the Church that is in thine house:

geneva@Philemon:1:6 @ That the (note:)By fellowship of faith, he means those duties of charity which are given to the saints, and flow from a productive faith.(:note) communication of thy faith may become effectual by the That by this means all men may perceive how rich you are in Christ, that is, in faith, charity, and all bountifulness. acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

geneva@Philemon:1:7 @ For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the (note:)Because you did so dutifully and cheerfully refresh the saints, that they conceived inwardly a marvellous joy: for by this word {(bowels)} is meant not only the inward feeling of wants and miseries that men have of one another's state, but also that joy and comfort which enters into the very bowels, as though the heart were refreshed and comforted.(:note) bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

geneva@Philemon:1:8 @ Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

geneva@Philemon:1:12 @ Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own (note:)As my own son, and as if I had begotten him from my own body.(:note) bowels:

geneva@Philemon:1:13 @ Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.

geneva@Philemon:1:14 @ But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of (note:)That you might not seem to have lent me your servant on constraint, but willingly.(:note) necessity, but willingly.

geneva@Philemon:1:15 @ For perhaps he therefore (note:)He uses a more gentle type of speech, but in reality, he ran away.(:note) departed for For a little time. a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

geneva@Philemon:1:18 @ If he hath hurt thee, or oweth thee ought, that put on mine accounts.

geneva@Philemon:1:19 @ I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande: I will recompense it, albeit I doe not say to thee, that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe.

geneva@Philemon:1:21 @ Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

geneva@Hebrews:1:1 @ God, who at (note:)The first part of the general proposition of this epistle the son of God is indeed that prophet or teacher, who has actually now performed that which God after a sort and in shadows signified by his prophets, and has fully revealed his Father's will to the world.(:note) sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, The purpose of this epistle, is to show that Jesus Christ the Son of God both God and man is that true eternal and only Prophet, King and High Priest, that was shadowed by the figures of the old law, and is now indeed exhibited of whom the whole Church ought to be taught, governed and sanctified.

geneva@Hebrews:1:2 @ Hath in these (note:)So that the former declaration made by the prophets was not complete, and nothing must be added to this latter.(:note) last days spoken unto us by [his] That one Son is God and man. Son, The second part of the same statement: The same Son is appointed by the Father to be our king and Lord, by whom also he made all things: and in whom only he sets forth his glory, yea and himself also to be under obligation to us, who upholds and supports all things by his will and pleasure. whom he hath appointed Possessor and equal partner of all things with the Father. heir of all things, by whom also he made the That is, whatever has been at any time, is, or shall be. worlds;

geneva@Hebrews:1:3 @ Who being the (note:)He in whom the glory and majesty of the Father shines, who is otherwise infinite, and cannot be under obligation.(:note) brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his His Father's person. person, and Sustains, defends and cherishes. upholding all things by the word of his power, The third part of the same proposition: The same Son executed the office of the High Priest in offering up himself, and is our only and most mighty Mediator in heaven. when he had by himself purged our sins, This shows that the savour of that his sacrifice is not only most acceptable to the Father, but also is everlasting, and furthermore how far this High Priest surpasses all the other high priests. sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

geneva@Hebrews:1:9 @ Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated (note:)This type of speech in which the Jews use contrasting phrases, has great force in it.(:note) iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath In that, that the word became flesh, by sending the Holy Spirit on him without measure. anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy For he is the head and we are his members. fellows.

geneva@Hebrews:1:14 @ Are they not all (note:)By that name by which we commonly call princes messengers, he here calls the spirits.(:note) ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

geneva@Hebrews:2:1 @ Therefore (note:)Now pausing to show to what end and purpose all these things were spoken, that is, to understand by the excellency of Christ above all creatures, that his doctrine, majesty and priesthood, is most perfect, he uses an exhortation taken from a comparison.(:note) we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which He makes himself a hearer. we have heard, lest at any time we They are said to let the word run out, who do not hold it securely and remember the word when they have heard it. should let [them] slip.

geneva@Hebrews:2:3 @ How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; (note:)If the neglect and disobedience of the word spoken by angels was not left unpunished, much less will it be tolerated if we neglect the gospel which the Lord of angels preached, and was confirmed by the voice of the apostles, and with so many signs and wonders from heaven, and especially with great and mighty working of the Holy Spirit.(:note) which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by By the apostles. them that heard [him];

geneva@Hebrews:2:7 @ Thou (note:)This is the first honour of the citizens of the world to come, that they are beside the angels.(:note) madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with For they will be greatly honoured when they partake of the kingdom. He speaks of the thing that will be, as though it were already, because it is so certain. glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

geneva@Hebrews:2:8 @ Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. (note:)An objection: But where is this great rule and dominion?(:note) But now we see not yet all things put under him.

geneva@Hebrews:2:14 @ Forasmuch then as the children are (note:)Are made of flesh and blood, which is a frail and delicate nature.(:note) partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the The devil is said to have the power of death, because he is the author of sin: and from sin comes death, and because of this he daily urges us to sin. power of death, that is, the He speaks of him as of a prince, placing over all his angels. devil;

geneva@Hebrews:2:15 @ And deliver them who through fear of (note:)By {(death)} you must understand here, that death which is joined with the wrath of God, as it must be if it is without Christ, and there can be nothing devised that is more miserable.(:note) death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

geneva@Hebrews:2:18 @ For in that he himself hath suffered being (note:)Was tried and urged to wickedness by the devil.(:note) tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

geneva@Hebrews:3:1 @ Wherefore, (note:)Having laid the foundation that is to say, declared and proved both the natures of one Christ, he gives him three offices, that is, the office of a Prophet, King and Priest, and concerning the office of teaching, and governing, compares him with Moses and Joshua from (Hebrews strkjv@3:1-4:14), and with Aaron concerning the priesthood. He proposes that which he intends to speak of, with a grave exhortation, that all our faith may be directed towards Christ, as the only everlasting teacher, governor, and High Priest.(:note) holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the The ambassador or messenger, as in (Rom_15:8) he is called the minister of circumcision. Apostle and High Priest of our Of the doctrine of the gospel which we profess. profession, Christ Jesus;

geneva@Hebrews:3:4 @ For euery house is builded of some man, and he that hath built all things, is God.

geneva@Hebrews:3:5 @ And (note:)Another comparison: Moses was a faithful servant in this house, that is, in the Church, serving the Lord that was to come, but Christ rules and governs his house as Lord.(:note) Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

geneva@Hebrews:3:6 @ But Christ as a son over his own house; (note:)He applies the former doctrine to his purpose, exhorting all men by the words of David to hear the Son speak, and to give full credit to his words, seeing that otherwise they cannot enter into that eternal rest.(:note) whose That is, Christ's. house are we, if we hold fast the He calls confidence the excellent effect of faith (by which we cry Abba, that is, Father), and to confidence he adds hope. confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

geneva@Hebrews:3:7 @ Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye (note:)So that God was to speak once again after Moses.(:note) will hear his voice,

geneva@Hebrews:3:8 @ Harden not your hearts, as in the (note:)In the day that they troubled the Lord, or struggled with him.(:note) provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

geneva@Hebrews:3:10 @ Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway (note:)They are brutish and angry.(:note) err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.

geneva@Hebrews:3:13 @ But exhort one another daily, (note:)While today lasts, that is to say, so long as the gospel is offered to us.(:note) while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

geneva@Hebrews:3:16 @ For some when they heard, prouoked him to anger: howbeit, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

geneva@Hebrews:3:17 @ But with whome was he displeased fourtie yeeres? Was hee not displeased with them that sinned, whose carkeises fell in the wildernes?

geneva@Hebrews:3:18 @ And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?

geneva@Hebrews:3:19 @ So we see that they could not enter in, because of vnbeliefe.

geneva@Hebrews:4:6 @ Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:

geneva@Hebrews:4:13 @ Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in (note:)In God's sight.(:note) his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

geneva@Hebrews:4:16 @ Let vs therefore goe boldly vnto ye throne of grace, that we may receiue mercy, and finde grace to helpe in time of neede.

geneva@Hebrews:5:1 @ For (note:)The first part of the first comparison of Christ's high priesthood with Aaron's: Other high priests are taken from among men, and are called after the order of men.(:note) every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things [pertaining] to God, The first part of the second comparison: Others though weak, are made high priests, to the end that feeling the same infirmity in themselves which is in all the rest of the people, they should in their own and the peoples name offer gifts and sacrifices, which are witnesses of common faith and repentance. that he may offer both Offering of things without life. gifts and Beasts which were killed, but especially in the sacrifices for sins and offences. sacrifices for sins:

geneva@Hebrews:5:2 @ Who (note:)Fit and meet.(:note) can have compassion on the ignorant, and On them that are sinful: for in the Hebrew tongue, under ignorance and error is every sin meant, even that sin that is voluntary. on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is He carries with him a nature subject to the same inconveniences and vices. compassed with infirmity.

geneva@Hebrews:5:5 @ So likewise Christ tooke not to him selfe this honour, to be made the hie Priest, but hee that sayd vnto him, Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee, gaue it him.

geneva@Hebrews:5:13 @ For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the (note:)In the word that teaches righteousness.(:note) word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

geneva@Hebrews:5:14 @ But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their (note:)All their power by which they understand and judge.(:note) senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

geneva@Hebrews:6:1 @ Therefore leaving the (note:)The first principle of Christian religion, which we call the catechism.(:note) principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; Certain principles of a catechism, which comprehend the sum of the doctrine of the gospel, were given in few words and briefly to the poor and unlearned, that is, the profession of repentance and faith in God. The articles of this doctrine were required from those who were not yet members of the Church on the days appointed for their baptism. Of those articles, two are by name recited: the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. (Ed.) not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

geneva@Hebrews:6:6 @ If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they (note:)As men that hate Christ, and as though they crucified him again, making a mockery of him to all the world, to their own destruction, as Julian the Apostate or backslider did.(:note) crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.

geneva@Hebrews:6:8 @ But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.

geneva@Hebrews:6:11 @ And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,

geneva@Hebrews:6:15 @ And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

geneva@Hebrews:6:16 @ For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

geneva@Hebrews:6:18 @ That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

geneva@Hebrews:7:1 @ For this (note:)Declaring those words, «According to the order of Melchizedek» upon which the comparison of the priesthood of Christ with the Levitical priesthood rests: first, Melchizedek himself is considered to be the type of Christ and these are the points of that comparison. Melchizedek was a king and a priest, as is Christ alone. He was a king of peace and righteousness as is Christ alone.(:note) Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and With a solemn and priestly blessing. blessed him;

geneva@Hebrews:7:2 @ To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, King of peace,

geneva@Hebrews:7:5 @ And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they (note:)Were begotten by Abraham.(:note) come out of the loins of Abraham:

geneva@Hebrews:7:6 @ But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

geneva@Hebrews:7:8 @ And here men that die, receiue tithes: but there he receiueth them, of whome it is witnessed, that he liueth.

geneva@Hebrews:7:14 @ For it is euident, that our Lord sprung out of Iuda, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing, touching the Priesthood.

geneva@Hebrews:7:21 @ But this is made with an othe by him that said vnto him, The Lord hath sworne, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec)

geneva@Hebrews:7:25 @ Wherefore he is (note:)He is fit and sufficient.(:note) able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

geneva@Hebrews:7:27 @ Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: (note:)Another argument, which nonetheless he handles afterward: The Levitical priests offered sacrifice after sacrifice, first for themselves, and then for the people. Christ offered not for himself, but for others, not sacrifices, but himself, not repeatedly, but once. This should not seem strange, he says, for they are weak, but this man is consecrated as an everlasting Priest, and that by an oath.(:note) for That sacrifice which he offered. this he did It was done so that it need not be repeated or offered again any more. once, when he offered up himself.

geneva@Hebrews:8:1 @ Now (note:)He briefly repeats that to which all these things are to be referred, that is, that we have another High Priest than those Levitical high priests, even such a one as sits at the right hand of the Most High God in heaven.(:note) of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

geneva@Hebrews:8:5 @ Who serue vnto the paterne and shadowe of heauenly things, as Moses was warned by God, whe he was about to finish the Tabernacle. See, saide hee, that thou make all thinges according to the paterne, shewed to thee in the mount.

geneva@Hebrews:8:8 @ For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the (note:)He calls it a house, as it were one family of the whole kingdom: for while the kingdom of David was divided into two sections, the Prophet would have us understand that through the new Testament they shall be joined together again in one.(:note) house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

geneva@Hebrews:8:9 @ Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers, in the day that I tooke them by the hand, to leade them out of the land of Egypt: for they continued not in my Testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

geneva@Hebrews:8:10 @ For this is the Testament that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawes in their minde, and in their heart I will write them, and I wil be their God, and they shalbe my people,

geneva@Hebrews:9:1 @ Then verily (note:)A division of the first tabernacle which he calls worldly, that is to say, transitory, and earthly, into two parts, that is, into the holy places, and the Holiest of all.(:note) the first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and a An earthy and a fleeting. worldly sanctuary.

geneva@Hebrews:9:4 @ Which had the golden censer, and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayde rounde about with golde, wherein the golden pot, which had Manna, was, and Aarons rod that had budded, and the tables of the Testament.

geneva@Hebrews:9:17 @ For the Testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it, is aliue.

geneva@Hebrews:9:23 @ [It was] therefore necessary that the (note:)The counterparts of heavenly things were earthly, and therefore they were to be set forth with earthly things, as with the blood of beasts, wool and hyssop. But under Christ all things are heavenly, and therefore they could not be sanctified with the offering of his living blood.(:note) patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

geneva@Hebrews:9:27 @ And as it is appointed unto men (note:)He speaks of the natural state and condition of man: For though Lazarus and certain others died twice, that was no usual thing, but extraordinary: and as for them that shall be changed, their changing is a kind of death. {{See 1Co_15:51}}(:note) once to die, but after this the judgment:

geneva@Hebrews:9:28 @ So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of (note:)Thus the general promise is restrained to the elect only: and we have to seek the testimony of our election, not in the secret counsel of God, but in the effects that our faith works, and so we must climb up from the lowest step to the highest, there to find such comfort as is most certain, and shall never be moved.(:note) many; Shortly by the way he sets Christ as Judge, partly to terrify those who are not trusting in the only sacrifice of Christ once made, and partly to keep the faithful in their duty, so that they will not go back. and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

geneva@Hebrews:10:1 @ For (note:)He prevents a private objection. Why then were those sacrifices offered? The apostle answers, first concerning the yearly sacrifice which was the solemnest of all, in which (he says) there was made every year a remembrance again of all former sins. Therefore that sacrifice had no power to sanctify: for to what purpose should those sins which are purged be repeated again, and why should new sins come to be repeated every year, if those sacrifices abolished sin?(:note) the law having a shadow of good things to Of things which are everlasting, which were promised to the fathers, and exhibited in Christ. come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

geneva@Hebrews:10:2 @ For would they not then haue ceased to haue bene offered, because that the offerers once purged, should haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

geneva@Hebrews:10:4 @ For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates should take away sinnes.

geneva@Hebrews:10:7 @ Then I sayd, Lo, I come (In the beginning of the booke it is written of me) that I should doe thy will, O God.

geneva@Hebrews:10:9 @ Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the (note:)That is, the sacrifices, to establish the second, that is, the will of God.(:note) first, that he may establish the second.

geneva@Hebrews:10:14 @ For with one offering hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified.

geneva@Hebrews:10:16 @ This is the Testament that I will make vnto them after those dayes, sayth the Lord, I wil put my Lawes in their heart, and in their mindes I will write them.

geneva@Hebrews:10:17 @ And their sins and iniquities will I remember (note:)Why then, where is the fire of purgatory, and that popish distinction of the fault, and the punishment?(:note) no more.

geneva@Hebrews:10:18 @ Now where remission of these [is, there is] no more offering for (note:)He said well, for sin: for there remains another offering, that is, of thanksgiving.(:note) sin.

geneva@Hebrews:10:20 @ By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his (note:)So Christ's flesh shows us the Godhead as if it were under a veil, For otherwise we could not stand the brightness of it.(:note) flesh;

geneva@Hebrews:10:23 @ And washed in our bodies with pure water, let vs keepe the profession of our hope, without wauering, (for he is faithfull that promised)

geneva@Hebrews:10:26 @ For if we sin (note:)Without any cause or occasion, or show of occasion.(:note) wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

geneva@Hebrews:10:33 @ Partly, whilst ye were made a (note:)You were brought forth to be shamed.(:note) gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became In taking their miseries, to be your miseries. companions of them that were so used.

geneva@Hebrews:10:34 @ For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring (note:)Goods and riches.(:note) substance.

geneva@Hebrews:10:36 @ For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes.

geneva@Hebrews:10:37 @ For yet a (note:)He will come within this very little while.(:note) little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

geneva@Hebrews:11:1 @ Now (note:)An excellent description of faith by the effects, because it represents things which are but yet in hope, and sets as it were before our eyes things that are invisible.(:note) faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

geneva@Hebrews:11:6 @ But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a (note:)This reward is not referred to our merits, but to the free promise, as Paul teaches in Abraham the father of all the faithful, (Rom_4:4).(:note) rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

geneva@Hebrews:11:9 @ By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.

geneva@Hebrews:11:13 @ These all died in (note:)In faith, which they had while they lived, and followed, them even to their grave.(:note) faith, not having received the This is the figure metonymy, for the things promised. promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and For the patriarchs were given to profess their religion by building an altar and calling on the name of the Lord when they received the promises. embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

geneva@Hebrews:11:14 @ For they that say such things, declare plainely, that they seeke a countrey.

geneva@Hebrews:11:15 @ And if they had bene mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.

geneva@Hebrews:11:16 @ But nowe they desire a better, that is an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.

geneva@Hebrews:11:17 @ By faith Abraham, when he was (note:)Tried by the Lord.(:note) tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the Although the promises of life were made in that only begotten son Isaac, yet he appointed him to die; and so against hope he believed in hope. promises offered up his only begotten [son],

geneva@Hebrews:11:19 @ Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from (note:)From which death.(:note) whence also he received him in For there was not the true and very death of Isaac, but as it were the death, by means of which he seemed also to have risen again. a figure.

geneva@Hebrews:11:27 @ By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible.

geneva@Hebrews:11:28 @ Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them.

geneva@Hebrews:11:40 @ God having provided some better thing for us, that they (note:)For their salvation depended on Christ, who was exhibited in our days.(:note) without us should not be made perfect.

geneva@Hebrews:12:1 @ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, (note:)An applying of the former examples, by which we ought to be stirred up to run the whole race, casting away all hindrances and impediments.(:note) let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which For sin besieges us on all sides, so that we cannot escape. doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

geneva@Hebrews:12:6 @ For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:

geneva@Hebrews:12:13 @ And make (note:)Keep a right course, and so, that you show examples of good life for others to follow.(:note) straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

geneva@Hebrews:12:17 @ For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no (note:)There was no room left for his repentance: and it appears by the effects, what his repentance really was, for when he left his father's presence, he threatened to kill his brother.(:note) place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

geneva@Hebrews:12:19 @ Neither vnto the sounde of a trumpet, and the voyce of wordes, which they that heard it, excused themselues, that the word should not be spoken to them any more,

geneva@Hebrews:12:20 @ (For they were not able to abide that which was commaunded, yea, though a beast touche the mountaine, it shalbe stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

geneva@Hebrews:12:23 @ To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made (note:)So he calls them that are taken up to heaven, although one part of them sleeps in the earth.(:note) perfect,

geneva@Hebrews:12:24 @ And to Iesus the Mediatour of the new Testament, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel.

geneva@Hebrews:12:27 @ And this worde, Yet once more, signifieth the remouing of those things which are shaken, as of things which are made with hands, that the things which are not shaken, may remaine.

geneva@Hebrews:13:3 @ Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as (note:)Be so touched, as if their misery were yours.(:note) being yourselves also in the body.

geneva@Hebrews:13:6 @ So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what (note:)He contrasts man with God.(:note) man shall do unto me.

geneva@Hebrews:13:9 @ Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. (note:)He speaks to those who mixed an external worship and especially the difference of meats with the gospel which he clearly condemns as repugnant to the benefit of Christ.(:note) For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with By this one form which concerns the difference of clean and unclean meat, we have to understand all the ceremonial worship. meats, which have not profited them that have been Who observed the difference of them superstitiously. occupied therein.

geneva@Hebrews:13:12 @ Therefore euen Iesus, that he might sanctifie the people with his owne blood, suffered without the gate.

geneva@Hebrews:13:19 @ And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

geneva@Hebrews:13:20 @ The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting Couenant,

geneva@Hebrews:13:21 @ Make you (note:)Make you fit or suitable.(:note) perfect in every good work to do his will, From this comes that saying of the fathers, that God crowns his work in us. working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

geneva@Hebrews:13:23 @ Knowe that our brother Timotheus is deliuered, with whome (if hee come shortly) I will see you.

geneva@Hebrews:13:24 @ Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the Saintes. They of Italie salute you.

geneva@James:1:6 @ But let him ask in faith, (note:)Why then, what need is there of another mediator or priest?(:note) nothing wavering. A digression or going aside from his matter, as compared to prayers which are conceived with a doubting mind, but we have a trustworthy promise from God, and this is the second part of the epistle. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

geneva@James:1:7 @ Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.

geneva@James:1:21 @ Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with (note:)By meekness he means modesty, and anything that is contrary to a haughty and proud spirit.(:note) meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

geneva@James:2:1 @ My (note:)The first: charity which proceeds from a true faith, cannot exist with the respecting of people: which he proves plainly by using the example of those who, while having reproach or disdain for the poor, honour the rich.(:note) brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of For if we knew what Christ's glory is, and esteemed it as we should, there would not be the respecting of people that there is. glory, with respect of persons.

geneva@James:2:3 @ And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a (note:)In a worshipful and honourable place.(:note) good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

geneva@James:2:6 @ But ye have despised the poor. (note:)Secondly, he proves them to be fools: since the rich men are rather to be held detestable and cursed, considering that they persecute the church, and blaspheme Christ: for he speaks of wicked and profane rich men, as most of them have always been, beside whom he contrasts the poor and degraded.(:note) Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

geneva@James:2:7 @ Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are (note:)Literally, «which is called upon of you».(:note) called?

geneva@James:2:13 @ For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no (note:)He that is harsh and short with his neighbour, or else does not help him, he shall find God a hard and rough judge to him.(:note) mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

geneva@James:2:21 @ Was not Abraham our father (note:)Was he not by his works known and found to be justified? For he speaks not here of the causes of justification, but by what effects we may know that a man is justified.(:note) justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

geneva@James:3:1 @ My (note:)The sixth part or place: Let no man usurp (as most men ambitiously do) authority to judge and censure others harshly.(:note) brethren, be not many masters, A reason: Because they provoke God's anger against themselves, who do so eagerly and harshly condemn others, being themselves guilty and faulty. knowing that we Unless we cease from this imperious and proud finding of fault with others. shall receive the greater condemnation.

geneva@James:3:2 @ For in many things we offend all. (note:)The seventh place, concerning the bridling of the tongue, joined with the former, so that it is revealed that there is no man in who can not justly be found fault as well, seeing as it is a rare virtue to bridle the tongue.(:note) If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.

geneva@James:3:5 @ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. (note:)On the contrary part he shows how great inconveniences arise by the excesses of the tongue, throughout the whole world, to the end that men may so much the more diligently give themselves to control it.(:note) Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

geneva@James:3:6 @ And the tongue [is] a fire, a (note:)A heap of all mischiefs.(:note) world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and It is able to set the whole world on fire. setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

geneva@James:3:17 @ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of (note:)He sets mercy against the fierce and cruel nature of man, and shows that heavenly wisdom brings forth good fruits, for he that is heavenly wise, refers all things to God's glory, and the profit of his neighbours.(:note) mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

geneva@James:4:1 @ From (note:)He advances the same argument, condemning certain other causes of wars and contentions, that is, unbridled pleasures and uncontrolled lusts, by their effects, for so much as the Lord does worthily make them come to no effect, so that they bring nothing to them in whom they reside, but incurable torments.(:note) whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?

geneva@James:4:3 @ Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.

geneva@James:4:12 @ There is one Lawgiuer, which is able to saue, and to destroy. Who art thou that iudgest another man?

geneva@James:4:14 @ (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)

geneva@James:4:15 @ For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, and, if we liue, we will doe this or that.

geneva@James:5:1 @ Go (note:)He denounces utter destruction to the wicked and profane rich men, and such as are drowned in their riotousness, mocking their foolish confidence when there is nothing indeed more vain than such things.(:note) to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].

geneva@James:5:5 @ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have (note:)You have pampered yourselves.(:note) nourished your hearts, as in a The Hebrews call a day that is appointed to solemn banqueting, a day of slaughter or feasting. day of slaughter.

geneva@James:5:11 @ Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the (note:)What end the Lord gave.(:note) end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

geneva@James:5:17 @ Helias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rayne, and it rayned not on the earth for three yeeres and sixe moneths.

geneva@James:5:20 @ Let him knowe that he which hath conuerted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shal hide a multitude of sinnes.

geneva@1Peter:1:1 @ Peter an Apostle of Iesvs Christ, to the strangers that dwell here and there throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

geneva@1Peter:1:4 @ To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled, and that withereth not, reserued in heauen for vs,

geneva@1Peter:1:7 @ That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the (note:)He speaks of the second coming of Christ.(:note) appearing of Jesus Christ:

geneva@1Peter:1:11 @ Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe.

geneva@1Peter:1:12 @ Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost (note:)He alludes to the prophecy of Joel, which was exhibited upon the day of Pentecost, in the Apostles, as it were in the first fruits of the Holy Spirit, which this same prophecy Peter declares; (Act_2:6)(:note) sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

geneva@1Peter:1:21 @ Which by his meanes doe beleeue in God that raised him from the dead, and gaue him glorie, that your faith and hope might bee in God,

geneva@1Peter:2:1 @ Wherefore (note:)Having laid for the foundation the Spirit of God effectually working by the word, and having built on it three virtues which are the grounds of all Christian actions, that is, faith, hope, and charity: now he proceeds to a general exhortation the first part being that we flee all show of both secret and open malice.(:note) laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

geneva@1Peter:2:5 @ Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, (note:)Continuing, he compares us now to priests, placed for this purpose in the spiritual temple, that we should serve him with a spiritual worship, that is, with holiness and righteousness: but as the temple, so is the priesthood built upon Christ, in who alone all our spiritual offerings are accepted.(:note) an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

geneva@1Peter:2:14 @ Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him (note:)The second argument taken from the end of this order, which is not only most profitable, but also very necessary: seeing that by that this means virtue is rewarded, and vice punished, in which the peacefulness and happiness if this life consists.(:note) for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

geneva@1Peter:2:23 @ Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but (note:)He shows them a remedy against injuries, that is, that they commend their cause to God, by the example of Christ.(:note) committed [himself] to him He seems now to turn his speech to masters, who have also themselves a master and judge in heaven, who will justly avenge the injuries that are done to servants, without any respecting of people. that judgeth righteously:

geneva@1Peter:3:1 @ Likewise, (note:)In the third place he sets forth the wives' duties to their husbands, commanding them to be obedient.(:note) ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; He speaks namely of those who had husbands who were not Christians, who ought so much the more be subject to their husbands, that by their honest and chaste conversation, they may win them to the Lord. that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

geneva@1Peter:3:4 @ But [let it be] the (note:)Who has his abiding place fastened in the heart: so that the hidden man is set against the outward adorning of the body.(:note) hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is Precious indeed and so taken of God. in the sight of God of great price.

geneva@1Peter:3:6 @ Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are (note:)Because women are by nature fearful, he gives them to understand that he requires of them that subjection, which is not wrung out from them either by force or fear.(:note) not afraid with any amazement.

geneva@1Peter:3:12 @ For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the (note:)This word «face» after the manner of the Hebrews, is taken for «anger».(:note) face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.

geneva@1Peter:3:14 @ But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: (note:)A most certain counsel in afflictions, be they never so terrible, to be of a steady mind and to stand fast. But how shall we attain to it? If we sanctify God in our minds and hearts, that is to say, if we rest upon him as one that is almighty that loves mankind, that is good and true indeed.(:note) and be not afraid of their Be not dismayed as they are. terror, neither be troubled;

geneva@1Peter:3:15 @ But (note:)Give him all prayers and glory, and hang only on him.(:note) sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: He will have us, when we are afflicted for righteousness sake, to be careful not for redeeming of our life, either with denying or renouncing the truth, or with like violence, or any such means: but rather to give an account of our faith boldly, and yet with a meek spirit, and full of godly reverence, that the enemies may not have anything justly to object, but may rather be ashamed of themselves. and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

geneva@1Peter:3:16 @ Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

geneva@1Peter:3:20 @ Which sometime were disobedient, when (note:)This word «once» shows that there was a furthermost day appointed, and if that were once past, there should be no more.(:note) once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight Men. souls were saved by water.

geneva@1Peter:4:1 @ Forasmuch (note:)Having ended his digression and sliding from his matter, now he returns to the exhortation which he broke off, taking occasion by that which he said concerning the death and resurrection of Christ, so defining our sanctification, that to be sanctified, is all one has to suffer in the flesh, that is to say, to leave off from our wickedness and viciousness: and to rise again to God, that is to say, to be renewed by the virtue of the holy Spirit, that we may lead the rest of our life which remains after the will of God.(:note) then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

geneva@1Peter:4:2 @ That he no longer should live the (note:)So much of this present life as remains yet to be passed over.(:note) rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

geneva@1Peter:4:5 @ Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.

geneva@1Peter:5:1 @ The (note:)He describes peculiarly the office of the Elders, that is to say, of them that have the care of the Church.(:note) elders which are among you He uses a preface concerning the circumstance of his own person: that is, that he as their companion communes with them not of manners which he knows not, but in which he is as well experienced as any, and propounds to them no other condition but that which he himself has sustained before them, and still takes the same trouble, and also has the same hope together with them. I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

geneva@1Peter:5:6 @ Humble yourselves therefore (note:)Because those proud and lofty spirits threaten the modest and humble, the apostle warns us to set the power of God against the vanity of proud men, and to rely completely on his providence.(:note) under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

geneva@1Peter:5:9 @ Whom resist stedfast in the faith, (note:)The persecutions which Satan stirs up, are neither new nor proper to any one man, but from old and ancient times common to the whole Church, and therefore we must suffer patiently, in which we have such and so many fellows of our conflicts and combats.(:note) knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your Amongst your brethren which are dispersed throughout the world. brethren that are in the world.

geneva@2Peter:1:1 @ Simon (note:)A greeting, in which he gives them to understand that he deals with them as Christ's ambassadors, and otherwise agrees with them in the same faith which is grounded on the righteousness of Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour.(:note) Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the In that God, in standing by his promises, showed himself faithful, and therefore just to us. righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

geneva@2Peter:1:9 @ But he that lacketh these things is blind, and (note:)He that has not an effectual knowledge of God in him, is blind concerning the kingdom of God, for he cannot see things that are afar off, that is to say, heavenly things.(:note) cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

geneva@2Peter:1:14 @ Seeing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me.

geneva@2Peter:1:15 @ I will endeuour therefore alwayes, that ye also may be able to haue remembrance of these things after my departing.

geneva@2Peter:1:17 @ For he receiued of God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voyce to him from that excellent glory, This is my beloued Sonne, in whom I am well pleased.

geneva@2Peter:2:1 @ But (note:)As in times past there were two kinds of prophets, the one true and the other false, so Peter tells them that there will be true and false teachers in the Church, so much so that Christ himself will be denied by some, who nonetheless will call him redeemer.(:note) there were false prophets also among the Under the law, while the state and policy of the Jews was yet standing. people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

geneva@2Peter:2:4 @ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to (note:)So the Greeks called the deep dungeons under the earth, which should be appointed to torment the souls of the wicked in.(:note) hell, and delivered [them] into Bound them with darkness as with chains: and by darkness he means that most miserable state of life that is full of horror. chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

geneva@2Peter:2:5 @ And spared not the (note:)Which was before the flood: not that God made a new world, but because the world seemed new.(:note) old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a For one hundred and twenty years, he did not cease to warn the wicked both by word and deed, of the wrath of God hanging over their heads. preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

geneva@2Peter:2:6 @ And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrhe into ashes, condemned them and ouerthrewe them, and made them an ensample vnto them that after should liue vngodly,

geneva@2Peter:2:8 @ (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in (note:)Whatever way he looked, and turned his ears.(:note) seeing and hearing, He had a troubled soul, and being vehemently grieved, lived a painful life. vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)

geneva@2Peter:2:13 @ And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings (note:)When by being among the Christians in the holy banquets which the Church keeps, they would seem by that to be true members of the Church, yet they are indeed but blots on the Church.(:note) while they feast with you;

geneva@2Peter:2:18 @ For when they speak great (note:)They deceive with vain and swelling words.(:note) swelling [words] of vanity, they They take them, as fish are taken with the hook. allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were Unfeignedly and indeed, clean departed from idolatry. clean escaped from them who live in error.

geneva@2Peter:2:22 @ But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.

geneva@2Peter:3:14 @ Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in (note:)that you may try to your benefit, how gently and profitable he is.(:note) peace, without spot, and blameless.

geneva@2Peter:3:16 @ As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; (note:)There are some things that are obscure and dark which the ignorant use to overthrow men who are not established, wrestling the testimony of the scripture for their own destruction. But this is the remedy against such deceit, to labour that we may daily more and more grow up and increase in the knowledge of Christ.(:note) in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

geneva@1John:1:1 @ That (note:)He begins with the description of the person of Christ who he makes one and not two: and him both God from everlasting (for he was with the Father from the beginning, and is that eternal life) and also made true man, whom John himself and his companions both heard, beheld, and handled.(:note) which was from the beginning, which we have I heard him speak, I saw him myself with my eyes, I handled with my hands him that is true God, being made true man, and not I alone, but others also that were with me. heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the That same everlasting Word by whom all things are made, and in whom only is there life. Word of life;

geneva@1John:1:2 @ (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and (note:)Being sent by him: and that doctrine is correctly said to be shown, for no man could so much as have thought of it, if it had not been thus shown.(:note) shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

geneva@1John:1:3 @ That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, (note:)The use of this doctrine is this, that all of us being coupled and joined together with Christ by faith, might become the sons of God: in which only consists all true happiness.(:note) that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

geneva@1John:1:4 @ And these thinges write we vnto you, that that your ioy may be full.

geneva@1John:1:6 @ If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly:

geneva@1John:1:7 @ But if we walk in the (note:)God is said to be light by his own nature, and to be in light, that is to say, in that everlasting infinite blessedness: and we are said to walk in light in that the beams of that light shine to us in the Word.(:note) light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, A digression the matter at hand, to the remission of sins: for this our sanctification who walk in the light, is a testimony of our joining and knitting together with Christ: but because this our light is very dark, we must obtain another benefit in Christ, that is, that our sins may be forgiven us being sprinkled with his blood: and this in conclusion is the support and anchor of our salvation. and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

geneva@1John:2:1 @ My (note:)It does not follow that we must give our wicked nature free rein, or sin much more freely, because our sins are cleansed by the blood of Christ, but we must rather much more diligently resist sin, and yet we must not despair because of our weakness, for we have an advocate and a purger, Christ Jesus the Just, and therefore acceptable to his Father.(:note) little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an In that be names Christ, he eliminates all others. advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

geneva@1John:2:2 @ And he is the (note:)Reconciliation and intercession go together, to give us to understand that he is both advocate and high priest.(:note) propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the For men of all sorts, of all ages, and all places, so that this benefit being not to the Jews only, of whom he speaks as appears in (1Jo_2:7) but also to other nations. whole world.

geneva@1John:2:10 @ Hee that loueth his brother, abideth in that light, & there is none occasion of euil in him.

geneva@1John:2:11 @ But he that hateth his brother, is in darkenesse, and walketh in darkenesse, and knoweth not whither hee goeth, because that darkenesse hath blinded his eyes.

geneva@1John:2:16 @ For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.

geneva@1John:2:25 @ And this is the promes that he hath promised vs, euen that eternall life.

geneva@1John:2:27 @ But the (note:)The Spirit who you have received from Christ, and who has led you into all truth.(:note) anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye You are not ignorant of those things, and therefore I teach them not as things that were never heard of, but call them to your mind as things which you do know. need not that any man teach you: but as the same He commends both the doctrine which they had embraced, and also highly praises their faith, and the diligence of those who taught them, yet so, that he takes nothing from the honour due to the Holy Spirit. anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

geneva@1John:3:1 @ Behold, (note:)He begins to declare this agreement of the Father and the Son, at the highest cause, that is, at that free love of God towards us, with which he so loves us, that also he adopts us to be his children.(:note)What a gift of how great love. what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be That we should be the sons of God, and so, that all the world may see that we are so. called the sons of God: Before he declares this adoption, he says two things: the one, that this so great a dignity, is not to be esteemed according to the judgment of the flesh, because it is unknown to the world, for the world knows not God the Father himself. therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

geneva@1John:3:6 @ Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever (note:)He is said to sin, that does not give himself to purity, and in him sin reigns: but sin is said to dwell in the faithful, and not to reign in them.(:note) sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

geneva@1John:3:23 @...is then his commaundement, That we...

geneva@1John:3:24 @ And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the (note:)He means the Spirit of sanctification, whereby we are born again and live to God.(:note) Spirit which he hath given us.

geneva@1John:4:3 @ And euery spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: but this is the spirit of Antichrist, of whome ye haue heard, how that he should come, and nowe already he is in this world.

geneva@1John:4:8 @ He that loveth not knoweth not God; (note:)A confirmation: for it is the nature of God to love men, of which we have a most manifest proof above all other, in that of his only free and infinite good will towards us his enemies, he delivered to death, not a common man, but his own Son, indeed his only begotten Son, to the end that we being reconciled through his blood might be partakers in his everlasting glory.(:note) for God is love.

geneva@1John:4:9 @ Herein was that loue of God made manifest amongst vs, because God sent that his onely begotten sonne into this world, that we might liue through him.

geneva@1John:4:10 @ Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.

geneva@1John:4:13 @ Hereby know we, that we dwell in him, & he in vs: because he hath giuen vs of his Spirit.

geneva@1John:4:15 @ Whosoever shall (note:)With such a confession as comes from true faith, and is accompanied with love, so that there is an agreement of all things.(:note) confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

geneva@1John:4:16 @ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. (note:)A fourth reason: God is the fountain and wellspring of charity indeed charity itself: therefore whoever abides in it, has God with him.(:note) God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

geneva@1John:4:18 @ There is no (note:)If we understand by love, that we are in God, and God in us, that we are sons, and that we know God, and that everlasting life is in us: he concludes correctly, that we may well gather peace and quietness by this.(:note) fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

geneva@1John:5:1 @ Whosoever (note:)He advances in the same argument, showing how both those loves come to us, from that love with which God loves us, that is, by Jesus our mediator laid hold on by faith, in whom we are made the children of God, and do love the Father from whom we are begotten, and also our brothers who are begotten with us.(:note) believeth that Jesus is the Is the true Messiah. Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth By one, he means all the faithful. him also that is begotten of him.

geneva@1John:5:7 @ For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the (note:)See (Joh_8:13-14)(:note) Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are Agree in one. one.

geneva@1John:5:12 @ He that hath that Sonne, hath that life: and he that hath not that Sonne of God, hath not that life.

geneva@1John:5:15 @ And if we know that he heareth vs, whatsoeuer we aske, we know that we haue the petitions, that we haue desired of him.

geneva@1John:5:20 @ And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true (note:)The divinity of Christ is most clearly proved by this passage.(:note) God, and eternal life.

geneva@2John:1:1 @ The elder unto the (note:)This is not a proper name, but is to be taken as it sounds that is to say, the worthy and noble lady.(:note) elect Excellent and honourable woman. lady and her children, The bond of Christian union is the true and constant profession of the truth. whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

geneva@2John:1:5 @ And nowe beseeche I thee, Lady, (not as writing a newe commandement vnto thee, but that same which we had from the beginning) that we loue one another.

geneva@2John:1:6 @ And this is that loue, that we should walke after his commandements. This commandement is, that as ye haue heard from the beginning, ye should walke in it.

geneva@2John:1:9 @ Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Sonne.

geneva@2John:1:11 @ For he that biddeth him, God speede, is partaker of his euill deedes.

geneva@2John:1:12 @ Although I had many things to write vnto you, yet I woulde not write with paper & ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, & speake mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

geneva@3John:1:2 @ Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.

geneva@3John:1:3 @ For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.

geneva@3John:1:4 @ I have no greater joy than (note:)Than these joys.(:note) to hear that my children walk in truth.

geneva@3John:1:7 @ Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.

geneva@3John:1:8 @ We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be (note:)That we ourselves may help the preaching of the truth.(:note) fellowhelpers to the truth.

geneva@3John:1:10 @ Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.

geneva@3John:1:11 @ Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not (note:)Has not known God.(:note) seen God.

geneva@3John:1:12 @ Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.

geneva@Jude:1:1 @ Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and (note:)This is to distinguish between him and Judas Iscariot.(:note) brother of James, to them that are sanctified By God the Father. by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:

geneva@Jude:1:8 @ Likewise also these (note:)Who are so stupid and void of reason as if all their fears and wits were asleep.(:note) [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, Another most destructive doctrine of theirs, in that they take away the authority of the government and slander them. despise It is a greater matter to despise government than the governors, that is to say, the matter itself than the persons. dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

geneva@Jude:1:18 @ How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

geneva@Jude:1:25 @ That is, to God only wise, our Sauiour, be glorie, and maiestie, and dominion, and power, both nowe and for euer, Amen.

geneva@Revelation:1:2 @ Who bare record of ye word of God, & of the testimonie of Iesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

geneva@Revelation:1:3 @ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that heare the wordes of this prophecie, and keepe those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

geneva@Revelation:1:5 @ And from Jesus Christ, (note:)A most ample and honourable commendation of Christ, first from his offices of the priesthood and kingdom: secondly from his benefits, as his love toward us, and washing us with his blood, in this verse, and communication of his kingdom and priesthood with us: thirdly, from his eternal glory and power, which is always to be celebrated by us; (Rev_1:6) Finally, from the accomplishment of all things once to be effected by him, at his second coming, at which time he shall openly destroy the wicked, and comfort the godly in the truth; (Rev_1:7).(:note) [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

geneva@Revelation:1:10 @ I was in the (note:)This is a holy trance expressed, with which the prophets were entranced, and being carried out of the world, conversed with God: and so Ezekiel says often, that he was carried from place to place by the Spirit, and that the Spirit of the Lord came on him.(:note) Spirit on the He calls it the Lord's day, which Paul calls the first day of the week; (1Co_16:2). Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

geneva@Revelation:1:11 @ Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, that first and that last: & that which thou seest, write in a booke, and send it vnto the seuen Churches which are in Asia, vnto Ephesus, and vnto Smyrna, and vnto Pergamus, and vnto Thyatira, and vnto Sardis, and vnto Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicea.

geneva@Revelation:2:1 @ Unto (note:)The former part of this book is comprised in a narration of those things which then were, as John taught us, in (Rev_1:19) it belongs wholly to instruction, and in these two next chapters, contains seven places, according to the number and condition of those churches which were named before in (Rev_1:11) shown in (Rev_1:12) and distributed most aptly into their pastors and flocks, (Rev_1:10) which verse of that chapter is a passage to the first part. Every one of these seven passages has three principal parts, an introduction taken from the person of the reprehension of that which is evil: an instruction, containing either an exhortation alone, or a dissuasion opposite to it, and a conclusion stirring to attention, by divine promises. This first passage is to the pastors of the church of Ephesus.(:note) the angel of the church of Ephesus write; The introduction in which are contained the special prayers of Christ Jesus the author of this prophecy out of (Rev_1:6, Rev_1:13). These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

geneva@Revelation:2:6 @ But this thou hast, that thou hatest the workes of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.

geneva@Revelation:2:10 @ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have (note:)That is, of ten years. For so commonly both in this book and in Daniel, years are signified by days: that God by this might declare, that the space of time is appointed by him and the same very short. Now because John wrote this book in the end of Domitian the Emperor's reign, as Justinus and Ireneus do witness, it is altogether necessary that this should be referred to that persecution which was done by the authority of the emperor Trajan: who began to make havock of the Christian church in the tenth year of his reign, as the historians do write: and his bloody persecution continued until Adrian the emperor had succeeded in his stead: The space of which time is precisely ten years, which are here mentioned.(:note) tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

geneva@Revelation:2:14 @ But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to (note:)That which is here spoken of things offered to idols, is meant of the same type which Paul speaks of in (1Co_10:14).(:note) eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

geneva@Revelation:2:15 @ So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the (note:)Which follow the footsteps of Balaam, and such as are abandoned to all filthiness, as he showed in the verse before, and is here signified by a note of similarity, and thus also must (Rev_2:6) be understood. For this matter especially Ireneus must be consulted as well.(:note) Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

geneva@Revelation:2:20 @ Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit (note:)Often in the scripture, by fornication they mean idolatry.(:note) fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

geneva@Revelation:2:22 @ Beholde, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her, into great affliction, except they repent them of their workes.

geneva@Revelation:2:23 @ And I will kill her children with death: and all the Churches shall know that I am he which searche the reines and heartes: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according vnto your workes.

geneva@Revelation:2:24 @ But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the (note:)He points out the bragging of certain men, who boasted of their deep, that is, plentiful and common knowledge, which nonetheless is devilish.(:note) depths of Satan, as they speak; I will I will speak no worse thing against you, being content to have showed you what I require to be in you. put upon you none other burden.

geneva@Revelation:2:25 @ But that which ye haue alreadie, hold fast till I come.

geneva@Revelation:2:29 @ Let him that hath an eare, heare what the Spirite saith to the Churches.

geneva@Revelation:3:1 @ And unto the angel of the church in (note:)Sardis is the name of a most flourishing and famous city, where the kings of Lydia kept their courts.(:note) Sardis The fifth passage is to the pastors of Sardis. The introduction is taken from (Rev_1:4, Rev_1:16). write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a You are said to live, but are dead indeed. name that thou livest, and art dead.

geneva@Revelation:3:2 @ Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are (note:)Other things, whose state is such, that they are now going, and unless they are confirmed, will perish without delay.(:note) ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

geneva@Revelation:3:4 @ Thou hast a few names even in Sardis (note:)That is, who have with all religion guarded themselves from sin and moral corruption, even from the very show of evil; (Jud_1:23).(:note) which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in Pure from all spot, and shining with glory. So it is to be understood always hereafter, as in (Rev_3:5). white: for they are They are suitable and proper, that is, because they are justified in Christ, as they have truly showed it: for he who acts righteously is righteous in the same way that a tree bears good fruit; (Rom_8:18). worthy.

geneva@Revelation:3:5 @ He that ouercommeth, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I will not put out his name out of the booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.

geneva@Revelation:3:6 @ Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches.

geneva@Revelation:3:9 @ Behold, I will make them (note:)I will bring them to that case.(:note) of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come That is, fall down and worship either you civilly, or Christ religiously at thy feet (this is how I would rather take it) whether here in the Church (which seems more proper to the argument here) or there in the world to come, for Christ shall truly fulfil his word. and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

geneva@Revelation:3:10 @ Because thou hast (note:)Because you have been patient and constant, as I would have my servants be.(:note) kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

geneva@Revelation:3:11 @ Beholde, I come shortly: holde that which thou hast, that no man take thy crowne.

geneva@Revelation:3:13 @ Let him that hath an eare, heare what ye Spirit saith vnto the Churches.

geneva@Revelation:3:16 @ Therefore, because thou art Luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth.

geneva@Revelation:3:17 @ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, (note:)The spiritual misery of men is metaphorically expressed in three points which are matched as corresponds to those remedies offered in (Rev_3:18).(:note) and poor, and blind, and naked:

geneva@Revelation:3:18 @ I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.

geneva@Revelation:3:22 @ Let him that hath an eare, heare what the Spirit saieth vnto the Churches.

geneva@Revelation:4:1 @ After (note:)Hereafter follows the second part of this book, altogether prophetical foretelling those things which were to come, as was said in (Rev_1:19). This is divided into two histories: one common to the whole world, till Chapter 9 and another unique to the Church of God, till Chapter 22. These histories are said to be described in several books (Rev_5:1, Rev_10:2). Now this verse is a passage from the former part to this second: where it is said, that heaven was opened, that is, that heavenly things were unlocked and that a trumpet sounded in heaven, to stir up the apostle, and call him to the understanding of things to come. The first history has two parts: one the causes of things done and of this whole revelation in this next chapter, another of the acts done in the next four chapters. The principal causes according to the economy or dispensation of it, are two: One the beginning, which none can approach, that is, God the Father, of whom is spoken in this chapter. The other, the Son, who is the secondary cause, easy to be approached, in that he is God and man in one person; (Rev_5:5-9).(:note) this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

geneva@Revelation:4:2 @ And (note:)The manner of revelation:(:note) immediately I was See (Rev_1:10). in the spirit: A description of God the Father, and of his glory in the heavens, explained to men by his office, nature, attending company, effect, instruments and events that follow afterwards. In this verse he is presented in office as a judge as Abraham said; (Gen_18:25) which is declared by his throne as sign of judgment, and his sitting on it. and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.

