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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:1:2 @ And the earth was (note:)As an unformed lump and without any creature in it: for the waters covered everything.(:note) without form, and void; and Darkness covered the deep waters, for the waters covered everything. darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God He maintained this disordered mass by his secret power. moved upon the face of the waters.

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:1:6 @ Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

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:1:14 @ And God said, Let there be (note:)By the lights be means the sun, the moon, and the stars.(:note) lights in the firmament of the heaven to Which is the artificial day, from the sun rising, to the going down. divide the day from the night; and let them be for Of things belonging to natural and political orders and seasons. signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

geneva@Genesis:1:15 @ And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

geneva@Genesis:1:16 @ And God made two great (note:)That is, the sun and the moon, and here he speaks as man judges by his eye: for else the moon is less than the planet Saturn.(:note) lights; the greater light to To give it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to serve man's purposes. rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

geneva@Genesis:1:17 @ And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

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:1:26 @ 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:1:29 @ And God said, Behold, I have given you (note:)God's great.(:note) every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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:2:1 @ Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the (note:)That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.(:note) host of them.

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:2:8 @ And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in (note:)This was the name of a place, as some think in Mesopotamia, most pleasant and abundant in all things.(:note) Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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:2:10 @ And out of Eden went a riuer to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heads.

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:2:13 @ And the name of the seconde riuer is Gihon: the same compasseth the whole lande of Cush.

geneva@Genesis:2:14 @ The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath)

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:2:20 @ The man therefore gaue names vnto all cattell, and to the foule of the heauen, and to euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam founde he not an helpe meete for him.

geneva@Genesis:2:25 @ And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not (note:)For before sin entered, all things were honest and comely.(:note) ashamed.

geneva@Genesis:3:1 @ Now the serpent was more (note:)As Satan can change himself into an angel of light, so did he abuse the wisdom of the serpent to deceive man.(:note) subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he God allowed Satan to make the serpent his instrument and to speak through him. said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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:3:12 @ 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:3:13 @ And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, (note:)Instead of confessing her sin, she increases it by accusing the serpent.(:note) The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

geneva@Genesis:3:14 @ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, (note:)He asked the reason from Adam and his wife, because he would bring them to repentance, but he does not ask the serpent, because he would show him no mercy.(:note) Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and As a vile and contemptible beast, (Isa_65:25). dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

geneva@Genesis:3:15 @ And I will put enmity between (note:)He chiefly means Satan, by whose action and deceit the serpent deceived the woman.(:note) thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy That is, the power of sin and death. head, and thou shalt Satan shall sting Christ and his members, but not overcome them. bruise his heel.

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:3:20 @ (And the man called his wiues name Heuah, because she was the mother of all liuing)

geneva@Genesis:3:22 @ And the LORD God said, (note:)By this derision by reproaches Adam's misery, into which he was fallen by ambition.(:note) Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and Adam deprived of life, lost also the sign of it. take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

geneva@Genesis:4:1 @ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she (note:)Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it was changed.(:note) conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man That is, according to the Lord's promise, as some read (Gen_3:15), «To the Lord» rejoicing for the son she had born, whom she would offer to the Lord as the first fruits of her birth. from the LORD.

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:4:7 @ If thou doest well, shalt thou not be (note:)Both you and your sacrifice shall be acceptable to me.(:note) accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the Sin will still torment your conscience. door. And unto thee [shall be] his The dignity of the first born is given to Cain over Abel. desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

geneva@Genesis:4:10 @ And he said, What hast thou done? the (note:)God avenges the wrongs against his saints, though no one complains: for the iniquity itself cries for vengeance.(:note) voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

geneva@Genesis:4:11 @ And now [art] thou cursed (note:)The earth will be a witness against you, which mercifully received the blood you most cruelly shed.(:note) from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

geneva@Genesis:4:13 @ And Cain said unto the LORD, (note:)He burdens God as a cruel judge because he punished him so severely.(:note) My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.

geneva@Genesis:4:14 @ Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.

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:4:17 @ And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a (note:)Thinking by this to be safe, and to have less reason to fear God's judgments against him.(:note) city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

geneva@Genesis:4:18 @ And to Henoch was borne Irad, and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methushael, and Methushael begate Lamech.

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:4:24 @ If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech (note:)He mocked at God's tolerance in Cain jesting as though God would allow no one to punish him and yet give him permission to murder others.(:note) seventy and sevenfold.

geneva@Genesis:4:25 @ And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.

geneva@Genesis:4:26 @ And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to (note:)In these days God began to move the hearts of the godly to restore religion, which had been suppressed by the wicked for a long time.(:note) call upon the name of the LORD.

geneva@Genesis:5:2 @ Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name (note:)By giving them both one name, he notes the inseparable conjunction of man and wife.(:note) Adam, in the day when they were created.

geneva@Genesis:5:3 @ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own (note:)As well, concerning his creation, as his corruption.(:note) likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

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:5:21 @ Also Henoch liued sixtie & fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah.

geneva@Genesis:5:22 @ And Enoch (note:)That is, he led an upright and godly life.(:note) walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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:5:25 @ Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech.

geneva@Genesis:5:26 @ And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

geneva@Genesis:5:27 @ So al the dayes of Methushelah were nine hundreth sixtie and nine yeeres: and he died.

geneva@Genesis:5:28 @ Then Lamech liued an hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate a sonne,

geneva@Genesis:5:29 @ And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall (note:)Lamech had respect for the promise, (Gen_3:15), and desired to see the deliverer who would be sent and yet saw but a figure of it. He spoke this by the spirit of prophecy because Noah delivered the Church and preserved it by his obedience.(:note) comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

geneva@Genesis:5:30 @ And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

geneva@Genesis:5:31 @ So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died.

geneva@Genesis:6:1 @ So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,

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:6:7 @ 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:6:8 @ But Noah (note:)God was merciful to him.(:note) found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

geneva@Genesis:6:9 @ These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a iust and vpright man in his time: and Noah walked with God.

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:6:13 @ And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.

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:6:19 @ And of euery liuing thing, of all flesh two of euery sort shalt thou cause to come into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shalbe male and female.

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:7:1 @ And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen (note:)In respect to the rest of the world, and because he had a desire to serve God and live uprightly.(:note) righteous before me in this generation.

geneva@Genesis:7:9 @ There (note:)God compelled them to present themselves to Noah, as they did before to Adam, when he gave them names, (Gen_2:19).(:note) went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

geneva@Genesis:7:11 @ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the (note:)Both the waters in the earth overflowed and also the clouds poured down.(:note) fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

geneva@Genesis:7:13 @ In the selfe same day entred Noah with Shem, and Ham and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them into the Arke.

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: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:8:9 @ 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:8:13 @ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the (note:)Called in Hebrew Abib, part of March and part of April.(:note) first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

geneva@Genesis:8:18 @ So Noah came forth, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him.

geneva@Genesis:8:21 @ And the LORD smelled a (note:)That is, by it he showed himself appeased and his anger at rest.(:note) sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

geneva@Genesis:8:22 @ While the earth remaineth, (note:)The order of nature destroyed by the flood, is restored by God's promise.(:note) seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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:9:12 @ 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:9:23 @ Then tooke Shem & Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.

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:10:2 @ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and (note:)Of Madai and Javan came the Medes and Greeks.(:note) Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

geneva@Genesis:10:3 @ And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

geneva@Genesis:10:5 @ By these were the (note:)So do the Jews call all countries which are separated from them by sea, as Greece, Italy etc, which were given to the children of Japheth, of whom came the Gentiles.(:note) isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

geneva@Genesis:10:6 @ And the sons of Ham; (note:)Of Cush and Mizraim came the Ethiopians and Egyptians.(:note) Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:10:8 @ And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a (note:)Meaning, a cruel oppressor and tyrant.(:note) mighty one in the earth.

geneva@Genesis:10:9 @ He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even (note:)His tyranny came into a proverb as hated both by God and man: for he did not cease to commit cruelty even in God's presence.(:note) as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

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

geneva@Genesis:10:13 @ And Mizraim begat (note:)Of Lud came the Lydians.(:note) Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

geneva@Genesis:10:14 @ Pathrusim also, & Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) and Caphtorims.

geneva@Genesis:10:19 @ Then the border of the Canaanites was from Zidon, as thou commest to Gerar vntil Azzah, and as thou goest vnto Sodom, & Gomorah, and Admah, and Zeboijm, euen vnto Lasha.

geneva@Genesis:10:21 @ Unto (note:)In his stock the Church was preserved: therefore Moses stops speaking of Japheth and Ham, and speaks of Shem extensively.(:note) Shem also, the father of all the children of Of whom came the Hebrews or Jews. Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.

geneva@Genesis:10:25 @ And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth (note:)This division came by the diversity of language, as appears in (Gen_11:9).(:note) divided; and his brother's name [was] Joktan.

geneva@Genesis:10:30 @ And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar a mount of the East.

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:11:3 @ And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

geneva@Genesis:11:4 @ And they said, Go to, let us (note:)They were moved with pride and ambition, preferring their own glory to God's honour.(:note) build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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:11:9 @ Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.

geneva@Genesis:11:10 @ These [are] the generations (note:)He returns to the genealogy of Shem, to come to the history of Abram, in which the Church of God is described, which is Moses' principle purpose.(:note) of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

geneva@Genesis:11:27 @ Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat (note:)He makes mention first of Abram, not because he was the first born, but for the history which properly belongs to him. Also Abram at the confusion of tongues was 43 years old, for in the destruction of Sodom he was 99 and it was destroyed 52 years after the confusion of tongues.(:note) Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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:11:31 @ And (note:)Though the oracle of God came to Abram, yet the honour is given to Terah, because he was the father.(:note) Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Which was a city of Mesopotamia. Haran, and dwelt there.

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:12:2 @ And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be (note:)The world shall recover by your seed, which is Christ, the blessing which they lost in Adam.(:note) a blessing:

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:12:7 @ And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he (note:)It was not enough for him to worship God in his heart, but it was expedient to declare by outward profession his faith before men, of which this altar was a sign.(:note) an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

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:12:12 @ 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:12:14 @ Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire.

geneva@Genesis:12:15 @ The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was (note:)To be his wife.(:note) taken into Pharaoh's house.

geneva@Genesis:12:16 @ Who intreated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheepe, and beeues, and hee asses, and men seruants and maide seruants, and shee asses, and camelles.

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:12:20 @ 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:13:3 @ And he went on his journeys from the south even to (note:)He calls the place by the name which was later given to it, (Gen_23:19).(:note) Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

geneva@Genesis:13:4 @ Vnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the Lord.

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:13:7 @ And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the (note:)Who seeing their contention, might blaspheme God and destroy them.(:note) Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

geneva@Genesis:13:8 @ And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no (note:)He cuts off the opportunity for contention: therefore the evil ceases.(:note) strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren.

geneva@Genesis:13:9 @ [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt (note:)Abram resigns his own right to buy peace.(:note) take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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:13:13 @ But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and (note:)Lot thinking to get paradise, found hell.(:note) sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

geneva@Genesis:13:15 @ For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for (note:)Meaning a long time, and till the coming of Christ as in (Exo_12:14, Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17) and spiritually this refers to the true children of Abram born according to the promise, and not according to the flesh, which are heirs of the true land of Canaan.(:note) ever.

geneva@Genesis:13:18 @ Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.

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:14:2 @ These men made warre with Bera King of Sodom, and with Birsha King of Gomorah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar.

geneva@Genesis:14:4 @ Twelue yeere were they subiect to Chedor-laomer, but in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled.

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:14:9 @ To wit, with Chedor-laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: foure Kings against fiue.

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:14:12 @ And they (note:)The godly are plagued many times with the wicked: therefore their company is dangerous.(:note) took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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:14:16 @ And he recouered all the substance, and also brought againe his brother Lot, & his goods, and the women also and the people.

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:14:18 @ And Melchizedek king of Salem (note:)For Abram and his soldiers refreshment, not to offer sacrifice.(:note) brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.

geneva@Genesis:14:19 @ And he (note:)Melchizedek fed Abram, declared himself to represent a king, and he blessed him as the high priest.(:note) blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

geneva@Genesis:14:21 @ Then the King of Sodom saide to Abram, Giue me the persons, and take the goodes to thy selfe.

geneva@Genesis:15:1 @ After these things, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.

geneva@Genesis:15:2 @ And Abram said, (note:)His fear was not only lest he should not have children, but lest the promise of the blessed seed should not be accomplished in him.(:note) Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?

geneva@Genesis:15:3 @ Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

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:15:8 @ 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:15:9 @ Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon.

geneva@Genesis:15:14 @ Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

geneva@Genesis:15:16 @ But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the (note:)Though God tolerates the wicked for a time, yet his vengeance falls on them when the measure of their wickedness is full.(:note) iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

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:16:8 @ And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I flie from my dame Sarai.

geneva@Genesis:16:11 @ Also the Angel of the Lord said vnto her, See, thou art with childe, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Ishmael: for the Lorde hath heard thy tribulation.

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:16:15 @ And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

geneva@Genesis:17:1 @ When Abram was ninetie yeere olde and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. walke before me, and be thou vpright,

geneva@Genesis:17:2 @ And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

geneva@Genesis:17:4 @ As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a (note:)Not only physical descendants, but of a far greater multitude by faith, (Rom_4:17).(:note) father of many nations.

geneva@Genesis:17:5 @ Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be (note:)The changing of his name is a seal to confirm God's promise to him.(:note) Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

geneva@Genesis:17:7 @ Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

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:17:14 @ 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:17:15 @ Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

geneva@Genesis:17:16 @ And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.

geneva@Genesis:17:19 @ And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an (note:)The everlasting covenant is made with the children of the Spirit. A temporary promise is made with the children of the flesh, as was promised to Ishmael.(:note) everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.

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:17:26 @ The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his sonne:

geneva@Genesis:17:27 @ And all the men of his house, both borne in his house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

geneva@Genesis:18:2 @ And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three (note:)That is, three angels in the shape of men.(:note) men stood by him: and when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

geneva@Genesis:18:3 @ And said, My (note:)Speaking to the one who appeared to be most majestic, for he thought they were men.(:note) Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

geneva@Genesis:18:4 @ Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and (note:)For men used to go bare footed in those parts because of the heat.(:note) wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

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:18:6 @ Then Abraham made haste into the tent vnto Sarah, and saide, Make ready at once three measures of fine meale: kneade it, and make cakes vpon the hearth.

geneva@Genesis:18:8 @ And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and (note:)For as God gave them bodies for a time, so he gave them the abilities of them, to walk, to eat and drink, and such like.(:note) they did eat.

geneva@Genesis:18:10 @ And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of (note:)That is, about this time when she shall be alive, or when the child shall come into this life.(:note) life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.

geneva@Genesis:18:11 @ (Nowe Abraham and Sarah were old and striken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women)

geneva@Genesis:18:14 @ (Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)

geneva@Genesis:18:16 @ Afterwarde the men did rise vp from thence and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

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:18:22 @ And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.

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:19:1 @ And there came two (note:)In which we see God's provident care in preserving his: even though he does not reveal himself to all alike: for Lot had but two angels, and Abraham three.(:note) angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

geneva@Genesis:19:3 @ And (note:)That is, he begged them so insistently.(:note) he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they Not because they had need, but because the time was not yet come for them to reveal themselves. did eat.

geneva@Genesis:19:4 @ But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, (note:)Nothing is more dangerous than to live where sin reigns: for it corrupts all.(:note) all the people from every quarter:

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:19:8 @ Behold now, I have two (note:)He deserves praise for defending his guests, but he is to be blamed for seeking unlawful means.(:note) daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; That I should preserve them from all injury. for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

geneva@Genesis:19:9 @ Then they said, Away hence, and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? We will nowe deale worse with thee then with them. So they preassed sore vpon Lot himselfe, and came to breake the doore.

geneva@Genesis:19:10 @ But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them & shut to ye doore.

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:19:12 @ Then the men said vnto Lot, Whom hast thou yet here? Either sonne in lawe, or thy sonnes, or thy daughters, or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring it out of this place.

geneva@Genesis:19:14 @ Then Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe, which maried his daughters, and said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy the citie: but he seemed to his sonnes in lawe as though he had mocked.

geneva@Genesis:19:15 @ And when the morning arose, the Angels hasted Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be destroyed in the punishment of the citie.

geneva@Genesis:19:16 @ And while he (note:)The mercy of God strives to overcome man's slowness in following God's calling.(:note) lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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:19:19 @ Behold now, thy seruant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercie, which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauing my life: and I cannot escape in the mountaine, least some euill take me, and I die.

geneva@Genesis:19:20 @ Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a (note:)Though it is little, yet it is great enough to save my life: in which he errs by choosing another place than the angel had appointed him.(:note) little one?) and my soul shall live.

geneva@Genesis:19:22 @ Haste thee, escape thither; for I (note:)Because God's commandment was to destroy the city and to save Lot.(:note) cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Which before was called Belah, in (Gen_14:2). Zoar.

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:19:30 @ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he (note:)Having felt God's mercy, he did not dare provoke him again by continuing among the wicked.(:note) feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

geneva@Genesis:19:31 @ And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the (note:)Meaning in the country which the Lord had now destroyed.(:note) earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

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:19:36 @ Thus were (note:)Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of Sodom could not overcome.(:note) both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

geneva@Genesis:19:37 @ And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the (note:)Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked.(:note) Moabites unto this day.

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:20:2 @ And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (note:)Abraham had now twice fallen into this sin: such is man's frailty.(:note) She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

geneva@Genesis:20:3 @ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, (note:)So greatly God detests the breach of marriage.(:note) thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife.

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:20:5 @ Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my (note:)As one falling by ignorance, and not doing evil on purpose.(:note) heart and Not thinking to do any man harm. innocency of my hands have I done this.

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:20:8 @ Then Abimelech rising vp early in ye morning, called all his seruants, and tolde all these things vnto them, and the men were sore afraid.

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:20:12 @ And yet indeed [she is] my (note:)By sister, he means his full cousin, and by daughter Abraham's niece, (Gen_11:29) for so the Hebrews use these words.(:note) sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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:20:14 @ Then tooke Abimelech sheepe & beeues, & men seruants, & women seruants, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

geneva@Genesis:20:15 @ And Abimelech saide, Beholde, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

geneva@Genesis:20:17 @ Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children.

geneva@Genesis:20:18 @ For the LORD (note:)Had taken away from them the gift of conceiving.(:note) had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

geneva@Genesis:21:2 @ For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his (note:)Therefore the miracle was greater.(:note) old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

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

geneva@Genesis:21:13 @ And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make (note:)The Ishmaelites will come from him.(:note) a nation, because he [is] thy seed.

geneva@Genesis:21:14 @ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and (note:)True faith renounces all natural affections to obey God's commandment.(:note) sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

geneva@Genesis:21:17 @ And God (note:)For his promise sake made to Abraham; and not because the child had discretion and judgment to pray.(:note) heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].

geneva@Genesis:21:19 @ And God (note:)Unless God opens our eyes, we can neither see, nor use the means which are before us.(:note) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

geneva@Genesis:21:20 @ And God was (note:)Concerning outward things God caused him to prosper.(:note) with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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:21:25 @ And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.

geneva@Genesis:21:26 @ And Abimelech said, (note:)Wicked servants do many evils unknown to their masters.(:note) I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.

geneva@Genesis:21:27 @ Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.

geneva@Genesis:21:29 @ Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

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:21:33 @ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and (note:)That is, he worshipped God in all points of true religion.(:note) called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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:22:8 @ And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a (note:)The only way to overcome all temptation is to rest on God's providence.(:note) burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

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:22:13 @ And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.

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:22:15 @ And the Angel of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the second time,

geneva@Genesis:22:24 @ And his (note:)Concubine is often used to refer to those women who were inferior to the wives.(:note) concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

geneva@Genesis:23:2 @ Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her.

geneva@Genesis:23:3 @ And Abraham (note:)That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affection is commendable.(:note) stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

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:23:13 @ And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seeing thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the fielde: receiue it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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:23:16 @ So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchants.

geneva@Genesis:23:19 @ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

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:24:4 @ 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:24:5 @ And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? Shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?

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:24:10 @ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the (note:)That is, to Charran.(:note) city of Nahor.

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:24:12 @ And he said, O (note:)He grounds his prayer on God's promise made to his master.(:note) LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

geneva@Genesis:24:13 @ Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe 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:24:17 @ Then the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let me drinke, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher.

geneva@Genesis:24:19 @ And when she had giuen him drinke, she said, I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue drunken inough.

geneva@Genesis:24:20 @ And she powred out her pitcher into the trough speedily; and ranne againe vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels.

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:24:23 @ And he said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee, Is there roume in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?

geneva@Genesis:24:25 @ Moreouer she said vnto him, We haue litter also & prouender ynough, & roume to lodge in.

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:24:31 @ And he saide, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I haue prepared the house, & roume for ye camels?

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:24:35 @ And the LORD hath (note:)To bless signifies here to enrich, or increase with substance as the text in the same verse declares.(:note) blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

geneva@Genesis:24:37 @ And my master made me swear, saying, (note:)The Canaanites were cursed, and therefore the godly could not join with them in marriage.(:note) Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

geneva@Genesis:24:38 @ But thou shalt go unto my (note:)Meaning among his relatives, as in (Gen_24:40).(:note) father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

geneva@Genesis:24:39 @ Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not followe me?

geneva@Genesis:24:40 @ Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne of my kinred and my fathers house.

geneva@Genesis:24:41 @ Then shalt thou be clear from [this] (note:)Which by my authority I caused you to make.(:note) my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou shalt be clear from my oath.

geneva@Genesis:24:42 @ So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lorde, the God of my master Abraham, if thou nowe prosper my iourney which I goe,

geneva@Genesis:24:43 @ Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,

geneva@Genesis:24:44 @ And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let her be ye wife, which the Lord hath prepared for my masters sonne.

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:24:46 @ And she made haste, and tooke downe her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the camels drinke also.

geneva@Genesis:24:47 @ Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands:

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:24:53 @ Then the seruant tooke foorth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekah: also vnto her brother and to her mother he gaue gifts.

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:24:59 @ So they let Rebekah their sister goe, & her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men.

geneva@Genesis:24:61 @ Then Rebekah arose, & her maydes, and rode vpon the camels, and followed the man; the seruant tooke Rebekah, and departed.

geneva@Genesis:24:62 @ Nowe Izhak came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, (for he dwelt in the South countrey)

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:24:64 @ Also Rebekah lift vp her eyes, & when she saw Izhak, she lighted downe from the camel.

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:25:1 @ Then again Abraham (note:)While Sarah was yet alive.(:note) took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

geneva@Genesis:25:2 @ Which bare him Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

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:25:12 @ Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.

geneva@Genesis:25:13 @ And these are the names of the sonnes of Ishmael, name by name, according to their kinreds; the eldest sonne of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

geneva@Genesis:25:16 @ These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castles: to wit, twelue princes of their nations.

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:25:24 @ Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.

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:25:26 @ And afterward came his brother out, and his hande helde Esau by the heele: therefore his name was called Iaakob. Nowe Izhak was threescore yeere olde when Rebekah bare them.

geneva@Genesis:25:28 @ And Izhak loued Esau, for venison was his meate, but Rebekah loued Iaakob.

geneva@Genesis:25:29 @ Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie.

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:25:31 @ And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.

geneva@Genesis:25:32 @ And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what (note:)The reprobate do not value God's benefits unless they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures.(:note) profit shall this birthright do to me?

geneva@Genesis:25:33 @ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he (note:)Thus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite.(:note) sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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:26:3 @ Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

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:26:16 @ Then Abimelech sayde vnto Izhak, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then wee a great deale.

geneva@Genesis:26:17 @ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the (note:)The Hebrew word signifies a flood, or valley, where water at any time runs.(:note) valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

geneva@Genesis:26:18 @ And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.

geneva@Genesis:26:20 @ But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the wel Esek, because they were at strife with him.

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

geneva@Genesis:26:22 @ Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.

geneva@Genesis:26:24 @ And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God (note:)God assures Isaac against all fear by rehearsing the promise made to Abraham.(:note) of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

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:26:26 @ Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friendes, and Phichol the captaine of his armie.

geneva@Genesis:26:27 @ To whom Izhak sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate mee and haue put mee away from you?

geneva@Genesis:26:31 @ And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.

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:26:33 @ So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.

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:27:12 @ My father may possibly feele me, and I shal seem to him to be a mocker: so shall I bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.

geneva@Genesis:27:13 @ And his mother said unto him, (note:)The assurance of God's decree made her bold.(:note) Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].

geneva@Genesis:27:14 @ So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.

geneva@Genesis:27:17 @ Afterward she put the pleasant meate and bread, which she had prepared, in the hand of her sonne Iaakob.

geneva@Genesis:27:18 @ And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne?

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:27:25 @ 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:27:26 @ Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne.

geneva@Genesis:27:27 @ And hee came neere and kissed him. Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes, and blessed him, and sayde, Behold, the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde, which the Lorde hath blessed.

geneva@Genesis:27:30 @ And when Izhak had made an ende of blessing Iaakob, and Iaakob was scarce gone out from the presence of Izhak his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting,

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:27:34 @ When Esau heard the wordes of his father, he cryed out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayde vnto his father, Blesse me, euen me also, my father.

geneva@Genesis:27:35 @ Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken away thy blessing.

geneva@Genesis:27:36 @ And he said, Is not he rightly named (note:)In (Gen_25:26) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver.(:note) Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

geneva@Genesis:27:38 @ Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept.

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:27:41 @ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; (note:)Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men.(:note) then will I slay my brother Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:27:45 @ Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be (note:)For the wicked son will kill the godly: and the plague of God will later come on the wicked son.(:note) deprived also of you both in one day?

geneva@Genesis:27:46 @ And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the (note:)Who were Esau's wives.(:note) daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, By this she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob's leaving. what good shall my life do me?

geneva@Genesis:28:11 @ And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place.

geneva@Genesis:28:12 @ And he dreamed, and behold a (note:)Christ is the ladder by which God and man are joined together, and by whom the angels minister to us: all graces are given to us by him, and we ascend to heaven by him.(:note) ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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:28:19 @ 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:29:1 @ Then Jacob (note:)Or, «lifted up his feet».(:note) went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

geneva@Genesis:29:6 @ And he said unto them, (note:)Or, «he is in peace?» by which the Hebrews mean prosperity.(:note) [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

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:29:9 @ While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them.

geneva@Genesis:29:10 @ And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, & rolled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

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:29:15 @ For Laban sayde vnto Iaakob, Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for nought? tell me, what shalbe thy wages?

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:29:20 @ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a (note:)Meaning after the years were accomplished.(:note) few days, for the love he had to her.

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:29:22 @ Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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:29:25 @ But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then sayde he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to mee? did not I serue thee for Rahel? wherfore then hast thou beguiled me?

geneva@Genesis:29:27 @ Fulfill seuen yeeres for her, and we wil also giue thee this for the seruice, which thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeeres more.

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:29:34 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.

geneva@Genesis:29:35 @ Moreouer shee conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Nowe will I prayse the Lorde: therefore shee called his name Iudah, and left bearing.

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:30:6 @ Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Daniel.

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:30:11 @ And Leah said, (note:)That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains this name Gad (Gen_49:19).(:note) A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

geneva@Genesis:30:13 @ Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me; she called his name, Asher.

geneva@Genesis:30:14 @ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found (note:)Which is a kind of herb whose root has a likeness to the figure of a man.(:note) mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

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:30:18 @ And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my (note:)Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.(:note) maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

geneva@Genesis:30:20 @ Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun.

geneva@Genesis:30:21 @ After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah.

geneva@Genesis:30:22 @ And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.

geneva@Genesis:30:23 @ And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my (note:)Because fruitfulness came as God's blessing, who said «Increase and multiply», barrenness was counted as a curse.(:note) reproach:

geneva@Genesis:30:24 @ And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.

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:30:26 @ Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.

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:30:28 @ Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee.

geneva@Genesis:30:29 @ But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

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:30:31 @ Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.

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:30:37 @ And Jacob (note:)Jacob used no deceit in this for it was God's commandment as he declares in (Gen_31:9, Gen_31:11).(:note) took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods.

geneva@Genesis:30:38 @ Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)

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:30:43 @ So the man encreased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses.

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:31:7 @ But your father hath deceiued me, & changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.

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:31:11 @ And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob; I answered, Lo, I am here.

geneva@Genesis:31:15 @ Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath (note:)For they were given to Jacob as payment for his service, which was a kind of sale.(:note) sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

geneva@Genesis:31:17 @ Then Iaakob rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.

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:31:28 @ But thou hast not suffered me to kisse my sonnes and my daughters: nowe thou hast done foolishly in doing so.

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:31:33 @ Then came Laban into Iaakobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde them not. So hee went out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rahels tent.

geneva@Genesis:31:34 @ (Nowe Rahel had taken the idoles, & put them in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them) and Laban searched al the tent, but found them not.

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:31:38 @ This twenty yere I haue bin with thee: thine ewes & thy goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

geneva@Genesis:31:40 @ I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes.

geneva@Genesis:31:41 @ Thus haue I bene twentie yeere in thine house, and serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeeres for thy sheepe, and thou hast changed my wages tenne times.

geneva@Genesis:31:42 @ Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the (note:)That is, the God whom Isaac feared and reverenced.(:note) fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.

geneva@Genesis:31:44 @ Now therefore (note:)His conscience reproved him for his misbehaviour toward Jacob, and therefore moved him to seek peace.(:note) come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:47 @ And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (note:)The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.(:note) Galeed.

geneva@Genesis:31:48 @ For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.

geneva@Genesis:31:49 @ And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD (note:)To punish the trespasser.(:note) watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

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:31:51 @ Moreouer Laban sayd to Iaakob, Beholde this heape, and behold the pillar, which I haue set betweene 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:31:53 @ The God of Abraham, and the God of (note:)Behold, how the idolaters mingle the true God with their false gods.(:note) Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Meaning, by the true God whom Isaac worshipped. fear of his father Isaac.

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:32:1 @ Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.

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:32:3 @ Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:

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:32:6 @ So ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men with him.

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:32:8 @ For he said, If Esau come to ye one copanie and smite it, the other companie shall escape.

geneva@Genesis:32:9 @ Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,

geneva@Genesis:32:10 @ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my (note:)that is, poor and without all provision.(:note) staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

geneva@Genesis:32:11 @ Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the (note:)Meaning, he will put all to death. This proverb comes from those who kill the bird together with the young ones.(:note) mother with the children.

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:32:14 @ Two hundreth shee goates & twenty hee goates, two hundreth ewes & twentie rammes:

geneva@Genesis:32:15 @ Thirtie mylche camels with their coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bullockes, twentie she asses and ten foles.

geneva@Genesis:32:16 @ So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, & put a space betweene droue and droue.

geneva@Genesis:32:17 @ And he commanded the formost, saying, If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose seruant art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these before thee?

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:32:22 @ And he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok.

geneva@Genesis:32:26 @ And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me.

geneva@Genesis:32:27 @ Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.

geneva@Genesis:32:28 @ And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou (note:)God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also the praise of the victory.(:note) power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

geneva@Genesis:32:29 @ Then Iaakob demaded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name; he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? & he blessed him there

geneva@Genesis:32:30 @ And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.

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:33:1 @ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he (note:)That if the one part were assailed, the other might escape.(:note) divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

geneva@Genesis:33:3 @ And he passed over before them, and (note:)By this gesture he partly revered his brother and partly prayed to God to appease Esau's wrath.(:note) bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

geneva@Genesis:33:4 @ Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, & they wept.

geneva@Genesis:33:5 @ And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and saide, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are ye childre whome God of his grace hath giuen thy seruant.

geneva@Genesis:33:6 @ Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they (note:)Jacob and his family are the image of the Church under the yoke of tyrants who out of fear are brought to subjection.(:note) bowed themselves.

geneva@Genesis:33:7 @ Leah also with her children came nere and made obeysance: and after Ioseph & Rahel drew neere, and did reuerence.

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:33:10 @ 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:33:14 @ 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:33:15 @ Then Esau said, I will leaue then some of my folke with thee; he answered, what needeth this? let me finde grace in the sight of my lorde.

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

geneva@Genesis:33:17 @ And Iaakob went forwarde towarde Succoth, and built him an house, & made boothes for his cattell: therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.

geneva@Genesis:33:18 @ Afterward, Iaakob came safe to Sheche a citie, which is in the lande of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched before the citie.

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:34:11 @ Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.

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:34:20 @ And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the (note:)For the people used to assemble there, and justice was administered.(:note) gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

geneva@Genesis:34:21 @ These men [are] (note:)Thus many pretend to speak for a public profit, when in reality they are only speaking for their own private gain and convenience.(:note) peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

geneva@Genesis:34:22 @ Onely herein will the men consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people, if all the men children among vs be circumcised as they are 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:34:27 @ Againe the other sonnes of Iaakob came vpon the dead, and spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister.

geneva@Genesis:34:30 @ Then Iaakob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me, and made me stinke among the inhabitats of the land, aswell the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and and I being few in nomber, they shall gather theselues together against me, & slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroied.

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:35:3 @ For we will rise and goe vp to Beth-el, and I will make an altar there vnto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went.

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:35:8 @ Then Deborah Rebekahs nourse dyed, and was buried beneath Beth-el vnder an oke: and he called the name of it Allon Bachuth.

geneva@Genesis:35:9 @ Againe God appeared vnto Iaakob, after he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him.

geneva@Genesis:35:10 @ Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel.

geneva@Genesis:35:11 @ Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.

geneva@Genesis:35:13 @ And God (note:)As God is said to descend, when he shows some sign of his presence: so he is said to ascend when a vision is ended.(:note) went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

geneva@Genesis:35:15 @ And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el.

geneva@Genesis:35:16 @ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a (note:)The Hebrew word signifies as much ground as one can cover from resting point to resting point, which is taken for half a days journey.(:note) little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

geneva@Genesis:35:18 @ Then as she was about to yeelde vp the Ghost (for she died) she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Beniamin.

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:35:23 @ The sonnes of Leah: Reuben Iaakobs eldest sonne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

geneva@Genesis:35:27 @ Then Iaakob came vnto Izhak his father to Mamre a citie of Arbah: this is Hebron, where Abraham and Izhak were strangers.

geneva@Genesis:36:10 @ These are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphaz, the sonne of Adah, the wife of Esau, & Reuel the sonne of Bashemath, the wife of Esau.

geneva@Genesis:36:15 @ These [were] (note:)If God's promises are so sure towards those who are not of his household, how much more will he perform the same for us?(:note) dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

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:36:18 @ Likewise these were the sonnes of Aholibamah Esaus wife: Duke Ieush, Duke Iaalam, Duke Korah: these Dukes came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah Esaus wife.

geneva@Genesis:36:30 @ Duke Dishon, Duke Ezer, Duke Dishan: these bee the Dukes of the Horites, after their Dukedomes in the land of Seir.

geneva@Genesis:36:32 @ Then Bela the sonne of Beor reigned in Edom, & the name of his citie was Dinhabah.

geneva@Genesis:36:35 @ And after the death of Husham, Hadad the sonne of Bedad, which slewe Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his steade, and the name of his citie was Auith.

geneva@Genesis:36:39 @ And after the death of Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor, Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his citie was Pau: and his wiues name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

geneva@Genesis:36:40 @ Then these are the names of the Dukes of Esau according to their families, their places and by their names: Duke Timna, Duke Aluah, Duke Ietheth,

geneva@Genesis:36:43 @ Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau the father of the (note:)Of Edom came the Idumeans.(:note) Edomites.

geneva@Genesis:37:1 @ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a (note:)That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family as in (Gen_5:1)(:note) stranger, in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:37:5 @ And Joseph (note:)God revealed to him by a dream what should come to pass.(:note) dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

geneva@Genesis:37:6 @ For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.

geneva@Genesis:37:9 @ Againe hee dreamed an other dreame, & tolde it his brethren, and saide, Behold, I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the Sunne and the Moone & eleuen starres did reuerence to me.

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:37:13 @ And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? Come and I will send thee to them.

geneva@Genesis:37:14 @ And he answered him, I am here. Then he saide vnto him, Goe now, see whether it bee well with thy brethren, and how the flocks prosper, and bring me word againe. So hee sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

geneva@Genesis:37:16 @ And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe.

geneva@Genesis:37:18 @ And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they (note:)The Holy Spirit does not cover the faults of men, as vain writers do, who make virtues out of vices.(:note) conspired against him to slay him.

geneva@Genesis:37:19 @ For they sayd one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth.

geneva@Genesis:37:20 @ Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked beast hath deuoured him: then wee shall see, what will come of his dreames.

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:37:25 @ Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a companie of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to cary it downe into Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:37:27 @ Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.

geneva@Genesis:37:28 @ Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the (note:)Moses writes according to the opinion of those who took the Midianites and Ishmaelites to be one, and here mixes their names: as also appears in (Gen_37:36, Gen_39:1) or else he was first offered to the Midianites, but sold to the Ishmaelites.(:note) Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:37:32 @ And they sent the coat of [many] colours, (note:)That is, the messengers who were sent.(:note) and they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son's coat or no.

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:38:2 @ And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; (note:)A relationship which nonetheless was condemned by God.(:note) and he took her, and went in unto her.

geneva@Genesis:38:3 @ So she conceiued and bare a sonne, and he called his name Er.

geneva@Genesis:38:4 @ And she conceiued againe, & bare a sonne, and she called his name Onan.

geneva@Genesis:38:5 @ Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Shelah: and Iudah was at Chezib when she bare him.

geneva@Genesis:38:6 @ Then Iudah tooke a wife to Er his first borne sonne whose name was Tamar.

geneva@Genesis:38:8 @ And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise (note:)This order was for the preservation of the stock, since the child begotten by the second brother would have the name and inheritance of the first: a practice which is abolished in the New Testament.(:note) up seed to thy brother.

geneva@Genesis:38:12 @ And in processe of time also the daughter of Shuah Iudahs wife dyed. Then Iudah, when he had left mourning, went vp to his sheepe sherers to Timnah, he, and his neighbour Hirah the Adullamite.

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:38:17 @ Then said he, I will sende thee a kid of the goates from the flocke; she said, Well, if thou wilt giue me a pledge, till thou sende it.

geneva@Genesis:38:19 @ Then she rose, and went and put her vaile from her and put on her widowes raiment.

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:38:22 @ He came therefore to Iudah againe, and said, I can not finde her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there.

geneva@Genesis:38:23 @ And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be (note:)He fears man more than God.(:note) shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

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:38:28 @ And when she was in trauell, the one put out his hand: and the midwife tooke and bound a red threde about his hand, saying, This is come out first.

geneva@Genesis:38:29 @ And it came to pass, as he (note:)Their heinous sin was signified by this monstrous birth.(:note) drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How Or the separation between you and your brother. hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

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:39:1 @ And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an (note:)See (Gen_37:36).(:note) officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

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:39:7 @ 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:39:9 @ [There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against (note:)The fear of God preserved him against her continual temptations.(:note) God?

geneva@Genesis:39:12 @ Therefore she caught him by his garmet, saying, Sleepe with me: but he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out.

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:39:16 @ So she layde vp his garment by her, vntill her lord came home.

geneva@Genesis:39:17 @ Then she tolde him according to these words, saying, The Ebrew seruat, which thou hast brought vnto vs, came in to me, to mocke me.

geneva@Genesis:39:18 @ But assoone as I lift vp my voyce & cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out.

geneva@Genesis:39:19 @ Then when his master heard the wordes of his wife, which she tolde him, saying, After this maner did thy seruant to me, his anger was kindled.

geneva@Genesis:39:20 @ And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the (note:)His bad treatment in the prison may be gathered from (Psa_105:18).(:note) prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.

geneva@Genesis:39:21 @ But the Lorde was with Ioseph, and shewed him mercie, and got him fauour in the sight of the master of the prison.

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:40:5 @ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, (note:)That is, every dream had his interpretation, as the thing afterward declared.(:note) each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.

geneva@Genesis:40:6 @ And when Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, beholde, they were sad.

geneva@Genesis:40:8 @ And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, (note:)Cannot God raise up such as shall interpret such things.(:note) [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

geneva@Genesis:40:9 @ So the chiefe butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph, and said vnto him, In my dreame, behold, a vine was before me,

geneva@Genesis:40:10 @ And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flowre came foorth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.

geneva@Genesis:40:14 @ But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and (note:)He does not refuse the method of deliverance which he thought God had appointed.(:note) make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

geneva@Genesis:40:15 @ For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon.

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:40:17 @ And in the vppermost basket there was of all maner baken meates for Pharaoh: and the birdes did eate them out of the basket vpon mine head.

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:40:23 @ Yet the chiefe butler did not remember Ioseph, but forgate him.

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:41:2 @ And loe, there came out of the riuer seuen goodly kine and fatfleshed, and they fedde in a medowe:

geneva@Genesis:41:3 @ And loe, seuen other kine came vp after the out of the riuer, euill fauoured & leane fleshed, and stoode by the other kine vpon the brinke of the riuer.

geneva@Genesis:41:5 @ And he slept and dreamed the (note:)All these means God used to deliver his servant, and to bring him into favour and authority.(:note) second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

geneva@Genesis:41:7 @ And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen ranke and full eares. then Pharaoh awaked, and loe, it was a dreame.

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:41:9 @ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I (note:)He confesses his fault against the king before he speaks of Joseph.(:note) do remember my faults this day:

geneva@Genesis:41:10 @ Pharaoh being angrie with his seruantes, put me in ward in the chiefe stewards house, both me and the chiefe baker.

geneva@Genesis:41:11 @ Then we dreamed a dreame in one night, both I, and he: we dreamed eche man according to the interpretation of his dreame.

geneva@Genesis:41:12 @ And there was with vs a yong man, an Ebrew, seruant vnto the chiefe steward, whome when we told, he declared our dreames to vs, to euery one he declared according to his dreame.

geneva@Genesis:41:13 @ And as he declared vnto vs, so it came to passe: for he restored me to mine office, & hanged him.

geneva@Genesis:41:14 @ Then Pharaoh sent and called (note:)The wicked seek the prophets of God in their time of need, while in their prosperity they abhor them.(:note) Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved [himself], and changed his raiment, and came in 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:41:16 @ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, (note:)As though he would say if I interpret your dream it comes from God, and not from me.(:note) [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

geneva@Genesis:41:17 @ And Pharaoh sayde vnto Ioseph, In my dreame, beholde, I stoode by the banke of the riuer:

geneva@Genesis:41:18 @ And lo, there came vp out of the riuer seuen fat fleshed, and welfauoured kine, and they fedde in the medowe.

geneva@Genesis:41:19 @ Also loe, seuen other kine came vp after them, poore and very euilfauoured, and leanefleshed: I neuer sawe the like in all the lande of Egypt, for euilfauoured.

geneva@Genesis:41:22 @ Moreouer I sawe in my dreame, and beholde, seuen eares sprang out of one stalke, full and faire.

geneva@Genesis:41:24 @ And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen good eares. Nowe I haue tolde the soothsayers, and none can declare it vnto me.

geneva@Genesis:41:25 @ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, (note:)Both his dreams have the same message.(:note) The dream of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do.

geneva@Genesis:41:26 @ The seuen good kine are seuen yeres, and the seuen good eares are seuen yeeres: this is one dreame.

