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geneva@Isaiah:1:3 @ The (note:)The most dull and brute beasts acknowledge their duty more toward their masters, than my people do toward me, of whom they have received benefits without comparison.(:note) ox knoweth his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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:1:11 @ To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I (note:)Although God commanded these sacrifices for a time, as aids and exercises of their faith, yet because the people did not have faith or repentance, God detests them, (Psa_50:13; Jer_6:20; Amo_5:22; Mic_6:7).(:note) delight not in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

geneva@Isaiah:1:14 @ Your (note:)Your sacrifices offered in the new moons and feasts: he condemns by this hypocrites who think to please God with ceremonies and they themselves are void of faith and mercy.(:note) new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble to me; I am weary of bearing [them].

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:5:12 @ And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the (note:)They do not regard the provident care of God over them, nor for what end he has created them.(:note) work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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:7:24 @ With arrows and with (note:)As they who go to seek wild beasts among the bushes.(:note) bows shall [men] come there; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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:11:14 @ But they shall flee vpon the shoulders of the Philistims toward the West: they shall spoyle them of the East together: Edom and Moab shall be the stretching out of their hands, and the children of Ammon in their obedience.

geneva@Isaiah:13:20 @ It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the (note:)Who used to go from country to country to find pasture for their beasts, but they will find none.(:note) Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

geneva@Isaiah:13:21 @ But (note:)Who were either wild beasts or fools, or wicked spirits, by which Satan deluded man, as by the fairies, goblins, and such like fantasies.(:note) wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

geneva@Isaiah:18:6 @ They shall be left together to the fowls of the mountains, and to the (note:)Not only men will contemn them, but the brute beast.(:note) beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

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:25:6 @ And on this (note:)That is, in Zion, by which he means his Church, which would under Christ be assembled of the Jews and the Gentiles, and is here described under the figure of a costly banquet, as in (Mat_22:2).(:note) mountain shall the LORD of hosts make to all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

geneva@Isaiah:27:3 @ I the Lorde doe keepe it: I will water it euery moment: least any assaile it, I will keepe it night and day.

geneva@Isaiah:27:8 @ In (note:)That is, you will not destroy the root of your Church, though the branches of it seem to perish by the sharp wind of affliction.(:note) measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

geneva@Isaiah:28:22 @ Nowe therefore be no mockers, least your bondes increase: for I haue heard of the Lorde of hostes a consumption, euen determined vpon the whole earth.

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:30:29 @ Ye shall have a song, as in the (note:)You will rejoice at the destruction of your enemies, as they who sang for joy at the solemn feast, which began in the evening.(:note) night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come upon the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:32:12 @ They shall lament for the (note:)By the breasts he means the plentiful fields, by which men are nourished as children with the breast: or, the mothers for sorrow and heaviness will lack milk.(:note) breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

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:34:14 @ The wild beasts of the desert shall also (note:)Read (Isa_13:21).(:note) meet with the wild beasts of the isle, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

geneva@Isaiah:34:16 @ Seek ye out of the (note:)That is, in the law where such curses are threatened against the wicked.(:note) book of the LORD, and read: no one of That is, beasts and souls. these shall fail, none shall lack her mate: for my That is, the mouth of the Lord. mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

geneva@Isaiah:34:17 @ And he hath cast the (note:)He has given the beasts and souls Idumea for an inheritance.(:note) lot for them, and his hand hath divided it to them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell in it.

geneva@Isaiah:35:9 @ No lion shall be there, nor [any] (note:)As he threatens the wicked with destruction by this, (Isa_30:6).(:note) ravenous beast shall go up on it, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]:

geneva@Isaiah:36:9 @ How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the (note:)He reproaches Hezekiah's small power, which is not able to resist one of Sennacherib's least captains.(:note) least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

geneva@Isaiah:36:18 @ Least Hezekiah deceiue you, saying, The Lord wil deliuer vs. Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his land out of the hand of the King of Asshur?