geneva@Revelation:4:8 @ And the (note:)Every beast had six wings.(:note) four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not By events, in that for all the causes before mentioned, God is glorified both by angels, as holy, Judge, omnipotent, eternal and immutable and also after their example he is glorified by holy men (Rev_4:9) in sign and speech (Rev_4:10). day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

geneva@Revelation:4:9 @ And when those beasts (note:)God is said to have glory, honour, kingdom, and such like given to him, when we godly and reverently set forth that which is properly and only his.(:note) give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

geneva@Revelation:5:1 @ And (note:)A passing to the second principal cause, which is the Son of God, God and man, the mediator of all, as the eternal word of God the Father, manifest in the flesh. This chapter has two parts: one that prepares the way to the revelation, by rehearsal of the occasions that occurred in the first four verses (Rev_5:2-5). Another, the history of the revelation of Christ, from there to the end of the chapter (Rev_5:6-14).(:note) I saw in the That is, in the very right hand of God. right hand of him that sat on the throne Here are shown the occasions for which the principal cause, and this revelation was also necessary: the same are three, the first a present vision of the book of the counsels of God, concerning the government of this whole world, which book is said to be laid up with the Father as it were in his hand: but shut up and unknown to all creature, in this verse. The second is a religious desire of the angels of God to understand the mysteries of this book (1Pe_1:12) (Rev_5:2). The third is a lamentation of John and all the godly, moved by the same desire (Rev_5:4) when they saw that it was an impossible thing for any creature to do: which is declared in (Rev_5:3). a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

geneva@Revelation:5:6 @ And I beheld, and, lo, (note:)The sum of this revelation: Christ the mediator takes and opens the book (Rev_5:6,7). Therefore this revelation describes the person of Christ. The person is described this way: Christ the mediator between God, angels and men, as the eternal word of God, and our redeemer: as the Lamb of God, standing as slain and making intercession for us by the power and merit of his everlasting sacrifice, is armed with the Spirit of God, that is, with the power and wisdom of God effectually to the government of this whole world.(:note) in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

geneva@Revelation:5:12 @ Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to (note:)To have all praise given to him, as to the mightest and wisest(:note) receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

geneva@Revelation:6:1 @ And (note:)This is the second part of this first history (which I said was common and of the whole world) of the works of God in the government of all things. There are generally three parts to this: the forewarning, the caution, and the execution of all the evils which God sends on this world, which was scarcely postponed by him. The forewarning is set down in this chapter, the caution for preserving the Church is in the next chapter, and the execution is described in (Rev_8:9) In each part of the forewarning, there are three points: the distinct and express calling of John to prepare himself to take knowledge of the things that are to be showed to him in the opening of the seals, the sign, and the word expounding the sign. Though the express calling of John is used in only four of the signs, yet the same is also to be understood in the rest that follow. The author of the forewarnings is the Lamb as that word of the Father made the Mediator, opening the seals of the book. The instruments are the angels in most of the visions, who explain the sign and the words of it. Now this first verse contains an express calling of John to record the opening of the first seal.(:note) I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

geneva@Revelation:6:2 @ And (note:)The first sign, joined with a declaration, is that because of the sins and horrible rebellion of the world, God will invade the world: and first of all will suddenly, mightily, and gloriously, as if with arrows of pestilence from a distance, beat down the same as Judge, and triumph over it as conqueror.(:note) I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

geneva@Revelation:6:3 @ And (note:)The second sign joined with words of declaration (after the express calling of John as before) is, that God being provoked to wrath by the obstinacy and hard heartedness of the world, not repenting for the former plague: as setting on the same at hand, will cause disputes among men, and will destroy the inhabitants of this world, by the swords of one another.(:note) when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

geneva@Revelation:6:4 @ And there went out an other horse, that was red, & power was giuen to him that sate thereon, to take peace fro the earth, & that they should kill one another, & there was giuen vnto him a great sword.

geneva@Revelation:6:6 @ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A (note:)It is here signified how little grain there was, for the word used here is a unit of measure for dry things, about an eighth of a bushel, which was a typical daily ration given to servants.(:note) measure of wheat for a penny, I would rather interpret and read the words this way, «And the wine and the oil you will not distribute unjustly.» In this sense likewise the wine and the oil will be sold a very little for a penny. You will not distribute unjustly, namely, when you measure out a very little for a great price: so are the times evident: otherwise it would be true, as the wise man says, that whoever withholds the grain will be cursed by the people; (Pro_11:26). and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

geneva@Revelation:6:8 @ And I looked, and beholde, a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and Hell folowed after him, & power was giuen vnto them ouer the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sworde, and with hunger, and with death, and with beasts of the earth.

geneva@Revelation:6:10 @ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Lord, which art holie and true! doest not thou iudge and auenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

geneva@Revelation:6:11 @ And (note:)As before (Rev_3:4).(:note) white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be Until their number is completed fulfilled.

geneva@Revelation:6:16 @ And said to the mountains and rocks, (note:)These are words of those who despair of escape: of the cause of this despair there are two arguments, the presence of God and the Lamb provoked to wrath against the world, in this verse: and the awareness of their own weakness, feeling that they are not able to survive the day of the wrath of God (Rev_6:17) as it is said in (Isa_14:27).(:note) Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

geneva@Revelation:7:1 @ And (note:)The second part of this section is a preventing of danger, as we distinguished before in (Rev_6:1) that is, of the caution of God ahead of time to provide for his, after the example of the Israelites; (Exo_8:23) the faithful are exempted from the plagues of this wicked world. This section is a dialogue and bringing in for this whole chapter by occasion of the prediction and argument of the sixth seal. For first harm is withheld from the elect, (Rev_7:1-9). Then thanks are given by the elect for that cause (Rev_7:10-12). Lastly, the accomplishment of it is set forth to the end of the chapter. The first verse is a transition, speaking of the angels who keep the lesser parts from harm, until God commands. For, as in (Eze_10:19), their faces and their wings reach up, continually waiting on and watching the countenance of God for their direction and every one of them goes into that part that is right before his face: wherever the Spirit goes, they go, they do not step out of the way, not so much as a foot breadth from the path commanded to them by God.(:note) after these things I saw four angels standing on the On the four corners or coasts of the earth. four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, That is, neither into the air, into which the trees grow. nor on any tree.

geneva@Revelation:7:14 @ And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, (note:)The explanation of the vision, in which the angel tells first the acts of the saints, that is, their sufferings and work of faith in Christ Jesus, in this verse. Secondly their glory: both present, which consists in two things, that they minister to God, and that God protects them (Rev_7:15) and to come, in their perfect deliverance from all annoyances (Rev_7:16) and in participation of all good things which the memory of past hurts shall never be able to diminish (Rev_7:17). The cause efficient and which contains all these things is only one, the Lamb of God, the Lord, the Mediator, and the Saviour Christ Jesus.(:note) These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

geneva@Revelation:7:15 @ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him (note:)He alludes to the Levites, who served day and night, for there is no night in heaven.(:note) day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell Or, upon them, referring to God's defence and protection of those who are as safe, as men in the Lord's tents. among them.

geneva@Revelation:8:4 @ And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, (note:)Our prayers are worth nothing, unless the true and sweet savour of that only sacrifice be especially and before all things with them, that is to say, unless we are first of all justified through faith in his Son, acceptable to him.(:note) ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

geneva@Revelation:8:11 @ And the name of the star is called (note:)This is spoken by metaphor of a commonly known bitter herb: unless perhaps a man following those that note the derivation of words would rather explain it as an adjective for that which cannot be drunk because of its bitterness, causing the liquid it is made into to be more bitter than any man can drink.(:note) Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

geneva@Revelation:9:5 @ And to them was comanded that they should not kil them, but that they should be vexed fiue moneths, & that their paine should be as the paine that commeth of a scorpion, when he hath stung a man.

geneva@Revelation:9:14 @ Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, (note:)As if he should have said, these till now have been bound by the power of God, that they could not freely run over all men as they lusted, but were held and restrained at that great river of Euphrates, that is, in their spiritual Babylon (or this is a paraphrase of the spiritual Babylon, by the limits of the visible Babylon long since overthrown) that they might not commit those horrible slaughters, which they long breathed after. Now go to it, let loose those four angels, that is, administers of the wrath of God, in that number that is convenient to the slaughtering of the four quarters of the world: stir them up and give them the bridle, that rushing out of that Babylon of theirs, which is the seat of the wicked ones, they may fly over all the world, therein to rage, and most licentiously to practise their tyranny, as God has ordained. This was done when Gregory the ninth by public authority established as Law, his own Decretals, by which he might freely lay traps for the life of simple men. For who is it that sees not that the laws of Decretal, most of them are snares to catch souls with? Since that time (O good God) how many great slaughters have there been? How many great massacres? All history is full of them: and this our age abounds with most horrible and monstrous examples of the these.(:note) Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

geneva@Revelation:9:17 @ And thus I saw the horses in a vision, & them that sate on them, hauing firie habbergions, and of Iacinth, and of brimstone, and the heads of the horses were as the heades of lyons: and out of their mouthes went foorth fire and smoke and brimstone.

geneva@Revelation:9:18 @ Of these three was the thirde part of men killed, that is, of the fire, and of the smoke, and of the brimstone, which came out of their mouthes.

geneva@Revelation:10:1 @ And (note:)Now John passes to the other prophetical history, which is of the Church of God, as I showed that this book should be distinguished (Rev_4:1). This story goes from here to (Rev_22:1). This whole chapter is a transition from the common history of the world to that which is particular of the Church. There are in this transition or passage, two preparatives as it were, to this Church story comprised in this whole chapter. One is the authority of Christ revealing his mysteries and calling his servant, to (Rev_10:7). The other is John, his calling proper to this place, and repeated from before to the end of this chapter. Authority is given to this revelation, by these things: first, by the appearing from heaven in this habit and countenance, strong, ready glorious surveying all things by his providence, and governing them by his omnipotence (Rev_10:1). Secondly, that he brought not by chance, but out of a book, this open revelation, set forth to the eye, to signify the same to the sea and land, as the Lord over all (Rev_10:2). Thirdly that he offered the same not whispering or muttering in a corner (as false prophets do) but crying out with a loud voice to those who sleep, and with a lionish and terrible noise roused the secure: the very thunders themselves giving testimony to it (Rev_10:3). Lastly, for that he confirmed all by another (Rev_10:5-7).(:note) I saw Christ Jesus, see (Rev_7:2) another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

geneva@Revelation:10:2 @ And he had in his hand a (note:)Namely, a special book of the affairs of God's Church: For the book that contains things belonging to the whole world, is said to be kept with the Creator (Rev_5:1) but the book of the Church, with the Redeemer: and out of this book is taken the rest of the history of this Apocalypse.(:note) little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth,

geneva@Revelation:10:5 @ And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth (note:)This was a gesture used of one that swears, which men do now use.(:note) lifted up his hand to heaven,

geneva@Revelation:10:6 @ And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, (note:)Neither time itself, nor the things that are in time: but that the world to come is at hand, which is altogether of eternity, and beyond all times.(:note) that there should be There shall never be any more time. time no longer:

geneva@Revelation:11:1 @ And there (note:)The authority of the intended revelation being declared, together with the necessity of that calling which was particularly imposed on John after which follows the history of the estate of Christ his Church, both conflicting or warring, and overcoming in Christ. For the true Church of Christ is said to fight against that which is falsely so called, over which Antichrist rules, Christ Jesus overthrowing Antichrist by the spirit of his mouth: and Christ is said to overcome most gloriously until he shall slay Antichrist by the appearance of his coming, as the apostle teaches in (2Th_2:8). So this history has two parts: One of the state of the Church conflicting with temptations until Chapter 16. The other of the state of the same church obtaining victory, thence to Chapter 20. The first part has two sections most conveniently distributed into their times, of which the first contains a history of the Christian Church for 1260 years, what time the gospel of Christ was as it were taken up from among men into heaven: the second contains a history of the same Church to the victory perfected. These two sections are briefly, though distinctly propounded in this chapter, but both of them are discoursed after in due order. For we understand the state of the Church conflicting, out of Chapters 12 and 13, and of the same growing out of afflictions, out of Chapters 14 to 16. Neither did John unknowingly join together the history of these two times in this chapter, because here is spoken of prophecy, which all confess to be but one just and immutable in the Church, and which Christ commanded to be continual. The history of the former time reaches to (Rev_11:2-14), the latter is set down in the rest of this chapter (Rev_11:15-19). In the former are shown these things: the calling of the servants of God in (Rev_11:4) the conflicts which the faithful must undergo in their calling, for Christ and his Church, thence to (Rev_11:5-10) and their resurrection, and receiving up into heaven to (Rev_11:11-14). In the calling of the servants of God, two things are mentioned: the begetting and settling of the Church in two verses, and the education of it in two verses. The begetting of the Church is here commended to John by sign and by speech: the sign is a measuring rod, and the speech a commandment to measure the Temple of God, that is, to reduce the same to a new form: because the Gentiles are already entered into the Temple of Jerusalem, and shall shortly defile and overthrow it completely.(:note) was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and Either that of Jerusalem's, which was a figure of the Church of Christ, or that heavenly model in (Rev_11:19) but I like the first better, and the things following all agree to it. The sense therefore is, you see all things in God's house, almost from the passion of Christ, to be disordered: and not only the city of Jerusalem, but also the court of the Temple is trampled under foot by the nations, and by profane men whether Jews or strangers: and that only this Temple, that is, the body of the Temple, with the altar, and a small company of good men who truly worship God, do now remain, whom God sanctifies and confirms by his presence. Measure therefore this, even this true Church, or rather the true type of the true Church, omitting the rest, and so describe all things from me, that the true Church of Christ may be as it were a very little centre, and the Church of Antichrist as the circle of the centre, every way in length and breadth compassing about the same, that by way of prophecy you may so declare openly, that the state of the Temple of God, and the faithful who worship him, that is, of the Church, is much more upright than the Church of Antichrist. measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

geneva@Revelation:11:3 @ And (note:)I would rather translate it «illud» than «illam» the temple than the city: for God says, I will give that temple, and commit it to my two witnesses, that is, to the ministers of the word, who are few indeed, weak and contemptible: but yet two, that is, of such a number as one of them may help another, and one confirm the testimony of another to all men, that from the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be made good among men; (2Co_13:1).(:note) I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall They will exercise their office enjoined by me by the space of those 1260 years, in the midst of afflictions though never so lamentable, which is figuratively shown by the mourning garment. prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

geneva@Revelation:11:6 @ These haue power to shut heauen, that it raine not in the dayes of their prophecying, and haue power ouer waters to turne them into blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they will.

geneva@Revelation:11:8 @ And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the (note:)That is, openly at Rome: where at that time was a most great crowd of people, the year of Jubile being then first ordained by Boniface to the same end, in the year 1300, an example of which is read in chapter 1 «Extra, de poenitentys strkjv@066:011:008 And their corpses shall lie in the streetes of the great citie, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord also was crucified. amp; remissionibus.» So by one act he committed two wrongs against Christ, both abolishing his truth by restoring the type of the Jubile, and triumphing over his members by wicked superstition. O religious heart! Now that we should understand the things of Rome, John himself is the author, both after in the seventeenth chapter almost throughout, and also in the restriction now next following, when he says, it is that great city (as he calls it) (Rev_17:18) and is spiritually termed Sodom and Egypt: and that spiritually (for that must here again be repeated from before) Christ was there crucified. For the two first names signify spiritual wickednesses: the latter signifies the show and pretence of good, that is, of Christian and sound religion. Sodom signifies most licentious impiety and in the most confident glorying of that city, as it were in true religion, being yet full of falsehood and ungodliness. Now who is ignorant that these things do rather, and better fit Rome, than any other city? The commendations of the city of Rome for many years past, are publicly notorious, which are not for me to gather together. This only I will say, that he long since did very well see what Rome is, who upon leaving, used these verses: «Roma vale, vidi, Satis est vidisse: revertar, Quumleno, meretrix, scurra, cinadus ero.» «Now farewell Rome, I have seen thee, it was enough to see: I will return when as I mean, bawd, harlot knave to be»(:note) street of the great city, which After a more secret type of meaning and understanding. spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, Namely in his parts, as also he said to Saul in (Act_9:5) where also our Lord was crucified.

geneva@Revelation:11:10 @ And they that dwell upon the earth (note:)So much the more shall they by this occasion exercise the hilarity of their Jubile.(:note) shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets The gospel of Christ is the affliction of the world, and the ministry of it, the savour of death to death, to those that perish, (2Co_2:16). tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

geneva@Revelation:11:12 @ And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, (note:)They were called by God into heaven, and taken out of this wicked world, into the heavenly Church, which also lies hidden here in the earth, to exercise their calling secretly: of whom this wretched world was unworthy; (Heb_11:38). For the church of the wicked is by comparison called the earth, or the world: and the Church of the godly, heaven. As it was in ancient times among the godly Israelites: so among the Jews in the days of Manasseh and other kings, when the earth refused the heirs of heaven, we read that they lay hidden as heaven in the earth.(:note) Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; Yet they could not hinder the secret ones of the Lord (as the Psalmist called them) (Psa_83:3) but they prospered in his work. and their enemies beheld them.

geneva@Revelation:11:19 @ And the temple of God was (note:)This is the confirmation of the next prophecy before going by signs exhibited in heaven, and that of two sorts, of which some are visible, as the passing away of the heaven, the opening of the temple, the ark of the covenant appearing in the temple, and testifying the glorious presence of God, and the lightning: others apprehended by ear and feeling, which bear witness in heaven and earth to the truth of the judgments of God.(:note) opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

geneva@Revelation:12:1 @ And (note:)Until now it has been the general prophecy, comprehended in two parts, as I showed in (Rev. strkjv@11:1-19). Now will be declared the first part of this prophecy, in this and the next chapter and the latter part in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth chapters. To the first part, which is about the conflicting or militant Church belong two things. The beginning and the progress of the same in conflicts and Christian combats. Of which two the beginning of the Church is described in this chapter, and the progress of it in the chapter following. The beginning of the Christian Church we define as the first moment of the conception of Christ, until the time in which this church was weaned and taken away from the breast or milk of her mother: which is the time when the Church of the Jews with their city and temple was overthrown by the judgment of God. So we have in this chapter the story of 69 years and upwards. There are three parts to this chapter. The first, is the history of the conception and pregnancy in (Rev_12:1-4). The second, a history of the birth from (Rev_12:5-12). The third is about the woman who gave birth, to the end of the chapter. These several parts each have their conflicts. Therefore in the first part are two verses: and another of the lying in wait of the dragon against the child about to be born, in the next two verses. In the first point are these things, the description of the mother (Rev_12:1) and the pains of childbirth in (Rev_12:2) all shown to John from heaven.(:note) there appeared a great wonder in heaven; A type of the true holy Church which was at that time in the Jewish nation. This Church (as is the state of the Catholic church) did in itself shine with glory given by God, immutable and unchangeable, and possessed the kingdom of heaven as the heir of it. a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

geneva@Revelation:12:2 @ And (note:)For this is the barren woman who had not given birth; (Isa_45:1; Gal_4:27). She cried out with good cause, and was tormented at that time, when in the judgment of all she seemed near to death, about to die because of her weakness and poverty.(:note) she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

geneva@Revelation:12:3 @ And there appeared another wonder in heaven; (note:)That is the devil or Satan, see (Rev_12:9), mighty, angry and full of wrath.(:note) and behold a great red dragon, having By this to withstand those seven churches spoken of, that is, the catholic church, and that with kingly objects and tyrannical magnificence: signified by the crowns set on his heads, as if they belonged to him by the proper right, without controversy: as also he boasted to Christ; See (Mat_4:9; Rev_13:1). seven heads and ten More than the horns of the Lamb, or than the churches are: so well equipped does the tyrant brag himself to be, to do all manner of wickedness. horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

geneva@Revelation:12:7 @ And there was war in heaven: (note:)Christ is the Prince of angels and head of the Church, who bears that iron rod (Rev_12:5). Also {{See Dan_12:1}}. In this verse a description of the battle and of the victory in the two verses following (Rev_12:8-9). The psalmist noted this battle as did Paul; (Psa_68:9; Eph_4:8; Col_2:15).(:note) Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

geneva@Revelation:12:9 @ And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuil and Satan, was cast out, which deceiueth all the world: he was euen cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

geneva@Revelation:12:10 @ And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, (note:)The song of victory or triumph containing first, a proposition of the glory of God and of Christ shown in that victory: secondly, it contains a reason for the same proposition, taken from the effects, as the enemy is overcome in battle, in this verse, and the godly are made conquerors (and more than conquerors) (Rom_8:37). Thirdly a conclusion, in which is an exhortation to the angels, and to the saints: and to the word, a prophecy of great misery, and of destruction obtained by the devil against mankind, since he himself will soon be miserable (Rev_12:12).(:note) Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

geneva@Revelation:12:12 @ Therefore reioyce, ye heauens, and ye that dwell in them. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth, and of the sea: for the deuill is come downe vnto you, which hath great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

geneva@Revelation:12:13 @ And when (note:)The third part: a history of the woman delivered, consisting of two parts, the present battle of Satan against the Christian Church of the Jewish nation, in (Rev_12:13-16): and the battle intended against the Church of the Gentiles, which is called holy by reason of the gospel of Christ in (Rev_12:17).(:note) the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child].

geneva@Revelation:13:2 @ And the beast which I saw was like (note:)Swift as the leopard, easily grabbing all things, as the bear does with his foot, and tearing and devouring all things with the mouth as a lion does.(:note) unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: That is, he lent the same power to the beast to use, when he perceived that he could not escape, but must be taken by the hand of the angel, and cast into the bottomless pit; (Rev_20:1-15) yet he did abandon the same power completely from himself, but that he might use it as long as he could. and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

geneva@Revelation:13:6 @ And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, (note:)That is, the holy Church, the true house of the living God.(:note) and his tabernacle, That is, the godly who as a group hid themselves from his cruelty. For this bloody beast charged those holy souls falsely with innumerable accusations for the name of Christ as we read in Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Arnobius, Minutius, Eusebius, Augustine and others: whose example the latter times followed most diligently, in destroying the flock of Christ: and we in our own memory have found by experience, to our incredible grief. Concerning heaven, see in (Rev_11:12) and them that dwell in heaven.

geneva@Revelation:13:8 @ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, (note:)That is, such as are not from everlasting elected in Christ Jesus. For this is that Lamb slain; (Rev_5:6). These words I do with Aretas, distinguish in this manner: whose names are not written from the laying of the foundation of the world, in the book of Life, of the Lamb slain. This distinction is confirmed by a similar verse in (Rev_17:8).(:note) whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

geneva@Revelation:13:14 @ And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an (note:)That is, images, by «enallage» or change of the number: for the worship of them ever since the second Council of Nicea, has been ordained in the Church by public credit and authority, contrary to the Law of God.(:note) image to the In the Greek the word is in the Dative case, as much to say, as to the worship, honour and obeying of the beast: for by this maintenance of images, this pseudo-prophetical beast mightily profits the beast of Rome, of whom long ago he received them. Wherefore the same is hereafter fittingly called the image of the beast, for images have their beginning from the beast, and have their form or manner from the will of the beast, and have their end and use fixed in the profit and commodity of the beast. beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

geneva@Revelation:13:17 @ And that no man might (note:)That is, have any trade or dealings with men, but only those who have this annointing and consecration of Clearkely shaving of the head, as they call it, read Gratian «de Consecratione, distincione tertia.c.omnes.cap spiritus, etc.» of these matters.(:note) buy or sell, save he that had the Here the false prophets require three things, set down in the order of their greatness, a character, a name, and the number of the name. The meaning is, that man that does not have their first annointing and clerical shaving of the head: secondly holy orders, by which is communicated the name of the beast: or finally has not attained that high degree of pontifical knowledge, and of the law (as they call it) canonical, and has not made up in account and cast the number of the mysteries of it: for in these things consists the number of the name of the beast. This is excellently set forth in the next verse. mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

geneva@Revelation:14:1 @ And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb (note:)The history of the Church of Christ being finished for more than a 1300 years at which time Boniface the eighth lived as has been said: there remains the rest of the history of the conflicting or militant church, from there to the time of the last victory in three chapters. For first of all, as the foundation of the whole history, is described the standing of the Lamb with his army and retinue in five verses, after his worthy acts which he has done and yet does in most mighty manner, while he overthrows Antichrist with the spirit of his mouth, in the rest of this chapter and in the two following. To the description of the Lamb, are propounded three things: his situation, place and attendance: for the rest are expounded in the former visions, especially in the fifth chapter.(:note) stood on the mount Sion, and with him Prepared to do his office see (Act_7:56), in the midst of the church, which mount Zion pictured before. an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's This retinue of the Lamb is described first by divine mark (as before in) (Rev_7:2) in this verse. Then by divine occupation, in that every one in his retinue most earnestly and sweetly (Rev_14:2) glorify the Lamb with a special song before God and his elect angels. Flesh and blood cannot hear this song, nor understand, (Rev_14:3). Lastly by their deeds done before, and their sanctification in that they were virgins, pure from spiritual and bodily fornication, that is, from impiety and unrighteousness. They followed the Lamb as a guide to all goodness, cleaved to him and are holy to him, as by grace redeemed by him. In truth and simplicity of Christ they have exercised all these things, sanctimony of life, the guidance of the Lamb, a thankful remembrance of redemption by him and finally (to conclude in a word) they are blameless before the Lord, (Rev_14:4-5). name written in their foreheads.

geneva@Revelation:14:3 @ And they sung as it were a newe song before the throne, and before the foure beasts, and the Elders: and no man could learne that song, but the hundreth, fourtie and foure thousand, which were bought from the earth.

geneva@Revelation:14:8 @ And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the (note:)Of her fornication, by which God was provoked to wrath.(:note) wrath of her fornication.

geneva@Revelation:14:9 @ And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, (note:)That is, will not worship God alone, but will transfer his divine honour to this beast, whether he do it with his heart, or counterfeiting in show. «For he (says Christ) that denies me before men, him will I deny before my Father and his angels» (Mat_10:32). This is the voice of the holy ministry, which at this time is used of the holy and faithful servants of God. For having now sufficiently found out the public obstinacy of Babylon, they no longer work to speak out against the same: but to save some particular members by terror (as Jude speaks) and to pluck them out of the flame: or else lead them away by vehement commiseration of their state, they set before them eternal death into which they rush unaware, unless they return to God in time, but the godly who are of their own flock, they exhort to patience, obedience and faith to others.(:note) If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

geneva@Revelation:14:13 @ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die (note:)That is, for the Lord.(:note) in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their By works, is meant the reward which follows good works. works do follow them.

geneva@Revelation:14:16 @ And he that sate on the cloude, thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

geneva@Revelation:14:18 @ And another Angel came out from the altar, which had power ouer fire, and cryed with a loude crie to him that had the sharpe sickle, & sayd, Thrust in thy sharpe sickle, and gather the clusters of the vineyard of the earth: for her grapes are ripe.

geneva@Revelation:14:19 @ And the Angel thrust in his sharpe sickle on the earth, and cut downe the vines of the vineyard of the earth, and cast them into that great wine presse of the wrath of God.

geneva@Revelation:15:1 @ And (note:)This is that other passage of the acts of Christ, as I noted before(:note) I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven Of which (Rev_8:9) in sending forth the plagues of the world: for even these plagues do for the most part agree with those. angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. {{See Rev_14:14}}. Now therefore is shown a singular work of the judgment of God belonging to the overthrow of Antichrist and his forces, of which divine work the preparation is described in this chapter: and the execution in the next. The preparation is first set down generally and in type in this verse: and is after particularly set forth in the rest of the chapter.

geneva@Revelation:15:3 @ And they sing (note:)That song of triumph, which is (Exo_15:2).(:note) the song of Moses the So is Moses called for honour's sake, as it is set forth in (Deu_34:10). servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, This song has two parts: one a confession, both particular, in this verse, and general, in the beginning of the next verse (Rev_15:4), another, a narration of causes belonging to the confession, of which one kind is eternal in itself, and most present to the godly, in that God is both holy and alone God: another kind is future and to come, in that the elect taken out of the Gentiles (that is, out of the wicked ones and unbelieving: as in (Rev_11:2) were to be brought to the same state of happiness, by the magnificence of the judgment of God, in (Rev_15:4). Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy Thy doings. ways, thou King of saints.

geneva@Revelation:16:1 @ And (note:)In the former chapter was set down the preparation to the work of God: here is delivered the execution of it. In this discourse of the execution, is a general commandment, in this verse, then a particular recital in order of the execution done by every of the seven angels, in the rest of the chapter. This special execution against Antichrist and his crew does in manner agree to that which was generally done on the whole world, chapters eight and nine and belongs (if my conjecture fail me not) to the same time. Yet in here they differ from one another, that this was particularly effected on the princes and ringleaders of the wickedness of the world, the other generally against the whole world being wicked. Therefore these judgments are more grievous than those.(:note) I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

geneva@Revelation:16:13 @ And I saw (note:)That is, every one of them focus their whole force, and conspired that by wonders, word and work they might bring into the same destruction all kings, princes and potentates of the world, cursedly bewitched by them by their spirits, and teachers of the vanity and impunity of the beast that committed fornication with the kings of the earth. This is a good description of our times.(:note) three unclean spirits Croaking with all importunity and continually day and night provoking and calling forth to arms, as the trumpets and furies of wars, as is declared in (Rev_16:14). like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the That is, the devil; (Rev_12:3) dragon, and out of the mouth of the See (Rev_13:1). beast, and out of the mouth of the That is, of that other beast; (Rev_13:11), for so he is called also in (Rev_19:20, Rev_20:10). false prophet.

geneva@Revelation:16:14 @ For they are the spirits of deuils, working miracles, to go vnto the Kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battell of that great day of God Almightie.

geneva@Revelation:17:1 @ And (note:)The state of the Church militant being declared, now follows the state of the church overcoming and getting victory, as I showed before in the beginning of the tenth chapter. This state is set forth in four chapters. As in the place before I noted, that in that history the order of time was not always exactly observed so the same is to be understood in this history, that it is distinguished according to the people of which it speaks, and that the stories of the people are observed in the time of it. For first is delivered the story of Babylon destroyed in this and the next chapter (for this Babylon out of all doubt, shall perish before the two beasts and the dragon). Secondly, is delivered the destruction of both the two beasts, chapter nineteen and lastly of the dragon, chapter eighteen. In the story of the spiritual Babylon, are distinctly set forth the state of it in this chapter, and the overthrow done from the first argument, consisting of the particular calling of the prophet (as often before) and a general proposition.(:note) there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto That is, that damnable harlot, by a figure of speech called «hyppalage». For John as yet had not seen her. Although another interpretation may be thought of, yet I like this better. thee the The sentence that is pronounce against this harlot. judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

geneva@Revelation:17:14 @ These shall make war with the (note:)With Christ and his Church, as the reason following declares, and here are mentioned the facts and events which followed for Christ's sake, and for the grace of God the Father towards those that are elected, called, and are his faithful ones in Christ.(:note) Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.

geneva@Revelation:17:18 @ And the woman which thou sawest is that (note:)That is, Rome that great city, or only city (as Justinian calls it) the king and head of which was then the emperor, but now the pope, since the condition of the beast was changed.(:note) great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

geneva@Revelation:18:1 @ And (note:)The second passage (as I said before)(:note) after these things I saw another Either Christ the eternal word of God the Father (as often elsewhere) or a created angel, and one deputed to this service, but thoroughly provided with greatness of power, and with light of glory, as the ensign of power. angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. {{See Rev_17:1}} of the history of Babylon, is of the woeful fall and ruin of that whore of Babylon. This historical prediction concerning her, is threefold. The first a plain and simple foretelling of her ruin, in three verses (Rev_18:2-3). The second a figurative prediction by the circumstances, from there to (Rev. strkjv@18:4-20). The third, a confirmation of the same by sign or wonder, to the end of the chapter (Rev_18:21-24).

geneva@Revelation:18:5 @ For her sins have (note:)He uses a word which signifies the following of sins one after another, and rising one of another in such sort, that they grow at length to such a heap, that they come up even to heaven.(:note) reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

geneva@Revelation:18:9 @ And (note:)The circumstances following the fall of Babylon, or the consequences of it (as I distinguished them in) {{See Rev_18:4}} are two. Namely the lamentation of the wicked to (Rev_18:5-19) and the rejoicing of the godly in (Rev_18:20). This sorrowful lamentation, according to those that lament, has three parts: the first of which is the mourning of the kings and mighty men of the earth, (Rev_18:9-10): The second is, the lamentation of the merchants that trade by land, to the sixteenth verse: (Rev_18:11-16). The third is, the wailing of those that trade by sea, in (Rev_18:16-18). In each of those the cause and manner of their mourning is described in order, according to the condition of those that mourn, with observation of that which best agrees to them.(:note) the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

geneva@Revelation:18:10 @ And shall stand a farre off for feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that mightie citie: for in one houre is thy iudgemet come.

geneva@Revelation:18:16 @ And saying, Alas, alas, that great citie, that was clothed in fine linnen and purple, and skarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stones, and pearles.

geneva@Revelation:18:18 @ And crie, when they see that smoke of that her burning, saying, What citie was like vnto this great citie?

geneva@Revelation:18:19 @ And they shall cast dust on their heads, and crie, weeping, and wayling, and say, Alas, alas, that great citie, wherein were made rich all that had ships on the sea by her costlinesse: for in one houre she is made desolate.

geneva@Revelation:18:24 @ And in her was found the (note:)That is shed by bloody massacres, and calling for vengeance.(:note) blood of prophets, That is, proved and found out, as if God had appointed a just inquiry concerning the impiety, unnaturalness and injustice of these men. and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

geneva@Revelation:19:1 @ And (note:)This chapter has in summary two parts, one transitory or of passage to the things that follow, to the tenth verse, (Rev_19:2-10), another historical of the victory of Christ over both the beasts, to the end of the chapter (Rev_19:11-21), which I said was the second history of this argument, (Rev_17:1). The transition has two places, one of praising God for the overthrow done to Babylon in (Rev_19:4): and another likewise of praise and prophecy, for the coming of Christ to his kingdom, and his most royal marriage with his Church, thence to the tenth verse (Rev_19:5-10). The former praise has three parts, distinguished after the ancient manner of those that sing: an invitation in (Rev_19:1-2), a response or answer in (Rev_19:3), and a close or joining together in harmony in (Rev_19:4), all which I thought good of purpose to distinguish in this place, lest any man should with Porphyrius, or other like dogs, object to John, or the heavenly Church, a childish and idle repetition of speech.(:note) after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Praise the Lord.The proposition of praise with exhortation in this verse, and the cause of it in (Rev_19:2). Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

geneva@Revelation:19:2 @ For true and righteous are his iudgements: for he hath condemned that great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruants shed by her hand.

geneva@Revelation:19:4 @ And the foure & twentie Elders, and the foure beastes fell downe, and worshipped God that sate on the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelu-iah.

geneva@Revelation:19:7 @ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath (note:)Namely, to that holy marriage, both herself in person in this verse, and also provided by her spouse with marriage gifts princely and divine, is adorned and prepared in the next verse.(:note) made herself ready.

geneva@Revelation:19:8 @ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in (note:)As an ensign of kingly and priestly dignity, which Christ bestows on us in (Rev_1:6).(:note) fine linen, clean and white: for the fine This is a gift given by the husband for marriage sake, and a most choice ornament which Christ gave to us, as to his spouse. linen is the Good works which are lively testimonies of faith. righteousness of saints.

geneva@Revelation:19:12 @ And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crownes: and he had a name written, that no man knewe but himselfe.

geneva@Revelation:19:18 @ That ye may eate the flesh of Kings, and the flesh of hie Captaines, and the flesh of mightie men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all freemen, and bondmen, and of small and great.

geneva@Revelation:19:20 @ And the beast (note:)Namely, that beast with seven heads; (Rev_13:1; Rev_17:3).(:note) was taken, and with him That is, that beast with two heads; (Rev_13:11; Rev_16:14). the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

geneva@Revelation:19:21 @ And the remnant were slayne with the sword of him that sitteth vpon the horse, which commeth out of his mouth, and all the foules were filled full with their flesh.

geneva@Revelation:20:1 @ And (note:)Now follows the third part of the prophetic history, which is of the victory by which Christ overcame the dragon, as I noted in (Rev_7:1). This part must necessarily be joined with the end of the twelfth chapter and be applied to the correct understanding of it. This chapter has two parts, one of the dragon overcome, to (Rev_20:2-10): the other of the resurrection and last judgment to (Rev_20:11-15). The story of the dragon is twofold: First of the first victory, after which he was bound by Christ, to the sixth verse (Rev_20:1-6). The second is of the last victory, by which he has thrown down into everlasting punishment, there to the fifteenth verse (Rev_20:7-15). This first history happened in the first time of the Christian Church, when the dragon thrown down from heaven by Christ, went about to molest the new birth of the Church in the earth, (Rev_12:17, Rev_18:1). For which cause I gave warning, that this story of the dragon must be joined to that passage.(:note) I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key That is, of hell, where God threw the angels who had sinned, and bound them in chains of darkness to be kept till damnation, (2Pe_2:4) of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

geneva@Revelation:20:2 @ And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him (note:)The first of which (continuing this history with the end of the second chapter) in the 36 years from the passion of Christ, when the Church of the Jews being overthrown, Satan attempted to invade the Christian church gathered from the Gentiles, and to destroy part of her seed, (Rev_12:17). The thousandth year falls precisely on the times of that wicked Hildebrand, who was called Gregory the seventh, a most damnable necromancer and sorcerer, whom Satan used as an instrument when he was loosed out of bonds, from then on to annoy the saints of God with most cruel persecutions, and the whole world with dissentions, and most bloody wars: as Benno the Cardinal reports at large. This is the first victory gained over the dragon in the earth.(:note) a thousand years,

geneva@Revelation:20:3 @ And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations (note:)Namely, with that public and violent deceit which he attempted before in chapter 12 and which after a thousand years (alas for woe!) he most mightily achieved in the Christian world.(:note) no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed Which being once expired, the second battle and victory shall be; (Rev_20:7-8). a little season.

geneva@Revelation:20:6 @ Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the (note:)That by this both body and soul, that is, the whole man is condemned and delivered to eternal death; (Rev_2:11).(:note) second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, A return to the intended history, by resuming the words which are in the end of the fourth verse (Rev_20:4). and shall reign with him a thousand years.

geneva@Revelation:20:9 @ And they went up on the (note:)As if he said, in so much that the whole face of the earth, however great it is, was filled.(:note) breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and The wrath of God, consuming the adversaries, and overthrowing all their enterprises; (Heb_10:27). This is the second part mentioned {{See Rev_20:7}}, in the overthrow of Satan. fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

geneva@Revelation:20:12 @ And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before (note:)That is, Christ the judge; (2Co_5:10).(:note) God; and the As it were, his books of reckoning or accounts, that is, the testimony of our conscience, and of our works, which by no means can be avoided. books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] The book of the eternal decree of God, in which God the Father has elected in Christ according to the good pleasure of his will, those that shall be heirs of life. This also is spoken according to the manner of men. of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

geneva@Revelation:21:1 @ And (note:)Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future estate of the Church in heaven after the last judgment, to (Rev_21:2; Rev_22:5). In this are two things briefly declared. The station, seat, or place of it, (Rev_21:1). Then her state and condition, in the verses following. Before the state of the Church described, is set down the state of the whole world, that there shall be a new heaven, and a new earth; (Isa_65:17; Isa_66:22; 2Pe_3:13) and this is the seat or place of the Church, in which righteousness shall dwell.(:note) I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

geneva@Revelation:21:6 @ And he said unto me, (note:)The description of the Church is in three parts, by the abolishing of old things, by the being of present things in God, that is, of things eternal: and by the giving of all good things with the godly. If so be they shall contend manfully; (Rev_21:7). But the reprobate are excluded from there; (Rev_21:8).(:note) It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

geneva@Revelation:21:7 @ He that ouercommeth, shal inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my sonne.

geneva@Revelation:21:10 @ And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and (note:)He means the place and stately seat of the Church, foreshadowed in a mountain.(:note) high mountain, and shewed me A type of that Church which is one, ample, or catholic, holy celestial, built by God, in this verse: and glorious in the verse following (Rev_21:11). This type propounded generally, is particularly declared; (Rev_21:12). that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

geneva@Revelation:21:17 @ And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred [and] forty [and] four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of the (note:)He adds this, because the angel had the shape of a man.(:note) angel.

geneva@Revelation:22:7 @ Beholde, I come shortly. Blessed is hee that keepeth the woordes of the prophecie of this booke.

geneva@Revelation:22:14 @ Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, (note:)The blessedness of the godly set down by their title and interest there: and their fruit in the same.(:note) that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

geneva@Revelation:22:17 @ And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; let him that heareth, say, Come: and let him that is a thirst, come: and let whosoeuer will, take of the water of life freely.

geneva@Jdt:1:2 @ {\cf2 Who in the time of Enemessar King of the Assyrians was led away captiue out of Thisbe, which is at the right hande of that citie, which is called properly Nephthalim, in Galilee aboue Aser.}

geneva@Jdt:1:4 @ {\cf2 And when I was in mine owne countrey in the lande of Israel, being but young, all the tribe of Nephthalim my father fell from the house of Ierusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes shoulde sacrifice there, where the Temple of the tabernacle of the most High was consecrated, and built vp for all ages.}

geneva@Jdt:1:6 @ {\cf2 But I (as it was ordeined to all Israel by an euerlasting decree) went alone often to Ierusalem, at the feastes bringing the first fruites, and the tenth of beastes with that which was first shorne, and offred them at the altar to the Priests the children of Aaron.}

geneva@Jdt:1:13 @ {\cf2 Therefore the most High gaue me grace and fauour before Enemessar, so that I was his puruoier.}

geneva@Jdt:1:19 @ {\cf2 Therefore when a certaine Nineuite had accused mee to the King, because I did burie them, I hid my selfe: and because I knewe that I was sought to be slaine, I withdrewe my selfe for feare.}

geneva@Jdt:2:6 @ {\cf2 Remembring that prophecie of Amos, which had saide, Your solemne feastes shall be turned into mourning, and your ioyes into wailing.}

geneva@Jdt:2:10 @ {\cf2 And I knewe not that sparrowes were in the wall, and as mine eyes were open, the sparrowes cast downe warme dongue into mine eyes, and a whitenesse came in mine eyes, and I went to the Phisitions, but they helped me not. Moreouer Achiacharus did nourish me, vntill I went into Helimais.}

geneva@Jdt:2:13 @ {\cf2 Which when it was at mine house, & beganto bleate, I sayd vnto her, from whence is this kid? Is it not stollen? Render it to the owners: for it is not lawfull to eate any thing that is stollen.}

geneva@Jdt:3:6 @ {\cf2 Now therfore deale with me as seemeth best vnto thee, and commande my spirite to be taken from me, that I may be dissolued, & become earth: for it is better for me to dye then to liue, because I haue heard false reproches, and am very sorowfull: command therefore that I may be dissolued out of this distresse, & go into the euerlasting place: turne not thy face away from me.}

geneva@Jdt:3:7 @ {\cf2 It came to passe the same day that in Ecbatane a citie of Media, Sarra the daughter of Raguel was also reproched by her fathers maydes,}

geneva@Jdt:3:8 @ {\cf2 Because she had bene marryed to seuen husbands, whom Asmodeus the euill spirit had killed, before that they had lyen with her. Doest thou not know, said they, that thou hast strangled thine husbands? thou hast had now seuen husbands, neyther wast thou named after any of them.}

geneva@Jdt:3:9 @ {\cf2 Wherfore doest thou beate vs for them? if they be dead, go thy wayes hence to them, that we may neuer see of thee either sonne or daughter.}

geneva@Jdt:3:10 @ {\cf2 When she heard these things, shee was very sorowful, so that she thought to haue strangled her selfe; she sayde, I am the onely daughter of my father, and if I do this, I shal slaunder him, and shal bring his age to the graue with sorow.}

geneva@Jdt:3:13 @ {\cf2 And say, Take me out of the earth, that I may heare no more any reproch.}

geneva@Jdt:3:14 @ {\cf2 Thou knowest, O Lord, that I am pure from all sinne with man,}

geneva@Jdt:3:15 @ {\cf2 And that I haue neuer polluted my name, nor the name of my father in ye land of my captiuitie: I am ye only daughter of my father, neither hath he any manchild to be his heire, neither any neere kinseman or childe borne of him, to whome I may keepe my selfe for a wife: my seue husbands are now dead, & why should I liue? But if it please not thee that I should die, command to looke on me, and to pitie me that I do no more heare reproch.}

geneva@Jdt:3:17 @ {\cf2 And Raphael was sent to heale them both, that is, to take away the whitenes of Tobits eyes, & to giue Sarra the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the sonne of Tobit, and to binde Asmodeus the euill spirite, because she belonged to Tobias by right. The selfe same time came Tobit home, and entred into his house, and Sarra the daughter of Raguel came downe from her chamber.}

geneva@Jdt:4:1 @ {\cf2 In that day Tobit remembred the siluer, which hee had deliuered to Gabael in Rages a citie of Media,}

geneva@Jdt:4:2 @ {\cf2 And sayde with himselfe, I haue wished for death: wherefore do I not call for my sonne Tobias that I may admonish him before I die?}

geneva@Jdt:4:3 @ {\cf2 And whe he had called him, he said, My sone, after that I am dead, bury me, and despise not thy mother, but honour her all the dayes of thy life, and do that which shal please her, & anger her not.}

geneva@Jdt:4:7 @ {\cf2 Giue almes of thy substance: & when thou giuest almes, let not thine eye be enuious, neyther turne thy face from any poore, lest that God turne his face from thee.}

geneva@Jdt:4:10 @ {\cf2 Because that almes doeth deliuer fro death, and suffreth not to come into darkenesse.}

geneva@Jdt:4:12 @ {\cf2 Beware of all whoredome, my sonne, and chiefly take a wife of the seede of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy fathers stocke: for wee are the children of the Prophetes. Noe, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob are our fathers from the beginning. Remember my sonne, that they marryed wiues of their owne kinred, and were blessed in their children, and their seede shall inherite the lande.}

geneva@Jdt:4:14 @ {\cf2 Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tary with thee, but giue him it out of hand: for if thou serue God, he wil also pay thee: be circumspect, my sonne, in all thinges that thou doest, & be wel instructed in all thy conuersation.}

geneva@Jdt:4:15 @ {\cf2 Do that to no ma which thou hatest: drinke not wine to make thee drunken, neyther let drunkennesse go with thee in thy iourney.}

geneva@Jdt:4:16 @ {\cf2 Giue of thy bread to the hungry, & of thy garments to them that are naked, and of all thine abundance giue almes, and let not thine eye be enuious, when thou giuest almes.}

geneva@Jdt:4:18 @ {\cf2 Aske counsell alway of the wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.}

geneva@Jdt:4:19 @ {\cf2 Blesse thy Lord God alway, & desire of him that thy wayes may be made streight, and that all thy purposes and counsels may prosper: for euery nation hath not counsell: but the Lord giueth all good things, and he humbleth whome he wil, as he will: now therefore, my sonne, remember my commandements, neyther let them at any time be put out of thy minde.}

geneva@Jdt:4:20 @ {\cf2 Furthermore I signifie this to thee, that I deliuered tenne talents to Gabael the sonne of Gabrias at Rages in Media.}

geneva@Jdt:4:21 @ {\cf2 And feare not, my sonne, forasmuch as wee are made poore: for thou hast many things, if thou feare God, & flee from all sinne, and do that thing which is acceptable vnto him.}

geneva@Jdt:5:8 @ {\cf2 Then he sayde vnto him, Goe, and tarie not: so he went in and sayde to his father, Beholde, I haue founde one, which will goe with me. Then he sayde, Call him vnto me, that I may knowe of what tribe he is, and whether he be faithfull to goe with thee.}

geneva@Jdt:5:13 @ {\cf2 Then Tobit sayde, Thou art welcome, brother: be not now angry with me, because I haue enquired to knowe thy kinred, & thy familie: for thou art my brother of an honest & good stocke: for I know Ananias & Ionathas, sonnes of that great Samaias: for we went together to Ierusalem to worship, & offred the first borne, & the tenthes of the fruites, & they were not deceiued with the error of our brethren my brother, thou art of a great stocke.}

geneva@Jdt:5:18 @ {\cf2 Woulde to God wee had not layde money vpon money, but that it had bene cast away in respect of our sonne.}