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:41:29 @ Beholde, there come seuen yeeres of great plentie in all the land of Egypt.

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:41:32 @ And therefore the dreame was doubled vnto Pharaoh the second time, because the thing is established by God, & God hasteth to performe it.

geneva@Genesis:41:33 @ Now therefore let Pharaoh (note:)The office of a true prophet is not only to show the evils to come, but also the remedies for the same.(:note) look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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:41:38 @ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the (note:)No one should be honoured who does not have gifts from God fitting for the same.(:note) Spirit of God [is]?

geneva@Genesis:41:39 @ The Pharaoh said to Ioseph, For as much as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstanding, or of wisedome like vnto thee.

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:41:42 @ And Pharaoh tooke off his ring from his hand, and put it vpon Iosephs hand, and arayed him in garments of fine linnen, and put a golden cheyne about his necke.

geneva@Genesis:41:43 @ And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, (note:)Or «Abrech»: a sign of honour; a word some translate, tender father or father of the king, or kneel down.(:note) Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:41:45 @ And Pharaoh called Iosephs name Zaphnath-paaneah: and he gaue him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On. then went Ioseph abrode in the land of Egypt.

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:41:49 @ So Ioseph gathered wheate, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.

geneva@Genesis:41:50 @ Now vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes (before the yeeres of famine came) which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On bare vnto him.

geneva@Genesis:41:51 @ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my (note:)Nonetheless, his father's house was the true Church of God: yet the company of the wicked and prosperity caused him to forget it.(:note) father's house.

geneva@Genesis:41:52 @ Also hee called the name of the second, Ephraim: For God, sayde he hath made me fruitfull in the land of mine affliction.

geneva@Genesis:41:54 @ Then began the seuen yeeres of famine to come, according as Ioseph had saide: and the famine was in all landes, but in all the land of Egypt was bread.

geneva@Genesis:41:57 @ And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.

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

geneva@Genesis:42:6 @ Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

geneva@Genesis:42:7 @ And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but (note:)This concealing is not to be followed, nor any actions of the father's not approved by God's word.(:note) made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

geneva@Genesis:42:9 @ And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land.

geneva@Genesis:42:10 @ But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.

geneva@Genesis:42:11 @ Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies.

geneva@Genesis:42:12 @ But he saide vnto them, Nay, but yee are come to see the weakenes of the land.

geneva@Genesis:42:15 @ Hereby ye shall be proved: (note:)The Egyptians who were idolaters, used to swear by their king's life: but God forbids swearing by anyone but him: yet Joseph dwelling among the wicked was corrupted by them.(:note) By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

geneva@Genesis:42:19 @ If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses:

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:42:22 @ And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his (note:)God will take vengeance on us, and measure us with our own measure.(:note) blood is required.

geneva@Genesis:42:24 @ And he turned himself about from them, and (note:)Though he acts harshly, yet his brotherly affection remained.(:note) wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

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:42:31 @ And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.

geneva@Genesis:42:33 @ Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart,

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:42:36 @ And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against (note:)For they did not seem to be concerned or have any love for their brother which increased his sorrow: and partly as it appears he suspected them for Joseph.(:note) me.

geneva@Genesis:42:38 @ But he sayd, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.

geneva@Genesis:43:5 @ But if thou wilt not send him, we wil not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Looke me not in the face, except your brother be with you.

geneva@Genesis:43:6 @ And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?

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:43:9 @ I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.

geneva@Genesis:43:10 @ For except we had made this tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the second time.

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:43:15 @ Thus the men tooke this present, & tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph.

geneva@Genesis:43:16 @ And whe Ioseph saw Beniamin with them, he sayde to his stewarde, Bring these men home and kill meate, and make ready: for the men shal eate with me at noone.

geneva@Genesis:43:17 @ And the man did as Ioseph bad, & brought the men vnto Iosephs house.

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:43:19 @ Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, & communed with him at the doore of ye house.

geneva@Genesis:43:20 @ And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode,

geneva@Genesis:43:21 @ And as wee came to an ynne and opened our sackes, behold, euery mans money was in his sackes mouth, euen our money in full weight, but we haue brought it againe in our handes.

geneva@Genesis:43:23 @ And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: (note:)Despite the corruption of Egypt, Joseph taught his family to fear God.(:note) your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

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:43:26 @ When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.

geneva@Genesis:43:27 @ And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?

geneva@Genesis:43:29 @ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his (note:)For only these two were born of Rachel.(:note) mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

geneva@Genesis:43:30 @ And Ioseph made haste (for his affection was inflamed towarde his brother, and sought where to weepe) and entred into his chamber, and wept there.

geneva@Genesis:43:31 @ Afterward he washed his face, & came out, and refrained himselfe, and sayd, Set on meate.

geneva@Genesis:43:33 @ So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth; the men marueiled among themselues.

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:44:1 @ Afterward he commanded his steward, saying, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can carry, and put euery mans money in his sackes mouth.

geneva@Genesis:44:3 @ And in the morning the men were sent away, they, and their asses.

geneva@Genesis:44:4 @ And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?

geneva@Genesis:44:9 @ With whomesoeuer of thy seruants it bee found, let him dye, and we also will be my lordes bondmen.

geneva@Genesis:44:10 @ And he said, Now then let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whome it is found, shal be my seruant, and ye shalbe blamelesse.

geneva@Genesis:44:14 @ So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house (for he was yet there) and they fel before him on the ground.

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:44:18 @ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou [art] even (note:)Equal in authority or, next to the king.(:note) as Pharaoh.

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

geneva@Genesis:44:23 @ Then saydest thou vnto thy seruants, Except your yonger brother come downe with you, looke in my face no more.

geneva@Genesis:44:24 @ So when we came vnto thy seruant our father, and shewed him what my lord had sayd,

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:44:28 @ And the one went out from me, and I said, Of a suretie he is torne in pieces, and I sawe him not since.

geneva@Genesis:44:29 @ And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, (note:)You will cause me to die for sorrow.(:note) ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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:44:32 @ Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.

geneva@Genesis:44:33 @ Nowe therefore, I pray thee, let me thy seruant bide for the childe, as a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren.

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:45:4 @ Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

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:45:7 @ Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, & to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.

geneva@Genesis:45:8 @ So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but (note:)Though God detests sin, yet he turns man's wickedness into his glory.(:note) God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:45:9 @ Haste you & go vp to my father, & tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.

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:45:16 @ 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:45:18 @ And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the (note:)The most plentiful ground.(:note) good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the The main fruits and conveniences. fat of the land.

geneva@Genesis:45:19 @ And I commaunde thee, Thus doe ye, take you charets out of the lande of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.

geneva@Genesis:45:21 @ And the children of Israel did so: & Ioseph gaue them charets according to the commandement of Pharaoh: hee gaue them vitaile also for the iourney.

geneva@Genesis:45:22 @ He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundreth pieces of siluer, and fiue sutes of raiment.

geneva@Genesis:45:23 @ And vnto his father likewise hee sent ten hee asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten shee asses laden with wheate, and bread and meate for his father by the way.

geneva@Genesis:45:25 @ Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,

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:46:6 @ And they tooke their cattell & their goods, which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and came into Egypt, both Iaakob and all his seede with him,

geneva@Genesis:46:8 @ And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, euen Iaakob and his sonnes: Reuben, Iaakobs first borne.

geneva@Genesis:46:10 @ And the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel, & Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zohar; & Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman.

geneva@Genesis:46:11 @ Also the sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

geneva@Genesis:46:18 @ These are the children of Zilpah, whome Laban gaue to Leah his daughter: and these shee bare vnto Iaakob, euen sixtene soules.

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:46:28 @ The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

geneva@Genesis:46:29 @ Then Ioseph made ready his charet and went vp to Goshen to meete Israel his father, and presented himselfe vnto him and fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a good while.

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:46:31 @ Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,

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: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:47:4 @ They sayde moreouer vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in ye lande are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for their sheepe, so sore is ye famine in the lande of Canaan. Nowe therefore, we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen.

geneva@Genesis:47:5 @ Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.

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:47:9 @ And Iaakob sayd vnto Pharaoh, The whole time of my pilgrimage is an hundreth & thirty yeeres: fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life bene, and I haue not attayned vnto the yeeres of the life of my fathers, in the dayes of their pilgrimages.

geneva@Genesis:47:11 @ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of (note:)Which was a city in the country of Goshen, (Exo_1:11).(:note) Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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:47:15 @ So when money fayled in the lande of Egypt, and in the lande of Canaan, then all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and sayde, Giue vs bread: for why should we dye before thee? for our money is spent.

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:47:20 @ So Ioseph bought all the lande of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egyptians solde euery man his ground because the famine was sore vpon the: so the land became Pharaohs.

geneva@Genesis:47:24 @ And of the encrease ye shall giue the fifth part vnto Pharaoh, and foure partes shalbe yours for the seede of the fielde, and for your meate, and for them of your housholdes, and for your children to eate.

geneva@Genesis:47:26 @ And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; (note:)Pharaoh, in providing for idolatrous priests, will be a condemnation to all those who neglect the true ministers of God's word.(:note) except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh's.

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:48:2 @ Also one told Iaakob, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioseph is come to thee, and Israel tooke his strength vnto him and sate vpon the bed.

geneva@Genesis:48:3 @ Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

geneva@Genesis:48:4 @ And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an (note:)Which is true in the carnal Israel until the coming of Christ, and in the spiritual forever.(:note) everlasting possession.

geneva@Genesis:48:5 @ And now thy two sonnes, Manasseh & Ephraim, which are borne vnto thee in the lande of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

geneva@Genesis:48:6 @ But the linage, which thou hast begotten after them, shalbe thine: they shall be called after the names of their brethren in their inheritance.

geneva@Genesis:48:7 @ Nowe when I came from Padan, Rahel died vpon mine hande in the lande of Canaan, by the way when there was but halfe a dayes iourney of grounde to come to Ephrath: and I buryed her there in the way to Ephrath: the same is Beth-lehem.

geneva@Genesis:48:9 @ And Joseph said unto his father, They [are] my sons, whom (note:)The faithful acknowledge all benefits come from God's free mercy.(:note) God hath given me in this [place]. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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:48:11 @ And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath shewed me also thy seede.

geneva@Genesis:48:14 @ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon (note:)God's judgments are often contrary to man's and he prefers what man despises.(:note) Ephraim's head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.

geneva@Genesis:48:15 @ Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee.

geneva@Genesis:48:16 @ The (note:)This angel must be understood to be Christ, as in (Gen_31:13, Gen_32:1).(:note) Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my Let them be taken as my children. name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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:49:5 @ Simeon and Leui, brethren in euill, the instruments of crueltie are in their habitations.

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:49:7 @ Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will (note:)For Levi had no part, and Simeon was under Judah, (Jos_19:1) till God gave them the place of the Amalekites, (1Ch_4:43).(:note) divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

geneva@Genesis:49:10 @ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until (note:)Which is Christ the Messiah, the giver of prosperity who will call the Gentiles to salvation.(:note) Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].

geneva@Genesis:49:11 @ Binding his foal unto the (note:)A country most abundant with vines and pastures is promised to him.(:note) vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

geneva@Genesis:49:19 @ Gad, an hoste of men shal ouercome him, but he shal ouercome at the last.

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:50:2 @ And Joseph commanded his servants the (note:)He means those who embalmed the dead and buried them.(:note) physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

geneva@Genesis:50:3 @ And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him (note:)They were more excessive in lamenting than the faithful.(:note) threescore and ten days.

geneva@Genesis:50:5 @ My father made me sweare, saying, Loe, I die, bury me in my graue, which I haue made me in the land of Canaan: now therefore let me go, I pray thee, & bury my father, & I wil come againe.

geneva@Genesis:50:9 @ And there went vp with him both charets and horsemen: and they were an exceeding great company.

geneva@Genesis:50:10 @ And they came to Goren Atad, which is beyond Iorden, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seuen dayes.

geneva@Genesis:50:11 @ And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden.

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:50:18 @ Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.

geneva@Genesis:50:19 @ And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of (note:)Who by the good success seems to remit it, and therefore it should not be revenged by me.(:note) God?

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@Genesis:50:26 @ So Ioseph died, when he was an hundreth and ten yere olde: and they enbaumed him & put him in a chest in Egypt.

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:1:2 @ Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah,

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:1:7 @ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the (note:)He means the country of Goshen.(:note) land was filled with them.

geneva@Exodus:1:10 @ Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] (note:)Into Canaan, and so we shall lose our conveniences.(:note) get them up out of the land.

geneva@Exodus:1:15 @ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] (note:)These seem to have been the main of the rest.(:note) Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

geneva@Exodus:1:16 @ And sayde, When ye doe the office of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes, and see them on their stooles, if it be a sonne, then yee shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue.

geneva@Exodus:1:17 @ Notwithstanding ye midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commaunded them, but preserued aliue the men children.

geneva@Exodus:1:18 @ Then the King of Egypt called for the midwiues, and sayde vnto them, Why haue yee done thus, and haue preserued aliue the men children?

geneva@Exodus:1:19 @ And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew (note:)Their disobedience in this was lawful, but their deception is evil.(:note) women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

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:2:3 @ And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and (note:)Committing him to the providence of God, whom she could not keep from the rage of the tyrant.(:note) put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.

geneva@Exodus:2:4 @ Now his sister stood a farre off, to wit what would come of him.

geneva@Exodus:2:5 @ Then ye daughter of Pharaoh came downe to wash her in the riuer, and her maidens walked by the riuers side: and when shee sawe the arke among the bulrushes, she sent her maide to fet it.

geneva@Exodus:2:7 @ Then said his sister vnto Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and cal vnto thee a nurce of the Ebrew women to nurce thee the childe?

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:2:9 @ To whome Pharaohs daughter sayde, Take this childe away, and nurce it for me, and I wil reward thee. Then the woman tooke the childe and nurced him.

geneva@Exodus:2:10 @ Nowe the childe grewe, and she brought him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he was as her sonne, and she called his name Moses, because, said she, I drewe him out of the water.

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:2:13 @ 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:2:14 @ And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses (note:)Though by his fear he showed his weakness, yet faith covered it; (Heb_11:27).(:note) feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

geneva@Exodus:2:16 @ And the Priest of Midian had seue daughters, which came and drewe water, and filled the troghes, for to water their fathers sheepe.

geneva@Exodus:2:17 @ Then the shepherds came and droue them away: but Moses rose vp and defended them, and watered their sheepe.

geneva@Exodus:2:18 @ And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day?

geneva@Exodus:2:22 @ And she bare a sonne, whose name he called Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange lande.

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:2:24 @ Then God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.

geneva@Exodus:3:1 @ Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the (note:)It was so called after the law was given.(:note) mountain of God, [even] to Called also Sinai. Horeb.

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:3:5 @ And he said, Draw not nigh hither: (note:)Resign yourself to me; (Rth_4:7; Jos_5:15).(:note) put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] Because of my presence. holy ground.

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:3:13 @ Then Moses said vnto God, Behold, when I shall come vnto the children of Israel, and shall say vnto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you: if they say vnto me, What is his Name? What shall I say vnto them?

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:3:15 @ And God spake further vnto Moses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob hath sent me vnto you: this is my Name for euer, and this is my memoriall vnto all ages.

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:3:18 @ 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:4:1 @ And Moses answered and said, (note:)God bears with Moses doubting, because he was not completely without faith.(:note) But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

geneva@Exodus:4:6 @ And the Lorde saide furthermore vnto him, Thrust nowe thine hand into thy bosome; he thrust his hand into his bosome, & when he tooke it out againe, behold, his hand was leprous as snowe.

geneva@Exodus:4:7 @ Moreouer he said, Put thine hand into thy bosome againe. So he put his hande into his bosome againe, & pluckt it out of his bosome, and behold, it was turned againe as his other flesh.

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:4:10 @ But Moses said vnto the Lorde, Oh my Lorde, I am not eloquent, neither at any time haue bene, nor yet since thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am slowe of speach & slowe of tongue.

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:4:16 @ And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of (note:)Meaning, as a wise counsellor and full of God's spirit.(:note) God.

geneva@Exodus:4:18 @ Therefore Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in lawe, & said vnto him, I pray thee, let me goe, and returne to my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet aliue. Then Iethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

geneva@Exodus:4:22 @ And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my (note:)Meaning, most dear to him.(:note) firstborn:

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:4:25 @ Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and (note:)This act was extraordinary: for Moses was very sick and God even then required it.(:note) cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.

geneva@Exodus:4:27 @ Then the Lorde saide vnto Aaron, Goe meete Moses in the wildernesse; he went and mette him in the Mount of God, and kissed him.

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:5:6 @ And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their (note:)Who were of the Israelites, and had charge to see them do their work.(:note) officers, saying,

geneva@Exodus:5:7 @ Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:

geneva@Exodus:5:8 @ Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God.

geneva@Exodus:5:14 @ And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past?

geneva@Exodus:5:15 @ Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?

geneva@Exodus:5:16 @ There is no strawe giuen to thy seruantes, and they say vnto vs, Make bricke: and loe, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed.

geneva@Exodus:5:20 @ And they met Moses and Aaron, which stood in their way as they came out fro Pharaoh,

geneva@Exodus:5:22 @ Wherefore Moses returned to the Lorde, and saide, Lorde, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou thus sent me?

geneva@Exodus:5:23 @ For since I came to Pharaoh to speake in thy Name, he hath vexed this people, and yet thou hast not deliuered thy people.

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:6:5 @ So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.

geneva@Exodus:6:6 @ Wherefore say thou vnto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out fro the burdens of the Egyptians, & will deliuer you out of their bondage, and will redeeme you in a stretched out arme, and in great iudgements.

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:6:12 @ And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who [am] of (note:)Or barbarous and rude in speech and by this word {(uncircumcised)} is signified the whole corruption of man's nature.(:note) uncircumcised lips?

geneva@Exodus:6:14 @ These [be] the heads (note:)This genealogy shows whom Moses and Aaron came from.(:note) of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben.

geneva@Exodus:6:15 @ Also the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel and Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zoar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

geneva@Exodus:6:16 @ And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred (note:)For he was 42 years old when he came into Egypt and lived there 94 years.(:note) thirty and seven years.

geneva@Exodus:6:19 @ Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali & Mushi: these are ye families of Leui by their kinreds.

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

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:7:1 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a (note:)I have given you power and authority to speak in my name and to execute my judgments on him.(:note) god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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:7:7 @ And Moses [was] (note:)Moses lived in affliction and banishment forty years before he commanded his office to deliver God's people.(:note) fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

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:7:15 @ Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by (note:)That is, the Nile river.(:note) the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

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:7:19 @ The Lord then spake to Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand ouer the waters of Egypt, ouer their streames, ouer their riuers, & ouer their pondes,, and ouer all pooles of their waters, and they shalbe blood, and there shalbe blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and of stone.

geneva@Exodus:7:22 @ And the magicians of Egypt did (note:)In outward appearance, after the seven days were ended.(:note) so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.

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:8:3 @ And the riuer shal scral ful of frogges, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy chamber, where thou sleepest, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes.

geneva@Exodus:8:5 @ Also the Lord said vnto Moses, Say thou vnto Aaron, Stretch out thine hande with thy rod vpon the streames, vpon the riuers, and vpon the ponds, and cause frogs to come vp vpon the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:8:6 @ And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of (note:)But Goshen, where God's people dwelt, was excepted.(:note) Egypt.

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:8:17 @ And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man and vpon beast: all the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:8:18 @ And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they (note:)God confounded their wisdom and authority in a thing most vile.(:note) could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

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:8:21 @ Els, if thou wilt not let my people goe, behold, I will send swarmes of flies both vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shalbe full of swarmes of flies, and the ground also whereon they are.

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:8:26 @ And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the (note:)For the Egyptians worshipped various beasts, ox, sheep and such like which the Israelites offered in sacrifice, a thing the Egyptians abhorred to see.(:note) abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

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:8:31 @ And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses, and the swarmes of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his seruants, and from his people, and there remained not one.

geneva@Exodus:8:32 @ And Pharaoh (note:)Where God does not give faith, no miracles can prevail.(:note) hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

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:9:3 @ Beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the fielde: for vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon the camels, vpon the cattell, and vpon the sheepe shalbe a mightie great moraine.

geneva@Exodus:9:4 @ And the LORD shall (note:)He will declare his heavenly judgment against his enemies, and his favour toward his children.(:note) sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children's of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:9:5 @ And the Lord appointed a time, saying, To morowe the Lorde shall finish this thing in this lande.

geneva@Exodus:9:10 @ Then they tooke ashes of the fornace, and stoode before Pharaoh: and Moses sprinkled them towarde the heauen, and there came a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast.

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:9:16 @ 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:9:18 @ Beholde, to morowe this time I will cause to raine a mightie great haile, such as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was laid vnto this time.

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:9:27 @ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I (note:)The wicked confess their sins to their condemnation, but they cannot believe to obtain remission.(:note) have sinned this time: the LORD [is] righteous, and I and my people [are] wicked.

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: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:10:3 @ 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:10:6 @ And they shall fil thine houses, and all thy seruants houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers haue seene, since the time they were vpon the earth vnto this day. So he returned, and went out from Pharaoh.

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:10:10 @ 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:10:17 @ 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:10:19 @ And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the (note:)The water seemed red, because the sand or gravel is red: the Hebrews call it the Sea of bulrushes.(:note) Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:10:26 @ Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an (note:)The ministers of God should not yield one iota to the wicked, in regards to their mission.(:note) hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not That is, with what beasts, or how many. with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

geneva@Exodus:10:28 @ And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in [that] day thou seest my face thou shalt (note:)Though earlier he admitted Moses was just, yet again in his own heart he threatened to put him to death.(:note) die.

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:12:6 @ And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the (note:)Every one his house.(:note) whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

geneva@Exodus:12:8 @ And they shal eate the flesh the same night, roste with fire, and vnleauened bread: with sowre herbes they shall eate it.

geneva@Exodus:12:12 @ For I will passe through the lande of Egypt the same night, and will smite all the first borne in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute iudgement vpon all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:12:14 @ And this day shall be unto you for a (note:)Of the benefits received for your deliverance.(:note) memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance That is, until Christ's coming: for then ceremonies will end. for ever.

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:12:18 @ In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at (note:)For in ancient times they counted in this way, beginning the day at sunset till the next day at the same time.(:note) even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

geneva@Exodus:12:23 @ For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the (note:)The angel sent by God to kill the first born.(:note) destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite [you].

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:12:30 @ And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] (note:)Of these houses, in which any first born lived, either of men of beasts.(:note) not a house where [there was] not one dead.

geneva@Exodus:12:32 @ Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and (note:)Pray for me.(:note) bless me also.

geneva@Exodus:12:35 @ And the children of Israel did according to the saying of Moses, & they asked of ye Egyptians iewels of siluer & iewels of gold, & raiment.

geneva@Exodus:12:37 @ And the children of Israel journeyed from (note:)Which was a city in Goshen; (Gen_47:11).(:note) Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.

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:12:48 @ 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:12:51 @ And the selfe same day did the Lord bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

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:13:8 @ 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:13:17 @ 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:14:7 @ 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:14:9 @ And the Egyptians pursued after them, and all the horses and charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his hoste ouertooke them camping by the Sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

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:14:13 @ Then Moses sayde to the people, Feare ye not, stand still, and beholde the saluation of the Lord which he will shew to you this day. For the Egyptians, whome ye haue seene this day, ye shall neuer see them againe.

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:14:23 @ And the Egyptians pursued and went after them to the middes of the Sea, euen all Pharaohs horses, his charets, and his horsemen.

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:14:26 @ 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:14:30 @ Thus the Lorde saued Israel the same day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel sawe the Egyptians dead vpon the Sea banke.

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:15:2 @ The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will (note:)To worship him in it.(:note) prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

geneva@Exodus:15:3 @ The LORD [is] a (note:)In battle he always overcomes.(:note) man of war: the LORD [is] his Always constant in his promises. name.

geneva@Exodus:15:5 @ The depths haue couered them, they sanke to the bottome as a stone.

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:15:11 @ Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the (note:)The scripture often so calls the mighty men of the world.(:note) gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, Who ought to be praised with all fear and reverence. fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?

geneva@Exodus:15:13 @ Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy (note:)That is, into the land of Canaan, or into mount Zion.(:note) habitation.

geneva@Exodus:15:14 @ The people shal heare and be afraide: sorow shal come vpon the inhabitants of Palestina.

geneva@Exodus:15:15 @ Then the dukes of Edom shalbe amased, & trembling shall come vpon the great men of Moab: all the inhabitantes of Canaan shall waxe faint hearted.

geneva@Exodus:15:16 @ Feare and dread shall fall vpon them: because of the greatnesse of thine arme, they shalbe stil as a stone, till thy people passe, O Lord: til this people passe, which thou hast purchased.

geneva@Exodus:15:19 @ For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsemen into the Sea, and the Lorde brought the waters of the Sea vpon them: but the children of Israel went on drie land in the middes of the Sea.

geneva@Exodus:15:20 @ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with (note:)Signifying their great joy: a custom the Jews observed in certain situations, (Jdg_11:34) but it should not be used as a means to justify our wanton dances.(:note) dances.

geneva@Exodus:15:21 @ And Miriam (note:)By singing the same song of thanksgiving.(:note) answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

geneva@Exodus:15:23 @ And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.

geneva@Exodus:15:25 @ And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there (note:)That is, God, or Moses in God's name.(:note) he proved them,

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:15:27 @ And they came to Elim, where were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they camped thereby the waters.

geneva@Exodus:16:1 @ And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of (note:)This is the eighth place in which they had camped, there is another place called Zin, which was the 33rd place in which they camped, and is also called Kadesh, (Num_33:36).(:note) Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:16:5 @ But the sixt daye they shall prepare that, which they shal bring home, and it shalbe twise as much as they gather dayly.

geneva@Exodus:16:13 @ And so at euen the quailes came and couered the campe: and in the morning the dewe lay round about the hoste.

geneva@Exodus:16:15 @ And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] (note:)Which signifies a part, portion, or gift: also meat prepared.(:note) manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

geneva@Exodus:16:16 @ This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, (note:)Which contains about half a gallon in our measure.(:note) an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.

geneva@Exodus:16:17 @ And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some lesse.

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:16:20 @ Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and (note:)No creature is so pure, but being abused it turns to our destruction.(:note) stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

geneva@Exodus:16:21 @ And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: for when the heate of the sunne came, it was melted.

geneva@Exodus:16:22 @ And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered (note:)Which would serve for the Sabbath and the day before.(:note) twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

geneva@Exodus:16:24 @ And they laied it vp till the morning, as Moses bade, and it stanke not, neyther was there any worme therein.

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:16:28 @ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Howe long refuse yee to keepe my commaundementes, and my lawes?

geneva@Exodus:16:31 @ And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like (note:)In form and figure, but not in colour; (Num_11:7).(:note) coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.

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:16:33 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a (note:)Of this vessel read (Heb_9:4).(:note) pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

geneva@Exodus:16:35 @ And the children of Israel did eate MAN fourtie yeres, vntill they came vnto a land inhabited: they did eate MAN vntill they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

geneva@Exodus:16:36 @ Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an (note:)Which measure contained about five gallons.(:note) ephah.

geneva@Exodus:17:1 @ And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in (note:)Moses does not note every place where they camped as in Numbers 33, but only those places where some notable thing was done.(:note) Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink.

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:17:4 @ And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to (note:)How ready the people are to slay the true prophets for their own purposes and how slow they are to take up God's cause against his enemies and false prophets.(:note) stone me.

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:17:7 @ And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the (note:)When in adversity we think God is absent, then we neglect his promise and make him a liar.(:note) LORD among us, or not?

geneva@Exodus:17:8 @ Then came (note:)Who came from Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Gen_36:12).(:note) Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

geneva@Exodus:17:9 @ And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the (note:)That is, Horeb, which is also called Sinai.(:note) hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

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:17:14 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial (note:)In the book of the law.(:note) in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

geneva@Exodus:17:15 @ And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it (note:)That is, the Lord is my banner as he declared by holding up his rod and his hands.(:note) Jehovahnissi:

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:18:4 @ And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)

geneva@Exodus:18:5 @ And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the (note:)Horeb is called the mount of God, because God did many miracles there. So Peter calls the mount where Christ was transfigured, the holy mount: for by Christ's presence it was holy for a time, (2Pe_1:18).(:note) mount of God:

geneva@Exodus:18:6 @ And he (note:)That is, he sent messengers to say to him.(:note) said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

geneva@Exodus:18:7 @ And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.

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:18:12 @ And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law (note:)They ate in the place, where the sacrifice was offered: for part was burnt, and the rest eaten.(:note) before God.

geneva@Exodus:18:15 @ And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of (note:)That is, to know God's will, and to have justice executed.(:note) God:

geneva@Exodus:18:16 @ When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes.

geneva@Exodus:18:21 @ Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people (note:)What manner of men ought to be chosen to bear office.(:note) able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

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:18:25 @ And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

geneva@Exodus:19:1 @ In the (note:)Which was in the beginning of the month of Sivan, containing part of May and part of June.(:note) third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same That they departed from Rephidim. day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.

geneva@Exodus:19:2 @ For they departed from Rephidim, & came to the desart of Sinai, and camped in the wildernesse: euen there Israel camped before the mount.

geneva@Exodus:19:6 @ Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:19:7 @ Moses then came & called for the Elders of the people, and proposed vnto them all these things, which the Lord commanded him.

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:19:11 @ And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai:

geneva@Exodus:19:13 @ No hand shall touche it, but he shalbe stoned to death, or striken through with darts: whether it be beast or man, he shal not liue: when the horne bloweth long, they shal come vp into the mountaine.

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:19:17 @ Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meete with God, and they stoode in the nether part of the mount.

geneva@Exodus:19:20 @ (For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.

geneva@Exodus:19:22 @ And let the Priestes also which come to the Lorde be sanctified, least the Lorde destroy them.

geneva@Exodus:19:23 @ And Moses sayde vnto the Lord, The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai: for thou hast charged vs, saying, Set markes on the mountaine, and sanctifie it.

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:20:3 @ Thou shalt have no other gods (note:)To whose eyes all things are open.(:note) before me.

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:20:8 @ Remember the sabbath day, (note:)Which is by meditating the spiritual rest, by hearing God's word, and resting from worldly labours.(:note) to keep it holy.

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:20:16 @ Thou shalt not bear false (note:)But further his good name, and speak truth.(:note) witness against thy neighbour.

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:20:23 @ Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.

geneva@Exodus:20:24 @ An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and thereon shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: in all places, where I shall put the remembrance of my Name, I will come vnto thee, and blesse thee.

geneva@Exodus:20:25 @ But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon them, thou hast polluted them.

geneva@Exodus:21:3 @ If he (note:)Not having wife nor children.(:note) came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

geneva@Exodus:21:4 @ If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her (note:)Till her time of servitude was expired which might be the seventh year or the fiftieth.(:note) master's, and he shall go out by himself.

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:21:8 @ If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall (note:)By giving another money to buy her from him.(:note) he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

geneva@Exodus:21:10 @ If he take (note:)For his son.(:note) him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

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:21:18 @ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a (note:)Either far away from him or near.(:note) stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed:

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:21:29 @ If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

geneva@Exodus:21:31 @ Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.

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:22:6 @ 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:22:9 @ In all maner of trespasse, whether it bee for oxen, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which an other chalengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shal come before the iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, he shall pay the double vnto his neighbour.

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:22:23 @ If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.

geneva@Exodus:22:26 @ If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt restore it vnto him before the sunne go downe:

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:22:29 @ Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the (note:)Your abundance of your corn.(:note) first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

geneva@Exodus:22:30 @ Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen & with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall bee with his damme, and the eight day thou shalt giue it me.

geneva@Exodus:22:31 @ And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it (note:)And so have nothing to do with it.(:note) to the dogs.

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:23:3 @ Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

geneva@Exodus:23:4 @ If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely (note:)If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast, how much more to our enemy himself, (Mat_5:44).(:note) bring it back to him again.

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:23:14 @ Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere.

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:23:17 @ These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah.

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:23:21 @ Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my (note:)I will give him my authority, and he will govern you in my name.(:note) name [is] in him.

geneva@Exodus:23:27 @ I will send my (note:)I will make them afraid of your coming and send my angel to destroy them, as in (Exo_35:2).(:note) fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

geneva@Exodus:23:33 @ Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.

geneva@Exodus:24:1 @ And he (note:)When he called him up to the mountain to give him the laws, beginning at the 20th chapter till now.(:note) said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

geneva@Exodus:24:2 @ And Moses himselfe alone shal come nere to the Lord, but they shall not come neere, neither shall the people goe vp with him.

geneva@Exodus:24:5 @ And he sent young (note:)For as yet the priesthood was not given to Levi.(:note) men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

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:24:14 @ And said vnto the Elders, Tary vs here, vntill we come againe vnto you: and beholde, Aaron, and Hur are with you: whosoeuer hath any matters, let him come to 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:25:17 @ And thou shalt make a (note:)There God appeared mercifully to them: and this was a figure of Christ.(:note) mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:18 @ And thou shalt make two Cherubims of golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shalt thou make the at ye two endes of the Merciseate.

geneva@Exodus:25:19 @ And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one ende, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of the matter of the Mercieseate shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof.

geneva@Exodus:25:20 @ And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shal the faces of the Cherubims be.

geneva@Exodus:25:21 @ And thou shalt put the Mercieseate aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I will giue thee,

geneva@Exodus:25:22 @ And there I will declare my selfe vnto thee, & from aboue ye Mercieseate betweene ye two Cherubims, which are vpon ye Arke of ye Testimonie, I wil tel thee al things which I wil giue thee in comandement vnto ye children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:25:30 @ And thou shalt set vpon the Table shewe bread before me continually.

geneva@Exodus:25:31 @ And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten (note:)It shall not be molten, but beaten out of the lump of gold with the hammer.(:note) work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

geneva@Exodus:25:32 @ Six braunches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, & three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.

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:26:2 @ The length of one curtaine shalbe eight and twentie cubites, and the bredth of one curtaine, foure cubites: euery one of the curtaines shall haue one measure.

geneva@Exodus:26:8 @ The length of a curtaine shall be thirtie cubites, and the breadth of a curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines shalbe of one measure.

geneva@Exodus:26:32 @ And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their (note:)Some read «heads of the pillars».(:note) hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

geneva@Exodus:26:34 @ Also thou shalt put ye Mercy seate vpon the Arke of the testimonie in the most Holy place.

geneva@Exodus:26:35 @ And thou shalt set the table (note:)Meaning, in the holy place.(:note) without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

geneva@Exodus:27:2 @ And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of (note:)Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.(:note) the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

geneva@Exodus:27:3 @ Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse.

geneva@Exodus:27:13 @ And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] (note:)Meaning curtains of fifty cubits.(:note) fifty cubits.

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:28:2 @ And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for (note:)By which his office may be known to be glorious and excellent.(:note) glory and for beauty.

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:28:8 @ And the (note:)Which went about his upmost coat.(:note) curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

geneva@Exodus:28:9 @ And thou shalt take two onix stones, and graue vpon them the names of the children of Israel:

geneva@Exodus:28:10 @ Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to (note:)As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.(:note) their birth.

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:28:12 @ And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of (note:)That Aaron might remind the Israelites of God.(:note) memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

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:28:18 @ And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamonde.

geneva@Exodus:28:20 @ And in the fourth rowe a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: and they shall be set in golde in their embossements.

geneva@Exodus:28:21 @ And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelue, according to their names, grauen as signets, euerye one after his name, and they shall bee for the twelue tribes.

geneva@Exodus:28:25 @ And the other two endes of the two wrethen cheines, thou shalt fasten in ye two embossements, and shalt put them vpon the shoulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it.

geneva@Exodus:28:29 @ And Aaron shall (note:)Aaron will not enter into the holy place in his own name, but in the name of all the children of Israel.(:note) bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually.

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:28:33 @ And beneath vpon the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blew silke, and purple, & skarlet, round about the skirts thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about:

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:28:35 @ So it shalbe vpon Aaron, when he ministreth, and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde, and when he commeth out, and he shall not dye.

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:28:40 @ Also thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes coates, & thou shalt make the girdels, & bonets shalt thou make them for glorie & comelinesse.

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:29:5 @ And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the (note:)Which was next under the Ephod.(:note) robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

geneva@Exodus:29:15 @ Thou shalt also take one ramme, and Aron and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ramme.

geneva@Exodus:29:16 @ Then thou shalt kil the ramme, & take his blood, & sprinkle it round about vpon the altar,

geneva@Exodus:29:17 @ And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legges, and shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, and vpon his head.

geneva@Exodus:29:19 @ And thou shalt take the other ramme, & Aaron and his sonnes shall put their handes vpon the head of the ramme.

geneva@Exodus:29:20 @ Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] (note:)Meaning the soft and lower part of the ear.(:note) upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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:29:29 @ And the holy garmets, which apperteine to Aaron, shall bee his sonnes after him, to bee anoynted therein, and to bee consecrate therein.

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:29:33 @ And they shall eat those things (note:)That is, by the sacrifices.(:note) wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy.

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:29:40 @ And with the one lamb a (note:)That is, an Omer, read (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an Which is about a pint. hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering.

geneva@Exodus:29:42 @ This shalbe a continuall burnt offring in your generations at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord, where I wil make appoyntment with you, to speake there vnto thee.

geneva@Exodus:29:43 @ And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my (note:)Because of my glorious presence.(:note) glory.

geneva@Exodus:30:1 @ And thou shalt make an altar (note:)Upon which the sweet perfume was burnt, (Exo_30:34).(:note) to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.

geneva@Exodus:30:2 @ A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] (note:)Of the same wood and matter.(:note) of the same.

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:30:7 @ And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he (note:)Meaning, when he trims them, and refreshes the oil.(:note) dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

geneva@Exodus:30:8 @ Likewise at eue, when Aaron setteth vp the lampes thereof, he shall burne incense: this perfume shalbe perpetually before ye Lord, throughout your generations.

geneva@Exodus:30:9 @ Ye shall offer no (note:)Otherwise made them this, which is described.(:note) strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering But it must only serve to burn perfume. thereon.

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:30:15 @ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, (note:)That God should be merciful to you.(:note) to make an atonement for your souls.

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:30:20 @ When they go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or when they goe vnto the Altar to minister and to make the perfume of ye burnt offring to the Lorde, they shall wash themselues with water, lest they die.

geneva@Exodus:30:25 @ So thou shalt make of it the oyle of holie oyntment, euen a most precious oyntment after the arte of the Apothecarie: this shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment.

geneva@Exodus:30:27 @ Also the Table, & al the instruments thereof, and the Candlesticke, with all the instruments thereof, and the altar of incense:

geneva@Exodus:30:28 @ Also the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the lauer and his foote.

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:30:31 @ Moreouer thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, This shalbe an holy oynting oyle vnto me, throughout your generations.

geneva@Exodus:30:35 @ Then thou shalt make of them perfume composed after the arte of the apothecarie, mingled together, pure and holy.

geneva@Exodus:30:36 @ And thou shalt beate it to pouder, & shalt put of it before the Arke of the Testimonie in the Tabernacle of ye Cogregatio, where I wil make appointmet with thee: it shalbe vnto you most holy.

geneva@Exodus:30:37 @ And ye shal not make vnto you any compositio like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord.

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

geneva@Exodus:31:2 @ See, I (note:)I have chosen and made meet, (Exo_35:30).(:note) have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

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:31:7 @ 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:31:9 @ Likewise the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the Lauer with his foote:

geneva@Exodus:31:10 @ Also the garments of the ministration, & ye holy garments for Aaron ye Priest, & the garmets of his sonnes, to minister in the Priestes office,

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:31:15 @ Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death.

geneva@Exodus:31:17 @ It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he (note:)From creating his creatures, but not from governing and preserving them.(:note) rested, and was refreshed.

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:32:4 @ And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a (note:)They remembered the sins of Egypt, where they saw calves, oxen and serpents worshipped.(:note) molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:32:5 @ When Aaron sawe that, he made an Altar before it: and Aaron proclaimed, saying, To morow shalbe the holy day of the Lord.

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:32:12 @ Wherefore shall the Egyptians speake, and say, He hath brought them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, and to consume them from the earth? turne from thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euill towarde thy people.

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:32:19 @ Nowe, as soone as he came neere vnto the hoste, he sawe the calfe and the dancing: so Moses wrath waxed hote, and he cast the Tables out of his handes, and brake them in pieces beneath the mountaine.

geneva@Exodus:32:20 @ And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel (note:)Partly to despise them for their idolatry, and partly so they would have no opportunity to remember the calf later.(:note) drink [of it].

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:32:26 @ And Moses stoode in ye gate of the campe, and sayde, Who pertaineth to the Lorde? let him come to mee; all the sonnes of Leui gathered themselues vnto him.

geneva@Exodus:32:28 @ So the children of Leui did as Moses had commanded: and there fel of the people the same day about three thousand men.

geneva@Exodus:32:30 @ And when the morning came, Moses sayde vnto the people, Yee haue committed a grieuous crime: but now I wil goe vp to the Lord, if I may pacifie him for your sinne.

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:33:4 @ And when the people heard this euill tydings, they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment.

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:33:6 @ So the children of Israel layed their good raiment from them, after Moses came downe from the mount Horeb.

geneva@Exodus:33:7 @ And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the (note:)That is, the tabernacle of the congregation: so called because the people turned to it, when they needed to be instructed of the Lord's will.(:note) Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp.

geneva@Exodus:33:12 @ And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by (note:)I care for you and will preserve you in your calling.(:note) name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

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:33:17 @ 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:33:18 @ And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy (note:)Your face, your substance, and your majesty.(:note) glory.