geneva@Isaiah:37:29 @ Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my (note:)Because Sennacherib showed himself as a devouring fish and furious beast, he uses these similarities to teach how he will take him and guide him.(:note) hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou You will lose your labour. camest.

geneva@Isaiah:40:16 @ And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, nor the beastes thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

geneva@Isaiah:41:2 @ Who raised up the (note:)Who called Abraham (who was the pattern of God's justice in delivering his Church) from the idolatry of the Chaldeans to go to and fro at his commandment and placed him in the land of Canaan.(:note) righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.

geneva@Isaiah:42:11 @ Let the wilderness and its cities lift up [their voice], the villages [that] (note:)Meaning, the Arabians, under whom he comprehends all the people of the East.(:note) Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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:43:20 @ 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:46:1 @ Bel boweth down, (note:)These were the chief idols of Babylon.(:note) Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the Because they were of gold and silver, the Medes and Persians carried them away. beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavily loaded; [they were] a burden to the weary [beast].

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: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: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: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:63:14 @ As the beast goeth downe into the valley, the Spirite of the Lorde gaue them rest: so diddest thou leade thy people, to make thy selfe a glorious Name.

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:66:20 @ 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@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:6:13 @ For from the least of them, euen vnto the greatest of them, euery one is giuen vnto couetousnesse, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, they all deale falsely.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:20 @ Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Beholde, mine anger and my wrath shall be powred vpon this place, vpon man and vpon beast, and vpon the tree of the fielde, and vpon the fruite of the grounde, and it shall burne and not bee quenched.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:33 @ And ye carkeises of this people shalbe meat for the foules of the heauen and for the beastes of the earth, and none shall fraie them away.

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: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:9:10 @ 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:10:14 @ Every man is (note:)The more man thinks to do anything well by his own wisdom, and not as God instructs him, the more he proves himself to be a vile beast.(:note) senseless in [his] knowledge: every goldsmith is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

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:12:9 @ My heritage [is] to me [as] a (note:)Instead of bearing my livery and wearing only my colours, they have change and diversity of colours of their idols and superstitions therefore their enemies as thick as the fowls of the air will come about them to destroy them.(:note) speckled bird, the birds around [are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

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: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:16:4 @ They shal die of deathes and diseases: they shal not be lamented, neither shal they be buried, but they shalbe as dung vpon the earth, and they shalbe consumed by the sword, & by famine, and their carkeises shall be meate for the foules of the heauen, and for the beasts of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:8 @ Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:17 @ I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and (note:)I will show my anger and not my favour toward them.(:note) not the face, in the day of their calamity.

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:19:7 @ 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:21:6 @ And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie, both man, and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

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: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:27:6 @ And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my (note:)Read (Jer_25:9).(:note) servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

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: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:31:34 @ 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:31:40 @ And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, & all the fields vnto the brooke of Kidron, and vnto the corner of the horsegate toward the East, shalbe holy vnto the Lorde, neither shal it be plucked vp nor destroyed any more for euer.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:43 @ And the fields shalbe possessed in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without ma or beast, and shalbe giuen into the hand of the Caldeans.

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:33:12 @ Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Againe in this place, which is desolate, without man, & without beast, and in all the cities thereof there shall be dwelling for shepheards to rest their flockes.

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:36:10 @ Then Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entrance of the (note:)Which is the East gate of the temple.(:note) new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:29 @ And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this scroll, saying, (note:)These are Jehoiakim's words.(:note) Why hast thou written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and beast?