geneva@Jdt:5:19 @ {\cf2 For that which God hath giuen vs to liue with, doeth suffice vs.}

geneva@Jdt:6:8 @ {\cf2 As for ye gall, anoynt a man that hath whitenes in his eyes, and he shalbe healed.}

geneva@Jdt:6:10 @ {\cf2 The Angel sayde to the yong man, Brother, to day we shall lodge with Raguel, who is thy cousin: he also hath one only daughter named Sarra: I will speake for her that she may be giue thee for a wife.}

geneva@Jdt:6:12 @ {\cf2 And the mayde is faire and wise: nowe therefore heare me, & I wil speake to her father, that we may make the mariage when we are returned from Rages: for I know that Raguel can not marry her to another according to the lawe of Moyses: els he should deserue death, because the right doth rather apperteine to thee then to any other man.}

geneva@Jdt:6:13 @ {\cf2 Then the yong man answered the Angel, I haue heard, brother Azarias, that this mayde hath bene giuen to seuen men, who all dyed in the marriage chamber;}

geneva@Jdt:6:15 @ {\cf2 Then the Angel sayde vnto him, Doest thou not remember the preceptes which thy father gaue thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine owne kinred? wherefore heare me, O my brother: for she shall be thy wife, neither be thou carefull of the euill spirit: for this same night shall she be giuen thee in marriage.}

geneva@Jdt:6:17 @ {\cf2 Which if the spirit do smel, he wil flee away, and nether come againe any more: but when thou shalt come to her, rise vp both of you, and pray to God which is mercifull, who wil haue pitie on you, and saue you: feare not, for she is appoynted vnto thee from the beginning, and thou shalt keepe her, and she shall go with thee: moreouer I suppose that she shall beare thee children: nowe when Tobias had heard these things, he loued her, and his heart was effectually ioyned to her.}

geneva@Jdt:7:3 @ {\cf2 And Raguel asked, Whence are you, my brethren? To whome they sayd, that they were of the tribe of Nephthalim, and of the captiues that dwelt at Nineue.}

geneva@Jdt:7:7 @ {\cf2 And blessed him, and sayde vnto him, Thou art the sonne of an honest and good man: but when he had heard that Tobit was blinde, he was sorowfull and wept.}

geneva@Jdt:7:8 @ {\cf2 And likewise Edna his wife, and Sarra his daughter wept. Moreouer they receiued them with a ready minde, and after that they had killed a ram of the flocke, they set much meat on the table. The sayd Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, put forth those things whereof thou spakest in the way, that this businesse may be dispatched.}

geneva@Jdt:7:10 @ {\cf2 For it is meete that thou shouldest marrie my daughter: neuerthelesse, I will declare vnto thee the trueth.}

geneva@Jdt:7:11 @ {\cf2 I haue giuen my daughter in marriage to seuen men, who dyed that night which they came in vnto her: neuerthelesse, be thou of a good courage and merry. But Tobias sayde, I will eate nothing here, vntill yee bring her hither, and betrothe her to me.}

geneva@Jdt:8:4 @ {\cf2 And after that they were both shut in, Tobias rose out of the bed, and sayd, Sister, arise and let vs pray, that God would haue pitie on vs.}

geneva@Jdt:8:6 @ {\cf2 Thou madest Adam, and gauest him Eua his wife for an helpe, and stay: of them came mankinde: thou hast sayde, It is not good, that a man should be alone: let vs make vnto him an ayde like vnto himselfe.}

geneva@Jdt:8:7 @ {\cf2 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for fornication, but vprightly: therfore graunt me mercie, that we may become aged together.}

geneva@Jdt:8:9 @ {\cf2 So they slept both that night, and Raguel arose, and went and made a graue,}

geneva@Jdt:8:12 @ {\cf2 He sayde to his wife Edna, Sende one of the maides, and let them see whether he be aliue: if not, that I may bury him, and none knowe it.}

geneva@Jdt:8:14 @ {\cf2 And came forth, & told them that he was aliue.}

geneva@Jdt:8:16 @ {\cf2 Thou art to be praised, O Lord: for thou hast made me ioyfull, and that is not come to me which I suspected: but thou hast dealt with vs according to great mercie.}

geneva@Jdt:8:17 @ {\cf2 Thou art to be praised because thou hast had mercy of two that were ye onely begotten children of their fathers: graunt them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with ioy and mercy.}

geneva@Jdt:8:20 @ {\cf2 For Raguel had sayde vnto him by an othe, that he shoulde not depart before that the foureteene dayes of the marriage were expired,}

geneva@Jdt:9:3 @ {\cf2 For Raguel hath sworne that I shall not depart.}

geneva@Jdt:10:7 @ {\cf2 But she sayd, Holde thy peace, and deceiue me not: my sonne is dead: and she went out euery day by the way, which they went, neither did shee eate meate on the day time, and did consume whole nightes in bewayling her sonne Tobias vntill the foureteene dayes of ye wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworne, that he should tary there. Then Tobias sayde to Raguel, Let mee goe: for my father and my mother looke no more to see me.}

geneva@Jdt:10:12 @ {\cf2 And he sayd to his daughter, Honour thy father, and thy mother in lawe which are nowe thy parents, that I may heare good report of thee: and hee kissed them, Edna also sayde to Tobias, The Lord of heauen restore thee, my deare brother, and graunt that I may see thy children of my daughter Sarra, that I may reioyce before the Lord. Beholde nowe, I commit to thee my daughter, as a pledge doe not entreat her euill.}

geneva@Jdt:11:1 @ {\cf2 After these thinges Tobias went his way, praysing God that hee had giuen him a prosperous iourney, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till he drewe neere to Nineue.}

geneva@Jdt:11:6 @ {\cf2 Whom when she sawe comming, she sayd to his father, Behold, thy sonne cometh, and the man that went with him.}

geneva@Jdt:11:7 @ {\cf2 Then sayd Raphael, I knowe, Tobias, that thy father shall receiue his sight.}

geneva@Jdt:11:15 @ {\cf2 For thou hast scourged me, and hast had pitie on me: for beholde, I see my sonne Tobias: and his sonne, being glad went in, and tolde his father the great things that had come to passe in Media.}

geneva@Jdt:11:17 @ {\cf2 But Tobit testified before the al, that God had had pitie on him; when he came neere to Sarra his daughter in lawe, he blessed her, saying, Thou art welcome, daughter: God be blessed, which hath brought thee vnto vs, and blessed be thy father: and there was great ioy among all his brethren which were at Nineue.}

geneva@Jdt:12:5 @ {\cf2 So he called the Angel, and sayde vnto him, Take halfe of all that ye haue brought, and goe away in safetie.}

geneva@Jdt:12:6 @ {\cf2 But he tooke them both apart, and said vnto them, Prayse God, and confesse him, and giue him the glory, and prayse him for the things which he hath done vnto you before all them that liue. It is good to praise God, and to exalt his Name, and to shewe forth his euident workes with honour: therefore be not weary to confesse him.}

geneva@Jdt:12:7 @ {\cf2 It is good to keepe close the secrets of a King, but it is honorable to reueile the works of God: do that which is good, and no euil shal touch you.}

geneva@Jdt:12:10 @ {\cf2 But they that sinne, are enemies to their owne life.}

geneva@Jdt:12:11 @ {\cf2 Surely I will keepe close nothing from you: neuertheles, I said it was good to keepe close the secret of a King, but that it was honorable to reueile the workes of God.}

geneva@Jdt:12:20 @ {\cf2 Now therefore giue God thanks: for I go vp to him that sent me: but write all things which are done, in a booke.}

geneva@Jdt:13:1 @ {\cf2 Then Tobit wrote a prayer of reioycing, and sayd, Blessed be God that liueth for euer, and blessed be his kingdome.}

geneva@Jdt:13:2 @ {\cf2 For he doeth scourge, and hath pitie: he leadeth to hell, and bringeth vp, neither is there any that can auoyde his hand.}

geneva@Jdt:13:10 @ {\cf2 Giue prayse to the Lord duely, and praise the euerlasting King, that his tabernacle may be buylded in thee againe with ioy: and let him make ioyfull there in thee those that are captiues, and loue in thee for euer those that be miserable.}

geneva@Jdt:14:4 @ {\cf2 Go into Media, my sonne for I surely beleeue those things which Ionas the Prophet spake of Nineue, that it shalbe destroyed, & for a time peace shal rather be in Media, & that our brethren shalbe scattered in the earth from that good land, & Ierusalem shall be desolate, and the House of God in it shalbe burned, and shalbe desolate for a time.}

geneva@Jdt:14:5 @ {\cf2 Yet againe God wil haue pitie on them, & bring them againe into the lande where they shall builde a Temple, but not like to the first, vntil the times of that age be fulfilled, which being finished, they shall returne from euery place out of captiuitie, & buylde vp Ierusalem gloriously, & the House of God shall be buylt in it for euer with a glorious buylding, as the Prophets haue spoken thereof.}

geneva@Jdt:14:8 @ {\cf2 And nowe, my sonne, depart out of Nineue, because that those things which the Prophet Ionas spake, shal surely come to passe.}

geneva@Jdt:14:9 @ {\cf2 But keepe thou the Lawe, and the commandements, and shewe thy selfe merciful and iust that it may goe well with thee.}

geneva@Jdt:14:10 @ {\cf2 And bury me honestly, & thy mother with me: but tary no longer at Nineue. Remember, my sonne, how Aman hadled Achiacharus that brought him vp, howe out of light hee brought him into darkenes, & how he rewarded him againe yet Achi acharus was saued, but the other had his reward: for he went downe into darknes. Manasses gaue almes, and escaped the snare of death, which they had set for him, but Aman fell into the snare and perished.}

geneva@Wis:1:4 @ {\cf2 And made the gates thereof, euen gates that were lifted vp on hie, seuentie cubites, & the bredth of the fourtie cubits, for ye going forth of his mightie armies, & for the setting in aray of his footeme)}

geneva@Wis:1:6 @ {\cf2 Then came vnto him all they that dwelt in the mountaines, & all that dwelt by Euphrates, and Tygris & Hydaspes, & the countrey of Arioch the king of the Elymeans, & very many nations assembled theselues to the battel of ye sonnes of Chelod.}

geneva@Wis:1:7 @ {\cf2 And Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians sent vnto all that dwelt in Persia, & to all that dwelt in the West, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus & Antilibanus, and to all that dwelt vpon the sea coast,}

geneva@Wis:1:8 @ {\cf2 And to the people that are in Carmel, and Galaad, and the hier Galile, and the great fielde of Esdrelam,}

geneva@Wis:1:9 @ {\cf2 And to all that were in Samaria, & the cities therof, & beyond Iorden vnto Ierusalem, & Betane, and Chellus, and Cades, & the riuer of Egypt, and Taphnes, and Ramesse, and all the land of Gesem,}

geneva@Wis:1:12 @ {\cf2 Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angry, with all this countrey, and sware by his throne and kingdome that he woulde surely be auenged vpon all those coastes of Cilicia & Damascus, & Syria, & that he woulde slay with the sworde all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Iudea, and all that were in Egypt, till one come to the borders of the two seas.}

geneva@Wis:1:15 @ {\cf2 He tooke also Arphaxad in the mountaines of Ragau, and smote him through with his dartes, and destroyed him vtterly that day.}

geneva@Wis:2:1 @ {\cf2 And in the eighteenth yeere, the two and twentieth day of the first moneth, there was talke in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he should auenge himselfe on al ye earth, as he had spoken.}

geneva@Wis:2:3 @ {\cf2 Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, that had not obeyed the commandement of his mouth.}

geneva@Wis:2:5 @ {\cf2 Thus saith the great king, the Lorde of the whole earth, Behold, thou shalt goe forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their owne strength, of footemen, an hundreth & twentie thousande, and the number of horses with their riders, twelue thousand,}

geneva@Wis:2:7 @ {\cf2 And thou shalt declare vnto them, that they prepare for me the land and the water: for I wil goe forth in my wrath against them, and will couer the whole face of the earth with the feete of mine armie, and I will giue them as a spoyle vnto them,}

geneva@Wis:2:8 @ {\cf2 So that their wounded shall fill their valleyes, and their riuers, and the flood shall ouerflowe, being filled with their dead.}

geneva@Wis:2:10 @ {\cf2 Thou therefore shalt depart hence, and take vp for me all their countrey: and if they yeeld vnto thee, thou shalt reserue them for mee vntill the day that I rebuke them.}

geneva@Wis:2:11 @ {\cf2 But concerning them that rebell, let not thine eye spare them, but put them to death, and spoyle them wheresoeuer thou goest.}

geneva@Wis:2:12 @ {\cf2 For as I liue, & the power of my kingdome, whatsoeuer I haue spoken, that will I doe by mine hande.}

geneva@Wis:2:13 @ {\cf2 And take thou heede that thou transgresse not any of the commandements of thy lorde, but accomplish them fully, as I haue commanded thee, and deferre not to do them.}

geneva@Wis:2:24 @ {\cf2 Then hee went ouer Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed al the hie cities that were vpon the riuer of Arbonai, vntill one come to the sea.}

geneva@Wis:2:25 @ {\cf2 And he tooke the borders of Cilicia, and destroyed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Iapheth, which were toward the South and ouer against Arabia.}

geneva@Wis:2:28 @ {\cf2 Therefore feare and trembling fell vpon all the inhabitants of the sea coast, which were in Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Iemnaan: and they that dwelt in Azotus, and Ascalon feared him greatly.}

geneva@Wis:3:8 @ {\cf2 Yet he brake downe all their borders, and cut downe their woods: for it was inioyned him to destroy al the gods of the land, that al nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, & that all tongues and tribes should call vpon him as God.}

geneva@Wis:3:10 @ {\cf2 And he pitched betweene Geba, and a citie of ye Scythians, & there he taried a moneth, that he might assemble all the baggage of his armie.}

geneva@Wis:4:1 @ {\cf2 Nowe the children of Israel that dwelt in Iudea, heard all that Olofernes ye chiefe captaine of Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and howe hee had spoyled all their temples, and brought them to nought.}

geneva@Wis:4:5 @ {\cf2 And tooke all the toppes of the hie mountaines, and walled the villages that were in the, and put in vitailes for the prouision of warre: for their fieldes were of late reaped.}

geneva@Wis:4:6 @ {\cf2 Also Ioacim the hie Priest which was in those dayes in Ierusale, wrote to them that dwelt in Bethulia & Betomastham, which is ouer against Esdraelon toward the open countrey nere to Dothaim,}

geneva@Wis:4:7 @ {\cf2 Exhorting them to keepe the passages of the mountaines: for by them there was an entrie into Iudea, and it was easie to let them that woulde come vp, because ye passage was streit for two men at the most.}

geneva@Wis:4:12 @ {\cf2 And cried to the God of Israel, all with one consent most earnestly, that hee woulde not giue their children for a pray, and their wiues for a spoile, and the cities of their inheritance to destructio, and the Sanctuarie to pollution and reproch, and vnto derision to the heathen.}

geneva@Wis:4:14 @ {\cf2 And Ioacim the high Priest, and all the Priests that stoode before the Lorde, and ministred vnto the Lord, had their loines girt with sackcloth, and offred the continuall burnt offring, with prayers and the free gifts of the people,}

geneva@Wis:4:15 @ {\cf2 And had ashes on their mytres, & cried vnto the Lord with all their power for grace, and that he would looke vpon all the house of Israel.}

geneva@Wis:5:1 @ {\cf2 Then was it declared to Olofernes the chiefe captaine of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for warre, and had shut the passages of the mountaines, and had walled all the toppes of the hie hilles, and had layd impediments in the champion countrey.}

geneva@Wis:5:3 @ {\cf2 And he sayd vnto the, Shewe me, O ye sonnes of Chanaan, Who is this people that dwelleth in the mountaines? And what are the cities that they inhabite? And what is the multitude of their armie? And wherein is their strength and their power? And what king or captaine is raised among them ouer their armie?}

geneva@Wis:5:5 @ {\cf2 Then saide Achior the captaine of all the sonnes of Ammon, Let my lord heare ye word of the mouth of his seruant, and I will declare vnto thee ye trueth concerning this people, that dwell in these mountaines, neere where thou remainest: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy seruant.}

geneva@Wis:5:10 @ {\cf2 But when a famine couered all the lande of Chanaan, they went downe into Egypt, and dwelt there till they returned, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their linage.}

geneva@Wis:5:14 @ {\cf2 And brought them into mount Sina and Cades barne, and cast foorth all that dwelt in the wildernesse.}

geneva@Wis:5:16 @ {\cf2 And they cast forth before them the Chanaanites, and the Pheresites, and the Iebusites, and them of Sichem, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that countrey many dayes.}

geneva@Wis:5:17 @ {\cf2 And whiles they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hated iniquitie, was with them.}

geneva@Wis:5:18 @ {\cf2 But when they departed from the way which he appoynted them, they were destroyed in many battels after a wonderfull sort, and were led captiues into a land that was not theirs and the Temple of their God was cast to the grounde, and their cities were taken by the enemies.}

geneva@Wis:5:20 @ {\cf2 Nowe therefore, my lorde and gouernour, ifthere be any fault in this people, so that they haue sinned against their God, let vs consider that this shall be their ruine, and let vs goe vp, and we shall ouercome them.}

geneva@Wis:5:22 @ {\cf2 And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people, standing round about the tent, murmured: and the chiefe men of Olofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side and in Moab, spake that he should kill him.}

geneva@Wis:5:23 @ {\cf2 For, say they, we feare not to meete the children of Israel: for loe, it is a people that haue no strength nor power against a mightie armie.}

geneva@Wis:6:1 @ {\cf2 And when the tumult of the men that were about the councill, was ceased, Olofernes, the chiefe captaine of the armie of Assur, said vnto Achior before all the people of the strangers, and before all the children of Moab, and of them that were hyred of Ephraim,}

geneva@Wis:6:2 @ {\cf2 Because thou hast prophesied among vs to day, and hast sayde that the people of Ierusalem is able to fight, because their God will defende them: and who is God but Nabuchodonosor?}

geneva@Wis:6:6 @ {\cf2 And thou Achior an hireling of Ammon, because thou hast spoken these wordes in the day of thine iniquitie, thou shalt see my face no more from this day vntill I take vengeance of that people that is come out of Egypt.}

geneva@Wis:6:7 @ {\cf2 And then shall the yron of mine armie, and the multitude of them that serue me, passe through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slaine, when I shall put them to flight,}

geneva@Wis:6:9 @ {\cf2 And if thou perswade thy selfe in thy mind, that they shall not be taken, let not thy countenance fall: I haue spoken it, and none of my words shall be in vaine.}

geneva@Wis:6:10 @ {\cf2 Then commanded Olofernes them concerning Achior, that they shoulde bring him to Bethulia, and deliuer him into the handes of the children of Israel.}

geneva@Wis:6:11 @ {\cf2 So his seruants tooke him, and brought him out of the campe into the plaine: and they went out from the middest of the plaine into the mountaines, and came vnto the fountaines that were vnder Bethulia.}

geneva@Wis:6:16 @ {\cf2 And they called together all the Auncients of the citie, and all their youth ranne together, and their women to the assemblie: and they set Achior in the middes of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of that which was done.}

geneva@Wis:6:17 @ {\cf2 And he answered and declared vnto them the wordes of the counsell of Olofernes, and all the wordes that he had spoken in the mids of the princes of Assur, and whatsoeuer Olofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel.}

geneva@Wis:6:19 @ {\cf2 O Lord God of heauen, beholde their pride, and haue mercie on the basenesse of our people, and beholde this day the face of those that are sanctified vnto thee.}

geneva@Wis:6:21 @ {\cf2 And Ozias tooke him out of ye asseblie into his house, & made a feast to the Elders, and they called on the God of Israel al that night for helpe.}

geneva@Wis:7:1 @ {\cf2 The next day, Olofernes commaunded all his armie and all his people, which were come to take his part, that they should remoue their camps against Bethulia, and that they shoulde take all the streites of the hill, and to make warre against the children of Israel.}

geneva@Wis:7:2 @ {\cf2 Then their strong men remoued their camps in that day, and the armie of the men of warre was an hundreth thousand and seuentie footemen, and twelue thousande horsemen, beside the baggage & other men that were afoote among them, a very great multitude.}

geneva@Wis:7:5 @ {\cf2 Then euery one tooke his weapons of warre, and burning fires in their towres, they remained and watched all that night.}

geneva@Wis:7:12 @ {\cf2 Remaine in thy campe, & keepe all the men of thine armie, and let thy men keepe still the water of the countrey, that commeth foorth at the foote of the mountaine.}

geneva@Wis:7:13 @ {\cf2 For al the inhabitants of Bethulia haue their water thereof: so shall thirst kill them, and they shall giue vp their citie: and we and our people wil goe vp to the toppes of the mountaines that are neere, and will campe vpon them, and watch that none goe out of the citie.}

geneva@Wis:7:18 @ {\cf2 Then the children of Esau went vp with the children of Ammon, & camped in the mountaines ouer against Dothaim, and they sent some of them selues toward the South, and toward the East, ouer against Rebel, which is neere vnto Chusi, that is vpon the riuer Mochmur: and the rest of the armie of the Assyrians camped in the fielde, and couered the whole lande: for their tents and their baggage were pitched in a wonderfull great place.}

geneva@Wis:7:20 @ {\cf2 Thus all the companie of Assur remained about them, both their footemen, chariots & horsemen, foure & thirtie dayes: so that euen all the places of their waters fayled all ye inhabitants of Bethulia.}

geneva@Wis:7:24 @ {\cf2 The Lord iudge betweene vs and you: for you haue done vs great iniurie, in that ye haue not required peace of the children of Assur.}

geneva@Wis:7:25 @ {\cf2 For now we haue no helper: but God hath sold vs into their hands, that we should be throwen downe before them with thirst & great destructio.}

geneva@Wis:7:27 @ {\cf2 For it is better for vs to be made a spoyle vnto them, then to die for thirst: for we will bee his seruants that we may liue, and not see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wiues, nor our children to die.}

geneva@Wis:7:28 @ {\cf2 We take to witnesse against you the heauen and the earth, and our God and Lorde of our fathers, which punisheth vs, according to our sinnes and the sinnes of our fathers, that he lay not these things to our charge.}

geneva@Wis:8:1 @ {\cf2 Nowe at that time, Iudeth heard thereof, which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Ox, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Oziel, the sonne of Elcia, the sonne of Ananias, the sonne of Gedeon, the sonne of Raphaim, the sonne of Acito, the sonne of Eliu, the sonne of Eliab, the sonne of Nathanael, the sonne of Samael, the sonne of Salasadai, the sonne of Israel.}

geneva@Wis:8:3 @ {\cf2 For as he was diligent ouer them that bound sheaues in the fielde, the heate came vpon his head, and he fell vpon his bed, and dyed in the citie of Bethulia, and they buryed him with his fathers in the fielde betweene Dothaim and Balamo.}

geneva@Wis:8:8 @ {\cf2 And there was none that coulde bring an euill report of her: for she feared God greatly.}

geneva@Wis:8:9 @ {\cf2 Now when she heard the euil wordes of the people against the gouernour, because they faintedfor lacke of waters (for Iudeth had hearde all the wordes that Ozias had spoken vnto them, and that hee had sworne vnto them to deliuer the citie vnto the Assyrians within fiue dayes)}

geneva@Wis:8:10 @ {\cf2 Then she sent her maide, that had the gouernement of all things that she had, to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmisthe Ancients of the citie.}

geneva@Wis:8:11 @ {\cf2 And they came vnto her, and she sayde vnto them, Heare me, O ye gouernors of the inhabitantes of Bethulia: for your words that ye haue spoken before the people this day, are not right, touching this othe which yee made and pronounced betweene God and you, and haue promised to deliuer the citie to the enemies, vnlesse within these dayes the Lord turne to helpe you.}

geneva@Wis:8:12 @ {\cf2 And nowe who are you that haue tempted God this day, & set your selues in the place of God among the children of men?}

geneva@Wis:8:14 @ {\cf2 For you cannot finde out the depth of the heart of man, neither can yee perceiue the thinges that hee thinketh: then howe can you search out God, that hath made all these things, and knowe his minde, or comprehende his purpose? Nay my brethren, prouoke not the Lord our God to anger.}

geneva@Wis:8:16 @ {\cf2 Doe not you therefore binde the counsels of the Lord our God: For God is not as man that he may be threatned, neither as the sonne of man to be brought to iudgement.}

geneva@Wis:8:20 @ {\cf2 But we know none other God: therefore we trust that he will not despise vs, nor any of our linage.}

geneva@Wis:8:22 @ {\cf2 And the feare of our brethren, and the captiuitie of the countrey, and the desolation of our inheritance will he turne vpon our heades among the Gentiles, wheresoeuer we shalbe in bondage, & we shall be an offence and a reproche to all them that possesse vs.}

geneva@Wis:8:26 @ {\cf2 Remember what things he did to Abraha, and how he tryed Isaac, & al that he did to Iacob in Mesopotamia of Syria when he kept the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother.}

geneva@Wis:8:27 @ {\cf2 For hee hath not tried vs as he did them to the examination of their heartes, neither doth hee take vengeance on vs, but the Lorde punisheth for instruction them that come neere to him.}

geneva@Wis:8:28 @ {\cf2 Then said Ozias to her, All that thou hast spoken, hast thou spoken with a good heart, and there is none that is able to resist thy words.}

geneva@Wis:8:29 @ {\cf2 For it is not to day that thy wisedome is knowen, but from the beginning of thy life all the people haue knowen thy wisedome: for the deuice of thine heart is good.}

geneva@Wis:8:31 @ {\cf2 Therefore now pray for vs, because thou art an holy woman, that the Lord may send vs raine to fill our cisternes, and that we may faint no more.}

geneva@Wis:8:33 @ {\cf2 You shal stand this night in the gate, & I wil go forth with mine handmaide: & within ye dayes that ye haue promised to deliuer the citie to our enemies, the Lord wil visite Israel by mine hand.}

geneva@Wis:8:34 @ {\cf2 But inquire not you of mine acte: for I will not declare it vnto you, till the things be finished that I doe.}

geneva@Wis:9:1 @ {\cf2 Then Iudeth fell vpon her face, and put ashes vpon her head, and put off the sackcloth wherwith she was clothed; about the time that the incense of that euening was offred in Ierusalem in the house of the Lorde, Iudeth cryed with a loude voyce, and saide,}

geneva@Wis:9:2 @ {\cf2 O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gauest a sworde to take vengeance of ye strangers which opened the wombe of the maide, and defiled her, and discouered the thigh with shame, & polluted the wombe to reproche (for thou haddest commanded that it should not so be,}

geneva@Wis:9:4 @ {\cf2 And hast giuen their wiues for a pray & their daughters to be captiues, and all their spoyles for a bootie to the children that thou louedst: which were mooued with thy zeale, & abhorred the pollution of their bloud, & called vpon thee for ayde, O God, O my God, heare me also a widdowe.}

geneva@Wis:9:5 @ {\cf2 For thou hast wrought the things afore, and these, and the things that shalbe after, and thou considerest the things that are present, and the things that are to come.}

geneva@Wis:9:7 @ {\cf2 Behold, the Assyrians are multyplied by their power: they haue exalted them selues with horses and horsemen: they glory in the strength of their footemen: they trust in shield, speare and bow, and sling, and do not know that thou art the Lord that breakest the battels: the Lord is thy Name.}

geneva@Wis:9:9 @ {\cf2 Behold their pride, and send thy wrath vpon their heads: giue into mine hand which am a widow, the strength that I haue conceiued.}

geneva@Wis:9:11 @ {\cf2 For thy power standeth not in the multitude, nor thy might in strong men: but thou, O Lorde, art the helpe of the humble and little ones, the defender of the weake, and the protector of them that are forsaken, and the Sauiour of them that are without hope.}

geneva@Wis:9:13 @ {\cf2 And graunt me words and craft, & a wound, & a stroke against the that enterprise cruel things against thy couenat, and against thine holy House, and against the toppe of Sion, & against the house of the possession of thy children.}

geneva@Wis:9:14 @ {\cf2 Shew euidently among all thy people, and al the tribes, that they may know that thou art ye God of all power and strength, and that there is none other that defendeth the people of Israel, but thou.}

geneva@Wis:10:4 @ {\cf2 And she put slippers on her feete, and put on bracelets, and sleeues, and rings, and earinges, and all her ornaments, and she decked her selfe brauely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her.}

geneva@Wis:10:7 @ {\cf2 And when they sawe her that her face was changed, and that her garment was changed, they marueyled greaely at her wonderfull beautie, and sayde vnto her,}

geneva@Wis:10:9 @ {\cf2 And she said vnto them, Command the gates of the citie to be opened vnto me, that I may goe forth to accomplish the things which you haue spoken to me. So they commanded the yong men to open vnto her, as she had spoken.}

geneva@Wis:10:15 @ {\cf2 Thou hast saued thy life, in that thou hast hasted to come downe to the presence of our lorde nowe therefore come to his tent, and some of vs shall conduct thee vntill they haue deliuered thee into his hands.}

geneva@Wis:10:19 @ {\cf2 And they marueiled at her beautie, and wondred at the children of Israel because of her, and euery one sayde vnto his neighbour, Who would despise this people, that haue among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left: for if they shoulde remaine, they might deceiue the whole earth.}

geneva@Wis:11:1 @ {\cf2 Then sayd Olophernes vnto her, Woman, bee of good comfort: feare not in thine heart: for I neuer hurt any that would serue Nabuchodonosor the King of all the earth.}

geneva@Wis:11:2 @ {\cf2 Now therefore if thy people that dwelleth in the mountaines, had not despysed me, I would not haue lifted vp my speare against them: but they haue procured these things to themselues.}

geneva@Wis:11:8 @ {\cf2 For we haue heard of thy wisedome and of thy prudent spirite, and it is declared through the whole earth, that thou onely art excellent in all the kingdome, and of a wonderfull knowledge, and in feates of warre marueilous.}

geneva@Wis:11:9 @ {\cf2 Nowe as concerning the matter which Achier did speake in thy councill, we haue heard his wordes: for the men of Bethulia did take him, and he declared vnto them all that he had spoken vnto thee.}

geneva@Wis:11:11 @ {\cf2 Nowe therefore, least my lorde shoulde be frustrate, and voyde of his purpose, and that death may fall vpon them, and that they may be taken in their sinne whiles they prouoke their God to anger, which is so oft times as they doe that which is not beseeming,}

geneva@Wis:11:12 @ {\cf2 (For because their vitailes fayle, and all their water is wasted, they haue determined to take their cattell, and haue purposed to consume all things that God had forbidden them to eate by his Lawes:}

geneva@Wis:11:13 @ {\cf2 Yea, they haue purposed to consume the first fruits of the wheat, and the tithes of the wine, & of the oyle which they had reserued and sanctified for the Priestes that serue in Ierusalem before the face of our God: the which things it is not lawfull for any of the people to touch with their handes.}

geneva@Wis:11:14 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, they haue sent to Ierusalem, because they also that dwel there, haue done the like, such as should bring them licence from ye Senate)}

geneva@Wis:11:17 @ {\cf2 For thy seruant feareth God, and worshippeth the God of heauen day and night, and nowe let me remaine with thee, my lord, and let thy seruant go out in the night into the valley, and I will pray vnto God, that he may reueile vnto me when they shall commit their sinnes,}

geneva@Wis:11:18 @ {\cf2 And I wil come and shew it vnto thee: then thou shalt goe foorth with all thine armie, and there shall be none of them that shall resist thee.}

geneva@Wis:11:19 @ {\cf2 And I will leade thee through the middes of Iudea, vntill thou come before Ierusalem, and I will set thy throne in the middes thereof, and thou shalt driue them as sheepe that haue no shepherd, and a dogge shall not barke with his mouth against thee: for these things haue bene spoken vnto me, and declared vnto me according to my foreknowledge, and I am sent to shewe thee.}

geneva@Wis:11:22 @ {\cf2 Likewise Olofernes said vnto her, God hath done this, to sende thee before the people, that strength might be in our handes, and destruction vpon them that despise my lorde.}

geneva@Wis:12:1 @ {\cf2 Then he commanded to bring her in where his treasures were layd, and bade that they should prepare for her of his owne meates, and that she should drinke of his owne wine.}

geneva@Wis:12:2 @ {\cf2 But Iudeth saide, I may not eate of them, least there should be an offence, but I can suffice my selfe with the things that I haue brought.}

geneva@Wis:12:3 @ {\cf2 Then Olofernes said vnto her, If the things that thou hast, should faile, howe should we giue thee the like? for there is none with vs of thy nation.}

geneva@Wis:12:4 @ {\cf2 Then said Iudeth vnto him, As thy soule liueth, my lorde, thine handmaide shall not spende those things that I haue, before the Lorde worke by mine hand the things that he hath determined.}

geneva@Wis:12:6 @ {\cf2 And sent to Olofernes, saying, Let my lorde commaunde that thine handmaide may goe foorth vnto prayer.}

geneva@Wis:12:7 @ {\cf2 Then Olofernes commanded his garde that they shoulde not stay her: thus she abode in the campe three dayes, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed her selfe in a fountaine, euen in the water by the campe.}

geneva@Wis:12:8 @ {\cf2 And when she came out, she prayed vnto the Lord God of Israel, that he woulde direct her way to the exaltation of the children of her people.}

geneva@Wis:12:10 @ {\cf2 And in the fourth day, Olofernes made a feast to his owne seruants only, and called none of them to the banket, that had the affaires in hande.}

geneva@Wis:12:11 @ {\cf2 Then saide he to Bagoas the eunuche who had charge ouer all that he had, Goe and perswade this Hebrewe woman, which is with thee, that she come vnto vs, and eate and drinke with vs.}

geneva@Wis:12:14 @ {\cf2 The said Iudeth vnto him, Who am I now, that I should gainesay my lord? Surely whatsoeuer pleaseth him, I will doe speedily, and it shall be my ioy vnto the day of my death.}

geneva@Wis:12:15 @ {\cf2 So she arose & trimmed her with garments, and with all the ornaments of women, & her maid went, and spred foorth her skinnes on the grounde ouer against Olofernes, which she had receiued of Bagoas for her daily vse, that she might sit and eate vpon them.}

geneva@Wis:12:16 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Iudeth came and sate downe, Olofernes heart was rauished with her, and his spirite was moued, and he desired greatly her company: for he had waited for the time to deceiue her from the day that he had seene her.}

geneva@Wis:12:19 @ {\cf2 Then she tooke, and ate and dranke before him the things, that her maide had prepared.}

geneva@Wis:13:1 @ {\cf2 Now when the euening was come, his seruants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed those that were present, from the presence of his lorde, and they went to their beddes: for they were all weary, because the feast had bene long.}

geneva@Wis:13:10 @ {\cf2 And she put it in her scrippe of meate: so they twaine went together according to their custome vnto praier, and preassing through the tents, went about by that valley, & went vp to the moutaine of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.}

geneva@Wis:13:13 @ {\cf2 And they ranne all together both small and great: for it was aboue their expectation, that she shoulde come. So they opened the gate and receiued her, and made a fire for a light, and stood roud about them twaine.}

geneva@Wis:13:16 @ {\cf2 As the Lorde liueth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceiued him to his destruction, and he hath not committed sinne with me by any pollution or villenie.}

geneva@Wis:14:4 @ {\cf2 So you & all that inhabite the coastes of Israel, shal pursue them, & ouerthrow them as they go.}

geneva@Wis:14:5 @ {\cf2 But before you doe these things, call mee Achior the Ammonite, that hee may see, and knowe him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to vs as to death.}

geneva@Wis:14:8 @ {\cf2 Now therefore tell mee all the thinges, that thou hast done in these dayes. Then Iudeth declared vnto him in the middes of the people all that shee had done from the daye that shee went forth, vntill that houre shee spake vnto them.}

geneva@Wis:14:10 @ {\cf2 And Achior, seeing all things that God had done for Israel, beleeued in God vnfaynedly, and circumcised the foreskin of his flesh, and was ioyned vnto the house of Israel vnto this day.}

geneva@Wis:14:13 @ {\cf2 So they came to Olofernes tent and saide to him that had the charge of all his things, Waken our lord: for the slaues haue bene bolde to come downe against vs to battel, that they may bee destroyed for euer.}

geneva@Wis:14:14 @ {\cf2 Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the doore of the tent: for hee thought that hee had slept with Iudeth.}

geneva@Wis:15:1 @ {\cf2 And when they that were in the tentes, heard, they were astonished at the thing that was done.}

geneva@Wis:15:2 @ {\cf2 And feare and trembling fell vpon them, so that there was no man that durst abide in the sight of his neighbour: but altogether amased, they fled by euery way of the plaine and of the mountaines.}

geneva@Wis:15:3 @ {\cf2 They also that had camped in the mountaines rounde about Bethulia, were put to flight: then the children of Israel, euery one that was a warriour among them, rushed out vpon them.}

geneva@Wis:15:4 @ {\cf2 Then sent Ozias to Bethomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Chola and to al the coastes of Israel, such as shoulde declare vnto them the things that were done, and that all shoulde rushe forth vpon their enemies to destroy them.}

geneva@Wis:15:5 @ {\cf2 Nowe when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell vpon them together vnto Choba: likewise also they that came from Ierusalem and from all the mountaines: for men had tolde them what things were done in the campe of their enemies, & they that were in Galaad and in Galile chased them with a great slaughter vntill they came to Damascus and to the coastes thereof.}

geneva@Wis:15:6 @ {\cf2 And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia, fell vpon the campe of Assur and spoyled them, and were greatly enriched.}

geneva@Wis:15:7 @ {\cf2 And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter, had the rest: and the villages and the cities that were in the mountaines and in the plaine, had a great bootie: for the abundance was very great.}

geneva@Wis:15:8 @ {\cf2 Then Ioacim the hie Priest, and the Ancients of the children of Israel that dwelt in Ierusalem, came to confirme the benefites that God had shewed to Israel, and to see Iudeth, and to salute her.}

geneva@Wis:15:12 @ {\cf2 Then all the women of Israel came together to see her, & blessed her, & made a daunce among them for her, and she tooke braunches in her hand, and gaue also to the women that were with her.}

geneva@Wis:15:13 @ {\cf2 They also crowned her with oliues, and her that was with her, and shee went before the people in the daunce, leading al the women: and all the men of Israel followed in their armour, with crownes, and with songs in their mouthes.}

geneva@Wis:16:5 @ {\cf2 He said that he would burne vp my borders and kill my yong men with the sworde, and dash the sucking children against the ground, and make mine infantes as a pray, and my virgins a spoyle.}

geneva@Wis:16:8 @ {\cf2 For shee put off the garment of her widowhoode, for the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with oyntment, and bound vp her heare in a coife, and tooke a linnen garment to deceiue him.}

geneva@Wis:16:14 @ {\cf2 Let all thy creatures serue thee: for thou hast spoken and they were made: thou hast sent thy Spirit, and he made them vp: and there is none that can resist thy voyce.}

geneva@Wis:16:15 @ {\cf2 For the mountaines leape vp from their foudations with the waters: the rockes melte at thy presence like waxe: yet thou art mercifull to them that feare thee.}

geneva@Wis:16:16 @ {\cf2 For al sacrifice is to litle for a sweet savour, and al the fatte is to litle for thy burnt offring: but hee that feareth the Lorde, is great at all times.}

geneva@Wis:16:17 @ {\cf2 Woe to the nations that rise vp against my kinred: the Lorde almightie will take vengeance of them in the day of iudgement, in sending fire & wormes vpon their flesh, and they shall feele them and weepe for euer.}

geneva@Wis:16:22 @ {\cf2 And many desired her, but none had her companie all the dayes of her life after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his people.}

geneva@Wis:16:24 @ {\cf2 And the house of Israel lamented her seuen dayes, and before shee dyed, shee did distribute her goods to all them that were neerest of kinred to Manasses her husband, and to them that were the neerest of her kinred.}

geneva@Wis:16:25 @ {\cf2 And there was none that made the children of Israel any more afrayde in the dayes of Iudeth, nor a long time after her death.}

geneva@Tob:1:1 @ {\cf2 Love righteousnesse, ye that be Iudges of the earth: thinke reuerently of the Lord, and seeke him in simplicitie of heart.}

geneva@Tob:1:2 @ {\cf2 For he wil be found of them that tempt him not, and appeareth vnto such as be not vnfaithfull vnto him.}

geneva@Tob:1:4 @ {\cf2 Because wisdome cannot enter into a wicked heart, nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne.}

geneva@Tob:1:5 @ {\cf2 For the holy Spirit of discipline fleeth from deceite, & withdraweth himselfe from the thoughts that are without vnderstanding, and is rebuked when wickednes commeth.}

geneva@Tob:1:6 @ {\cf2 For the Spirit of wisdome is louing, and wil not absolue him, that blasphemeth with his lips: for God is a witnes of his reines, and a true beholder of his heart, and an hearer of the tongue.}

geneva@Tob:1:7 @ {\cf2 For the Spirite of the Lorde filleth all the world: and the same that mainteineth all things, hath knowledge of the voyce.}

geneva@Tob:1:8 @ {\cf2 Therefore hee that speaketh vnrighteous things, cannot be hid: neither shall the iudgement of reproche let him escape.}

geneva@Tob:1:11 @ {\cf2 Therefore beware of murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refraine your tongue from slander: for there is no worde so secret, that shal go for nought, and the mouth that speaketh lyes, slayeth the soule.}

geneva@Tob:1:14 @ {\cf2 For he created all things, that they might haue their being: and the generations of the world are preserued, and there is no poyson of destruction in them, & the kingdome of hell is not vpon earth.}

geneva@Tob:2:1 @ {\cf2 For the vngodly say, as they falsly imagine with themselues, Our life is short & tedious: and in the death of a man there is no recouerie, neither was any knowen that hath returned from the graue.}

geneva@Tob:2:4 @ {\cf2 Our life shall passe away as the trace of a cloude, and come to naught as the miste that is driuen away with the beames of the sunne, and cast downe with the heate thereof. Our name also shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall haue our workes in remembrance.}

geneva@Tob:2:5 @ {\cf2 For our time is as a shadow that passeth away, and after our ende there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man commeth againe.}

geneva@Tob:2:6 @ {\cf2 Come therefore, and let vs enioy the pleasures, that are present, and let vs cheerefully vse the creatures as in youth.}

geneva@Tob:2:9 @ {\cf2 Let vs all be partakers of our wantonnes: let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euery place: for that is our portion, and this is our lot.}

geneva@Tob:2:10 @ {\cf2 Let vs oppresse the poore that is righteous: let vs not spare the widdow, nor reuerence ye white heares of the aged, that haue liued many yeeres.}

geneva@Tob:2:11 @ {\cf2 Let our strength be the lawe of vnrighteousnes: for the thing that is feeble, is reprooued as vnprofitable.}

geneva@Tob:2:16 @ {\cf2 He counteth vs as bastards, and hee withdraweth himselfe from our wayes as from filthines: he commendeth greatly the latter end of the iust, and boasteth that God is his father.}

geneva@Tob:2:19 @ {\cf2 Let vs examine him with rebukes and torments that we may know his meekenes, & prooue his patience.}

geneva@Tob:2:22 @ {\cf2 And they doe not vnderstand the mysteries of God, neither hope for the reward of righteousnes, nor can discerne the honour of the soules that are faultles.}

geneva@Tob:2:24 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles, thorowe enuie of the deuill came death into the world: and they that holde of his side, prooue it.}

geneva@Tob:3:9 @ {\cf2 They that trust in him shall vnderstand the trueth, and the faythfull shall remaine with him in loue: for grace and mercy is among his Saints, and he regardeth his elect.}

geneva@Tob:4:6 @ {\cf2 For all the children that are borne of the wicked bed, shalbe witnes of the wickednes against their parents when they be asked.}

geneva@Tob:4:8 @ {\cf2 For the honourable age is not that which is of long time, neither that which is measured by the number of yeeres.}

geneva@Tob:4:10 @ {\cf2 He pleased God, and was beloued of him, so that where as he liued among sinners, he translated him.}

geneva@Tob:4:12 @ {\cf2 For wickednes by bewitching obscureth the thinges that are good, and the vnstedfastnesse of concupiscence peruerteth the simple minde.}

geneva@Tob:4:15 @ {\cf2 Yet the people see and vnderstand it not, and consider no such things in their heartes, howe that grace and mercie is vpon his Saintes, and his prouidence ouer the elect.}

geneva@Tob:4:16 @ {\cf2 Thus the righteous that is dead, condemneth the vngodly which are liuing: and the youth that is soone brought to an ende, the long life of the vnrighteous.}

geneva@Tob:4:19 @ {\cf2 So that they shall fall hereafter without honour, and shall haue a shame among the dead for euermore: for without any voice shal he burst them and cast them downe, & shake them from the fundations, so that they shalbe vtterly wasted, and they shalbe in sorow, and their memoriall shall perish.}

geneva@Tob:5:9 @ {\cf2 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a poste that passeth bye}

geneva@Tob:5:10 @ {\cf2 As a ship that passeth ouer the waues of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither ye path of it in the floods:}

geneva@Tob:5:11 @ {\cf2 Or as a birde that flieth thorow in the ayre, and no man can see any token of her passage, but onely heare the noise of her wings beating the light winde, parting the aire through the vehemencie of her going, and fleeth on shaking her wings, whereas afterward no token of her way can be found:}

geneva@Tob:5:12 @ {\cf2 Or as when an arrow is shot at a marke, it parteth the aire, which immediately cometh together againe, so that a man canot know where it went thorow.}

geneva@Tob:5:14 @ {\cf2 For the hope of the vngodly is like the dust that is blowen away with the winde, & like a thinne fome that is scattered abroad with ye storme, & as the smoke, which is dispersed with the winde, and as the remembrance of him passeth, that tarieth but for a day.}

geneva@Tob:5:22 @ {\cf2 (5:21) As out of the bent bowe of the cloudes, and out of his anger that throweth stones, shall thicke haile be cast, and the water of the sea shalbe wroth against them, and the floods shall mightily ouerflowe.}

geneva@Tob:6:1 @ {\cf2 Heare therefore, O ye Kings, and vnderstande: learne, ye that be iudges of the endes of ye earth.}

geneva@Tob:6:2 @ {\cf2 Giue eare, ye that rule the multitudes and glorie in the multitude of people.}

geneva@Tob:6:4 @ {\cf2 Because that ye being officers of his kingdome haue not iudged aright, nor kept the Lawe, nor walked after the will of God,}

geneva@Tob:6:5 @ {\cf2 Horribly & suddenly wil he appeare vnto you: for an hard iudgement shall they haue that beare rule.}

geneva@Tob:6:6 @ {\cf2 For he that is most low is worthy mercie, but the mightie shalbe mightily tormented.}

geneva@Tob:6:7 @ {\cf2 For he that is Lord ouer all, wil spare no person, neither shall he feare any greatnes: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike,}

geneva@Tob:6:9 @ {\cf2 Vnto you therefore, O tyrants, doe I speake, that ye may learne wisdome, and not goe amisse.}

geneva@Tob:6:10 @ {\cf2 For they that keepe holines holily, shalbe holy, and they that are learned there, shall find a defence.}

geneva@Tob:6:12 @ {\cf2 Wisedome shineth and neuer fadeth away, and is easily seene of them that loue her, and found of such as seeke her,}

geneva@Tob:6:13 @ {\cf2 She preuenteth them that desire her, that she may first shewe her selfe vnto them.}

geneva@Tob:6:21 @ {\cf2 If your delite be then in thrones, and scepters, O Kings of the people, honour wisdome, that ye may reigne for euer.}

geneva@Tob:7:1 @ {\cf2 I my selfe am also mortall & a man like all other, and am come of him that was first made of the earth.}

geneva@Tob:7:2 @ {\cf2 And in my mothers wombe was I fashioned to be flesh in tenne moneths: I was brought together into blood of the seed of man, and by the pleasure that commeth with sleepe.}

geneva@Tob:7:5 @ {\cf2 For there is no King that had any other beginning of birth.}

geneva@Tob:7:12 @ {\cf2 So I was glad in all: for wisdome was the author thereof, and I knewe not that she was the mother of these things.}

geneva@Tob:7:15 @ {\cf2 God hath graunted me to speake according to my minde, and to iudge worthily of the thinges, that are giuen me: for he is the leader vnto wisdome, and the directer of the wise.}

geneva@Tob:7:17 @ {\cf2 For he hath giuen me the true knowledge of the things that are, so that I knowe how the worlde was made, and the powers of the elements,}

geneva@Tob:7:25 @ {\cf2 For she is the breth of the power of God, & a pure influence that floweth fro the glory of the Almighty: therfore can no defiled thing come vnto her.}

geneva@Tob:8:3 @ {\cf2 In that she is conuersant with God, it comendeth her nobilitie: yea, the Lord of all things loueth her.}