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:33:20 @ And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and (note:)For Moses did not see his face in full majesty, but as man's weakness could bear.(:note) live.

geneva@Exodus:33:21 @ And the LORD said, Behold, [there is] a place by (note:)In mount Horeb.(:note) me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

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:34:3 @ But let no man come vp with thee, neither let any man be seene throughout all the mount, neyther let the sheepe nor cattell feede before this mount.

geneva@Exodus:34:5 @ And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

geneva@Exodus:34:6 @ And the LORD passed by before him, and (note:)This refers to the Lord, and not to Moses proclaiming: as (Exo_33:19).(:note) proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

geneva@Exodus:34:7 @ Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, & vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation.

geneva@Exodus:34:14 @ (For thou shalt bow downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name is Ielous, is a ielous God)

geneva@Exodus:34:15 @ Lest thou make a compact with the inhabitantes of the lande, and when they goe a whoring after their gods, and doe sacrifice vnto their gods, some man call thee, & thou eate of his sacrifice:

geneva@Exodus:34:18 @ The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou keepe: seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, as I commanded thee, in ye time of the moneth of Abib: for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egypt.

geneva@Exodus:34:20 @ But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me (note:)Without offering something.(:note) empty.

geneva@Exodus:34:21 @ Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.

geneva@Exodus:34:23 @ Thrise in a yere shal all your men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:34:24 @ For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man (note:)God promises to defend them and theirs, who obey his commandment.(:note) desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

geneva@Exodus:34:28 @ And he was there with the LORD (note:)This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and should not be followed any more than other miracles.(:note) forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

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:34:30 @ And Aaron and all the children of Israel looked vpon Moses, and beholde, the skin of his face shone bright, and they were afraid to come neere 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:34:34 @ But when Moses went in (note:)Which was in the tabernacle of the congregation.(:note) before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.

geneva@Exodus:35:5 @ Take from among you an offering vnto the Lorde: whosoeuer is of a willing heart, let him bring this offring to the Lord, namely golde, and siluer, and brasse:

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:35:12 @ The ark, and the staves thereof, [with] the mercy seat, and the vail of the (note:)Which hung before the mercyseat so it could not be seen.(:note) covering,

geneva@Exodus:35:13 @ The Table, and the barres of it, and all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread:

geneva@Exodus:35:14 @ Also the Candlesticke of light and his instrumentes, and his lampes with the oyle for the light:

geneva@Exodus:35:15 @ Likewise the Altar of perfume and his barres, and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the vaile of the doore at the entring in of the Tabernacle,

geneva@Exodus:35:16 @ The Altar of burnt offering with his brasen grate, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote,

geneva@Exodus:35:19 @ The (note:)Such as belong to the service of the tabernacle.(:note) cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

geneva@Exodus:35:21 @ And euery one, whose heart encouraged him, & euery one, whose spirit made him willing, came and brought an offring to the Lord, for the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, & for all his vses, and for the holy garments.

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:35:23 @ Euery man also, which had blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, & fine linen, and goates heare, and rammes skinnes died red, and badgers skins, brought them.

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:35:26 @ And all the women (note:)That is, who were good spinners.(:note) whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' [hair].

geneva@Exodus:35:28 @ Also spice, and oyle for light, and for the anoynting oyle, and for the sweete perfume.

geneva@Exodus:35:30 @ Then Moses sayde vnto the children of Israel, Beholde, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah,

geneva@Exodus:35:31 @ And hath filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, and of knowledge, and in all maner worke,

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:36:3 @ And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal]. And (note:)Meaning, the Israelites.(:note) they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

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:36:6 @ Then Moses gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaymed throughout the hoste, saying, Let neither man nor woman prepare any more worke for the oblation of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring.

geneva@Exodus:36:27 @ And for the sides of the tabernacle (note:)Or, toward the Mediterranean Sea, west of Jerusalem,(:note) westward he made six boards.

geneva@Exodus:37:2 @ And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a (note:)Like battlements.(:note) crown of gold to it round about.

geneva@Exodus:37:6 @ And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.

geneva@Exodus:37:7 @ And he made two Cherubims of gold, vpo the two endes of the Merciseate: euen of worke beaten with the hammer made he them.

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:37:9 @ And the Cherubims spread out their wings on hie, & couered the Merciseat with their wings, & their faces were one towards another: towarde the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims.

geneva@Exodus:37:16 @ Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and goblets for it, & couerings for it, wherewith it should be couered.

geneva@Exodus:37:17 @ Likewise he made the Candlesticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer made he the Candlesticke: and his shaft, and his branche, his bolles, his knops, and his floures were of one piece.

geneva@Exodus:37:18 @ And sixe branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.

geneva@Exodus:37:22 @ Their knops & their branches were of the same: it was all one beaten worke of pure gold.

geneva@Exodus:37:25 @ Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, & the breadth of it a cubite (it was square) and two cubites hie, & the hornes thereof were of ye same.

geneva@Exodus:38:2 @ And hee made vnto it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlayd it with brasse.

geneva@Exodus:38:3 @ Also he made al the instruments of the altar: the ashpans, and the besoms, and the basins, the fleshhookes, and the censers: all the instruments thereof made he of brasse.

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:38:21 @ This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the (note:)That the Levites might be in charge of it, and minister in the same, as did Eleazar and Ithamar, (Num_3:4).(:note) Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

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:38:30 @ Whereof he made the sockets to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate which was for it, with all the instruments of the Altar,

geneva@Exodus:39:1 @ And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made (note:)As coverings for the ark, the candlestick, the altars and such like.(:note) cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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:39:6 @ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as (note:)That is, of very fine and curious workmanship.(:note) signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

geneva@Exodus:39:7 @ And put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones for a remembrance of the children of Israel, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:11 @ And in the seconde rowe, an Emeraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond:

geneva@Exodus:39:12 @ And the third row, (note:)Or, a turkeis, a stone which the authors write comes from the urine of the Lynx.(:note) a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

geneva@Exodus:39:14 @ And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, (note:)That is, every tribe had his name written on a stone.(:note) according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

geneva@Exodus:39:24 @ And they made vpon the skirts of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen twined.

geneva@Exodus:39:25 @ They made also belles of pure gold and put the belles betweene the pomegranates vpon the skirtes of the robe rounde about betweene the pomegranates.

geneva@Exodus:39:26 @ A bel and a pomegranate, a bel & a pomegranate round about the skirts of the robe to minister in, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

geneva@Exodus:39:33 @ Afterwarde they brought the Tabernacle vnto Moses, the Tabernacle and al his instruments, his taches, his boards, his barres, and his pillers, and his sockets,

geneva@Exodus:39:34 @ And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the (note:)So called, because it hung before the mercyseat and covered it from sight (Exo_35:12).(:note) vail of the covering,

geneva@Exodus:39:35 @ The Arke of the Testimony, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseate,

geneva@Exodus:39:36 @ The Table, with all the instruments thereof, and the shewebread,

geneva@Exodus:39:39 @ The brasen Altar with his grate of brasse, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote.

geneva@Exodus:39:40 @ The curtaines of the court with his pillers, and his sockets, & the hanging to the court gate, and his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Exodus:39:41 @ Finally, the ministring garmentes to serue in the Sanctuarie, and the holy garmentes for Aaron the Priest, and his sonnes garmentes to minister in the Priestes office.

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:40:5 @ And thou shalt set the altar (note:)That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn incense on.(:note) of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the This hanging or veil was between the sanctuary and the court. hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

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:40:14 @ Thou shalt also bring his sonnes, & clothe them with garments,

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:40:17 @ And it came to pass in the first month in (note:)After they came out of Egypt, (Num_7:1).(:note) the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up.

geneva@Exodus:40:20 @ And he took and put the (note:)That is, the tables of the law; (Exo_31:18, Exo_34:29).(:note) testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

geneva@Exodus:40:38 @ For (note:)Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them night and day, till they came to the land promised.(:note) the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

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:1:3 @ If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the (note:)Meaning, within the court of the tabernacle.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:1:4 @ And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the burnt offering, and it shalbe accepted to the Lorde, to be his atonement.

geneva@Leviticus:2:1 @ And when any will offer a (note:)Because the burnt offering could not be without the meat offering.(:note) meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

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:2:3 @ And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing (note:)Therefore no one could eat of it but the priest.(:note) most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:2:4 @ If thou bring also a meate offring baken in the ouen, it shalbe an vnleauened cake of fine floure mingled with oyle, or an vnleauened wafer anointed with oyle.

geneva@Leviticus:2:5 @ And if thy oblation [be] a (note:)Which is a gift offered to God to pacify him.(:note) meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

geneva@Leviticus:2:6 @ And thou shalt part it in pieces, and powre oyle thereon: for it is a meate offring.

geneva@Leviticus:2:7 @ And if thy meate offring be an oblation made in the caldron, it shalbe made of fine floure with oyle.

geneva@Leviticus:2:8 @ After, thou shalt bring the meate offering (that is made of these things) vnto the Lord, and shalt present it vnto the Priest, and he shall bring it to the altar,

geneva@Leviticus:2:9 @ And the Priest shall take from the meate offring a memoriall of it, and shall burne it vpon the altar: for it is an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto 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:2:11 @ All the meate offrings which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde, shalbe made without leauen: for ye shall neither burne leauen nor honie in any offring of the Lorde made by fire.

geneva@Leviticus:2:13 @ And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the (note:)Which they were bound (as by covenant) to use all sacrifices, (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5; Eze_43:24) or it means a sure and pure covenant.(:note) covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

geneva@Leviticus:2:14 @ If then thou offer a meate offring of thy first fruites vnto the Lorde, thou shalt offer for thy meate offering of thy first fruites eares of corne dryed by the fire, and wheate beaten out of the greene eares.

geneva@Leviticus:2:15 @ After, thou shalt put oyle vpon it, and lay incense thereon: for it is a meate offring.

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:3:6 @ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD [be] of the flock; (note:)In the peace offering either male or female could be offered, but in the burnt offering only the male: so here no birds can be offered, but in the burnt offering they might: there all was consumed with fire, and in the peace offering divided.(:note) male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

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:3:11 @ Then the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar, as the meat of an offring made by fire vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:3:13 @ And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before (note:)Meaning, at the north side of the altar, (Lev_1:1).(:note) the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

geneva@Leviticus:3:16 @ So the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, as the meate of an offering made by fire for a sweete sauour: all the fatte is the Lordes.

geneva@Leviticus:4:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through (note:)That is, of negligence or ignorance, especially in the ceremonial law: for otherwise the punishment for a crime is determined according to the transgression, (Num_15:22).(:note) ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

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:4:6 @ And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the (note:)Which was between the holiest of holies and the sanctuary.(:note) sanctuary.

geneva@Leviticus:4:7 @ And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the (note:)Which was in the court: meaning by the tabernacle the sanctuary: and in the end of this verse it is taken for the court.(:note) tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:4:13 @ And if the (note:)The multitude does not excuse the sin, but if all have sinned, they must all be punished.(:note) whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which should not be done, and are guilty;

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:4:17 @ And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seuen times before the Lord, euen before the vaile.

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:4:20 @ And the Priest shal doe with this bullocke, as he did with the bullocke for his sinne: so shall he do with this: so the Priest shal make an atonement for them, and it shalbe forgiuen them.

geneva@Leviticus:4:22 @ When a ruler shal sinne, and do through ignorance against any of the commaundementes of the Lorde his God, which should not be done, and shall offend,

geneva@Leviticus:4:26 @ And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make (note:)In which he represented Jesus Christ.(:note) an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

geneva@Leviticus:4:27 @ Likewise if any of the people of ye lande shall sinne through ignoraunce in doing against any of the commandements of the Lord, which should not be done, and shall offend,

geneva@Leviticus:4:31 @ And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offringes is taken away, and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shalbe forgiuen him.

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:5:6 @ Therefore shall he bring his trespasse offring vnto the Lord for his sinne which he hath committed, euen a female from ye flocke, be it a lambe or a she goat for a sinne offring, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, concerning his sinne.

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:5:12 @ Then shall hee bring it to the Priest, and the Priest shall take his handfull of it for the remembrance thereof, and burne it vpon the altar with the offrings of the Lorde made by fire: for it is a sinne offring.

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:5:18 @ And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his (note:)Else if his sin against God come of malice, he must die; (Num_15:30).(:note) ignorance wherein he erred and wist [it] not, and it shall be forgiven him.

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:6:5 @ 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:6:6 @ Also he shall bring for his trespasse vnto the Lorde, a ramme without blemish out of the flocke in thy estimation worth two shekels for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest.

geneva@Leviticus:6:7 @ And the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lorde, and it shall be forgiuen him, whatsoeuer thing he hath done, and trespassed therein.

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:6:11 @ After, he shal put off his garments, and put on other raiment, and cary the ashes foorth without the hoste vnto a cleane place.

geneva@Leviticus:6:14 @ Also this is the lawe of the meate offring, which Aarons sonnes shall offer in the presence of the Lorde, before the altar.

geneva@Leviticus:6:15 @ He shall euen take thence his handfull of fine flowre of the meate offring and of the oyle, & all the incense which is vpon the meat offring, and shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour, as a memoriall therefore vnto the Lorde:

geneva@Leviticus:6:20 @ This [is] the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering (note:)So oft as the high priest shall be elected and anointed.(:note) perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.

geneva@Leviticus:6:21 @ In the frying panne it shalbe made with oyle: thou shalt bring it fryed, and shalt offer the baken pieces of the meate offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:6:23 @ For euery meate offring of the Priest shall be burnt altogether, it shall not be eaten.

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:7:7 @ 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:7:9 @ 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:7:10 @ And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and (note:)Because it had no oil or liquor.(:note) dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one [as much] as another.

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:7:20 @ 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:7:27 @ Euery person that eateth any blood, euen the same person shall be cut off from his people.

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:7:37 @ This [is] the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the (note:)Which sacrifice was offered when the priests were consecrated, (Exo_29:22).(:note) consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

geneva@Leviticus:8:2 @ Take Aaron and his sonnes with him, and the garments and the anointing oyle, and a bullocke for the sinne offring, & two rammes, and a basket of vnleauened bread,

geneva@Leviticus:8:11 @ And sprinkled thereof vpon the altar seuen times, and anointed the altar and all his instruments, and the lauer, and his foote, to sanctifie them)

geneva@Leviticus:8:18 @ Also hee brought the ram for the burnt offring, and Aaron and his sonnes put their hands vpon the head of the ramme.

geneva@Leviticus:8:30 @ Also Moses tooke of the anointing oyle, and of the blood which was vpon the Altar, and sprinkled it vpon Aaron, vpon his garments, and vpon his sonnes, and on his sonnes garments with him: so hee sanctified Aaron, his garments, & his sonnes, and his sonnes garments with him.

geneva@Leviticus:8:34 @ As hee hath done this day: so the Lorde hath commanded to doe, to make an atonement for you.

geneva@Leviticus:9:1 @ And it came to pass on the (note:)After their consecration: for the seven days before, the priests were consecrated.(:note) eighth day, [that] Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

geneva@Leviticus:9:2 @ And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a (note:)Aaron enters into the possession of the priesthood: and offers the four principal sacrifices, the burnt offering, the sin offering, the peace offering, and the meat offering.(:note) sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer [them] before the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:9:4 @ Also a bullock, and a ramme for peace offringes, to offer before the Lorde, and a meate offring mingled with oyle: for to day the Lorde will appeare vnto you.

geneva@Leviticus:9:7 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for (note:)Read for the understanding of this peace, (Heb_4:5, Heb_7:27).(:note) thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.

geneva@Leviticus:9:17 @ He presented also the meate offring, & filled his hand thereof, and beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning he burnt this vpon the Altar.

geneva@Leviticus:9:22 @ And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and (note:)Because the altar was near the sanctuary, which was the upper end, therefore he is said to come down.(:note) came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

geneva@Leviticus:9:23 @ And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and (note:)Or prayed for the people.(:note) blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

geneva@Leviticus:9:24 @ And there came a fire out from the Lord and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offring and the fatte: which when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces.

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:10:4 @ And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan the sonnes of Vzziel, the vncle of Aaron, & saide vnto them, Come neere, cary your brethre from before the Sanctuarie out of the hoste.

geneva@Leviticus:10:6 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, (note:)As though you lamented for them, preferring your carnal affection to God's just judgment; (Lev_19:18; Deu_14:1).(:note) Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath In destroying Nadab and Abihu the chief, and menacing the rest, unless they repent. kindled.

geneva@Leviticus:10:7 @ And go not yee out from the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, least ye dye: for the anointing oyle of the Lorde is vpon you: and they did according to Moses commaundement.

geneva@Leviticus:10:9 @ Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when yee come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generations,

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:10:16 @ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron [which were] (note:)And not consumed as Nadab and Abihu.(:note) left [alive], saying,

geneva@Leviticus:10:17 @ Wherfore haue ye not eaten the sinne offring in the holy place, seeing it is most Holie? & God hath giuen it you, to beare the iniquitie of the Congregation, to make an atonement for them before the Lorde.

geneva@Leviticus:10:19 @ And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day (note:)That is, Nadab and Abihu.(:note) have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

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:11:3 @ 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:11:10 @ 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:11:16 @ The ostrich also, and the night crowe, and the seameaw, and the hauke after his kinde:

geneva@Leviticus:11:30 @ Also the rat, and the lizard, and the chameleon, and the stellio, and the molle.

geneva@Leviticus:11:32 @ And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or (note:)As a bottle or bag.(:note) skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

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: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:12:4 @ And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three (note:)Besides the first seven days.(:note) and thirty days; she shall touch no As sacrifice, or such like. hallowed thing, nor come into the That is, into the court gate till after forty days. sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

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:12:8 @ But if she bee not able to bring a lambe, she shall bring two turtles, or two yong pigeons: the one for a burnt offring, and the other for a sinne offring: and the Priest shall make an atonement for her: so she shal be cleane.

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:13:5 @ After, the Priest shall looke vpon him the seuenth day: and if the plague seeme to him to abide still, and the plague growe not in the skin, the Priest shal shut him vp yet seuen dayes more.

geneva@Leviticus:13:6 @ And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat (note:)As having the skin drawn together, or blackish.(:note) dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but] a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

geneva@Leviticus:13:8 @ And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him (note:)Concerning his bodily disease: for his disease was not imputed to him for sin before God even though it were the punishment of sin.(:note) unclean: it [is] a leprosy.

geneva@Leviticus:13:16 @ Or if the rawe flesh change and be turned into white, then he shall come to the Priest,

geneva@Leviticus:13:19 @ And in ye place of the bile there be a white swelling, or a white spot somewhat reddish, it shal be seene of the Priest.

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:13:31 @ 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:13:32 @ After, in the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the sore: and if the blacke spot growe not, and there be in it no yelowe heare, and the blacke spot seeme not lower then the skinne,

geneva@Leviticus:13:34 @ And the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the blacke spot: and if the blacke spot growe not in the skinne, nor seeme lower then the other skinne, then the Priest shall clense him, and hee shall wash his clothes, and be cleane.

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:13:39 @ Then the Priest shall consider: and if the spots in the skin of their flesh be somewhat darke and white withall, it is but a white spot broken out in the skin: therefore he is cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:13:45 @ And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be (note:)In sign of sorrow and lamentation.(:note) rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper Either in token of mourning, or for fear of infecting others. lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

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:13:49 @ And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of (note:)Whether it be garment, vessel, or instrument.(:note) skin; it [is] a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

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:13:53 @ And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not (note:)But abide still in one place, as in (Lev_13:37).(:note) spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;

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:13:57 @ And if it appeare stil in ye garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing made of skin, it is a spreading leprie: thou shalt burne the thing wherein the plague is, in the fire.

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:13:59 @ This is the lawe of the plague of leprosie in a garment of wollen or linnen, or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing of skin, to make it cleane or vncleane.

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:14:10 @ And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without (note:)Which has no imperfection in any part.(:note) blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, This quantity in Hebrew is called a Log, and holds six eggs in measure. and one log of oil.

geneva@Leviticus:14:15 @ The Priest shall also take of ye pint of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand,

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:14:18 @ 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:14:20 @ So the Priest shal offer ye burnt offring and the meat offring vpon ye altar and the Priest shall make an atonement for him: so he shalbe cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:14:21 @ And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one (note:)Which is an Omer, (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

geneva@Leviticus:14:26 @ Also the Priest shal powre of the oyle into the palme of his owne left hand.

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:14:29 @ 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:14:37 @ 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:14:43 @ 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:14:44 @ Then the Priest shall come and see: and if the plague growe in the house, it is a freating leprosie in the house: it is therefore vncleane.

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:14:51 @ And shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssope, and the skarlet lace with the liue sparow, and dip them in the blood of the slayne sparow, and in the pure water, and sprinkle the house seuen times:

geneva@Leviticus:14:53 @ Afterwarde he shal let go the liue sparowe out of the towne into the broad fieldes: so shal he make atonement for the house, and it shal be cleane.

geneva@Leviticus:14:55 @ And of the leprosie of the garment, and of the house,

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:15:14 @ Then the eight day he shall take vnto him two Turtle doues or two yong pigeons, and come before the Lorde at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall giue them vnto the Priest.

geneva@Leviticus:15:15 @ And the Priest shall make of the one of them a sinne offring, & of the other a burnt offering: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, for his issue.

geneva@Leviticus:15:16 @ And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his (note:)Meaning, all his body.(:note) flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

geneva@Leviticus:15:17 @ And euery garment, & euery skinne whereupon shalbe issue of seede, shall be euen washed with water, and be vncleane vnto the euen.

geneva@Leviticus:15:25 @ Also when a womans issue of blood runneth long time besides the time of her floures, or when she hath an issue, longer then her floures, all the dayes of the issue of her vncleannesse shee shalbe vncleane, as in the time of her floures.

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:15:30 @ And the Priest shall make of ye one a sinne offring, and of the other a burnt offring, and the Priest shal make an atonement for her before the Lord, for the issue of her vncleannes.

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:16:1 @ Fvrthermore the Lord spake vnto Moses, after the death of the two sonnes of Aaron, whe they came to offer before the Lord, and dyed:

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:16:3 @ After this sort shall Aaron come into the Holy place: euen with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:16:4 @ He shal put on the holy linnen coate, and shal haue linnen breeches vpon his flesh, & shal be girded with a linnen girdle, and shal couer his head with a linnen miter: these are the holy garments: therefore shal hee wash his flesh in water, when he doeth put them on.

geneva@Leviticus:16:5 @ And hee shal take of the Congregation of the children of Israel, two hee goates for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring.

geneva@Leviticus:16:6 @ Then Aaron shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring, and make an atonement for himselfe, and for his house.

geneva@Leviticus:16:8 @ And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the (note:)In Hebrew it is called Azazel, which some say is a mountain near Sinai, where this goat was sent. Rather it is called the scapegoat because it was not offered but sent into the desert, as in (Lev_16:11).(:note) scapegoat.

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:16:14 @ And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat (note:)That is, on the side which was toward the people: for the head of the sanctuary stood westward.(:note) eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

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:16:17 @ And there shalbe no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, when he goeth in to make an atonement in the Holy place, vntill hee come out, and haue made an atonement for himselfe, and for his housholde, and for all the Congregation of Israel.

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:16:19 @ So shal hee sprinkle of the blood vpon it with his finger seuen times, & clense it, & halowe it from the vncleannes of the children of Israel.

geneva@Leviticus:16:23 @ After, Aaron shal come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and put off the linnen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy place, and leaue them there.

geneva@Leviticus:16:24 @ And he shall wash his flesh with water in (note:)In the court where the laver was, (Exo_30:28).(:note) the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

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:16:32 @ And the priest, (note:)Whom the priest shall anoint by God's commandment to succeed in his father's place.(:note) whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:

geneva@Leviticus:16:33 @ And shal purge the Holy Sanctuarie & the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shal clense the altar, and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregation.

geneva@Leviticus:16:34 @ And this shalbe an euerlasting ordinance vnto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sinnes once a yeere: and as the Lord commanded Moses, he did.

geneva@Leviticus:17:7 @ And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto (note:)Meaning, whatever is not the true God, (1Co_10:10; Psa_95:5).(:note) devils, after whom they have gone a For idolatry is spiritual whoredom, because faith toward God is broken. whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

geneva@Leviticus:17:11 @ For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it vnto you to offer vpon the altar, to make an atonemet for your soules: for this blood shall make an atonement for the soule.

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:18:4 @ But do after my iudgementes, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:18:5 @ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: (note:)And therefore you ought to serve me alone, as my people.(:note) I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:18:7 @ Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy father, nor the shame of thy mother: for she is thy mother, thou shalt not discouer her shame.

geneva@Leviticus:18:9 @ The nakedness of thy (note:)Either by father or mother, born in marriage or otherwise.(:note) sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

geneva@Leviticus:18:10 @ The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own (note:)They are her children whose shame you have uncovered.(:note) nakedness.

geneva@Leviticus:18:11 @ The shame of thy fathers wiues daughter, begotten of thy father (for she is thy sister) thou shalt not, I say, discouer her shame.

geneva@Leviticus:18:12 @ Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman.

geneva@Leviticus:18:13 @ Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinsewoman.

geneva@Leviticus:18:15 @ Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy daughter in lawe: for she is thy sonnes wife: therefore shalt thou not vncouer her shame.

geneva@Leviticus:18:17 @ Thou shalt not discouer the shame of the wife and of her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: for they are thy kinsfolkes, and it were wickednesse.

geneva@Leviticus:18:18 @ Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to (note:)By seeing your affection more bent to her sister than to her.(:note) vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].

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:18:27 @ (For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

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:19:12 @ Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:19:15 @ Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

geneva@Leviticus:19:19 @ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a (note:)As a horse to leap an ass, or a mule a mare.(:note) diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

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:19:21 @ And he shall bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lorde, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, a ramme for a trespasse offering.

geneva@Leviticus:19:22 @ Then the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ramme of the trespasse offering before the Lorde, concerning his sinne which he hath done, and pardon shalbe giuen him for his sinne which he hath committed.

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:19:26 @ Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor (note:)To measure lucky or unlucky days.(:note) observe times.

geneva@Leviticus:19:29 @ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a (note:)As did the Cyprians, and Locrenses.(:note) whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

geneva@Leviticus:19:35 @ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in (note:)As in measuring the ground.(:note) meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

geneva@Leviticus:19:36 @ Just balances, just weights, a just (note:)By these two measures he means all other. Of Ephah, read (Exo_16:36) and of Hin, (Exo_29:40).(:note) ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Leviticus:19:37 @ Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde.

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:20:11 @ 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:20:16 @ And if a woman come to any beast, and lye therewith, then thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall die the death, their blood shalbe vpon them.

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:20:19 @ Moreouer thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy mothers sister, nor of thy fathers sister: because he hath vncouered his kin, they shall beare their iniquitie.

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:20:25 @ 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:21:1 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be (note:)By touching the dead, lamenting, or being at their burial.(:note) defiled for the dead among his people:

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:21:6 @ They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire, and the bread of their God they doe offer: therefore they shalbe holie.

geneva@Leviticus:21:7 @ They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or (note:)Which has an evil name or is defamed.(:note) profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

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:21:12 @ Neither shall he go out of the (note:)To go to the dead.(:note) sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the For by his anointing he was preferred above the other priests and therefore could not lament the dead, least he should have polluted his holy anointing. crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.

geneva@Leviticus:21:15 @ Neither shall he profane his (note:)By marrying any unchaste or defamed woman.(:note) seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

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:21:21 @ 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:22:10 @ There shall no (note:)Which is not of the tribe of Levi.(:note) stranger eat [of] the holy thing: a Some read, the servant who had his ear bored, and would not go free, (Exo_21:6). sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing.

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:22:16 @ Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of (note:)For if they did not offer sacrifice for their error, the people by their example might commit the same offence.(:note) trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

geneva@Leviticus:22:22 @ Blinde, or broken, or maimed, or hauing a wenne, or skiruie, or skabbed: these shall yee not offer vnto the Lord nor make an offring by fire of these vpon the altar of the Lorde.

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:22:27 @ When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or a goate shal be brought foorth, it shalbe euen seuen daies vnder his damme: and from the eight day forth, it shalbe accepted for a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:22:30 @ The same day it shalbe eaten, yee shall leaue none of it vntill the morowe: I am the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:22:31 @ Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:22:32 @ Neither shall ye (note:)For whoever does otherwise than God commands pollutes his Name.(:note) profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,

geneva@Leviticus:23:10 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into ye land which I giue vnto you, and reape the haruest thereof, then ye shal bring a sheafe of the first fruites of your haruest vnto the Priest,

geneva@Leviticus:23:13 @ And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two (note:)Which is, the fifth part of an Ephah, or two Omers: read (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] Read (Exo_29:40). of an hin.

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:23:16 @ Vnto ye morow after the seuenth Sabbath shall ye nomber fiftie dayes: then yee shall bring a newe meate offring vnto the Lord.

geneva@Leviticus:23:18 @ Also yee shall offer with the bread seuen lambes without blemish of one yeere olde, and a yong bullocke and two rams: they shalbe for a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, with their meate offrings and their drinke offrings, for a sacrifice made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

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:23:27 @ Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall (note:)By fasting and prayer.(:note) afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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:23:37 @ These [are] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a (note:)Or, peace offering.(:note) sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

geneva@Leviticus:23:40 @ And yee shall take you in the first day the fruite of goodly trees, branches of palme trees, & the boughes of thicke trees, and willowes of the brooke, and shall reioyce before the Lorde your God seuen daies.

geneva@Leviticus:24:5 @ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two (note:)That is, two omers, read (Exo_16:16).(:note) tenth deals shall be in one cake.

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:24:10 @ And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went (note:)Meaning, out of his tent.(:note) out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

geneva@Leviticus:24:11 @ And the Israelitish woman's son (note:)By swearing or despising God.(:note) blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

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:24:23 @ 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:25:2 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you, the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde.

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:25:8 @ Also thou shalt number seuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, euen seuen times seuen yeere: and the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeeres will be vnto thee nine and fourtie yeere.

geneva@Leviticus:25:15 @ According to the number of (note:)If the Jubile to come is near, you would be better to sell cheaply. If it is far off, sell at a higher price.(:note) years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, [and] according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

geneva@Leviticus:25:22 @ And ye shall sowe the eight yeere, & eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere: vntill the fruite thereof come, ye shall eate the olde.

geneva@Leviticus:25:23 @ The land shall not be sold (note:)It could not be sold for ever, but must return to the family in the Jubile.(:note) for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.

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:25:26 @ And if he haue no redeemer, but hath gotten and founde to bye it out,

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:25:30 @ 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:25:31 @ But the houses of villages, which haue no walles round about them, shalbe esteemed as the fielde of the countrey: they may be bought out againe, and shall goe out in the Iubile.

geneva@Leviticus:25:32 @ Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons.

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:25:42 @ For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not (note:)To perpetual servitude.(:note) be sold as bondmen.

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:25:54 @ And if he be not redeemed thus, he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile, he, and his children with him.

geneva@Leviticus:25:55 @ For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants: they are my seruants, who I haue brought out of the land of Egypt: I am ye Lord your God.

geneva@Leviticus:26:3 @ If ye walke in mine ordinances, and keepe my commandements, and doe them,

geneva@Leviticus:26:5 @ And your threshing shall reache vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall reache vnto sowing time, and you shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your land safely.

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:26:14 @ But if ye will not obey me, nor do all these commandements,

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:26:16 @ Then wil I also do this vnto you, I wil appoint ouer you fearefulnes, a consumption, and the burning ague to consume the eyes, and make the heart heauie, and you shall sowe your seede in vaine: for your enemies shall eate it:

geneva@Leviticus:26:18 @ And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you (note:)That is, more extremely.(:note) seven times more for your sins.

geneva@Leviticus:26:21 @ And if ye walk (note:)Or as some read, by fortune, imputing my plagues to chance and fortune.(:note) contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

geneva@Leviticus:26:23 @ Yet if by these ye will not be reformed by me, but walke stubburnly against me,

geneva@Leviticus:26:24 @ Then wil I also walke stubburnly against you, and I will smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes:

geneva@Leviticus:26:26 @ [And] when I have broken the (note:)That is, the strength by which life is sustained, (Eze_4:16, Eze_5:16).(:note) staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one One oven will be sufficient for ten families. oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

geneva@Leviticus:26:27 @ Yet if ye will not for this obey mee, but walke against me stubburnly,

geneva@Leviticus:26:28 @ Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes.

geneva@Leviticus:26:31 @ And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I (note:)I will not accept your sacrifices.(:note) will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

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:26:40 @ Then they shall confesse their iniquitie, & the wickednes of their fathers for their trespasse, which they haue trespassed against mee, and also because they haue walked stubburnly against me.

geneva@Leviticus:26:41 @ Therefore I wil walke stubburnly against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so then their vncircumcised hearts shalbe humbled, and then they shalt willingly beare the punishment of their iniquitie.

geneva@Leviticus:26:42 @ Then I will remember my couenant with Iaakob, and my couenant also with Izhak, and also my couenant with Abraham will I remember, and will remember the land.

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:26:46 @ These [are] the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount (note:)Fifty days after they came out of Egypt.(:note) Sinai by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Leviticus:27:6 @ And if [it be] from a (note:)He speaks of those vows by which the fathers dedicated their children to God who were not of such force; but they might be redeemed from them.(:note) month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.

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:27:11 @ And if it be any vncleane beast, of which men do not offer a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, hee shall then present the beast before the Priest.

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:27:16 @ And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an (note:)Homer is a measure containing ten ephahs, read of an ephah in (Exo_16:16, Exo_16:36).(:note) homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

geneva@Leviticus:27:17 @ If he dedicate his field immediately from the yeere of Iubile, it shall bee worth as thou doest esteeme it.

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:27:20 @ And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have (note:)For their own necessity or godly uses.(:note) sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

geneva@Leviticus:27:24 @ But in the yeere of Iubile, the fielde shall returne vnto him, of whome it was bought: to him, I say, whose inheritance the land was.

geneva@Leviticus:27:27 @ But if it be an vncleane beast, then he shall redeeme it by thy valuation, and giue the fift part more thereto: & if it be not redeemed, then it shalbe solde, according to thy estimation.

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:27:29 @ None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be (note:)It shall remain without redemption.(:note) put to death.

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@Leviticus:27:34 @ These are the commaundements which the Lord commaunded by Moses vnto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

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:1:2 @ Take ye the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, and housholdes of their fathers with the nomber of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man:

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:1:6 @ Of Simeon, Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai:

geneva@Numbers:1:17 @ The Moses and Aaron tooke these men which are expressed by their names.

geneva@Numbers:1:18 @ And they assembled all the congregation together on the first [day] of the second month, and they declared (note:)In showing every man his tribe and his ancestors.(:note) their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

geneva@Numbers:1:20 @ So were the sonnes of Reuben Israels eldest sonne by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, man by man euery male from twentie yere olde and aboue, as many as went forth to warre:

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:1:23 @ The summe of them, I say, of the tribe of Simeon was nine and fiftie thousande, and three hundreth.

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:1:44 @ These are the summes which Moses, and Aaron nombred, and the Princes of Israel, the twelue men, which were euery one for the house of their fathers.

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:1:49 @ Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of 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: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:2:10 @ On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp (note:)Reuben and Simeon, the sons of Leah, and Gad, the son of Zilpah her maid, were of the second standard.(:note) of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:2:12 @ And by him shal the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captaiue ouer the sonnes of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai:

geneva@Numbers:3:2 @ So these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab the first borne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

geneva@Numbers:3:3 @ These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the anoynted Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priests office.

geneva@Numbers:3:7 @ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation (note:)Which belonged to the executing of the high priests commandment, to the oversight of the people, and the service of the tabernacle.(:note) before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:3:8 @ They shall also keepe all the instrumentes of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and haue the charge of the children of Israel to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:3:9 @ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his (note:)Aaron's sons the priests served in the sanctuary in praying for the people and offering sacrifice: the Levites served for the inferior uses of the same.(:note) sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

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:3:13 @ 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:3:17 @ And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

geneva@Numbers:3:18 @ Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

geneva@Numbers:3:20 @ And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:3:21 @ Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

geneva@Numbers:3:27 @ And of Kohath came the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

geneva@Numbers:3:33 @ Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

geneva@Numbers:3:34 @ And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:3:35 @ The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shalbe Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: they shall pitche on the Northside of the Tabernacle.

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:3:43 @ And all the first borne males rehearsed by name (from a moneth olde and aboue) according to their nomber were two & twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and three.

geneva@Numbers:3:48 @ And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.

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:4:2 @ Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, and houses of their fathers,

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:4:5 @ And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the (note:)Which divided the sanctuary from the holiest of holies.(:note) covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

geneva@Numbers:4:7 @ And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover (note:)Meaning, to cover the bread.(:note) withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

geneva@Numbers:4:8 @ And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof.

geneva@Numbers:4:10 @ And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon a (note:)The Hebrew word signifies an instrument made of two staves or bars.(:note) bar.

geneva@Numbers:4:12 @ And they shall take all the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew silke, & couer the with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put them on the barres.

geneva@Numbers:4:14 @ And shall put vpon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupie about it: the censers, the fleshhookes and the besomes, & the basens, euen al the instruments of the altar and they shal spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it.

geneva@Numbers:4:15 @ And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the (note:)That is, in folding up the things of the sanctuary, as the ark, etc.(:note) sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not Before it is covered. touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath 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:4:22 @ Take also ye summe of the sonnes of Gershon, euery one by the houses of their fathers throughout their families:

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:4:27 @ At the commaundement of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of ye Gershonites bee done, in all their charges and in all their seruice, and ye shall appoynt them to keepe all their charges.

geneva@Numbers:4:29 @ Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers:

geneva@Numbers:4:32 @ And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by (note:)You shall take inventory of all the things, which you commit to their charge.(:note) name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

geneva@Numbers:4:33 @ This is the seruice of the families of the sonnes of Merari, according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

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:4:41 @ 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:4:42 @ The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers,

geneva@Numbers:4:45 @ These are the summes of ye families of the sonnes of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred according to the commaundement of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

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:5:6 @ 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:5:8 @ But if the (note:)If he is dead to whom the wrong is done and also has no relatives.(:note) man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, [even] to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

geneva@Numbers:5:15 @ Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth [part] of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no (note:)Only in the sin offering, and so this offering of jealousy were neither oil nor incense offered.(:note) oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it [is] an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to Or, making the sin known, and not purging it. remembrance.

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:5:20 @ But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,

geneva@Numbers:5:21 @ Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a (note:)Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and forswore herself in denying the same.(:note) curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

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:5:26 @ And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the (note:)Where the incense was offered.(:note) altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

geneva@Numbers:6:5 @ While hee is separate by his vowe, the rasor shall not come vpon his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth him selfe vnto the Lord, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of the heare of his head growe.

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:6:11 @ 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:6:13 @ This then is the lawe of the Nazarite: When the time of his consecration is out, he shall come to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

geneva@Numbers:6:14 @ And hee shall bring his offering vnto the Lorde, an hee lambe of a yeere olde without blemish for a burnt offering, and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemish for a sinne offring, and a ramme without blemish for peace offrings,

geneva@Numbers:6:15 @ And a basket of vnleauened bread, of cakes of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oile, with their meate offring, and their drinke offrings:

geneva@Numbers:6:17 @ He shal prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lorde, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shal make his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:6:19 @ Then the Priest shall take ye sodden shoulder of the ramme, and an vnleauened cake out of the basket, and a wafer vnleauened, and put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecration.

geneva@Numbers:6:25 @ The Lorde make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee,

geneva@Numbers:6:27 @ And they shall put my (note:)They shall pray in my Name for them.(:note) name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

geneva@Numbers:7:1 @ Nowe when Moses had finished the setting vp of the Tabernacle, and anointed it & sanctified it, and all the instrumentes thereof, and the altar with al the instruments thereof, and had anoynted them and sanctified them,

geneva@Numbers:7:8 @ And foure charets and eight oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Merari according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

geneva@Numbers:7:13 @ And his offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:19 @ Who offred for his offring a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:23 @ And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar.

geneva@Numbers:7:25 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:29 @ And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Eliab the sonne of Helon.

geneva@Numbers:7:31 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:35 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offering of Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

geneva@Numbers:7:36 @ The fifth day Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon offered.

geneva@Numbers:7:37 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:41 @ And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:7:43 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:47 @ And for a peace offering, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel.

geneva@Numbers:7:49 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offering,

geneva@Numbers:7:53 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.

geneva@Numbers:7:55 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:59 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur.

geneva@Numbers:7:61 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:65 @ And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Abidan the sonne of Gideoni.

geneva@Numbers:7:67 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:71 @ And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:7:73 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:79 @ His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

geneva@Numbers:7:83 @ And for peace offerings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Ahira the sonne of Enan.

geneva@Numbers:7:87 @ All the bullockes for the burnt offering were twelue bullocks, the rams twelue, the lambs of a yeere olde twelue, with their meate offrings, and twelue hee goates for a sinne offring.

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:8:8 @ Then they shal take a yong bullocke with his meate offring of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and another yong bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offring.

geneva@Numbers:8:10 @ And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the (note:)Meaning, certain of them in the name of the whole.(:note) children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

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:8:16 @ For they are freely giuen vnto me from among the children of Israel, for such as open any wombe: for all the first borne of the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me.

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:8:21 @ So the Leuites were purified, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offred them as a shake offring before the Lord, and Aaron made an atonement for them, to purifie them.

geneva@Numbers:9:1 @ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernes of Sinai, in the first moneth of the second yeere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

geneva@Numbers:9:2 @ The children of Israel shall also celebrate the Passeouer at ye time appointed thereunto.

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:9:10 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet (note:)And cannot come where the tabernacle is, when others keep it.(:note) he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

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:9:18 @ At the commandment of the (note:)Who taught them what to do by the cloud.(:note) LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

geneva@Numbers:9:20 @ So when the cloud abode a few dayes vpon the Tabernacle, they abode in their tents according to the comandement of ye Lord: for they iourneyed at the commandement of the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:9:23 @ At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the (note:)Under the charge and government of Moses.(:note) hand of Moses.