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: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:42:1 @ Then all the captaines of the hoste, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and Iezaniah the sonne of Hoshaaiah, and all the people from the least vnto the most came,

geneva@Jeremiah:42:8 @ Then called he Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, which were with him, & all ye people from ye least to the most,

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: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:49:28 @ Concerning (note:)Meaning the Arabians, and their borders.(:note) Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and lay waste the men of the east.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:3 @ For out of the north (note:)That is, the Medes and the Persians.(:note) there cometh a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:39 @ Therefore the (note:)Read (Isa_13:21).(:note) wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

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:51:39 @ 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:51:62 @ 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@Lamentations:1:4 @ The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come (note:)As they used to come up with mirth and joy, (Psa_42:4).(:note) to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.

geneva@Lamentations:2:6 @ For hee hath destroyed his Tabernacle, as a garden, hee hath destroyed his Congregation: the Lorde hath caused the feastes and Sabbathes to bee forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his wrath the King and the Priest.

geneva@Lamentations:2:7 @ The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a (note:)As the people were accustomed to praising God to the solemn feasts with a loud voice, so now the enemies blaspheme him with shouting and cry.(:note) noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

geneva@Lamentations:4:3 @ Even the sea monsters (note:)Though the dragons are cruel, yet they pity their young, and nourish them, which Jerusalem does not do.(:note) draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: the daughter of my people [is become] cruel, like the The women forsake their children as the ostrich does her eggs, (Job_39:17). ostriches in the wilderness.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:13 @ The similitude also of the beasts, and their appearance was like burning coles of fire, & like the appearance of lampes: for the fire ran among the beastes, and the fire gaue a glister, and out of the fire there went lightning.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:15 @ Nowe as I behelde the beastes, beholde, a wheele appeared vpon the earth by the beastes, hauing foure faces.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:19 @ And when the beastes went, the wheeles went with them: and when the beasts were lift vp from the earth, the wheeles were lift vp.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:20 @ Whither the spirit led them, they went, & thither did the spirite of the wheeles leade them, and the wheeles were lifted vp besides them: for the spirit of the beastes was in the wheeles.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:21 @ When the beastes went, they went, & when they stoode, they stoode, and when they were lifted vp from the earth, the wheeles were lifted vp besides them: for the spirite of the beastes was in the wheeles.

geneva@Ezekiel:1:22 @ And the similitude of the firmament vpon the heads of the beasts was wonderfull, like vnto chrystall, spred ouer their heads aboue.

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:5:17 @ So will I send vpon you famine, and euill beastes, and they shall spoyle thee, and pestilence and blood shall passe through thee, and I will bring the sworde vpon thee: I the Lorde haue spoken it.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:10 @ So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping animals, and (note:)Which were forbidden in the law, (Lev_11:4).(:note) abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around upon the wall.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:16 @ And he caused me to enter into the inner court of the Lordes house, and beholde, at the doore of the Temple of the Lord, betweene the porche and the altar were about fiue and twentie men with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces towarde the East, and they worshipped the sunne, towarde the East.

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:10:14 @ And euery beast had foure faces: the first face was the face of a Cherub, & the second face was the face of a man, and the thirde the face of a lyon, and the fourth the face of an Egle.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:15 @ And the Cherubims were lifted vp: this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer Chebar.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:19 @ And the Cherubims lift vp their wings, and mounted vp from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheeles also were besides them: and euery one stoode at the entrie of the gate of the Lordes House at the East side, and the glorie of the God of Israel was vpo them on hie.

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:11:1 @ Moreouer, the Spirite lift me vp, and brought me vnto the East gate of the Lordes house, which lyeth Eastwarde, and beholde, at the entrie of the gate were fiue and twentie men: among whome I sawe Iaazaniah the sonne of Azur, and Pelatiah the sonne of Benaiah, the princes of the people.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:23 @ And the glorie of the Lord went vp from the middes of the citie, & stoode vpon the moutaine which is towarde the East side of the citie.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:13 @ Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, (note:)Read (Eze_4:16, Eze_5:17; Isa_3:1).(:note) and will break the staff of its bread, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

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:14:19 @ Or if I send a pestilence into this land, and powre out my wrath vpon it in blood, to destroy out of it man and beast,

geneva@Ezekiel:14:21 @ For thus saith the Lord God, Howe much more when I sende my foure sore iudgements vpon Ierusalem, euen the sworde, and famine, and the noysome beast & pestilence, to destroy man and beast out of it?