geneva@Tob:8:5 @ {\cf2 If riches be a possessio to be desired in this life, what is richer then wisdom, that worketh all things?}

geneva@Tob:8:6 @ {\cf2 For if prudencie worketh, what is it among all things, that worketh better then she?}

geneva@Tob:8:7 @ {\cf2 If a man loue righteousnes, her labours are vertuous: for she teacheth sobernes and prudencie, righteousnes and strength, which are the most profitable things that men can haue in this life.}

geneva@Tob:8:8 @ {\cf2 If a man desire great experience, she can tell the things that are past, & discerne things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of wordes, and the solution of darke sentences: she foreseeth the signes and wonders, or euer they come to passe, and the successe of seasons and times.}

geneva@Tob:8:9 @ {\cf2 Therefore I purposed to take her vnto my companie, knowing that shee would counsell mee good things, and comfort me in cares and griefes.}

geneva@Tob:8:11 @ {\cf2 I shalbe founde of sharpe iudgement, so that I shalbe marueilous in the sight of great men.}

geneva@Tob:8:13 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, by her I shall obtaine immortalitie, & leaue an euerlasting memoriall among them that come after me.}

geneva@Tob:8:17 @ {\cf2 Now when I considered these things by my selfe, and pondred them in mine heart, how that to be ioyned vnto wisdome is immortalitie,}

geneva@Tob:8:18 @ {\cf2 And great pleasure is in her friendship, and that in the workes of her hands are infinite riches, and that in the exercise of talking with her is prudencie, and glory by communing with her, I went about, seeking how I might take her vnto me.}

geneva@Tob:8:21 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles, when I perceiued that I could not enioy her, except God gaue her (and that was a point of wisdome also, to know whose gift it was) I went vnto the Lord, and besought him, and with my whole heart I sayd,}

geneva@Tob:9:2 @ {\cf2 And ordeined man through thy wisdome, that he should haue dominion ouer the creatures which thou hast made,}

geneva@Tob:9:4 @ {\cf2 Giue me that wisdome, which sitteth by thy throne, & put me not out from among thy childre.}

geneva@Tob:9:10 @ {\cf2 Send her out of thine holy heauens, & send her from the throne of thy maiestie, that she may be with me, and labour, that I may knowe what is acceptable in thy sight.}

geneva@Tob:9:13 @ {\cf2 For what man is he that can know ye counsel of God? or who can thinke what the wil of God is?}

geneva@Tob:9:15 @ {\cf2 Because a corruptible body is heauy vnto the soule, and the earthly mansion keepeth downe the minde that is full of cares.}

geneva@Tob:9:16 @ {\cf2 And hardly can we discerne the things that are vpon earth, and with great labour finde we out the things which are before vs: who can then seeke out the things that are in heauen?}

geneva@Tob:9:18 @ {\cf2 For so the wayes of them which are vpon earth, are reformed, and men are taught the things that are pleasant vnto thee, and are preserued through wisdome.}

geneva@Tob:10:1 @ {\cf2 She preserued the first father of the world, that was formed, and kept him when he was created alone, and brought him out of his offence,}

geneva@Tob:10:6 @ {\cf2 She preserued the righteous, when the vngodly perished, when he fled from the fire that fell downe vpon the fiue cities.}

geneva@Tob:10:7 @ {\cf2 Of whose wickednes the waste land that smoketh, yet giueth testimonie, and the trees that beare fruite that neuer commeth to ripenes: and for a remembrance of the vnfaithfull soule, there standeth a pillar of salte.}

geneva@Tob:10:8 @ {\cf2 For al such as regarded not wisdome, had not only this hurt, that they knew not the things which were good, but also left behinde them vnto men a memoriall of their foolishnes, so that in the things wherein they sinned, they can not lie hid.}

geneva@Tob:10:9 @ {\cf2 But wisdome deliuered them that serued her.}

geneva@Tob:10:12 @ {\cf2 She saued him from the enemies, & defended him from them, that lay in waite, & she gaue him the price in a mightie battell, that he might know that the feare of God is stronger then all things.}

geneva@Tob:10:14 @ {\cf2 And failed him not in the bands, till she had brought him the scepter of the realme, and power against those that oppressed him, and them that had accused him, she declared to be liars, and gaue him perpetuall glory.}

geneva@Tob:10:15 @ {\cf2 She deliuered the righteous people & faultles seede from the nations that oppressed them.}

geneva@Tob:11:2 @ {\cf2 They went through the wildernes that was not inhabited, and pitched their tentes in places where there lay no way.}

geneva@Tob:11:7 @ {\cf2 Declaring by the thirst that was at that time how thou haddest punished thine aduersaries.}

geneva@Tob:11:11 @ {\cf2 For when they perceiued that through their torments good came vnto them, they felt the Lord.}

geneva@Tob:11:12 @ {\cf2 And seeing the things that came to passe, at the last they wondered at him, whom afore they had cast out, denyed and derided: for they had an other thirst then the iust.}

geneva@Tob:11:13 @ {\cf2 Because of the foolish deuices of their wickednes wherewith they were deceiued, & worshipped serpents, that had not the vse of reason, and vile beasts, thou sendedst a multitude of vnreasonable beasts vpon them for a vengeance, that they might know, that wherewith a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished.}

geneva@Tob:11:14 @ {\cf2 For vnto thine almightie hande, that made the world of naught, it was not vnpossible to send among them a multitude of beares, or fierce lyons,}

geneva@Tob:11:19 @ {\cf2 For as the small thing that ye balances weigheth, so is the world before thee, and as a drop of the morning dewe, that falleth downe vpon the earth.}

geneva@Tob:11:21 @ {\cf2 For thou louest all things that are, & hatest none of them whome thou hast made: for thou wouldest haue created nothing that thou hadst hated.}

geneva@Tob:12:2 @ {\cf2 Therfore thou chastenest them measurably that go wrong, and warnest them by putting them in remembrance of the things wherein they haue offended, that leauing wickednes, they may beleeue in thee, O Lord.}

geneva@Tob:12:7 @ {\cf2 That the land which thou louest aboue all other, might be a meete dwelling for the children of God.}

geneva@Tob:12:9 @ {\cf2 Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto ye righteous in battel, or with cruell beasts, or with one rough word to destroy them together.}

geneva@Tob:12:10 @ {\cf2 But in punishing them by litle and litle, thou gauest them space to repent, knowing well, that it was an vnrighteous nation & wicked of nature, and that their thought could neuer be altered.}

geneva@Tob:12:12 @ {\cf2 For who dare say, What hast thou done? Or who dare stand against thy iudgement? Or who dare accuse thee for the nations that perish, whome thou hast made? Or who dare stand against thee to reuenge the wicked men?}

geneva@Tob:12:13 @ {\cf2 For there is none other God but thou, that carest for all things, that thou mayest declare how that thy iudgement is not vnright.}

geneva@Tob:12:15 @ {\cf2 For so much then as thou are righteous thy selfe, thou orderest all things righteously, thinking it not agreeable to thy power to condemne him, that hath not deserued to be punished.}

geneva@Tob:12:19 @ {\cf2 By such workes nowe hast thou taught thy people, that a man should be iust and louing, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope: for thou giuest repentance to sinners.}

geneva@Tob:12:20 @ {\cf2 For if thou hast punished the enemies of thy children that had deserued death with so great consideration, & requesting vnto them, giuing them time & place that they might change fro their wickednesse,}

geneva@Tob:12:22 @ {\cf2 So when thou doest chasten vs, thou punishest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that when we iudge, we shoulde diligently consider thy goodnesse, and when we are iudged, we shoulde hope for mercie.}

geneva@Tob:12:23 @ {\cf2 Wherfore thou hast tormented ye wicked that haue liued a dissolute life by their own imaginatios.}

geneva@Tob:12:24 @ {\cf2 For they went astray very farre in the wayes of errour, and esteemed the beastes, which their enemies despised, for gods, being abused after the maner of children, that haue none vnderstanding.}

geneva@Tob:12:25 @ {\cf2 Therefore hast thou sent this punishment that they should be in derisio as childre without reason.}

geneva@Tob:12:26 @ {\cf2 But they that will not be reformed by those scornefull rebukes, shall feele the worthie punishment of God.}

geneva@Tob:13:1 @ {\cf2 Svrely all men are vaine by nature, and are ignorant of God, and could not knowe him that is, by the good things that are seene, neither consider by the workes, the worke master.}

geneva@Tob:13:3 @ {\cf2 Though they had such pleasure in their beautie that they thought them gods, yet shoulde they haue knowen, howe much more excellent he is that made them: for the first authour of beautie hath created these things.}

geneva@Tob:13:4 @ {\cf2 Or if they marueiled at the power, and operation of the, yet should they haue perceiued thereby, howe much he that made these things, is mightier.}

geneva@Tob:13:6 @ {\cf2 But yet ye blame is lesse in these, that seeke God and would finde him, & yet peraduenture doe erre.}

geneva@Tob:13:7 @ {\cf2 For they goe about by his workes to seeke him, and are perswaded by the sight, because the things are beautifull that are seene.}

geneva@Tob:13:9 @ {\cf2 For if they can know so much, that they can discerne the worlde, why doe they not rather finde out the Lord thereof?}

geneva@Tob:13:10 @ {\cf2 But miserable are they, and among the dead is their hope, that call them gods, which are the workes of mens hands, golde, and siluer, & the thing that is inuented by arte, & the similitude of beastes, or any vaine stone that hath bene made by the hand of antiquitie.}

geneva@Tob:13:12 @ {\cf2 And the things that are cut off from his worke, he bestoweth to dresse his meate to fill himselfe,}

geneva@Tob:13:13 @ {\cf2 And that which is left of these things, which is profitable for nothing (for it is a crooked piece of wood and full of knobbes) he carueth it diligently at his leasure, and according as he is expert in cunning, he giueth it a proportion, and facioneth it after the similitude of a man,}

geneva@Tob:13:14 @ {\cf2 Or maketh it like some vile beast, and straketh it ouer with red, and painteth it, and couereth euery spotte that is in it.}

geneva@Tob:13:16 @ {\cf2 Prouiding so for it, least it fall: for he knoweth that it cannot helpe it selfe, because it is an image, which hath neede of helpe.}

geneva@Tob:13:17 @ {\cf2 Then he prayeth for his goodes, and for his mariage & for children: he is not ashamed to speake vnto it, that hath no life.}

geneva@Tob:13:18 @ {\cf2 He calleth on him that is weake for health: he prayeth vnto him that is dead for life: he requireth him of helpe that hath no experience at all.}

geneva@Tob:13:19 @ {\cf2 And for his iourney, him that is not able to goe, and for gaine, and worke, and successe of his affaires he requireth furtherance of him, that hath no maner of power.}

geneva@Tob:14:1 @ {\cf2 Againe, another man purposing to saile, and intending to passe thorowe the raging waues, calleth vpon a stocke more rotten then the shippe that carieth him.}

geneva@Tob:14:4 @ {\cf2 Declaring thereby, that thou hast power to helpe in all things, yea, though a man went to the sea without meanes.}

geneva@Tob:14:5 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse thou wouldest not, that the workes of thy wisdome should be vaine, & therfore doe men comit their liues to a small piece of wood, & passe ouer the stormie sea in a ship, and are saued.}

geneva@Tob:14:8 @ {\cf2 But that is cursed that is made with hands, both it, and he that made it: he because he made it, and it being a corruptible thing, because it was called God.}

geneva@Tob:14:9 @ {\cf2 For the vngodly, and his vngodlinesse are both like hated of God: so truly the worke and he that made it, shall be punished together.}

geneva@Tob:14:14 @ {\cf2 When a father mourned grieuously for his sonne that was taken away suddenly, he made an image for him that was once dead, whom nowe he worshippeth as a god, and ordeined to his seruants ceremonies and sacrifices.}

geneva@Tob:14:16 @ {\cf2 As for those that were so farre off that men might not worship them presently, they did counterfeit the visage that was farre off, and made a gorgeous image of a King, whom they would honour, that they might by all meanes flatter him that was absent, as though he had bene present.}

geneva@Tob:14:21 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, this was not ynough for the that they erred in the knowledge of God: but where as they liued in great warres of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.}

geneva@Tob:14:26 @ {\cf2 For the worshipping of idoles that ought not to be named, is the beginning and the cause and the ende of all euill.}

geneva@Tob:14:30 @ {\cf2 For it is not ye power of them by whom they sweare, but ye vengeance of them that sinne, which punisheth alwayes the offence of the vngodly.}

geneva@Tob:15:2 @ {\cf2 Though we sinne, yet are we thine: for we knowe thy power: but we sinne not, knowing that we are counted thine.}

geneva@Tob:15:5 @ {\cf2 Whose fight stirreth vp the desire of the ignorant: so that he coueteth the forme that hath no life, of a dead image.}

geneva@Tob:15:6 @ {\cf2 They that loue such wicked things are worthie to haue such things to trust to, and they that make them, and they that desire them, and they that worship them.}

geneva@Tob:15:7 @ {\cf2 The potter also tempereth soft earth, and facioneth euery vessell with labour to our vse: but of the same clay he maketh both the vessels, that serue to cleane vses, and the contrary likewise: but whereto euery vessell serueth, the potter is ye iudge.}

geneva@Tob:15:9 @ {\cf2 Notwithstanding he careth not for the labour he taketh, nor that his life is short, but he striueth with the goldsmithes, and siluersmithes, and counterfeiteth, the coppersmithes, and taketh it for an honour to make deceiueable things.}

geneva@Tob:15:11 @ {\cf2 For he knoweth not his owne maker, that gaue him his soule, that had power and breathed in him the breath of life.}

geneva@Tob:15:13 @ {\cf2 Nowe he that of earth maketh fraile vessels and images, knoweth himselfe to offend aboue all other.}

geneva@Tob:15:14 @ {\cf2 All the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subiection, are most vnwise, and more miserable then the very fooles.}

geneva@Tob:15:16 @ {\cf2 For man made them, and he that hath but a borowed spirite, facioned them: but no man can make a God like vnto himselfe.}

geneva@Tob:15:17 @ {\cf2 For seeing he is but mortall himselfe, it is but mortall that he maketh with vnrighteous hands: he himselfe is better then they whom he worshippeth: for he liued, but they neuer liued.}

geneva@Tob:16:3 @ {\cf2 To the intent that they that desired meat, by the things which were shewed & sent among them, might turne away their necessary desire, and that they, which had suffred penurie for a space, shoulde also feele a newe taste.}

geneva@Tob:16:4 @ {\cf2 For it was requisite, that they which vsed tyrannie, should fall into extreeme pouertie, and that to these onely it should be shewed, howe their enemies were tormented.}

geneva@Tob:16:6 @ {\cf2 Thy wrath indured not perpetually, but they were troubled for a litle season, that they might bee reformed, hauing a signe of saluation, to remember the commandement of thy Lawe.}

geneva@Tob:16:7 @ {\cf2 For he that turned toward it, was not healed by the thing that he sawe, but by thee, O Sauiour of all.}

geneva@Tob:16:8 @ {\cf2 So in this thou shewedst our enemies, that it is thou, which deliuerest from all euill.}

geneva@Tob:16:11 @ {\cf2 For they were pricked, because they should remember thy woordes, and were speedily healed, least they should fal into so deepe forgetfulnes, that they could not be called backe by thy benefite.}

geneva@Tob:16:14 @ {\cf2 A man in deede by his wickednesse may slaie another: but when the spirite is gone foorth, it turneth not againe, neither can he cal againe the soule that is taken away.}

geneva@Tob:16:16 @ {\cf2 For the vngodly that woulde not knowe thee, were punished by the strength of thine arme, with strange raine and with haile, and were pursued with tempest, that they coulde not auoid, and were consumed with fire.}

geneva@Tob:16:17 @ {\cf2 For it was a wonderous thing that fire might doe more then water, which quencheth all things: but the world is the auenger of the righteous.}

geneva@Tob:16:18 @ {\cf2 For sometime was the fire so tame, that the beasts, which were sent against the vngodly, burnt not: and that, because they should see & know, that they were persecuted with the punishment of God.}

geneva@Tob:16:19 @ {\cf2 And sometime burnt the fire in the middes of the water aboue the power of fire, that it might destroy the generation of the vniust land.}

geneva@Tob:16:21 @ {\cf2 For thy sustenance declared thy sweetenesse vnto thy children, which serued to the appetite of him, that tooke it, and was meete to that that euery man would.}

geneva@Tob:16:22 @ {\cf2 Moreouer the snowe and yee abode the fire and melted not, that they might know, that the fire burning in the haile, and sparkeling in the raine, destroied the fruite of the enemies.}

geneva@Tob:16:23 @ {\cf2 Againe it forgate his owne strength, that the righteous might be nourished.}

geneva@Tob:16:24 @ {\cf2 For the creature that serueth thee which art the maker, is fierce in punishing the vnrighteous: but it is easie to doe good vnto such as put their trust in thee.}

geneva@Tob:16:25 @ {\cf2 Therefore was it changed at the same time vnto all facions to serue thy grace, which nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had neede thereof,}

geneva@Tob:16:26 @ {\cf2 That thy children whome thou louest, O Lorde, might knowe, that it is not the increase of fruites that feedeth men, but that it is thy woorde, which preserueth them that trust in thee.}

geneva@Tob:16:27 @ {\cf2 For that which coulde not be destroied with the fire, being onely warmed a little with the sunne beames, melted,}

geneva@Tob:16:28 @ {\cf2 That it might bee knowen that we ought to preuent the sunne rising to giue thanks vnto thee, and to salute thee before the day spring.}

geneva@Tob:17:1 @ {\cf2 For thy iudgements are great, and can not be expressed: therefore men doe erre, that will not be reformed.}

geneva@Tob:17:4 @ {\cf2 For the denne that hid them, kept them not from feare: but the soundes that were about them, troubled them, and terrible visions and sorowfull sightes did appeare.}

geneva@Tob:17:6 @ {\cf2 For there appeared vnto them only a sudden fire, very dreadfull: so that being afraide of this vision, which they coulde not see, they thought the things, which they sawe, to be worse.}

geneva@Tob:17:8 @ {\cf2 For they that promised to driue away feare and trouble from the sicke person, were sicke for feare, and worthy to be laughed at.}

geneva@Tob:17:9 @ {\cf2 And though no fearful thing did feare them, yet were they afraide at the beasts which passed by them, and at the hissing of the serpents: so that they died for feare, and sayd they saw not the aire, which by no meanes can be auoided.}

geneva@Tob:17:10 @ {\cf2 For it is a feareful thing, when malice is condemned by her owne testimonie: and a conscience that is touched, doeth euer forecast cruell things.}

geneva@Tob:17:12 @ {\cf2 And the lesse that the hope is within, the more doeth he esteeme the ignorance of the thing, that tormenteth him, great.}

geneva@Tob:17:13 @ {\cf2 But they that did endure the night that was intolerable, and that came out of the dungeon of hell, which is insupportable, slept the same sleepe,}

geneva@Tob:17:16 @ {\cf2 For whether hee was an husband man, or a shepheard, or one that was set to worke alone, if he were taken, hee must suffer this necessitie, that hee could not auoide:}

geneva@Tob:17:18 @ {\cf2 Or a great noyse of the falling downe of stones, or the running of skipping beastes, that coulde not be seene, or the noise of cruell beastes, that roared, or the sounde that answereth againe in the holowe mountaines: these fearefull thinges made them to swoone.}

geneva@Tob:17:20 @ {\cf2 Onely vpon them there fell an heauie night, an image of that darkenesse that was to come vpon them: yea, they were vnto themselues more grieuous then darkenesse.}

geneva@Tob:18:3 @ {\cf2 Therefore thou gauest them a burning pillar of fire to leade them in the vnknowen way, and madest the sunne that it hurted not them in their honourable iourney.}

geneva@Tob:18:5 @ {\cf2 Whereas they thought to slay the babes of the Saints, by one childe that was cast out, and preserued to reprooue them, thou hast taken away the multitude of their children and destroied them all together in the mightie water.}

geneva@Tob:18:6 @ {\cf2 Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that they knowing vnto what othes they had giuen credite, might be of good cheere.}

geneva@Tob:18:9 @ {\cf2 For the righteous children of the good men offred secretely, and made a Lawe of righteousnesse by one consent, that the Saintes shoulde receiue good and euill in like maner, and that the fathers should first sing praises.}

geneva@Tob:18:10 @ {\cf2 But a disagreeing crie was hearde of the enemies, and there was a lamentable noise for the children that were bewailed.}

geneva@Tob:18:12 @ {\cf2 So they all together had innumerable that died with one kinde of death: neither were ye liuing sufficient to burie them: for in the twinckling of an eye the noblest offspring of them was destroied.}

geneva@Tob:18:13 @ {\cf2 So they that could beleeue nothing, because of ye inchantments, confessed this people to be the children of God, in the destruction of ye first borne:}

geneva@Tob:18:15 @ {\cf2 Thine almighty woorde leapt downe from heauen out of thy royall throne, as a fierce man of warre in the middes of the lande that was destroied,}

geneva@Tob:18:19 @ {\cf2 For the visios that vexed them, shewed them these things afore: so that they were not ignorant, wherefore they perished.}

geneva@Tob:18:21 @ {\cf2 For the blameles man made haste, and defended them, and tooke the weapons of his ministration, euen prayer, and the reconciliation by the perfume, and set himselfe against the wrath, and so brought the miserie to an ende, declaring that hee was thy seruaunt.}

geneva@Tob:18:22 @ {\cf2 For he ouercame not the multitude with bodily power, nor with force of weapons, but with the word he subdued him that punished, alleadging the othes and couenant made vnto the fathers.}

geneva@Tob:18:25 @ {\cf2 Vnto these the destroier gaue place, and was afraide of them: for it was sufficient, that they had tasted the wrath.}

geneva@Tob:19:2 @ {\cf2 That they, (when they had consented to let them goe, and had sent them out with diligence) would repent, and pursue them.}

geneva@Tob:19:3 @ {\cf2 For while yet sorowe was before them, and they lamented by the graues of the dead, they deuised another foolishnesse, so that they persecuted them in their fleeing, whome they had cast out afore with praier.}

geneva@Tob:19:4 @ {\cf2 For the destinie, whereof they were worthy, brought them to this ende, and caused them toforget the things that had come to passe, that they might accomplish the punishment, which remained by torments,}

geneva@Tob:19:5 @ {\cf2 Both that thy people might trie a marueilous passage, and that these might finde a strange death.}

geneva@Tob:19:6 @ {\cf2 For euery creature in his kinde was facioned of newe, and serued in their owne offices inioyned them, that thy children might be kept without hurt.}

geneva@Tob:19:7 @ {\cf2 For the cloude ouershadowed their tentes, and the drye earth appeared, where afore was water: so that in the red sea there was a way without impediment, and the great deepe became a greene fielde.}

geneva@Tob:19:8 @ {\cf2 Through the which all the people went that were defended with thine hand, seeing thy wonderous marueiles.}

geneva@Tob:19:12 @ {\cf2 For the quailes came foorth of the sea vnto them for comfort, but punishments came vpon the sinners not without signes that were giuen by great thundrings: for they suffered worthily according to their wickednesse, because they shewed a cruell hatred toward strangers.}

geneva@Tob:19:13 @ {\cf2 For ye one sort would not receiue them when they were present, because they knewe them not: the other sort brought the strangers into bondage that had done them good.}

geneva@Tob:19:14 @ {\cf2 Beside all these things some would not suffer, that any regarde shoulde be had of them: For they handled the strangers despitefully.}

geneva@Tob:19:15 @ {\cf2 Others that had receiued them with great banketting, and admitted them to be partakers of the same lawes, did afflict them with great labours.}

geneva@Tob:19:16 @ {\cf2 Therefore they were stricken with blindnes, as in olde time certeine were at the doores of the righteous, so that euery one being compassed with darknesse, sought the entrance of his doore.}

geneva@Tob:19:17 @ {\cf2 Thus the elements agreed among themselues in this change, as when one tune is changed vpon an instrument of musike, and the melodie still remaineth, which may easily be perceiued by the sight of the things that are come to passe.}

geneva@Tob:19:18 @ {\cf2 For the things of the earth were changed into things of the water, and the thing that did swimme went vpon the ground.}

geneva@Tob:19:20 @ {\cf2 Againe, the flames did not hurt ye flesh of the corruptible beasts that walked therein, neither melted they that which seemed to be yce, & was of a nature that would melt, and yet was an immortall meate.}

geneva@Sir:1:9 @ {\cf2 He is the Lord, that hath created her thorow the holy Ghost: he hath seene her, numbred her, and measured her.}

geneva@Sir:1:10 @ {\cf2 He hath powred her out vpon all his workes, and vpon all flesh, according to his gift, and giueth her abundantly vnto them that loue him.}

geneva@Sir:1:21 @ {\cf2 She filleth their whole house with all things desireable, and the garners with the things, that she bringeth foorth, and both twaine are giftes of God.}

geneva@Sir:1:23 @ {\cf2 She rayneth downe knowledge, and vnderstanding of wisdome, and hath brought vnto honour, them that possessed her.}

geneva@Sir:1:34 @ {\cf2 Be not an hypocrite that men should speake of thee, but take heede what thou speakest.}

geneva@Sir:2:3 @ {\cf2 Ioyne thy selfe vnto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.}

geneva@Sir:2:7 @ {\cf2 Ye that feare the Lorde, waite for his mercie shrinke not away from him that ye fall not.}

geneva@Sir:2:8 @ {\cf2 Ye that feare the Lord, beleeue him, and your reward shall not faile.}

geneva@Sir:2:9 @ {\cf2 O ye that feare ye Lorde, trust in good things, and in the euerlasting ioy and mercie.}

geneva@Sir:2:10 @ {\cf2 Ye that feare the Lorde, loue him, and your hearts shall be lightened.}

geneva@Sir:2:11 @ {\cf2 Consider the olde generations of men, ye children, and marke them well: was there euer any confounded, that put his trust in the Lorde? or who hath continued in his feare, & was forsaken? or whom did he euer despise, that called vpon him?}

geneva@Sir:2:12 @ {\cf2 For God is gracious and mercifull, and forgiueth sinnes, & saueth in the time of trouble, and is a defender for al them that seeke him in the trueth.}

geneva@Sir:2:13 @ {\cf2 Woe vnto them, that haue a fearefull heart, and to the wicked lips and to the faint hands, andto the sinner that goeth two maner of waies.}

geneva@Sir:2:14 @ {\cf2 Woe vnto him that is faint hearted, for hee beleeueth not: therefore shall he not be defended.}

geneva@Sir:2:15 @ {\cf2 Woe vnto you that haue lost patience, and haue forsaken the right waies, and are turned backe into froward waies: for what will ye doe when the Lord shall visite you?}

geneva@Sir:2:16 @ {\cf2 They that feare the Lord, wil not disobey his worde: and they that loue him, wil keepe his waies.}

geneva@Sir:2:17 @ {\cf2 They that feare the Lorde, will seeke out the things that are pleasant vnto him: and they that loue him, shalbe fulfilled with his Lawe.}

geneva@Sir:2:18 @ {\cf2 They that feare the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and humble their soules in his sight.}

geneva@Sir:2:19 @ {\cf2 They that feare the Lorde, keepe his comandements, and will be patient till he see them,}

geneva@Sir:3:2 @ {\cf2 Heare your fathers iudgement, O children, and doe thereafter, that yee may be safe.}

geneva@Sir:3:5 @ {\cf2 And hee that honoureth his mother, is like one that gathereth treasure.}

geneva@Sir:3:7 @ {\cf2 Hee that honoureth his father, shall haue a long life, and hee that is obedient vnto the Lorde, shall comfort his mother.}

geneva@Sir:3:8 @ {\cf2 He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, & doeth seruice vnto his parents, as vnto lords.}

geneva@Sir:3:9 @ {\cf2 Honour thy father and mother, in deede and in worde and in all patience, that thou maiest haue Gods blessing, and that his blessing may abide with thee in the ende.}

geneva@Sir:3:12 @ {\cf2 Seeing that mans glorie commeth by his fathers honour, and the reproche of the mother is dishonour to the children,}

geneva@Sir:3:17 @ {\cf2 He that forsaketh his father, shal come to shame, and he that angreth his mother, is cursed of God.}

geneva@Sir:3:18 @ {\cf2 My son, performe thy doings with meekenes, so shalt thou be beloued of them that are approued.}

geneva@Sir:3:22 @ {\cf2 Seeke not out the things that are too harde for thee, neither searche the things rashly which are too mightie for thee.}

geneva@Sir:3:23 @ {\cf2 But what God hath commaunded thee, thinke vpon that with reuerence, and be not curious in many of his works: for it is not needefull for thee to see with thine eyes the things that are secret.}

geneva@Sir:3:26 @ {\cf2 Thou canst not see without eyes: professe not the knowledge therefore that thou hast not.}

geneva@Sir:3:27 @ {\cf2 A stubberne heart shall fare euill at the last: and he that loueth danger, shall perish therein.}

geneva@Sir:3:28 @ {\cf2 An heart that goeth two waies, shal not prosper: and he that is frowarde of heart, shall stumble therein.}

geneva@Sir:3:31 @ {\cf2 The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, shall perceiue secrete things, and an attentiue eare is the desire of a wise man.}

geneva@Sir:3:32 @ {\cf2 An heart that is wise and vnderstanding, wil absteine from sinne, and shall prosper in the workes of righteousnesse.}

geneva@Sir:3:34 @ {\cf2 And he that rewardeth good deedes, will remember it afterward, and in the time of the fall, he shall finde a staie.}

geneva@Sir:4:3 @ {\cf2 Trouble not the heart that is grieued, and deferre not the gift of the needie.}

geneva@Sir:4:4 @ {\cf2 Refuse not the praier of one that is in trouble: turne not away thy face from the poore.}

geneva@Sir:4:6 @ {\cf2 For if he curse thee in ye bitternes of his soule, his praier shall be heard of him that made him.}

geneva@Sir:4:9 @ {\cf2 Deliuer him that suffreth wrong, from the hande of the oppressor, and bee not faint hearted when thou iudgest.}

geneva@Sir:4:11 @ {\cf2 Wisdome exalteth her children, and receiueth them that seeke her, and wil go before them in the way of righteousnesse.}

geneva@Sir:4:12 @ {\cf2 He that loueth her, loueth life, and they that seeke life in the morning, shall haue great ioy.}

geneva@Sir:4:13 @ {\cf2 He that keepeth her, shall inherite glorie: for vnto whome shee entreth, him the Lord will blesse.}

geneva@Sir:4:14 @ {\cf2 They that honour her, shall be the seruantes of the Holy one, and them that loue her, the Lorde doeth loue.}

geneva@Sir:4:15 @ {\cf2 Who so geueth eare vnto her, shall iudge the nations, and he that goeth vnto her, shall dwell safely.}

geneva@Sir:4:16 @ {\cf2 He that is faithfull vnto her, shall haue her in possession, and his generation shall possesse her.}

geneva@Sir:4:20 @ {\cf2 My sonne, make much of time, and eschewe the thing that is euill,}

geneva@Sir:4:21 @ {\cf2 And be not ashamed to say the trueth for thy life: for there is a shame that bringeth sinne, and a shame that bringeth worship and fauour.}

geneva@Sir:4:22 @ {\cf2 Accept no person against thine owne conscience, that thou bee not confounded to thine owne decay, & forbeare not thy neighbour in his faut.}

geneva@Sir:4:30 @ {\cf2 Be not as a Lyon in thine owne house, neither beate thy seruauntes for thy fantasie, nor oppresse them that are vnder thee.}

geneva@Sir:5:9 @ {\cf2 Be not caried about with euery winde, and goe not into euery way: for so doeth the sinner that hath a double tongue.}

geneva@Sir:5:11 @ {\cf2 Be humble to heare the worde of God, that thou maiest vnderstand it, and make a true answere with wisdome.}

geneva@Sir:5:15 @ {\cf2 Be not counted a talebearer, and lie not in waite with thy tongue: for shame and repentance follow the thiefe, and an euil condemnation is ouer him that is double tonged: but he that is a backbiter, shall be hated, enuied and confounded..}

geneva@Sir:6:1 @ {\cf2 Be not of a friend thy neighbours enemie: for such shal haue an euil name, shame and reproch, and he shall be in infamie as the wicked that hath a double tongue.}

geneva@Sir:6:4 @ {\cf2 For a wicked soule destroieth him that hath it, and maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies, and bringeth him to the portion of the vngodly.}

geneva@Sir:6:5 @ {\cf2 A sweete talke multiplieth the friendes and pacifieth them that bee at variance, and a sweete tongue increaseth much good talke.}

geneva@Sir:6:9 @ {\cf2 And there is some friend that turneth to enimitie, and taketh part against thee, & in contentionhe will declare thy shame.}

geneva@Sir:6:14 @ {\cf2 A faithfull friend is a strong defence, and he that findeth such one, findeth a treasure.}

geneva@Sir:6:16 @ {\cf2 A faithfull friend is the medicine of life and immortalitie, and they that feare the Lorde, shall finde him.}

geneva@Sir:6:19 @ {\cf2 Goe to her as one that ploweth, and soweth, and wayte for her good fruites: for thou shalt haue but litle labour in her worke: but thou shalt eate of her fruites right soone.}

geneva@Sir:6:20 @ {\cf2 How exceeding sharpe is shee to the vnlearned? He that is without iudgement, wil not remaine with her.}

geneva@Sir:6:22 @ {\cf2 For they haue the name of wisedome, but there be but fewe that haue the knowledge of her.}

geneva@Sir:6:23 @ {\cf2 For with them that know her, shee abideth vnto the appearing of God.}

geneva@Sir:6:29 @ {\cf2 For at the last thou shalt finde rest in her, & that shalbe turned to thy ioy.}

geneva@Sir:6:35 @ {\cf2 Stand with the multitude of ye Elders, which are wise, and ioyne with him that is wise.}

geneva@Sir:7:2 @ {\cf2 Depart from the thing that is wicked, & sinne shal turne away from thee.}

geneva@Sir:7:3 @ {\cf2 My sonne, sowe not vpon the sorowes of vnrighteousnes, lest that thou reape them seuen fold.}

geneva@Sir:7:11 @ {\cf2 Laugh no man to scorne in the heauines of his soule: for God which seeth all things is hee that can bring downe, and set vp againe.}

geneva@Sir:7:16 @ {\cf2 Number not thy selfe in the multitude of the wicked, but remeber that vengeance wil not slacke.}

geneva@Sir:7:19 @ {\cf2 Depart not from a wise and good woman, that is fallen vnto thee for thy portion in the feare of the Lord: for her grace is aboue golde.}

geneva@Sir:7:20 @ {\cf2 Whereas thy seruant worketh truely, intreate him not euil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himselfe wholly for thee.}

geneva@Sir:7:28 @ {\cf2 Remember that thou wast borne of them, & how canst thou recompence them the things that they haue done for thee?}

geneva@Sir:7:30 @ {\cf2 Loue him that made thee, with al thy strength, and forsake not his seruants.}

geneva@Sir:7:32 @ {\cf2 Stretch thine hande vnto the poore, that thy blessing, & reconciliation may be accomplished.}

geneva@Sir:7:34 @ {\cf2 Let not them that weepe, be without comfort: but mourne with such as mourne.}

geneva@Sir:7:35 @ {\cf2 Be not slow to visite the sicke: for that shal make thee to be beloued.}

geneva@Sir:8:3 @ {\cf2 Striue not with a man that is full of wordes, and lay no stickes vpon his fire.}

geneva@Sir:8:4 @ {\cf2 Play not with a man that is vntaught, least thy kinred be dishonoured.}

geneva@Sir:8:5 @ {\cf2 Despise not a man that turneth himselfe away from sinne, nor cast him not in the teeth withall, but remember that we are all worthy blame.}

geneva@Sir:8:7 @ {\cf2 Be not glad of the death of thine enemy, but remeber that we must die all, & so enter into ioy.}

geneva@Sir:8:8 @ {\cf2 Despise not the exhortation of the Elders that be wise, but acquaint thy selfe with their wise sentences: for of them thou shalt learne wisdome, and the doctrine of vnderstanding, and how to serue great men without complaynt.}

geneva@Sir:8:11 @ {\cf2 Rise not vp against him that doeth wrong, that he lay not wayte as a spie for thy mouth.}

geneva@Sir:8:12 @ {\cf2 Lende not vnto him that is mightier then thy selfe: for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.}

geneva@Sir:8:15 @ {\cf2 Trauaile not by the way with him that is rash, least he doe thee iniurie: for he followeth his owne wilfulnesse, and so shalt thou perish through his follie.}

geneva@Sir:8:16 @ {\cf2 Striue not with him that is angry, and goe not with him into the wildernesse: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no helpe, he will ouerthrow thee.}

geneva@Sir:9:4 @ {\cf2 Vse not the companie of a woman that is a singer, and a dancer, neither heare her, least thou be taken by her craftines.}

geneva@Sir:9:5 @ {\cf2 Gaze not on a mayde, that thou fal not by that that is precious in her.}

geneva@Sir:9:9 @ {\cf2 Euery woman that is an harlot, shalbe troden vnder foote as dongue, of euery one that goeth by the way.}

geneva@Sir:9:14 @ {\cf2 Delite not in the thing that ye vngodly haue pleasure in, but remember that they shall not bee found iust vnto their graue.}

geneva@Sir:9:15 @ {\cf2 Keepe thee from the man that hath power to slay: so shalt thou not doubt the feare of death: and if thou come vnto him, make no fault, least he take away thy life: remember that thou goest in the middes of snares, and that thou walkest vpon the towres of the citie.}

geneva@Sir:9:20 @ {\cf2 A man ful of words is dangerous in his citie, and he that is rash in his talking, shalbe hated.}

geneva@Sir:10:2 @ {\cf2 As the iudge of the people is him selfe, so are his officers, and what maner of man the ruler of the citie is, such are all they that dwell therein.}

geneva@Sir:10:3 @ {\cf2 An vnwise king destroyeth his people, but where they that be in authoritie, are men of vnderstanding, there the citie prospereth.}

geneva@Sir:10:10 @ {\cf2 All tyrannie is of small indurance, and the disease that is hard to heale, is grieuous to the physition.}

geneva@Sir:10:11 @ {\cf2 The physition cutteth off the sore disease, and he that is to day a king, to morowe is dead.}

geneva@Sir:10:12 @ {\cf2 Why is earth and ashes proude, seeing that when a man dieth, he is the heire of serpents, beastes and wormes?}

geneva@Sir:10:14 @ {\cf2 For pride is the original of sinne, and he that hath it, shall powre out abomination, till at last he be ouerthrowen: therefore the Lorde bringeth the perswasions of the wicked to dishonour, and destroyeth them in the ende.}

geneva@Sir:10:20 @ {\cf2 There is a seede of man which is an honourable seede: the honourable seede are they that feare the Lorde: there is a seede of man, which is without honour: the seede without honour, are they that transgresse the commaundementes of the Lord: it is a seede that remaineth which feareth the Lord, and a faire plant, that loue him: but they are a seede without honour, that despise the Lawe, and a deceiueable seede that breake the commaundementes.}

geneva@Sir:10:21 @ {\cf2 He that is the chiefe among brethren, is honourable: so are they that feare the Lorde in his sight.}

geneva@Sir:10:22 @ {\cf2 The feare of the Lord causeth that the kingdome faileth not, but the kingdome is lost by crueltie and pride.}

geneva@Sir:10:24 @ {\cf2 It is not meete to despise the poore man that hath vnderstanding, neither is it couenient to magnifie the rich that is a wicked man.}

geneva@Sir:10:25 @ {\cf2 The great man and the iudge and the man of authority, are honourable, yet is there none of them greater, then he that feareth the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:10:26 @ {\cf2 Vnto the seruant that is wise, shal they that are free, doe seruice: he that hath knowledge, wil not grudge when hee is reformed, and the ignorant shall not come to honour.}

geneva@Sir:10:28 @ {\cf2 Better is he that laboureth and hath plenteousnesse of all things, then hee that is gorgeous, and wanteth bread.}

geneva@Sir:10:30 @ {\cf2 Who wil count him iust that sinneth against him selfe? or honour him, that dishonoureth his owne soule?}

geneva@Sir:10:32 @ {\cf2 Hee that is honourable in pouertie, howe much more shal he be when he is rich? and he that is vnhonest being rich, howe much more will he be so when he is in pouertie?}

geneva@Sir:11:1 @ {\cf2 Wisedome lifteth vp the head of him that is lowe, and maketh him to sit among great men.}

geneva@Sir:11:9 @ {\cf2 Striue not for a matter that thou hast not to do with, and sit not in the iudgement of sinners.}

geneva@Sir:11:11 @ {\cf2 There is some man that laboureth and taketh paine, and the more hee hasteth, the more hee wanteth.}

geneva@Sir:11:12 @ {\cf2 Againe there is some that is slouthfull, and hath neede of helpe: for he wanteth strength, and hath great pouertie, yet ye eye of the Lord looketh vpon him to good, and setteth him vp from his lowe estate,}

geneva@Sir:11:13 @ {\cf2 And he lifteth vp his head: so that many men marueile at him, and giue honour vnto God.}

geneva@Sir:11:16 @ {\cf2 Errour and darkenesse are appointed for sinners, and they that exalt them selues in euill, waxe olde in euill.}

geneva@Sir:11:19 @ {\cf2 In that hee saith, I haue gotten rest, and nowe will I eate continually of my goods, yet hee considereth not, that the time draweth neere, that he must leaue all these things vnto other men, and die himselfe.}

geneva@Sir:11:29 @ {\cf2 Bring not euery man into thine house: for the deceitfull haue many traines, and are like stomackes that belche stinkingly.}

geneva@Sir:12:3 @ {\cf2 Hee can not haue good that continueth in euill, and giueth not almes: for the most High hateth the sinners, and hath mercie vpon them that repent.}

geneva@Sir:12:5 @ {\cf2 Doe well vnto him that is lowly, but giue not to the vngodly: holde backe thy bread, and giue it not vnto him, least he ouercome thee thereby: else thou shalt receiue twise as much euill for all the good that thou doest vnto him.}

geneva@Sir:12:11 @ {\cf2 And though hee make much crouching and kneeling, yet aduise thy selfe, and beware of him, and thou shalt be to him, as he that wipeth a glasse, and thou shalt knowe that all his rust hath not bin well wiped away.}

geneva@Sir:12:15 @ {\cf2 Who will haue pitie of the charmer, that is stinged of the serpent? or of all such as come neere the beastes? so is it with him that keepeth companie with a wicked man, and wrappeth him selfe in his sinnes.}

geneva@Sir:13:1 @ {\cf2 He that toucheth pitch, shalbe defiled with it: and he that is familiar with the proude, shalbe like vnto him.}

geneva@Sir:13:2 @ {\cf2 Burthen not thy selfe aboue thy power, whilest thou liuest, and companie not with one that is mightier, and richer then thy selfe: for howe agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? For if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.}

geneva@Sir:13:9 @ {\cf2 Beware that thou be not deceiued in thine owne conceit & brought downe by thy simplenes: be not too humble in thy wisedome.}

geneva@Sir:13:11 @ {\cf2 Preasse not thou vnto him, that thou be not shut out, but go not thou far off, lest he forget thee.}

geneva@Sir:13:25 @ {\cf2 Riches are good vnto him that hath no sinne in his conscience, & pouertie is euil in the mouth of the vngodly.}

geneva@Sir:14:1 @ {\cf2 Blessed is the man that hath not fallen by the worde of his mouth, and is not tormented with the sorow of sinne.}

geneva@Sir:14:2 @ {\cf2 Blessed is he that is not condemned in his coscience, and is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:14:4 @ {\cf2 Hee that gathereth together from his owne soule, heapeth together for others, that will make good cheare with his goods.}

geneva@Sir:14:5 @ {\cf2 He that is wicked vnto himselfe, to whome will he be good? for such one can haue no pleasure of his goods.}

geneva@Sir:14:11 @ {\cf2 My sonne, do good to thy selfe of that thou hast, and giue the Lord his due offrings.}

geneva@Sir:14:12 @ {\cf2 Remember that death tarieth not, and that the couenant of the graue is not shewed vnto thee.}

geneva@Sir:14:20 @ {\cf2 Euery excellent worke shalbe iustified, and he that worketh it, shal haue honour thereby.}

geneva@Sir:14:21 @ {\cf2 Blessed is the man that doeth meditate honest things by wisedome, and exerciseth himselfe in iustice, and he that reasoneth of holy things by his vnderstanding,}

geneva@Sir:14:23 @ {\cf2 Goe thou after her as one that seeketh her out, and lye in wayte in her wayes.}

geneva@Sir:15:1 @ {\cf2 He that feareth the Lord, will do good: and he that hath the knowledge of the Law, wil keepe it sure.}

geneva@Sir:15:8 @ {\cf2 For she is farre from pride and deceite, and men that lye, can not remember her: but men of trueth shall haunt her, and shal prosper euen vnto the beholding of God.}

geneva@Sir:15:9 @ {\cf2 Prayse is not seemely in the mouth of the sinner: for that is not sent of the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:15:11 @ {\cf2 Say not thou, It is through the Lorde that I turne backe: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth.}

geneva@Sir:15:13 @ {\cf2 The Lord hateth all abomination of error: and they that feare God, loue it not.}

geneva@Sir:15:19 @ {\cf2 And the eyes of the Lord are vpon them that feare him, & he knoweth al the works of man.}

geneva@Sir:16:3 @ {\cf2 For one that is iust, is better then a thousand such, and better it is to dye without children, then to leaue behinde him vngodly children.}

geneva@Sir:16:4 @ {\cf2 For by one that hath vnderstanding, shal the citie be inhabited: but the stocke of the wicked shalbe wasted incontinently.}

geneva@Sir:16:9 @ {\cf2 He had no pitie vpon the people that were destroyed, and puffed vp in their sinnes.}

geneva@Sir:16:10 @ {\cf2 And so he preserued the sixe hudreth thousand footemen, that were gathered in the hardnesse of their heart, in afflicting them and pitying them, in smiting them and healing them, with mercie, and with chastisement.}

geneva@Sir:16:15 @ {\cf2 The Lorde hardened Pharao, that he should not know him, & that his works should be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen.}

geneva@Sir:16:18 @ {\cf2 Beholde, the heauen, & the heauen of heauens, which are for God, the depth, & the earth, and all that therein is, shalbe moued when he shal visit.}

geneva@Sir:16:21 @ {\cf2 And who vnderstandeth his wayes? and the storme that no man can see? for the most part of his workes are hid.}

geneva@Sir:16:23 @ {\cf2 He that is humble of heart, wil cosider these things: but an vnwise and erronious man casteth his minde vpon foolish things.}

geneva@Sir:17:2 @ {\cf2 He gaue him the number of dayes & certaine times, and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth.}

geneva@Sir:17:4 @ {\cf2 He made all flesh to feare him, so that he had the dominion ouer the beastes, and foules.}

geneva@Sir:17:8 @ {\cf2 And gaue them occasion to reioyce perpetually in his miracles, that they should prudently declare his works, and that the elect should prayse his holy Name together.}

geneva@Sir:17:9 @ {\cf2 Besides this, he gaue them knowledge, & gaue the the Law of life for an heritage, that they might nowe knowe that they were mortall.}

geneva@Sir:17:22 @ {\cf2 But vnto them that will repent, he giueth them grace to returne, and exhorteth such as faile, with patience, and sendeth them the portion of the veritie.}

geneva@Sir:17:25 @ {\cf2 Knowe the righteousnesse and iudgements of God: stande in ye portio that is set forth for thee, and in the prayer of the most high God, and goe in the parts of the holy worlde with such as be liuing and confesse God.}

geneva@Sir:17:26 @ {\cf2 Who can prayse the most High in the hell, as doe all they that liue and confesse him?}

geneva@Sir:17:28 @ {\cf2 Thankefulnesse perisheth from the dead, as though he were not: but the liuing, and he that is sounde of heart, prayseth the Lord, and reioyceth in his mercy.}

geneva@Sir:17:32 @ {\cf2 So flesh and blood that thinketh euill, shall be reproued.}

geneva@Sir:18:1 @ {\cf2 He that liueth for euer, made all things together: the Lord who onely is iust, and there is none other but he, and he remaineth a victorious King for euer.}

geneva@Sir:18:11 @ {\cf2 He sawe and perceiued, that the arrogancie of their heart, and their ruine was euill: therefore heaped hee vp his mercie vpon them, and shewed them the way of righteousnesse.}

geneva@Sir:18:12 @ {\cf2 The mercie that a man hath, reacheth to his neighbour: but the mercy of the Lorde is vpon all flesh: he chasteneth, and nurtureth, and teacheth, and bringeth backe, as a shepheard his flocke.}