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:10:4 @ But if they blowe with one, then the princes, or heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee.

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:10:7 @ But in assembling the Congregation, ye shall blowe without an alarme.

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:10:13 @ And they (note:)From Sinai to Paran, (Num_33:1).(:note) first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Numbers:10:17 @ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing (note:)With all the belongings of it.(:note) the tabernacle.

geneva@Numbers:10:19 @ And ouer the band of the tribe of ye children of Simeon was Shelumiel the sonne of Shurishaddai.

geneva@Numbers:10:21 @ And the Kohathites set forward, (note:)Upon their shoulders.(:note) bearing the sanctuary: and The Merarites and Gershonites. [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came.

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:10:32 @ And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.

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:11:1 @ Vvhen the people became murmurers, it displeased the Lorde: and the Lorde heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lorde burnt among them, and consumed the vtmost parte of the hoste.

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:11:5 @ We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt (note:)For a final price, or good cheap.(:note) freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

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:11:14 @ I am not able to beare al this people alone, for it is too heauie for me.

geneva@Numbers:11:15 @ And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy (note:)I would rather die than see my grief and misery daily increased by their rebellion.(:note) sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

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:11:20 @ [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:11:23 @ And the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee, or no.

geneva@Numbers:11:24 @ So Moses went out, and told the people the wordes of the Lorde, and gathered seuentie men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle.

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:11:27 @ Then there ranne a yong man, and tolde Moses, and saide, Eldad and Medad doe prophesie in the hoste.

geneva@Numbers:11:28 @ And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his (note:)Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth.(:note) young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, Such blind zeal was in the apostles, (Mar_9:38; Luk_9:44). forbid 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:12:1 @ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married (note:)Zipporah, Moses' wife, was a Midianite, and because Midian bordered on Ethiopia, it is sometimes referred to in the scriptures by this name.(:note) an Ethiopian woman.

geneva@Numbers:12:3 @ (Now the man Moses [was] very (note:)And so endured their grudging, although he knew of them.(:note) meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)

geneva@Numbers:12:4 @ And by and by the Lorde sayd vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and vnto Miriam, come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth.

geneva@Numbers:12:5 @ Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, & they both came forth.

geneva@Numbers:12:6 @ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a (note:)These were the two ordinary means.(:note) vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

geneva@Numbers:12:10 @ And the cloud departed from off the (note:)From the door of the tabernacle.(:note) tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.

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:13:3 @ {\cf2 (13:4)} Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lorde: all those men were heades of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:13:4 @ {\cf2 (13:5)} Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the sonne of Zaccur:

geneva@Numbers:13:5 @ {\cf2 (13:6)} Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the sonne of Hori:

geneva@Numbers:13:16 @ These [are] the names of the (note:)Which in number were twelve according to the twelve tribes.(:note) men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

geneva@Numbers:13:20 @ {\cf2 (13:21)} And what the land is: whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruite of the lande (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes)

geneva@Numbers:13:21 @ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of (note:)Which was in the wilderness of Paran.(:note) Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

geneva@Numbers:13:22 @ And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of (note:)Which were a type of giant.(:note) Anak, [were]. (Now Declaring the antiquity of it: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

geneva@Numbers:13:23 @ {\cf2 (13:24)} Then they came to the riuer of Eshcol, and cut downe thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it vpon a barre betwene two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figges.

geneva@Numbers:13:26 @ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of (note:)Called also Kadesh-barnea.(:note) Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

geneva@Numbers:13:27 @ And they told (note:)That is, Moses.(:note) him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this [is] the fruit of it.

geneva@Numbers:13:30 @ {\cf2 (13:31)} Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, & saide, Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it: for vndoubtedly we shall ouercome it.

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:14:5 @ Then Moses and Aaron (note:)Lamenting the people, and praying for them.(:note) fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:14:9 @ Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] (note:)We shall easily overcome them.(:note) bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.

geneva@Numbers:14:11 @ And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them?

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:14:18 @ The Lord is slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation:

geneva@Numbers:14:19 @ Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.

geneva@Numbers:14:22 @ Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these (note:)That is, various times and often.(:note) ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

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:14:24 @ But my servant Caleb, because he had another (note:)A meek and obedient spirit, and not rebellious.(:note) spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

geneva@Numbers:14:27 @ How long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmure against me? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against me.

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:14:30 @ Ye shall not doubtles come into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande, to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

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:14:36 @ And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

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:14:40 @ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have (note:)They confessed their sin in rebelling against God, but did not consider their offence in going up without God's commandment.(:note) sinned.

geneva@Numbers:14:41 @ But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lorde? it will not so come well to passe.

geneva@Numbers:14:44 @ But they (note:)They could not be stayed by any means.(:note) presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

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:15:2 @ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the (note:)Into the land of Canaan.(:note) land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

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:15:6 @ And for a ram, thou shalt for a meat offring, prepare two tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with the third part of an Hin of oyle.

geneva@Numbers:15:9 @ Then let him offer with ye bullocke a meate offring of three tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with halfe an Hin of oyle.

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:15:18 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into the lande, to the which I bring you,

geneva@Numbers:15:22 @ And if ye (note:)By oversight or ignorance, read (Lev_4:2, Lev_4:13).(:note) have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

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:15:25 @ And the Priest shall make an atonement for al the Congregation of the children of Israel, and it shalbe forgiuen them: for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offring for an offring made by fire vnto the Lord, and their sinne offering before the Lord for their ignorance.

geneva@Numbers:15:28 @ And the Priest shall make an atonement for the ignorant person, when hee sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make reconciliation for him: and it shalbe forgiuen him.

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:15:38 @ 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:16:2 @ And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume,

geneva@Numbers:16:3 @ And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, (note:)Or let it suffice you: meaning, to have abused them this long.(:note) [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, All are equally holy: therefore no one should be preferred above other: thus the wicked reason against God's ordinance. every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

geneva@Numbers:16:5 @ And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy; and will cause [him] to come near unto him: even [him] whom he hath (note:)To be the priest and to offer.(:note) chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

geneva@Numbers:16:7 @ And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: (note:)He lays the same to their charge justly, with which they wrongfully charged him.(:note) [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

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:16:12 @ And Moses sent to call Dathan, & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: who answered, We will not come vp.

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:16:21 @ 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:16:27 @ So they gate them away from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on euerie side: and Dathan, and Abiram came out & stood in the doore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their little children.

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:16:29 @ If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me.

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:16:32 @ 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:16:35 @ But there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

geneva@Numbers:16:38 @ The censers of these sinners (note:)Who caused their own death.(:note) against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a Of God's judgments against rebels. sign unto the children of Israel.

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:16:43 @ Then Moses and Aaron were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@Numbers:16:45 @ Get you vp from among this Congregation: for I wil consume them quickly: then they fell vpon their faces.

geneva@Numbers:16:46 @ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the (note:)For it was not lawful to take any other fire, but of the altar of burnt offering, (Lev_10:1).(:note) altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

geneva@Numbers:16:47 @ And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the (note:)God had begun to punish the people.(:note) plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

geneva@Numbers:17:2 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and take of euery one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers, euen twelue rods: and thou shalt write euery mans name vpon his rod.

geneva@Numbers:17:3 @ And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for euery rodde shalbe for the head of the house of their fathers.

geneva@Numbers:17:5 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] the man's rod, whom I shall (note:)To be the chief priest.(:note) choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

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:17:12 @ And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, (note:)The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; «We die by the sword, the earth swallows us up, the pestilence consumes us.»(:note) we die, we perish, we all perish.

geneva@Numbers:17:13 @ Whosoeuer commeth neere, or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lorde, shal dye: shal we be consumed and dye?

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:18:4 @ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a (note:)Which was not of the tribe of Levi.(:note) stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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:18:9 @ This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the (note:)That which was not burned should be the priests.(:note) fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons.

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:18:22 @ Neither must the children of Israel henceforth (note:)To serve in it: for the Levites are put in their place.(:note) come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

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:19:4 @ Then shall Eleazar the Priest take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times,

geneva@Numbers:19:7 @ Then the (note:)Meaning, Eleazar.(:note) priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

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:20:1 @ Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first (note:)This was forty years after their departure from Egypt.(:note) month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Moses and Aaron's sister. Miriam died there, and was buried there.

geneva@Numbers:20:5 @ Wherefore nowe haue yee made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, which is no place of seede, nor figges, nor vines, nor pomegranates? Neither is there any water to drinke.

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:20:11 @ Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke.

geneva@Numbers:20:12 @ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to (note:)That the children of Israel should believe and acknowledge my power and so honour me.(:note) sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

geneva@Numbers:20:13 @ This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he (note:)By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory.(:note) was sanctified in them.

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:20:15 @ How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

geneva@Numbers:20:18 @ And Edom answered him, Thou shalt not passe by mee, least I come out against thee with the sword.

geneva@Numbers:20:19 @ Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete.

geneva@Numbers:20:20 @ Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.

geneva@Numbers:20:22 @ And when the children of Israel with al the Congregation departed from Kadesh, they came vnto the mount Hor.

geneva@Numbers:20:24 @ Aaron shall be (note:)Read (Gen_25:8).(:note) gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

geneva@Numbers:20:26 @ And cause Aaron to put off his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: for Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, and shall die there.

geneva@Numbers:20:28 @ And Moses put off Aarons clothes, & put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: so Aaron dyed there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came downe from off the mount.

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:21:3 @ And the Lord heard the voyce of Israel, and deliuered them the Canaanites: and they vtterly destroied them and their cities, and called ye name of the place Hormah.

geneva@Numbers:21:5 @ And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light (note:)Meaning manna, which they thought did not nourish.(:note) bread.

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:21:13 @ Thence they departed, & pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wildernesse, and commeth out of the coasts of the Amorites: (for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweene the Moabites and the Amorites)

geneva@Numbers:21:14 @ Wherefore it is said in the (note:)Which seems to be the book of the Judges, or as some think, a book which is lost.(:note) book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

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:21:16 @ And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.

geneva@Numbers:21:21 @ Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying,

geneva@Numbers:21:22 @ Let me goe through thy land: we wil not turne aside into the fieldes, nor into the vineyardes, neither drinke of the waters of ye welles: we will goe by the kings way, vntill we be past thy countrey.

geneva@Numbers:21:23 @ But Sihon gaue Israel no licence to passe through his countrey, but Sihon assembled all his people, and went out against Israel into the wildernesse: and he came to Iahoz, and fought against Israel.

geneva@Numbers:21:26 @ For (note:)For if it had been the Moabites, the Israelites might not have possessed it, (Deu_2:9).(:note) Heshbon [was] the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

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:21:28 @ For there is a (note:)Meaning, wane.(:note) fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon.

geneva@Numbers:21:30 @ Their empire also is lost from Heshbon vnto Dibon, and wee haue destroyed them vnto Nophah, which reacheth vnto Medeba.

geneva@Numbers:21:33 @ And they turned and went vp toward Bashan: and Og the King of Bashan came out against them, hee, and all his people, to fight at Edrei.

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:22:5 @ He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the (note:)That is, Euphrates, upon which stood this city Pethor.(:note) river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

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:22:7 @ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with (note:)Thinking to bribe him with gifts to curse the Israelites.(:note) the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

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:22:9 @ Then God came vnto Balaam, and sayde, What men are these with thee?

geneva@Numbers:22:10 @ And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying,

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:22:13 @ And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give (note:)Or else he would have been willing, covetousness had so blinded his heart.(:note) me leave to go with you.

geneva@Numbers:22:14 @ So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.

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:22:17 @ For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

geneva@Numbers:22:18 @ And Balaam answered, and sayde vnto the seruants of Balak, If Balak woulde giue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not goe beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to doe lesse or more.

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:22:29 @ And Balaam saide vnto the asse, Because thou hast mocked me: I woulde there were a sworde in mine hand, for nowe would I kill thee.

geneva@Numbers:22:32 @ And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] (note:)Both your heart is corrupt and your enterprise wicked.(:note) way is perverse before me:

geneva@Numbers:22:33 @ But the asse sawe me, and turned fro me now three times: for els, if she had not turned fro me, surely I had euen nowe slaine thee, and saued her aliue.

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:22:37 @ Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, Did I not sende for thee to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not vnto me? am I not able in deede to promote thee vnto honour?

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:22:39 @ So Balaam went with Balak, & they came vnto the citie of Huzoth.

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:23:1 @ And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

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:23:4 @ And God (note:)Appeared to him.(:note) met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

geneva@Numbers:23:7 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, (note:)Cause everyone to hate and detest them.(:note) defy Israel.

geneva@Numbers:23:10 @ Who can count the (note:)The infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth.(:note) dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me The fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences wounded when they consider God's judgments. die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

geneva@Numbers:23:11 @ Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

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:23:14 @ And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar.

geneva@Numbers:23:15 @ After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.

geneva@Numbers:23:16 @ And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

geneva@Numbers:23:17 @ And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

geneva@Numbers:23:18 @ And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

geneva@Numbers:23:20 @ Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

geneva@Numbers:23:23 @ Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: (note:)Considering what God will work this time for the deliverance of his people, all the world will wonder.(:note) according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

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:23:29 @ Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.

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:24:2 @ And Balaam lift vp his eyes, & looked vpon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came vpon him.

geneva@Numbers:24:7 @ He shall pour the (note:)His prosperity and posterity will be very great.(:note) water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Which name was common to the kings of Amalek. Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

geneva@Numbers:24:10 @ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he (note:)In token of anger.(:note) smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed [them] these three times.

geneva@Numbers:24:12 @ Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,

geneva@Numbers:24:13 @ If Balak would giue me his house ful of siluer and gold, I can not passe the commandement of the Lorde, to doe either good or bad of mine owne minde? what the Lord shall commaunde, the same will I speake.

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:24:17 @ 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:24:23 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, (note:)Some read, Oh who shall not perish when the enemy (that is, Antichrist) shall set himself up as God?(:note) who shall live when God doeth this!

geneva@Numbers:24:24 @ And ships [shall come] from the coast of (note:)The Grecians and Romans.(:note) Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and Meaning, Eber, or the Jews for rebelling against God. he also shall perish for ever.

geneva@Numbers:25:1 @ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the (note:)With the women.(:note) daughters of Moab.

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:25:11 @ 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:25:13 @ And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an (note:)He has pacified God's wrath.(:note) atonement for the children of Israel.

geneva@Numbers:25:14 @ And the name of the Israelite thus slayne, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the sonne of Salu, prince of the familie of the Simeonites.

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:26:4 @ From twentie yeere olde and aboue ye shall nomber the people, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and the childre of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Numbers:26:5 @ Reuben the first borne of Israel: the children of Reube were: Hanoch, of whom came the familie of the Hanochites, and of Pallu the familie of the Palluites:

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:26:12 @ And the children of Simeon after their families were: Nemuel, of whom came the familie of the Nemuelites: of Iamin, the familie of the Iaminites: of Iachin, the familie of the Iachinites:

geneva@Numbers:26:14 @ These are the families of the Simeonites: two and twentie thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@Numbers:26:15 @ The sonnes of Gad after their families were: Zephon, of whome came ye familie of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the familie of the Haggites: of Shuni, the familie of the Shunites:

geneva@Numbers:26:20 @ So were the sonnes of Iudah after their families: of Shelah came the familie of ye Shelanites: of Pharez, the familie of the Pharzites, of Zerah, the familie of the Zarhites.

geneva@Numbers:26:23 @ The sonnes of Issachar, after their families were: Tola, of whom came the familie of the Tolaites: of Pua, the familie of the Punites:

geneva@Numbers:26:29 @ The sonnes of Manasseh were: of Machir, the familie of the Machirites: and Machir begate Gilead: of Gilead came the familie of the Gileadites.

geneva@Numbers:26:33 @ And Zelophehad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

geneva@Numbers:26:35 @ These are the sonnes of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah came the familie of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the familie of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the familie of the Tahanites.

geneva@Numbers:26:38 @ These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families: of Bela came the familie of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the familie of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the familie of the Ahiramites:

geneva@Numbers:26:40 @ And the sonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard came the familie of the Ardites, of Naaman, the familie of the Naamites.

geneva@Numbers:26:42 @ These are the sonnes of Dan after their families: of Shuham came the familie of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan after their housholdes.

geneva@Numbers:26:46 @ And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

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:26:53 @ Vnto these the land shalbe deuided for an inheritance, according to the nomber of names.

geneva@Numbers:26:55 @ Notwithstanding, the land shalbe deuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite:

geneva@Numbers:26:57 @ These also are the nobers of ye Leuites, after their families: of Gershon came ye familie of the Gershonites: of Kohath, ye familie of the Kohathites: of Merari, the familie of the Merarites.

geneva@Numbers:27:1 @ Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the familie of Manasseh, the sonne of Ioseph (and the names of his daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah)

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:27:4 @ Wherefore should the name of our father be taken away from among his familie, because he hath no sonne? giue vs a possession among the brethren of our father.

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 @ For ye were disobedient vnto my worde in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assemblie, to sanctifie me in the waters before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin.

geneva@Numbers:27:16 @ Let the LORD, the God of the (note:)Who as he has created, so he governs the hearts of all men.(:note) spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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:28:2 @ Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] (note:)By bread he means all manner of sacrifice.(:note) my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, [for] a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

geneva@Numbers:28:5 @ And the tenth part of an Ephah of fine floure for a meate offering mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle.

geneva@Numbers:28:8 @ And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer [it], (note:)The meat offering and drink offering of the evening sacrifice.(:note) a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:28:9 @ And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two (note:)Of the measure ephah.(:note) tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

geneva@Numbers:28:11 @ And in the beginning of your moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, two yong bullockes, and a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without spot,

geneva@Numbers:28:12 @ And three tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring mingled with oyle for one bullocke, and two tenth deales of fine floure for a meate offring, mingled with oyle for one ramme,

geneva@Numbers:28:13 @ And a tenth deale of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offring vnto one lambe: for a burnt offring of sweete sauour: it is an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Numbers:28:17 @ And in ye fiftenth day of the same moneth is the feast: seuen dayes shall vnleauened bread be eaten.

geneva@Numbers:28:20 @ And their meate offering shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle: three tenth deales shall ye prepare for a bullocke, and two tenth deales for a ramme:

geneva@Numbers:28:22 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offering, to make an atonement for you.

geneva@Numbers:28:26 @ Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your (note:)In counting seven weeks from the Passover to Whit Sunday, as in (Lev_23:15).(:note) weeks [be out], ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

geneva@Numbers:28:27 @ But ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde,

geneva@Numbers:28:28 @ And their meat offring of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto a bullocke, two tenth deales to a ram,

geneva@Numbers:28:30 @ And an hee goate to make an atonement for you:

geneva@Numbers:28:31 @ (Ye shall doe this besides the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring:) see they be without blemish, with their drinke offrings.

geneva@Numbers:29:3 @ And their meat offring shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto the bullocke, and two tenth deales vnto the ramme,

geneva@Numbers:29:5 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offering to make an atonement for you,

geneva@Numbers:29:6 @ Beside the burnt offering of the (note:)Which must be offered in the beginning of every month.(:note) month, and his meat offering, and the daily Which is for morning and evening. burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

geneva@Numbers:29:8 @ But ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour: one yong bullocke, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see they be without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:9 @ And their meate offering shall be of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales to a bullocke, and two tenth deales to a ramme,

geneva@Numbers:29:11 @ One kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual (note:)That is, offered every morning and evening.(:note) burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

geneva@Numbers:29:12 @ And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy (note:)Meaning, the feast of the tabernacles.(:note) convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

geneva@Numbers:29:13 @ And ye shall offer a burnt offring for a sacrifice made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord, thirtene yong bullockes, two rammes, and fourtene lambes of a yeere olde: they shall bee without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:14 @ And their meate offering shall bee of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto euery bullocke of the thirteene bullockes, two tenth deales to either of the two rammes,

geneva@Numbers:29:16 @ And one hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:18 @ With their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:19 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offring, (beside the continuall burnt offering and his meate offring) and their drinke offrings.

geneva@Numbers:29:21 @ And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, [shall be] according to their number, after the (note:)According to the ceremonies appointed to it.(:note) manner:

geneva@Numbers:29:22 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:23 @ And the fourth day ye shall offer tenne bullocks, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish.

geneva@Numbers:29:24 @ Their meate offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:25 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offering beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offering.

geneva@Numbers:29:26 @ In the fifth day also ye shall offer nine bullockes, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:27 @ And their meat offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:28 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meat offring and his drinke offering.

geneva@Numbers:29:30 @ And their meate offring, and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:31 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring and his drinke offrings.

geneva@Numbers:29:32 @ In the seuenth day also ye shall offer seuen bullocks, two rammes and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

geneva@Numbers:29:33 @ And their meate offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after their maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:34 @ And an hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offring.

geneva@Numbers:29:37 @ Their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullocke, for the ramme, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

geneva@Numbers:29:38 @ And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, & his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

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:30:3 @ {\cf2 (30:4)} If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, being in her fathers house, in the time of her youth,

geneva@Numbers:30:7 @ {\cf2 (30:8)} If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect.

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:31:9 @ But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

geneva@Numbers:31:11 @ And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

geneva@Numbers:31:12 @ And they brought the (note:)As the women and little children.(:note) captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho.

geneva@Numbers:31:13 @ Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.

geneva@Numbers:31:14 @ And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

geneva@Numbers:31:15 @ And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the (note:)As though he said, you should have spared none.(:note) women alive?

geneva@Numbers:31:18 @ But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

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:31:21 @ And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lorde commanded Moses,

geneva@Numbers:31:24 @ Ye shal wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shal come into the Hoste.

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:31:28 @ 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:31:32 @ And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

geneva@Numbers:31:35 @ And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

geneva@Numbers:31:40 @ And (note:)Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man.(:note) the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

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:31:48 @ Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:

geneva@Numbers:31:49 @ And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.

geneva@Numbers:31:53 @ ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for (note:)And gave no portion to their captains.(:note) himself.)

geneva@Numbers:31:54 @ And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a (note:)that the Lord might remember the children of Israel.(:note) memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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:32:2 @ Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,

geneva@Numbers:32:4 @ Which countrey the Lorde smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell:

geneva@Numbers:32:10 @ And the Lordes wrath was kindled the same day, and he did sweare, saying,

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:32:14 @ And behold, ye are risen vp in your fathers steade as an encrease of sinfull men, still to augment the fierce wrath of the Lord, toward Israel.

geneva@Numbers:32:17 @ But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

geneva@Numbers:32:20 @ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go (note:)Before the Ark of the Lord.(:note) armed before the LORD to war,

geneva@Numbers:32:21 @ And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his (note:)That is, the inhabitants of the land.(:note) enemies from before him,

geneva@Numbers:32:27 @ But thy seruants will goe euery one armed to warre before the Lorde for to fight, as my lorde saith.

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:32:29 @ And Moses said vnto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, will go with you ouer Iorden, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, ye shall giue the the lad of Gilead for a possessio:

geneva@Numbers:32:30 @ But if they will not goe ouer with you armed, then they shall haue their possessions amog you in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:32:31 @ And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the (note:)This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaks.(:note) LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

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:32:38 @ And Nebo, and Baal-meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they built.

geneva@Numbers:32:42 @ Also Nobah went and tooke Kenath, with the villages thereof and called it Nobah, after his owne name.

geneva@Numbers:33:1 @ These [are] the (note:)From which they departed, and where they came.(:note) journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

geneva@Numbers:33:2 @ And Moses wrote their going out by their iourneies according to ye commandement of the Lord: so these are ye iourneies of their going out.

geneva@Numbers:33:3 @ Nowe they departed from Rameses the first moneth, euen the fifteenth day of the first moneth, on the morowe after the Passeouer: and the children of Israel went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

geneva@Numbers:33:4 @ For the Egyptians buried all [their] firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their (note:)Either meaning their idols, or their men of authority.(:note) gods also the LORD executed judgments.

geneva@Numbers:33:5 @ And the children of Israel remoued from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

geneva@Numbers:33:7 @ And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto (note:)At the commandment of the Lord in (Exo_14:2).(:note) Pihahiroth, which [is] before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

geneva@Numbers:33:9 @ And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they pitched there.

geneva@Numbers:33:38 @ And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first [day] of the (note:)Which the Hebrews call Ab, and contains part of July and part of August.(:note) fifth month.

geneva@Numbers:33:51 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye are come ouer Iorden to enter into the land of Canaan,

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:34:5 @ And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the (note:)Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura.(:note) river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

geneva@Numbers:34:6 @ And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the (note:)Which is called the Mediterranean.(:note) great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

geneva@Numbers:34:8 @ From mount Hor ye shall point out till it come vnto Hamath, and the end of the coast shal be at Zedad.

geneva@Numbers:34:17 @ These are the names of the men which shall deuide ye land vnto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

geneva@Numbers:34:18 @ And ye shall take one (note:)One of the heads or chief men of every tribe.(:note) prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

geneva@Numbers:34:19 @ The names also of the men are these: Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb ye sonne of Iephunneh.

geneva@Numbers:34:20 @ And of the tribe of the sonnes of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Ammihud.

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:35:10 @ Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come ouer Iorden into the land of Canaan,

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:35:16 @ 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:35:19 @ The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

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:35:23 @ Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine) and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought him any harme,

geneva@Numbers:35:24 @ Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the (note:)That is, his next kinsman.(:note) revenger of blood according to these judgments:

geneva@Numbers:35:26 @ But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled,

geneva@Numbers:35:29 @ So these [things] shall be for a (note:)A law to judge murders done either on purpose, or accidentally.(:note) statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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: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:36:2 @ And they said, The LORD commanded (note:)Meaning Moses.(:note) my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

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:36:13 @ These [are] the (note:)Concerning the ceremonial and judicial laws.(:note) commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.

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:1:5 @ On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, (note:)The second time.(:note) began Moses to declare this law, saying,

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:1:11 @ (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promised you)

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:13 @ Take you wise men, and understanding, and (note:)Whose godliness and uprightness is known.(:note) known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:14 @ Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:15 @ So I took the chief of your tribes, (note:)Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read (Exo_18:21).(:note) wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

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:1:18 @ Also I commaunded you the same time all the things which ye should doe.

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:1:23 @ So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:24 @ Who departed, and went vp into the mountaine, and came vnto the riuer Eshcol, and searched out the land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:26 @ Notwithstanding, ye would not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commaundement of the Lord your God,

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:31 @ And in the wildernesse, where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place.

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:1:37 @ Also the Lorde was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not goe in thither,

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:1:43 @ And when I told you, ye would not heare, but rebelled against the commaundement of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went vp into the mountaine.

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:1:45 @ And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not (note:)Because you rather showed your hypocrisy, than true repentance; rather lamenting the loss of your brethren, than repenting for your sins.(:note) hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:1:46 @ So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:1 @ Then (note:)They obeyed, after God had chastised them.(:note) we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir Eight and thirty years, as in (Deu_2:14). many days.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:2 @ And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:4 @ And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the (note:)This was the second time, before they had caused the Israelites to return, (Num_20:21).(:note) coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:6 @ Ye shall buy meate of them for money to eate, and ye shall also procure water of them for money to drinke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:7 @ For the LORD thy God hath (note:)And given you means, with which you may make recompence: also God will direct you by his providence, as he has done.(:note) blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:9 @ And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children (note:)Which were the Moabites and Ammonites.(:note) of Lot [for] a possession.

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:2:12 @ The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time, whome the children of Esau chased out and destroyed them before them, and dwelt in their steade: as Israel shall doe vnto the land of his possession, which the Lord hath giuen them.

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:2:16 @ So when all the men of warre were consumed and dead from among the people:

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:17 @ Then the Lord spake vnto me, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:19 @ And thou shalt come neere ouer against the children of Ammon: but shalt not lay siege vnto them, nor moue warre against them: for I will not giue thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession: for I haue giuen it vnto the children of Lot for a possession.

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:2:23 @ And the Auims which dwelt in Hazarim euen vnto Azzah, the Caphtorims which came out of Caphtor destroyed them, and dwelt in their steade.

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:2:26 @ Then I sent messengers out of the wildernes of Kedemoth vnto Sihon King of Heshbon, with wordes of peace, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:27 @ Let me passe through thy land: I will go by the hie way: I will neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:28 @ Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke: onely I will go through on my foote,

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:29 @ (As the (note:)Because neither intreaty nor examples or others could move him, he could not complain of his just destruction.(:note) children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

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:2:31 @ And the Lorde sayd vnto me, Beholde, I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possesse and inherite his land.

geneva@Deuteronomy:2:32 @ Then came out Sihon to meete vs, him selfe with all his people to fight at Iahaz.

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:2:37 @ Onely vnto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor vnto any place of the riuer Iabbok, nor vnto the cities in the mountaines, nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde our God forbade vs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:1 @ Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan (note:)Therefore aside from the commandment of the Lord, they had just cause to fight against him.(:note) came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:2 @ And the Lorde sayde vnto me, Feare him not, for I will deliuer him, and all his people, and his land into thine hand, and thou shalt doe vnto him as thou diddest vnto Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:4 @ And we tooke all his cities the same time, neither was there a citie which we tooke not from them, euen three score cities, and all ye countrey of Argob, the kingdome of Og in Bashan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:6 @ And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, (note:)Because this was God's appointment, therefore it may not be judged cruel.(:note) women, and children, of every city.

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:3:10 @ All the cities of the plaine, and all Gilead, and all Bashan vnto Salchah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdome of Og in Bashan.

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:3:13 @ And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasseh: euen all the countrey of Argob with all Bashan, which is called, The land of gyants.

geneva@Deuteronomy:3:14 @ Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto (note:)Meaning, when he wrote this history.(:note) this day.

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:3:21 @ 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:3:23 @ And I besought the Lorde the same time, saying,

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:3:26 @ But the Lord was angrie with me for your sakes, and would not heare me: and the Lord said vnto me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more vnto me of this matter.

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:4:5 @ 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:4:6 @ Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your (note:)Because all men naturally desire wisdom, he shows how to attain it.(:note) wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

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:4:13 @ And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to (note:)God joins this condition to his covenant.(:note) perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

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:4:21 @ 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:4:24 @ 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:4:25 @ When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall (note:)Meaning by this all superstition and corruption of the true service of God.(:note) corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

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:4:28 @ And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:30 @ When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come vpon thee, at the length if thou returne to the Lorde thy God, and bee obedient vnto his voyce,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:31 @ (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he (note:)To certify to them even more the assurance of their salvation.(:note) sware unto them.

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:4:45 @ These [are] the (note:)The articles and points of the covenant.(:note) testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

geneva@Deuteronomy:4:46 @ On this side Iorden, in the valley ouer against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come out of Egypt:

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:5:5 @ (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:5:7 @ Thou shalt have none (note:)God binds us to serve him only without superstition and idolatry.(:note) other gods before me.

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:5:13 @ Six days (note:)Meaning, since God permits six days for our labours, we should willingly dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly.(:note) thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

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:5:22 @ These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he (note:)Teaching us by his example to be content with his word, and add nothing to it.(:note) added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:23 @ And when ye heard the voyce out of the middes of the darkenes, (for the mountaine did burne with fire) then ye came to me, all the chiefe of your tribes, and your Elders:

geneva@Deuteronomy:5:25 @ Now therefore, why should we dye? for this great fire wil consume vs: if we heare ye voyce of the Lord our God any more, we shall dye.

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:6:7 @ 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:6:9 @ And thou shalt write them upon the (note:)That when you enter in you may remember them.(:note) posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:13 @ Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt (note:)We must fear God, serve him only and confess his Name, which is done by swearing lawfully.(:note) swear by his name.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:16 @ Ye shall not (note:)By doubting his power, refusing lawful means, and abusing his graces.(:note) tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:17 @ But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

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:6:21 @ Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:6:25 @ And it shall be our (note:)Because no one can fully obey the law, we must turn to Christ to be justified by faith.(:note) righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:2 @ And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them (note:)Into thy power.(:note) before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:4 @ For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly.

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:8 @ But because the LORD (note:)Freely, finding no cause in you more than in others so to do.(:note) loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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:7:11 @ Keepe thou therefore the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which I commaund thee this day to doe them.

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:7:16 @ 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:7:18 @ Thou shalt not feare them, but remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Pharaoh, and vnto all Egypt:

geneva@Deuteronomy:7:19 @ The great tentations which thine eyes sawe, and the signes and wonders, and the mighty hand and stretched out arme, whereby the Lorde thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do vnto all ye people, whose face thou fearest.

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:7:24 @ And he shall deliuer their Kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from vnder heauen: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, vntill thou hast destroyed them.

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:8:2 @ And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to (note:)Which is declared in afflictions, either by patience, or by grudging against God's visitation.(:note) prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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:8:6 @ Therefore shalt thou keepe the commaundements of the Lorde thy God, that thou mayest walke in his wayes, and feare him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:8 @ A land of wheate and barley, and of vineyards, and figtrees, and pomegranates: a land of oyle oliue and hony:

geneva@Deuteronomy:8:9 @ A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land (note:)Where there are mines of metal.(:note) whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

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:8:17 @ Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance.

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:9:1 @ Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan (note:)Meaning shortly.(:note) this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

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:9:7 @ 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:9:10 @ And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the (note:)That is, miraculously, and not by the hand of men.(:note) finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:11 @ And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:12 @ And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have (note:)As soon as man declines from the obedience of God, his ways are corrupt.(:note) corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:13 @ Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stifnecked people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:15 @ So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes)

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:16 @ And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the (note:)That is, from the Law: in which he declares what the cause of our punishment is.(:note) way which the LORD had commanded you.

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:9:20 @ And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have (note:)By which he shows the danger they are in who have authority and do not resist wickedness.(:note) destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:23 @ Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye (note:)At the return of the spies.(:note) rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:26 @ And I prayed vnto the Lorde, and saide, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatnesse, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt by a mightie hand.

geneva@Deuteronomy:9:29 @ Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:1 @ In the same time the Lord said vnto me, Hewe thee two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the Mount, and make thee an Arke of wood,

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:4 @ And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the (note:)When you were assembled to receive the Law.(:note) assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:5 @ And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lorde commanded me.

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:10:18 @ Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, & loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:20 @ Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and (note:)Read (Deu_6:13).(:note) swear by his name.

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:11:2 @ And (note:)You who have seen God's graces with your eyes should be moved, rather than your children who have only heard of them.(:note) know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:5 @ And (note:)As well concerning his benefits, as his corrections.(:note) what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

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:11:10 @ For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy (note:)By making gutters for the water to come out of the Nile river to water the land.(:note) foot, as a garden of herbs:

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:11:22 @ 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:11:24 @ Every place whereon the soles of (note:)This was accomplished in David and Solomon's time.(:note) your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost The Mediterranean. sea shall your coast be.

geneva@Deuteronomy:11:27 @ The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lorde your God which I command you this day:

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:11:30 @ [Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way (note:)Meaning, in Samaria.(:note) where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

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:12:5 @ But ye shal seeke the place which the Lord your God shall chose out of all your tribes, to put his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou shalt come,

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:6 @ And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave (note:)Meaning, the first fruits.(:note) offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:9 @ For ye are not yet come to rest, and to the inheritance which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

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:12:14 @ 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:12:15 @ Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the (note:)As God has given you power and ability.(:note) blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, Everyone may eat equally at home the beast appointed for sacrifice and the other. as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:17 @ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the (note:)Meaning, whatever was offered to the Lord, may not be eaten, except where he had appointed.(:note) tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

geneva@Deuteronomy:12:21 @ If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his Name there, be farre from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy bullockes, and of thy sheepe which the Lorde hath giuen thee, as I haue commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.

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:13:4 @ Yee shall walke after the Lorde your God and feare him, and shall keepe his commaundements, and hearken vnto his voyce, and yee shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him.

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:13:8 @ Thou shalt not cosent vnto him, nor heare him, neither shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor keepe him secret:

geneva@Deuteronomy:13:13 @ Wicked men are gone out from among you, & haue drawen away the inhabitants of their citie, saying, Let vs go and serue other gods, which ye haue not knowen,

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:14:7 @ 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:14:15 @ Nor the ostrich, nor the nightcrow, nor the semeaw, nor the hawke after her kinde,

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:14:28 @ 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:15:1 @ At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome.

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:15:15 @ 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:15:19 @ 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:15:21 @ But if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or haue any euill fault, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God,

geneva@Deuteronomy:16:2 @ Thou shalt therefore (note:)You shall eat the Easter lamb.(:note) sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

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:16:9 @ Seven weeks shalt thou (note:)Beginning the next morning after the Passover, (Lev_23:15; Exo_13:4).(:note) number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.

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:16:16 @ Three times in the yeere shall all the males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall chuse: in the feast of the vnleauened bread, and in the feast of the weekes, and in the feast of the Tabernacles: and they shall not appeare before the Lord emptie.

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:17:8 @ If there rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgemet betweene blood & blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse,

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:17:14 @ 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:17:18 @ 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:17:20 @ 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:18:5 @ For the Lorde thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sonnes for euer.

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:6 @ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with (note:)Meaning, to serve God whole heartedly, and not to seek ease.(:note) all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

geneva@Deuteronomy:18:7 @ He shall then minister in the Name of the Lorde his God, as all his brethren the Leuites, which remaine there before the Lord.

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:18:9 @ When thou shalt come into ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not learne to do after ye abominatios of those nations.

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:18:14 @ 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:18:15 @ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a (note:)Meaning, a continual succession of prophets, till Christ, the end of all prophets, comes.(:note) Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

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:18:17 @ And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken.

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:18:19 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will (note:)By executing punishment on him.(:note) require [it] of 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:19:4 @ This also is ye cause wherfore the manslaier shal flee thither, and liue: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:

geneva@Deuteronomy:19:6 @ Least the auenger of the blood followe after the manslaier, while his heart is chafed, and ouertake him, because the way is long, and slaie him, although he be not worthy of death, because he hated him not in time passed.

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:19:14 @ 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:19:17 @ Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the (note:)God's presence where his true ministers are assembled.(:note) LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:1 @ When (note:)Meaning, upon just occasion: for God does not permit his people to fight every time it seems good to them.(:note) thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:2 @ And when ye are come nere vnto the battel, then the Priest shal come forth to speake vnto the people,

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:3 @ And shal say vnto them, Heare, O Israel: ye are come this day vnto battell against your enemies: let not your heartes faynt, neither feare, nor be amased, nor adread of them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:20:10 @ When thou commest neere vnto a citie to fight against it, thou shalt offer it peace.

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:20:19 @ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the (note:)Some read: For man shall be instead of the tree of the field, to come out in the siege against you.(:note) tree of the field [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege:

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:21:5 @ Also the Priests the sonnes of Leui (whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister, & to blesse in the name of the Lorde) shal come forth, & by their word shal all strife & plague be tried.

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:21:8 @ Be merciful, (note:)This was the prayer, which the priests made in the audience of the people.(:note) O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

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:21:21 @ 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:22:3 @ In like manner shalt thou do with his (note:)You are bound to do much more for your neighbour.(:note) ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

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:22:11 @ Thou shalt not weare a garment of diuers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

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:22:17 @ And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the (note:)Meaning, the sheet, in which the signs of her virginity were.(:note) cloth before the elders of the city.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:19 @ And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father (note:)For the fault of the child becomes the shame of the parents: therefore he was recompensed when she was faultless.(:note) of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:21 @ Then shall they bring forth the mayde to the doore of her fathers house, & the men of her citie shal stone her with stones to death: for shee hath wrought follie in Israel, by playing ye whore in her fathers house: so thou shalt put euill away from among you.

geneva@Deuteronomy:22:24 @ Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: the mayde because she cried not, being in the citie, & the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euill from among you.

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:22:30 @ A man shall not (note:)He shall not lie with his stepmother, meaning by this all other variations forbidden in (Leviticus. strkjv@18:1-30).(:note) take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

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:23:4 @ Because they (note:)By this he condemns all who do not aid the children of God in their calling.(:note) met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

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:23:15 @ Thou shalt not (note:)This is meant of the heathen, who fled because of their masters' cruelty, and embrace the true religion.(:note) deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto 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:23:24 @ When thou comest into (note:)Being hired for labour.(:note) thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put [any] in thy To bring home to your house. vessel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:23:25 @ When thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thine hand, but thou shalt not moue a sickle to thy neighbours corne.

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:24:3 @ And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

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:24:5 @ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, (note:)That they might learn to know one another's conditions, and so afterward live in godly peace.(:note) neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

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:24:13 @ 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:24:17 @ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the (note:)Because the world valued these people least, therefore God has most care over them.(:note) stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

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:24:22 @ 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:25:5 @ 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:25:7 @ And if the man will not take his kinsewoman, then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel: hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me.

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:25:10 @ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shooe is put off.

geneva@Deuteronomy:25:14 @ Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small:

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:25:17 @ Remeber what Amalek did vnto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt:

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:25:19 @ Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the (note:)This was partly accomplished by Saul, about 450 years later.(:note) remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:1 @ Also when thou shalt come into the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee for inheritance, and shalt possesse it, & dwell therein,

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:26:5 @ And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A (note:)Meaning, Jacob, who served 20 years in Syria.(:note) Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, Only by God's mercy, and not by their father's deserving. and populous:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:8 @ And the Lord brought vs out of Egypt in a mightie hande, and a stretched out arme, with great terriblenesse, both in signes and wonders.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:10 @ And now, behold, I have (note:)In token of a thankful heart, and mindful of this benefit.(:note) brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:13 @ Then thou shalt (note:)Without hypocrisy.(:note) say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not Of malice and contempt. transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten [them]:

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:26:16 @ This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with (note:)With a good and simple conscience.(:note) all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:17 @ Thou hast set vp the Lorde this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce.

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:27:1 @ And Moses with the elders of Israel (note:)As God's minister and charged with the same.(:note) commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:5 @ And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] (note:)The altar should not be curiously wrought, because it would continue but for a time: for God would have only one altar in Judah.(:note) iron [tool] upon them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:9 @ And Moses & the Priestes of the Leuites spake vnto all Israel, saying, Take heede & heare, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.

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:27:11 @ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:12 @ These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and (note:)Meaning, Ephraim and Manasseh.(:note) Joseph, and Benjamin:

geneva@Deuteronomy:27:14 @ And the Leuites shal answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce,

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:27:20 @ 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:27:23 @ 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:27:26 @ 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:28:2 @ And all these blessings shall come on thee, and (note:)When you think you are forsaken.(:note) overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:6 @ Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou (note:)All your enterprises will have good success.(:note) comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.