geneva@Ezekiel:16:7 @ I haue caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou hast gotten excellent ornaments: thy breastes are facioned, thine heare is growen, where as thou wast naked and bare.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:10 @ Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, (note:)By this dry wind he means the Babylonians.(:note) when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

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:21:31 @ And I wil powre out mine indignation vpon thee, and will blowe against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliuer thee into the hand of beastly men, and skilfull to destroy.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:3 @ And they committed harlotries in (note:)They became idolaters after the manner of the Egyptians.(:note) Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

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:23:34 @ Thou shalt euen drinke it, and wring it out to the dregges, and thou shalt breake the sheards thereof, and teare thine owne breasts: for I haue spoken it, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:25:4 @ Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the (note:)That is, to the Babylonians.(:note) men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their They will chase you away, and take your gorgeous houses to dwell in. palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

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:25:13 @ Therefore thus saith the Lorde God, I will also stretch out mine hand vpon Edom, and destroy man and beast out of it, and I will make it desolate from Teman, and they of Dedan shall fall by the sworde.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:26 @ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the (note:)That is, Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:5 @ And I will leaue thee in the wildernes, both thee & al the fish of thy riuers: thou shalt fal vpon ye open field: thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: for I haue giue thee for meat to the beasts of the field, and to the foules of heauen.

geneva@Ezekiel:29:8 @ Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Beholde, I will bring a sworde vpon thee, and destroy man and beast out of thee,

geneva@Ezekiel:29:11 @ No foote of man shall passe by it, nor foote of beast shall passe by it, neither shall it be inhabited fourtie yeeres.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:6 @ All the foules of the heauen made their nestes in his boughes, and vnder his branches did all the beastes of the fielde bring foorth their yong, and vnder his shadowe dwelt all mightie nations.

geneva@Ezekiel:31:13 @ Vpon his ruine shall all the foules of the heauen remaine, and all the beastes of the fielde shall be vpon his branches,

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:32:4 @ Then will I leaue thee vpon the land, and I will cast thee vpon the open field, and I wil cause all the foules of the heauen to remaine vpon thee, and I will fill all the beastes of the field with thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:13 @ I will destroy also all the beastes thereof from the great watersides, neither shall the foote of man trouble them any more, nor the hooues of beast trouble them.

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:34:5 @ And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they (note:)For lack of good government and doctrine they perished.(:note) became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:8 @ As I liue, sayeth the Lorde God, surely because my flocke was spoyled, and my sheepe were deuoured of all the beasts of the fielde, hauing no shepherde, neither did my shepherdes seeke my sheepe, but the shepherdes fedde them selues, and fedde not my sheepe,

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:34:28 @ And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, neither shall the beastes of the land deuoure them, but they shal dwell safely and none shal make them afrayd.

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:36:38 @ 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: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: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:39:11 @ 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:39:17 @ 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:39:18 @ Ye shall eate the flesh of the valiant, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of the weathers, of the lambes, and of the goates, and of bullockes, euen of all fat beastes of Bashan.

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:40:6 @ Then came he vnto the gate, which looketh towarde the East, and went vp the stayres thereof, and measured the poste of the gate, which was one reede broade, and the other poste of the gate, which was one reede broade.

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:40:19 @ Then hee measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate without, vnto the forefront of the court within, an hundreth cubits Eastward and Northward.

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:40:23 @ And the gate of the inner court stoode ouer against the gate towarde the North, and towarde the East, and hee measured from gate to gate an hundreth cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:32 @ Againe he brought me into ye inner court toward the East, and he measured the gate according to these measures.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:44 @ And without the inner gate were ye chambers of the singers in the inner Court, which was at the side of the North gate: and their prospect was towarde the South, and one was at the side of the East gate, hauing the prospect towarde the North.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:14 @ Also the breadth of the forefront of the house and of the separate place towarde the East, was an hundreth cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:9 @ And vnder these chambers was the entrie, on the East side, as one goeth into them from the outward court.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:10 @ The chambers were in the thicknesse of the wall of the court towarde the East, ouer against the separate place, and ouer against the building.