geneva@Sir:18:13 @ {\cf2 He hath mercy of the that receiue discipline, and that diligently seeke after his iudgements.}

geneva@Sir:18:22 @ {\cf2 Before thou prayest, prepare thy selfe, and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:18:23 @ {\cf2 Thinke vpon the wrath, that shalbe at the ende, and the houre of vengeance, when hee shall turne away his face.}

geneva@Sir:18:27 @ {\cf2 Euery wise man knoweth wisedome, and knowledge, and prayseth him that findeth her.}

geneva@Sir:18:28 @ {\cf2 They that haue vnderstanding, deale wisely in words: they vnderstande the trueth and righteousnesse, and powre out with modestie graue sentences for mans life.}

geneva@Sir:18:31 @ {\cf2 For if thou giuest thy soule her desires, it shal make thine enemies that enuy thee, to laugh thee to scorne.}

geneva@Sir:18:33 @ {\cf2 Become not a begger by making bankets of that that thou hast borrowed, and so leaue nothing in thy purse: else thou shouldest slaunderously lye in waite for thine owne life.}

geneva@Sir:19:1 @ {\cf2 A labouring man that is giuen to drunkennesse, shal not be rich: and he that contemneth smal things, shall fall by litle and litle.}

geneva@Sir:19:3 @ {\cf2 And he that companieth adulterers, shall become impudent: rottenesse and wormes shall haue him to heritage, and he that is to bolde, shall be taken away, and be made a publike example.}

geneva@Sir:19:4 @ {\cf2 Hee that is hastie to giue credite, is light minded, and hee that erreth, sinneth against his owne soule.}

geneva@Sir:19:5 @ {\cf2 Who so reioyceth in wickednesse, shall be punished: he that hateth to be reformed, his life shall bee shortened, and hee that abhorreth babbling of wordes, quencheth wickednesse: but hee that resisteth pleasures, crowneth his owne soule.}

geneva@Sir:19:6 @ {\cf2 He that refraineth his tongue, may liue with a troublesome man, and hee that hateth babbling, shall haue lesse euill.}

geneva@Sir:19:7 @ {\cf2 Rehearse not to another, that which is tolde vnto thee: so thou shalt not be hindred.}

geneva@Sir:19:11 @ {\cf2 A foole trauaileth when hee hath heard a thing, as a woman that is about to bring forth a childe.}

geneva@Sir:19:12 @ {\cf2 As an arrowe that sticketh in ones thigh, so is a word in a fooles heart.}

geneva@Sir:19:13 @ {\cf2 Reproue a friend least he do euill, and if he haue done it, that he doe it no more.}

geneva@Sir:19:14 @ {\cf2 Reproue a friende that hee may keepe his tongue: and if hee haue spoken, that hee say it no more.}

geneva@Sir:19:16 @ {\cf2 A man falleth with his tongue, but not with his will: and who is he, that hath not offended in his tongue?}

geneva@Sir:19:19 @ {\cf2 The knowledge of the commandementes of the Lord is the doctrine of life, and they that obey him, shall receiue the fruit of immortalitie.}

geneva@Sir:19:21 @ {\cf2 If a seruant say vnto his master, I wil not do as it pleaseth thee, though afterwarde he doe it, hee shall displease him that nourisheth him.}

geneva@Sir:19:23 @ {\cf2 Hee that hath small vnderstanding, and feareth God, is better then one that hath much wisedome, and transgresseth the Law of the most high.}

geneva@Sir:19:24 @ {\cf2 There is a certaine subtiltie that is fine, but it is vnrighteous: and there is that wresteth the open and manifest Lawe: yet there is that is wise and iudgeth righteously.}

geneva@Sir:19:25 @ {\cf2 There is some that being about wicked purposes, doe bowe downe themselues, and are sadde, whose inwarde parts burne altogether with deceit: he looketh downe with his face, & faineth himselfe deafe: yet before thou perceiue, he will bee vpon thee to hurt thee.}

geneva@Sir:19:26 @ {\cf2 And though he be so weake that he can doe thee no harme, yet when he may finde opportunitie, he will doe euill.}

geneva@Sir:19:27 @ {\cf2 A man may be knowen by his looke, and one that hath vnderstanding, may be perceiued by the marking of his countenance.}

geneva@Sir:20:1 @ {\cf2 There is some rebuke that is not comely: againe, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.}

geneva@Sir:20:2 @ {\cf2 It is much better to reprooue, then to beare euill will: and he that acknowledgeth his fault, shalbe preserued from hurt.}

geneva@Sir:20:3 @ {\cf2 As when a gelded man through lust woulde defile a mayde, so is he that vseth violence in iudgement.}

geneva@Sir:20:8 @ {\cf2 He that vseth many wordes, shall be abhorred, and he that taketh authoritie to him selfe, shalbe hated.}

geneva@Sir:20:9 @ {\cf2 Some man hath oft times prosperitie in wicked thinges, and sometime a thing that is founde, bringeth losse.}

geneva@Sir:20:10 @ {\cf2 There is some gift that is not profitable for thee, & there is some gift, whose reward is double.}

geneva@Sir:20:15 @ {\cf2 The foole saith, I haue no friend: I haue no thanke for all my good deedes: and they that eate my bread, speake euill of me.}

geneva@Sir:20:16 @ {\cf2 How oft, and of how many shal he be laughed to scorne? for he comprehendeth not by right iudgement that which he hath: and it is all one as though he had it not.}

geneva@Sir:20:21 @ {\cf2 Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule, because he is ashamed, and for the regarde of persons loseth it.}

geneva@Sir:20:24 @ {\cf2 A thiefe is better, then a man that is accustomed to lie: but they both shall haue destruction to heritage.}

geneva@Sir:20:26 @ {\cf2 A wise man shall bring him selfe to honour with his wordes, and he that hath vnderstanding, shall please great men.}

geneva@Sir:20:27 @ {\cf2 He that tilleth his lande, shall increase his heape: he that worketh righteousnesse, shalbe exalted, and he that pleaseth great men, shall haue pardon of his iniquitie.}

geneva@Sir:20:28 @ {\cf2 Rewardes and giftes blinde the eyes of the wise, and make them dumme, that they can not reprooue faultes.}

geneva@Sir:20:29 @ {\cf2 Wisedome that is hid, and treasure that is hoarded vp, what profite is in them both?}

geneva@Sir:20:30 @ {\cf2 Better is hee that keepeth his ignorance secret, then a man that hydeth his wisedome.}

geneva@Sir:20:31 @ {\cf2 The necessarie patience of him, that followeth the Lorde, is better then he that gouerneth his life without the Lorde.}

geneva@Sir:21:1 @ {\cf2 My sonne, hast thou sinned? Doe so no more, but pray for the fore sinnes that they may be forgiuen thee.}

geneva@Sir:21:6 @ {\cf2 Who so hateth to be reformed, is in the way of sinners: but he that feareth the Lord, conuerteth in heart.}

geneva@Sir:21:7 @ {\cf2 An eloquent talker is knowen a farre off: but he that is wise, perceiueth when he falleth.}

geneva@Sir:21:8 @ {\cf2 Who so buildeth his house with other mens money, is like one that gathereth stones to make his graue.}

geneva@Sir:21:11 @ {\cf2 He that keepeth the Law of the Lord, ruleth his owne affections thereby: and the encrease of wisedome is the ende of the feare of God.}

geneva@Sir:21:12 @ {\cf2 He that is not wise, will not suffer him selfe to be taught: but there is some witte that encreaseth bitternesse.}

geneva@Sir:21:13 @ {\cf2 The knowledge of the wise shall abounde like water that runneth ouer, and his counsell is like a pure fountaine of life.}

geneva@Sir:21:18 @ {\cf2 As is an house that is destroyed, so is wisdom vnto a foole, and the knowledge of the vnwise is as wordes without order.}

geneva@Sir:21:23 @ {\cf2 A foole will peepe in at the dooore into the house: but he that is wel nurtured, wil stand wtout.}

geneva@Sir:21:24 @ {\cf2 It is the point of a foolish man to hearken at the doore: for he that is wise, will be grieued with such dishonour.}

geneva@Sir:21:28 @ {\cf2 A backebiter defileth his owne soule, and is hated wheresoeuer he is: but he that keepeth his tongue, and is discreete, shall come to honour.}

geneva@Sir:22:2 @ {\cf2 A slouthfull man is to be compared to the dongue of oxen, and euery one that taketh it vp, will shake it out of his hand.}

geneva@Sir:22:4 @ {\cf2 A wise daughter is an heritage vnto her husbande: but she that liueth dishonestly, is her fathers heauinesse.}

geneva@Sir:22:5 @ {\cf2 She that is bolde, dishonoureth both her father and her husband, and is not inferiour to the vngodly, but they both shall despise her.}

geneva@Sir:22:7 @ {\cf2 Who so teacheth a foole, is as one that gleweth a potsheard together, & as he that waketh one that sleepeth, from a sounde sleepe.}

geneva@Sir:22:10 @ {\cf2 Who so telleth a foole of wisedome, is as a man, which speaketh to one that is asleepe: when he hath told his tale, he saith, What is the matter?}

geneva@Sir:22:12 @ {\cf2 Seuen dayes doe men mourne for him that is dead: but the lamentation for the foole, and vngodly shoulde endure all the dayes of their life.}

geneva@Sir:22:13 @ {\cf2 Talke not much with a foole, and goe not to him that hath no vnderstanding: beware of him, least it turne thee to paine, and least thou be defiled when he shaketh him selfe. Depart from him, and thou shalt finde rest, and shalt not receiue sorowe by his foolishnesse.}

geneva@Sir:22:16 @ {\cf2 As a frame of wood ioyned together in a building can not be loosed with shaking, so the heart that is stablished by aduised counsel, shal feare at no time.}

geneva@Sir:22:17 @ {\cf2 The heart that is confirmed by discrete wisdome, is as a faire plaistring on a plaine wall.}

geneva@Sir:22:18 @ {\cf2 As reedes that are set vp on hie, can not abide the winde, so the fearefull heart with foolish imagination can endure no feare.}

geneva@Sir:22:19 @ {\cf2 He that hurteth the eye, bringeth foorth teares, and he that hurteth the heart, bringeth forth the affection.}

geneva@Sir:22:20 @ {\cf2 Who so casteth a stone at the birdes, frayeth them away: and he that vpbraydeth his friende, breaketh friendship.}

geneva@Sir:22:22 @ {\cf2 If thou haue opened thy mouth against thy friende, feare not: for there may be a reconciliation, so that vpbrayding or pride or disclosing of secrets or a traiterous wounde doe not let: for by these things euery friend will depart.}

geneva@Sir:22:23 @ {\cf2 Be faithfull vnto thy friend in his pouertie, that thou mayest reioyce in his prosperitie. Abide stedfast vnto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heire with him in his heritage: for pouertie is not alwayes to be contemned, nor the rich that is foolish, to be had in admiration.}

geneva@Sir:22:26 @ {\cf2 Who shal set a watch before my mouth, & a seale of wisdom vpon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, & that my tongue destroy me not?}

geneva@Sir:23:2 @ {\cf2 Who will correct my thought, and put the doctrine of wisedome in mine heart, that they may not spare me in mine ignorance, neither let their faultes passe?}

geneva@Sir:23:5 @ {\cf2 Take from me vaine hope, & concupiscence, and reteyne him in obedience, that desireth continually to serue thee.}

geneva@Sir:23:7 @ {\cf2 Heare, O yee children, the instruction of a mouth that shall speake trueth: who so keepeth it, shall not perish through his lips, nor bee hurt by wicked workes.}

geneva@Sir:23:10 @ {\cf2 For as a seruant which is ofte punished, cannot be without some skarre, so he that sweareth, & nameth God continually, shall not be fautelesse.}

geneva@Sir:23:11 @ {\cf2 A man that vseth much swearing, shalbe filled with wickednesse, & the plague shall neuer goe from his house: when he shal offend, his faute shalbe vpon him, and if he knowledge not his sinne, he maketh a double offence: and if he sweare in vaine, hee shall not bee innocent, but his house shalbe full of plagues.}

geneva@Sir:23:12 @ {\cf2 There is a word which is clothed with death: God graunt that it bee not found in the herytage of Iacob: but they that feare God, eschewe al such, and are not wrapped in sinne.}

geneva@Sir:23:14 @ {\cf2 Remember thy father & thy mother whe thou art set among great men, least thou bee forgotten in their sight, and so through thy custome become a foole, and wish that thou haddest not bene borne, and curse the day of thy natiuitie.}

geneva@Sir:23:15 @ {\cf2 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious wordes, will neuer bee reformed all the dayes of his life.}

geneva@Sir:23:16 @ {\cf2 There are two sortes of men that abound in sinne, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction: a minde hote as fire, that cannot be quenched till it bee consumed: an adulterous man that giueth his body no rest, till he haue kindled a fire.}

geneva@Sir:23:18 @ {\cf2 A man that breaketh wedlocke, and thinketh thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkenesse: the walles couer me: no body seeth me: whome neede I to feare? the most High will not remember my sinnes.}

geneva@Sir:23:19 @ {\cf2 Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lorde are ten thousand times brighter then the sunne, beholding all the wayes of men, and the ground of the deepe, and considereth the most secret partes.}

geneva@Sir:23:22 @ {\cf2 And thus shal it go also with euery wife, that leaueth her husbande, and getteth inheritance by another.}

geneva@Sir:23:27 @ {\cf2 And they that remaine, shall knowe that there is nothing better then the feare of the Lord, & that there is nothing sweeter then to take heede vnto the commandements of the Lorde.}

geneva@Sir:24:6 @ {\cf2 I caused the light that fayleth not, to arise in the heauen, and couered the earth as a cloude.}

geneva@Sir:24:11 @ {\cf2 So the creator of all thinges gaue me a commandement, and he that made me, appointed me a tabernacle, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Iacob, and take thine inheritance in Israel, and roote thy selfe among my chosen.}

geneva@Sir:24:22 @ {\cf2 Come vnto me al ye that be desirous of me, and fill your selues with my fruites.}

geneva@Sir:24:24 @ {\cf2 They that eate me, shall haue the more hunger, and they that drinke me, shall thirst the more.}

geneva@Sir:24:25 @ {\cf2 Who so hearkeneth vnto me, shal not come to confusion, and they that worke by me, shall not offende: they that make me to be knowen, shall haue euerlasting life.}

geneva@Sir:24:26 @ {\cf2 All these thinges are the booke of life, and the couenant of the most high God, & the knowledge of the trueth, and the Law that Moyses in the precepts of righteousnes commaunded for an heritage vnto the house of Iacob, and the promises pertayning vnto Israel.}

geneva@Sir:24:27 @ {\cf2 Be not wearie to behaue your selues valiantly with the Lord, that hee may also confirme you: cleaue vnto him: for the Lord almightie is but one God, and besides him there is none other Sauiour.}

geneva@Sir:24:28 @ {\cf2 Out of Dauid his seruant hee ordeyned to raise vp a most mightie King that should sitte in the throne of honour for euermore.}

geneva@Sir:24:37 @ {\cf2 I wil pearce thorow all the lower partes of the earth: I will looke vpon all such as be a sleepe, and lighten all them that trust in the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:24:39 @ {\cf2 Beholde that I haue not laboured for my selfe onely, but for all them that seeke wisdome.}

geneva@Sir:25:1 @ {\cf2 Three things reioyce me, and by them am I beautified before God and men: the vnitie of brethren, the loue of neighbours, a man and wife that agree together.}

geneva@Sir:25:2 @ {\cf2 Three sortes of men my soule hateth, and I vtterly abhorre the life of them: a poore man that is proude: a rich man that is a lyar, and an old adulterer that doteth.}

geneva@Sir:25:7 @ {\cf2 There be nine things, which I haue iudged in mine heart to be happy, and the tenth wil I pronounce with my tongue: a man that while he liueth, hath ioy of his children, and seeth the fall of his enemies.}

geneva@Sir:25:8 @ {\cf2 Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of vnderstanding, and that hath not fallen with his tongue, and that hath not serued such as are vnworthie of him.}

geneva@Sir:25:9 @ {\cf2 Well is him that findeth prudencie, & he that speaketh in the eares of them that will heare.}

geneva@Sir:25:10 @ {\cf2 Oh, how great is hee that findeth wisdome! yet is there none aboue him, that feareth the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:25:12 @ {\cf2 Blessed is the man, vnto whom it is granted to haue the feare of God. Vnto whom shall he be likened that hath attayned it?}

geneva@Sir:25:16 @ {\cf2 Or any assault, saue the assault of them that hate, or any vengeance, saue the vengeance of the enemy.}

geneva@Sir:26:1 @ {\cf2 Blessed is the man that hath a vertuous wife: for the number of his yeeres shalbe double.}

geneva@Sir:26:5 @ {\cf2 There be three things that mine heart feareth, and my face is afrayde of the fourth: treason in a citie: the assemblie of the people, and false accusation: all these are heauier then death.}

geneva@Sir:26:6 @ {\cf2 But the sorowe and griefe of the heart is a woman that is ielous ouer another: and she that communeth with all, is a scourge of the tongue.}

geneva@Sir:26:7 @ {\cf2 An euill wife is as a yoke of oxen that draw diuers wayes: he that hath her, is a though hee helde a scorpion.}

geneva@Sir:26:11 @ {\cf2 Take heede of her that hath an vnshamefast eye: and marueile not if she trespasse against thee.}

geneva@Sir:26:12 @ {\cf2 As one that goeth by the way, and is thirsty, so shall she open her mouth, and drinke of euery next water: by euery hedge shall she sit downe, & open her quiuer against euery arrowe.}

geneva@Sir:26:19 @ {\cf2 Perpetuall are the foundations that be laid vpon a strong rocke: so are the commandements of God in the heart of an holy woman.}

geneva@Sir:26:22 @ {\cf2 So thy stocke that shall liue after thee, shall grow, trusting in ye great liberalitie of their nobility.}

geneva@Sir:26:23 @ {\cf2 An harlot is compared to a sowe: but the wife that is marryed, is counted as a towre against death to her husband.}

geneva@Sir:26:24 @ {\cf2 A wicked woman is giuen as a rewarde to a wicked man: but a godly woman is giuen to him that feareth the Lorde.}

geneva@Sir:26:26 @ {\cf2 A shamelesse woman is compared to a dog: but she that is shamefast, reuerenceth the Lorde.}

geneva@Sir:26:27 @ {\cf2 A woman that honoureth her husband, shal be iudged wise of all: but she that despiseth him, shalbe blased for her pride.}

geneva@Sir:26:28 @ {\cf2 A loude crying woman and a babbler let her be sought out to driue away the enemies: the mind of euery man that liueth with such, shalbe conuersant among the troubles of warre.}

geneva@Sir:26:29 @ {\cf2 There be two things that grieue mine heart, and the thirde maketh me angrie: a man of warre that suffreth pouertie: and men of vnderstanding that are not set by: and when one departeth from righteousnesse vnto sinne: the Lorde appointeth such to the sworde.}

geneva@Sir:27:1 @ {\cf2 Because of pouertie haue many sinned: and he that seeketh to be rich, turneth his eyes aside.}

geneva@Sir:27:9 @ {\cf2 The birdes resort vnto their like: so doth the trueth turne vnto them, that are practised in her.}

geneva@Sir:27:10 @ {\cf2 As the lyon waiteth for the beast, so doeth sinne vpon them that doe euill.}

geneva@Sir:27:11 @ {\cf2 The talking of him that feareth God, is all wisdome: as for a foole, he changeth as the moone.}

geneva@Sir:27:12 @ {\cf2 If thou be among the vndiscreete, obserue the time, but haunt still the assemblie of them that are wise.}

geneva@Sir:27:14 @ {\cf2 The talke of him that sweareth much, maketh the heare to stande vp: and to striue with such, stoppeth the eares.}

geneva@Sir:27:19 @ {\cf2 As one that letteth a birde goe out of his hande, so if thou giue ouer thy friende, thou canst not get him againe.}

geneva@Sir:27:22 @ {\cf2 He that winketh with the eyes, imagineth euill: and he that knoweth him, wil let him alone.}

geneva@Sir:27:25 @ {\cf2 Who so casteth a stone on hie, casteth it vpon his owne head: and he that smiteth with guile, maketh a great wound.}

geneva@Sir:27:26 @ {\cf2 Who so diggeth a pit, shall fall therein, & he that layeth a stone in his neighbours way, shall stumble thereon, and he that layeth a snare for another, shalbe taken in it himselfe.}

geneva@Sir:27:27 @ {\cf2 He that worketh euill, shall be wrapped in euils, and shall not know from whence they come vnto him.}

geneva@Sir:27:29 @ {\cf2 They that reioyce at the fall of the righteous, shalbe taken in the snare, and anguish shall consume them before they dye.}

geneva@Sir:28:1 @ {\cf2 He that seeketh vengeance, shall finde vengeance of the Lord, & he will surely keepe his sinnes.}

geneva@Sir:28:2 @ {\cf2 Forgiue thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done to thee, so shal thy sinnes be forgiuen thee also, when thou prayest.}

geneva@Sir:28:5 @ {\cf2 If he that is but flesh, nourish hatred & aske pardon of God, who will intreate for his sinnes?}

geneva@Sir:28:9 @ {\cf2 And the sinfull man disquieteth friends, and bringeth in false accusations among them that be at peace.}

geneva@Sir:28:11 @ {\cf2 An hastie brawling kindleth a fire, and an hasty fighting sheadeth blood: a tongue that beareth false witnesse, bringeth death.}

geneva@Sir:28:13 @ {\cf2 Abhorre ye slanderer and double tongued: for such haue destroyed many that were at peace.}

geneva@Sir:28:18 @ {\cf2 There be many that haue perished by the edge of the sword, but not so many as haue fallen by the tongue.}

geneva@Sir:28:19 @ {\cf2 Wel is him that is kept from an euil tongue, and commeth not in the anger thereof, which hath not drawen in that yoke, neither hath bene bound in the bandes thereof.}

geneva@Sir:28:22 @ {\cf2 It shall not haue rule ouer them that feare God, neither shall they bee burnt with the flame thereof.}

geneva@Sir:28:26 @ {\cf2 Beware that thou slide not by it, and so fall before him that lyeth in wayte and thy fall be incurable, euen vnto death.}

geneva@Sir:29:1 @ {\cf2 He that will shewe mercie, lendeth to his neighbour: and he that hath power ouer himselfe, keepeth the commandements.}

geneva@Sir:29:3 @ {\cf2 Keepe thy worde, and deale faithfully with him, and thou shalt always finde the thing that is necessarie for thee.}

geneva@Sir:29:4 @ {\cf2 Many when a thing was lent them, reckened it to be found, and grieued them that had helped them.}

geneva@Sir:29:8 @ {\cf2 Yet haue thou patience with him that humbleth him selfe, and deferre not mercy from him.}

geneva@Sir:29:15 @ {\cf2 An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent, forsaketh him.}

geneva@Sir:29:18 @ {\cf2 The wicked will not become suretie: and he that is of an vnthankfull minde, forsaketh him that deliuered him.}

geneva@Sir:29:21 @ {\cf2 A wicked man, transgressing the commandements of the Lord, shall fall into suretieship: and hee that medleth much with other mens busines, is intangled in controuersies.}

geneva@Sir:29:22 @ {\cf2 Helpe thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thy selfe fall not.}

geneva@Sir:29:25 @ {\cf2 Be it litle or much, holde thee contented, that the house speake not euill of thee.}

geneva@Sir:29:28 @ {\cf2 Come, thou stranger, and prepare the table, and feede me of that thou hast readie.}

geneva@Sir:29:30 @ {\cf2 These things are heauie to a man that hath vnderstanding, the vpbraiding of the house, and the reproche of the lender.}

geneva@Sir:30:1 @ {\cf2 He that loueth his sonne, causeth him oft to feele the rodde, that he may haue ioye of him in the ende.}

geneva@Sir:30:2 @ {\cf2 He that chastiseth his sonne, shall haue ioy in him, & shal reioyce of him among his acquaintace.}

geneva@Sir:30:3 @ {\cf2 Hee that teacheth his sonne, grieueth the enemie, and before his friends hee shall reioyce of him.}

geneva@Sir:30:4 @ {\cf2 Though his father dye, yet is he as though he were not dead: for hee hath left one behinde him that is like him.}

geneva@Sir:30:6 @ {\cf2 He left behinde him an auenger against his enemies, and one that should shew fauour vnto his friendes.}

geneva@Sir:30:7 @ {\cf2 Hee that flattereth his sonne, bindeth vp his wounds, and his heart is grieued at euery crie.}

geneva@Sir:30:14 @ {\cf2 Better is the poore, being whole & strog, then a rich man that is afflicted in his bodie.}

geneva@Sir:30:18 @ {\cf2 The good things that are powred on a mouth shut vp, are as messes of meat set vpon a graue.}

geneva@Sir:30:19 @ {\cf2 What good doeth the offring vnto an idole? for hee can neither eate nor smell: so is hee that is persecuted of the Lord, and beareth the reward of iniquitie.}

geneva@Sir:30:20 @ {\cf2 He seeth with his eies, & groneth like a gelded man, that lieth with a virgin and sigheth.}

geneva@Sir:31:5 @ {\cf2 He that loueth golde, shall not bee iustified, & he that followeth corruption, shal haue ynough thereof.}

geneva@Sir:31:7 @ {\cf2 It is as a stumbling block vnto them that sacrifice vnto it, and euerie foole is taken therewith.}

geneva@Sir:31:13 @ {\cf2 Remember that an euil eye is a shrewe: and what thing created is worse then a wicked eye? for it weepeth for euery cause.}

geneva@Sir:31:15 @ {\cf2 Consider by thy selfe him that is by thee, & marke euery thing.}

geneva@Sir:31:16 @ {\cf2 Eate modestly that which is set before thee, and deuoure not, lest thou be hated.}

geneva@Sir:31:24 @ {\cf2 But against him that is a nigard of his meat, the whole citie shall murmure: the testimonies of his nigardnes shalbe sure.}

geneva@Sir:31:27 @ {\cf2 Wine soberly drunken, is profitable for the life of man: what is his life that is ouercome with wine?}

geneva@Sir:32:2 @ {\cf2 And when thou hast done all thy duetie, sit downe, that thou maiest be merie with them, and receiue a crown for thy good behauiour.}

geneva@Sir:32:3 @ {\cf2 Speake thou that art the elder: for it becommeth thee, but with sound iudgement, and hinder not musike.}

geneva@Sir:32:8 @ {\cf2 Thou that art yong speake, if neede bee, and yet scarcely when thou art twise asked.}

geneva@Sir:32:9 @ {\cf2 Comprehende much in fewe wordes in many things be as one that is ignorant: bee as one that vnderstandeth, and yet holde thy tongue.}

geneva@Sir:32:13 @ {\cf2 And there take thy pastime, and doe what thou wilt, so that thou doe none euil, or vse proud wordes.}

geneva@Sir:32:14 @ {\cf2 But aboue all things, giue thanks vnto him that hath made thee, and replenished thee with his goodes.}

geneva@Sir:32:15 @ {\cf2 Who so feareth the Lorde, will receiue his doctrine, & they that rise earely, shall finde fauour.}

geneva@Sir:32:16 @ {\cf2 Hee that seeketh the Lawe; shall bee filled therwith: but the hypocrite wil be offended therat.}

geneva@Sir:32:17 @ {\cf2 They that feare the Lorde, shall finde that which is righteous, & shal kindle iustice as a light.}

geneva@Sir:32:21 @ {\cf2 Go not in ye way where thou mayest fal, norwhere thou mayest stumble among the stones, neither trust thou in the way that is plaine.}

geneva@Sir:32:22 @ {\cf2 And beware of thine owne childre, and take heede of them that be thine owne housholde.}

geneva@Sir:32:24 @ {\cf2 Who so beleeueth in the Lorde, keepeth the commandements: and he that trusteth in the Lord, shall take no hurt.}

geneva@Sir:33:1 @ {\cf2 There shall no euil come vnto him that feareth the Lord: but when he is in tentation, he wil deliuer him againe.}

geneva@Sir:33:2 @ {\cf2 A wise man hateth not the Lawe: but he that is an hypocrite therein, is as a shippe in a storme.}

geneva@Sir:33:6 @ {\cf2 As a wilde horse neyeth vnder euery one that sitteth vpon him, so is a scornefull friend.}

geneva@Sir:33:7 @ {\cf2 Why doth one day excell another, seeing that the light of the dayes of the yere come of the sunne?}

geneva@Sir:33:12 @ {\cf2 As the clay is in the potters hand, to order it at his pleasure, so are men also in the hand of their Creator, so that hee may rewarde them as liketh him best.}

geneva@Sir:33:14 @ {\cf2 So in all the workes of the most High thou maist see that there are euer two, one against another.}

geneva@Sir:33:15 @ {\cf2 I am awaked vp last of all, as one that gathereth after them in the vintage. In the blessing of the Lorde I am increased, and haue filled my wine presse, like a grape gatherer.}

geneva@Sir:33:16 @ {\cf2 Beholde, how I haue not laboured onely for my selfe, but for all them that seeke knowledge.}

geneva@Sir:33:20 @ {\cf2 For better it is that thy children should pray vnto thee, then that thou shouldest looke vp to the handes of thy children.}

geneva@Sir:33:21 @ {\cf2 In all thy workes bee excellent, that thine honour be neuer stained.}

geneva@Sir:33:26 @ {\cf2 Send him to labour, that he goe not idle: for idlenesse bringeth much euil.}

geneva@Sir:33:27 @ {\cf2 Set him to worke, for that belogeth vnto him: if he be not obedient, put on more heauie fetters.}

geneva@Sir:34:2 @ {\cf2 Who so regardeth dreames, is like him that wil take holde of a shadow, and follow after the winde.}

geneva@Sir:34:5 @ {\cf2 Southsayings, witchcraft, and dreaming is but vanitie, and a minde that is occupied with fantasies, is as a woman that trauaileth.}

geneva@Sir:34:7 @ {\cf2 For dreames haue deceiued many, and they haue failed that put their trust therein.}

geneva@Sir:34:8 @ {\cf2 The Lawe shall be fulfilled without lies, and wisedome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth: what knowledge hath he that is not tried?}

geneva@Sir:34:9 @ {\cf2 A man that is instructed, vnderstandeth much, and hee that hath good experience, can talke of wisdome.}

geneva@Sir:34:10 @ {\cf2 Hee that hath no experience, knoweth litle, and he that erreth, is full of craft.}

geneva@Sir:34:13 @ {\cf2 The spirit of those that feare the Lord, shall liue: for their hope is in him that can helpe them.}

geneva@Sir:34:15 @ {\cf2 Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lorde: in whome putteth hee his trust? Who is his strength?}

geneva@Sir:34:16 @ {\cf2 For the eyes of the Lorde haue respect vnto them, that loue him: he is their mightie protection, and strong ground, a defence from the heat, and a shadowe for the noone day, a succour from stumbling, and an helpe from falling.}

geneva@Sir:34:18 @ {\cf2 He that giueth an offering of vnrighteous goods, offereth a mocking sacrifice, and the giftes of the vnrighteous, please not him.}

geneva@Sir:34:19 @ {\cf2 But the Lord is theirs only, that paciently abide him in the way of trueth and righteousnes.}

geneva@Sir:34:21 @ {\cf2 Who so bringeth an offering of the goods of the poore, doth as one that sacrificeth the sonne before the fathers eyes.}

geneva@Sir:34:22 @ {\cf2 The bread of the needefull is the life of the poore: he that defraudeth him thereof, is a murtherer.}

geneva@Sir:34:23 @ {\cf2 Hee that taketh away his neighbours liuing, slayeth him, and hee that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, is a bloodsheader.}

geneva@Sir:34:26 @ {\cf2 He that washeth himselfe because of a dead body, & toucheth it againe, what auaileth his washing?}

geneva@Sir:34:27 @ {\cf2 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes, and committeth them againe: who will heare his prayer? or what doeth his fasting helpe him?}

geneva@Sir:35:1 @ {\cf2 Who so keepeth the Lawe, bringeth offerings ynough: he that holdeth fast the commandements, offereth an offring of saluation.}

geneva@Sir:35:2 @ {\cf2 He that is thankefull to them that haue well deserued, offereth fine flowre: and hee that giueth almes, sacrificeth praise.}

geneva@Sir:35:15 @ {\cf2 Doeth not the teares runne downe the widowes cheekes? and her crie is against him that caused them: for from her cheekes do they goe vp vnto heauen, and the Lord which heareth them, doeth accept them.}

geneva@Sir:35:16 @ {\cf2 He that serueth ye Lord, shalbe accepted with fauour, and his prayer shall reach vnto the cloudes.}

geneva@Sir:35:17 @ {\cf2 The prayer of him that humbleth himselfe, goeth thorowe the cloudes, and ceaseth not till it come neere, and will not depart till the most High haue respect thereunto to iudge righteously, and to execute iudgement.}

geneva@Sir:35:19 @ {\cf2 Oh, how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguish and trouble! It is like a cloude of raine, that commeth in the time of a drought.}

geneva@Sir:36:2 @ {\cf2 And send thy feare among the nations, which seeke not after thee, that they may know that there is no God but thou, and that they may shewe thy wonderous workes.}

geneva@Sir:36:3 @ {\cf2 Lift vp thine hande vpon the strange nations, that they may see thy power.}

geneva@Sir:36:5 @ {\cf2 That they may know thee, as we know thee: for there is none other God but only thou, O Lord.}

geneva@Sir:36:6 @ {\cf2 Renue the signes, and change the wonders: shewe the glory of thine hand, and thy right arme, that they may shew foorth thy wonderous actes.}

geneva@Sir:36:8 @ {\cf2 Make the time short: remember thine othe, that thy wonderous workes may be praised.}

geneva@Sir:36:9 @ {\cf2 Let the wrath of the fire consume them that escape, and let them perish that oppresse the people.}

geneva@Sir:36:10 @ {\cf2 Smite in sunder the heads of the princes that be our enemies, & say, There is none other but we.}

geneva@Sir:36:11 @ {\cf2 Gather all the tribes of Iacob together, that they may knowe that there is none other God but only thou, and that they may shew thy wonderous works, and inherit thou them as fro the beginning.}

geneva@Sir:36:12 @ {\cf2 O Lord, haue mercie vpon the people, that is called by thy Name, and vpon Israel, whom thou hast likened to a first borne sonne.}

geneva@Sir:36:14 @ {\cf2 Fill Sion, that it may magnifie thine oracles, and fill thy people with thy glorie.}

geneva@Sir:36:15 @ {\cf2 Giue witnes vnto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise vp the prophecies that haue bene shewed in thy Name.}

geneva@Sir:36:16 @ {\cf2 Rewarde them that waite for thee, that thy Prophets may be found faithfull.}

geneva@Sir:36:17 @ {\cf2 O Lorde, heare the prayer of thy seruants according to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people, and guide thou vs in the way of righteousnesse, that all they which dwel vpon the earth, may know that thou art the Lord the eternall God.}

geneva@Sir:36:24 @ {\cf2 He that hath gotten a vertuous woman, hath begun to get a possession: she is an helpe like vnto himselfe, and a pillar to rest vpon.}

geneva@Sir:36:25 @ {\cf2 Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoyled: and he that hath no wife, wandereth to and fro, mourning.}

geneva@Sir:36:26 @ {\cf2 Who will trust a thiefe that is alway ready and wandereth from towne to towne? and likewise him, that hath no rest, and lodgeth, wheresoeuer the night taketh him?}

geneva@Sir:37:5 @ {\cf2 There is some companion that helpeth his friend for the bellies sake, and taketh vp the buckler against the enemie.}

geneva@Sir:37:8 @ {\cf2 Euery counseller prayseth his owne counsell: but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.}

geneva@Sir:37:11 @ {\cf2 Aske no counsell for religion of him, that is without religion, nor of iustice, of him that hath no iustice, nor of a woman touching her of whom she is ielous, nor of a coward in matters of warre, nor of a marchant concerning exchange, nor of a buyer for the sale, nor of an enuious man touching thankfulnesse, nor of the vnmercifull touching kindnesse, nor of an vnhonest man of honestie, nor of the slouthfull for any labour, nor of an hireling for the finishing of a worke, nor of an idle seruant for much busines: hearken not vnto these in any matter of counsell.}

geneva@Sir:37:14 @ {\cf2 For a mans minde is sometime more accustomed to shew more then seuen watchmen that sit aboue in an hie towre.}

geneva@Sir:37:15 @ {\cf2 And aboue all this pray vnto the most High, that he will direct thy way in trueth.}

geneva@Sir:37:23 @ {\cf2 A wise man shall be plenteously blessed, and all they that see him, shall thinke him blessed.}

geneva@Sir:37:30 @ {\cf2 By surfet haue many perished: but hee that dieteth him selfe, prolongeth his life.}

geneva@Sir:38:1 @ {\cf2 Honour the Phisicion with that honour that is due vnto him, because of necessitie: for the Lord hath created him.}

geneva@Sir:38:4 @ {\cf2 The Lorde hath created medicines of the earth, and he that is wise, will not abhorre them.}

geneva@Sir:38:5 @ {\cf2 Was not the water made sweete with wood, that men might know the vertue thereof?}

geneva@Sir:38:6 @ {\cf2 So he hath giuen men knowledge, that he might be glorified in his wonderous workes.}

geneva@Sir:38:13 @ {\cf2 The houre may come, that their enterprises may haue good successe.}

geneva@Sir:38:14 @ {\cf2 For they also shall pray vnto the Lord, that he would prosper that, which is giuen for ease, and their phisicke for the prolonging of life.}

geneva@Sir:38:15 @ {\cf2 He that sinneth before his maker, let him fall into the hands of the phisicion.}

geneva@Sir:38:19 @ {\cf2 Of the affection of the heart commeth sorow, and the life of him that is afflicted, is according to his heart.}

geneva@Sir:38:24 @ {\cf2 The wisdome of a learned man commeth by vsing well his vacant time: and hee that ceaseth from his owne matters and labour, may come by wisdome.}

geneva@Sir:38:25 @ {\cf2 How can he get wisdome that holdeth the plough, and he that hath pleasure in the goad, and in driuing oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and talketh but of the breed of bullocks?}

geneva@Sir:38:27 @ {\cf2 So is it of euery carpenter, and workemaster that laboureth night and day: and they that cut, and graue seales, and make sundry diuersities, and giue themselues to counterfaite imagerie, and watch to performe the worke.}

geneva@Sir:38:28 @ {\cf2 The smith in like maner abideth by his anuill, and doeth his diligence to labour the yron: the vapour of the fire dryeth his flesh, and hee must fight with the heate of the fornace: the noyse of the hammer is euer in his eares, and his eyes looke still vpon the thing that he maketh: he setteth his minde to make vp his workes: therefore he watcheth to polish it perfectly.}

geneva@Sir:39:1 @ {\cf2 He onely that applieth his minde to the Law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof, seeketh out the wisdome of all the ancient, and exerciseth himselfe in the prophecies.}

geneva@Sir:39:5 @ {\cf2 He wil giue his heart to resort early vnto the Lord that made him, and to pray before the most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and pray for his sinnes.}

geneva@Sir:39:6 @ {\cf2 When the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the Spirite of vnderstanding, that hee may powre out wise sentences, and giue thankes vnto the Lord in his prayer.}

geneva@Sir:39:13 @ {\cf2 Hearken vnto me, ye holy children, & bring forth fruit, as the rose that is planted by the brooks of the fielde,}

geneva@Sir:39:18 @ {\cf2 His whole fauour appeared by his commandement, and none can diminish that which he will saue.}

geneva@Sir:39:28 @ {\cf2 There be spirits that are created for vegeance, which in their rigour lay on sure strokes: in the time of destruction they shewe foorth their power, and accomplish the wrath of him that made them.}

geneva@Sir:39:34 @ {\cf2 So that a man neede not to say, This is worse then that: for in due seaso they are all worthy praise.}

geneva@Sir:40:1 @ {\cf2 Great trauaile is created for all men, and an heauie yoke vpon the sonnes of Adam from the day that they goe out of their mothers wombe, till the day that they returne to ye mother of all things,}

geneva@Sir:40:3 @ {\cf2 From him that sitteth vpon ye glorious throne, vnto him that is beneath in the earth and ashes:}

geneva@Sir:40:4 @ {\cf2 From him that is clothed in blewe silke, and weareth a crowne, euen vnto him that is clothed in simple linnen.}

geneva@Sir:40:6 @ {\cf2 A litle or nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleeping hee is as in a watchtowre in the day: hee is troubled with the visions of his heart, as one that runneth out of a battell.}

geneva@Sir:40:7 @ {\cf2 And when all is safe, hee awaketh, and marueileth that the feare was nothing.}

geneva@Sir:40:11 @ {\cf2 All things that are of the earth, shal turne to earth againe: and they that are of the waters, shall returne into the sea.}

geneva@Sir:40:18 @ {\cf2 To labour and to bee content with that a man hath, is a sweete life: but he that findeth a treasure, is aboue them both.}

geneva@Sir:40:29 @ {\cf2 The life of him that dependeth on another mans table, is not to be couted for a life: for he tormenteth him selfe after other mens meate: but a wise man and well nourtured, will beware thereof.}

geneva@Sir:41:1 @ {\cf2 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liueth at rest in his possessions, vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him, and that hath prosperitie in all things: yea, vnto him that yet is able to receiue meate!}

geneva@Sir:41:2 @ {\cf2 O death, howe acceptable is thy iudgement vnto the needefull, and vnto him whose strength faileth, and that is nowe in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!}

geneva@Sir:41:3 @ {\cf2 Feare not the iudgement of death: remember them that haue bene before thee, and that come after: this is the ordinance of the Lord ouer all flesh.}

geneva@Sir:41:5 @ {\cf2 The children of the vngodly are abominable children, and so are they that keepe companie with the vngodly.}

geneva@Sir:41:10 @ {\cf2 All that is of the earth, shal turne to earth againe: so the vngodly go fro the curse to destruction.}

geneva@Sir:41:12 @ {\cf2 Haue regard to thy name: for that shal continnue, with thee aboue a thousande treasures of golde.}

geneva@Sir:41:14 @ {\cf2 My children, keepe wisedome in peace: for wisdome that is hid, and a treasure that is not seene, what profite is in them both?}

geneva@Sir:41:15 @ {\cf2 A man that hideth his foolishnes, is better then a man that hideth his wisdome.}

geneva@Sir:41:20 @ {\cf2 And of silence vnto them that salute thee, and to looke vpon an harlot,}

geneva@Sir:41:23 @ {\cf2 Or to vpbraide when thou giuest any thing, or to report a matter that thou hast heard, or to reueile secret wordes.}

geneva@Sir:42:7 @ {\cf2 If thou giue any thing by nomber, & weight, to put all in writing, both that that is giuen out, and that that is receiued againe:}

geneva@Sir:42:8 @ {\cf2 To teach the vnlearned & the vnwise, and the aged, that contend against the yong: thus shalt thou be well instructed, and approued of all men liuing.}

geneva@Sir:42:9 @ {\cf2 The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly, and the carefulnesse that he hath for her, taketh away his sleepe in the youth, least shee should passe the flower of her age: and when shee hath an husband, least she should be hated:}

geneva@Sir:42:14 @ {\cf2 The wickednes of a man is better then the good intreatie of a woman, to wit, of a woman that is in shame, and reproche.}

geneva@Sir:42:15 @ {\cf2 I will remember the workes of the Lorde, and declare the thing that I haue seene: by the word of the Lord are his workes.}

geneva@Sir:42:16 @ {\cf2 The sunne that shineth, looketh vpon all things, and all the worke thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:42:17 @ {\cf2 Hath not the Lord appointed that his Saints should declare all his wonderous workes, which the almightie Lord hath stablished to cofirme all things by in his maiestie?}

geneva@Sir:42:19 @ {\cf2 He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and discloseth the pathes of things that are secrete.}

geneva@Sir:42:24 @ {\cf2 They are all double, one against another: he hath made nothing that hath any fault.}

geneva@Sir:43:4 @ {\cf2 The sunne burneth the mountaines three times more then hee that keepeth a fornace with continuall heate: it casteth out the fierie vapours, and with the shining beames blindeth the eyes.}

geneva@Sir:43:5 @ {\cf2 Great is the Lorde that made it, and by his commandement he causeth it to runne hastily.}

geneva@Sir:43:6 @ {\cf2 The moone also hath hee made to appeare according to her season, that it should be a declaration of the time, and a signe for the world.}

geneva@Sir:43:9 @ {\cf2 It is a campe pitched on high, shining in the firmament of heauen: the beautie of heauen are the glorious starres, and the ornament that shineth in the high places of the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:43:11 @ {\cf2 Looke vpon the raine bowe, and prayse him that made it: very beautifull is it in the brightnes thereof.}

geneva@Sir:43:17 @ {\cf2 The sound of his thunder beateth the earth: so doeth the storme of the North: the whirlewinde also, as birds that flie, scattereth the snowe, and the falling downe thereof is as the grashoppers that light downe.}

geneva@Sir:43:21 @ {\cf2 It deuoureth the mountaines, & burneth the wildernes, & destroyeth that that is greene, like fire.}

geneva@Sir:43:24 @ {\cf2 They that saile ouer the sea, tell of the perils thereof, and when we heare it with our eares, we marueile thereat.}

geneva@Sir:43:27 @ {\cf2 And when we haue spoken much, we cannot attaine vnto them: but this is the summe of all, that he is all.}

geneva@Sir:43:31 @ {\cf2 Who hath seene him, that he might tel vs? and who can magnifie him as he is?}

geneva@Sir:44:2 @ {\cf2 The Lord hath gotten great glory by them, and that through his great power from the beginning.}

geneva@Sir:44:5 @ {\cf2 They inuented the melodie of musike, and expounded the verses that were written.}

geneva@Sir:44:8 @ {\cf2 There are of them that haue left a name behinde them, so that their prayse shalbe spoken of.}

geneva@Sir:44:18 @ {\cf2 An euerlasting couenant was made with him, that all flesh should perish no more by the flood.}

geneva@Sir:44:21 @ {\cf2 Therefore he assured him by an othe, that he would blesse the nations in his seede, and that he would multiplie him as the dust of the earth, and exalt his seede as the starres, and cause them to inherite from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the end of the world.}

geneva@Sir:45:5 @ {\cf2 He caused him to heare his voyce, & brought him into the darke cloude, and there he gaue him the commandements before his face, euen the Law of life and knowledge, that he might teach Iacob the couenant, and Israel his iudgements.}

geneva@Sir:45:9 @ {\cf2 Hee compassed him about with belles of golde, and with many belles round about, that when he went in, the sound might be heard, and might make a noyse in the Sanctuarie, for a remembrance to the children of Israel his people,}

geneva@Sir:45:15 @ {\cf2 Moyses filled his hands, and anointed him with holy oyle: this was appointed vnto him by an euerlasting couenant, & to his seede, so long as the heauens should remaine, that hee should minister before him, and also to execute the office of the Priesthood, and blesse his people in his Name.}

geneva@Sir:45:16 @ {\cf2 Before all men liuing the Lorde chose him that he should present offerings before him, and a sweete sauour for a remembrance to make reconciliation for his people.}

geneva@Sir:45:17 @ {\cf2 He gaue him also his commandements and authoritie according to the Lawes appointed, that he should teach Iacob the testimonies, and giue light vnto Israel by his Lawe.}

geneva@Sir:45:18 @ {\cf2 Strangers stood vp against him, and enuied him in the wildernes, euen the men that tooke Dathans and Abirams part, and the company of Core in furie and rage.}

geneva@Sir:45:24 @ {\cf2 Therefore was there a couenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chiefe of the Sanctuarie and of his people, and that hee and his posteritie shoulde haue the dignitie of the Priesthood for euer,}

geneva@Sir:45:25 @ {\cf2 And according to the couenant made with Dauid, that the inheritance of the kingdome should remaine to his sonne of the tribe of Iuda: so the heritage of Aaron should be to the onely sonne of his sonne, and to his seede. God giue vs wisdome in our heart to iudge his people in righteousnesse, that the good things that they haue, be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for their posteritie.}

geneva@Sir:46:1 @ {\cf2 Iesus the sonne of Naue was valiant in the warres, and was the successour of Moyses in prophecies, who according vnto his name, was a great sauiour of the elect of God, to take vengeance of the enemies that rose vp against them, and to set Israel in their inheritance.}

geneva@Sir:46:6 @ {\cf2 He rushed in vpon the nations in battell, and in the going downe of Bethoron he destroyed the aduersaries, that they might know his weapons, and that he fought in the sight of the Lorde: for hee followed the Almightie.}

geneva@Sir:46:8 @ {\cf2 And of sixe hundred thousand people of foote, they two were preserued to bring them into the heritage, euen into the land that floweth with milke and hony.}