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:28:9 @ The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself, as he hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke in his wayes.

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:28:13 @ And the Lord shal make thee the head, & not the tayle, & thou shalt be aboue onely, and shalt not bee beneath, if thou obey the commandements of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to keepe and to do them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:15 @ But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe & to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shal come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:19 @ Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in, and cursed also when thou goest out.

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:28:21 @ The Lord shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he hath consumed thee from the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:24 @ The Lorde shal giue thee for the rayne of thy land, dust & ashes: euen from heauen shal it come downe vpon thee, vntil thou be destroyed.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:25 @ The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be (note:)Some read, you shall be a terror and fear, when they hear how God has plagued you.(:note) removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:26 @ And thy (note:)You will be cursed both in your life and in your death: for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection a sign you will lack because of your wickedness.(:note) carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.

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:28:29 @ And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the (note:)In things most evident and clear you will lack discretion and judgment.(:note) blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:39 @ Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dresse it, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate it.

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:42 @ All thy trees and fruit of thy land (note:)Under one kind he contains all the vermin, which destroy the fruit of the land: and this is an evident token of God's curse.(:note) shall the locust consume.

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:28:45 @ Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee and ouertake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to keepe his commaundements, and his ordinances, which he commanded thee:

geneva@Deuteronomy:28:51 @ The same shall eate the fruit of thy cattell, and the fruite of thy land vntill thou be destroyed, and he shall leaue thee neyther wheate, wine, nor oyle, neither the increase of thy kyne, nor the flockes of thy sheepe, vntill he haue brought thee to nought.

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:28:56 @ The tender and delicate (note:)As came to pass in the days of Joram king of Israel, (2Ki_6:28) and when the Romans besieged Jerusalem.(:note) woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

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:28:68 @ 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:29:7 @ After, ye came vnto this place, and Sihon King of Heshbon, and Og King of Bashan came out against vs vnto battell, and we slewe them,

geneva@Deuteronomy:29:10 @ Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your (note:)Who knows your hearts, and therefore you may not think to conceal from him.(:note) God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel,

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:29:19 @ 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:29:22 @ 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:30:1 @ And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt (note:)By calling to mind both his mercies and his plagues.(:note) call [them] to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven 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:30:10 @ Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keeping his comandements, and his ordinances, which are written in the booke of this Law, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart & with al thy soule.

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:30:13 @ 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:30:16 @ 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:31:2 @ And he said unto them, I [am] an hundred and twenty years old this day; I (note:)I can no longer execute my office.(:note) can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:4 @ And the Lord shall doe vnto them, as he did to Sihon and to Og Kings of the Amorites: and vnto their lande whome he destroyed.

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:31:10 @ And Moses commanded them, saying, Euery seuenth yeere when the yeere of freedome shalbe in the feast of the Tabernacles:

geneva@Deuteronomy:31:11 @ When all Israel is come to appear (note:)Before the Ark of the covenant, which was the sign of God's presence, and the figure of Christ.(:note) before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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:31:16 @ And the Lorde said vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people will rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they goe to dwell therein) and will forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.

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:31:19 @ 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:31:22 @ Moses therefore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel.

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:32:3 @ For I will publish the name of the Lorde: giue ye glorie vnto our God.

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:32:7 @ Remember the dayes of olde: consider the yeeres of so many generations: aske thy father, and he will shewe thee: thine Elders, and they will tell thee.

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:32:14 @ Butter of kine, and milke of sheepe with fat of the lambes, and rammes fed in Bashan, and goates, with the fat of the graines of wheat, and the red licour of the grape hast thou drunke.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:17 @ They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to (note:)Scripture calls new, whatever man invents, be the error ever so old.(:note) new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:18 @ Thou hast forgotten the mightie God that begate thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:21 @ They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a (note:)Which I have not favoured, nor given my law to them.(:note) people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:22 @ For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burne vnto the bottome of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountaines.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:24 @ They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed with heate, and with bitter destruction: I will also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the venime of serpents creeping in the dust.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:25 @ The sword (note:)They shall be slain both in the field and at home.(:note) without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling [also] with the man of gray hairs.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:26 @ I haue said, I would scatter them abroade: I would make their remembrance to cease from among men,

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:34 @ Is not this laide in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures?

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:32:37 @ When men shal say, Where are their gods, their mighty God in whome they trusted,

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:32:43 @ Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the (note:)Where the blood of God's people is shed for their sins or trial of their faith, he promises to avenge it.(:note) blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:44 @ Then Moses came and spake all ye words of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshea the sonne of Nun.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:48 @ And the Lord spake vnto Moses the selfe same day, saying,

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:51 @ Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye (note:)You were not earnest and constant to maintain my honour.(:note) sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:32:52 @ Thou shalt therefore see the lande before thee, but shalt not go thither, I meane, into the land which I giue the children of Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:2 @ And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten (note:)Meaning, infinite angels.(:note) thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:6 @ Let (note:)Reuben will be one of the tribes of God's people, though for his sin his honour is diminished, and his family but small.(:note) Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:8 @ And of Leui he said, Let thy Thummim and thine Vrim be with thine Holy one, whome thou diddest proue in Massah, and didst cause him to striue at the waters of Meribah.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:10 @ They shall teach Iaakob thy iudgements, & Israel thy Lawe: they shall put incense before thy face, and the burnt offring vpon thine altar.

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:33:21 @ And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the (note:)So the portion of the Gadites, and others on this side of the Jordan was God's, though it was not so known.(:note) lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:23 @ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou (note:)Meaning, near the sea.(:note) the west and the south.

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:33:27 @ The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnder his armes thou art for euer: hee shall cast out the enemie before thee, and will say, Destroy them.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:2 @ And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost (note:)Called Mediterranean.(:note) sea,

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:3 @ And the South, and the plaine of the valley of Iericho, the citie of palmetrees, vnto Zoar.

geneva@Deuteronomy:34:7 @ Moses was nowe an hundreth and twentie yeere olde when hee died, his eye was not dimme, nor his naturall force abated.

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:1:4 @ From the (note:)Of Zin, called Kadesh and Paran.(:note) wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Meaning, the whole land of Canaan. Hittites, and unto the great Called Mediterranean. sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

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:1:13 @ Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this (note:)Which belonged to Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan.(:note) land.

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:1:15 @ Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant (note:)By your request, but yet by God's secret appointment, (Deu_33:21).(:note) gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

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:2:1 @ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of (note:)Which was in the plain of Moab near Jordan.(:note) Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

geneva@Joshua:2:2 @ Then report was made to the King of Iericho, saying, Beholde, there came men hither to night, of the children of Israel, to spie out the countrey.

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:2:4 @ (But ye woman had taken the two men, and hid them) Therefore saide she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were.

geneva@Joshua:2:5 @ And when they shut the gate in the darke, the men went out, whither the men went I wote not: followe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them.

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:2:7 @ And certaine men pursued after them, the way to Iorden, vnto the foordes, and as soone as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate.

geneva@Joshua:2:8 @ And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,

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:2:14 @ 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:2:16 @ And she said unto them, Get you to the (note:)which was near to the city.(:note) mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

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:2:18 @ Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this cord of red threde in the window, whereby thou lettest vs downe, and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, & all thy fathers houshold home to thee.

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:2:22 @ And they departed, and came into the mountaine, and there abode three dayes, vntil the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but founde them not.

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:3:1 @ And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to (note:)Which according to the Hebrews was in March, about 40 days after Moses' death.(:note) Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

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:3:8 @ 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:3:9 @ Then Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel, Come hither, and heare the wordes of the Lord your God.

geneva@Joshua:3:12 @ Now therefore take you (note:)Who would set up twelve stones in remembrance of the benefit.(:note) twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

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:4:2 @ Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

geneva@Joshua:4:3 @ And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood (note:)As in (Jos_3:17).(:note) firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the Meaning, the place where they would camp. lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

geneva@Joshua:4:4 @ Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man,

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 @ Then ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Iorden, the waters of Iorden were cut off: therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.

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:4:12 @ And the sonnes of Reuben, & the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged them.

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:4:17 @ Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

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:4:19 @ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the (note:)Called Abib or Nisan, containing part of March and part of April.(:note) first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

geneva@Joshua:4:21 @ And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, & say, What meane these stones?

geneva@Joshua:4:22 @ Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:

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:5:7 @ So their sonnes whome he raysed vp in their steade, Ioshua circumcised: for they were vncircumcised, because they circumcised them not by the way.

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:5:9 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the (note:)By bringing you into this promised land, contrary to the wicked opinion of the Egyptians or the foreskin by which you were like the Egyptians.(:note) reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

geneva@Joshua:5:11 @ And they did eat of the corne of the land, on the morow after the Passeouer, vnleauened breade, and parched corne in the same day.

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:6:1 @ Now Jericho was straitly (note:)That none could go out.(:note)That none could go in. shut up for fear of the Israelites. because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

geneva@Joshua:6:2 @ And the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, Behold, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho and the King thereof, and the strong men of warre.

geneva@Joshua:6:3 @ And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city (note:)Every day one.(:note) once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

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:6:11 @ 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:6:13 @ And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the (note:)The tribe of Dan was so called, because it marched last and gathered up whatever was left of others.(:note) rereward came after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

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:6:16 @ And when the Priests had blowen ye trumpets the seuenth time, Ioshua said vnto ye people, Shoute: for the Lord hath giuen you the citie.

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:6:19 @ But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, [are] (note:)And therefore cannot be put to any private use, but must be first molten, and then serve for the Tabernacle.(:note) consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

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:7:2 @ And Joshua sent men from Jericho to (note:)This was a city of the Amorites: for there was another so called among the Amorites, (Jer_49:3). The first Ai is called Aiah, (Isa_10:28).(:note) Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

geneva@Joshua:7:3 @ And returned to Ioshua, and saide vnto him, Let not al the people go vp, but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not al the people to labour thither, for they are fewe.

geneva@Joshua:7:4 @ So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men, and they fledde before the men of Ai.

geneva@Joshua:7:5 @ And the (note:)God would by this overthrow make them more earnest to search out and punish the sin committed.(:note) men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

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:7:14 @ In the morning therefore ye shall come according to your tribes, and the tribe which the Lord taketh, shal come according to the families: and the familie which the Lorde shall take, shall come by the housholds: and the houshold which the Lord shall take, shall come man by man.

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:7:19 @ And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and (note:)By declaring truth: for God is glorified when the truth is confessed.(:note) make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.

geneva@Joshua:7:21 @ When I saw among the spoils a goodly (note:)Such a rich garment as the states of Babylon wore.(:note) Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

geneva@Joshua:7:22 @ Then Ioshua sent messengers, which ran vnto the tent, and beholde, it was hid in his tent, and the siluer vnder it.

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:8:1 @ After, the Lord saide vnto Ioshua, Feare not, neither bee thou faint hearted: take all the men of warre with thee and arise, go vp to Ai: beholde, I haue giuen into thine hand the King of Ai, and his people, and his citie, and his land.

geneva@Joshua:8:2 @ And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city (note:)Meaning on the west side, as in (Jos_8:9).(:note) behind it.

geneva@Joshua:8:3 @ Then Ioshua arose, and all the men of warre to goe vp against Ai: and Ioshua chose out thirtie thousand strong men, and valiant, and sent them away by night.

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:8:6 @ For they wil come out after vs, till we haue brought them out of the citie: for they will say, They flee before vs as at the first time: so we will flee before them.

geneva@Joshua:8:8 @ And when ye haue taken the citie, ye shall set it on fire: according to the commandement of the Lord shall ye do: behold, I haue charged you.

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:8:14 @ 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:8:20 @ 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:8:32 @ And he wrote there upon the stones a (note:)Meaning, the ten commandments, which are the sum of the whole Law.(:note) copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

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:9:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the kings which (note:)In respect to the plain of Moab.(:note) [were] on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the The main sea called the Mediterranean. great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [thereof];

geneva@Joshua:9:5 @ And olde shoes and clouted vpon their feete: also the raiment vpon them was old, and all their prouision of bread was dried, and mouled.

geneva@Joshua:9:6 @ So they came vnto Ioshua into the hoste to Gilgal, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: nowe therefore make a league with vs.

geneva@Joshua:9:7 @ And the men of Israel said unto the (note:)For the Gibeonites and the Hivites were all one people.(:note) Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

geneva@Joshua:9:8 @ And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? And whence come ye?

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:9:11 @ Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.

geneva@Joshua:9:12 @ This our (note:)The wicked lack no art, nor spare no lies to set forth their policy, when they will deceive the servants of God.(:note) bread we took hot [for] our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

geneva@Joshua:9:13 @ Also these bottels of wine which we filled, were newe, and lo, they be rent, and these our garments and our shooes are olde, by reason of the exceeding great iourney.

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:9:17 @ And the children of Israel (note:)From Gilgal.(:note) journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

geneva@Joshua:9:18 @ And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation (note:)Fearing lest for their sin the plague of God would have come on them all.(:note) murmured against the princes.

geneva@Joshua:9:20 @ This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the (note:)This does not establish rash oaths, but shows God's mercy toward his, who would not punish them for their sin.(:note) oath which we sware unto them.

geneva@Joshua:9:23 @ Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for (note:)For the use of the tabernacle and the temple when it will be built.(:note) the house of my God.

geneva@Joshua:9:25 @ And beholde nowe, we are in thine hand: doe as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to doe vnto vs.

geneva@Joshua:10:2 @ Then they feared exceedingly: for Gibeon was a great citie, as one of the royall cities: for it was greater then Ai, and all the men thereof were mightie.

geneva@Joshua:10:3 @ Wherefore (note:)That is, «Lord of justice», so tyrants take for themselves glorious names, when indeed they are the very enemies of God and all justice.(:note) Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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:10:6 @ And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Ioshua, euen to the hoste to Gilgal, saying, Withdrawe not thine hand from thy seruants: come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, & helpe vs: for all the Kings of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaines, are gathered together against vs.

geneva@Joshua:10:7 @ So Ioshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of warre with him, and all the men of might.

geneva@Joshua:10:9 @ Ioshua therefore came vnto them suddenly: for he went vp from Gilgal all the night.

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:10:18 @ Then Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it for to keepe them.

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:10:22 @ After, Ioshua sayd, Open the mouth of the caue, and bring out these fiue Kings vnto me forth of the caue.

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:10:25 @ And Ioshua sayd vnto them, Feare not, nor be faint hearted, but be strong and of a good courage: for thus will the Lord doe to all your enemies, against whome ye fight.

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:10:33 @ Then Horam King of Gezer came vp to helpe Lachish: but Ioshua smote him and his people, vntill none of his remained.

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:10:40 @ 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:10:42 @ And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at (note:)In one battle.(:note) one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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:11:4 @ 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:11:5 @ So all these Kings met together, and came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, for to fight against Israel.

geneva@Joshua:11:6 @ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt (note:)That neither they should serve to the use of war, nor the Israelites should put their trust in them.(:note) hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

geneva@Joshua:11:7 @ Then came Ioshua and al the men of warre with him against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell vpon them.

geneva@Joshua:11:8 @ And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto (note:)Which signifies hot waters, or according to some, brine pits.(:note) Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

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:11:16 @ 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:11:18 @ Ioshua made warre long time with all those Kings,

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:11:22 @ There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, (note:)Out of which came Goliath, (1Sa_17:4).(:note) in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

geneva@Joshua:12:20 @ The king of Shimron-meron, one: the King of Achshaph, one:

geneva@Joshua:12:21 @ The King of Taanach, one: the King of Megiddo, one:

geneva@Joshua:12:22 @ The King of Kedesh, one: the King of Iokneam of Carmel, one:

geneva@Joshua:13:1 @ Now Joshua was old [and] (note:)Being almost a hundred and ten years old.(:note) stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be After the enemies are overcome. possessed.

geneva@Joshua:13:5 @ And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunne rising from Bahal-gad vnder mount Hermon, vntil one come to Hamath.

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:13:12 @ All the kingdome of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei: (who remained of the rest of the gyants) for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

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:13:18 @ And Iahazah, and Kedemoth & Mephaath:

geneva@Joshua:13:19 @ Kiriathaim also, and Sibmah, and Zerethshahar in the mount of Emek:

geneva@Joshua:13:21 @ And all the cities of the plaine: and all the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whome Moses smote with the Princes of Midian, Eui, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the countrey.

geneva@Joshua:13:30 @ And their border was from Mahanaim, euen all Bashan, to wit, all the kingdome of Og King of Bashan, and all the townes of Iair which are in Bashan, threescore cities,

geneva@Joshua:13:31 @ And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the (note:)Meaning, his nephews and posterity.(:note) children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

geneva@Joshua:14:4 @ For the children of Joseph were (note:)So though Levi lacked, yet were there still twelve tribes by this means.(:note) two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

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:14:7 @ Fourtie yeere olde was I, when Moses the seruant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espie the land, and I brought him word againe, as I thought in mine heart.

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:14:9 @ Wherefore Moses sware the same day, saying, Certainely the land whereon thy feete haue troden, shalbe thine inheritance, & thy childrens for euer, because thou hast followed constantly the Lord my God.

geneva@Joshua:14:10 @ Therefore beholde nowe, the Lorde hath kept me aliue, as he promised: this is the fourtie and fift yeere since the Lord spake this thing vnto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wildernes: and nowe loe, I am this day foure score and fiue yeere olde:

geneva@Joshua:14:11 @ And yet am as strong at this time, as I was when Moses sent me: as strong as I was then, so strong am I nowe, either for warre, or for gouernment.

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:14:14 @ Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenezite, vnto this day: because he followed constantly the Lord God of Israel.

geneva@Joshua:14:15 @ And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a (note:)Either for his power or person.(:note) great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

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:15:5 @ And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the (note:)Meaning the mouth of the river where it runs into the Salt sea.(:note) end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

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:15:10 @ Then this border compasseth from Baalah Westward vnto mount Seir, and goeth along vnto the side of mount Iearim, which is Chesalon on the Northside: so it commeth downe to Bethshemesh, and goeth to Timnah.

geneva@Joshua:15:11 @ And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the (note:)Meaning, toward Syria.(:note) sea.

geneva@Joshua:15:15 @ And he went vp thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before time was Kiriath-sepher.

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:15:47 @ Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the (note:)Meaning, the Nile (Jos_13:3).(:note) river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof]:

geneva@Joshua:15:55 @ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Iuttah,

geneva@Joshua:15:62 @ And Nibshan, and the (note:)Of this city the salt sea has it's name.(:note) city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:16:6 @ And this border goeth out to the Sea vnto Michmethah on the Northside, and this border returneth Eastward vnto Taanathshiloh, and passeth it on the Eastside vnto Ianohah,

geneva@Joshua:16:7 @ And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, (note:)For so far the coasts reach.(:note) and went out at Jordan.

geneva@Joshua:17:3 @ But Zelophehad the sonne of Hephir, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, ye sonne of Manasseh, had no sonnes, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah:

geneva@Joshua:17:4 @ And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our (note:)Among them of our tribe.(:note) brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

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:17:8 @ [Now] Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but (note:)Meaning, the city itself.(:note) Tappuah on the border of Manasseh [belonged] to the children of Ephraim;

geneva@Joshua:17:10 @ Southward [it was] Ephraim's, and northward [it was] Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in (note:)In the tribe of Asher, and tribe of Issachar.(:note) Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

geneva@Joshua:17:11 @ And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-shean, and her townes, and Ibleam, and her townes, and the inhabitants of Dor with ye townes thereof, and the inhabitants of En-dor with the townes thereof, and the inhabitants of Thaanach with her townes, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with the townes of the same, euen three countreis.

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:17:14 @ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath (note:)According to my father Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_48:19).(:note) blessed me hitherto?

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:18:4 @ Give out from among you three men for [each] tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to (note:)That is, into seven portions, one to every tribe.(:note) the inheritance of them; and they shall come [again] to me.

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:18:9 @ So the men departed, and passed through the lande, and described it by cities into seuen partes in a booke, and returned to Ioshua into the campe at Shiloh.

geneva@Joshua:18:10 @ And Joshua (note:)That everyone should be content with God's appointment.(:note) cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

geneva@Joshua:18:11 @ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth (note:)Their inheritance bordered on Judah and Joseph.(:note) between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

geneva@Joshua:18:15 @ And the Southquarter is from the ende of Kiriath-iearim, and this border goeth out Westward, and commeth to the fountaine of waters of Nephtoah.

geneva@Joshua:18:17 @ And was drawn from the north, and went forth to (note:)Which is in the tribe of Ephraim.(:note) Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which [is] over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

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:19:9 @ Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too (note:)But this large portion was given them by God's providence to declare their increase in time to come.(:note) much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

geneva@Joshua:19:10 @ Also the third lot arose for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the coastes of their inheritance came to Sarid,

geneva@Joshua:19:17 @ The fourth lot came out to Issachar, euen for the children of Issachar according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:21 @ And Remeth, and (note:)There was another city of this name in the tribe of Judah: for in various tribes certain cities had the same name, and were distinguished by the tribe only.(:note) Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;

geneva@Joshua:19:22 @ And this coast reacheth to Tabor, & Shahazimath, and Beth-shemesh, and the endes of their coast reach to Iorden: sixteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:24 @ Also the fift lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:26 @ And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal, and came to Carmel Westward, and to Shihor Libnath,

geneva@Joshua:19:27 @ And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to (note:)Joins to the tribe of Zebulun, which lay more to the east.(:note) Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

geneva@Joshua:19:32 @ The sixt lot came out to the children of Naphtali, euen to the children of Naphtali according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:35 @ And the fenced cities [are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and (note:)Of which the lake of Gennesaret had its name.(:note) Chinnereth,

geneva@Joshua:19:38 @ And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, & Beth-anah, and Beth-shemesh: nineteene cities with their villages.

geneva@Joshua:19:40 @ The seuenth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

geneva@Joshua:19:41 @ And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

geneva@Joshua:19:46 @ And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before (note:)Called Joppa.(:note) Japho.

geneva@Joshua:19:47 @ And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too little] for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to (note:)According as Jacob had prophesied in (Gen_49:17).(:note) fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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:21:1 @ Then came the principall fathers of the Leuites vnto Eleazar the Priest, and vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and vnto the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,

geneva@Joshua:21:3 @ So the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites, out of their inheritance at the commaundement of the Lord these cities with their suburbes.

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:21:7 @ The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:9 @ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, & out of the tribe of the children of Simeo, these cities which are here named.

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:21:11 @ So they gaue them Kiriath-arba of the father of Anok (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah, with the suburbes of the same round about it.

geneva@Joshua:21:16 @ And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.

geneva@Joshua:21:34 @ And unto the families of the children of Merari, the (note:)They are here called the rest, because they are last numbered, and Merari was the younger brother, (Gen_46:11).(:note) rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:36 @ And out of the tribe of Reuben, (note:)Bezer and Ramoch were the cities of refuge under the Merarites and beyond Jordan, (Jos_20:8).(:note) Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

geneva@Joshua:21:37 @ Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes: foure cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:40 @ So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.

geneva@Joshua:21:45 @ There failed nothing of all the good things, which the Lord hath sayde vnto the house of Israel, but all came to passe.

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:22:3 @ You haue not forsaken your brethren this long season vnto this day, but haue diligently kept the commandement of the Lord your God.

geneva@Joshua:22:5 @ But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to (note:)He shows where fulfilling the Law consists.(:note) love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

geneva@Joshua:22:6 @ So Joshua (note:)He commended them to God, and prayed for them.(:note) blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

geneva@Joshua:22:8 @ And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your (note:)Who remained at home and did not go to the war, (Num_31:27; 1Sa_30:24).(:note) brethren.

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:22:17 @ [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:22:19 @ Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] (note:)In your judgment.(:note) unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but To use any other service than God has appointed is to rebel against God, (1Sa_15:23). rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

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:22:24 @ And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to doe with the Lord God of Israel?

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:23:5 @ And the LORD your God, he shall expel (note:)Which yet remain and are not overcome, as in (Jos_13:2).(:note) them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

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:23:13 @ 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:23:15 @ Therefore as all good things are come vpon you, which the Lorde your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring vpon you euery euill thing, vntill he haue destroyed you out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you.

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:24:2 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the (note:)Euphrates in Mesopotamia, (Gen_11:26).(:note) flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

geneva@Joshua:24:6 @ So I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came vnto the Sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with charets and horsemen vnto the red sea.

geneva@Joshua:24:11 @ And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the (note:)Because it was the chief city, under it he contains all the country: else they of the city fought not.(:note) men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

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:24:17 @ 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:24:33 @ Also Eleazar the sonne of Aaron died, whome they buried in the hill of Phinehas his sonne, which was giuen him in mount Ephraim.

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:1:4 @ Then Iudah went vp, and the Lorde deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

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:1:7 @ And Adoni-bezek said, Seuentie Kings hauing the thumbes of their hands & of their feete cut off, gathered bread vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hath rewarded me. so they brought him to Ierusalem, and there he died.

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:1:11 @ And from thence hee went to the inhabitantes of Debir, and the name of Debir in olde time was Kiriath-sepher.

geneva@Judges:1:13 @ And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz Calebs yonger brother tooke it, to whome hee gaue Achsah his 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:1:15 @ And shee answered him, Giue mee a blessing: for thou hast giuen me a South countrey, giue me also springs of water: and Caleb gaue her the springs aboue and the springs beneath.

geneva@Judges:1:16 @ And the children of the (note:)This was one of the names of Moses father in law, read (Num_10:29).(:note) Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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:1:23 @ And the house of Ioseph caused to viewe Beth-el (and the name of the citie beforetime was Luz)

geneva@Judges:1:24 @ And the spies sawe a man come out of the citie, and they saide vnto him, Shewe vs, we praie thee, the way into the citie, and we will shewe thee mercie.

geneva@Judges:1:26 @ Then the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof vnto this daie.

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:1:30 @ Neither did (note:)That is, the tribe of Zebulun as is also to be understood of the rest.(:note) Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

geneva@Judges:1:33 @ Neither did Naphtali driue out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande: neuerthelesse the inhabitantes of Beth-shemesh, and of Beth-anath became tributaries vnto 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:2:1 @ And an (note:)That is, messenger, or prophet, as some think, Phinehas.(:note) angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

geneva@Judges:2:5 @ Therefore they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifices there vnto the Lord.

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:2:17 @ And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the (note:)Meaning, from the true religion.(:note) way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

geneva@Judges:2:23 @ So the Lorde left those nations, and droue them not out immediately, neither deliuered them into the hand of Ioshua.

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:3:4 @ And these remayned to proue Israel by them, to wit, whether they would obey the commandements of the Lorde, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

geneva@Judges:3:6 @ And they took (note:)Contrary to God's commandment, (Deu_7:3).(:note) their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

geneva@Judges:3:10 @ And the (note:)He was stirred up by the Spirit of the Lord.(:note) Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

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:3:13 @ And he gathered vnto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, & went and smote Israel, and they possessed the citie of palme trees.

geneva@Judges:3:15 @ But when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lorde, the Lorde stirred them vp a sauiour, Ehud the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini, a man lame of his right hande: and the children of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon King of Moab.

geneva@Judges:3:16 @ And Ehud made him a dagger with two edges of a cubite length, and he did gird it vnder his rayment vpon his right thigh,

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:3:20 @ Then Ehud came vnto him. (and he sate alone in a sommer parler, which he had) and Ehud said, I haue a message vnto thee from God. Then he arose out of his throne,

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:3:25 @ And they taryed till they were ashamed: & seeing he opened not the doores of the parler, they tooke the key, and opened them, & behold, their lord was fallen dead on the earth.

geneva@Judges:3:27 @ And when he came home, he blew a trumpet in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel went downe with him from the mountaine, and he went before them.

geneva@Judges:3:28 @ Then said he vnto them, Follow me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies, euen Moab into your hand. So they went downe after him, & tooke the passages of Iorden towarde Moab, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.

geneva@Judges:3:29 @ And they slewe of the Moabites the same time about ten thousand men, all fed men, & all were warriours, and there escaped not a man.

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:4:4 @ 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:4:5 @ And this Deborah dwelt vnder a palme tree, betweene Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came vp to her for iudgement.

geneva@Judges:4:6 @ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel (note:)And revealed to me by the spirit of prophecy.(:note) commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

geneva@Judges:4:8 @ And Barak said unto her, (note:)Fearing his own weakness and his enemies power, he desires the prophetess to go with him to assure him of God's will from time to time.(:note) If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.

geneva@Judges:4:10 @ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went vp on his feete with ten thousand men, and Deborah went vp with him.

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:4:14 @ And Deborah said unto Barak, (note:)She still encourages him to this enterprise by assuring him of God's favour and aid.(:note) Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

geneva@Judges:4:18 @ And Iael went out to meete Sisera, & sayd vnto him, Turne in, my lord, turne in to me: feare not; when he had turned in vnto her into her tent, she couered him with a mantell.

geneva@Judges:4:19 @ And he said vnto her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water to drinke: for I am thirstie; shee opened a bottel of milke, and gaue him drinke, and couered him.

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:4:21 @ Then Jael Heber's wife took a (note:)That is, the pin or stake, by which it was fastened to the ground.(:note) nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

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:5:1 @ Then sang Deborah, and Barak the sonne of Abinoam the same day, saying,

geneva@Judges:5:5 @ The mountaines melted before the Lord, as did that Sinai before the Lord God of Israel.

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:5:19 @ The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of (note:)They won nothing, but lost all.(:note) money.

geneva@Judges:5:22 @ Then were the horsehooues broken with the oft beating together of their mightie men.

geneva@Judges:5:23 @ Curse ye (note:)It was a city near Tabor, where they fought.(:note) Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

geneva@Judges:5:24 @ Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall be blessed aboue other women: blessed shall she be aboue women dwelling in tentes.

geneva@Judges:5:25 @ He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth (note:)Some read churned milk in a great cup.(:note) butter in a lordly dish.

geneva@Judges:5:26 @ She put her hand to the naile, & her right hand to the workemans hammer: with the hammer smote she Sisera: she smote off his head, after she had wounded, and pearsed his temples.

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:6:3 @ When Israel had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, & they of the East, and came vpon them,

geneva@Judges:6:4 @ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto (note:)Even almost the whole country.(:note) Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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:6:11 @ 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:6:13 @ And Gideon said unto him, (note:)This came not from distrust, but from weakness of faith, which is in the most perfect: for no man in this life can have a perfect faith: yet the children of God have a true faith, by which they are justified.(:note) Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of 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:6:18 @ Depart not hence, I pray thee, vntil I come vnto thee, and bring mine offring, and lay it before thee; he sayde, I will tary vntill thou come againe.

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:6:25 @ 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:6:27 @ Then Gideon tooke tenne men of his seruants, and did as ye Lord bade him: but because he feared to doe it by day for his fathers housholde, and the men of the citie, he did it by night.

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:6:34 @ But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and (note:)The family of Abiezer, of which he was.(:note) Abiezer was gathered after him.

geneva@Judges:6:35 @ And he sent messengers thorowout al Manasseh, which also was ioyned with him, and he sent messengers vnto Asher, and to Zebulun and to Naphtali, and they came vp to meete them.

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: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:7:3 @ Now therefore proclaime in the audience of the people, and say, Who so is timerous or fearefull, let him returne, and depart earely from mount Gilead; there returned of the people which were at mount Gilead, two and twentie thousand: so ten thousand remayned.

geneva@Judges:7:4 @ And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people [are] yet [too] many; bring them down unto the water, and I will (note:)I will give you a proof to know those who will go with you.(:note) try them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

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:7:8 @ So the people tooke vitailes with them, & their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel, euery man vnto his tent, and reteined the three hundreth men: and the hoste of Midian was beneath him in a valley.

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:7:12 @ And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels were without nomber, as the sande which is by the sea side for multitude.

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:7:16 @ 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:7:17 @ And he sayd vnto them, Looke on me, and do likewise, when I come to the side of the hoste: euen as I do, so do you.

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:7:22 @ And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his (note:)The Lord caused the Midianites to kill one another.(:note) fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

geneva@Judges:7:23 @ Then the men of Israel being gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, pursued after the Midianites.

geneva@Judges:7:24 @ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the (note:)Meaning, the passages or the fords so they could not escape.(:note) waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

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:8:8 @ And he went vp thence to Penuel, and spake vnto them likewise, and the men of Penuel answered him, as the men of Succoth answered.

geneva@Judges:8:9 @ And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again (note:)Having gotten the victory.(:note) in peace, I will break down this tower.

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:8:13 @ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle (note:)Some read, the sun being yet high.(:note) before the sun [was up],

geneva@Judges:8:14 @ And tooke a seruant of the me of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Succoth and the Elders thereof, euen seuentie and seuen men.

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:8:16 @ Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes & breers, & did teare the men of Succoth with them.

geneva@Judges:8:17 @ Also he brake downe the towre of Penuel, and slew the men of the citie.

geneva@Judges:8:18 @ Then saide he vnto Zebah & Zalmunna, What maner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? and they answered, As thou art, so were they: euery one was like the children of a King.

geneva@Judges:8:19 @ And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the (note:)We all came from the same womb: therefore I will be revenged.(:note) sons of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

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:8:22 @ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy (note:)That is, thy posterity.(:note) son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

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:8:25 @ And they answered, Wee will giue them; they spred a garment, and did cast therein euery man the earings of his pray.

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:8:27 @ And Gideon made an (note:)That is, such things as pertained to the use of the tabernacle. See ephod, (Exo_28:4, Exo_28:6; Jdg_17:5; 1Sa_2:18; 2Sa_6:14).(:note) ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

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:8:34 @ And the children of Israel remembred not the Lord their God, which had deliuered the out of the hands of all their enemies on euery side.

geneva@Judges:8:35 @ Neither (note:)They were unmindful of God and unkind to him, by whom they had received so great a benefit.(:note) shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely], Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.

geneva@Judges:9:1 @ And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his (note:)To practice with his kinsfolk for attaining the kingdom.(:note) mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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:9:3 @ Then his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Shechem, all these wordes: and their hearts were moued to followe Abimelech: for sayd they, He is our brother.

geneva@Judges:9:4 @ And they gaue him seuentie pieces of siluer out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vayne and light fellowes which followed him.

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:9:9 @ But the oliue tree said vnto them, Should I leaue my fatnes, wherewith by me they honour God & man, & go to aduance me aboue ye trees?

geneva@Judges:9:10 @ Then the trees sayde to the fig tree, Come thou, and be King ouer vs.

geneva@Judges:9:11 @ But the fig tree answered them, Should I forsake my sweetenesse, and my good fruite, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

geneva@Judges:9:12 @ Then sayd the trees vnto the Vine, Come thou, and be king ouer vs.

geneva@Judges:9:13 @ But the Vine sayde vnto them, Should I leaue my wine, whereby I cheare God and man, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

geneva@Judges:9:14 @ Then said all the trees vnto the bramble, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.

geneva@Judges:9:15 @ And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let (note:)Abimelech will destroy the nobles of Shechem.(:note) fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

geneva@Judges:9:16 @ Now therefore, if ye doe truely and vncorruptly to make Abimelech King, and if ye haue delt well with Ierubbaal and with his house, and haue done vnto him according to the deseruing of his handes,

geneva@Judges:9:18 @ And yee are risen vp against my fathers house this day, and haue slayne his children, about seuentie persons vpon one stone, and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his mayde seruant, King ouer the men of Shechem, because hee is your brother)

geneva@Judges:9:19 @ If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, [then] (note:)That he is your king, and you his subjects.(:note) rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

geneva@Judges:9:20 @ But if not, let a fire come out from Abimelech, and consume the men of Shechem and the house of Millo: also let a fire come foorth from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and consume Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:21 @ And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimelech his brother.

geneva@Judges:9:22 @ So Abimelech reigned three yeere ouer Israel.

geneva@Judges:9:23 @ Then God (note:)Because the people consented with the king in shedding innocent blood, therefore God destroys both one and the other.(:note) sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

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:9:26 @ Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed came with his brethren, and they went to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

geneva@Judges:9:27 @ And they (note:)Before they were afraid of Abimelech's power, and did not dare go out of the city.(:note) went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed 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:9:29 @ And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to (note:)Braggingly, as though he had been present, or to his captain Zebul.(:note) Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

geneva@Judges:9:31 @ Therefore he sent messengers vnto Abimelech priuily, saying, Beholde, Gaal the sonne of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem, and beholde, they fortifie the citie against thee.

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:9:36 @ And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the (note:)You are afraid of a shadow.(:note) shadow of the mountains as [if they were] men.

geneva@Judges:9:37 @ And Gaal spake againe, and said, See, there come folke downe by the middle of the land, and another bande commeth by the way of the plaine of Meonenim.

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:9:39 @ And Gaal (note:)As their captain.(:note) went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:40 @ But Abimelech pursued him, and he fledde before him, and many were ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto the entring of the gate.

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:9:42 @ And on the morowe, the people went out into the fielde: which was tolde Abimelech.

geneva@Judges:9:43 @ And he took the (note:)Which were in his company.(:note) people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people [were] come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

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:9:46 @ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god (note:)That is, of Baniberith, as (Jdg_8:33).(:note) Berith.

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:9:50 @ Then went Abimelech to Tebez, and besieged Tebez, and tooke it.

geneva@Judges:9:51 @ But there was a strong towre within the citie, and thither fledde all the men and women, and all the chiefe of the citie, and shut it to them, and went vp to the toppe of the towre.

geneva@Judges:9:52 @ And Abimelech came vnto the towre and fought against it, and went hard vnto the doore of the towre to set it on fire.

geneva@Judges:9:53 @ But a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his braine pan.

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:9:56 @ Thus God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.

geneva@Judges:9:57 @ And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the (note:)For making a tyrant their king.(:note) curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

geneva@Judges:10:1 @ After Abimelech there arose to defend Israel, Tola, the sonne of Puah, the sone of Dodo, a man of Issachar, which dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

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:10:9 @ 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:10:11 @ And the LORD (note:)By stirring them up some prophets, as in (Jdg_6:8).(:note) said unto the children of Israel, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

geneva@Judges:10:12 @ The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites did oppresse you, and ye cryed to me and I saued you out of their hands.

geneva@Judges:10:13 @ Yet ye haue forsaken me, and serued other gods: wherefore I will deliuer you no more.

geneva@Judges:10:14 @ Goe, and cry vnto the gods which ye haue chosen: let them saue you in the time of your tribulation.

geneva@Judges:10:15 @ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, (note:)That is, from this present danger.(:note) this day.

geneva@Judges:10:18 @ And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, Whosoeuer will beginne the battell against the children of Ammon, the same shal be head ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.

geneva@Judges:11:3 @ Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of (note:)Where the governor of the country was called Tob.(:note) Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and Joined with him, as some think, against his brethren. went out with him.

geneva@Judges:11:4 @ And in processe of time the children of Ammon made warre with Israel.

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:11:7 @ And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and (note:)Often those things which men reject, God chooses to do great enterprises by.(:note) expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

geneva@Judges:11:9 @ And Iphtah said vnto the Elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home againe to fight against the children of Ammon, if the Lord giue them before me, shall I be your head?

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:11:13 @ And the King of the children of Ammon answered vnto the messengers of Iphtah, Because Israel tooke my lande, when they came vp from Egypt, fro Arnon vnto Iabbok, & vnto Iorden: now therefore restore those lands quietly.

geneva@Judges:11:14 @ Yet Iphtah sent messengers againe vnto the King of the children of Ammon,

geneva@Judges:11:16 @ But when Israel came vp from Egypt, and walked through the wildernesse vnto the redde Sea, then they came to Kadesh.

geneva@Judges:11:17 @ And Israel sent messengers vnto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, goe thorowe thy lande: but the King of Edom woulde not consent: and also they sent vnto the King of Moab, but he would not: therefore Israel abode in Kadesh.

geneva@Judges:11:18 @ Then they went through the wildernesse, and compassed the lande of Edom, and the lande of Moab, and came by the Eastside of the lande of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, and came not within the coast of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

geneva@Judges:11:19 @ Also Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, the King of Heshbon, and Israel said vnto him, Let vs passe, we pray thee, by thy lande vnto our place.

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:11:27 @ Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge (note:)To punish the offender.(:note) be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

geneva@Judges:11:29 @ Then the (note:)That is, the spirit of strength and zeal.(:note) Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon.

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:11:33 @ And he smote them from Aroer euen till thou come to Minnith, twentie cities, and so foorth to Abel of the vineyardes, with an exceeding great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were humbled before the children of Israel.

geneva@Judges:11:34 @ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with (note:)According to the manner after the victory.(:note) timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

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:11:38 @ And he sayde, Goe: and he sent her away two moneths: so she went with her companions, and lamented her virginitie vpon the moutaines.

geneva@Judges:11:39 @ And after the ende of two moneths, she turned againe vnto her father, who did with her according to his vowe which he had vowed, and she had knowen no man; it was a custome in Israel:

geneva@Judges:11:40 @ The daughters of Israel went yere by yere to lament the daughter of Iphtah the Gileadite, foure dayes in a yeere.

geneva@Judges:12:1 @ And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went (note:)After they had passed Jordan.(:note) northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call Thus ambition envies God's work in others as they did against Gideon, (Jdg_8:1). us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

geneva@Judges:12:2 @ And Iphtah said vnto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon, and when I called you, ye deliuered me not out of their handes.

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:12:4 @ Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim (note:)You ran from us, and chose Gilead, and now in respect to us you are nothing.(:note) among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.

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: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:13:5 @ For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a (note:)Meaning he should be separate from the world, and dedicated to God.(:note) Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@Judges:13:6 @ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very (note:)If flesh is not able to endure the sight of an angel, how much less the presence of God?(:note) terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name:

geneva@Judges:13:7 @ But he saide vnto me, Beholde, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and nowe thou shalt drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing: for the childe shalbe a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.

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:13:9 @ And God heard the voyce of Manoah, and the Angel of God came againe vnto the wife, as she sate in the fielde, but Manoah her husbande was not with her.

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:13:12 @ Then Manoah sayde, Nowe let thy saying come to passe: but howe shall we order the childe and doe vnto him?