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:42:15 @ Nowe when he had made an ende of measuring the inner house, he brought mee forth toward the gate whose prospect is towarde the East, and measured it round about.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:16 @ He measured the East side with the measuring rod, fiue hundreth reedes, euen with the measuring reede round about.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:1 @ Afterwarde he brought me to the gate, euen the gate that turneth towarde the East.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:2 @ And beholde, the glorie of the God of Israel came from out of the East, whose voyce was like a noyse of great waters, and the earth was made light with his glorie.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:4 @ And the (note:)Which was departed before, (Eze_10:4, Eze_12:22).(:note) glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:17 @ And ye frame shalbe foureteene cubites log, and fourteene broade in the fouresquare corners thereof, & the border about it shalbe halfe a cubite, & the bottome therof shalbe a cubite about, & the steps thereof shalbe turned towarde ye East.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:1 @ Then he brought me towarde the gate of the outwarde Sanctuarie, which turneth towarde the East, and it was shut.

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:45:7 @ 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:45:17 @ And it shalbe ye princes part to giue burnt offrings, and meat offrings, and drinke offrings in the solemne feasts and in the newe moones, & in the Sabbaths, and in all the hie feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sinne offring, and the meat offring, and the burnt offring, and the peace offrings to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:21 @ In the first moneth in the foureteenth day of the moneth, ye shal haue the Passeouer, a feast of seuen dayes, & ye shal eate vnleauened bread.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:23 @ And in the seuen dayes of the feast he shal make a burnt offring to the Lorde, euen of seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes without blemish dayly for seuen dayes, and an hee goate dayly for a sinne offring.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:25 @ In the seuenth moneth, in the fifteenth day of the moneth, shal he do the like in the feast for seuen dayes, according to the sinne offring, according to the burnt offring, and according to the meate offring, and according to the oyle.

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:46:9 @ 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:46:11 @ And in the feastes, and in the solemnities the meat offring shalbe an Ephah to a bullocke, and an Ephah to a ram, and to the lambes, the gift of his hand, and an Hin of oyle to an Ephah.

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: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:47:8 @ 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:47:18 @ But the East side shall ye measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the lande of Israel by Iorden, and from the border vnto the East sea: and so shalbe the East part.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:1 @ Now these [are] the names of the (note:)The tribes after they entered into the land under Joshua divided the land somewhat otherwise then is here set forth by this vision.(:note) tribes. From the north end to the border of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the border of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and] west; a [portion for] Daniel.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:2 @ And by the border of Dan from the East side vnto the West side, a portion for Asher.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:3 @ And by the border of Asher from the East parte euen vnto the West parte a portion for Naphtali.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:4 @ And by the border of Naphtali from the East quarter vnto the West side, a portion for Manasseh.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:5 @ And by the border of Manasseh from the East side vnto the West side a portion for Ephraim.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:6 @ And by the border of Ephraim, from the East part euen vnto the West part, a portion for Reuben.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:7 @ And by the border of Reuben, from the East quarter vnto the West quarter, a portion for Iudah.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:8 @ And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, (note:)That is, the portion of the ground which they will separate and appoint to the Lord which will be divided into three parts for the priests for the prince and for the city.(:note) shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in] length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:10 @ And for them, euen for the Priestes shalbe this holy oblation, towarde the North fiue and twentie thousande long, and towarde the West, ten thousande broade, and towarde the East ten thousand broad, and towarde the South fiue and twentie thousand long, and the Sanctuarie of the Lorde 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:48:17 @ And the suburbes of the citie shall be toward the North two hundreth and fiftie, and towarde the South two hundreth and fiftie, and towarde the East two hundreth and fiftie, and towarde the West two hundreth and fiftie.