geneva@Sir:46:9 @ {\cf2 The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb, which remained with him vnto his olde age, so that he went vp into the hie places of the land, and his seede obteined it for an heritage,}

geneva@Sir:46:10 @ {\cf2 That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to followe the Lord.}

geneva@Sir:46:12 @ {\cf2 Let their bones flourish out of their place, & their names by succession remaine to them that are most famous of their children.}

geneva@Sir:46:19 @ {\cf2 And before his long sleepe he made protestation in the sight of the Lorde, and his anointed, that he tooke no substance of any man, no, not so much as a shooe, and no man coulde accuse him.}

geneva@Sir:46:20 @ {\cf2 After his sleepe also he told of ye Kings death, and from the earth lift he vp his voyce, & prophesied that the wickednesse of the people should perish.}

geneva@Sir:47:5 @ {\cf2 For he called vpon ye most high Lorde, which gaue him strength in his right hand, to slaye that mightie warriour, & that he might set vp the horne of his people againe.}

geneva@Sir:47:8 @ {\cf2 In all his workes he praysed the Holy one, and the most High with honourable wordes, and with his whole heart he sung songs, and loued him that made him.}

geneva@Sir:47:9 @ {\cf2 He set singers also before the altar, and according to their tune he made sweete songs, that they might prayse God dayly with their songs.}

geneva@Sir:47:10 @ {\cf2 He ordeyned to keepe the feast dayes comely, and appointed the times perfitly, that they might prayse the holy Name of God, and make the Temple to sound in the morning.}

geneva@Sir:47:13 @ {\cf2 Salomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was glorious: for God made all quiet round about, that he might build an house in his Name, and prepare the Sanctuarie for euer.}

geneva@Sir:47:22 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles the Lord left not off his mercy, neither was he destroyed for his workes, neither did he abolish the posteritie of his elect, nor tooke away the seede of him that loued him, but he left a remnant vnto Iacob, and a roote of him vnto Dauid.}

geneva@Sir:47:23 @ {\cf2 Thus rested Salomon with his fathers, and of his seede he left behinde him Roboam, euen the foolishnesse of the people, and one that had no vnderstanding, who turned away the people through his counsell, and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, which caused Israel to sinne, and shewed Ephraim the way of sinne,}

geneva@Sir:47:24 @ {\cf2 So that their sinnes were so much increased, that they were driuen out of the land.}

geneva@Sir:48:8 @ {\cf2 Which diddest anoint Kings that they might recompense, and Prophets to be thy successours:}

geneva@Sir:48:11 @ {\cf2 Blessed were they that sawe thee, and slept in loue: for we shall liue.}

geneva@Sir:48:15 @ {\cf2 For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sinnes: till they were caried away prisoners out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth, so that there remained but a very fewe people with the prince vnto ye house of Dauid.}

geneva@Sir:48:19 @ {\cf2 Then trembled their heartes and handes, so that they sorowed like a woman in trauell.}

geneva@Sir:48:23 @ {\cf2 For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lorde, and remained stedfastly in the wayes of Dauid his father, as Esai the great Prophet, and faithfull in his vision had commanded him.}

geneva@Sir:48:25 @ {\cf2 He sawe by an excellent Spirit what shoulde come to passe at the last, and he comforted them that were sorowfull in Sion.}

geneva@Sir:49:1 @ {\cf2 The remembrance of Iosias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of ye apothecarie: it is sweete as honie in al mouthes, and as musike at a banket of wine.}

geneva@Sir:49:7 @ {\cf2 For they intreated him euill, which neuerthelesse was a Prophet, sanctified from his mothers wombe, that he might roote out, and afflict, and destroy, and that he might also builde vp, and plant.}

geneva@Sir:49:9 @ {\cf2 For he made mention of the enemies vnder the figure of the raine, and directed them that went right.}

geneva@Sir:49:13 @ {\cf2 And among ye elect was Neemias whose renoume is great, which set vp for vs the walles that were fallen, and set vp the gates and the barres, and layed the foundations of our houses.}

geneva@Sir:50:2 @ {\cf2 Vnder him was the foundation of the double height layed, and the hie walles that compasseth the Temple.}

geneva@Sir:50:3 @ {\cf2 In his dayes the places to receiue water, that were decayed, were restored, and the brasse was about in measure as the sea.}

geneva@Sir:50:4 @ {\cf2 He tooke care for his people, that they should not fall, and fortified the citie against the siege.}

geneva@Sir:50:7 @ {\cf2 And as the sunne shining vpon the Temple of the most High, & as the rainebowe that is bright in the faire cloudes,}

geneva@Sir:50:10 @ {\cf2 And as a faire oliue tree that is fruitfull, and as a cypresse tree, which groweth vp to the cloudes.}

geneva@Sir:50:14 @ {\cf2 And that he might accomplish his ministerie vpon the altar, and garnish the offering of the most High and Almightie,}

geneva@Sir:50:18 @ {\cf2 The singers also sang with their voyces, so that the sound was great, and the melodie sweete.}

geneva@Sir:50:19 @ {\cf2 And the people prayed vnto the Lorde mosthigh with praier before him that is merciful, till the honour of the Lorde were performed, and they had accomplished his seruice.}

geneva@Sir:50:20 @ {\cf2 Then went he downe, and stretched out his hands ouer the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they shoulde giue praise with their lippes vnto the Lord, and reioyce in his name.}

geneva@Sir:50:21 @ {\cf2 Hee began againe to worship, that he might receiue the blessing of the most High.}

geneva@Sir:50:22 @ {\cf2 Nowe therefore giue praise all ye vnto God, that worketh great things euery where, which hath increased our daies from the wombe, and dealt with vs according to his mercie,}

geneva@Sir:50:23 @ {\cf2 That he would giue vs ioyfulnesse of heart, and peace in our daies in Israel, as in olde time,}

geneva@Sir:50:24 @ {\cf2 That he would confirme his mercie with vs, and deliuer vs at his time.}

geneva@Sir:50:25 @ {\cf2 There be two maner of people, that mine heart abhorreth, and the third is no people:}

geneva@Sir:50:26 @ {\cf2 They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria, the Philistims, and the foolish people that dwell in Sicinus.}

geneva@Sir:50:28 @ {\cf2 Blessed is he that exerciseth himselfe therein: and he that laieth vp these in his heart, shalbe wise.}

geneva@Sir:51:2 @ {\cf2 For thou art my defender & helper, and hast preserued my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lippes that are occupied with lies: thou hast holpen me against mine aduersaries,}

geneva@Sir:51:3 @ {\cf2 And hast deliuered me according to the multitude of thy mercie, and for thy Names sake, from the roaring of them that were readie to deuoure me, and out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the manifold afflictions, which I had,}

geneva@Sir:51:4 @ {\cf2 And from the fire that choked me round about, & from the mids of ye fire that I burned not,}

geneva@Sir:51:10 @ {\cf2 I called vpon the Lorde the Father of my Lord, that he would not leaue me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of ye proude without helpe.}

geneva@Sir:51:14 @ {\cf2 I praied for her before the Temple, & sought after her vnto farre countreis, & shee was as a grape that waxeth ripe out of the flower.}

geneva@Sir:51:17 @ {\cf2 And I profited by her: therefore wil I ascribe the glory vnto him, that giueth me wisedome.}

geneva@Sir:51:18 @ {\cf2 For I am aduised to doe thereafter: I wil be ielous of that that is good: so shall I not bee confounded.}

geneva@Sir:51:26 @ {\cf2 Bowe downe your necke vnder the yoke, and your soule shall receiue instruction: shee is readie that yee may finde her.}

geneva@Sir:51:27 @ {\cf2 Beholde with your eyes, howe that I haue had but litle labour, and haue gotten vnto mee much rest.}

geneva@Bar:1:3 @ {\cf2 And Baruch did reade the woordes of this booke, that Iechonias the sonne of Ioacim king of Iuda might heare, and al the people that were come to heare the booke,}

geneva@Bar:1:4 @ {\cf2 And in the audience of the gouernour, & of the Kings sonnes, and before the Elders, and before the whole people, fro the lowest vnto the hiest, before all them that dwelt at Babylon by the riuer Sud.}

geneva@Bar:1:8 @ {\cf2 When hee had receiued the vessels of the Temple of the Lorde, that were taken away out of the Temple, to bring them againe into the lande of Iuda, the tenth day of the moneth Sinan, to wit, siluer vessels, which Sedecias the sonne of Iosias King of Iuda had made,}

geneva@Bar:1:9 @ {\cf2 After that Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon had led away Iechonias from Ierusalem, & his princes, and his nobles, prisoners, and the people, and caried them to Babylon.}

geneva@Bar:1:11 @ {\cf2 And praie for the life of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his sonne, that their daies may be vpon earth, as the daies of heauen,}

geneva@Bar:1:12 @ {\cf2 And that God woulde giue vs strength and lighten our eyes, that we may liue vnder the shadowe of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, and vnder ye shadowe of Baltasar his sonne, that we may long do them seruice, & finde fauour in their sight.}

geneva@Bar:1:18 @ {\cf2 And haue not obeied him, neither hearkened vnto the voice of the Lorde our God, to walke in the commandements that he gaue vs openly.}

geneva@Bar:1:19 @ {\cf2 From the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the lande of Egypt, euen vnto this day, we haue bene disobedient vnto the Lord our God, and we haue bene negligent to heare his voice.}

geneva@Bar:1:20 @ {\cf2 Wherefore these plagues are come vpon vs, and the curse which the Lorde appointed by Moyses his seruaunt at the time that hee brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to giue vs a land that floweth with milke and hony, as appeareth this day.}

geneva@Bar:2:1 @ {\cf2 Therefore the Lorde our God hath perfourmed his woorde, which hee pronounced against vs, and against our iudges that gouerned Israel, and against our Kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Iuda,}

geneva@Bar:2:2 @ {\cf2 To bring vpon vs great plagues, such as neuer came to passe vnder the whole heauen, as they that were done in Ierusalem, according to things, that were written in the Lawe of Moises,}

geneva@Bar:2:3 @ {\cf2 That some among vs should eat ye flesh of his owne sonne, & some the flesh of his owne daughter.}

geneva@Bar:2:4 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, hee hath deliuered them to be in subiection to all the kingdomes, that are rounde about vs, to bee as a reproche and desolation among all the people rounde about where the Lorde hath scattered them.}

geneva@Bar:2:8 @ {\cf2 Yet haue we not praied before the Lord, that we might turne euery one from the imaginations of his owne wicked heart.}

geneva@Bar:2:10 @ {\cf2 Yet wee haue not hearkened vnto his voyce, to walke in the commandements of the Lorde that he hath giuen vnto vs.}

geneva@Bar:2:11 @ {\cf2 And nowe, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mightie hand, and an hie arme, and with signes, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thy selfe a Name, as appeareth this day,}

geneva@Bar:2:15 @ {\cf2 That all the earth may knowe that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy Name is called vpon Israel and vpon their posteritie.}

geneva@Bar:2:17 @ {\cf2 Open thine eyes, and beholde: for the dead that are in the graues, and whose soules are out of their bodies, giue vnto the Lorde neither praise, nor righteousnesse.}

geneva@Bar:2:18 @ {\cf2 But the soule that is vexed for the greatnesse of sinne, and hee that goeth crookedly, and weake, and the eyes that faile, and the hungrie soule will giue thee praise and righteousnesse, O Lord.}

geneva@Bar:2:21 @ {\cf2 Thus sayth the Lorde, Bowe downe your shoulders, and serue the King of Babylon: so shal ye remaine in the land, that I gaue vnto your fathers.}

geneva@Bar:2:24 @ {\cf2 But we woulde not hearken vnto thy voyce, to serue the King of Babylon: therefore hast thou performed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruants the Prophets: namely, that the bones of our Kings, and the bones of our fathers should be caried out of their places.}

geneva@Bar:2:30 @ {\cf2 For I know that they will not heare me: for it is a stifnecked people: but in the lande of their captiuitie they shall remember themselues,}

geneva@Bar:2:31 @ {\cf2 And knowe that I am the Lorde their God: then wil I giue them an heart to vnderstand, & eares.}

geneva@Bar:2:35 @ {\cf2 And I will make an euerlasting couenant with them, that I will be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more driue my people of Israel out of the land that I haue giuen them.}

geneva@Bar:3:1 @ {\cf2 O Lorde Almightie, O God of Israel, the soule that is in trouble, and the spirite that is vexed, cryeth vnto thee.}

geneva@Bar:3:7 @ {\cf2 And for this cause hast thou put thy feare in our hearts, that we should call vpon thy Name, and prayse thee in our captiuitie: for we haue considered in our mindes all the wickednesse of our fathers, that sinned before thee.}

geneva@Bar:3:9 @ {\cf2 O Israel, heare ye comandements of life: hearken vnto them, that thou maiest learne wisdome.}

geneva@Bar:3:10 @ {\cf2 What is the cause, O Israel, that thou art in thine enemies land, and art waxen olde in a strange countrey?}

geneva@Bar:3:11 @ {\cf2 And art defiled with the dead? and art counted with them, that goe downe to the graues?}

geneva@Bar:3:14 @ {\cf2 Learne where is wisedome, where is strength, where is vnderstanding, that thou maiest know also from whence commeth long continuance, and life, and where the light of the eyes, and peace is.}

geneva@Bar:3:17 @ {\cf2 They that had their pastime with the foules of the heauen, that hoarded vp siluer & gold, wherein men trust, & made none ende of their gathering?}

geneva@Bar:3:18 @ {\cf2 For they that coyned siluer, & were so careful of their worke, & whose inuention had none ende,}

geneva@Bar:3:21 @ {\cf2 Neither perceiued the pathes thereof, neither haue their children receiued it: but they were farre off from that way.}

geneva@Bar:3:23 @ {\cf2 Nor the Agarines that sought after wisdome vpon the earth, nor the marchants of Nerran, and of Theman, nor the expounders of fables, nor the searchers out of wisdome haue knowen the way of wisdome, neither doe they thinke vpon the pathes thereof.}

geneva@Bar:3:26 @ {\cf2 There were the gyants, famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in warre.}

geneva@Bar:3:32 @ {\cf2 But he that knoweth al things, knoweth her, and he hath found her out with his vnderstanding: this same is he which hath prepared the earth for euermore, and hath filled it with foure footed beastes.}

geneva@Bar:3:34 @ {\cf2 And the starres shine in their watch, and reioyce. When he calleth them, they say, Here we be: and so with cherefulnesse they shewe light vnto him that made them.}

geneva@Bar:4:1 @ {\cf2 This is the booke of the commaundements of God, and the Lawe that endureth for euer: all they that keepe it, shal come to life: but such as forsake it, shall die.}

geneva@Bar:4:3 @ {\cf2 Giue not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable vnto thee, to a strange nation.}

geneva@Bar:4:4 @ {\cf2 O Israel, we are blessed: for the things that are acceptable vnto God, are declared vnto vs.}

geneva@Bar:4:7 @ {\cf2 For ye haue displeased him that made you, offering vnto deuils and not to God.}

geneva@Bar:4:8 @ {\cf2 Ye haue forgotten him that created you, euen the euerlasting God, and ye haue grieued Ierusalem, that nourished you.}

geneva@Bar:4:9 @ {\cf2 When shee sawe the wrath comming vpon you from God, she saide, Hearken, ye that dwell about Sion: for God hath brought me into great heauines.}

geneva@Bar:4:14 @ {\cf2 Come, ye that dwell about Sion, and call to remembrance the captiuitie of my sonnes & daughters, which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them.}

geneva@Bar:4:18 @ {\cf2 Surely he that hath brought these plagues vpon you, can deliuer you from the handes of your enemies.}

geneva@Bar:4:25 @ {\cf2 My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come vpon you from God: for thine enemie hath persecuted thee, but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt treade vpon his necke.}

geneva@Bar:4:26 @ {\cf2 My darlings haue gone by rough wayes, and were led away as a flock that is scattered by ye enemies.}

geneva@Bar:4:27 @ {\cf2 Be of good comfort, my children, and crye vnto God: for he that led you away, hath you in remembrance.}

geneva@Bar:4:29 @ {\cf2 For he that hath brought these plagues vpon you, will bring you euerlasting ioy againe, with your saluation.}

geneva@Bar:4:30 @ {\cf2 Take a good heart, O Ierusalem: for he which gaue thee that name, will comfort thee.}

geneva@Bar:4:31 @ {\cf2 They are miserable that afflict thee, and such as reioyce at thy fall.}

geneva@Bar:4:32 @ {\cf2 The cities are miserable whom thy children serue: miserable is she that hath taken thy sonnes.}

geneva@Bar:4:36 @ {\cf2 O Ierusalem, looke toward the East, and behold the ioy that cometh vnto thee from thy God.}

geneva@Bar:5:1 @ {\cf2 Pvt off thy mourning clothes, O Ierusalem, and thine affliction, and decke thee with the worship and honour, that commeth vnto thee from God, for euermore.}

geneva@Bar:5:2 @ {\cf2 Put on the garment of righteousnesse, that commeth from God, and set a crowne vpon thine head of the glorie of the Euerlasting.}

geneva@Bar:5:7 @ {\cf2 For God hath determined to bring downe euery high mountaine, & the long enduring rockes, and to fill the valleis, to make the grounde plaine, that Israel may walke safely vnto ye honor of God.}

geneva@Bar:5:9 @ {\cf2 For God shall bring Israel with ioy in ye light of his maiestie, with the mercie and righteousnesse that commeth of him.}

geneva@Bar:6:1 @ {\cf2 Because of the sinnes, that ye haue committed against God, yee shall be led away captiues vnto Babylon, by Nabuchodonosor, King of the Babylonians.}

geneva@Bar:6:2 @ {\cf2 So when ye be come into Babylon, yee shall remaine there many yeeres, and a long season, euen seuen generations, and after that will I bring you away peaceablie from thence.}

geneva@Bar:6:4 @ {\cf2 Beware therefore that yee in no wise be like the strangers, neither be ye afraid of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behinde them worshipping them,}

geneva@Bar:6:8 @ {\cf2 And as they take golde for a maide that loueth to be deckt,}

geneva@Bar:6:10 @ {\cf2 Yea, they giue of the same vnto the harlots, that are in their houses: againe, they decke these gods of siluer, and gods of golde, and of wood with garments like men,}

geneva@Bar:6:14 @ {\cf2 Another hath a dagger or an axe in his right hande: yet is he not able to defende him selfe from battell, nor from theeues: so then it is euident, that they be no gods.}

geneva@Bar:6:15 @ {\cf2 Therefore feare them not: for as vessel that a man vseth, is nothing worth when it is broken:}

geneva@Bar:6:16 @ {\cf2 Such are their gods: when they be set vp in their temples their eyes be full of dust by reason of the feete of those that come in.}

geneva@Bar:6:17 @ {\cf2 And as the gates are shut in rounde about vpon him that hath offended the King: or as one that shoulde be ledde to be put to death: so the priestes keepe their temples with doores, and with lockes, and with barres, least their gods shoulde be spoyled by robbers.}

geneva@Bar:6:19 @ {\cf2 They confesse, that euen their hearts are gnawen vpon: but when the things, that creepe out of the earth, eate them and their clothes, they feele it not.}

geneva@Bar:6:20 @ {\cf2 Their faces are blacke through the smoke that is in the temple.}

geneva@Bar:6:22 @ {\cf2 By this yee may be sure, that they are not gods: therefore feare them not.}

geneva@Bar:6:23 @ {\cf2 Notwithstanding the golde, that is about them to make them beautifull, except one wipe of the rust, they cannot shine: neither when they were molten, did they feele it.}

geneva@Bar:6:25 @ {\cf2 They are borne vpon mens shoulders, because they haue no feete, whereby they declare vnto men, that they be nothing woorth: yea, and they that worship them, are ashamed.}

geneva@Bar:6:27 @ {\cf2 As for the things that are offered vnto them, their Priests sell them, and abuse them: likewise also the women lay vp of the same: but vnto the poore and sicke they giue nothing.}

geneva@Bar:6:28 @ {\cf2 The menstruous women, and they that are in childbed, touch their sacrifices: by these things ye may knowe that they are no gods: feare them not.}

geneva@Bar:6:29 @ {\cf2 From whence commeth it then, that they are called gods? because the women bring giftes to the gods of siluer, and golde, and wood.}

geneva@Bar:6:31 @ {\cf2 They roare, and cry before their gods, as men doe at the feast of one that is dead.}

geneva@Bar:6:33 @ {\cf2 Whether it be euil that one doeth vnto them or good, they are not able to recompence it: they can neither set vp a King nor put him downe.}

geneva@Bar:6:38 @ {\cf2 Their gods of wood, golde, and siluer, are as stones, that bee hewen out of the mountaine, and they that worship them, shall be confounded.}

geneva@Bar:6:39 @ {\cf2 Howe shoulde a man then thinke or say that they are Gods?}

geneva@Bar:6:40 @ {\cf2 Moreouer the Chaldeans them selues dishonour them: for when they see a domme man, that can not speake, they present him to Bel,}

geneva@Bar:6:41 @ {\cf2 And desire that hee woulde make him to speake, as though he had any feeling: yet they that vnderstande these thinges, can not leaue them: for they also haue no sense.}

geneva@Bar:6:44 @ {\cf2 Whatsoeuer is done among them, is lies: how may it then be thought or saide, that they are gods?}

geneva@Bar:6:46 @ {\cf2 Yea, they that make them, are of no long cotinuance: how should then the things that are made of them, be gods?}

geneva@Bar:6:49 @ {\cf2 Howe then can men not perceiue, that they be no gods, which can neither defende themselues, from warre nor from plagues:}

geneva@Bar:6:50 @ {\cf2 For seeing they be but of wood, and of siluer, and of golde, men shall knowe hereafter that they are but lies, and it shall be manifest to all nations & Kings, that they be no gods, but the workes of mens handes, and that there is no woorke of God in them.}

geneva@Bar:6:51 @ {\cf2 Whereby it may be knowen, that they are no gods.}

geneva@Bar:6:55 @ {\cf2 They cannot wtstand any King or enemies: how can it then be thought or said that they be gods?}

geneva@Bar:6:57 @ {\cf2 For they that are strongest, take away their golde and siluer, and apparell, wherewith they be clothed: and when they haue it, they get them away, yet can they not helpe themselues.}

geneva@Bar:6:58 @ {\cf2 Therefore it is better to be a King, and so to shewe his power, or els a profitable vessell in an house, whereby hee that oweth it, might haue profite, then such false gods: or to bee a doore in an house, to keepe such thinges safe as be therein, then such false gods: or a pillar of wood in a palace, then such false gods.}

geneva@Bar:6:59 @ {\cf2 For the sunne, and the moone, & the starres that shine, when they are sent downe for necessarie vses, obey.}

geneva@Bar:6:62 @ {\cf2 When the fire is sent downe from aboue to destroy hilles and woodes, it doeth that which is commaunded: but these are not like any of these things, neither in forme, nor power.}

geneva@Bar:6:63 @ {\cf2 Wherefore men should not thinke, nor say that they be goddes, seeing they can neither giue sentence in iudgement, nor doe men good.}

geneva@Bar:6:64 @ {\cf2 For so much nowe as yee are sure, that they be no gods, feare them not.}

geneva@Bar:6:68 @ {\cf2 So yee may bee certified that by no maner of, meanes, they are gods: therefore feare them not.}

geneva@Bar:6:70 @ {\cf2 And likewise their gods of wood, and golde and siluer are like to a white thorne in an orcharde, that euery birde sitteth vpon, and as a deade bodie that is cast in the darke.}

geneva@Bar:6:71 @ {\cf2 By the purple also and brightnesse, which fadeth vpon them, yee may vnderstande, that they be no gods: yea, they themselues shall be consumed at the last, and they shall be a shame to the countrey.}

geneva@Bar:6:72 @ {\cf2 Better therefore is the iust man, that hath none idoles: for he shalbe farre from reproofe.}

geneva@1Macc:1:1 @ {\cf2 After that Alexander the Macedonian, the sonne of Philippe, went forth of the land of Chettiim, and slewe Darius King of the Persians & Medes, and reigned for him, as he had before in Grecia,}

geneva@1Macc:1:3 @ {\cf2 So went he thorow to the endes of the world, and tooke spoyles of many nations, in so much that the world stood in awe of him: therefore his heart was puffed vp and was hawtie.}

geneva@1Macc:1:6 @ {\cf2 After these things he fell sicke, and knew that he should dye.}

geneva@1Macc:1:12 @ {\cf2 In those dayes went there out of Israel wicked men, which entised many, saying, Let vs go, and make a couenant with the heathen, that are round about vs: for since we departed from them, we haue had much sorow.}

geneva@1Macc:1:17 @ {\cf2 So when Antiochus kingdome was set in order, he went about to reigne ouer Egypt, that hee might haue the dominion of two Realmes.}

geneva@1Macc:1:21 @ {\cf2 And after that Antiochus had smitte Egypt, he turned againe in the hundreth, fourtie and three yeere,}

geneva@1Macc:1:24 @ {\cf2 He tooke also the siluer and golde, and the precious iewels, & he tooke the secret treasures that he founde, and when he had taken away all, he departed into his owne land,}

geneva@1Macc:1:28 @ {\cf2 Euery bridegrome tooke him to mourning, and shee that sate in the marriage chamber, was in heauinesse.}

geneva@1Macc:1:40 @ {\cf2 Insomuch that the citizens of Ierusalem fled away because of them, and it became an habitation of strangers, being desolate of them whom she had borne: for her owne children did leaue her.}

geneva@1Macc:1:43 @ {\cf2 Also the King wrote vnto all his kingdome, that all the people should be as one, and that euery man should leaue his lawes.}

geneva@1Macc:1:46 @ {\cf2 So the King sent letters by the messengers vnto Ierusalem, and to the cities of Iuda, that they should follow the strange lawes of the countrey,}

geneva@1Macc:1:47 @ {\cf2 And that they should forbid the burnt offerings, & sacrifices, & the offrings in the Sanctuary,}

geneva@1Macc:1:48 @ {\cf2 And that they shoulde defile the Sabbaths and the feastes,}

geneva@1Macc:1:51 @ {\cf2 And that they shoulde leaue their children vncircumcised, & defile their soules with vncleannes, and pollute themselues, that they might forget the Lawe, and change all the ordinances,}

geneva@1Macc:1:52 @ {\cf2 And that whosoeuer woulde not doe acoording to the commandement of the King, shoulde suffer death.}

geneva@1Macc:1:55 @ {\cf2 Then went many of the people vnto them by heapes, euery one that forsooke the Law, and so they committed euill in the land.}

geneva@1Macc:1:60 @ {\cf2 Whosoeuer had a booke of the Testament founde by him, or whosoeuer consented vnto the Lawe, the Kings commaundement was, that they should put him to death by their authoritie.}

geneva@1Macc:1:61 @ {\cf2 And they executed these things euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in their cities.}

geneva@1Macc:1:65 @ {\cf2 Yet were there many in Israel, which were of courage, and determined in themselues, that they would not eate vncleane things,}

geneva@1Macc:2:8 @ {\cf2 And the Sanctuarie is in the hands of strangers: her Temple is as a man that hath no renoume.}

geneva@1Macc:2:10 @ {\cf2 What people is it, that hath not some possession in her kingdome, or hath not gotten of her spoyles?}

geneva@1Macc:2:19 @ {\cf2 Then Mattathias answered and sayde with a loude voyce, Though all nations that are vnder the Kings dominion, obey him, & fall away euery man from the religion of their fathers, and consent to his commandements,}

geneva@1Macc:2:21 @ {\cf2 God be merciful vnto vs, that we forsake not the Law and the ordinances.}

geneva@1Macc:2:24 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Mattathias sawe it, he was so inflamed with zeale, that his raynes shooke, and his wrath was kindled according to the ordinance of the Lawe: therefore he ranne vnto him, and killed him by the altar:}

geneva@1Macc:2:25 @ {\cf2 And at the same time he slewe ye Kings commissioner, that compelled him to doe sacrifice, and destroyed the altar.}

geneva@1Macc:2:28 @ {\cf2 So he, & his sonnes fled into the moutaines, and left all that they had in the citie.}

geneva@1Macc:2:29 @ {\cf2 Then many that sought after iustice and iudgement,}

geneva@1Macc:2:31 @ {\cf2 Nowe when it was tolde vnto the Kings seruants, and to the garisons, which were in Ierusalem in the citie of Dauid, that men had broken the Kings commandement, and were gone downe into the secret places in the wildernesse,}

geneva@1Macc:2:37 @ {\cf2 But sayde, We will die all in our innocencie: the heauen and earth shal testifie for vs, that ye destroy vs wrongfully.}

geneva@1Macc:2:41 @ {\cf2 Therefore they concluded at the same time, saying, Whosoeuer shall come to make battel with vs vpon the Sabboth day, we wil fight against him, that wee die not all, as our brethren that were murthered in the secret places.}

geneva@1Macc:2:43 @ {\cf2 And all they that were fled for persecution, ioyned them selues vnto them, and were an helpe vnto them.}

geneva@1Macc:2:46 @ {\cf2 And circumcised the children by force that were vncircumcised, as many as they found within the coastes of Israel,}

geneva@1Macc:2:49 @ {\cf2 Nowe when the time drewe neere, that Mattathias should die, he saide vnto his sonnes, Nowe is pride and persecution increased, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation.}

geneva@1Macc:2:61 @ {\cf2 And thus ye may consider throughout all ages, that whosoeuer put their trust in him, shall not want strength.}

geneva@1Macc:2:65 @ {\cf2 And beholde, I knowe that your brother Simon is a man of counsel: giue care vnto him alway: he shall be a father vnto you.}

geneva@1Macc:2:67 @ {\cf2 Thus shall yee bring vnto you all those that obserue the Lawe, and shall auenge the iniuries of your people.}

geneva@1Macc:3:2 @ {\cf2 And all his brethren helped him, and all they that held with his father, and fought with courage the battell of Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:3:5 @ {\cf2 For he pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt vp those that vexed his people,}

geneva@1Macc:3:6 @ {\cf2 So that the wicked fled for feare of him, and all the workers of iniquitie were put to trouble: and saluation prospered in his hand.}

geneva@1Macc:3:9 @ {\cf2 So was hee renowmed vnto the endes of the earth, and hee assembled together those that were ready to perish.}

geneva@1Macc:3:11 @ {\cf2 Which when Iudas perceiued, he went forth to meete him, and smote him, and slewe him, so that many fell downe slayne, and the rest fled.}

geneva@1Macc:3:13 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Seron a prince of the armie of Syria, heard that Iudas had gathered vnto him the Congregation, and Church of the faithfull, and went forth to the warre,}

geneva@1Macc:3:14 @ {\cf2 He sayd, I wil get me a name, and wil be glorious in the realme: for I will goe fight with Iudas, and them that are with him, which haue despised the kings commandement.}

geneva@1Macc:3:26 @ {\cf2 So that his fame came vnto the king: for all the Gentiles could tell of the warres of Iudas.}

geneva@1Macc:3:29 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse, when he sawe that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes in the countrey were small, because of the dissention, and plagues that he had brought vpon the lande, in taking away the lawes which had bene of olde time,}

geneva@1Macc:3:30 @ {\cf2 He feared least he shoulde not haue nowe at the seconde time, as the first, for the charges and gifts that he had giuen with a liberall hande afore: for in liberalitie he farre passed the other kings that were before him.}

geneva@1Macc:3:34 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, he gaue him halfe of his host and elephants, & gaue him the charge of all things that he would haue done,}

geneva@1Macc:3:35 @ {\cf2 And concerning those which dwelt in Iuda and Ierusalem, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and roote out the power of Israel and the remnant of Ierusalem, and to put out their memoriall from that place,}

geneva@1Macc:3:37 @ {\cf2 And the king tooke the halfe of the hoste that remained, and departed from Antiochia his royall citie, in the yeere an hundreth fourtie and seuen, and passed the riuer Euphrates, and went thorowe the hie countreys.}

geneva@1Macc:3:42 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Iudas and his brethren sawe that trouble increased, and that the hoste drewe neere vnto their borders, considering the kinges words, whereby he had commanded to destroy the people, and vtterly abolish them,}

geneva@1Macc:3:45 @ {\cf2 As for Ierusalem, it was not inhabited, but was as a wildernesse. There went none that was borne in it, in or out at it, and the Sanctuarie was troden downe, and the strangers kept the fortresse, and it was the habitation of the heathen: and the mirth of Iacob was taken away: the pipe and the harpe ceased.}

geneva@1Macc:3:47 @ {\cf2 And they fasted that day, and put sackcloth vpon them, and cast ashes vpon their heads, & rent their clothes,}

geneva@1Macc:3:56 @ {\cf2 And they commaunded them that buylded houses, or married wiues, or planted vineyardes, or were fearefull, that they shoulde returne euery one to his owne house, according to the Lawe.}

geneva@1Macc:4:3 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Iudas heard it, he remoued, and they that were valiant men to smite the Kings armie which was at Emmaus,}

geneva@1Macc:4:7 @ {\cf2 And they saw that the armies of the heathen were strong and well armed, and their horsemen about them, & that these were expert men of warre.}

geneva@1Macc:4:8 @ {\cf2 Then said Iudas to the men that were with him, Feare ye not their multitude, neither be afraid of their assault.}

geneva@1Macc:4:11 @ {\cf2 So shall all the heathen knowe, that there is one, which deliuereth and saueth Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:4:13 @ {\cf2 And they went out of their tentes into the battell, and they that were with Iudas, blewe the trumpets.}

geneva@1Macc:4:15 @ {\cf2 But the hinmost of them fel by the sword, & they pursued the vnto Gazeron, & into ye plaines of Idumea, & of Azotus, & of Iamnia, so that there were slaine of them about three thousande men.}

geneva@1Macc:4:20 @ {\cf2 But when Gorgias sawe that his were fled, & that Iudas souldiers burnt the tents: (for the smoke that was seene, declared what was done.)}

geneva@1Macc:4:21 @ {\cf2 When they saw these things, they were sore afraid, & when they saw also that Iudas & his hoste were in the field ready to set themselues in aray,}

geneva@1Macc:4:25 @ {\cf2 And so Israel had great victory in that day.}

geneva@1Macc:4:26 @ {\cf2 Nowe all the strangers that escaped, came, and tolde Lysias all the things that were done.}

geneva@1Macc:4:30 @ {\cf2 And whe he saw that mightie armie, he praied, and saide, Blessed be thou, O Sauiour of Israel, which diddest destroy the assault of the mightie man by the hand of thy seruant Dauid, & gauest the hoste of the strangers into the hand of Ionathan, the sonne of Saul, and of his armour bearer:}

geneva@1Macc:4:32 @ {\cf2 Make them afraide, and consume their boldnesse and strength, that they may be astonished at their destruction.}

geneva@1Macc:4:33 @ {\cf2 Cast them downe by the sworde of them that loue thee: then shall all they that knowe thy Name, praise thee with songs.}

geneva@1Macc:4:35 @ {\cf2 Then Lysias, seeing his armie put to flight, and the manlines of Iudas souldiers, and that they were ready, either to liue or die valiantly, he went into Antiochia, and gathered strangers, and when he had furnished his armie, he thought againe (being prepared) to come against Iudea.}

geneva@1Macc:4:38 @ {\cf2 Nowe when they sawe the Sanctuarie layde waste, and the altar defiled, and the doores burnt vp, and the shrubbes growing in the courtes, as in a forest, or as on one of the mountaines, and that the Priestes chambers were broken downe,}

geneva@1Macc:4:42 @ {\cf2 So he chose Priestes that were vndefiled, such as delited in the Lawe,}

geneva@1Macc:4:48 @ {\cf2 And made vp the Sanctuarie, and the things that were within the Temple, and the courtes, and all things.}

geneva@1Macc:4:50 @ {\cf2 And they burnt incense vpon the altar, and lighted the lampes which were vpon the candlesticke, that they might burne in the Temple.}

geneva@1Macc:4:51 @ {\cf2 They set also the shewbread vpon the table, and hanged vp the vailes, & finished all the workes that they had begunne to make.}

geneva@1Macc:4:53 @ {\cf2 And offred sacrifice according to the Lawe, vpon the new altar of burnt offrings, that they had made.}

geneva@1Macc:4:54 @ {\cf2 According to the time, and according to the day, that the heathen had defiled it, in the same day was it made new with songs, and harpes, and lutes, and cymbales.}

geneva@1Macc:4:55 @ {\cf2 And all the people fell vpon their faces, worshipping and praysing toward the heauen him that had giuen them good successe.}

geneva@1Macc:4:59 @ {\cf2 So Iudas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel, ordeyned that the dayes of dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from veere to yere, by the space of eight dayes, from the fiue and twentieth day of the moneth Chaslu, with mirth and gladnesse.}

geneva@1Macc:4:61 @ {\cf2 Therefore they set a garrison there to keepe it, and fortified Beth-sura to keepe it, that the people might haue a defence against Idumea.}

geneva@1Macc:5:1 @ {\cf2 Nowe when the nations rounde about heard, that the altar was buylded, and the Sanctuarie renued, as afore, they were sore grieued.}

geneva@1Macc:5:2 @ {\cf2 Therefore they thought to destroy the generation of Iacob that was among them, and began to slay and destroy the people.}

geneva@1Macc:5:5 @ {\cf2 Wherefore he shut them vp in towers, and besieged them, and destroyed them vtterly, and burnt their towers with fire, with all that were in them.}

geneva@1Macc:5:9 @ {\cf2 Then the heathen that were in Galaad, gathered them together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to slay them: but they fled to the castle of Datheman,}

geneva@1Macc:5:10 @ {\cf2 And sent letters to Iudas, & to his brethren, saying, The heathen that are about vs, are gathered against vs, to destroy vs,}

geneva@1Macc:5:13 @ {\cf2 And all our brethren that were at Tubin, are slaine, and they haue taken away their wiues, and their children, and their goods, and destroyed there almost a thousand men.}

geneva@1Macc:5:15 @ {\cf2 And said, that they of Ptolemais, & of Tyrus, and of Sidon, and of all Galile of the Gentiles were gathered against them to destroy them.}

geneva@1Macc:5:16 @ {\cf2 When Iudas, and the people heard these wordes, a great congregation came together, to consulte what they might doe for their brethren, that were in trouble, and whom they besieged.}

geneva@1Macc:5:23 @ {\cf2 Thus they reseued them that were in Galile and in Arbattis with their wiues, and their children, and all that they had, and brought them into Iudea with great ioy.}

geneva@1Macc:5:25 @ {\cf2 Where they mette with the Nabathites, who receiued them louingly, and tolde them euery thing that was done vnto their brethren in the countrey of Galaad,}

geneva@1Macc:5:26 @ {\cf2 And how that many of them were besieged in Bosorra, and Bosor, in Alemis, Chasbon, Maged and Carnaim (all these cities are strong, and great)}

geneva@1Macc:5:27 @ {\cf2 And that they were kept in other cities of Galaad, and to morow they are appointed to bring their hoste vnto these fortes, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one day.}

geneva@1Macc:5:31 @ {\cf2 When Iudas sawe that the battel was begun, & that the cry of the citie went vp to heauen with trumpets, and a great sound,}

geneva@1Macc:5:34 @ {\cf2 Then the host of Timotheus knew, that it was Maccabeus, and they fled from him, and hee smote them with a great slaughter, so that there was killed of them the same day, almost eight thousand men.}

geneva@1Macc:5:38 @ {\cf2 Now Iudas had sent to espie the host, and they brought him word againe, saying, All the heathen that bee rounde about vs, are gathered vnto him, and the host is very great,}

geneva@1Macc:5:43 @ {\cf2 So he went first ouer toward them, & all the people after him: & all the heathen were discofited before him, and cast away their weapons, and fled into the Temple that was at Carnaim.}

geneva@1Macc:5:44 @ {\cf2 Which citie Iudas wanne, and burnt the temple with all that were in it: so was Carnaim subdued, and might not withstand Iudas.}

geneva@1Macc:5:45 @ {\cf2 Then Iudas gathered all the Israelites that were in the countrey of Galaad, from the least vnto the most, with their wiues and their children, and their baggage, a very great hoste, to come into the land of Iuda.}

geneva@1Macc:5:47 @ {\cf2 But they that were in the citie, shutte themselues in, & stopped vp the gates with stones: & Iudas sent vnto them with peaceable wordes, saying,}

geneva@1Macc:5:48 @ {\cf2 Let vs passe thorowe your land, that we may goe into our owne countrey, and none shall hurt you: we will but onely goe thorowe on foote: but they would not open vnto him.}

geneva@1Macc:5:49 @ {\cf2 Wherefore Iudas commaunded a proclamation to bee made throughout the hoste, that euery man should assault it according to his standing.}

geneva@1Macc:5:50 @ {\cf2 So the valiant men set vpon it, and assaulted the citie all that day, and all that night, and the citie was giuen ouer into his handes:}

geneva@1Macc:5:51 @ {\cf2 Who slew all the males with the edge of the sworde, and destroyed it, and tooke the spoile thereof, and went thorowe the citie ouer them that were slaine.}

geneva@1Macc:5:53 @ {\cf2 And Iudas gathered together those that were behinde, & gaue the people good exhortation all the way thorow, til they were come into ye land of Iuda.}

geneva@1Macc:5:57 @ {\cf2 Let vs get vs a name also, and go fight against the heathen that are round about vs.}

geneva@1Macc:5:60 @ {\cf2 And Ioseph and Azarias were put to flight, and pursued vnto the borders of Iudea: and there were slaine that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men: so that there was a great ouerthrow among the people of Israel,}

geneva@1Macc:6:1 @ {\cf2 Now when King Antiochus traueyled thorowe the high countreys, hee heard that Elimais in the countrey of Persia was a citie greatly renowmed for riches, siluer and golde,}

geneva@1Macc:6:2 @ {\cf2 And that there was in it a very riche temple, where as were couerings of golde, coate armours, and harnesse, which Alexander King of Macedonia the sonne of Philip (that reigned first in Grecia) had left there.}

geneva@1Macc:6:5 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, there came one which brought him tidings in the countrey of Persia, that the armies that went against the land of Iuda, were driuen away,}

geneva@1Macc:6:6 @ {\cf2 And that Lysias, which went forth first with a great power, was driuen away of the Iewes, and that they were made strong by the armour, and power, and diuers spoyles which they had gotten of the armies whome they had destroyed,}

geneva@1Macc:6:7 @ {\cf2 And that they had pulled downe the abomination, which he had set vp vpon the altar at Ierusalem, and fensed the Sanctuarie with high walles, as it was afore, and Beth-sura his citie.}

geneva@1Macc:6:9 @ {\cf2 And there continued hee many dayes: for his griefe was euer more and more, so that he sawe hee must needes die.}

geneva@1Macc:6:12 @ {\cf2 And now doe I remember the euils that I haue done at Ierusalem: for I tooke all the vessels of golde and of siluer that were in it, and sent to destroy the inhabitants of Iuda without cause.}

geneva@1Macc:6:13 @ {\cf2 I know that these troubles are come vpon me for the same cause, and behold, I must die with great sorow in a strange land.}

geneva@1Macc:6:15 @ {\cf2 And gaue him the crowne, and his robe, and the ring, that he should instruct his sonne Antiochus, and bring him vp, till he might reigne himselfe.}

geneva@1Macc:6:17 @ {\cf2 When Lysias knewe, that the king was dead, he ordeined Antiochus his sonne (whome hee had brought vp) to reigne in his fathers steade, and called him Eupator.}

geneva@1Macc:6:18 @ {\cf2 Now they that were in the castell at Ierusalem, kept in the Israelites round about the Sanctuarie, and sought alwayes their hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen.}

geneva@1Macc:6:21 @ {\cf2 But certaine of the that were besieged, gat foorth, (vnto whome some vngodly men of Israel ioyned themselues)}

geneva@1Macc:6:23 @ {\cf2 We haue bene readie to serue thy father, & to goe forward in those things, that he appointed, and to obey his commandements.}

geneva@1Macc:6:29 @ {\cf2 And bandes that were hired, came vnto him from the Kinges, that were confederate, and from the yles of the sea.}

geneva@1Macc:6:35 @ {\cf2 And they set the beastes according to the ranges: so that by euery elephant there stoode a thousand men armed with coates of maile and helmets of brasse vpon their heades, and vnto euery beast were ordeined fiue hudreth horseme of ye best,}

geneva@1Macc:6:37 @ {\cf2 And vpon them were strog towers of wood that couered euery beast, which were fastened thereon with instruments, and vpon euery one was twoand thirtie men that fought in them, and the Indian that ruled him.}

geneva@1Macc:6:41 @ {\cf2 And all they that heard the noyse of their multitude, and the marching of the companie, and the ratling of the harnesse, were astonished: for the armie was very great and mightie.}

geneva@1Macc:6:43 @ {\cf2 Now when Eleazar, the sonne of Abaron, saw one of the elephants armed with royall harnes, and was more excellent then all the other beastes, he thought that the King should be vpon him.}

geneva@1Macc:6:45 @ {\cf2 And ran boldly vnto him through the mids of the hoste, slaying on the right hand, and on the left, so that they departed away on both sides.}

geneva@1Macc:6:49 @ {\cf2 Moreouer, the King tooke truce with them that were in Beth-sura: but when they came out of the citie, because they had no vitailes there, and were shut vp therein, and the lande had rested,}

geneva@1Macc:6:53 @ {\cf2 But in the garners there were no vitailes: for it was the seuenth yeere, and then they that were in Iudea, and were deliuered from the Gentiles, had eaten vp the residue of the store,}

geneva@1Macc:6:54 @ {\cf2 So that in the Sanctuarie were few men left: for the famine came so vpon them, that they were scattered euery man to his owne place.}

geneva@1Macc:6:55 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Lysias heard that Philippe (whome Antiochus the King, whiles he liued, had ordeyned to bring vp Antiochus his sonne, that he might be King)}

geneva@1Macc:6:57 @ {\cf2 He and his hasted, and were stirred forwarde by them in the castle to go and tell the King, and the captaines of the hoste, and to others, saying, We decrease daily, and our vitailes are but small: & the place that we lay siege vnto, is strong, and the affaires of the realme depende vpon vs.}

geneva@1Macc:6:62 @ {\cf2 And the King went vp to mount Sion: but when he sawe that the place was well defensed, he brake his othe that he had made, and commanded to breake downe the wall round about.}

geneva@1Macc:7:5 @ {\cf2 There came vnto him all the wicked and vngodly men of Israel, whose captaine was Alcimus, that would haue bene the hie Priest.}

geneva@1Macc:7:7 @ {\cf2 Wherefore sende nowe some man, whome thou trustest, that he may goe and see all the destruction, which he hath done vnto vs, and to the Kinges lande, and let him punish them with all their partakers.}

geneva@1Macc:7:9 @ {\cf2 And that wicked Alcimus, whome he made hie Priest, and commanded him to be auenged of the children of Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:7:11 @ {\cf2 But they beleeued not their saying: for they sawe that they were come with a great hoste.}

geneva@1Macc:7:13 @ {\cf2 And the Asideans were the first that required peace among the children of Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:7:14 @ {\cf2 For said they, He that is a Priest of the seede of Aaron, is come with this armie: therefore he will not hurt vs.}

geneva@1Macc:7:16 @ {\cf2 And they beleeued him: but he tooke of the three score men, and slewe them in one day according to the wordes that were written,}

geneva@1Macc:7:17 @ {\cf2 They haue cast the bodyes of thy Saintes, and their blood rounde about Ierusalem, and there was no man that would burie them.}

geneva@1Macc:7:18 @ {\cf2 So there came a feare and trembling among all the people: for they said, There is neither trueth nor righteousnesse in them: for they haue broken the appointment and othe that they made.}

geneva@1Macc:7:19 @ {\cf2 Then Bacchides remoued from Ierusalem, and pitched his tent at Beth-zecha, where he sent foorth and tooke many of the men that had forsaken him, and certaine of the people whome hee slewe and cast into the great pit.}

geneva@1Macc:7:22 @ {\cf2 And all such as troubled the people, resorted vnto him: in so much, that they obteined the land of Iuda, and did much hurt in Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:7:23 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Iudas sawe all the mischiefe, that Alcimus and his company had done among the Israelites more then the heathen,}

geneva@1Macc:7:24 @ {\cf2 He went foorth rounde about all the borders of Iudea, and punished those that were fallen away, so that they came no more abroade in the countrey.}

geneva@1Macc:7:25 @ {\cf2 But when Alcimus sawe that Iudas and his people had gotten the vpper hande, and knew that he was not able to abide them, he went againe to the King, and accused them of wicked things.}

geneva@1Macc:7:26 @ {\cf2 Then the King sent Nicanor one of his chiefe princes, which hated Israel deadly, and commanded him, that he should destroy the people.}