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:13:18 @ And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secret?

geneva@Judges:13:19 @ So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did (note:)God sent fire from heaven to consume their sacrifice, to consume their faith in his promise.(:note) wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

geneva@Judges:13:20 @ For when the flame came vp toward heauen from the altar, the Angel of the Lorde ascended vp in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife behelde it, and fell on their faces vnto the grounde.

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:13:24 @ And the wife bare a sonne, and called his name Samson: and the childe grewe, and the Lorde blessed him.

geneva@Judges:14:2 @ And he came vp and told his father and his mother and saide, I haue seene a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims: now therfore giue me her to wife.

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:14:5 @ Then went Samson and his father and his mother downe to Timnath, and came to ye vineyardes at Timnath: and beholde, a young Lyon roared vpon him.

geneva@Judges:14:6 @ And the Spirit of the LORD (note:)By which he had strength and boldness.(:note) came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

geneva@Judges:14:8 @ And within a fewe dayes, when he returned to receiue her, he went aside to see the karkeis of the Lion: and behold, there was a swarme of bees, and hony in the body of the Lyon.

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:14:10 @ So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a (note:)Meaning when he was married.(:note) feast; for so used the young men to do.

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:14:12 @ And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty (note:)To wear at feasts, or solemn days.(:note) change of garments:

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:14:14 @ And he sayd vnto them, Out of the eater came meate, and out of the strong came sweetenesse: and they could not in three dayes expound the riddle.

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:14:16 @ And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the (note:)To those who are of my nation.(:note) children of my people, and hast not told [it] me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told [it] my father nor my mother, and shall I tell [it] thee?

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:14:18 @ And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, (note:)If you had not used the help of my wife.(:note) If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

geneva@Judges:14:19 @ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down (note:)Which was one of the five chief cities of the Philistines.(:note) to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

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:15:3 @ And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more (note:)For through his father-in-law's actions, he was moved again to take vengeance on the Philistines.(:note) blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

geneva@Judges:15:6 @ Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the (note:)Or, the citizen of Timnath.(:note) Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and So the wicked do not punish vice for love of justice, but for fear of danger, which also might come to them. burnt her and her father with fire.

geneva@Judges:15:9 @ Then the Philistims came vp, and pitched in Iudah, and were spred abroad in Lehi.

geneva@Judges:15:10 @ And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To (note:)And so being our prisoner to punish him.(:note) bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

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:15:15 @ And he found a (note:)That is, of an ass recently slain.(:note) new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

geneva@Judges:15:16 @ Then Samson sayd, With the iaw of an asse are heapes vpon heapes: with the iawe of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.

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:16:2 @ And it was tolde to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither. And they went about, and laied wayte for him all night in the gate of the citie, & were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.

geneva@Judges:16:4 @ And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:

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:16:6 @ And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt.

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:16:9 @ Now [there were] (note:)Certain Philistines in a secret chamber.(:note) men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when When fire comes near it. it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

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:16:12 @ Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede.

geneva@Judges:16:13 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. (note:)It is impossible if we give place to our wicked affections, for eventually we will be destroyed.(:note) And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

geneva@Judges:16:15 @ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, (note:)For Samson used to say «I love you».(:note) I love thee, when thine heart [is] not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength [lieth].

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:16:31 @ Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and tooke him, and brought him vp and buryed him betweene Zorah & Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: nowe he had iudged Israel twenty yeeres.

geneva@Judges:17:1 @ And there (note:)Some think this history was in the time of Othniel, or as Josephus writes, immediately after Joshua.(:note) was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.

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:17:3 @ And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a (note:)Contrary to the commandment of God and true religion practised under Joshua, they forsook the Lord and fell into idolatry.(:note) graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

geneva@Judges:17:5 @ And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an (note:)He would serve both God and idols.(:note) ephod, and By Teraphim some understand certain idols, having the likeness of a man, but others understand by it all manner of things and instruments belonging to those who sought an answer at God's hands, as in (Jdg_18:5-6). teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

geneva@Judges:17:8 @ And the man departed out of the citie, euen out of Beth-lehem Iudah, to dwell where he coulde finde a place: and as he iourneyed, he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Michah

geneva@Judges:17:9 @ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, (note:)For in those days the service of God was corrupt in all estates and the Levites were not looked to.(:note) I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].

geneva@Judges:17:10 @ Then Michah said vnto him, Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels of siluer by yeere, and a sute of apparell, and thy meate and drinke. So the Leuite went in.

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:18:2 @ And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, (note:)For the portion which Joshua gave them, was not sufficient for all their tribe.(:note) Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

geneva@Judges:18:4 @ And he answered them, Thus and thus dealeth Michah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.

geneva@Judges:18:6 @ And the priest said unto them, (note:)Thus sometimes God grants the idolaters requests to the destruction of those who delight in errors.(:note) Go in peace: before the LORD [is] your way wherein ye go.

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:18:8 @ So they came againe vnto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren saide vnto them, What haue ye done?

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:18:11 @ Then there departed thence of the familie of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, sixe hundreth men appointed with instruments of warre.

geneva@Judges:18:13 @ And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Michah.

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:18:15 @ And they turned thitherward & came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Michah, and saluted him peaceably.

geneva@Judges:18:16 @ And the six hundreth men appointed with their weapons of warre, which were of the children of Dan, stoode by the entring of the gate.

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:18:20 @ And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the (note:)With the six hundred men.(:note) people.

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:18:24 @ And he said, Ye have taken away my (note:)This declares the opinion the idolaters have of their idols.(:note) gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

geneva@Judges:18:27 @ And they took [the (note:)Meaning, the idols, as in (Jdg_18:18).(:note) things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

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:18:29 @ And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the beginning.

geneva@Judges:19:5 @ And when the fourth day came, they arose earely in the morning, and he prepared to depart: then the yong womans father said vnto his sonne in lawe, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and then go your way.

geneva@Judges:19:6 @ And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the (note:)That is, his concubines father.(:note) damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

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:19:10 @ But the man would not tarry, but arose & departed, and came ouer against Iebus, (which is Ierusalem) and his two asses laden, and his concubine were with him.

geneva@Judges:19:11 @ When they were neere to Iebus, the day was sore spent, and the seruant said vnto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let vs turne into this citie of the Iebusites, and lodge all night there.

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:19:16 @ And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] (note:)Or, the children of Jamini.(:note) Benjamites.

geneva@Judges:19:17 @ And when he had lift vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfairing man in the streetes of the citie: then this olde man sayde, Whither goest thou, and whence camest thou?

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:19:24 @ Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, (note:)That is, abuse them, as in (Gen_19:8).(:note) and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

geneva@Judges:19:25 @ But the men woulde not hearken to him: therefore ye man tooke his concubine, & brought her out vnto them: and they knewe her and abused her all the night vnto the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her goe.

geneva@Judges:19:26 @ Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and (note:)She fell down dead, as in (Jdg_19:27).(:note) fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord [was], till it was light.

geneva@Judges:19:28 @ And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his (note:)Meaning, home to mount Ephraim.(:note) place.

geneva@Judges:19:29 @ And whe he was come to his house, he took a knife, and laid hand on his concubine, and deuided her in pieces with her bones into twelue parts, and sent her through all quarters of Israel.

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:20:4 @ 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:20:10 @ 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:20:11 @ So all the men of Israel were gathered against the citie, knit together, as one man.

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:20:14 @ But ye children of Beniamin gathered them selues together out of the cities vnto Gibeah, to come out and fight against 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:20:16 @ Of all this people were seuen hundreth chosen men, being left handed: all these could sling stones at an heare breadth, and not faile.

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:20:18 @ And the children of Israel arose, and went up (note:)That is, to the ark, which was in Shiloh some think in Mizpeh, as in (Jdg_20:1).(:note) to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.

geneva@Judges:20:20 @ And the men of Israel went out to battell against Beniamin, & the men of Israel put themselues in aray to fight against the beside Gibeah.

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:20:22 @ And the people, the men of Israel plucked vp their hearts, and set their battel againe in aray in the place where they put them in aray the first day.

geneva@Judges:20:24 @ Then the children of Israel came neere against the children of Beniamin the second day.

geneva@Judges:20:25 @ Also the second day Beniamin came forth to meete them out of Gibeah, and slewe downe to the grounde of the children of Israel againe eighteene thousand men: all they could handle the sword.

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:20:29 @ And Israel set men to lie in waite round about Gibeah.

geneva@Judges:20:30 @ And the children of Israel went vp against the children of Beniamin the third day, and put theselues in aray against Gibeah, as at other times.

geneva@Judges:20:31 @ And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, [and] were (note:)By the policy of the children of Israel.(:note) drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, [and] kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

geneva@Judges:20:32 @ And the children of Benjamin said, They [are] smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the (note:)Meaning, crossways or paths to various places.(:note) highways.

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:20:35 @ And the Lord smote Beniamin before Israel, and the children of Israel destroyed of the Beniamites the same day fiue and twenty thousand and an hundreth men: all they could handle the sword.

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:20:39 @ And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to (note:)For they had grown bold because of the two former victories.(:note) smite [and] kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as [in] the first battle.

geneva@Judges:20:40 @ But when the flame bega to arise out of the citie, as a pillar of smoke, the Beniamites looked backe, and behold, the flame of the citie began to ascend vp to heauen.

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:20:42 @ Therefore they turned [their backs] before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which [came] out of the cities they destroyed (note:)For they were surrounded from every side.(:note) in the midst of them.

geneva@Judges:20:44 @ And there were slaine of Beniamin eyghteene thousad men, which were all men of warre.

geneva@Judges:20:45 @ And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they (note:)They slew them one by one, as they were scattered abroad.(:note) gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of 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:20:47 @ But sixe hundreth men turned and fled to the wildernesse vnto the rocke of Rimmon, and abode in the rocke of Rimmon foure moneths.

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:21:1 @ Now the men of Israel had (note:)This was a rash oath, and not from judgment: for they later broke it, showing secretly the means to marry certain of their daughters.(:note) sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

geneva@Judges:21:2 @ And the people came vnto ye house of God and abode there till euen before God, and lift vp their voyces, and wept with great lamentation,

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:21:8 @ 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:21:10 @ Therefore the Congregation sent thither twelue thousande men of the most valiant, and commaunded them, saying, Goe, and smite the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, both women, and children.

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:21:13 @ 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:21:16 @ Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.

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@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:1:2 @ And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi: and the names of his two sonnes, Mahlon, and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem Iudah: and when they came into the land of Moab, they continued there.

geneva@Ruth:1:3 @ Then Elimelech the husbande of Naomi died, and she remayned with her two sonnes,

geneva@Ruth:1:4 @ And they took them wives of the (note:)By this wonderful providence of God Ruth became one of God's household, of whom Christ came.(:note) women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

geneva@Ruth:1:8 @ Then Naomi saide vnto her two daughters in lawe, Goe, returne eche of you vnto her owne mothers house: the Lord shew fauour vnto you, as ye haue done with the dead, and with me.

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:1:16 @ And Ruth answered, Intreate mee not to leaue thee, nor to depart from thee: for whither thou goest, I will goe: and where thou dwellest, I will dwell: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

geneva@Ruth:1:17 @ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.

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:1:20 @ And she answered them, Call me not Naomi, but call me Mara: for the Almightie hath giuen me much bitternes.

geneva@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, and the Lorde hath caused me to returne emptie: why call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath humbled me, and the Almightie hath brought me vnto aduersitie?

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:2:1 @ And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of (note:)Or power, both in virtue, authority and riches.(:note) wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.

geneva@Ruth:2:2 @ And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and (note:)Her humility declares her great love for her mother in law, for she spared no hardship to get both their livings.(:note) glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

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:2:4 @ And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and saide vnto the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they answered him, The Lord blesse thee.

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:2:13 @ Then she saide, Let me finde fauour in thy sight, my lord: for thou hast comforted mee, and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde, though I be not like to one of thy maydes.

geneva@Ruth:2:14 @ And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and was sufficed, and (note:)Which she brought home to her mother in law.(:note) left.

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:2:19 @ 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:2:20 @ And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the (note:)To my husband and children, when they were alive, and now to us.(:note) dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

geneva@Ruth:2:21 @ And Ruth the Moabitesse said, He said also certainely vnto mee, Thou shalt be with my seruants, vntill they haue ended all mine haruest.

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:3:3 @ Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the (note:)Boaz, nor yet any other.(:note) man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

geneva@Ruth:3:5 @ And she answered her, All that thou biddest me, I will doe.

geneva@Ruth:3:7 @ And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his (note:)That is, he had refreshed himself among his servants.(:note) heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

geneva@Ruth:3:9 @ Then he sayd, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmayd: spread therefore the wing of thy garment ouer thine handmayd: for thou art the kinsman.

geneva@Ruth:3:10 @ And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter: [for] thou hast (note:)You showed yourself repeatedly to be more virtuous.(:note) shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

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:3:17 @ And said, These sixe measures of barly gaue he me: for he sayd to me, Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe.

geneva@Ruth:3:18 @ Then sayd she, My daughter, sit still, vntill thou knowe how the thing will fall: for the man wil not be in rest, vntill he hath finished the matter this same day.

geneva@Ruth:4:1 @ Then went Boaz up to the (note:)Which was the place of judgment.(:note) gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, The Hebrews here use two words which have no proper meaning, but serve to denote a certain person, as we would say, «Ho, so-and-so». Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

geneva@Ruth:4:2 @ Then he tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and sayd, Sit ye downe here; they sate downe.

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:4:6 @ And the kinsman answered, I can not redeeme it, lest I destroy mine owne inheritance: redeeme my right to thee, for I can not redeeme it.

geneva@Ruth:4:7 @ Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a (note:)That he had resigned his right, (Deu_25:9).(:note) testimony in Israel.

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:4:14 @ 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:4:15 @ And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than (note:)Meaning, many sons.(:note) seven sons, hath born him.

geneva@Ruth:4:16 @ And Naomi tooke the childe, and layde it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.

geneva@Ruth:4:17 @ And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Ishai, the father of Dauid.

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:1:2 @ And he had two wiues: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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:1:5 @ But unto Hannah he gave a worthy (note:)Some read, a portion with a hearty cheer.(:note) portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

geneva@1Samuel:1:11 @ Also she vowed a vowe, and sayd, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt looke on the trouble of thine handmaide, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaide, but giue vnto thine handmaide a manchilde, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.

geneva@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Let thine handmaid find (note:)That is, pray to the Lord for me.(:note) grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].

geneva@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD (note:)According to her petition.(:note) remembered her.

geneva@1Samuel:1:20 @ For in processe of time Hannah conceiued, and bare a sonne, and she called his name Samuel, Because, said she, I haue asked him of the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:1:21 @ And the man (note:)This Elkanah was a Levite, (1Ch_6:27), and as some write once a year they were accustomed to appear before the Lord with their families.(:note) Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

geneva@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his (note:)Because her prayer took effect, therefore it was called the Lord's promise.(:note) word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

geneva@1Samuel:1:27 @ I prayed for this childe, and the Lord hath giuen me my desire which I asked of him.

geneva@1Samuel:1:28 @ Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he (note:)Meaning, Eli gave thanks to God for her.(:note) worshipped the LORD there.

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:2:4 @ The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.

geneva@1Samuel:2:8 @ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among (note:)He prefers to honour, and does according to his own will, though man's judgment is contrary.(:note) princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the Therefore he may dispose all things according to his will. LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

geneva@1Samuel:2:10 @ The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his (note:)She grounded her prayer on Jesus Christ who was to come.(:note) king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

geneva@1Samuel:2:13 @ For the Priestes custome towarde the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the Priestes boy came, while the flesh was seething, and a fleshhooke with three teeth, in his hand,

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:2:17 @ Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men (note:)Seeing the horrible abuse of it.(:note) abhorred the offering of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:2:19 @ And his mother made him a litle coat, and brought it to him from yeere to yeere, when she came vp with her husband, to offer the yerely sacrifice.

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:2:25 @ 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:2:26 @ (Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)

geneva@1Samuel:2:27 @ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy (note:)That is, Aaron.(:note) father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

geneva@1Samuel:2:28 @ And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my Priest, to offer vpon mine altar, and to burne incense, and to weare an Ephod before me, and I gaue vnto the house of thy father all the offrings made by fire of the children of Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:2:29 @ Wherefore (note:)Why have you contemned my sacrifices, and as it were trod them under foot?(:note) kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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:2:33 @ Neuerthelesse, I will not destroy euery one of thine fro mine altar, to make thine eyes to faile, and to make thine heart sorowfull: and all ye multitude of thine house shall die when they be men.

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:2:35 @ And I will raise me up a (note:)Meaning Zadok, who succeeded Abiathar, and was the figure of Christ.(:note) faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

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:3:5 @ And he ranne vnto Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou calledst me. But he said, I called thee not: goe againe and sleepe; he went and slept.

geneva@1Samuel:3:6 @ And the Lorde called once againe, Samuel; Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, I am here: for thou diddest call me; he answered, I called thee not, my sonne: go againe and sleepe.

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:3:10 @ And the Lord came, and stoode, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speake, for thy seruant heareth.

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:3:14 @ 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:3:18 @ So Samuel tolde him euery whit, and hid nothing from him. Then hee said, It is the Lorde: let him do what seemeth him good.

geneva@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistims put themselues in aray against Israel: and when they ioyned the battell, Israel was smitten downe before the Philistims: who slewe of the armie in the fielde about foure thousand men.

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:4:5 @ 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:4:7 @ And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, (note:)Before we fought against men, and now God has come to fight against us.(:note) Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

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:4:10 @ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel (note:)David alluding to this place in (Psa_78:63) says they were consumed with fire: meaning they were suddenly destroyed.(:note) thirty thousand footmen.

geneva@1Samuel:4:12 @ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes (note:)In token of sorrow and mourning.(:note) rent, and with earth upon his head.

geneva@1Samuel:4:13 @ And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart (note:)Lest it should be taken by the enemy.(:note) trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.

geneva@1Samuel:4:14 @ And when Eli heard the noyse of the crying, he sayd, What meaneth this noyse of the tumult? and the man came in hastily, and tolde Eli.

geneva@1Samuel:4:15 @ (Nowe Eli was fourescore and eighteene yeere olde, and his eyes were dimme that hee could not see)

geneva@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man sayd vnto Eli, I came from the armie, and I fled this day out of the hoste: and he sayd, What thing is done, my sonne?

geneva@1Samuel:4:17 @ And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, (note:)According as God had said before.(:note) are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

geneva@1Samuel:4:18 @ And when he had made mention of the Arke of God, Eli fell from his seate backward by the side of the gate, and his necke was broken, and he dyed: for he was an olde man and heauie: and he had iudged Israel fourtie yeeres.

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:4:21 @ And she named the childe Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel, because the Arke of God was taken, and because of her father in lawe and her husband.

geneva@1Samuel:5:2 @ When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of (note:)Which was their chief idol, and as some write, from the navel downward was like a fish, and upward like a man.(:note) Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

geneva@1Samuel:5:4 @ Also they rose vp earely in the morning the next day, and beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and the two palmes of his hands were cut off vpon the thresholde: onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him.

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:5:6 @ But the hand of the Lord was heauie vpon them of Ashdod, and destroyed them, and smote them with the emerods, both Ashdod, and the coastes thereof.

geneva@1Samuel:5:7 @ And when the men of Ashdod sawe this, they sayd, Let not the Arke of the God of Israel abide with vs: for his hand is sore vpon vs and vpon Dagon our god.

geneva@1Samuel:5:9 @ And when they had caried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the citie with a very great destruction, and he smote the men of the citie both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret partes.

geneva@1Samuel:5:10 @ Therefore they sent the Arke of God to Ekron: and assoone as the Arke of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cryed out, saying, They haue brought the Arke of the God of Israel to vs to slay vs and our people.

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:6:1 @ And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines (note:)They thought by continuance of time the plague would have ceased, and so would have kept the ark still.(:note) seven months.

geneva@1Samuel:6:2 @ And the Philistims called the priests and the soothsayers, saying, What shall we doe with the Arke of the Lord? tell vs wherewith we shall send it home againe.

geneva@1Samuel:6:4 @ Then sayd they, What shalbe the sinne offring, which we shall giue vnto it? And they answered, Fiue golden emerods and fiue golden mise, according to the number of the princes of the Philistims: for one plague was on you all, and on your princes.

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:6:7 @ Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on whome there hath come no yoke: and tye the kine to the cart, and bring the calues home from them.

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:6:11 @ So they set the Arke of the Lord vpon the cart, and the coffer with the mise of golde, and with the similitudes of their emerods.

geneva@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after (note:)For the trial of the matter.(:note) them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

geneva@1Samuel:6:13 @ Nowe they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheate haruest in the valley, and they lift vp their eyes, and spied the Arke, and reioyced when they sawe it.

geneva@1Samuel:6:14 @ And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and (note:)That is, the men of Bethshemesh, who were Israelites.(:note) they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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:6:16 @ And when the fiue Princes of ye Philistims had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

geneva@1Samuel:6:17 @ And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines returned [for] a trespass offering unto the LORD; for (note:)These were the five principal cities of the Philistines, which were not all conquered to the time of David.(:note) Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

geneva@1Samuel:6:19 @ And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they (note:)For it was not lawful for anyone either to touch or to see it, only to Aaron and his sons (Num_4:15, Num_4:20).(:note) had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.

geneva@1Samuel:6:20 @ Wherefore the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go from vs?

geneva@1Samuel:6:21 @ And they sent messengers to the inhabitans of Kiriath-iearim, saying, The Philistims haue brought againe the Arke of the Lord: come ye downe and take it vp to you.

geneva@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of (note:)A city in the tribe of Judah, called also Kirjathbaal, in (Jos_15:60).(:note) Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of 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:7:3 @ Then Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye be come againe vnto the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, and Ashtaroth, & direct your hearts vnto the Lord, & serue him only, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of ye 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:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went from Mizpeh and pursued the Philistims, and smote them vntill they came vnder Beth-car.

geneva@1Samuel:7:12 @ Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and (note:)Which was a great rock over against Mizpeh.(:note) Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

geneva@1Samuel:7:13 @ So the Philistims were brought vnder, and they came no more againe into the coastes of Israel: and the hand of the Lorde was against the Philistims all the dayes of Samuel.

geneva@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the (note:)Meaning, the Philistines.(:note) Amorites.

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:8:2 @ Now the name of his firstborn was (note:)Who was also called Vashni, (1Ch_6:28).(:note) Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.

geneva@1Samuel:8:3 @ And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.

geneva@1Samuel:8:4 @ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto (note:)For there his house was, (1Sa_7:17).(:note) Ramah,

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:8:8 @ As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe they vnto thee.

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:8:16 @ And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.

geneva@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the Lord saide to Samuel, Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a King; Samuel said vnto the men of Israel, Goe euery man vnto his citie.

geneva@1Samuel:9:1 @ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a (note:)That is, both valiant and rich.(:note) mighty man of power.

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:9:3 @ And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go (note:)All these circumstances were means to serve God's providence, by which Saul (though not approved by God) was made king.(:note) seek the asses.

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:9:10 @ Then saide Saul to his seruant, Well saide, come, let vs goe: so they went into the citie where the man of God was.

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:9:14 @ Then they went vp into the citie, & when they were come into the middes of the citie, Samuel came out against them, to goe vp to the hie place.

geneva@1Samuel:9:15 @ But the Lord had reueiled to Samuel secretly (a day before Saul came) saying,

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:9:18 @ Then went Saul to Samuel in the middes of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the Seers house is.

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:9:21 @ But Saul answered, and said, Am not I the sonne of Iemini of the smallest tribe of Israel? and my familie is the least of all the families of the tribe of Beniamin. Wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

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:9:25 @ And when they were come downe from the hie place into the citie, he communed with Saul vpon the top of the house.

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:10:3 @ Then shalt thou go forth from thence and shalt come to the plaine of Tabor, and there shal meete thee three men going vp to God to Bethel: one carying three kiddes, and an other carying three loaues of bread, and another carying a bottle of wine:

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:10:6 @ Then the Spirit of the Lord will come vpon thee, and thou shalt prophecie with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

geneva@1Samuel:10:7 @ Therefore when these signes shall come vnto to thee, doe as occasion shall serue: for God is with thee.

geneva@1Samuel:10:8 @ And thou shalt goe downe before me to Gilgal: and I also will come downe vnto thee to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace. Tary for me seuen dayes, till I come to thee and shewe thee what thou shalt doe.

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:10:10 @ And when they came thither to the hill, beholde, the companie of Prophets meete him, and the Spirit of God came vpon him, & he prophecied among them.

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:10:13 @ And when he had made an ende of prophecying, he came to the hie place.

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:10:15 @ And Sauls vncle saide, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.

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:10:20 @ And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was (note:)That is, by casting of lot.(:note) taken.

geneva@1Samuel:10:22 @ Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he (note:)As though he were unworthy and unwilling.(:note) hath hid himself among the stuff.

geneva@1Samuel:10:26 @ Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a bande of men, whose heart God had touched,

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:11:3 @ 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:11:4 @ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and tolde these tidings in the eares of the people: and all the people lift vp their voices and wept.

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:11:6 @ And the Spirit of God (note:)God gave him the spirit of strength and courage to go against this tyrant.(:note) came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

geneva@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after (note:)He adds Samuel because Saul was not yet approved by all.(:note) Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

geneva@1Samuel:11:8 @ And when he nombred them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundreth thousande men: and the men of Iudah thirtie thousand.

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:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be (note:)By showing mercy he thought to overcome their malice.(:note) put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

geneva@1Samuel:11:14 @ Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

geneva@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of (note:)In sign of thanksgiving for the victory.(:note) peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

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:12:3 @ Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: (note:)God would have this confession be a pattern for all who have any charge or office.(:note) whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it 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:12:8 @ 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:12:13 @ Nowe therefore beholde the King whome yee haue chosen, and whome yee haue desired: loe therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.

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:12:15 @ But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your (note:)Meaning, the governors.(:note) fathers.

geneva@1Samuel:12:18 @ Then Samuel called vnto the Lorde, and the Lorde sent thunder and raine the same day: and all the people feared the Lorde and Samuel exceedingly.

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:12:22 @ For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you (note:)Of his free mercy, and not of your merits, and therefore he will not forsake you.(:note) his people.

geneva@1Samuel:13:5 @ And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from (note:)Which was also called Beth-el, in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bethaven.

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:13:7 @ And [some of] the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of (note:)Where the two tribes and the half remained.(:note) Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

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:13:9 @ And Saul sayde, Bring a burnt offering to me and peace offrings: and he offered a burnt offering.

geneva@1Samuel:13:10 @ And assoone as hee had made an ende of offering the burnt offering, beholde, Samuel came: and Saul went foorth to meete him, to salute 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:13:12 @ Therefore said I, The Philistims will come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lorde. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring.

geneva@1Samuel:13:13 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy (note:)Who willed you to obey him, and rest on the words spoken by his prophet.(:note) God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

geneva@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto (note:)And went to his city Ramah.(:note) Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with him, about six hundred men.

geneva@1Samuel:13:17 @ And there came out of the hoste of the Philistims three bandes to destroie, one bande turned vnto the way of Ophrah vnto the lande of Shual,

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:13:23 @ And the garison of the Philistims came out to the passage of Michmash.

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:14:4 @ Nowe in the way whereby Ionathan sought to go ouer to the Philistims garison, there was a sharpe rocke on the one side, and a sharpe rocke on the other side: the name of the one was called Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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:14:8 @ Then said Ionathan, Beholde, we goe ouer vnto those men, and will shewe our selues vnto them.

geneva@1Samuel:14:10 @ But if they say, Come vp vnto vs, then we will goe vp: for the Lorde hath deliuered them into our hande: and this shall be a signe vnto vs.

geneva@1Samuel:14:11 @ And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the (note:)Thus they spoke contemptuously and by derision.(:note) holes where they had hid themselves.

geneva@1Samuel:14:12 @ And the men of the garison answered Ionathan, and his armour bearer, and said, Come vp to vs: for we will shewe you a thing. Then Ionathan said vnto his armour bearer, Come vp after me: for the Lorde hath deliuered them into the hand of Israel.

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:14:16 @ Then the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Beniamin sawe: and beholde, the multitude was discomfited, and smitten as they went.

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:14:24 @ 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:14:25 @ And all they of the land came to a wood, where hony lay vpon the ground.

geneva@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the (note:)That is, the punishment if they break their oath.(:note) oath.

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:14:36 @ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us (note:)To ask counsel from him.(:note) draw near hither unto God.

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:14:38 @ And Saul said, All ye chiefe of the people, come ye hither, and knowe, and see by whom this sinne is done this day.

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:14:42 @ And Saul saide, Cast lot betweene me and Ionathan my sonne; Ionathan was taken.

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:14:46 @ Then Saul came vp from the Philistims: and the Philistims went to their owne place.

geneva@1Samuel:14:47 @ So Saul helde the kingdome ouer Israel, and fought against all his enemies on euery side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the Kings of Zobah, and against the Philistims: and whithersoeuer he went, he handled them as wicked men.

geneva@1Samuel:14:49 @ Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, (note:)Called also Abinadab, (1Sa_31:2).(:note) and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters [were these]; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Who was the wife of David, (1Sa_18:27). Michal:

geneva@1Samuel:14:50 @ And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host [was] (note:)Whom Joab, David's captain, slew (2Sa_3:27).(:note) Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

geneva@1Samuel:15:1 @ Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel: now therefore (note:)Because he has preferred you to this honour, you are bound to obey him.(:note) hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:15:2 @ Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, howe they laide waite for the in ye way, as they came vp fro Egypt.

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:15:4 @ And Saul assembled ye people, and nombred them in Telaim, two hundreth thousande footemen, and ten thousand men of Iudah.

geneva@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.

geneva@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said unto the (note:)Which were the posterity of Jethro, Moses father in law.(:note) Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed For Jethro came to visit them, and gave them good counsel, (Exo_18:19). kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

geneva@1Samuel:15:7 @ So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,

geneva@1Samuel:15:10 @ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying,

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:15:12 @ And when Samuel arose early to meete Saul in the morning, one tolde Samuel, saying, Saul is gone to Carmel: and beholde, he hath made him there a place, from whence he returned, and departed, and is gone downe to Gilgal.

geneva@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the (note:)This is the nature of hypocrites to be impudent against the truth, to condemn others, and justify themselves.(:note) commandment of the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:15:14 @ But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

geneva@1Samuel:15:16 @ Againe Samuel saide to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath saide to me this night; he said vnto him, Say on.

geneva@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, When thou [wast] (note:)Meaning, of base condition as in (1Sa_9:21).(:note) little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

geneva@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, (note:)He stands most impudently in his own defence both against God and his own conscience.(:note) I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

geneva@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.

geneva@1Samuel:15:23 @ For (note:)God hates nothing more than the disobedience of his commandment, even though the intent seems good to man.(:note) rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.

geneva@1Samuel:15:24 @ Then Saul sayde vnto Samuel, I haue sinned: for I haue transgressed the commaundement of the Lord, and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voyce.

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:15:29 @ 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:15:32 @ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the (note:)He expected nothing less than death, or as some write, he passed not for death.(:note) bitterness of death is past.

geneva@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel sayde, As thy sworde hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childelesse among other women; Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

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:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come (note:)That is, to make a peace offering, which may be done even though the ark was not there.(:note) to sacrifice to the LORD.

geneva@1Samuel:16:3 @ And call Ishai to the sacrifice, and I will shewe thee what thou shalt doe, and thou shalt anoynt vnto me him whom I name vnto thee.

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:16:5 @ And he answeared, Yea: I am come to doe sacrifice vnto the Lorde: sanctifie your selues, and come with me to the sacrifice; he sanctified Ishai & his sonnes, & called them to the sacrifice.

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:16:8 @ Then Ishai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel; he saide, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

geneva@1Samuel:16:9 @ Then Ishai made Shammah come; he said, Neither yet hath the Lorde chosen him.

geneva@1Samuel:16:10 @ Againe Ishai made his seue sonnes to come before Samuel: and Samuel saide vnto Ishai, The Lord hath chosen none of these.

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:16:12 @ And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddie, & of a good countenance, and comely visage; the Lorde saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this is he.

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:16:14 @ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an (note:)The wicked spirits are at God's commandment to execute his will against the wicked.(:note) evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

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:16:18 @ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a (note:)Though David was now anointed king by the prophet, yet God would strengthen and test him in various ways before he had the use of his kingdom.(:note) son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.

geneva@1Samuel:16:19 @ Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

geneva@1Samuel:16:21 @ And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.

geneva@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: for he hath found fauour in my sight.

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:17:1 @ Nowe the Philistims gathered their armies to battell, & came together to Shochoh, which is in Iudah, and pitched betweene Shochoh and Azekah, in the coast of Dammim.

geneva@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul, and the men of Israel assembled, and pitched in the valley of Elah, and put themselues in battell araie to meete the Philistims.

geneva@1Samuel:17:4 @ And there (note:)Between the two camps.(:note) went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.

geneva@1Samuel:17:5 @ And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand (note:)That is, 156 pounds 4 ounces, after half and ounce to the shekel: and 600 shekels weight amounts to 18 3/4 pounds.(:note) shekels of brass.

geneva@1Samuel:17:7 @ And the shaft of his speare was like a weauers beame: and his speare head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron: and one bearing a shielde went before him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? Am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? Chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.

geneva@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kill him, then shal yee be our seruants, and serue vs.

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:17:12 @ Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.

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:17:17 @ And Jesse said unto David his son, (note:)Though Jesse meant one thing, yet God's providence directed David to another end.(:note) Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

geneva@1Samuel:17:19 @ (Then Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistims)

geneva@1Samuel:17:20 @ So Dauid rose vp earely in the morning, and left the sheepe with a keeper, and tooke and went as Ishai had commaunded him, and came within the compasse of the hoste: and the hoste went out in araie, and shouted in the battell.

geneva@1Samuel:17:22 @ And Dauid left the things, which hee bare, vnder the handes of the keeper of the cariage, and ranne into the hoste, and came, and asked his brethren howe they did.

geneva@1Samuel:17:23 @ And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the (note:)As in (1Sa_17:8-9).(:note) same words: and David heard [them].

geneva@1Samuel:17:24 @ And all the men of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne away from him, and were sore afraied.

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:17:28 @ 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:17:30 @ And hee departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former woordes.

geneva@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a (note:)David, because of previous experience with God's help, did not doubt to overcome this danger, seeing as he was zealous for God's honour.(:note) lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

geneva@1Samuel:17:35 @ And I went out after him and smote him, and tooke it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard, and smote him, and slue him.

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:17:38 @ And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid, & put an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and put a brigandine vpon him.

geneva@1Samuel:17:39 @ Then girded Dauid his sword vpon his rayment, and began to go: for he neuer proued it: and Dauid sayde vnto Saul, I can not goe with these: for I am not accustomed. wherefore Dauid put them off him.

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:17:42 @ Now when the Philistim looked about & saw Dauid, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddie, and of a comely face.

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:17:44 @ And the Philistim sayd to Dauid, Come to me, & I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.

geneva@1Samuel:17:45 @ Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim, Thou commest to me with a sword, and with a speare, & with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.

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:17:50 @ So Dauid ouercame the Philistim with a sling & with a stone, & smote the Philistim, and slew him, when Dauid had no sword in his hand.

geneva@1Samuel:17:52 @ And the men of Israel and Iudah arose, & shouted, and followed after the Philistims, vntill they came to the valley, & vnto the gates of Ekron: and the Philistims fell downe wounded by the way of Shaaraim, euen to Gath & to Ekron.

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:18:4 @ 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:18:5 @ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself (note:)That is, he prospered in all his doings.(:note) wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

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:18:7 @ And the women sang by course in their play, and sayd, Saul hath slayne his thousand, & Dauid his ten thousand.

geneva@1Samuel:18:8 @ Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, & he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, & to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, & what can he haue more saue the kingdome?

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:18:13 @ Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went (note:)Meaning he was captain over the people.(:note) out and came in before the people.

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:18:19 @ 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:18:23 @ 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:18:29 @ And Saul was yet the more afraid (note:)To be deprived of his kingdom.(:note) of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

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:19:7 @ So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.

geneva@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul intended to smite Dauid to the wall with the speare: but hee turned aside out of Sauls presence, & he smote the speare against the wall: but Dauid fled, & escaped the same night.

geneva@1Samuel:19:11 @ Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.

geneva@1Samuel:19:14 @ And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke.

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:19:16 @ And when the messengers were come in, behold, an image was in the bed, with a pillow of goates heare vnder the head of it.

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:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing (note:)Being their chief instructor.(:note) [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also Changed their minds and praised God. prophesied.

geneva@1Samuel:19:21 @ And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophecied likewise: againe Saul sent the third messengers, and they prophecied also.

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:19:23 @ And he (note:)With a mind to persecute them.(:note) went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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:20:2 @ And he sayde vnto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: beholde, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will shewe it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? He will not doe it.

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:20:5 @ 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:20:8 @ So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

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:20:10 @ Then said David to Jonathan, Who (note:)If your father favours me.(:note) shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly?

geneva@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Ionathan sayde to Dauid, Come and let vs goe out into the fielde: and they twaine went out into the fielde.

geneva@1Samuel:20:12 @ Then Ionathan sayde to Dauid, O Lorde God of Israel, when I haue groped my fathers minde to morow at this time, or within this three dayes, and if it be well with Dauid, and I then send not vnto thee, and shewe 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:20:19 @ Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe three dayes, then thou shalt goe downe quickely and come to the place where thou diddest hide thy selfe, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remayne by the stone Ezel.

geneva@1Samuel:20:21 @ And after I wil sende a boy, saying, Goe, seeke the arrowes. If I say vnto the boy, See, the arrowes are on this side thee, bring them, & come thou: for it is well with thee and no hurt, as the Lord liueth.

geneva@1Samuel:20:23 @ As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lorde be betweene thee and me for euer.

geneva@1Samuel:20:24 @ So Dauid hid him selfe in the field: and when the first day of the moneth came, the King sate to eate meate.

geneva@1Samuel:20:25 @ And the King sate, as at other times vpon his seate, euen vpon his seate by the wall: and Ionathan arose, and Abner sate by Sauls side, but Dauids place was emptie.

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:20:29 @ And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my (note:)Meaning, all his kinsfolk.(:note) brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

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:20:31 @ For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shall surely die.

geneva@1Samuel:20:34 @ So Ionathan arose from the table in a great anger, and did eate no meate the seconde day of the moneth: for he was sorie for Dauid, and because his father had reuiled him.

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:20:38 @ And Jonathan cried after the lad, (note:)By these words be admonished David what he should do.(:note) Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

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:20:42 @ And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have (note:)Which oath he calls the covenant of the Lord in (1Sa_20:8).(:note) sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

geneva@1Samuel:21:1 @ Then came David to (note:)Where the ark then was to ask counsel of the Lord.(:note) Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?

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:21:3 @ Nowe therefore if thou hast ought vnder thine hande, giue me fiue cakes of bread, or what commeth to hand.

geneva@1Samuel:21:4 @ And the priest answered David, and said, [There is] no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from (note:)If they have not accompanied with their wives.(:note) women.

geneva@1Samuel:21:5 @ And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the (note:)That is, their bodies.(:note) vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in a manner common, yea, though it Shall be more careful to keep his vessel holy, when he has eaten of this holy food. were sanctified this day in the vessel.

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:21:8 @ And Dauid said vnto Ahimelech, Is there not here vnder thine hand a speare or a sworde? for I haue neither brought my sworde nor mine harnesse with me, because the Kings businesse required haste.

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:21:14 @ Then said Achish vnto his seruants, Lo, ye see the man is beside him selfe, wherefore haue ye brought him to me?

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:22:3 @ And David went thence to Mizpeh of (note:)For there was another so called in Judah.(:note) Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.

geneva@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the Prophet Gad sayde vnto Dauid, Abide not in the holde, but depart and goe into the land of Iudah. Then Dauid departed & came into the forest of Hareth.

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:22:8 @ 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:22:9 @ Then answered Doeg the Edomite (who was appoynted ouer the seruants of Saul) & sayd, I saw the sonne of Ishai when he came to Nob, to Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitub,

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:22:14 @ And Ahimelech answered the King, and sayde, Who is so faithfull among all thy seruants as Dauid, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house?

geneva@1Samuel:22:16 @ Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

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:22:20 @ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, (note:)This was God's providence, who according to his promise preserved some of the house of Eli, (1Sa_2:33).(:note) escaped, and fled after David.

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:23:3 @ And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in (note:)That is, in the midst of Judah, much more when we come to the borders against our enemies.(:note) Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

geneva@1Samuel:23:5 @ So Dauid and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistims, & brought away their cattel, & smote them with a great slaughter: thus Dauid saued the inhabitants of Keilah.

geneva@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an (note:)By God's providence the ephod was preserved and kept with David the true king.(:note) ephod in his hand.

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:23:8 @ Then Saul called all the people together to warre, for to go downe to Keilah, & to besiege Dauid and his men.

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:23:11 @ Wil the lordes of Keilah deliuer me vp into his hand? and will Saul come downe, as thy seruant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy seruant; the Lord sayde, He will come downe.

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:23:14 @ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God (note:)No power nor policy can prevail against God's children, but when he appoints the time.(:note) delivered him not into his hand.

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:23:19 @ Then came vp the Ziphims to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doeth not Dauid hide himselfe by vs in holdes, in the wood in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right side of Ieshimon?

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:23:21 @ And Saul said, (note:)the Lord recompense this friendship.(:note) Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

geneva@1Samuel:23:22 @ Goe, I pray you, & prepare ye yet better: know and see his place where he haunteth, and who hath seene him there: for it is sayd to me, He is subtile, and craftie.

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:23:24 @ Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but Dauid and his men were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the playne on the right hande of Ieshimon.

geneva@1Samuel:23:25 @ Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of (note:)Which was also in the tribe of Judah, (Jos_15:55).(:note) Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

geneva@1Samuel:23:26 @ And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid and his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.

geneva@1Samuel:23:27 @ But there came a (note:)Thus the Lord can pull back the bridle of the tyrants and deliver his out of the lion's mouth.(:note) messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

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:24:2 @ {\cf2 (24:3)} Then Saul tooke three thousande chosen men out of all Israel, & went to seeke Dauid and his men vpon the rocks among the wilde goates.

geneva@1Samuel:24:3 @ {\cf2 (24:4)} And hee came to the sheepecoates by the way where there was a caue, & Saul went in to do his easement: and Dauid and his men sate in the inward parts of the caue.