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:48:21 @ And the residue shalbe for the prince on the one side and on the other of the oblation of the Sanctuarie, and of the possession of the citie, ouer against the fiue and twentie thousand of the oblation toward the East border, and Westward ouer against the fiue and twentie thousande towarde the West border, ouer against shalbe for the portion of the prince: this shall be the holy oblation, and the house of the Sanctuarie shalbe in the middes thereof.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:23 @ And the rest of the tribes shalbe thus: from the East parte vnto the West parte Beniamin shalbe a portion.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:24 @ And by the border of Beniamin, from the East side vnto the West side Simeon a portion.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:25 @ And by the border of Simeon from the East part vnto the West part, Isshachar a portion.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:26 @ And by the border of Isshachar, from the East side vnto the West, Zebulun a portion.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:27 @ And by the border of Zebulun from the East parte vnto the West part, Gad a portion.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:32 @ And at the East side fiue hundreth and foure thousande, and three gates, and one gate of Ioseph, one gate of Beiamin, & one gate of Daniel.

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:2:38 @ 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: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:4:12 @ {\cf2 (4:9)} The boughes thereof were faire & the fruite thereof much, and in it was meate for all: it made a shadow vnder it for the beastes of the fielde, and the foules of the heauen dwelt in the boughes thereof, and all flesh fedde of it.

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:4:15 @ {\cf2 (4:12)} Neuerthelesse leaue the stumpe of his rootes in the earth, and with a band of yron and brasse binde it among the grasse of the fielde, and let it be wet with the dewe of heauen, and let his portion be with the beastes among the grasse of the fielde.

geneva@Daniel:4:21 @ {\cf2 (4:18)} Whose leaues were faire & the fruit thereof much, and in it was meate for all, vnder the which the beastes of the fielde dwelt, and vpon whose branches the foules of the heauen did sit,

geneva@Daniel:4:23 @ And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and [let] his portion [be] with the beasts of the field, (note:)By which he means a long space, as seven years. Some interpret seven months, and others seven weeks, but it seems he means seven years.(:note) till seven times pass over him;

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:4:32 @ {\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:5:10 @ [Now] the (note:)That is, his grandmother, Nebuchadnezzar's wife, who because of her age was not at the feast before, but came there when she heard of this strange news.(:note) queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: [and] the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

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:7:3 @ And foure great beastes came vp from the sea one diuers from another.

geneva@Daniel:7:5 @ And behold another beast, a second, like to a (note:)Meaning the Persians who were barbarous and cruel.(:note) bear, and it raised up itself on They were small in the beginning, and were shut up in the mountains, and had no strength. one side, and [it had] three ribs in the That is, destroyed many kingdoms and whose hunger could not be satisfied. mouth of it between the teeth of it: That is, the angels by God's commandment, who by this means punished the ingratitude of the world. and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

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:7:11 @ 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:7:17 @ These great beastes which are foure, are foure Kings, which shall arise out of the earth,

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:7:19 @ Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was (note:)For the other three monarchies were governed by a king, and the Roman empire by consuls: the Romans changed their governors yearly, and the other monarchies retained them for term of life: also the Romans were the strongest of all the others, and were never at peace among themselves.(:note) diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth [were of] iron, and his nails [of] brass; [which] devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the Read (Dan_7:7). residue with his feet;

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:7:23 @ Then he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdome in the earth, which shall be vnlike to all the kingdomes, and shall deuoure the whole earth, and shall treade it downe and breake it in pieces.

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: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:8:8 @ 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:8:9 @ And out of one of them came forth a (note:)Which was Antiochus Epiphanes, who was of a servile and flattering nature, and also there were others between him and the kingdom: and therefore he is here called the little horn, because neither princely conditions, nor any other thing was in him, why he should obtain this kingdom.(:note) little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the That is, towards Egypt. south, and toward the By which he means Ptolemais. east, and toward the That is, Judea. pleasant [land].

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:11:44 @ 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.