geneva@1Macc:7:30 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse, it was tolde Iudas, that hee came vnto him vnder deceite: therefore he feared him, and woulde not see his face no more.}

geneva@1Macc:7:31 @ {\cf2 When Nicanor perceiued that his counsell was bewrayed, he went out to fight against Iudas, beside Carphasalama.}

geneva@1Macc:7:33 @ {\cf2 After this came Nicanor vp vnto mount Sion, and some of the Priestes with the Elders of the people went foorth of the Sanctuarie to salute him peaceably, and to shewe him the burnt offring that was offred for the King.}

geneva@1Macc:7:37 @ {\cf2 For so much as thou, O Lorde, hast chosen this House, that thy Name might be called vpon therein, and that it should be an house of prayer, and petition for thy people,}

geneva@1Macc:7:42 @ {\cf2 So destroy thou this hoste before vs to day, that all other may knowe that he hath spoken wickedly against thy Sanctuary, and punish him according to his malice.}

geneva@1Macc:7:44 @ {\cf2 Nowe when his armie sawe that Nicanor was slaine, they cast away their weapons, and fled.}

geneva@1Macc:7:46 @ {\cf2 So they came foorth of all the townes of Iudea rounde about, and rushed vpon them, and threwe them from one to another, so that they all fell by the sworde, and there was not one of them left.}

geneva@1Macc:7:48 @ {\cf2 So the people reioyced greatly, and kept that day as a day of great gladnesse.}

geneva@1Macc:7:49 @ {\cf2 And they ordeined to keepe yeerely that day on the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar.}

geneva@1Macc:8:1 @ {\cf2 Ivdas heard also the fame of the Romanes, that they were mightie, and valiant, and agreeable to all thinges that were required of them, and made peace with all that came vnto them,}

geneva@1Macc:8:2 @ {\cf2 And that they were men of great power, and they tolde him of their battels, and their worthie actes, which they did among the Galatians whome they had conquered, and made to pay tribute,}

geneva@1Macc:8:3 @ {\cf2 And what they had done in the countrey of Spaine: how that they had wonne there the mines of siluer and golde,}

geneva@1Macc:8:4 @ {\cf2 And that by their counsell, and gentle behauiour they were rulers in euery place, though the place was farre from them, and that they had discomfited, and giuen great ouerthrowes to the Kings that came against them, from the vttermost parte of the earth, and that others gaue them tribute euery yeere,}

geneva@1Macc:8:5 @ {\cf2 Howe they had also discomfited by battell Philippe and Perses Kings of the Macedonians, and others, that arose against them, and howe they ouer came them,}

geneva@1Macc:8:6 @ {\cf2 And howe great Antiochus King of Asia that came against the in battel, hauing an hudreth and twentie elephants, with horsemen, & charets, and a very great armie, was discomfited by them,}

geneva@1Macc:8:9 @ {\cf2 Againe when it was told them that the Grecians were comming to destroy them,}

geneva@1Macc:8:12 @ {\cf2 But that they kept amitie with their owne friendes, and those that stayed vpon them: finally, that they conquered kingdomes, both farre and neere, insomuch that whosoeuer heard of their renowme, was afraide of them.}

geneva@1Macc:8:14 @ {\cf2 Yet for all this that none of them ware a crowne, neither was clothed in purple, to bee magnified thereby,}

geneva@1Macc:8:15 @ {\cf2 But that they had ordeyned them selues a counsell, wherein three hundreth and twentie men consulted dayly, and prouided for the common affaires, to gouerne them well,}

geneva@1Macc:8:16 @ {\cf2 And that they committed their gouernment to one man euery yere, who did rule ouer all their countrey, to whom euery man was obedient: and there was neither hatred nor enuie among them.}

geneva@1Macc:8:18 @ {\cf2 That they might take from them the yoke (for they sawe that the kingdome of the Grecians would keepe Israel in bondage)}

geneva@1Macc:8:22 @ {\cf2 And this is the copie of the epistle that they wrote in tables of brasse & sent to Ierusalem, that they might haue by them a memorial of the peace, and mutuall fellowship.}

geneva@1Macc:8:26 @ {\cf2 Also they shall giue nothing to them that come to fight for them, nor serue them with wheat nor weapons, nor money, nor shippes, as it pleaseth the Romaines, but they shall keepe their couenants without taking any thing of them.}

geneva@1Macc:8:28 @ {\cf2 Neyther shall wheate be giuen vnto them, that take their part, nor weapons, nor money, nor ships, as it pleaseth the Romaines, who will keepe these couenants without deceit.}

geneva@1Macc:8:31 @ {\cf2 And as touching the euill that Demetrius hath done vnto ye Iewes, we haue written vnto him, saying, Wherefore layest thou thine heauy yoke vpon our friends, and confederates the Iewes?}

geneva@1Macc:9:2 @ {\cf2 So they went forth by the way that is toward Galgala, and pitched their tentes before Mesaloth which is in Arbelis, and wanne it, and slewe much people.}

geneva@1Macc:9:6 @ {\cf2 And when they saw, that the multitude of the armie was great, they were sore afraid, & many conueied themselues out of the hoste, so that there abode no mo of them, but eight hundreth men.}

geneva@1Macc:9:7 @ {\cf2 When Iudas saw that his host fayled him, and that he must needes fight, he was sore troubled in mind that he had no time to gather them together, and was discouraged.}

geneva@1Macc:9:8 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse, he saide vnto them that remained, Let vs rise, & go vp against our enemies, if peraduenture we may be able to fight with them.}

geneva@1Macc:9:9 @ {\cf2 But they woulde haue stayed him, saying, We are not able: but let vs rather saue our liues: turne backe nowe, seeing our brethren are departed: for shall we fight against them, that are so fewe?}

geneva@1Macc:9:10 @ {\cf2 Then Iudas said, God forbid, that we should doe this thing, to flie from them: if our time bee come, let vs die manfully for our brethren, and let vs not staine our honour.}

geneva@1Macc:9:11 @ {\cf2 Then the host remooued out of the tents, & stood against the, who had deuided their horsemen into two troupes, & they that threwe with slinges, & the archers marched in the foreward, and they that fought in the foreward, were all valiant men.}

geneva@1Macc:9:14 @ {\cf2 And when Iudas sawe that Bacchides & the strength of his armie was on ye right side, he tooke with him all the hardie men,}

geneva@1Macc:9:16 @ {\cf2 Nowe when they which were of the left wing, sawe that the right wing was discomfited, they followed Iudas behinde, and them that were with him hard at the heeles.}

geneva@1Macc:9:22 @ {\cf2 Concerning the other things of Iudas, both the battels and the valiant actes that hee did, and of his worthines, they are not writte: for they were verie many.}

geneva@1Macc:9:27 @ {\cf2 And there came so great trouble in Israel, as was not since the time that no Prophet was seene among them.}

geneva@1Macc:9:29 @ {\cf2 Seeing thy brother Iudas is dead, and there is none like him to goe forth against our enemies, euen against Bacchides, and against them of our nation that are enemies vnto vs,}

geneva@1Macc:9:30 @ {\cf2 Therefore, this day we chuse thee, that thou mayest be our Prince & captaine in his place, to order our battell.}

geneva@1Macc:9:35 @ {\cf2 (Nowe had Ionathan sent his brother Iohn, a captaine of the people, to pray his friendes the Nabathites, that they would keepe their baggage which was much.}

geneva@1Macc:9:36 @ {\cf2 But the children of Ambri came out of Medaba, and tooke Iohn, and al that he had, and when they had taken it, went their way.}

geneva@1Macc:9:37 @ {\cf2 After this came worde vnto Ionathan, and to Simon his brother, that the children of Ambri made a great marriage, and brought the bride from Medaba with great pompe: for she was daughter to one of the noblest Princes of Canaan.}

geneva@1Macc:9:40 @ {\cf2 The Ionathans men that lay in ambush, rose vp against them, and slewe many of them, and the remnant fledde into the mountaines, so that they tooke all their spoyles.}

geneva@1Macc:9:45 @ {\cf2 Beholde, the battel is before vs, and behinde vs, and the water of Iorden on this side and that side, and the marise, and forest, so that there is no place for vs to turne aside.}

geneva@1Macc:9:46 @ {\cf2 Wherefore crie nowe vnto heauen, that yee may be deliuered from the power of your enemies: so they ioyned battell.}

geneva@1Macc:9:48 @ {\cf2 Then Ionathan, & they that were with him, leapt into Iorden, and swimmed ouer vnto the further banke: but the other would not passe through Iorden after them.}

geneva@1Macc:9:49 @ {\cf2 So in that day were slaine of Bacchides side about a thousand men.}

geneva@1Macc:9:51 @ {\cf2 And set Garisons in them, that they might vse their malice vpon Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:9:54 @ {\cf2 Afterward in the hundreth, fiftie & three yere, in the second moneth, Alcimus commaunded, that the walles of the inner court of the Sanctuary should be destroyed, & he pulled downe the monuments of ye Prophetes, & began to destroy them.}

geneva@1Macc:9:57 @ {\cf2 And when Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, he turned againe to the King, and so the land of Iuda was in rest two yeeres.}

geneva@1Macc:9:60 @ {\cf2 Who arose and came with a great hoste, and sent letters priuily to his adherents, which were in Iudea, to take Ionathan and those that were with him: but they coulde not, for their counsell was knowen vnto them.}

geneva@1Macc:9:63 @ {\cf2 When Bacchides knewe this, he gathered all his hoste, & sent word to them that were of Iudea.}

geneva@1Macc:9:68 @ {\cf2 And fought against Bacchides, and discomfited him, and vexed him sore, so that his counsell and iourney was in vaine.}

geneva@1Macc:9:69 @ {\cf2 Wherefore he was very wroth at the wicked men, that gaue him counsel to come into the countrey, and slewe many of them, and purposed to returne into his owne countrey.}

geneva@1Macc:9:70 @ {\cf2 Whereof when Ionathan had knowledge, he sent Ambassadours vnto him, to intreate of peace with him, & that the prisoners should be deliuered.}

geneva@1Macc:9:71 @ {\cf2 Which thing he accepted, and did according to his desire, and made an othe, that he would neuer doe him harme all the dayes of his life.}

geneva@1Macc:9:72 @ {\cf2 So he restored vnto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Iuda, and so returned and went into his owne lande, neither did he come any more into their borders.}

geneva@1Macc:10:5 @ {\cf2 Els hee will remember all the euill that wee haue done against him, and against his brethren and his nation.}

geneva@1Macc:10:6 @ {\cf2 And so he gaue Ionathan leaue to gather an hoste, and to prepare weapons, and to be confederate with him, and commaunded the hostages that were in the castell, to be deliuered vnto him.}

geneva@1Macc:10:7 @ {\cf2 Then came Ionathan to Ierusalem, and read the letters in the audience of all the people, and of them that were in the castell.}

geneva@1Macc:10:8 @ {\cf2 Therefore they were sore afraide, because they heard that the King had giuen him licence to gather an armie.}

geneva@1Macc:10:9 @ {\cf2 So they that were of the castell, deliuered the hostages vnto Ionathan, who restored them to their parents.}

geneva@1Macc:10:12 @ {\cf2 Then the strangers that were in the castles which Bacchides had made, fled,}

geneva@1Macc:10:13 @ {\cf2 So that euery man left his place, and went into his owne countrey.}

geneva@1Macc:10:15 @ {\cf2 Nowe when King Alexander had heard of the promises that Demetrius had made vnto Ionathan: and when it was tolde him of the battels and noble actes, which hee and his brethren had done, and of the paines that they had endured,}

geneva@1Macc:10:19 @ {\cf2 Wee haue heard of thee, that thou art a very valiant man, and worthy to be our friend.}

geneva@1Macc:10:20 @ {\cf2 Wherefore this day we ordaine thee to bee the hie Priest of thy nation, and to bee called the Kings friende: (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crowne of golde,) that thou mayst consider what is for our profite, and keepe friendship toward vs.}

geneva@1Macc:10:23 @ {\cf2 What haue wee done, that Alexander hath preuented vs in getting the friendship of the Iewes for his strength?}

geneva@1Macc:10:24 @ {\cf2 Yet will I write and exhort them, and promise them dignities and rewardes, that they may helpe mee.}

geneva@1Macc:10:26 @ {\cf2 Wee haue heard that ye haue kept your couenant toward vs, and continued in our friendship, and haue not ioyned with our enemies, whereof we are glad.}

geneva@1Macc:10:27 @ {\cf2 Nowe therefore remaine stil, and keepe fidelitie toward vs, and we will recompence you for the good things that ye haue done for vs,}

geneva@1Macc:10:30 @ {\cf2 And from the halfe of the fruite of the trees which is mine owne duetie, I so release them that from this day foorth, none shall take any thing of the land of Iuda, or of the three gouernments which are added thereunto, as of Samaria and of Galile, from this day foorth for euermore.}

geneva@1Macc:10:32 @ {\cf2 Also I release the power of the castel which is at Ierusalem, and giue it vnto the hie Priest, that he may set in it such men, as he shall chuse to keepe it.}

geneva@1Macc:10:33 @ {\cf2 Moreouer I freely deliuer euery one of ye Iewes that were taken away prisoners out of the lande of Iuda throughout all my realme, and euery one of them shalbe free from tributes, yea, eue their cattel,}

geneva@1Macc:10:35 @ {\cf2 So that in them no man shall haue power to doe any thing, or to vexe any of them in any maner of cause.}

geneva@1Macc:10:36 @ {\cf2 Also thirtie thousande of the Iewes shall be written vp in the Kings hoste, and haue their wages payed them as appertaineth to all them that are of the Kings armie: and of them shall be ordeined certaine to keepe the Kings strong holdes.}

geneva@1Macc:10:38 @ {\cf2 And the three gouernements that are added vnto Iudea from the countrey of Samaria, shall be ioyned vnto Iudea, and they shall be as vnder one, and obey none other power, but the hie Priest.}

geneva@1Macc:10:42 @ {\cf2 And besides this, the fiue thousande sicles of siluer which they receiued yeerely of the account appointed for the interteinment of the Sanctuarie these yeeres passed, euen these things shalbe released because they apperteine to the Priests that minister.}

geneva@1Macc:10:43 @ {\cf2 Item, whosoeuer they bee that flee vnto the Temple at Ierusalem, or within the liberties thereof, and are indetted to the King for any maner of thing, they shall be pardoned, and all that they haue in my realme.}

geneva@1Macc:10:45 @ {\cf2 And for the making of the walles of Ierusalem, and fortifying it rounde about, that the holdes in Iudea may be built vp, shall also the costes be giuen out of the Kings reuenues.}

geneva@1Macc:10:46 @ {\cf2 But when Ionathan and the people heard these words, they gaue no credit vnto them, neither receiued them: for they remembred the great wickednesse that he had done in Israel, and how sore he had vexed them.}

geneva@1Macc:10:47 @ {\cf2 Wherefore they agreed vnto Alexander: for he was the first that had intreated of true peace with them, and so were confederate with him always.}

geneva@1Macc:10:50 @ {\cf2 So that sore battell continued till the sunne went downe, & Demetrius was slaine the same day.}

geneva@1Macc:10:53 @ {\cf2 Seeing that I haue euen giuen him the battel, and he and his armie is discomfited by me, and I sit in the throne of his kingdome,}

geneva@1Macc:10:56 @ {\cf2 Nowe therefore will I fulfill thy writing: but meete mee at Ptolemais that wee may see one another, and that I may make thee my sonne in lawe, according to thy desire.}

geneva@1Macc:10:59 @ {\cf2 Then wrote King Alexander vnto Ionathan, that he should come and meete him.}

geneva@1Macc:10:62 @ {\cf2 And the King commanded that they should take off the garments of Ionathan, and clothe him in purple: and so they did: and the King appointed him to sit by him,}

geneva@1Macc:10:63 @ {\cf2 And saide vnto his Princes, Goe with him into the middes of the citie, and make a proclamation, that no man complaine against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any maner of cause.}

geneva@1Macc:10:64 @ {\cf2 So when his accusers sawe his honour according as it was proclaimed, and that he was clothed in purple, they fled all away.}

geneva@1Macc:10:72 @ {\cf2 Aske and learne who I am, and they shall take my part: and they shall tell thee that your foote is not able to stand before our face: for thy fathers haue bene twise chased in their owne land.}

geneva@1Macc:10:76 @ {\cf2 Then they fought against it, and they that were in the citie, for very feare let him in: so Ionathan wanne Ioppe.}

geneva@1Macc:10:80 @ {\cf2 And Ionathan knew that there was an ambushment behinde him, and though they had compassed in his hoste, and shot dartes at the people from the morning to the euening,}

geneva@1Macc:10:83 @ {\cf2 And they fled to Azotus, and came into the temple of Dagon their idole, that they might there saue them selues.}

geneva@1Macc:10:84 @ {\cf2 But Ionathan set fire vpon Azotus and all the cities round about it, and tooke their spoyles, and burnt with fire the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it.}

geneva@1Macc:11:1 @ {\cf2 And the king of Egypt gathered a great hoste, like the sande that lieth vpon the sea shore, and many shippes, and went about through deceite to obtaine the kingdome of Alexander, and to ioyne it vnto his owne Realme.}

geneva@1Macc:11:4 @ {\cf2 And when he came neere to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies cast abroad, and them that hee had burnt in the battell: for they had made heapes of them by the way where he should passe.}

geneva@1Macc:11:7 @ {\cf2 So when Ionathan had gone with the king vnto the water that was called Eleutherus, hee turned againe to Ierusalem.}

geneva@1Macc:11:10 @ {\cf2 For I repent that I gaue Alexander my daughter: for he goeth about to slay me.}

geneva@1Macc:11:11 @ {\cf2 Thus he slandered Alexander, as one that should desire his Realme.}

geneva@1Macc:11:12 @ {\cf2 And he tooke his daughter from him, and gaue her vnto Demetrius, and forsooke Alexander, so that their hatred was openly knowen.}

geneva@1Macc:11:14 @ {\cf2 In the meane season was King Alexander in Cilicia: for they that dwelt in those places, had rebelled against him:}

geneva@1Macc:11:18 @ {\cf2 But the third day after, King Ptolemeus dyed: and they that were in the holdes, were slaine one of another.}

geneva@1Macc:11:20 @ {\cf2 At the same time gathered Ionathan them that were in Iudea, to lay siege vnto ye castell, which was at Ierusalem, and they made many instruments of warre against it.}

geneva@1Macc:11:21 @ {\cf2 Then went there certaine vngodly persons (which hated their owne people) vnto King Demetrius, and tolde him that Ionathan besieged the castell.}

geneva@1Macc:11:22 @ {\cf2 So when he heard it, he was angry, and immediatly came vnto Ptolemais, and wrote vnto Ionathan, that he should lay no more siege vnto it, but that he should meete him and speake with him at Ptolemais in all haste.}

geneva@1Macc:11:27 @ {\cf2 And confirmed him in the hie priesthood with all the honourable things, that hee had afore, and made him his chiefe friend.}

geneva@1Macc:11:28 @ {\cf2 Ionathan also desired the King, that hee would make Iudea free with the three gouernements, and the countrey of Samaria, and Ionathan promised him three hundreth talents.}

geneva@1Macc:11:31 @ {\cf2 We send you here a copy of the letter which we did write vnto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye should see it.}

geneva@1Macc:11:33 @ {\cf2 For the faithfulnes that our friends the nation of the Iewes keepe vnto vs, and for their good wil towards vs, we are determined to do them good.}

geneva@1Macc:11:34 @ {\cf2 Wherefore we assigne to them the coasts of Iudea with the three gouernments Apherema, and Lydda, and Ramathe (which are added vnto Iudea from the countrey of Samaria) and all that appertaineth to all them that sacrifice in Ierusalem: both concerning the paiments which the King tooke yeerely aforetime, both for the fruites of the earth, and for the fruites of the trees.}

geneva@1Macc:11:37 @ {\cf2 Therefore see that ye make a copy of these things, and deliuer it vnto Ionathan, that it may be set vp vpon the holy mount in an open place.}

geneva@1Macc:11:38 @ {\cf2 After this when Demetrius the King sawe that his land was in rest, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his hoste, euery man to his owne place, except certaine bands of strangers, whome he brought from the yles of the heathen: wherefore all his fathers hoste hated him.}

geneva@1Macc:11:39 @ {\cf2 Now was there one Tryphon, that had bene of Alexanders part afore, which when he saw that all the hoste murmured against Demetrius, he went to Simaleue the Arabian, that brought vp Antiochus the sonne of Alexander,}

geneva@1Macc:11:40 @ {\cf2 And lay sore vpon him, to deliuer him this yong Antiochus, that he might reigne in his fathers steade: hee tolde him also what great euill Demetrius had done, and howe his men of warre hated him, and he remained there a long season.}

geneva@1Macc:11:41 @ {\cf2 Also Ionathan sent vnto King Demetrius to driue them out which were in the castell at Ierusalem, and those that were in the fortresses: for they fought against Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:11:45 @ {\cf2 But they that were of the citie, euen an hundreth, and twentie thousand men, gathered them together in the mids of the citie, and would haue slaine the King.}

geneva@1Macc:11:48 @ {\cf2 And slewe the same day an hundreth thousand, and set fire vpon the citie, and tooke many spoyles in that day, and deliuered the King.}

geneva@1Macc:11:49 @ {\cf2 So when the citizens saw that the Iewes had gotten the vpper hand of the citie, and that they themselues were disappointed of their purpose, they made their supplication vnto the King, saying,}

geneva@1Macc:11:51 @ {\cf2 So they cast away their weapons, and made peace, and the Iewes were greatly honoured before the King, and before all that were in his Realme, and they came againe to Ierusalem with great pray.}

geneva@1Macc:11:53 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse hee dissembled in all that euer he spake, and withdrewe him selfe from Ionathan, neither did he rewarde him according to the benefites which he had done for him, but troubled him very sore.}

geneva@1Macc:11:57 @ {\cf2 And yong Antiochus wrote vnto Ionathan, saying, I appoynt thee to bee the chiefe Priest, and make thee ruler ouer the foure gouernements, that thou mayest be a friend of the kings.}

geneva@1Macc:11:63 @ {\cf2 And when Ionathan heard that Demetrius princes were come into Cades, which is in Galile, with a great hoste, purposing to driue him out of the countrey,}

geneva@1Macc:11:69 @ {\cf2 So that when they came against them, the ambushments rose out of their places & skirmished.}

geneva@1Macc:11:70 @ {\cf2 So that all that were of Ionathans side, fled: and there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the sonne of Absalomus, and Iudas the sonne of Calphi the captaines of the hoste.}

geneva@1Macc:11:72 @ {\cf2 And turned againe to them to fight, and put them to flight, so that they fled away.}

geneva@1Macc:11:73 @ {\cf2 Now when his owne men that were fled, saw this, they turned againe vnto him, and helped him to followe after all vnto their tentes at Cades, and there they camped.}

geneva@1Macc:12:1 @ {\cf2 Ionathan nowe seeing that the time was meete for him, chose certeine men, and sent them vnto Rome, to establish & renue the friedship with them.}

geneva@1Macc:12:4 @ {\cf2 So the Romanes gaue them free pasports, that men should leade them home into the land of Iuda peaceably.}

geneva@1Macc:12:5 @ {\cf2 And this is the copie of the letters that Ionathan wrote vnto the Spartians,}

geneva@1Macc:12:7 @ {\cf2 Heretofore were letters sent vnto Onias the hie Priest, from Arius, which then reigned among you, that ye would be our brethren, as the copy hereunder written specifieth.}

geneva@1Macc:12:10 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse wee thought it good to sende vnto you, for the renuing of the brotherhoode and friendship, least we should be strange vnto you: for it is long since the time that ye sent vnto vs.}

geneva@1Macc:12:13 @ {\cf2 And though wee haue bene enuironed with great troubles and warres, so that the Kings rounde about vs haue fought against vs,}

geneva@1Macc:12:15 @ {\cf2 For we haue had helpe from heauen, that hath succoured vs, and wee are deliuered from our enemies, and our enemies are subdued.}

geneva@1Macc:12:21 @ {\cf2 It is founde in writing, that the Spartians and Iewes are brethren, and come out of the generation of Abraham.}

geneva@1Macc:12:23 @ {\cf2 As for vs, wee haue written vnto you, that your cattell and goods are ours, and ours are yours: these thinges haue wee commaunded to be shewed vnto you.}

geneva@1Macc:12:24 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Ionathan heard, that Demetrius princes were come to fight against him, with a greater hoste then afore,}

geneva@1Macc:12:26 @ {\cf2 And hee sent spies vnto their tentes, which came againe, and tolde him, that they were appointed to come vpon him in the night.}

geneva@1Macc:12:28 @ {\cf2 But when the aduersaries heard that Ionathan was readie with his men to the battel, they feared, & trembled in their hearts, and kindled fires in their tents, and fled away.}

geneva@1Macc:12:34 @ {\cf2 For he heard that they would deliuer the hold to them that tooke Demetrius part: wherefore hee set a garison there to keepe it.}

geneva@1Macc:12:36 @ {\cf2 And to make the walles of Ierusalem hyer, and to make a great mount betwixt the castell and the citie, for to separate it from the citie, that it might be alone, and that men shoulde neither bye, nor fell in it.}

geneva@1Macc:12:40 @ {\cf2 But he was afraide that Ionathan would not suffer him, but fight against him: wherefore he went about to take Ionathan, and to kill him: so hee departed, and came vnto Bethsan.}

geneva@1Macc:12:42 @ {\cf2 But when Tryphon saw that Ionathan came with so great an hoste, hee durst not laye hande vpon him,}

geneva@1Macc:12:45 @ {\cf2 Therefore send them now home againe, and chuse certaine men to waite vpon thee, and come thou with mee to Ptolemais: for I will giue it thee, with the other strong holdes, and the other garisons, and all them that haue the charge of the common affaires: so will I returne, and depart: for this is the cause of my comming.}

geneva@1Macc:12:48 @ {\cf2 Nowe assoone as Ionathan entred into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates, and tooke him, and slew all them with the sword, that came in with him.}

geneva@1Macc:12:50 @ {\cf2 But when they knewe that Ionathan was taken, and slaine, and those that were with him, they incouraged one another, and came foorth against them readie to the battell.}

geneva@1Macc:12:51 @ {\cf2 But when they which followed vpon them, sawe that it was a matter of life, they turned backe againe.}

geneva@1Macc:12:52 @ {\cf2 By this meanes all they came into the land of Iuda peaceably, and bewailed Ionathan, and them that were with him, and feared greatly, and all Israel made great lamentation.}

geneva@1Macc:12:53 @ {\cf2 For all the heathen that were rounde about them, sought to destroy them.}

geneva@1Macc:13:1 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Simon heard that Tryphon gathered a great hoste to come into the land of Iuda, to destroy it,}

geneva@1Macc:13:2 @ {\cf2 And sawe that the people was in great trembling and feare, he came vp to Ierusalem, and gathered the people together,}

geneva@1Macc:13:3 @ {\cf2 And gaue them exhortation, saying, Ye know what great thinges I, and my brethren, and my fathers house haue done for the Lawe, & the Sanctuarie, and the battels, & troubles that we haue seene.}

geneva@1Macc:13:5 @ {\cf2 Nowe therefore God forbid, that I shoulde spare mine owne life in any time of trouble: for I am not better then my brethren.}

geneva@1Macc:13:8 @ {\cf2 So that they cried with a lowd voyce, saying, Thou shalt be our captaine in steade of Iudas and Ionathan thy brethren.}

geneva@1Macc:13:11 @ {\cf2 Then sent he Ionathan the sonne of Absalomus with a great host vnto Ioppe, which droue them out that were therein, and remained there himselfe.}

geneva@1Macc:13:14 @ {\cf2 But when Tryphon knew that Simon stoode vp in steade of his brother Ionathan, and that hee woulde fight against him, hee sent messengers vnto him, saying,}

geneva@1Macc:13:15 @ {\cf2 Whereas we haue kept Ionathan thy brother, it is for money that hee is owing in the Kings account concerning the busines that he had in hand.}

geneva@1Macc:13:16 @ {\cf2 Wherefore send now an hundreth talents of siluer, and his two sonnes for hostages, that when he is letten foorth, hee will not turne from vs, andwe will send him againe.}

geneva@1Macc:13:17 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles Simon knew that he dissembled in his wordes, yet commaunded he the money and children to be deliuered vnto him, least he should be in greater hatred of the people of Israel.}

geneva@1Macc:13:20 @ {\cf2 Afterward came Tryphon into the land to destroy it, and went round about by the way, that leadeth vnto Adora: but wheresoeuer they went, thither went Simon and his hoste.}

geneva@1Macc:13:21 @ {\cf2 Now they that were in the castell, sent messengers vnto Tryphon, that hee should make haste to come by the wildernes, & to send them vittailes.}

geneva@1Macc:13:22 @ {\cf2 So Tryphon made ready all his horsemen: but the same night fell a very great snowe, so that he came not, because of the snowe: but he remoued and went into the countrey of Galaad.}

geneva@1Macc:13:29 @ {\cf2 And set great pillars round about them, and set armes vpon the pillars for a perpetuall memorie, and carued ships beside the armes, that they might be seene of men sayling in the sea.}

geneva@1Macc:13:34 @ {\cf2 Moreouer Simon chose certaine men & sent them to king Demetrius, that he would discharge the land: for all Tryphons doings were robberies.}

geneva@1Macc:13:37 @ {\cf2 The golden crowne, and precious stone that ye sent vnto vs, haue we receiued, and are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, and to write vnto the officers, to release you of the things wherein we made you free.}

geneva@1Macc:13:38 @ {\cf2 So the things that we haue graunted you, shall be stable: the strong holdes which ye haue builded, shalbe your owne.}

geneva@1Macc:13:39 @ {\cf2 Also we forgiue the ouersights, and faultes committed vnto this day, and the crowne taxe that ye ought vs: and whereas was any other tribute in Ierusalem, it shalbe nowe no tribute.}

geneva@1Macc:13:40 @ {\cf2 And they that are meete among you to be written with our men, let them be written vp, that there may be peace betweene vs.}

geneva@1Macc:13:44 @ {\cf2 So they that were in the engine, leapt into the citie, and there was great trouble in the citie,}

geneva@1Macc:13:45 @ {\cf2 In so much that the people of the citie rent their clothes, and climed vp vpon the walles with their wiues, & children, & cried with a loud voyce, beseeching Simon to graunt them peace, saying,}

geneva@1Macc:13:49 @ {\cf2 Nowe, when they in the castell at Ierusalem were kept, that they could not come foorth nor goe into the countrey, neither buy nor sell, they were very hungry, & many of them were famished to death,}

geneva@1Macc:13:50 @ {\cf2 In so much that they besought Simon to make peace with them: which he graunted them, and put them out from thence, and clensed the castell from filthines.}

geneva@1Macc:13:52 @ {\cf2 And he ordeined that the same day should be kept euery yeere with gladnes.}

geneva@1Macc:13:53 @ {\cf2 And he fortified the mount of the Temple that was beside the castell where he dwelt himselfe with his company.}

geneva@1Macc:13:54 @ {\cf2 Simon also seeing that Iohn his sonne was now a man, he made him captaine of all the hostes, and caused him to dwell in Gazaris.}

geneva@1Macc:14:2 @ {\cf2 But when Arsaces the King of Persia and Media heard, that Demetrius was entred within his borders, hee sent one of his princes to take him aliue.}

geneva@1Macc:14:7 @ {\cf2 He gathered vp many of their people that were prisoners, & he had the dominion of Gazaris, and Beth-sura, & the castell, which he clensed from filthines, and there was no man that resisted him,}

geneva@1Macc:14:8 @ {\cf2 So that euery ma tilled his ground in peace, and the land gaue her fruites, and the trees gaue their fruite.}

geneva@1Macc:14:10 @ {\cf2 He prouided vittailes for the cities, and all kinde of munition, so that his glorious fame was renoumed vnto the end of the world.}

geneva@1Macc:14:14 @ {\cf2 He helped all those that were in aduersitie among his people: hee was diligent to see the Law kept, and he tooke away the vngodly, and wicked.}

geneva@1Macc:14:16 @ {\cf2 When the Romanes heard, and the Spartians had knowledge, that Ionathan was dead, they were very sorie.}

geneva@1Macc:14:17 @ {\cf2 But when they heard, that Simon his brother was made hie Priest in his steade, and howe he had wonne the land againe with the cities in it,}

geneva@1Macc:14:19 @ {\cf2 Which writings were read before the congregation at Ierusalem, and this is the copy of the letters that the Spartians sent,}

geneva@1Macc:14:21 @ {\cf2 When your ambassadours that were sent vnto our people, certified vs of your glory and honour, we were glad of their comming,}

geneva@1Macc:14:23 @ {\cf2 And it pleased the people, that the men should be honourably intreated, and that the copy of their ambassage should be registred in the publique records, that it might be for a memoriall vnto the people of Sparta: and a copy of the same was sent to Simon the chiefe Priest.}

geneva@1Macc:14:28 @ {\cf2 In Saramel in the great congregation of the Priests, and of the people, and of the gouernours of the nation, and of the Elders of the countrey, we would signifie vnto you, that many battels haue bene fought in our countrey.}

geneva@1Macc:14:29 @ {\cf2 Wherein Simon ye sonne of Mattathias (come of the children of Iarib) and his brethren put them selues in danger, and resisted the enemies of their nation, that their Sanctuarie, and Lawe might be mainteined, and did their nation great honour.}

geneva@1Macc:14:31 @ {\cf2 After that would their enemies haue inuaded their countrey, and destroyed their land, and lay their hands on their Sanctuarie.}

geneva@1Macc:14:33 @ {\cf2 He fortified also the cities of Iudea, & Bethsura that lyeth vpon the borders of Iudea (where the ordinance of their enemies lay sometime) and set there a garison of the Iewes.}

geneva@1Macc:14:34 @ {\cf2 And he fortified Ioppe, which lyeth vpon the sea, & Gazara that bordereth vpon Azotus, (where the enemies dwelt afore) and there he placed Iewes, and furnished them with things necessarie for the reparation thereof.}

geneva@1Macc:14:35 @ {\cf2 Now when the people saw the faithfulnes of Simon, and to what glory hee thought to bring his nation vnto, they made him their gouernour, and the chiefe Priest, because hee had done all these things, and for the vprightnes, and fidelitie that he had kept to his nation, & that sought by all meanes to exalt his people.}

geneva@1Macc:14:36 @ {\cf2 For in his time they prospered well by him, so that the heathen were taken out of their countrey, and they also which were in the citie of Dauid at Ierusalem, where they had made them a castell, out of the which they went, and defiled all things that were about the Sanctuarie, & did great hurt vnto religion.}

geneva@1Macc:14:40 @ {\cf2 For it was reported that the Romanes called the Iewes their friends, and confederates, and that they honourably receiued Simons Ambassadours,}

geneva@1Macc:14:41 @ {\cf2 And that the Iewes, and Priests consented, that Simon should be their Prince, and hie Priest perpetually, till God raised vp the true Prophet,}

geneva@1Macc:14:42 @ {\cf2 And that he should be their captaine, and haue the charge of the Sanctuarie, and so set men ouer the workes, and ouer the countrey, and ouer the weapons, and ouer the fortresses, and that should make prouision for the holy things,}

geneva@1Macc:14:43 @ {\cf2 And that he should be obeyed of euery man, and that all the writings in the countrey shouldebe made in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and weare golde,}

geneva@1Macc:14:44 @ {\cf2 And that it shoulde not be lawfull for any of the people or Priestes to breake any of these things, or to withstand his wordes, or to call any congregation in the countrey without him, or be clothed in purple, or weare a colar of gold:}

geneva@1Macc:14:46 @ {\cf2 So it pleased all the people to agree that it shoulde bee done to Simon according vnto these wordes.}

geneva@1Macc:14:48 @ {\cf2 And they commanded to set vp this writing in tables of brasse, and to fasten it to the wall that compassed the Sanctuarie in an open place,}

geneva@1Macc:14:49 @ {\cf2 And that a copie of the same should be laide vp in the treasurie, that Simon and his sonnes might haue it.}

geneva@1Macc:15:4 @ {\cf2 That I may goe thorowe the countrey, and be auenged of them, which haue destroyed our countrey, and wasted many cities in the Realme.}

geneva@1Macc:15:7 @ {\cf2 And that Ierusalem, and the Sanctuarie be free, and that all the weapons, that thou hast prepared, and the fortresses, which thou hast builded, and keepest in thine hands, shall be thine.}

geneva@1Macc:15:8 @ {\cf2 And all that is due vnto the King, and al that shall be due vnto the King, I forgiue it thee, from this time foorth for euermore.}

geneva@1Macc:15:9 @ {\cf2 And when we haue obteined our kingdome, we will giue thee, and thy nation and the Temple great honour, so that your honour shall be knowen throughout the world.}

geneva@1Macc:15:10 @ {\cf2 In the hundreth, seuentie and foure yeere, went Antiochus into his fathers lande, and all the bands came together vnto him, so that fewe were left with Tryphon.}

geneva@1Macc:15:12 @ {\cf2 For he sawe that troubles were towarde him, and that the armie had forsaken him.}

geneva@1Macc:15:14 @ {\cf2 So he compassed the citie about, & the ships came by the sea. Thus they pressed the citie by land and by sea, in so much that they suffered no man to goe in nor out.}

geneva@1Macc:15:19 @ {\cf2 Wherefore we thought it good to write vnto the Kings and countreys, that they shoulde not goe about to hurt them, nor to fight against them, nor their cities, nor their countrey, neither to mainteyne their enemies against them.}

geneva@1Macc:15:21 @ {\cf2 If therefore there be any pestilent felowes fled from their countrey vnto you, deliuer them vnto Simon the hie Priest, that he may punish them according to their owne Lawe.}

geneva@1Macc:15:25 @ {\cf2 So Antiochus the King camped against Dora the seconde time euer readie to take it, and made diuers engins of warre, and kept Tryphon in, that he coulde neither goe in nor out.}

geneva@1Macc:15:28 @ {\cf2 And sent vnto him Athenobius one of his friendes to commune with him, saying, Ye withhold Ioppe, and Gazara with the castell that is at Ierusalem, the citie of my Realme,}

geneva@1Macc:15:30 @ {\cf2 Wherefore nowe deliuer the cities, which ye haue taken, with the tributes of the places, that ye haue rule ouer without the borders of Iudea,}

geneva@1Macc:15:31 @ {\cf2 Or els giue me for them fiue hundreth talents of siluer, and for the harme that ye haue done, and for the tributes of the places other fiue hundreth talents: if not, wee will come, and fight against you.}

geneva@1Macc:15:33 @ {\cf2 Then answered Simon, & said vnto him, We haue neither taken other mens lands, nor withholden that which apperteyneth to others: but our fathers heritage, which our enemies had vnrighteously in possession a certeine time.}

geneva@1Macc:15:36 @ {\cf2 But turned againe angrie vnto the King, and tolde him all these wordes, and the dignitie of Simon, with all that he had seene: and the King was very angrie.}

geneva@1Macc:15:41 @ {\cf2 And he built vp Cedron, where he set horsemen and garisons, that they might make outrodes by the wayes of Iudea, as the King had commanded him.}

geneva@1Macc:16:6 @ {\cf2 And Iohn ranged his armie ouer against him, and when he sawe that the people was afraide to go ouer the riuer, he went ouer first himselfe, and the men seeing him, passed through after him.}

geneva@1Macc:16:10 @ {\cf2 Also they fled vnto the towres, that were in the fieldes of Azotus, and those did Iohn burne with fire: thus were there slaine two thousande men of them: so he returned peaceably into the land of Iuda.}

geneva@1Macc:16:18 @ {\cf2 Then wrote Ptolemeus these things and sent to ye King, that he might send him an hoste to helpe him, and so would deliuer him the countrey with the cities.}

geneva@1Macc:16:21 @ {\cf2 But one ranne before, and tolde Iohn in Gazara, that his father, and his brethren were slaine, and that Ptolemeus had sent to slay him.}

geneva@1Macc:16:22 @ {\cf2 When he heard this, he was sore astonished, and laid hands of them that were come to him, and slewe them: for he knewe that they went about to kill him.}

geneva@1Macc:16:24 @ {\cf2 Beholde, they are written in the Chronicles of his Priesthood, from the time, that he was made high Priest after his father.}

geneva@2Macc:1:1 @ {\cf2 The brethren the Iewes, which be at Ierusalem, and they that are in the countrey of Iudea, vnto the brethren ye Iewes, that are throughout Egypt, send salutation, and prosperitie.}

geneva@2Macc:1:7 @ {\cf2 When Demetrius reigned, in the hundreth, threescore and ninth yere, we Iewes wrote vnto you in the trouble, and violence that came unto vs in those yeeres, after that Iason, and his companie departed out of the holy land and kingdome,}

geneva@2Macc:1:10 @ {\cf2 In the hundreth, fourescore & eight yeere, the people that was at Ierusalem, and in Iudea, and the counsell and Iudas, vnto Aristobulus King Ptolemeus master, which is of the stocke of the anointed Priestes, and to the Iewes that are in Egypt, sendeth greeting and health.}

geneva@2Macc:1:12 @ {\cf2 For he brought them into Persia by heapes, that fought against the holy citie.}

geneva@2Macc:1:13 @ {\cf2 For albeit the captaine, and the armie, that was with him, seemed inuincible, yet they were slaine in the Temple of Nanea, by the deceit of Naneas Priests.}

geneva@2Macc:1:16 @ {\cf2 And by opening a priuie doore of the vaute, they cast stones, as it were thunder, vpon the captaine and his, and hauing bruised them in pieces, they cut off their heads and threwe them to those that were without.}

geneva@2Macc:1:18 @ {\cf2 Whereas we are nowe purposed to keepe the purification of the Temple vpon the fiue and twentie day of the moneth Chasleu, we thought it necessarie to certifie you thereof, that yee also might keepe the feast of the Tabernacles, and of the fire which was giuen vs when Neemias offered sacrifice, after that he had built the Temple, and the altar.}

geneva@2Macc:1:19 @ {\cf2 For when as our fathers were led away vnto Persia, the Priests, which sought the honor of God, tooke the fire of the altar priuilie, and hid it in an hollowe pit, which was drie in the bottome, and therein they kept it, so that ye place was vnknowen vnto euery man.}

geneva@2Macc:1:20 @ {\cf2 Nowe after many yeres when it pleased God that Neemias shoulde be sent from the king of Persia, he sent of the posteritie of those Priestes, which had hid it to fetche the fire, and as they tolde vs, they found no fire, but thicke water.}

geneva@2Macc:1:22 @ {\cf2 When this was done, and the time came that the sunne shone, which afore was hid in the cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that euery man marueiled.}

geneva@2Macc:1:25 @ {\cf2 Onely liberall, onely iust and almightie and euerlasting, thou that deliuerest Israel from al trouble, & hast chosen the fathers, and sanctified them,}

geneva@2Macc:1:27 @ {\cf2 Gather those together, that are scattered from vs: deliuer them that serue among the heathen: looke vpon them which are despised, and abhorred, that ye heathen may knowe that thou art our God.}

geneva@2Macc:1:28 @ {\cf2 Punish them that oppresse vs, and with pride doe vs wrong.}

geneva@2Macc:1:32 @ {\cf2 Which when it was done, there was kindeled a flame, which was consumed by the light, that shined from the altar.}

geneva@2Macc:1:33 @ {\cf2 So when this matter was knowen, it was told the King of Persia, that in the place where the Priests, which were led away, had hid fire, there appeared water, wherewith Neemias and his companie had purified the sacrifices.}

geneva@2Macc:1:35 @ {\cf2 And to them that the King fauoured, he gaue and bestowed many gifts.}

geneva@2Macc:2:1 @ {\cf2 It is founde also in the writings of Ieremias the Prophet, that he commaunded them, which were caried away, to take fire, as was declared, and as the Prophet commanded them that were led into captiuitie,}

geneva@2Macc:2:2 @ {\cf2 Giuing them a lawe that they shoulde not forget the commaundements of the Lord, and that they should not erre in their minds, when they saw images of gold and siluer, with their ornaments.}

geneva@2Macc:2:3 @ {\cf2 These and such other things commanded he them, and exhorted them that they shoulde not let the Lawe goe out of their hearts.}

geneva@2Macc:2:4 @ {\cf2 It is written also, howe the Prophet, by an oracle that he had, charged them to take the tabernacle and the arke, and followe him: and when hee came vp into the mountaine where Moyses went vp, and sawe the heritage of God,}

geneva@2Macc:2:6 @ {\cf2 And there came certaine of those that followed him, to marke ye place: but they coulde not finde it.}

geneva@2Macc:2:7 @ {\cf2 Which whe Ieremias perceiued, he reproued them, saying, As for that place: it shalbe vnknowen, vntil the time that God gather his people together againe, and that mercie be shewed.}

geneva@2Macc:2:8 @ {\cf2 Then shall the Lord shew them these things, and the maiestie of the Lorde shall appeare and the cloude also, as it was shewed vnder Moyses, and as when Salomon desired, that the place might be honourably sanctified.}

geneva@2Macc:2:9 @ {\cf2 For it is manifest that he, being a wise man, offred the sacrifice of dedication, and consecration of the Temple.}

geneva@2Macc:2:14 @ {\cf2 Euen so Iudas also gathered all things that came to passe by the warres that were among vs, which things we haue.}

geneva@2Macc:2:17 @ {\cf2 We hope also that the God, which deliuered all his people, and gaue an heritage to them all and the kingdome, and the Priesthoode, and the Sanctuarie,}

geneva@2Macc:2:21 @ {\cf2 And ye manifest signes that came from heauen vnto those, which manfully stood for the Iewes religion: (for though they were but fewe, yet they ranne through whole countreis, and pursued the barbarous armies,}

geneva@2Macc:2:22 @ {\cf2 And repaired the Temple that was renowmed throughout all the worlde, and deliuered the citie, and established the Lawes, that were like to be abolished, because the Lorde was mercifull vnto them with all lenitie)}

geneva@2Macc:2:23 @ {\cf2 Wee will assaie to abbridge in one volume those things, that Iason the Cyrenian hath declared in fiue bookes.}

geneva@2Macc:2:24 @ {\cf2 For considering the wonderful nomber, and the difficultie that they haue that woulde be occupied in the rehearsall of stories, because of the diuersitie of the matters,}

geneva@2Macc:2:25 @ {\cf2 We haue endeuoured, that they that woulde reade, might haue pleasure, and that they which are studious, might easily keepe them in memorie, and that whosoeuer reade them, might haue profite.}

geneva@2Macc:2:26 @ {\cf2 Therefore to vs that haue taken in hand this great labour, it was no easie thing to make this abbridgement, but required both sweat, & watching.}

geneva@2Macc:2:27 @ {\cf2 Like as hee that maketh a feast, and seeketh other mens commoditie, hath no smal labour: so we also for many mens sakes are very well content to vndertake this great labour.}

geneva@2Macc:2:29 @ {\cf2 For as he that will builde a newe house, must prouide for the whole building, but he that setteth out the plat or goeth about to paint it, seeketh but onely what is comely for the decking thereof:}

geneva@2Macc:2:30 @ {\cf2 Euen so I thinke for vs, that it appertaineth to the first writer of a storie to enter deepely into it, and to make mention of all things, and to be curious in euery part.}

geneva@2Macc:2:31 @ {\cf2 But it is permitted to him that will shorten it, to vse fewe woordes, and to auoide those things that are curious therein.}

geneva@2Macc:2:32 @ {\cf2 Here then will we begin the storie, adding thus much to our former woordes, that it is but a foolish thing to abound in woordes before the storie, and to be short in the storie.}

geneva@2Macc:3:2 @ {\cf2 It came to passe that euen the kings did honour the place, and garnished the Temple with great gifts.}

geneva@2Macc:3:3 @ {\cf2 In so much that Seleucus king of Asia of his owne rents, bare all the costes belonging to the seruice of the sacrifices.}

geneva@2Macc:3:6 @ {\cf2 And tolde him that the treasurie in Ierusalem was full of innumerable money, which did not belong to the prouision of the sacrifices, and thatit were possible that these things might come into the Kings hands.}

geneva@2Macc:3:10 @ {\cf2 Then the hie Priest tolde him that there were such things laid vp by the widowes and fatherlesse,}

geneva@2Macc:3:11 @ {\cf2 And that a certaine of it belonged vnto Hircanus the sonne of Tobias a noble man, and not as that wicked Simon had reported, and that in all, there were but foure hundreth talents of siluer, and two hundreth of gold,}

geneva@2Macc:3:12 @ {\cf2 And that it were altogether vnpossible to do this wrong to them that had committed it of trust to the holinesse of the place and Temple, which is honoured thorowe the whole worlde for holinesse and integritie.}