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:24:7 @ {\cf2 (24:8)} So Dauid ouercame his seruants with these words, & suffered them not to arise against Saul: so Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away.

geneva@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, (note:)Contrary to the report of those who said David was Saul's enemy, he proves himself to be his friend.(:note) Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

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:24:12 @ {\cf2 (24:13)} The Lord be iudge betweene thee and me, and the Lord auenge me of thee, & let not mine hand be vpon thee.

geneva@1Samuel:24:14 @ {\cf2 (24:15)} After whom is the King of Israel come out? after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

geneva@1Samuel:24:15 @ {\cf2 (24:16)} The Lord therfore be iudge, and iudge betweene thee and me, and see, & pleade my cause, and deliuer me out of thine hand.

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:24:17 @ {\cf2 (24:18)} And sayd to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rendred me good, and I haue rendred thee euill.

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:24:21 @ {\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:24:22 @ {\cf2 (24:23)} So Dauid sware vnto Saul, and Saul went home: but Dauid & his men went vp vnto ye hold.

geneva@1Samuel:25:1 @ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his (note:)That is, among his own kindred.(:note) house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

geneva@1Samuel:25:2 @ And [there was] a man in (note:)Maon and Carmel were cities in the tribe of Judah. Carmel the mountain was in Galilee.(:note) Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

geneva@1Samuel:25:3 @ The name also of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, & she was a woman of singular wisdome, and beautifull, but the man was churlish, and euil conditioned, and was of the familie of Caleb.

geneva@1Samuel:25:5 @ Therefore Dauid sent tenne yong men, & Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Carmel, and go to Nabal, & aske him in my name how he doeth.

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:25:8 @ Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever (note:)Whatever you have ready for us.(:note) cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

geneva@1Samuel:25:9 @ And when Dauids yong men came, they tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde their peace.

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:25:12 @ So Dauids seruants turned their way, and went againe, and came, and tolde him all those things.

geneva@1Samuel:25:13 @ And Dauid said vnto his men, Girde euery man his sword about him. And they girded euery man his sworde: Dauid also girded his sworde; about foure hundreth men went vp after Dauid, and two hundreth abode by the cariage.

geneva@1Samuel:25:14 @ Nowe one of the seruantes tolde Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Beholde, Dauid sent messengers out of the wildernesse to salute our master, and he rayled on them.

geneva@1Samuel:25:15 @ But the men [were] very good (note:)When we kept our sheep in the wilderness of Paran.(:note) unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

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:25:18 @ Then Abigail made haste, & tooke two hundreth cakes, & two bottels of wine, & fiue sheepe ready dressed, & fiue measures of parched corne, and an hundreth frailes of raisins, & two hundreth of figs, and laded them on asses.

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:25:20 @ And as shee rode on her asse, shee came downe by a secret place of the mountaine, and beholde, Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

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:25:25 @ Let not my lorde, I pray thee, regard this wicked man Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and follie is with him: but I thine handmayde sawe not the yong men of my lord whom thou sentest.

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:25:31 @ 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:25:32 @ Then Dauid said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me.

geneva@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, (note:)Read (1Sa_25:31).(:note) and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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:25:36 @ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him (note:)For he had no reason either to consider, or to give thanks for this great benefit of deliverance.(:note) nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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:25:40 @ And whe the seruants of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her, saying, Dauid sent vs to thee, to take thee to his wife.

geneva@1Samuel:25:42 @ And Abigail hasted, & arose, and rode vpon an asse, and her fiue maides folowed her, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, and was his wife.

geneva@1Samuel:26:1 @ Againe the Ziphims came vnto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doeth not Dauid hide him selfe in the hill of Hachilah before Ieshimon?

geneva@1Samuel:26:2 @ Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand (note:)That is, of the most skilful and valiant soldiers.(:note) chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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:26:5 @ Then Dauid arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched, and when Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captaine, (for Saul lay in the fort, and the people pitched round about him)

geneva@1Samuel:26:6 @ Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the (note:)Who was a stranger, and not an Israelite.(:note) Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Who afterward was David's chief captain. Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

geneva@1Samuel:26:7 @ So Dauid and Abishai came downe to the people by night: and beholde, Saul lay sleeping within the fort, and his speare did sticke in the ground at his head: and Abner and the people lay round about him.

geneva@1Samuel:26:8 @ Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not [smite] him the (note:)Meaning, he would make him sure at one stroke.(:note) second time.

geneva@1Samuel:26:9 @ And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand (note:)That is, in his own private cause: for Jehu slew two kings at God's appointment, (2Ki_9:24).(:note) against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?

geneva@1Samuel:26:10 @ Moreouer Dauid said, As the Lord liueth, eyther the Lorde shall smite him, or his day shall come to dye, or he shall descend into battel, and perish.

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:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, [Art] not thou a [valiant] (note:)Esteemed most valiant and fit to save the king?(:note) man? and who [is] like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

geneva@1Samuel:26:19 @ Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him (note:)Let his anger toward us be pacified by a sacrifice.(:note) accept an offering: but if [they be] the children of men, cursed [be] they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve As much as lay in them, they compelled him to idolatry because they forced him to flee to the idolaters. other gods.

geneva@1Samuel:26:20 @ Nowe therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lorde: for the King of Israel is come out to seeke a flea, as one would hunt a partridge in the mountaines.

geneva@1Samuel:26:22 @ Then Dauid answered, and saide, Beholde the Kings speare, let one of the yong men come ouer and set it.

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:27:3 @ And David (note:)Thus God by his providence changes the enemies hearts, and makes them favour his in their need.(:note) dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

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:27:8 @ And David and his men went up, and invaded the (note:)These were the wicked Canaanites, whom God had appointed to be destroyed.(:note) Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

geneva@1Samuel:27:9 @ And Dauid smote the lande, and left neither man nor woman aliue, and tooke sheepe, & oxen, and asses, and camels, and apparell, and returned and came to Achish.

geneva@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the (note:)A family of the tribe of Judah, (1Ch_2:9).(:note) Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

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:28:4 @ Then the Philistims assembled themselues, and came, and pitched in Shunem: and Saul assembled all Israel, and they pitched in Gilboa.

geneva@1Samuel:28:6 @ And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by (note:)Meaning, the high priest, (Exo_28:30).(:note) Urim, nor by prophets.

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:28:8 @ And Saul (note:)He does not seek God in his misery, but is led by Satan to unlawful means, which in his conscience he condemns.(:note) disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me [him] up, whom I shall name unto thee.

geneva@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman saide vnto him, Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the southsayers out of the land: wherefore then seekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to die?

geneva@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul sware to her by the Lorde, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shall come to thee for this thing.

geneva@1Samuel:28:11 @ Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up (note:)He speaks according to his gross ignorance not considering the state of the saints after this life, and how Satan has no power over them.(:note) Samuel.

geneva@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman sawe Samuel, she cryed with a loude voyce, and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceiued me? for thou art Saul.

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:28:16 @ Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seeing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie?

geneva@1Samuel:28:17 @ And the LORD hath done to (note:)That is, to David.(:note) him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, [even] to David:

geneva@1Samuel:28:19 @ Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: (note:)You will die, (1Sa_31:6).(:note) and to morrow [shalt] thou and thy sons [be] with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

geneva@1Samuel:28:20 @ Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore (note:)The wicked when they hear God's judgments, tremble and despair, but cannot seek for mercy by repentance.(:note) afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

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:28:25 @ Then she brought them before Saul, and before his seruants: and when they had eaten, they stoode, and went away the same night.

geneva@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the lords of the Philistines passed on by (note:)According to their bands, or ensigns.(:note) hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

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:29:5 @ Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in daunces, saying, Saul slewe his thousande, and Dauid his ten thousande?

geneva@1Samuel:29:6 @ Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy (note:)That is, was conversant with me.(:note) going out and thy coming in with me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

geneva@1Samuel:29:9 @ Achish then answered, and said to Dauid, I knowe thou pleasest mee, as an Angell of God: but the princes of the Philistims haue saide, Let him not goe vp with vs to battell.

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:29:11 @ So Dauid and his men rose vp earely to depart in the morning, and to returne into the lande of the Philistims: and the Philistims went vp to Izreel.

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:30:3 @ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, [it was] burned with fire; and their (note:)For those only remained in the city, when the men were gone to war.(:note) wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

geneva@1Samuel:30:5 @ Dauids two wiues were taken prisoners also, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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:30:7 @ And Dauid saide to Abiathar the Priest Ahimelechs sonne, I pray thee, bring me the Ephod; Abiathar brought the Ephod to Dauid.

geneva@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and without fail (note:)Though God seem to leave us for a time, yet if we trust in him, we will be sure to find comfort.(:note) recover [all].

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:30:10 @ But Dauid and foure hundreth men followed (for two hundreth abode behinde, being too wearie to goe ouer the riuer Besor)

geneva@1Samuel:30:12 @ Also they gaue him a fewe figges, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirite came againe to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunke any water in three dayes, and three nightes.

geneva@1Samuel:30:13 @ And Dauid saide vnto him, To whome belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he saide, I am a yong man of Egypt, and seruant to an Amalekite: and my master left me three dayes agoe, because I fell sicke.

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:30:21 @ 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:30:26 @ When Dauid therefore came to Ziklag, he sent of the pray vnto the Elders of Iudah and to his friends, saying, See there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lord.

geneva@1Samuel:30:29 @ And to them of Rachal, and to them of the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to them of the cities of the Kenites,

geneva@1Samuel:30:31 @ And to [them] which [were] in Hebron, and (note:)Showing himself mindful of their benefits towards him.(:note) to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

geneva@1Samuel:31:1 @ Now the Philistims fought against Israel, & the me of Israel fled away from ye Philistims, and they fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa.

geneva@1Samuel:31:3 @ And when the battel went sore against Saul, the archers and bowmen hit him, and hee was sore wounded of the archers.

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:31:6 @ 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:31:12 @ Then they arose (as many as were strong men) and went all night, and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Iabesh, and burnt them there,

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:1:3 @ Then Dauid saide vnto him, Whence commest thou? And he said vnto him, Out of the host of Israel I am escaped.

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:1:6 @ 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:1:7 @ And when he looked backe, he saw me, and called me; I answered, Here am I.

geneva@2Samuel:1:8 @ And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an (note:)He was an Amalekite born, but renounced his country and joined with the Israelites.(:note) Amalekite.

geneva@2Samuel:1:9 @ He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my (note:)I am sorry, because I am yet alive.(:note) life [is] yet whole in me.

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:1:17 @ Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

geneva@2Samuel:1:19 @ The beauty of Israel is (note:)Meaning Saul.(:note) slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

geneva@2Samuel:1:24 @ Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, (note:)As rich garments and costly jewels.(:note) with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

geneva@2Samuel:1:26 @ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of (note:)Either toward their husbands or their children.(:note) women.

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:2:2 @ So Dauid went vp thither, and his two wiues also, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail Nabals wife the Carmelite.

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:2:6 @ And now the LORD shew kindness and (note:)According to his promise, which is to repay those who are merciful.(:note) truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

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:2:11 @ 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:2:13 @ And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and the seruants of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon: and they sate downe, the one on the one side of the poole, and the other on the otherside of the poole.

geneva@2Samuel:2:14 @ And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and (note:)Let us see how they can handle their weapons.(:note) play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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:2:21 @ Then Abner said, Turne thee either to the right hande, or to the left, and take one of the yong men, and take thee his weapons: and Asahel would not depart from him.

geneva@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: (note:)Why do you provoke me to kill you?(:note) wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

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:2:29 @ 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:2:30 @ Ioab also returned backe from Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids seruants nineteene men and Asahel.

geneva@2Samuel:2:31 @ But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three (note:)Thus God would confirm David in his kingdom by the destruction of his adversaries.(:note) hundred and threescore men died.

geneva@2Samuel:2:32 @ And they tooke vp Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem: and Ioab and his men went all night, & when they came to Hebron, the day arose.

geneva@2Samuel:3:3 @ And his second, (note:)Who is also called Daniel, (1Ch_3:1).(:note) Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

geneva@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiiah; Ish-bosheth sayde to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in to my fathers concubine?

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:3:12 @ Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.

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:3:14 @ Then Dauid sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne, saying, Deliuer me my wife Michal, which I marryed for an hundreth foreskinnes of the Philistims.

geneva@2Samuel:3:16 @ And her husband went with her, & came weeping behinde her, vnto Bahurim: then saide Abner vnto him, Go, and returne. So he returned.

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:3:22 @ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came (note:)From war against the Philistines.(:note) from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone 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:3:24 @ Then Joab came to the king, and said, (note:)Here appears the malicious mind of Joab, who would have had the king slay Abner for his private grudge.(:note) What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

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:3:26 @ And when Ioab was gone out from Dauid, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him againe from the well of Siriah vnknowing to Dauid.

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:3:29 @ 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:3:34 @ Thine handes were not bounde, nor thy feete tyed in fetters of brasse: but as a man falleth before wicked men, so diddest thou fall; all the people wept againe for him.

geneva@2Samuel:3:35 @ And when all the people came to cause David to eat (note:)According to their custom, which was to feast at burials.(:note) meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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:3:39 @ And I am this day weake and newly anoynted King: and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too harde for me: the Lorde rewarde the doer of euill according to his wickednesse.

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:4:2 @ And Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for (note:)This city Beeroth was in the tribe of Benjamin, (Jos_18:25).(:note) Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

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:4:5 @ And the sonnes of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah went and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth (who slept on a bed at noone)

geneva@2Samuel:4:6 @ And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they (note:)They disguised themselves as merchants, who came to buy wheat.(:note) would have fetched wheat; and they There is nothing so vile and dangerous, which the wicked will not undertake in hope of money and favour. smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

geneva@2Samuel:4:7 @ For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, & they smote him, and slewe him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away through the plaine all the night.

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:4:12 @ Then Dauid commanded his yong men, & they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ish-bosheth, & buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:5:1 @ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy (note:)We are of your kindred and closely related to you.(:note) bone and thy flesh.

geneva@2Samuel:5:2 @ And in time past when Saul was our King, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath sayde to thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captaine ouer Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:5:3 @ So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron (note:)That is, taking the Lord to witness: for the ark was still in Abinadab's house.(:note) before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

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:5:11 @ Hiram also king of Tyrus sent messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walles: and they built Dauid an 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:5:13 @ And Dauid tooke him mo concubines & wiues out of Ierusalem, after hee was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes and daughters were borne to Dauid.

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:5:18 @ But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.

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:5:21 @ And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.

geneva@2Samuel:5:22 @ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of (note:)Meaning the valley of giants, which David called Baalperazim, because of his victory.(:note) Rephaim.

geneva@2Samuel:5:23 @ And when Dauid asked counsell of the Lorde, hee answered, Thou shalt not goe vp, but turne about behinde them, and come vpon them ouer against the mulberie trees.

geneva@2Samuel:5:25 @ And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to (note:)Which was in the tribe of Benjamin, but the Philistines possessed it.(:note) Gazer.

geneva@2Samuel:6:1 @ Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand,

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:6:5 @ And David and all the house of Israel (note:)Praised God, and sang Psalms.(:note) played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

geneva@2Samuel:6:6 @ And when they came to Nachons threshing floore, Vzzah put his hande to the Arke of God, and helde it: for the oxen did shake it.

geneva@2Samuel:6:8 @ And Dauid was displeased, because the Lord had smitten Vzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez Vzzah vntill this day.

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:6:14 @ And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen (note:)With a garment like the priest's garment.(:note) ephod.

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:6:18 @ And assoone as Dauid had made an ende of offring burnt offrings and peace offrings, hee blessed the people in the Name of the Lorde of hostes,

geneva@2Samuel:6:19 @ And gaue among all the people, euen among the whole multitude of Israel, aswel to the women as men, to euerie one a cake of bread, and a piece of flesh, and a bottell of wine: so all the people departed euerie one to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:6:20 @ Then David returned to (note:)That is, to pray for his house, as he had done for the people.(:note) bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

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:6:22 @ And will yet be more vile then thus, and will be low in mine owne sight, and of the verie same maidseruants, which thou hast spoken of, shal I be had in honour.

geneva@2Samuel:6:23 @ Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had (note:)Which was a punishment because she mocked the servant of God.(:note) no child unto the day of her death.

geneva@2Samuel:7:4 @ And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan, saying,

geneva@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, (note:)Meaning, he should not: yet Nathan speaking according to man's judgment and not by the spirit of prophecy permitted him.(:note) Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

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:7:7 @ In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a (note:)Concerning building a house: meaning without God's express word, nothing should be attempted.(:note) word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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:7:12 @ And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.

geneva@2Samuel:7:13 @ He shall buyld an house for my Name, & I will stablish ye throne of his kingdome for euer.

geneva@2Samuel:7:14 @ I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the (note:)That is, gently, as fathers use to chastise their children.(:note) rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

geneva@2Samuel:7:15 @ But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I tooke it from Saul whome I haue put away before thee.

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:7:23 @ And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for (note:)O Israel.(:note) you great things and terrible, for And inheritance, which is Israel. thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the From the Egyptians and their idols. nations and their gods?

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:7:26 @ And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the (note:)This prayer is most effective when we chiefly seek God's glory, and the accomplishment of his promise.(:note) house of thy servant David be established before thee.

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:8:2 @ And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with (note:)He slew two parts as it pleased him, and reserved the third.(:note) two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.

geneva@2Samuel:8:4 @ And Dauid tooke of them a thousand and seuen hundreth horsemen, and twenty thousande footemen, and Dauid destroyed all the charets, but he reserued an hundreth charets of them.

geneva@2Samuel:8:5 @ Then came the Aramites of Dammesek to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twenty thousande men.

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:8:13 @ So Dauid gate a name after that hee returned, & had slayne of the Aramites in the valley of salt eighteene thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:8:14 @ And he put a garison in Edom: throughout all Edom put he souldiers, and all they of Edom became Dauids seruants: and the Lord kept Dauid whithersoeuer he went.

geneva@2Samuel:8:15 @ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed (note:)He gave judgment in controversies, and was merciful toward the people.(:note) judgment and justice unto all his people.

geneva@2Samuel:8:17 @ And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priestes, and Seraiah the Scribe.

geneva@2Samuel:9:2 @ And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruant whose name was Ziba, & when they had called him vnto Dauid, the King sayd vnto him, Art thou Ziba? And he sayd, I thy seruant am he.

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:9:6 @ Nowe when Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan, the sonne of Saul was come vnto Dauid, he fel on his face, and did reuerence; Dauid sayde, Mephibosheth? And he answered, Beholde thy seruant.

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:9:10 @ 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:9:13 @ And Mephibosheth dwelt in Ierusalem: for he did eate continually at the Kings table, & was lame on both his feete.

geneva@2Samuel:10:2 @ Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father (note:)The children of God are not unmindful of a benefit received.(:note) shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:10:4 @ Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids seruants, and shaued off the halfe of their beard, & cut off their garments in the middle, euen to their buttockes, and sent them away.

geneva@2Samuel:10:5 @ When it was told vnto Dauid, he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King sayde, Tary at Iericho, vntill your beards be growen, then returne.

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:10:7 @ And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab, and all the hoste of the strong 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:10:11 @ And he sayde, If the Aramites be stronger then I, thou shalt helpe me, and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will come and succour thee.

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:10:14 @ 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:10:16 @ 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:10:17 @ And when it was told David, he gathered (note:)Meaning, the greatest part.(:note) all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

geneva@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew [the men of] (note:)Who were the chief and most principal: for in all he destroyed 7000, as in (1Ch_19:18), or the soldiers who were in 700 chariots.(:note) seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

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:11:4 @ Then Dauid sent messengers, & tooke her away: and she came vnto him & he lay with her: (now she was purified from her vncleannes) & she returned vnto her house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:6 @ Then Dauid sent to Ioab, saying, Send me Vriah the Hittite; Ioab sent Vriah to Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Vriah came vnto him, Dauid demanded him how Ioab did, and howe the people fared, and how the warre prospered.

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:11:10 @ Then they tolde Dauid, saying, Vriah went not downe to his house: and Dauid saide vnto Vriah, Commest thou not from thy iourney? why didst thou not go downe to thine house?

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:11:17 @ And the men of the citie came out, and fought with Ioab: and there fell of the people of the seruants of Dauid, and Vriah the Hittite also dyed.

geneva@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling all the matters of the warre vnto the King,

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:11:23 @ And the messenger said vnto Dauid, Certainely the men preuailed against vs, and came out vnto vs into the field, but we pursued them vnto the entring of the gate.

geneva@2Samuel:11:24 @ But the shooters shot from ye wall against thy seruants, and some of the Kings seruants be dead: & thy seruant Vriah the Hittite is also dead.

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:11:27 @ 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:12:1 @ And the LORD sent (note:)Because David lay now drowned in sin, the loving mercy of God which does not allow his own to perish, wakes his conscience by this story and brings him to repentance.(:note) Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

geneva@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

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:12:9 @ Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the (note:)You have most cruelly given him into the hands of God's enemies.(:note) children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:12:10 @ Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

geneva@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this (note:)Meaning openly, at noon.(:note) sun.

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:12:20 @ 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:12:22 @ 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:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? (note:)By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.(:note) can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

geneva@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and (note:)That is, the Lord, (1Ch_22:9).(:note) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

geneva@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the (note:)To call him Solomon.(:note) prophet; and Meaning, David. he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:12:26 @ Then Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the citie of the kingdome.

geneva@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of (note:)That is, the chief city and where all the water pipes are, is as good as taken.(:note) waters.

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: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:13:3 @ But Amnon had a friend called Ionadab, the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother: and Ionadab was a very subtile man.

geneva@2Samuel:13:4 @ Who sayde vnto him, Why art thou the Kings sonne so leane from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? Then Amnon answered him, I loue Tamar my brother Absaloms sister.

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:13:7 @ Then Dauid sent home to Tamar, saying, Goe now to thy brother Amnons house, and dresse him meate.

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:13:11 @ And when she had set them before him to eate, he tooke her, and sayd vnto her, Come, lye with me, my sister.

geneva@2Samuel:13:12 @ But shee answered him, Nay, my brother, doe not force me: for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: commit not this follie.

geneva@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of (note:)As a lewd and wicked person.(:note) the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

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:13:19 @ And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent the garment of diuers colours which was on her, and layde her hand on her head, and went her way crying.

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:13:28 @ 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:13:30 @ And while they were in the way, tydings came to Dauid, saying, Absalom hath slaine al the Kings sonnes, & there is not one of them left.

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:13:34 @ 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:13:35 @ And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, (note:)That only Amnon is dead.(:note) so it is.

geneva@2Samuel:13:36 @ And assoone as hee had left speaking, behold, the Kings sonnes came, & lift vp their voyces, and wept: and the King also and all his seruants wept exceedingly sore.

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:14:3 @ And come to the King, and speake on this maner vnto him, (for Ioab taught her what she should say).

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:14:9 @ And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the (note:)Concerning the breach of the Law which punishes blood, let me bear the blame.(:note) iniquity [be] on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.

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:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him (note:)Covering by this his affection, and showing some part of justice to please the people.(:note) turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

geneva@2Samuel:14:27 @ And Absalom had three sonnes, and one daughter named Tamar, which was a fayre woman to looke vpon.

geneva@2Samuel:14:29 @ Therefore Absalom sent for Ioab to sende him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent againe, he would not come.

geneva@2Samuel:14:30 @ Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it (note:)The wicked are impatient in their affections, and spare no unlawful means to accomplish them.(:note) on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

geneva@2Samuel:14:31 @ Then Ioab arose, & came to Absalom vnto his house, & sayd vnto him, Wherefore haue thy seruants burnt my field with fire?

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:14:33 @ Then Ioab came to the King, & told him: & he called for Absalom, who came to the King, and bowed himselfe to the grounde on his face before the King, and the King kissed Absalom.

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:15:5 @ And when any man came neere to him, and did him obeisance, he put forth his hand, & tooke him, and kissed him.

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:15:8 @ For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will (note:)By offering a peace-offering, which was lawful to do in any place.(:note) serve the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] (note:)And bid to his feast in Hebron.(:note) called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

geneva@2Samuel:15:13 @ Then came a messenger to Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the (note:)These were as the king's guard, or as some write, his counsellors.(:note) Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

geneva@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then said the king to (note:)Who as some write was the king's son of Gath.(:note) Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile.

geneva@2Samuel:15:20 @ Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy (note:)Meaning, those of his family.(:note) brethren: mercy and God require of you your friendship and fidelity. truth [be] with thee.

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:15:23 @ And all the country wept with a loud voice, and (note:)That is, the four hundred men.(:note) all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

geneva@2Samuel:15:25 @ Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof.

geneva@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, (note:)The faithful in all their afflictions show themselves obedient to God's will.(:note) [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:28 @ Behold, I wil tarie in the fieldes of the wildernesse, vntill there come some worde from you to be tolde me.

geneva@2Samuel:15:32 @ Then Dauid came to the toppe of the mount where he worshipped God: and beholde, Hushai the Archite came against him with his coate torne, and hauing earth vpon his head.

geneva@2Samuel:15:33 @ Vnto whom Dauid sayd, If thou goe with me, thou shalt be a burthen vnto me.

geneva@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy (note:)Though Hushai was deceitful here at the king's request, we may not use this example to excuse our deceit.(:note) servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

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:15:37 @ So Hushai Dauids friend went into the citie: and Absalom came into Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:16:1 @ And when David was a little past the (note:)Which was the hill of olives, (2Sa_15:30).(:note) top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

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:16:3 @ And the king sayde, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Ziba answered the King, Beholde, he remayneth in Ierusalem: for he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father.

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:16:5 @ And when king David came to (note:)Which was a city in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

geneva@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his (note:)That is, round about him.(:note) right hand and on his left.

geneva@2Samuel:16:7 @ And thus sayde Shimei when hee cursed, Come forth, come foorth thou murtherer, and wicked man.

geneva@2Samuel:16:8 @ The LORD hath returned upon thee all the (note:)Reproaching him, as though by his means Ishbosheth and Abner were slain.(:note) blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man.

geneva@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then saide Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah vnto the King, Why doeth this dead dog curse my lord the King? let me goe, I pray thee, and take away his head.

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:16:11 @ And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him.

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:16:13 @ And as Dauid and his men went by the way, Shimei went by the side of the mountaine ouer against him, and cursed as he went, & threw stones against him, and cast dust.

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:16:15 @ And Absalom, & all the people, the men of Israel, came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

geneva@2Samuel:16:16 @ And when Hushai the Archite Dauids friend was come vnto Absalom, Hushai said vnto Absalom, God saue the King, God saue the King.

geneva@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy (note:)Meaning, David.(:note) friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

geneva@2Samuel:16:18 @ Hushai then answered vnto Absalom, Nay, but whome the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel chuse, his will I be, and with him will I dwell.

geneva@2Samuel:16:19 @ And moreouer vnto whome shall I doe seruice? not to his sonne? as I serued before thy father, so will I before thee.

geneva@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had (note:)It was so esteemed for the success of it.(:note) enquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

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:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: (note:)Meaning David.(:note) the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:17:6 @ So when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spake vnto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken thus: shall we doe after his saying, or no? tell thou.

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:17:12 @ 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:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told (note:)Meaning, the message from their fathers.(:note) them; and they went and told king David.

geneva@2Samuel:17:18 @ Neuerthelesse a yong man sawe them, and tolde it to Absalom. therefore they both departed quickely, and came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went downe.

geneva@2Samuel:17:20 @ And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the (note:)The Chaldee text reads: Now they have passed the Jordan.(:note) brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find [them], they returned to Jerusalem.

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:17:23 @ 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:17:24 @ Then Dauid came to Mahanaim; Absalom passed ouer Iorden, he, and all the men of Israel with him.

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:17:27 @ And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Shobi the sonne of Nahash out of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the sonne of Ammiel out of Lo-debar, and Barzelai the Gileadite out of Rogel

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:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the (note:)So called, because the Ephraimites (as some say) fed their cattle beyond Jordan in this wood.(:note) wood of Ephraim;

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:18:13 @ If I had done it, it had bene the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea, thou thy selfe wouldest haue bin against me.

geneva@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great (note:)Thus God turned his vain glory to shame.(:note) pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

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:18:25 @ And the watchman cryed, & tolde ye king; the King said, If he be alone, he bringeth tidings; he came apace, and drew neere.

geneva@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a (note:)He had experienced his fidelity, (2Sa_17:21).(:note) good man, and cometh with good tidings.

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:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's (note:)That is, Cushi, who was an Ethiopian.(:note) servant, and [me] thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what [it was].

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:18:33 @ And the king was much (note:)Because he considers both the judgment of God against his sin, and could not otherwise hide his fatherly affection for his son.(:note) moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

geneva@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab came into the (note:)At Mahanaim.(:note) house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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:19:8 @ Then the king arose, and sat in the (note:)Where the most resort of the people haunted.(:note) gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

geneva@2Samuel:19:9 @ And all the people were at (note:)Everyone blamed another and strove who should first bring him home.(:note) strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:19:10 @ And Absalom, whome we anoynted ouer vs, is dead in battel: therefore why are ye so slow to bring the King againe?

geneva@2Samuel:19:11 @ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the (note:)That they should reprove the negligence of the elders, seeing the people were so forward.(:note) priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [even] to his house.

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:19:14 @ So he bowed the heartes of all the men of Iudah, as of one man: therefore they sent to the King, saying, Returne thou with all thy seruants.

geneva@2Samuel:19:15 @ So the King returned, and came to Iorden; Iudah came to Gilgal, for to goe to meete the King, and to conduct him ouer Iorde.

geneva@2Samuel:19:16 @ And (note:)Who had before reviled him, (2Sa_16:13).(:note) Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

geneva@2Samuel:19:17 @ And a thousande men of Beniamin with him, and Ziba the seruant of the house of Saul, and his fifteene sonnes and twentie seruants with him: and they went ouer Iorden before ye king.

geneva@2Samuel:19:18 @ And there went ouer a boate to carie ouer the Kings houshold, and to do him pleasure. Then Shimei the sonne of Gera fell before the King, when he was come ouer Iorden,

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:19:21 @ But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah answered, and said, Shal not Shimei die for this, because he cursed the Lordes anoynted?

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:19:23 @ Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not (note:)By my hands, or during my life, see (1Ki_2:8,9).(:note) die. And the king sware unto him.

geneva@2Samuel:19:24 @ And Mephibosheth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the king, and had neither washed his feete, nor dressed his beard, nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, vntill he returned in peace.

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:19:26 @ And he answered, My lorde the king, my seruant deceiued me: for thy seruant said, I would haue mine asse sadled to ride thereon, for to goe with the king, because thy seruant is lame.

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:19:30 @ And Mephibosheth saide vnto the king, Yea, let him take all, seeing my lorde the king is come home in peace.

geneva@2Samuel:19:31 @ Then Barzillai the Gileadite came downe from Rogelim, & went ouer Iorden with the king, to conduct him ouer Iorden.

geneva@2Samuel:19:33 @ And the king said vnto Barzillai, Come ouer with me, and I will feede thee with me in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:19:35 @ I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a (note:)He thought it was not fitting to receive benefits from him to whom he was not able to do service again.(:note) burden unto my lord the king?

geneva@2Samuel:19:36 @ Thy seruant will goe a litle way ouer Iorden with the King, and why wil the king recompence it me with such a rewarde?

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:19:41 @ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over (note:)Toward Jerusalem.(:note) Jordan?

geneva@2Samuel:19:42 @ And all the men of Iudah answered the men of Israel, Because the King is neere of kin to vs: and wherefore now be ye angry for this matter? Haue we eaten of the Kings cost, or haue wee taken any bribes?

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:20:2 @ So every man of Israel went up from after David, [and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from (note:)From Gilgal which was near Jordan.(:note) Jordan even to Jerusalem.

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:20:4 @ Then said the king to (note:)Who was his chief captain in Joab's place, (2Sa_19:13).(:note) Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

geneva@2Samuel:20:5 @ So Amasa went to assemble Iudah, but hee taried longer then the time which he had appoynted him.

geneva@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom: take thou thy (note:)Either those who had been under Joab or David's men.(:note) lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

geneva@2Samuel:20:7 @ And there went out after him Ioabs men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mightie men: and they departed out of Ierusalem, to followe after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

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:20:17 @ And when hee came neere vnto her, the woma said, Art thou Ioab? And he answered, Yea; she said to him, Heare the wordes of thine handmaid; he answered, I do heare.

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:20:22 @ Then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they cut off the head of Sheba the sonne of Bichri, and cast it to Ioab: the he blewe the trumpet, and they retired from the citie, euery man to his tent: and Ioab returned to Ierusalem vnto the King.

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:21:6 @ Let seven men of his (note:)Of Saul's kinsmen.(:note) sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up To pacify the Lord. unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, [whom] the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give [them].

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:21:8 @ But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of (note:)Here Michal is named for Merab Adriel's wife, as it appears in (1Sa_18:19) for Michal was the wife of Paltiel, (1Sa_25:44) and never had a child (2Sa_6:23).(:note) Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

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:22:2 @ And he said, The LORD [is] my (note:)By the diversity of these comfortable means, he shows how his faith was strengthened in all temptations.(:note) rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

geneva@2Samuel:22:3 @ God is my strength, in him will I trust: my shielde, and the horne of my saluation, my hie tower and my refuge: my Sauiour, thou hast saued me from violence.

geneva@2Samuel:22:5 @ When the (note:)As David (who was the figure of Christ) was by God's power delivered from all dangers: so Christ and his Church will overcome most grievous dangers, tyranny and death.(:note) waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

geneva@2Samuel:22:6 @ The sorowes of the graue compassed mee about: the snares of death ouertooke mee.

geneva@2Samuel:22:10 @ He (note:)So it seems when the air is dark.(:note) bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

geneva@2Samuel:22:11 @ And he rode upon a (note:)To fly in a moment through the world.(:note) cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

geneva@2Samuel:22:17 @ He sent from aboue, and tooke me: hee drewe me out of many waters.

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:22:20 @ And brought me foorth into a large place: he deliuered me, because he fauoured me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:21 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my (note:)Toward Saul and my enemies.(:note) righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not (note:)I attempted nothing without his commandment.(:note) wickedly departed from my God.

geneva@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all his lawes were before me, and his statutes: I did not depart therefrom.

geneva@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was vpright also towarde him, and haue kept me from my wickednesse.

geneva@2Samuel:22:25 @ Therefore the Lord did reward me according to my righteousnesse, according to my purenesse before his eyes.

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:22:34 @ He maketh my feet like (note:)He uses extraordinary means to make me win most strongholds.(:note) hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.

geneva@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teacheth mine handes to fight, so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

geneva@2Samuel:22:36 @ Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation, and thy louing kindnesse hath caused me to increase.

geneva@2Samuel:22:37 @ Thou hast inlarged my steppes vnder me, and mine heeles haue not slid.

geneva@2Samuel:22:38 @ I haue pursued mine enemies and destroyed them, and haue not turned againe vntill I had consumed them.

geneva@2Samuel:22:39 @ Yea, I haue consumed them and thrust them through, and they shall not arise, but shall fall vnder my feete.

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:22:42 @ They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the (note:)The wicked in their time of need are forced to flee to God, but it is too late.(:note) LORD, but he answered them not.

geneva@2Samuel:22:44 @ Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my (note:)Meaning, of the Jews, who conspired against me.(:note) people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me.

geneva@2Samuel:22:45 @ Strangers (note:)Not willingly obeying me, but deceitfully.(:note) shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

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:22:50 @ Therefore I will praise thee, O Lord amog the nations, and will sing vnto thy Name)

geneva@2Samuel:22:51 @ He is the tower of saluation for his King, and sheweth mercie to his anointed, euen to Dauid, and to his seede for euer.

geneva@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word [was] in my (note:)Meaning, he spoke nothing but by the motion of God's Spirit.(:note) tongue.

geneva@2Samuel:23:3 @ The God of Israel spake to me, ye strength of Israel saide, Thou shalt beare rule ouer men, being iust, and ruling in the feare of God.

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:23:9 @ And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, [one] of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines [that] were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were (note:)Meaning, fled from the battle.(:note) gone away:

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:23:13 @ Afterward three of the thirtie captaines went downe, and came to Dauid in the haruest time vnto the caue of Adullam, and the hoste of the Philistims pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

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:23:18 @ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among the three, and he lifted vp his speare against three hundreth, and slewe them, and he had the name among the three.

geneva@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also, and slewe a lyon in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe.

geneva@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies.

geneva@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abiezer the Anethothite, (note:)Some of these had two names, (1Ch_11:29) and also many more are mentioned there.(:note) Mebunnai the Hushathite,

geneva@2Samuel:23:35 @ Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite:

geneva@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriah the Hittite: (note:)These came to David, and helped restore him to his kingdom.(:note) thirty and seven in all.

geneva@2Samuel:24:6 @ Then they came to Gilead, and to Tahtim-hodshi, so they came to Dan Iaan, and so about to Zidon,

geneva@2Samuel:24:7 @ And came to the fortresse of Tyrus and to all the cities of the Hiuites and of the Canaanites, and went towarde the South of Iudah, euen to Beer-sheba.

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:24:11 @ For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's (note:)Whom God had appointed for David and his time.(:note) seer, saying,

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:24:14 @ And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait: let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let mee not fall into the hand of man.

geneva@2Samuel:24:15 @ So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from (note:)From the one side of the country to the other.(:note) Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

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:24:18 @ So Gad came the same day to Dauid, and said vnto him, Go vp, reare an altar vnto the Lord in the threshing floore of Araunah the Iebusite.

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:24:22 @ Then Araunah saide vnto Dauid, Let my lord the King take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes: beholde the oxen for the burnt offring, and charets, and the instruments of the oxen for wood.

geneva@2Samuel:24:23 @ All these [things] did Araunah, (note:)That is, abundantly, for as some write, he was king of Jerusalem before David won the tower.(:note) [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

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:1:5 @ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and (note:)Read (2Sa_15:1).(:note) fifty men to run before him.

geneva@1Kings:1:8 @ But Zadok the Priest, & Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and Nathan the Prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the men of might, which were with Dauid, were not with Adoniiah.

geneva@1Kings:1:9 @ Then Adoniiah sacrificed sheepe and oxen, and fat cattel by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the kings sonnes, & al the men of Iudah ye Kings seruants,

geneva@1Kings:1:10 @ But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and (note:)As the Cherethites and Pelethites.(:note) the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called 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:1:13 @ Go, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, Didest not thou, my lorde, O King, sweare vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomo thy sonne shall reigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiah King?

geneva@1Kings:1:14 @ Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and (note:)By declaring such things, as may further the same.(:note) confirm thy words.

geneva@1Kings:1:17 @ And shee answered him, My lorde, thou swarest by the Lorde thy God vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne.

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:1:22 @ And lo, while she yet talked with the King, Nathan also the Prophet came in.

geneva@1Kings:1:23 @ And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face (note:)Acknowledging him to be the true and worthy king appointed by God, as the figure of his Christ.(:note) to the ground.

geneva@1Kings:1:24 @ And Nathan saide, My lorde, O King, hast thou said, Adoniiah shall reigne after mee, and he shall sit vpon my throne?

geneva@1Kings:1:26 @ But me thy seruant, and Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and thy seruant Salomon hath he not called.

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:1:28 @ Then King Dauid answered, and saide, Call me Bath-sheba; shee came into ye Kings presence, and stoode before the King.

geneva@1Kings:1:29 @ And the King sware, saying, As the Lorde liueth, who hath redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,

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:1:32 @ And King Dauid saide, Call mee Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada; they came before the King.

geneva@1Kings:1:33 @ The king also said unto them, Take with you the (note:)Meaning, the king's servants and such as were of his guard.(:note) servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

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:1:39 @ And Zadok the priest took an horn of (note:)With which they were accustomed to anoint the priests and the holy instruments, (Exo_30:23).(:note) oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

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:1:42 @ And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest (note:)He praised Jonathan, thinking to have heard good news but God wrought things contrary to his expectation, and so beat down his pride.(:note) good tidings.

geneva@1Kings:1:46 @ And Salomon also sitteth on the throne of the kingdome.

geneva@1Kings:1:47 @ And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the (note:)He gave God thanks for the good success.(:note) bed.

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:1:53 @ Then King Salomon sent, & they brought him from the altar, and he came and did obeisance vnto King Salomon; Salomon sayde vnto him, Go to thine house.

geneva@1Kings:2:2 @ I go the (note:)I am ready to die as all men must.(:note) way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

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:2:6 @ Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

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:2:8 @ And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, & I sware to him by the Lorde, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.

geneva@1Kings:2:12 @ Then sate Salomon vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightily.

geneva@1Kings:2:13 @ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, (note:)For she was afraid lest he would work treason against the king.(:note) Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

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:2:16 @ Nowe therefore I aske thee one request, refuse me not; she said vnto him, Say on.

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:2:20 @ Then she sayd, I desire a small request of thee, say me not nay. Then the King sayde vnto her, Aske on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

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:2:23 @ Then King Salomon sware by the Lorde, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.

geneva@1Kings:2:24 @ Now therefore as ye Lord liueth, who hath established me, & set me on the throne of Dauid my father, who also hath made me an house, as he promised, Adoniiah shall surely die this day.

geneva@1Kings:2:26 @ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou (note:)When he fled before Absalom, (2Sa_15:24).(:note) barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

geneva@1Kings:2:28 @ Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had (note:)He took Adonijah's part when he would have usurped the kingdom (1Ki_1:7).(:note) turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

geneva@1Kings:2:30 @ And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, & sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out; he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, & thus he answered me.

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:2:32 @ And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:2:36 @ Afterwarde the King sent, & called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither.

geneva@1Kings:2:38 @ And Shimei sayd vnto the King, The thing is good: as my lord the King hath sayd, so wil thy seruant doe. So Shimei dwelt in Ierusalem many dayes.

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:2:40 @ And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and (note:)His covetous mind moved him to risk his life, rather than to lose the worldly profit he had by his servants.(:note) Shimei went, and brought his servants from 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 @ And the King sent and called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Did I not make thee to sweare by the Lorde, and protested vnto thee, saying, That day that thou goest out, and walkest any whither, knowe assuredly that thou shalt dye the death? And thou saydest vnto mee, The thing is good, that I haue heard.

geneva@1Kings:2:43 @ Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lorde, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?