geneva@2Macc:3:13 @ {\cf2 But Heliodorus because of the Kings commandement giuen him, said that in any wise it must be brought into the Kings treasurie.}

geneva@2Macc:3:15 @ {\cf2 For the Priest fell downe before the altar in the Priestes garments, and called vnto heauen vpon him which had made a Lawe concerning things giuen to be kept, that they shoulde be safely preserued for such as had committed them to be kept.}

geneva@2Macc:3:16 @ {\cf2 Then they that looked the hie Priest in the face, were wounded in their heart: for his countenance, and the changing of his colour declared the sorowe of his mind.}

geneva@2Macc:3:17 @ {\cf2 The man was so wrapped in feare and trembling of the body, that it was manifest to them that looked vpon him, what sorowe he had in his heart.}

geneva@2Macc:3:19 @ {\cf2 And the women, girt with sackcloth vnder their breastes, filled the streetes, and the virgins that were kept in, ranne some to the gates & some to the walles, and others looked out of the windowes.}

geneva@2Macc:3:21 @ {\cf2 It was a lamentable thing to see ye multitude that fell downe of all sortes, and the expectation of the high Priest being in such anguish.}

geneva@2Macc:3:22 @ {\cf2 Therefore they called vpon the Almightie Lord, that he would keepe safe and sure the thinges, which were laide vp for those that had deliuered them.}

geneva@2Macc:3:23 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse, the thing that Heliodorus was determined to doe, that did he performe.}

geneva@2Macc:3:24 @ {\cf2 And as he and his souldiers were nowe there present by the treasurie, he that is the Lorde of the spirits, and of al power, shewed a great vision, so that all they which presumed to come with him, were astonished at the power of God, and fell into feare, and trembling.}

geneva@2Macc:3:25 @ {\cf2 For there appeared vnto them an horse with a terrible man sitting vpon him, most richly barbed, and he ranne fiercely, and smote at Heliodorus with his fore feete, and it seemed that he that sate vpon the horse, had harnesse of gold.}

geneva@2Macc:3:27 @ {\cf2 And Heliodorus fell suddenly vnto ye ground, and was couered with great darkenes: but they that were with him, tooke him vp, & put him in a litter.}

geneva@2Macc:3:28 @ {\cf2 Thus he that came with so great companie, and many souldiers into the said treasurie, was borne out: for he coulde not helpe himselfe with his weapons.}

geneva@2Macc:3:30 @ {\cf2 And they praysed the Lord that had honoured his owne place: for the Temple which a litle afore was full of feare and trouble, when the almightie Lord appeared, was filled with ioy and gladnesse.}

geneva@2Macc:3:31 @ {\cf2 Then streightwayes certaine of Heliodorus friends prayed Onias, that he woulde call vpon the most High to graunt him his life, which lay ready to giue vp the ghost.}

geneva@2Macc:3:32 @ {\cf2 So the hie Priest, considering that the King might suspect that the Iewes had done Heliodorus some euill, he offered a sacrifice for the health of the man.}

geneva@2Macc:3:34 @ {\cf2 And seeing that thou hast bene scourged from heauen, declare vnto all men the mightie power of God: and when they had spoken these wordes, they appeared no more.}

geneva@2Macc:3:36 @ {\cf2 Then testified he vnto euery man of ye great workes of God that he had seene with his eyes.}

geneva@2Macc:3:38 @ {\cf2 If thou hast any enemie or traitor, sende him thither, and thou shalt receiue him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no doubt, there is a speciall power of God.}

geneva@2Macc:3:39 @ {\cf2 For he that dwelleth in heauen, hath his eye on that place, and defendeth it, and he beateth and destroyeth them that come to hurt it.}

geneva@2Macc:4:2 @ {\cf2 Thus was he bolde to call him a traitour that was so beneficiall to the citie, and a defender of his nation, and so zealous of the Lawes.}

geneva@2Macc:4:3 @ {\cf2 But when his malice increased so farre, that through one that belonged to Simon, murthers were committed,}

geneva@2Macc:4:4 @ {\cf2 Onias considering the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, as hee that was the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice, did rage, and increased Simons malice,}

geneva@2Macc:4:5 @ {\cf2 He went to the King not as an accuser of the citizens, but as one that intended the common wealth both priuately and publikely.}

geneva@2Macc:4:6 @ {\cf2 For he sawe it was not possible except the King tooke order to quiet the matters, and that Simon would not leaue off his follie.}

geneva@2Macc:4:9 @ {\cf2 Besides this, he promised him an hundreth and fiftie, if he might haue licence to set vp a place for exercise, and a place for the youth, and that they would name them of Ierusalem Antiochians.}

geneva@2Macc:4:11 @ {\cf2 And abolished the friendly priuiledges of the Kings, that the Iewes had set vp by Iohn, the father of Eupolemus, which was sent ambassadour vnto Rome, to become friends and confederates: he put downe their Lawes and policies, and brought vp newe statutes, and contrary to the Lawe.}

geneva@2Macc:4:14 @ {\cf2 So that the Priestes were nowe no more diligent about the seruice of the altar, but despised the Temple, and regarded not the sacrifices, but made haste to be partakers of the wicked expences at the play after the casting of the stone.}

geneva@2Macc:4:18 @ {\cf2 Now when the games that were vsed euery fiue yeere, were played at Tyrus, the King being present,}

geneva@2Macc:4:19 @ {\cf2 This wicked Iason sent from Ierusalem men to looke vpon them, as though they had bene Antiochians, which brought three hundreth drachmes of siluer for a sacrifice to Hercules: albeit they that caried them, desired they might not be bestowed on the sacrifice (because it was not comely) but to be bestowed for other expenses.}

geneva@2Macc:4:20 @ {\cf2 So he that sent them, sent them for the sacrifice of Hercules: but because of those that brought them, they were giuen to the making of galleies.}

geneva@2Macc:4:21 @ {\cf2 Now Apollonius the sonne of Menestheus was sent into Egypt because of the coronation of King Ptolemeus Philometor: but when Antiochus perceiued that he was euill affectioned towarde his affaires, he sought his owne assurance, and departed from thence to Ioppe, and so came to Ierusalem,}

geneva@2Macc:4:27 @ {\cf2 So Menelaus gate the dominion: but as for the money that he had promised vnto the King, he tooke none order for it, albeit Sostratus the ruler of the castell required it.}

geneva@2Macc:4:32 @ {\cf2 Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a conuenient time, stole certaine vessels of gold out of the Temple, and gaue certeyne of them to Andronicus: and some he solde at Tyrus and in the cities thereby.}

geneva@2Macc:4:36 @ {\cf2 And when the king was come againe from the places about Cilicia, the Iewes that were in the citie, and certeine of the Greeks that abhorred the fact also, complained because Onias was slaine without cause.}

geneva@2Macc:4:37 @ {\cf2 Therefore Antiochus was sorie in his minde, and he had compassion, and wept because of the modestie and great discretion of him that was dead.}

geneva@2Macc:4:41 @ {\cf2 But when they vnderstoode the purpose of Lysimachus, some gate stones, some great clubs, and some cast handfuls of dust, which lay by, vpon Lysimachus men, and those that inuaded them.}

geneva@2Macc:4:47 @ {\cf2 In so much that hee discharged Menelaus from the accusations (notwithstanding he was the cause of all mischiefe) and codemned those poore men to death, which if they had tolde their cause, yea, before the Scythians, they should haue beene heard as innocent.}

geneva@2Macc:4:49 @ {\cf2 Wherefore they of Tyrus hated that wickednes, and ministred all things liberally for their buriall.}

geneva@2Macc:4:50 @ {\cf2 And so through the couetousnesse of them that were in power, Menelaus remained in authoritie, increasing in malice, and declared himselfe a great traitour to the citizens.}

geneva@2Macc:5:4 @ {\cf2 Therefore euery man praied, that those tokens might turne to good.}

geneva@2Macc:5:5 @ {\cf2 Nowe when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had beene dead, Iason tooke at the least a thousand men, & came suddenly vpon the citie, and they that were vpon the wals, being put backe, and the citie at length taken,}

geneva@2Macc:5:6 @ {\cf2 Menelaus fled into the castell, but Iason slew his owne citizens without mercie, not considering, that to haue the aduantage against his kinsemen is greatest disaduantage, but thought that hee had gotten the victorie of his enemies, and not of his owne nation.}

geneva@2Macc:5:8 @ {\cf2 Finally he had this ende of his wicked conuersation, that hee was accused before Areta the king of the Arabians, and fled from citie to citie, being pursued of euery man, and hated as a forsaker of the Lawes, and was in abomination, as an enemie of his countrey and citizens, and was driuen into Egypt.}

geneva@2Macc:5:9 @ {\cf2 Thus hee that had chased many out of their owne coutrey, perished as a banished man, after that he was gone to the Lacedemonians, thinking there to haue gotten succour by reason of kinred.}

geneva@2Macc:5:10 @ {\cf2 And hee that had cast many out vnburied, was throwen out himselfe, no man mourning for him, nor putting him in his graue: neither was hee partaker of his fathers sepulchre.}

geneva@2Macc:5:11 @ {\cf2 Nowe when these thinges that were done, were declared to the king, hee thought that Iudea would haue fallen from him: wherefore hee came with a furious minde out of Egypt, and tooke the citie by violence.}

geneva@2Macc:5:12 @ {\cf2 He commaunded his men of warre also, that they should kill and not spare such as they met, and to slaie such as went into their houses.}

geneva@2Macc:5:14 @ {\cf2 So that within three daies were slaine fourescore thousand, & fourtie thousand taken prisoners, and there were as many solde as were slaine.}

geneva@2Macc:5:15 @ {\cf2 Yet was hee not content with this, but durst goe into the most holy Temple of all the worlde, hauing Menelaus that traitour to the Lawes, and to his owne countrey, to be his guide,}

geneva@2Macc:5:16 @ {\cf2 And with his wicked handes tooke the holy vessels, which other kings had giuen for the garnishing, glorie and honour of that place, and handled them with his wicked hands.}

geneva@2Macc:5:17 @ {\cf2 So hautie in his minde was Antiochus, that he considered not, that God was not a litle wroth for the sinnes of them that dwelt in the citie, for the which such contempt came vpon that place.}

geneva@2Macc:5:22 @ {\cf2 But he left deputies to vexe the people: at Ierusalem Philip a Phrigian by birth, in maners more cruell then he that set him there:}

geneva@2Macc:5:24 @ {\cf2 He sent also Apollonius a cruell prince, with an armie of two and twentie thousande, whome he commanded to slaie those that were towarde mans age, and to sell the women, and the yonger sort.}

geneva@2Macc:5:26 @ {\cf2 And so he slew al them that were gone forth to the shewe, and running through the citie with his men armed, he murthered a great number.}

geneva@2Macc:6:2 @ {\cf2 And to defile the Temple that was at Ierusalem, and to call it the Temple of Iupiter Olympius, and that of Garizin, according as they did that dwelt at that place, Iupiter, that keepeth hospitalitie.}

geneva@2Macc:6:8 @ {\cf2 Moreouer through the councell of Ptolemeus, there went out a commaundement vnto the next cities of the heathen against the Iewes, that the like custome, and banketting should be kept.}

geneva@2Macc:6:10 @ {\cf2 For there were two women brought foorth, that had circumcised their sonnes, whom when they had led rounde about the citie (the babes hanging at their breastes) they cast them downe headlong ouer the walles.}

geneva@2Macc:6:11 @ {\cf2 Some that were runne togither into dennes to keepe the Sabbath day secretely, were discouered vnto Philip, and were burnt together, because that for the reuerence of the honourable day they were afraide to helpe themselues.}

geneva@2Macc:6:12 @ {\cf2 Now I beseech those which read this boke, that they bee not discouraged for these calamities, but that they iudge these afflictions, not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.}

geneva@2Macc:6:15 @ {\cf2 But thus hee dealeth with vs, that our sinnes shoulde not be heaped vp to the full, so that afterward he should punish vs.}

geneva@2Macc:6:21 @ {\cf2 But they that had the charge of this wicked banket, for that olde friendship of the man, tooke him aside priuilie, and praied him, that he woulde take such flesh, as was lawfull for him to vse, and as hee woulde prepare for himselfe, and dissemble as though hee had eaten of the things appoynted by the king, euen the flesh of the sacrifice,}

geneva@2Macc:6:22 @ {\cf2 That in so doing he might be deliuered from death, and that for the olde friendship that was among them, he would receiue this fauour.}

geneva@2Macc:6:24 @ {\cf2 For it becommeth not our age, sayde he, to dissemble, whereby many young persons might thinke, that Eleazar being foure score yere old and ten were nowe gone to another religion,}

geneva@2Macc:6:29 @ {\cf2 Nowe they that led him, changed the loue which they bare him before, into hatred, because of the wordes that he had spoken: for they thought it had beene a rage.}

geneva@2Macc:6:30 @ {\cf2 And as hee was ready to giue the ghost because of the strokes, he sighed and sayde, The Lorde that hath the holy knowledge, knoweth manifestly, that whereas I might haue beene deliuered fromdeath, I am scourged and suffer these sore paynes of my body: but in my minde I suffer them gladly for his religion.}

geneva@2Macc:7:1 @ {\cf2 It came to passe also, that seuen brethren, with their mother, were taken to be compelled by the King against the Lawe, to taste swines flesh, & were tormented with scourges and whippes.}

geneva@2Macc:7:4 @ {\cf2 And he commanded the tongue of him that spake first, to be cut out, and to slay him, & to cut off the vtmost partes of his body in the sight of his other brethren and his mother.}

geneva@2Macc:7:6 @ {\...he testified openly, saying, That God...}

geneva@2Macc:7:11 @ {\cf2 And spake manfully, These haue I had from the heauen, but nowe for the Law of God I despise them, and trust that I shall receiue them of him againe.}

geneva@2Macc:7:12 @ {\cf2 Insomuch that the King & they which were with him, marueiled at the yong mans courage, as at one that nothing regarded the paynes.}

geneva@2Macc:7:14 @ {\cf2 And when he was now ready to die, he sayd thus, It is better that we shoulde change this which we might hope for of men, and wayte for our hope from God, that we may be raised vp againe by him: as for thee, thou shalt haue no resurrection to life.}

geneva@2Macc:7:16 @ {\cf2 Who looked vpon the King, and sayd, Thou hast power among men, and though thou be a mortall man, thou doest what thou wilt: but thinke not, that God hath forsaken our nation.}

geneva@2Macc:7:19 @ {\cf2 But thinke not thou, which vndertakest to fight against God, that thou shalt be vnpunished.}

geneva@2Macc:7:20 @ {\cf2 But the mother was marueilous aboue all other, & worthy of honourable memory: for when she sawe her seuen sonnes slaine within the space of one day, shee suffred it with a good will, because of the hope that she had in the Lord.}

geneva@2Macc:7:22 @ {\cf2 I cannot tell how ye came into my wombe: for I neyther gaue you breath nor life: it is not I that set in order the members of your body,}

geneva@2Macc:7:24 @ {\cf2 Now Antiochus thinking himselfe despised, & considering the iniurious wordes, while the yongest was yet aliue, he did exhort him not only with wordes, but swore also vnto him by an othe that he would make him rich and wealthy, if he would forsake the Lawes of his fathers, & that he would take him as a friend, and giue him offices.}

geneva@2Macc:7:25 @ {\cf2 But when the yong man woulde in no case hearken vnto him, the King called his mother, and exhorted that she should counsell the yong man to saue his life.}

geneva@2Macc:7:26 @ {\cf2 And when he had exhorted her with many wordes, shee promised him that she would counsell her sonne.}

geneva@2Macc:7:27 @ {\cf2 So shee turned her vnto him, laughing the cruell tyrant to scorne, and spake in her owne language, O my sonne, haue pitie vpon me, that bare thee nine monethes in my wombe, and gaue thee sucke three yeeres, & nourished thee, & tooke care for thee vnto this age, and brought thee vp.}

geneva@2Macc:7:28 @ {\cf2 I beseech thee, my sonne, looke vpo the heauen and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not, and so was mankinde made likewise.}

geneva@2Macc:7:29 @ {\cf2 Feare not this hangman, but shewe thy selfe worthy such brethren by suffring death, that I may receiue thee in mercy with thy brethren.}

geneva@2Macc:7:30 @ {\cf2 While she was yet speaking these words, the yong man said, Whom wayte ye for? I wil not obey the Kings commaundement: but I will obey the commandement of the Lawe that was giuen vnto our fathers by Moyses.}

geneva@2Macc:7:31 @ {\cf2 And thou that imaginest all mischiefe against the Hebrewes, shalt not escape the hande of God.}

geneva@2Macc:7:36 @ {\cf2 My brethren that haue suffred a litle payne, are nowe vnder the diuine couenant of euerlasting life: but thou through the iudgement of God, shalt suffer iust punishments for thy pride.}

geneva@2Macc:7:37 @ {\cf2 Therefore I, as my brethren haue done, offer my body & life for the Lawes of our fathers, beseeching God, that he will soone be merciful vnto our nation, and that thou by torment and punishment mayst confesse, that he is the only God,}

geneva@2Macc:7:38 @ {\cf2 And that in mee and my brethren the wrath of the almightie, which is righteously fallen vpon all our nation, may cease.}

geneva@2Macc:7:39 @ {\cf2 Then the King being kindled with anger, raged more cruelly against him then the others, and tooke it grieuously, that he was mocked.}

geneva@2Macc:8:1 @ {\cf2 Then Iudas Maccabeus, & they that were with him, went priuily into the townes, and called their kinsfolks and friends together, & tooke vnto them all such as continued in the Iewes religion, & assembled sixe thousand men.}

geneva@2Macc:8:2 @ {\cf2 So they called vpon the Lord, that he would haue an eye vnto his people, which was vexed of euery man, and haue pitie vpon the Temple that was defiled by wicked men,}

geneva@2Macc:8:3 @ {\cf2 And that he woulde haue compassion vpon the citie that was destroyed, and almost brought to the grounde, and that he woulde heare the voyce of the blood that cryed vnto him,}

geneva@2Macc:8:4 @ {\cf2 And that hee woulde remember the wicked slaughter of the innocent children, & the blasphemies committed against his name, & that he would shew his hatred against the wicked.}

geneva@2Macc:8:7 @ {\cf2 But specially he vsed the nights to make such assaults, in so much that the bruite of his manlines was spread euery where.}

geneva@2Macc:8:8 @ {\cf2 So when Philippe sawe that this man increased by litle and litle, and that things prospered with him for the most part, hee wrote vnto Ptolemeus the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice, to helpe him in the kings busines.}

geneva@2Macc:8:10 @ {\cf2 Nicanor ordeined also a tribute for the king of two thousand talents, which the Romans should haue, to be taken of ye Iewes that were taken prisoners.}

geneva@2Macc:8:11 @ {\cf2 Therefore immediately he sent to the cities on the sea coast, prouoking them to bye Iewes to bee their seruantes, promising to sell foure score and ten for one talent: but he considered not the vegeace of almighty God, that should come vpo him.}

geneva@2Macc:8:12 @ {\cf2 When Iudas then knewe of Nicanors coming, hee tolde them that were with him, of the coming of the armie.}

geneva@2Macc:8:13 @ {\cf2 Nowe were there some of them fearefull, which trusted not vnto the righteousnesse of God, but fled away, and abode not in that place.}

geneva@2Macc:8:14 @ {\cf2 But the other solde all that they had left, and besought the Lorde together, to deliuer them from that wicked Nicanor, which had sold them, or euer he came neere them.}

geneva@2Macc:8:17 @ {\cf2 Setting before their eyes the iniury that they had vniustly done to the holy place, & the crueltie done to the citie by derision, and the destruction of the orders established by their fathers.}

geneva@2Macc:8:18 @ {\cf2 For they, sayd he, trust in their weapons and boldenesse: but our confidence is in the almightie God, which at a becke can both destroy them that come against vs, and all the world.}

geneva@2Macc:8:19 @ {\cf2 Moreouer he admonished them of the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers, as when there perished an hundreth and fourescore, & fiue thousand vnder Sennacherib,}

geneva@2Macc:8:20 @ {\cf2 And of the battell that they had in Babylon against the Galatians, how they came in all to the battell eight thousand, with foure thousand Macedonians: and when the Macedonians were astonished, the eyght thousande slewe an hundreth and twentie thousande through the helpe that was giuen them from heauen, whereby they had receiued many benefites.}

geneva@2Macc:8:25 @ {\cf2 And tooke the money from those that came to bye them, and pursued them farre: but lacking time they returned.}

geneva@2Macc:8:27 @ {\cf2 So they tooke their weapons, & spoyled the enemies, and kept the Sabbath, giuing thankes and praysing the Lorde wonderfully, which had deliuered them that day, and powred vpon them the beginning of his mercie.}

geneva@2Macc:8:33 @ {\cf2 And when they kept the feast of victorie in their countrey, they burnt Calistenes that had set fire vpon the holy gates, which was fled into a litle house: so he receiued a rewarde meete for his wickednesse.}

geneva@2Macc:8:34 @ {\cf2 And that most wicked Nicanor, which had brought a thousand marchants to buy the Iewes,}

geneva@2Macc:8:35 @ {\cf2 He was through ye helpe of the Lord brought downe of them whom he thought as nothing, in so much that he put off his glorious rayment, & fled ouerthwart the countrey like a fugitiue seruant, & came alone to Antiochia, with great dishonour through the destruction of his hoste.}

geneva@2Macc:8:36 @ {\cf2 Thus hee that promised to pay tribute to the Romanes, by meanes of the prisoners of Ierusalem, brought newes, that the Iewes had a defender, & for this cause none coulde hurt the Iewes, because they followed the Lawes appoynted by him.}

geneva@2Macc:9:3 @ {\cf2 Nowe when he came to Ecbatane, he vnderstoode the things that had come to Nicanor, and Timotheus.}

geneva@2Macc:9:5 @ {\cf2 But the Lorde almightie and God of Israel smote him with an incurable and inuisible plague: for assoone as he had spoken these wordes, a payne of the bowels, that was remediles, came vpon him, and sore torments of the inner parts,}

geneva@2Macc:9:6 @ {\cf2 And that most iustly: for hee had tormented other mens bowels with diuers, and strange tormentes.}

geneva@2Macc:9:7 @ {\cf2 Howbeit he woulde in no wise cease from his arrogancie, but swelled the more with pride, breathing our fire in his rage against the Iewes, & commaunded to hast the iourney: but it came to passe that he fell downe from the charet that ran swiftely, so that al the members of his body were bruised with the great fall.}

geneva@2Macc:9:8 @ {\cf2 And thus hee that a litle afore thought hee might commande the floods of the sea (so proude was he beyond the condition of man) & to weigh the hie mountaines in the balance, was nowe caste on the grounde, and caried in an horselitter, declaring vnto all the manifest power of God,}

geneva@2Macc:9:9 @ {\cf2 So that the wormes came out of the bodie of this wicked man in aboundance: and whiles hee was aliue, his flesh fell off for payne and torment, and all his armie was grieued at his smell.}

geneva@2Macc:9:10 @ {\cf2 Thus no man coulde beare because of his stinke, him that a litle afore thought hee might reach to the starres of heauen.}

geneva@2Macc:9:12 @ {\cf2 And when hee him selfe might not abide his owne stinke, hee saide these wordes, It is meete to be subiect vnto God, and that a man which is mortall, shoulde not thinke him selfe equall vnto God through pride.}

geneva@2Macc:9:14 @ {\cf2 And saide thus that he woulde set at libertie the holy citie vnto the which he made haste to destroy it, and to make it a burying place.}

geneva@2Macc:9:17 @ {\cf2 Yea, and that he would also become a Iewe himselfe, and goe thorowe all the worlde that was inhabited, and preach the power of God.}

geneva@2Macc:9:23 @ {\cf2 Therefore considering that when my father led an hoste against the high countreis, he appoynted who should succeede him:}

geneva@2Macc:9:24 @ {\cf2 That if any controuersie happened contrary to his expectation, or if that any tidings were brought that were grieuous, they in the land might know to whom the affaires were committed, that they shoulde not be troubled:}

geneva@2Macc:9:25 @ {\cf2 Againe, when I ponder howe that the gouernours, that are borderers, and neighbours vnto my kingdome, waite for all occasions, and looke but for opportunitie, I haue ordeined that my sonne Antiochus shalbe king, whome I oft commended and committed to many of you, when I went into the hie prouinces, and haue written vnto him as followeth hereafter.}

geneva@2Macc:9:26 @ {\cf2 Therefore, I pray you, and require you to remember the benefites that I haue done vnto you generally, and particularly, and that euery man will be faithfull vnto me and my sonne.}

geneva@2Macc:9:27 @ {\cf2 For I trust that he will be gentle, and louing vnto you according to my minde.}

geneva@2Macc:9:29 @ {\cf2 And Philippe that was brought vp with him, caried away his body, who fearing the sonne of Antiochus, went into Egypt to Ptolemeus Philometor.}

geneva@2Macc:10:2 @ {\cf2 And destroyed the altars, and chappels that the heathen had builded in the open places,}

geneva@2Macc:10:4 @ {\cf2 When that was done, they fell downe flat vpon the grounde, and besought the Lorde, that they might come no more into such troubles: but if they sinned any more against him, that hee him selfe woulde chasten them with mercy, and that they might not bee deliuered to the blasphemous, and barbarous nations.}

geneva@2Macc:10:5 @ {\cf2 Nowe vpon the same day, that the straungers polluted the Temple, on the very same day it was clensed againe, euen the fiue and twentie day of the same moneth, which is Chasleu.}

geneva@2Macc:10:6 @ {\cf2 They kept eight dayes with gladnesse as in the feast of the Tabernacles, remembring, that not long afore they held the feast of the Tabernacles when they liued in the mountaines and dennes like beastes.}

geneva@2Macc:10:7 @ {\cf2 And for the same cause they bare greene boughes, and faire branches and palmes, and sang Psalmes vnto him that had giuen them good successe in clensing his place.}

geneva@2Macc:10:8 @ {\cf2 They ordeined also by a common statute and decree, that euery yeere those dayes should be kept of the whole nation of the Iewes.}

geneva@2Macc:10:10 @ {\cf2 Nowe will we declare the actes of Antiochus Eupator, which was the sonne of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the warres, that followed.}

geneva@2Macc:10:12 @ {\cf2 For Ptolemeus that was called Macron, purposed to doe iustice vnto the Iewes for the wrong, that had bene done vnto them, and went about to behaue himselfe peaceably with them.}

geneva@2Macc:10:13 @ {\cf2 For the which cause hee was accused of his friendes before Eupator, and was called oft times traitour, because he had left Cyprus that Philometor had committed vnto him, and came to Antiochus Epiphanes: therefore seeing that hee was no more in estimation, he was discouraged, and poysoned himselfe, and died.}

geneva@2Macc:10:15 @ {\cf2 Moreouer the Idumeans that helde the strong holdes, which were meete for their purpose, troubled the Iewes, and by receiuing them that were driuen from Ierusalem, tooke in hande to continue warre.}

geneva@2Macc:10:16 @ {\cf2 Then they that were with Maccabeus made prayers, and besought God that he woulde be their helper, and so they fell vpon the strong holdes of the Idumeans,}

geneva@2Macc:10:17 @ {\cf2 And assaulted them sore, that they wan the places, and slewe all that sought against them on the wall, and killed all that they met with, & slewe no lesse then twentie thousand.}

geneva@2Macc:10:19 @ {\cf2 Maccabeus left Simon, and Ioseph, and Zaccheus also, and those that were with them, which were inowe to besiege them, and departed to those places which were more necessarie.}

geneva@2Macc:10:20 @ {\cf2 Nowe they that were with Simon, being led with couetousnes, were intreated for mony (through certaine of those that were in the castel) & tooke seuentie thousand drachmes, and let some of them escape.}

geneva@2Macc:10:21 @ {\cf2 But when it was tolde Maccabeus what was done, hee called the gouernours of the people together, and accused those men, that they had solde their brethren for money, and let their enemies goe.}

geneva@2Macc:10:23 @ {\cf2 And hauing good successe, as in al the warres that he tooke in hande, hee slewe in the two castels moe then twentie thousand.}

geneva@2Macc:10:25 @ {\cf2 But when hee drewe neere, Maccabeus and they that were with him, turned to pray vnto God, and sprinkled earth vpon their heads, and girded their reines with sackcloth,}

geneva@2Macc:10:30 @ {\cf2 And tooke Maccabeus betwixt them, and couered him on euery side with their weapons, and kept him safe, but shot dartes, and lightnings against the enemies, so that they were confounded with blindenesse, and beaten downe and full of trouble.}

geneva@2Macc:10:34 @ {\cf2 And they that were within, trusting to the height of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and spake horrible wordes.}

geneva@2Macc:10:35 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse vpon the fifth daye in the morning, twentie yong men of Maccabeus companie, whose heartes were inflamed, because of the blasphemies, came vnto the wall, and with bolde stomakes smote downe those that they met.}

geneva@2Macc:10:36 @ {\cf2 Others also that climed vp vpon the engines of warre against them that were within, set fire vpo the towres, and burnt those blasphemers quicke with the fires that they had made, and others brake vp the gates, and receiued the rest of the armie, and tooke the citie.}

geneva@2Macc:10:37 @ {\cf2 And hauing founde Timotheus, that was crept into a caue, they killed him, and Chereas his brother with Apollophanes.}

geneva@2Macc:11:1 @ {\cf2 Very shortly after this, Lysias the kings steward, and a kinsman of his, which had the gouernance of the affaires, tooke sore displeasure for the things that were done.}

geneva@2Macc:11:6 @ {\cf2 But when Maccabeus, and his companie knew that he besieged the holdes, they, and all the people made prayers with weeping, and teares before the Lord, that he would send a good Angel to deliuer Israel.}

geneva@2Macc:11:7 @ {\cf2 And Maccabeus him selfe first of all tooke weapons, exhorting the other that they would ieoparde themselues together with him to helpe their brethren: so they went forth together with a couragious minde.}

geneva@2Macc:11:9 @ {\cf2 Then they praysed the mercifull God all together, and tooke heart, in so much that they were ready, not onely to fight with men, but with the most cruell beasts, and to breake downe walles of yron.}

geneva@2Macc:11:13 @ {\cf2 Who as he was a man of vnderstanding, cosidering what losse he had had, and knowing, that the Hebrewes could not be ouercome because the almightie God helped them, sent vnto them,}

geneva@2Macc:11:14 @ {\cf2 And promised, that he would consent to all things which were reasonable, & perswade the king to be their friend.}

geneva@2Macc:11:17 @ {\cf2 Iohn and Abessalom, which were sent from you, deliuered me the things that you demande by writing, and required mee to fulfill the things that they had declared.}

geneva@2Macc:11:18 @ {\cf2 Therefore what things soeuer were meete to be reported to the King himselfe, I haue declared them, and he granted that that was possible.}

geneva@2Macc:11:23 @ {\cf2 Since our father is translated vnto the gods, our will is, that they which are in our realme, liue quietly, that euery man may apply his owne affaires.}

geneva@2Macc:11:24 @ {\cf2 We vnderstand also that the Iewes woulde not consent to our father, for to be brought vnto the custome of the Gentiles, but would keepe their owne maner of liuing: for the which cause they require of vs, that we would suffer them to liue after their owne Lawes.}

geneva@2Macc:11:25 @ {\cf2 Wherefore our minde is that this nation shal be in rest, and haue determined to restore them their Temple, that they may be gouerned according to the custome of their fathers.}

geneva@2Macc:11:26 @ {\cf2 Thou shalt doe well therefore to sende vnto them, & grant them peace, that when they are certified of our minde, they may be of good comfort, and cheerefully go about their owne affaires.}

geneva@2Macc:11:29 @ {\cf2 Menelaus declared vnto vs that your desire was to returne home, and to applie your owne businesse.}

geneva@2Macc:11:30 @ {\cf2 Wherefore, those that will depart, we giue them free libertie, vnto the thirtie day of the moneth of Panthicus,}

geneva@2Macc:11:31 @ {\cf2 That the Iewes may vse their owne maner of liuing and lawes, like as afore, and none of them by any maner of wayes to haue harme for thinges done by ignorance.}

geneva@2Macc:11:35 @ {\cf2 The things that Lysias the Kings kinseman hath granted you, we grant the same also.}

geneva@2Macc:11:36 @ {\cf2 But concerning that which he shall report vnto the King, send hither some with speede, when ye haue considered the matter diligently, that wee may consult thereupon as shall be best for you: for we must go vnto Antiochia.}

geneva@2Macc:11:37 @ {\cf2 And therefore make haste and sende some men, that we may know your minde.}

geneva@2Macc:12:3 @ {\cf2 They of Ioppe also did such a vile acte: they prayed the Iewes that dwelt among them, to goe with their wiues and children into the shippes, which they had prepared as though they had ought them none euill will.}

geneva@2Macc:12:5 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Iudas knewe of this crueltie shewed against his nation, hee commanded those men that were with him, to make them readie.}

geneva@2Macc:12:6 @ {\cf2 And hauing called vpon God the righteous Iudge, hee went foorth against the murtherers of his brethren, and set fire in the hauen by night, and burnt the shippes, and those that fled thence, he slewe.}

geneva@2Macc:12:8 @ {\cf2 But when hee perceiued that the Iamnites were minded to doe in like maner vnto the Iewes, which dwelt among them,}

geneva@2Macc:12:9 @ {\cf2 He came vpon the Iamnites by night, and set fire in the hauen with the nauie, so that the light of the fire was seene at Ierusalem, vpo a two hundreth and fourtie furlongs.}

geneva@2Macc:12:12 @ {\cf2 And Iudas thinking that they shoulde in deede be profitable concerning many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shooke hands, and so they departed to their tents.}

geneva@2Macc:12:14 @ {\cf2 So they that were within it, put such trust in the strength of the walles, and in store of vitailes, that they were ye slacker in their doings, reuiling the that were with Iudas, and reproching them: yea, they blasphemed and spake such wordes as were not lawfull.}

geneva@2Macc:12:16 @ {\cf2 And tooke the citie by the will of God, and made an exceeding great slaughter, in so much that a lake of two furlongs broade, which lay thereby, seemed to flowe with blood.}

geneva@2Macc:12:17 @ {\cf2 Then departed they from thence, seuen hundreth and fiftie furlongs, and came to Characa vnto the Iewes, that are called Tubieni.}

geneva@2Macc:12:19 @ {\cf2 But Dositheus, and Sosipater, which were captaines with Maccabeus, went foorth, and slewe those that Timotheus had left in the fortresse more then tenne thousand men.}

geneva@2Macc:12:22 @ {\cf2 But when Iudas first band came in sight, the enemies were smitten with feare, and a trembling was among them through the presence of him that seeth all thinges, in so much that they fleeing one here, another there, were oft times hurt by their owne people, and wounded with the poyntes of their owne swordes.}

geneva@2Macc:12:25 @ {\cf2 So when hee had assured them with many wordes, and promised that he woulde restore them without hurt, they let him goe for the health of their brethren.}

geneva@2Macc:12:27 @ {\cf2 And after that hee had chased away, and slayne them, Iudas remoued the hoste towarde Ephron a strong citie, wherein was Lysias and a great multitude of all nations, and the strong yong men kept the walles defending them mightily: there was also great preparation of engins of warre, and dartes.}

geneva@2Macc:12:28 @ {\cf2 But when they had called vpon the Lorde, which with his power breaketh the strength of the enemies, they wanne the citie, and slewe fiue and twentie thousand of them that were within.}

geneva@2Macc:12:30 @ {\cf2 But when the Iewes which dwelt there, testified, that the Scythopolitans delt louingly with them, and intreated the kindly in the time of their aduersitie,}

geneva@2Macc:12:35 @ {\cf2 And Dositheus one of the Baccenors, which was on horsebacke and a mighty man, tooke Gorgias, and laide holde of his garment, and drewe him by force, because he woulde haue taken the wicked man aliue: but an horseman of Thracia fell vpon him, & smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled into Marisa.}

geneva@2Macc:12:36 @ {\cf2 And when they that were with Eserin, had foughten long, and were weary, Iudas called vpon the Lord, that he would shewe him selfe to be their helper, and captaine of the fielde.}

geneva@2Macc:12:37 @ {\cf2 And then hee began in his owne language, and sung psalmes with a loude voyce, in so much that straightwaies hee made them that were about Gorgias, to take their flight.}

geneva@2Macc:12:39 @ {\cf2 And vpon the day following, as necessitie required, Iudas and his companie came to take vp the bodyes of them that were slaine, and to burie them with their kinsmen in their fathers graues.}

geneva@2Macc:12:40 @ {\cf2 Nowe vnder the coates of euery one, that was slaine, they founde iewels that had bene consecrate to the idoles of the Iamnites, which thing is forbidden the Iewes by the Lawe. Then euery man sawe, that this was the cause wherefore they were slaine.}

geneva@2Macc:12:41 @ {\cf2 And so euery man gaue thankes vnto the Lorde, the righteous Iudge, which had opened the things that were hid.}

geneva@2Macc:12:42 @ {\cf2 And they gaue them selues to prayer, and besought him, that they should not, vtterly be destroyed for the fault comitted. Besides that, noble Iudas exhorted the people to keepe them selues from sinne, for so much as they sawe before their eyes the things which came to passe by the sinne of these that were slaine,}

geneva@2Macc:12:43 @ {\cf2 And hauing made a gathering through the company, sent to Ierusalem about two thousande drachmes of siluer, to offer a sinne offering, doing very well, and honestly that he thought of the resurrection.}

geneva@2Macc:12:44 @ {\cf2 For if he had not hoped, that they which were slaine, should rise againe, it had bene superfluous, and vaine, to pray for the dead.}

geneva@2Macc:12:45 @ {\cf2 And therefore he perceiued, that there was great fauour laid vp for those that dyed godly. (It was an holy, and a good thought.) So he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be deliuered from sinne.}

geneva@2Macc:13:1 @ {\cf2 In the hundreth, fourtie and nine yeere it was tolde Iudas, that Antiochus Eupator was comming with a great power into Iudea,}

geneva@2Macc:13:4 @ {\cf2 But the King of Kings moued Antiochus minde against this wicked man, and Lysias infourmed the King that this man was the cause of all mischiefe, so that the King commaunded to bring him to Berea to put him vnto death, as the maner was in that place.}

geneva@2Macc:13:5 @ {\cf2 Nowe there was in that place a towre of fiftie cubites high, full of ashes, and it had an instrument that turned rounde, and on euery side it rowled downe into the ashes.}

geneva@2Macc:13:7 @ {\cf2 And so it came to passe that this wicked man should die such a death, and it was a most iust thing that Menelaus should want buriall,}

geneva@2Macc:13:10 @ {\cf2 Which things when Iudas perceiued, he comanded the people to call vpon the Lord night & day, that if euer he had holpen them, he would now helpe the, when they should be put from their law, from their countrey and from the holy Temple:}

geneva@2Macc:13:11 @ {\cf2 And that he would not suffer the people, which a litle afore began to recouer, to be subdued vnto the blasphemous nations.}

geneva@2Macc:13:15 @ {\cf2 And so giuing his souldiers for a watch word, The victorie of God, he piked out the manliest yong men, & went by night into the Kings campe, and slewe of the hoste fourteene thousande men, & the greatest elephant with all that sate vpon him.}

geneva@2Macc:13:20 @ {\cf2 For Iudas had sent vnto them that were in it, such things as were necessarie.}

geneva@2Macc:13:22 @ {\cf2 After this did the King commune with them that were in Beth-sura, & tooke truce with them, departed, and ioyned battel with Iudas, who ouercame him.}

geneva@2Macc:13:23 @ {\cf2 But when he vnderstoode, that Philippe (whome he had left to be ouerseer of his businesse at Antiochia) did rebell against him, he was astonished, so that he yeelded him selfe to the Iewes, and made them an othe to doe all things that were right, and was appeased towarde them, and offered sacrifice and adorned the Temple, and shewed great gentlenesse to the place,}

geneva@2Macc:13:25 @ {\cf2 Neuertheles, when he came to Ptolemais, the people of the citie were not content with this agreement: & because they were grieued, they would that he should breake the couenants.}

geneva@2Macc:14:1 @ {\cf2 After three yeeres was Iudas enformed that Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus was come vp with a great power and nauie by the hauen of Tripolis,}

geneva@2Macc:14:3 @ {\cf2 Now Alcunus, which had bene the high Priest, and wilfully defiled himselfe in the time that all thinges were confounded, seeing that by no meanes he could saue himselfe, nor haue any more entrance to the holie Altar,}

geneva@2Macc:14:4 @ {\cf2 He came to King Demetrius in the hundreth, fiftie and one yeere, presenting vnto him a crowne of golde, and a palme, and of the boughes, which were vsed solemnly in the Temple, and that day he held his tongue.}

geneva@2Macc:14:6 @ {\cf2 To the which hee answered, The Iewes that be called Asideans, whose captaine is Iudas Maccabeus, maintaine warres, and make insurrections, and will not let the Realme be in peace.}

geneva@2Macc:14:9 @ {\cf2 Wherefore, O King, seeing thou knowest all these things, make prouision for the countrey, and our nation which is abused, according to thine own humanitie, that is readie to helpe all men.}

geneva@2Macc:14:10 @ {\cf2 For as long as Iudas liueth, it is not possible that the matter should be well.}

geneva@2Macc:14:13 @ {\cf2 And sent him forth, commanding him to slay Iudas, and to scatter them that were with him, & to make Alcimus high Priest of the great Temple.}

geneva@2Macc:14:18 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse Nicanor hearing the manlines of them that were with Iudas, and the bolde stomackes that they had for their countrey, durst notproue the matter with bloudsheading.}

geneva@2Macc:14:23 @ {\cf2 Nicanor, while hee abode at Ierusalem, did none hurt, but sent away the people that were gathered together.}

geneva@2Macc:14:26 @ {\cf2 But Alcimus perceiuing the loue that was betweene them, and vnderstanding the couenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor had taken strange matters in hande, and ordeined Iudas a traytour to the Realme, to be his successour.}

geneva@2Macc:14:27 @ {\cf2 Then the King was displeased, and by the reportes of this wicked man, hee wrote to Nicanor, saying, that hee was very angry for the couenants, commanding him that hee should send Maccabeus in all haste prisoner vnto Antiochia.}

geneva@2Macc:14:28 @ {\cf2 When these things came to Nicanor, he was astonished and sore grieued, that hee should breake the things wherein they had agreed, seeing that that man had committed no wickednesse.}

geneva@2Macc:14:30 @ {\cf2 Notwithstanding when Maccabeus perceiued that Nicanor began to be rough vnto him, and that he intreated him more rudely then hee was wont, he perceiued that such rigour came not of good, & therefore he gathered a fewe of his men, and withdrewe himselfe from Nicanor.}

geneva@2Macc:14:31 @ {\cf2 But the other perceiuing that he was preuented by Maccabeus worthy pollicie, came into the great and holy Temple, and commaunded the Priests, which were offering their vsuall sacrifices, to deliuer him the man.}

geneva@2Macc:14:32 @ {\cf2 And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was, whome he sought,}

geneva@2Macc:14:34 @ {\cf2 After these wordes he departed: then the Priestes lift vp their handes towarde heauen, and besought him that was euer the defender of their nation, saying in this maner,}

geneva@2Macc:14:35 @ {\cf2 Thou, O Lord of all things, which hast need of nothing, wouldest that the Teple of thine habitation shoulde be among vs.}

geneva@2Macc:14:39 @ {\cf2 So Nicanor willing to declare the hatred that he bare to the Iewes, sent about fiue hundreth men of warre to take him.}

geneva@2Macc:14:41 @ {\cf2 But when this companie would haue taken his castle, and woulde haue broken the gates by violence, and commaunded to bring fire to burne the gates, so that he was ready to be taken on euery side, he fell on his sworde,}

geneva@2Macc:14:44 @ {\cf2 Which conueyed them selues lightly away, and gaue place, so that he fell vpon his bellie.}

geneva@2Macc:14:46 @ {\cf2 And gate him to the toppe of an high rock: so when his blood was vtterly gone, he tooke out his owne bowels with both his handes, and threwe them vpon the people, calling vpon the Lorde of life and spirit, that he woulde restore them againe vnto him, and thus he dyed.}

geneva@2Macc:15:1 @ {\cf2 Nowe when Nicanor knewe that Iudas and his companie were in the countrey of Samaria, he thought with all assurance to come vpon them, vpon the Sabbath day.}

geneva@2Macc:15:2 @ {\cf2 Neuerthelesse, the Iewes that were compelled to goe with him, said, O kill not so cruelly and barbarously, but honour and sanctifie the day, that is appointed by him that seeth all things.}

geneva@2Macc:15:3 @ {\cf2 But this most wicked person demaunded, Is there a Lorde in heauen, that commaunded the Sabbath day to be kept?}

geneva@2Macc:15:6 @ {\cf2 For Nicanor lifted vp with great pride, purposed to set vp a memorial of the victorie obteined of all them that were with Iudas.}

geneva@2Macc:15:7 @ {\cf2 But Maccabeus had euer sure confidence & a perfite hope that the Lorde would helpe him,}

geneva@2Macc:15:8 @ {\cf2 And exhorted his people not to be afraid at the coming of the heathen, but always to remember the helpe that had bene shewed vnto them from heauen, & to trust nowe also, that they should haue the victorie by the Almightie.}

geneva@2Macc:15:9 @ {\cf2 Thus he incouraged them by the Lawe and Prophets, putting them in remembrance of the battels that they had wonne afore, and so made them more willing,}

geneva@2Macc:15:12 @ {\cf2 And this was his vision, He thought that he sawe Onias (which had bene the high Priest, a vertuous and a good man, reuerent in behauiour, and of sober conuersation, well spoken, and one that had bene exercised in all pointes of godlinesse from a childe) holding vp his handes towardes heauen, and praying for the whole people of the Iewes.}

geneva@2Macc:15:15 @ {\cf2 He thought also that Ieremias helde out his right hande, and gaue vnto Iudas a sworde of gold: and as he gaue it, he spake thus,}

geneva@2Macc:15:19 @ {\cf2 Againe they that were in the citie, were carefull for the armie that was abroad.}

geneva@2Macc:15:21 @ {\cf2 Maccabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the diuers preparations of weapons, and the fiercenesse of the beastes, helde vp his handes toward heauen, calling vpon the Lord that doeth wonders, and that looked vpon them, knowing that the victorie commeth not by ye weapons, but that he giueth the victorie to them that are worthy, as seemeth good vnto him.}

geneva@2Macc:15:22 @ {\cf2 Therefore in his prayer he said after this maner, O Lord, thou that diddest sende thine Angel in the time of Ezechias King of Iudea, who in the host of Sennacherib slewe an hundreth, foure score and fiue thousand,}

geneva@2Macc:15:25 @ {\cf2 Then Nicanor and they that were with him, drew neere with trumpets & shoutings for ioy.}

geneva@2Macc:15:27 @ {\cf2 So that with their handes they fought, but with their hearts they prayed vnto God, and slewe no lesse then fiue and thirtie thousande men: for through the presence of God they were wonderously comforted.}

geneva@2Macc:15:28 @ {\cf2 Now when they left off, & were turning againe with ioy, they vnderstoode that Nicanor himselfe was slaine for all his armour.}

geneva@2Macc:15:32 @ {\cf2 And shewed them wicked Nicanors head, and the hand of that blasphemour which he had holden vp against the holy Temple of the Almightie with proude bragges.}

geneva@2Macc:15:33 @ {\cf2 He caused the tongue also of wicked Nicanor to be cut in litle pieces, and to be cast vnto the foules, & that the rewardes of his madnesse should be hanged vp before the Temple.}

geneva@2Macc:15:34 @ {\cf2 So euery man praised toward the heauen the glorious Lorde, saying, Blessed be he, that hath kept his place vndefiled.}

geneva@2Macc:15:36 @ {\cf2 And so they established all together by a common decree, that they would in no case suffer this day without keeping it holy:}

geneva@2Macc:15:37 @ {\cf2 And that the feast should be the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth, which is called Adar in the Syrians language, the day before Mardocheus day.}

geneva@2Macc:15:38 @ {\cf2 Thus farre as concerning Nicanors matters, and from that time the Hebrues had the citie in possession; here will I also make an ende.}

geneva@2Macc:15:39 @ {\cf2 If I haue done wel, and as the storie required, it is the thing that I desired: but if I haue spoken slenderly and barely, it is that I could.}

geneva@2Macc:15:40 @ {\cf2 For as it is hurtfull to drinke wine alone, & then againe water: and as wine tempered with water is pleasant and delighteth the taste: so the setting out of the matter deliteth the eares of them that reade the storie; here shall be the ende.}


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