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:3:2 @ Only the people sacrificed in (note:)Where altars were appointed before the temple was built, to offer to the Lord.(:note) high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

geneva@1Kings:3:5 @ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shal giue thee.

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:3:7 @ And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I [am but] a little child: I know not [how] to (note:)That is, to behave himself in executing this charge of ruling.(:note) go out or come in.

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:3:14 @ And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe mine ordinances & my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I will prolong 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:3:20 @ And she arose at midnight, and (note:)She stole the living child to avoid both the shame and punishment.(:note) took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

geneva@1Kings:3:24 @ And the king said, (note:)Unless God gives judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser will overthrow the just cause of the innocent.(:note) Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

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:4:8 @ And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim:

geneva@1Kings:4:9 @ The sonne of Dekar in Makaz, and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, and Elon and Beth-hanan:

geneva@1Kings:4:12 @ Baana the sonne of Ahilud in Taanach, & Megiddo, & in all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Izreel, from Beth-shean to Abelmeholah, eue til beyond ouer against Iokmeam:

geneva@1Kings:4:13 @ The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of (note:)Which bore Jair's name, because he took them from the Canaanites, (Num_32:41).(:note) Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

geneva@1Kings:4:18 @ Shimei the sonne of Elah in Beniamin:

geneva@1Kings:4:20 @ Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, (note:)They lived in all peace and security.(:note) eating and drinking, and making merry.

geneva@1Kings:4:22 @ And Salomons vitailes for one day were thirtie measures of fine floure, and threescore measures of meale:

geneva@1Kings:4:26 @ And Salomon had fourtie thousande stalles of horses for his charets, and twelue thousand horsemen.

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:4:30 @ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the (note:)That is, the philosophers and astronomers who were judged most wise.(:note) east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

geneva@1Kings:4:34 @ And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.

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:5:5 @ And beholde, I purpose to build an house vnto ye Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying, Thy sonne, whom I wil set vpon thy throne for thee, he shal build an house vnto my Name.

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:5:8 @ And Hiram sent to Salomon, saying, I haue considered the things, for the which thou sentest vnto me, and will accomplish all thy desire, concerning the cedar trees and firre trees.

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:5:11 @ And Salomon gaue Hiram twentie thousand measures of wheate for foode to his householde, & twentie measures of beaten oyle. Thus much gaue Salomon to Hiram yere by yere.

geneva@1Kings:5:13 @ And King Salomon raised a summe out of all Israel, and the summe was thirtie thousand men:

geneva@1Kings:5:14 @ Whome he sent to Lebanon, ten thousand a moneth by course: they were a moneth in Lebanon, and two moneths at home; Adoniram was ouer the summe.

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:5:18 @ And Solomon's builders and Hiram's (note:)The Hebrew word is Giblim, which some say were excellent masons.(:note) builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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:6:7 @ 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:6:8 @ The doore of the middle chamber was in the right side of the house, & men went vp with winding stayres into the middlemost, and out of the middlemost into the third.

geneva@1Kings:6:10 @ And he built the galleries vpon al the wall of the house of fiue cubites height, and they were ioyned to the house with beames of cedar.

geneva@1Kings:6:11 @ And the worde of the Lord came to Salomon, saying,

geneva@1Kings:6:12 @ Cocerning this house which thou buildest, if thou wilt walke in mine ordinances, & execute my iudgements, & keepe al my commadements, to walke in them, then will I performe vnto thee my promes, which I promised to Dauid thy father.

geneva@1Kings:6:15 @ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and (note:)Meaning, to the roof which was also sealed.(:note) the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

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:6:22 @ 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:6:25 @ Also the other Cherub was of ten cubites: both the Cherubims were of one measure and one sise.

geneva@1Kings:6:28 @ And he (note:)For the others which Moses made of beaten gold were taken away with the other jewels by their enemies, whom God permitted at various times to overcome them for their great sins.(:note) overlaid the cherubims with gold.

geneva@1Kings:6:29 @ And he carued all the walles of the house round about with grauen figures of Cherubims and of Palmetrees, and grauen flowres within and without.

geneva@1Kings:6:35 @ And he graued Cherubims, & palme trees, and carued floures and couered the carued worke with golde, finely wrought.

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:7:7 @ Then he made a porch (note:)For his house which was at Jerusalem.(:note) for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

geneva@1Kings:7:8 @ And in his house, where he dwelt, was an other hall more inwarde then the porche which was of the same worke. Also Salomon made an house for Pharaohs daughter ( whom he had taken to wife) like vnto this porche.

geneva@1Kings:7:9 @ All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto (note:)Which were rests and stays for the beams to lie on.(:note) the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.

geneva@1Kings:7:11 @ And (note:)From the foundation upward.(:note) above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

geneva@1Kings:7:14 @ He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and (note:)Thus when God will have his glory set forth, he raises up men, and gives them excellent gifts for the accomplishment of the same, (Exo_31:2-3).(:note) he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

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:7:20 @ And the chapiters vpon the two pillars had also aboue, ouer against the belly within the networke pomegranates: for two hudreth pomegranates were in the two rankes about vpon either of the chapiters.

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:7:24 @ And vnder the brimme of it were knoppes like wilde cucumers compassing it round about, ten in one cubite, compassing the sea round about: and the two rowes of knoppes were cast, when it was molten.

geneva@1Kings:7:26 @ And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand (note:)Bath and ephah seem to be one measure, (Eze_45:11) a bath contains about 5 gallons.(:note) baths.

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:7:35 @ And in the top of the base [was there] a round (note:)Which was called the pillar, chapiter or small base, in which the cauldron stood.(:note) compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.

geneva@1Kings:7:36 @ And vpon the tables of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof he did graue Cherubims, lions and palmetrees, on the side of euery one, and addicions round about.

geneva@1Kings:7:37 @ Thus made he the tenne bases, They had all one casting, one measure, and one syse.

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:7:42 @ 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:7:45 @ And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which (note:)By this name also Hiram the king of Tyrus was called.(:note) Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright brass.

geneva@1Kings:7:50 @ And the bowls, (note:)Some take this for some musical instrument.(:note) and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple.

geneva@1Kings:8:2 @ And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month (note:)Containing part of September and part of October, in which they held three solemn feasts, (Num_29:1).(:note) Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month.

geneva@1Kings:8:3 @ And all the Elders of Israel came and the Priests tooke the Arke.

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:8:10 @ And when the Priestes were come out of the Sanctuarie, the cloude filled the house of the Lorde,

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:8:17 @ And it was in ye heart of Dauid my father to builde an house to the Name of the Lorde God of 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:8:25 @ 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:8:30 @ Heare thou therefore the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, which pray in this place, & heare thou in the place of thine habitation, euen in heauen, and when thou hearest, haue mercie.

geneva@1Kings:8:31 @ If any man trespass against his neighbour, (note:)That is, the judge or neighbours.(:note) and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

geneva@1Kings:8:33 @ When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and (note:)Acknowledge your just judgment and praise you.(:note) confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

geneva@1Kings:8:34 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the sinne of thy people Israel, and bring them againe vnto the lande, which thou gauest vnto their fathers.

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:8:38 @ What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own (note:)For such are most suitable to receive God's mercies.(:note) heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

geneva@1Kings:8:39 @ Heare thou then in heauen, in thy dwelling place, and be mercifull, and doe, and giue euery man according to all his wayes, as thou knowest his heart, (for thou only knowest the heartes of all the children of men)

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:8:42 @ (When they shal heare of thy great name, and of thy mightie hande, and of thy stretched out arme) and shall come and pray in this house,

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:8:48 @ And [so] return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward (note:)As Daniel did in (Dan_6:10).(:note) their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

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:8:58 @ 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:8:61 @ Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lorde our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.

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:9:2 @ Then the Lorde appeared vnto Salomon the second time, as he appeared vnto him at Gibeon.

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:9:5 @ Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer, as I promised to Dauid thy father, saying, Thou shalt not wat a man vpon the throne of Israel.

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:9:7 @ Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a (note:)The world will make a mockery of you for the vile contempt and abusing of God's most liberal benefit.(:note) proverb and a byword among all people:

geneva@1Kings:9:12 @ And Hiram came out from Tyrus to see the cities which Salomon had giuen him, & they pleased him not.

geneva@1Kings:9:13 @ Therefore hee sayde, What cities are these which thou hast giuen me, my brother? And hee called them the land of Cabul vnto this day.

geneva@1Kings:9:15 @ And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and (note:)Millo was as the town house or place of assembly which was open above.(:note) Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

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:9:20 @ [And] all the people [that were] (note:)These were as bondmen and paid what was required, either labour or money.(:note) left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

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:9:22 @ But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no bondmen: but they were men of warre and his seruants, and his princes, & his captaines, and rulers of his charets and his horsemen.

geneva@1Kings:9:24 @ And Pharaohs daughter came vp from the citie of Dauid vnto the house which Salomon had built for her: then did he buylde Millo.

geneva@1Kings:9:28 @ And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, (note:)In (2Ch_8:18), 30 more are mentioned who seem to have been employed for their wages.(:note) four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon.

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:10:5 @ And the (note:)That is, the whole order, and trade of his house.(:note) meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

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:10:7 @ Howebeit I beleeued not this report till I came, & had seene it with mine eyes: but lo, ye one halfe was not tolde mee: for thou hast more wisedome & prosperitie, then I haue heard by report.

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:10:9 @ Blessed be the LORD thy God, which (note:)It is a chief sign of God's favour, when godly and wise rulers fit in the throne of justice.(:note) delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do This is the reason kings are appointed. judgment and justice.

geneva@1Kings:10:10 @ And she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such aboudance of sweete odours, as the Queene of Sheba gaue to King Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:10:12 @ And the King made of ye Almuggim trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for ye Kings palace, and made harpes and psalteries for singers. There came no more such Almuggim trees, nor were any more seene vnto this day.

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:10:15 @ Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the (note:)That is, Arabia, which for the great abundance of all things was called Happy.(:note) country.

geneva@1Kings:10:20 @ And there stoode twelue lions on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

geneva@1Kings:10:21 @ And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the woode of Lebanon were of pure golde, none were of siluer: for it was nothing esteemed in the dayes of Salomon.

geneva@1Kings:10:22 @ For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of (note:)By Tharshish is meant Cilicia, which was abundant in the variety of precious things.(:note) Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

geneva@1Kings:10:23 @ So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

geneva@1Kings:10:24 @ And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

geneva@1Kings:10:25 @ And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and sweete odours, horses & mules, from yeere to yeere.

geneva@1Kings:10:26 @ Then Salomon gathered together charrets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome hee placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.

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:11:1 @ But king Solomon loved many (note:)Who were idolaters.(:note) strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;

geneva@1Kings:11:2 @ Of the nations, whereof the Lord had sayd vnto the children of Israel, Goe not ye in to them, nor let them come in to you: for surely they will turne your hearts after their gods, to them, I say, did Salomon ioyne in loue.

geneva@1Kings:11:4 @ For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not (note:)He did not serve God with a pure heart.(:note) perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

geneva@1Kings:11:11 @ Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as (note:)That you have forsaken me and worshipped idols.(:note) this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

geneva@1Kings:11:15 @ For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the (note:)Of the Edomites.(:note) slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

geneva@1Kings:11:18 @ And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran, and tooke men with them out of Paran, and came to Egypt vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, which gaue him an house, and appointed him vitailes, and gaue him lande.

geneva@1Kings:11:20 @ And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his sonne, whome Tahpenes wayned in Pharaohs house: and Genubath was in Pharaohs house among the sonnes of Pharaoh.

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:11:24 @ And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, (note:)That is, the men whom he had gathered to him.(:note) and reigned in Damascus.

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:11:31 @ And said to Ieroboam, Take vnto thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, Beholde, I wil rent the kingdome out of ye hands of Salomon, and will giue ten tribes to thee.

geneva@1Kings:11:33 @ Because they haue forsaken me, and haue worshipped Ashtaroth the god of the Zidonians, and Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and haue not walked in my wayes (to do right in mine eyes, & my statutes, & my lawes) as did Dauid his father.

geneva@1Kings:11:34 @ But I will not take the whole kingdome out of his hande: for I will make him prince all his life long for Dauid my seruants sake, whome I haue chosen, and who kept my commandements and my statutes.

geneva@1Kings:11:35 @ But I will take the kingdome out of his sonnes hand, and will giue it vnto thee, euen the ten tribes.

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:11:42 @ The time that Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel, was fourtie yeere.

geneva@1Kings:12:1 @ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for al Israel were come to Sheche, to make him king

geneva@1Kings:12:3 @ Then they sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying,

geneva@1Kings:12:5 @ And he said vnto them, Depart yet for three dayes, then come againe to me; the people departed.

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:12:8 @ 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:12:14 @ And spake to them after the counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, and I will make your yoke more grieuous: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

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:12:19 @ So Israel rebelled against the house (note:)By the just judgment of God for Solomon's sins.(:note) of David unto this day.

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:12:22 @ But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the (note:)That is, the Prophet.(:note) man of God, saying,

geneva@1Kings:12:24 @ Thus saith the (note:)Who of his just judgment will punish the trespasser, and of his mercy spare the innocent people.(:note) LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

geneva@1Kings:12:26 @ And Ieroboam thought in his heart, Nowe shall the kingdome returne to the house of Dauid.

geneva@1Kings:12:27 @ If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD (note:)He feared least his people should have by this means been enticed to rebel against him.(:note) at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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:13:5 @ The altar also claue asunder, and the ashes fell out from the altar, according to the signe, which the man of God had giuen by the commandement of the Lord.

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:13:8 @ But the man of God saide vnto the King, If thou wouldest giue me halfe thine house, I would not goe in with thee, neither woulde I eate bread nor drinke water in this place.

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:13:12 @ And their father sayde vnto them, What way went he? and his sonnes shewed him what waye the man of God went, which came from Iudah.

geneva@1Kings:13:13 @ And hee saide vnto his sonnes, Saddle mee the asse. Who sadled him the asse, and hee rode thereon,

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:13:15 @ Then he said unto him, (note:)This he did of a simple mind, thinking it his duty to declare friendship to a prophet.(:note) Come home with me, and eat bread.

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:13:22 @ But camest backe againe, and hast eaten bread and drunke water in the place (whereof he did say vnto thee, Thou shalt eate no bread nor drinke any water) thy carkeis shall not come vnto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

geneva@1Kings:13:23 @ And when he had eaten bread & drunke, he sadled him the asse, to wit, to the Prophet whome he had brought againe.

geneva@1Kings:13:24 @ And when he was gone, (note:)By this fearful example, God sets forth how dangerous it is for men to behave coldly, or deceitfully in the charge to which God has called them.(:note) a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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:13:27 @ And he spake to his sonnes, saying, Saddle me the asse; they sadled 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:13:29 @ And the Prophet tooke vp the body of the man of God, & layed it vpon the asse, & brought it againe, and the olde Prophet came to the citie, to lament and burie him.

geneva@1Kings:13:31 @ And when he had buried him, hee spake to his sonnes, saying, When I am dead, burie ye mee also in the sepulchre, wherein the man of God is buried: lay my bones beside his bones.

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:13:33 @ After this thing Jeroboam (note:)So the wicked do not profit by God's threatenings, but go backward and become worse and worse, (2Ti_3:13).(:note) returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.

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:14:3 @ And take with (note:)According to the custom when they went to ask counsel of prophets, (1Sa_9:7).(:note) thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

geneva@1Kings:14:4 @ And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahiiah: but Ahiiah could not see, for his sight was decayed for his age.

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:14:13 @ And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found (note:)In the midst of the wicked, God has some on whom he bestows his mercies.(:note) [some] good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

geneva@1Kings:14:15 @ For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the (note:)Meaning the Euphrates.(:note) river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

geneva@1Kings:14:16 @ And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who (note:)The people will not be excused when they do evil at the commandment of their governors.(:note) made Israel to sin.

geneva@1Kings:14:17 @ And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when shee came to the threshold of the house, the yong man dyed,

geneva@1Kings:14:18 @ And they buried him, and all Israel lamented him; according to the word of the Lord, which hee spake by the hand of his seruant Ahiiah the Prophet.

geneva@1Kings:14:21 @ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen (note:)And died about four years before Jeroboam.(:note) years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

geneva@1Kings:14:24 @ And there were also sodomites in the (note:)Where idolatry reigns, all horrible vices are committed, till at length God's just judgment destroys them completely.(:note) land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

geneva@1Kings:14:25 @ And in the fift yere of King Rehoboam, Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusale,

geneva@1Kings:14:31 @ And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an (note:)Whose idolatry Rehoboam her son followed.(:note) Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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:15:4 @ Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a (note:)Meaning, a son to reign over Judah.(:note) lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

geneva@1Kings:15:10 @ And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his (note:)That is, his grandmother, as David is often called the father of those who are his grandchildren.(:note) mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

geneva@1Kings:15:13 @ And also Maachah his mother, even her he (note:)Neither kindred nor authority should be regarded when they blaspheme God and become idolaters, but must be punished.(:note) removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.

geneva@1Kings:15:14 @ But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was (note:)Though he permitted them to worship God in other places than he had appointed it came from ignorance, and not from malice.(:note) perfect with the LORD all his days.

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:15:19 @ [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:16:1 @ Then the word of the Lord came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

geneva@1Kings:16:3 @ Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make (note:)Meaning, the house of Baasha.(:note) thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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:16:10 @ And Zimri came and smote him & killed him, in the seuen and twentie yeere of Asa king of Iudah, and reigned in his stead.

geneva@1Kings:16:15 @ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people [were] encamped (note:)The siege had continued from the time of Nadab Jeroboam's son.(:note) against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines.

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:16:24 @ And he bought the mountaine Samaria of one Shemer for two talents of siluer, & buylt in the mountaine, & called the name of the citie, which he buylt, after the name of Shemer lord of the mountaine, Samaria.

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:17:2 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying,

geneva@1Kings:17:8 @ And the (note:)As the troubles of the saints of God are many, so his mercy is always at hand to deliver them.(:note) word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

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:17:11 @ And as she was going to fet it, he called to her, and sayde, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsell of bread in thine hand.

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:17:13 @ And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, come, do as thou hast sayd, but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, and bring it vnto mee, and afterward make for thee, and thy sonne.

geneva@1Kings:17:14 @ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, (note:)God receives no benefit for the use of his own, but he promises an ample recompence for them.(:note) The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

geneva@1Kings:17:16 @ The barrell of the meale wasted not, nor the oyle was spent out of the cruse, according to the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by the hand of Eliiah.

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:17:18 @ And she said vnto Eliiah, What haue I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come vnto me to call my sinne to remembrance, and to slay my sonne?

geneva@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said vnto her, Giue me thy sonne; he tooke him out of her bosome, and caryed him vp into a chamber, where he abode, and laid him vpon his owne bed.

geneva@1Kings:17:20 @ And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also (note:)He was afraid lest God's name be blasphemed and his ministry contemned, unless he continued his mercies as he had begun them, especially while he remained there.(:note) brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

geneva@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himselfe vpon the childe three times, and called vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this childes soule come into him againe.

geneva@1Kings:17:22 @ Then the Lord heard the voyce of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came into him againe, and he reuiued.

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:18:7 @ 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:18:10 @ As the Lorde thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdome, whither my lorde hath not sent to seeke thee: and when they sayd, He is not here, he tooke an othe of the kingdome and nation, if they had not found thee.

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:18:13 @ Was it not tolde my lord, what I did when Iezebel slew the Prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundreth men of the Lordes Prophets by fifties in a caue, and fed them with bread & water?

geneva@1Kings:18:14 @ And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.

geneva@1Kings:18:16 @ So Obadiah went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Eliiah.

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:18:19 @ Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel vnto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal foure hundreth and fiftie, and the prophets of the groues foure hundreth, which eate at Iezebels table.

geneva@1Kings:18:20 @ So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together vnto mount Carmel.

geneva@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long (note:)Be consistent in religion and do not be indifferent, whether you follow God or Baal, or whether you serve God wholly or in part, (Zep_1:5).(:note) halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

geneva@1Kings:18:22 @ Then said Eliiah vnto the people, I onely remayne a Prophet of the Lorde: but Baals prophets are foure hundreth and fiftie men.

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:18:25 @ And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you a bullocke, and prepare him first, (for ye are many) and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder.

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:18:30 @ 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:18:31 @ And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)

geneva@1Kings:18:32 @ And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lorde: and he made a ditch round about the altar, as great as woulde conteine two measures of seede.

geneva@1Kings:18:34 @ And said, Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood. Againe he said, Doe so againe; they did so the second time; he sayde, Doe it the third time; they did it the third time.

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:18:42 @ So Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Eliiah went vp to the top of Carmel: and he crouched vnto the earth, & put his face betweene his knees,

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:18:45 @ And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel.

geneva@1Kings:19:2 @ Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, (note:)Though the wicked rage against God's children, yet he holds them back so they cannot execute their malice.(:note) So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

geneva@1Kings:19:3 @ When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.

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:19:11 @ And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] (note:)For the nature of man is not able to come near God, if he appeared in his strength and full majesty, and therefore he mercifully submits himself to our limitations.(:note) not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake:

geneva@1Kings:19:12 @ And after the earthquake came fire: but the Lorde was not in the fire: and after the fire came a still and soft voyce.

geneva@1Kings:19:13 @ And when Eliiah heard it, he couered his face with his mantel, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of ye caue: and behold, there came a voyce vnto him, and sayd, What doest thou here, Eliiah?

geneva@1Kings:19:15 @ And the Lord said vnto him, Goe, returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest there, anoint Hazael King ouer Aram.

geneva@1Kings:19:16 @ And Iehu the sonne of Nimshi shalt thou anoynt King ouer Israel: and Elisha the sonne of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou anoynt to be Prophet in thy roume.

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:19:20 @ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, (note:)Though this natural affection is not to be contemned, yet it should not move us when God calls us to serve him.(:note) Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

geneva@1Kings:19:21 @ And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the (note:)He would not stay till wood was brought, so great was his desire to follow his calling.(:note) instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

geneva@1Kings:20:2 @ And he sent messengers to Ahab King of Israel, into the citie,

geneva@1Kings:20:3 @ And sayd vnto him, Thus sayth Ben-hadad, Thy siluer & thy golde is mine: also thy women, and thy fayre children are mine.

geneva@1Kings:20:5 @ And when the messengers came againe, they said, Thus commandeth Ben-hadad, & saith, When I shal send vnto thee, and command, thou shalt deliuer me thy siluer and thy golde, and thy women, and thy children,

geneva@1Kings:20:7 @ Then the King of Israel sent for all the Elders of the land, & sayd, Take heede, I pray you, and see how he seeketh mischiefe: for he sent vnto me for my wiues, and for my children, and for my siluer, and for my golde, and I denyed him not.

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:20:13 @ 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:20:14 @ And Ahab sayd, By whome? And he sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, By the seruants of the princes of the prouinces. He sayde againe, Who shall order the battel? And he answered, Thou.

geneva@1Kings:20:17 @ And the (note:)That is, young men trained in the service of princes.(:note) young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

geneva@1Kings:20:18 @ And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue.

geneva@1Kings:20:19 @ So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them.

geneva@1Kings:20:20 @ And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the (note:)They who were appointed for the preservation of his person.(:note) horsemen.

geneva@1Kings:20:22 @ (For there had come a Prophet to the King of Israel, and had sayd vnto him, Goe, be of good courage, and consider, and take heede what thou doest: for when the yeere is gone about, the King of Aram wil come vp against thee)

geneva@1Kings:20:23 @ And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their (note:)Thus the wicked blaspheme God in their fury, who nonetheless he does not permit to go unpunished.(:note) gods [are] gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

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:20:29 @ And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes, & in the seuenth day the battel was ioyned: and the children of Israel slew of the Aramites an hundreth thousand footemen in one day.

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:20:32 @ Then they gyrded sackecloth about their loynes, & put ropes about their heads, and came to the King of Israel, and sayd, Thy seruant Ben-hadad sayth, I pray thee, let me liue: and he sayd, Is he yet aliue? he is my brother.

geneva@1Kings:20:33 @ Now the men did diligently observe whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother (note:)He is alive.(:note) Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

geneva@1Kings:20:35 @ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, (note:)By this external sign he would more likely touch the king's heart.(:note) Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

geneva@1Kings:20:36 @ Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall (note:)Because you have transgressed the commandment of the Lord.(:note) slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

geneva@1Kings:20:37 @ Then he founde another man, and sayde, Smite mee, I pray thee; the man smote him, and in smiting wounded him.

geneva@1Kings:20:39 @ And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, (note:)By this parable he makes Ahab condemn himself who made a covenant with God's enemy, and let him escape whom God had appointed to be slain.(:note) Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

geneva@1Kings:20:40 @ And as thy seruant had here and there to do, he was gone: And the King of Israel said vnto him, So shall thy iudgement be: thou hast giuen sentence.

geneva@1Kings:20:43 @ And the King of Israel went to his house heauie and in displeasure, & came to Samaria.

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:21:3 @ And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord keepe me from giuing the inheritance of my father vnto thee.

geneva@1Kings:21:4 @ And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down (note:)Thus the wicked do not consider what is just and lawful, but fret inwardly when they cannot have their inordinate lusts satisfied.(:note) upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

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:21:6 @ And he said vnto her, Because I spake vnto Naboth the Izreelite, & sayd vnto him, Giue me thy vineyard for money, or if it please thee, I will giue thee another vineyard for it: but he answered, I wil not giue thee my vineyarde.

geneva@1Kings:21:7 @ And Jezebel his wife said unto him, (note:)As though she said, «You do not know what it means to reign. Command and do not beg».(:note) Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, [and] eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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:21:9 @ And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a (note:)For then they used to enquire of men's faults: for no one could truly fast if he was a notorious sinner.(:note) fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

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:21:11 @ And the (note:)Thus the worldlings contrary to God's commandment, who does not consent to the shedding of innocent blood, would rather obey the wicked commandments of princes than the just laws.(:note) men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

geneva@1Kings:21:12 @ They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people,

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:21:17 @ And the word of the Lord came vnto Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,

geneva@1Kings:21:18 @ Arise, goe downe to meete Ahab King of Israel, which is in Samaria. loe, he is in the vineyarde of Naboth, whither he is gone downe to take possession of it.

geneva@1Kings:21:20 @ And Ahab sayd to Eliiah, Hast thou found mee, O mine enemie? And he answered, I haue found thee: for thou hast solde thy selfe to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord.

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:21:27 @ 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:21:28 @ And the worde of the Lord came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,

geneva@1Kings:21:29 @ Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: [but] in his (note:)Meaning, in Joram's time, (2Ki_9:26).(:note) son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

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:22:4 @ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, (note:)I am ready to join and go with you, and all of mine is at your command.(:note) I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

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:22:6 @ Then the king of Israel gathered the (note:)Meaning the false prophets, who were liars and served for money whom Jezebel had assembled and kept after the death of those whom Elijah slew.(:note) prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

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:22:11 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him (note:)The true prophets of God were accustomed to use signs for the confirmation of their doctrine, (Isa_20:2; Jer_7:2) in which the false prophets imitated them, thinking by it to make their doctrine more believable.(:note) horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

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:22:19 @ And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the (note:)Meaning, his angels.(:note) host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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:22:27 @ And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with (note:)Let him waste away with hunger and be fed with a small portion of bread and water.(:note) bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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:22:34 @ Then a certaine man drewe a bow mightily and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioyntes of his brigandine. Wherefore he sayde vnto his charet man, Turne thine hand and cary me out of the hoste: for I am hurt.

geneva@1Kings:22:42 @ Iehoshaphat was fiue and thirty yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem; his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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:22:47 @ [There was] then no king in Edom: a (note:)In the time of this king, Idumea was subject to Judah, and was governed by whom they of Judah appointed.(:note) deputy [was] king.

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@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:1:4 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde, Thou shalt not come downe from the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death. So Eliiah departed.

geneva@2Kings:1:5 @ And the messengers returned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye nowe returned?

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:1:7 @ And he saide vnto them, What maner of man was he which came and met you, and tolde you these wordes?

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:1:9 @ Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top (note:)That is, Carmel.(:note) of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

geneva@2Kings:1:10 @ And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. (note:)He declares the power God's word has in the mouth of his servants, when they threaten God's judgments against the wicked.(:note) And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

geneva@2Kings:1:11 @ Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, (note:)He spoke this in mockery, and therefore provoked God's wrath so much more.(:note) O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

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:1:13 @ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my (note:)Which humble myself before God and his servant.(:note) life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be That is, spare my life, and do not let me die as the other two. precious in thy sight.

geneva@2Kings:1:14 @ Beholde, there came fire downe from the heauen and deuoured the two former captaines ouer fiftie with their fifties: therefore let my life nowe be precious in thy sight.

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:1:16 @ And he saide vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Because thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, (was it not because there was no God in Israel to inquire of his worde?) therefore thou shalt not come downe off the bed, on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death.

geneva@2Kings:1:17 @ So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And (note:)Jehoshaphat going to battle against the Syrians, made his son Jehoram king in the 17th year of his reign: and in the 18th year which was the second year of his son, Jehoram the son of Ahab reigned in Israel: and in the fifth year of this Jehoram Jehoshaphat died, and the kingdom of Judah was confirmed to his son.(:note) Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

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:2:2 @ Then Eliiah saide to Elisha, Tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. But Elisha said, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came downe to Beth-el.

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:2:4 @ Againe Eliiah saide vnto him, Elisha, tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho: But he said, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came to Iericho.

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:2:6 @ Moreouer Eliiah saide vnto him, Tarie, I pray thee, here: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iorden. But he saide, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they went both together.

geneva@2Kings:2:7 @ And fiftie men of the sonnes of the Prophets went and stoode on the other side a farre off, and they two stoode by Iorden.

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:2:10 @ And he saide, Thou hast asked an hard thing: yet if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt haue it so: & if not, it shal not be.

geneva@2Kings:2:11 @ And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into (note:)Thus God has left a testimony in all ages (both before the law, in the law and in the gospel).(:note) heaven.

geneva@2Kings:2:12 @ And Elisha saw it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he tooke his owne clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

geneva@2Kings:2:15 @ And when the sons of the prophets which [were] to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The (note:)The Spirit of prophecy was given to him as it was to Elijah.(:note) spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

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:2:17 @ Yet they were instant vpon him, til he was ashamed: wherefore he saide, Sende. So they sent fiftie men, which sought three dayes, but founde him not.

geneva@2Kings:2:19 @ And the men of the citie saide vnto Elisha, Beholde, we pray thee: the situation of this citie is pleasant, as thou, my lorde, seest, but the water is naught, and the ground baren.

geneva@2Kings:2:20 @ Then he saide, Bring me a newe cruse, and put salt therein; they brought it to him.

geneva@2Kings:2:23 @ And he went vp from thence vnto Beth-el; as he was going vp the way, litle children came out of the citie, and mocked him, and saide vnto him, Come vp, thou balde head, come vp, thou balde head.

geneva@2Kings:2:24 @ And he turned back, and looked on them, and (note:)Perceiving their malicious heart against the Lord and his word, he asks God to avenge the injury done to him.(:note) cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

geneva@2Kings:2:25 @ So he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:3:4 @ And (note:)This was done after David had made the Moabites tributaries to his successors.(:note) Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

geneva@2Kings:3:6 @ Therefore King Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season, and nombred all Israel,

geneva@2Kings:3:7 @ And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: (note:)Read (1Ki_22:4).(:note) I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, [and] my horses as thy horses.

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:3:15 @ 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:3:19 @ And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and (note:)Though God bestows his benefits for a time on the enemies, yet he has his seasons, when he will take them away to the intent they might see his vengeance which is prepared for them.(:note) mar every good piece of land with stones.

geneva@2Kings:3:20 @ And in the morning whe the meat offring was offred, beholde, there came water by the way of Edom: and the countrey was filled with water.

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:4:8 @ And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.

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:4:11 @ And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,

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:4:16 @ And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne; she sayd, Oh my Lorde, thou man of God, doe not lye vnto thine handmayd.

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:4:22 @ Then she called to her husband, & sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of the asses: for I will haste to the man of God, and come againe.

geneva@2Kings:4:23 @ And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? [it is] neither (note:)For at such times the people were wont to resort to the prophets for doctrine and consolation.(:note) new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, [It shall be] well.

geneva@2Kings:4:24 @ Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.

geneva@2Kings:4:25 @ So she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel; when the man of God sawe her ouer against him, he sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Beholde, the Shunammite.

geneva@2Kings:4:26 @ Runne nowe, I say, to meete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in health? is thine husband in health? and is the child in health? And she answered, We are in health.

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:4:28 @ Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not?

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:4:31 @ But Gehazi was gone before them, & had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore hee returned to meete him, and told him, saying, The childe is not waken.

geneva@2Kings:4:32 @ Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde.

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:4:35 @ Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed (note:)Meaning, often.(:note) seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

geneva@2Kings:4:36 @ Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call this Shunammite. So he called her, which came in vnto him; he said vnto her, Take thy sonne.

geneva@2Kings:4:37 @ And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.

geneva@2Kings:4:38 @ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the (note:)That is, in the land of Israel.(:note) land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

geneva@2Kings:4:39 @ And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a (note:)Which the apothecaries call colloquintida, and is most vehement and dangerous in purging.(:note) wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not.

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:5:3 @ 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:5:5 @ And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and (note:)To give this as a present to the prophets.(:note) took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

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:5:9 @ Then Naaman came with his horses, and with his charets, and stoode at the doore of the house of Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:5:10 @ And Elisha sent a messenger vnto him, saying, Go and wash thee in Iorden seuen times, and thy flesh shall come againe to thee, and thou shalt be clensed.

geneva@2Kings:5:11 @ But Naaman was (note:)Man's reason murmurs when it considers only the signs and outward things, and has no regard for the word of God, which is contained there.(:note) wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

geneva@2Kings:5:12 @ Are not Abanah and Pharpar, riuers of Damascus, better then all the waters of Israel? may I not washe mee in them, and bee cleansed? so hee turned, and departed in displeasure.

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:5:14 @ Then went he downe, and washed him selfe seuen times in Iorden, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came againe, like vnto ye flesh of a litle child, & he was cleane.

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:5:20 @ 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:5:21 @ So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, (note:)Declaring by it, the honour and affection he bore to the prophet his master.(:note) he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well?

geneva@2Kings:5:22 @ And he answered, All is well: my master hath set me, saying, Behold, there be come to me, euen nowe from mount Ephraim two yong men of the children of the Prophets: giue them, I pray thee, a talent of siluer, & two change of garmets.

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:5:24 @ And when he came to the tower, he took [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house: and he let the men go, and (note:)Naaman's servants.(:note) they departed.

geneva@2Kings:5:25 @ Then he went in, and stoode before his master; Elisha said vnto him, Whence commest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy seruant went no whither.

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:6:4 @ So he went with them, & when they came to Iorden, they cut downe wood.

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:6:9 @ Therefore the man of God sent vnto the King of Israel, saying, Beware thou goe not ouer to such a place: for there the Aramites are come downe.

geneva@2Kings:6:11 @ And the heart of the King of Aram was troubled for this thing: therefore he called his seruants and saide vnto them, Will ye not shewe me, which of vs bewrayeth our counsel to the king of Israel?

geneva@2Kings:6:14 @ Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a (note:)Though it was nothing in man's judgment to have taken Elisha, yet the wicked doubt, and think they are never able to prepare enough power, though it be but against one or a few.(:note) great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

geneva@2Kings:6:18 @ And when (note:)Meaning the Syrians his enemies, who came down thinking themselves sure of him.(:note) they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

geneva@2Kings:6:19 @ And Elisha said unto them, This [is] not the way, neither [is] this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led (note:)Thus he did being led by the Spirit of God, and not because he sought his own revenge, but only to set forth the glory of God.(:note) them to Samaria.

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:6:23 @ 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:6:27 @ And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the (note:)Meaning, any kind of food as corn and wine.(:note) barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

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:6:30 @ 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:6:31 @ And he saide, God doe so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the sonne of Shaphat shall stande on him this day.

geneva@2Kings:6:32 @ But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a (note:)Meaning, Jehoram Ahab's son, who killed the prophets and caused Naboth to be stoned.(:note) murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

geneva@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what (note:)So the wicked fall into a rage and desperation, if they do not find a quick remedy for their afflictions.(:note) should I wait for the LORD any longer?

geneva@2Kings:7:1 @ Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, (note:)The godly are always assured of God's help in their necessity, but the times and hours are only revealed by God's Spirit.(:note) To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

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:7:4 @ If we say, We will enter into the citie, the famine is in the citie, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we dye also. Nowe therefore come, and let vs fall into the campe of the Aramites: if they saue our liues, we shall liue: and if they kill vs, we are but dead.

geneva@2Kings:7:5 @ So they rose vp in the twilight, to goe to the campe of the Aramites: and when they were come to the vtmost part of the campe of the Aramites, loe, there was no man there.

geneva@2Kings:7:6 @ For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a (note:)Thus God needs no great preparation to destroy the wicked. Though they are many he can scatter them with a small noise, or shaking of a leaf.(:note) noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

geneva@2Kings:7:8 @ And when these lepers came to the vtmost part of the campe, they entred into one tent, and did eate and drinke, and caryed thence siluer and golde, and raiment, and went and hid it: after they returned, and entred into another tent, and caryed thence also, and went and hid it.

geneva@2Kings:7:9 @ Then saide one to another, We doe not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we holde our peace. If we tary till day light, some mischiefe will come vpon vs. Nowe therefore, come, let vs goe, and tell the Kings housholde.

geneva@2Kings:7:10 @ So they came, and called vnto the porters of the citie, and tolde them, saying, We came to the campe of the Aramites, and loe, there was no man there, neither voyce of man, but horses tyed and asses tyed: and the tents are as they were.

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:7:15 @ And they went after them vnto Iorden, and loe, all the way was full of clothes and vessels which the Aramites had cast from them in their hast: & the messengers returned, and told ye King.

geneva@2Kings:7:16 @ And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, (note:)Which he spoke by the mouth of Elisha, (2Ki_7:1).(:note) according to the word of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:7:17 @ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people (note:)As the people pressed out of the gate to run to the Syrian's tents, where they had heard meat and great spoil was left.(:note) trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

geneva@2Kings:7:18 @ And it came to passe, as the man of God had spoken to the King, saying, Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine floure shall be at a shekel, to morowe about this time in the gate of Samaria.

geneva@2Kings:7:19 @ But the prince had answered the man of God, and saide, Though the Lorde would make windowes in the heauen, coulde it come so to passe? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eate thereof.

geneva@2Kings:7:20 @ And so it came vnto him: for the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.

geneva@2Kings:8:1 @ Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou (note:)Where you can find a convenient place to dwell, where there is plenty.(:note) canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

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:8:7 @ Then Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad the King of Aram was sicke, and one told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

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:8:9 @ So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every (note:)Of all the chiefest and precious things of the country.(:note) good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover 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:8:11 @ And hee looked vpon him stedfastly, till Hazael was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

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:8:20 @ In his days Edom (note:)Which had been subject from David's time until this time of Jehoram.(:note) revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

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:9:1 @ And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, (note:)Prepare yourself to go diligently about your business for in those countries they used long garments which they tucked up when they went about earnest business.(:note) Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

geneva@2Kings:9:2 @ And when thou commest thither, looke where is Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise vp from among his brethren, and leade him to a secret chamber.

geneva@2Kings:9:5 @ And when he came in, behold, the captaines of the armie were sitting; he sayde, I haue a message to thee, O captaine; Iehu sayd, Vnto which of all vs? And he answered, To thee, O captaine.

geneva@2Kings:9:6 @ And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have (note:)This anointing was for kings, priests and prophets which were all figures of Messiah, in whom these three offices were accomplished.(:note) anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, [even] over Israel.

geneva@2Kings:9:11 @ Then Jehu came forth to the (note:)That is, the rest of the army, whom he called his brethren before, (2Ki_9:2).(:note) servants of his lord: and [one] said unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this The world always holds the ministers of God is this estimation and has always slandered the children of God (they called the Son of God a deceiver, and said he had the devil) therefore they should not be discouraged. mad [fellow] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

geneva@2Kings:9:12 @ And they sayde, It is false, tell vs it nowe. Then he sayd, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saieth the Lorde, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel.

geneva@2Kings:9:13 @ Then they made haste, and tooke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the staires, and blewe the trumpet, saying, Iehu is King.

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:9:18 @ So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu sayd, What hast thou to do with peace? Turne behinde me; the watchman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.

geneva@2Kings:9:19 @ Then hee sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu answered, What hast thou to doe with peace? turne behinde me.

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:9:21 @ Then Iehoram sayd, Make ready: and his charet was made ready; Iehoram King of Israel and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu, and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite.

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:9:25 @ 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:9:27 @ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw [this], he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. [And they did so] at the going up to Gur, which [is] by Ibleam. And he fled to (note:)After he was wounded in Samaria, he fled to Megiddo, a city of Judah.(:note) Megiddo, and died there.

geneva@2Kings:9:30 @ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and (note:)Being of a harsh and cruel nature, she would still retain her royal state and dignity.(:note) looked out at a window.

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:9:34 @ And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed [woman], and bury her: for she [is] a (note:)That is, of the king of Zidon, (1Ki_16:31).(:note) king's daughter.

geneva@2Kings:9:35 @ And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.

geneva@2Kings:9:36 @ Wherefore they came agayne and tolde him; he said, This is the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by his seruant Eliiah the Tishbite, saying, In the fielde of Izreel shall ye dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel.

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:10:2 @ Nowe when this letter commeth to you, (for ye haue with you your masters sonnes, yee haue with you both charets and horses, and a defenced citie, and armour)

geneva@2Kings:10:3 @ Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and (note:)He wrote this, to prove them whether they would take his side or not.(:note) set [him] on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

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:10:6 @ Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, (note:)God as a just judge punishes the wicked children of wicked parents to the third and fourth generations.(:note) take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

geneva@2Kings:10:7 @ And when the letter came to them, they tooke the Kings sonnes, and slewe the seuentie persons, and layde their heads in baskets, and sent them vnto him to Izreel.

geneva@2Kings:10:8 @ Then there came a messenger and tolde him, saying, They haue brought the heads of the Kings sonnes; he sayd, Let them lay them on two heapes at the entring in of the gate vntil the morning.

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:10:11 @ 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:10:12 @ And he arose, and departed and came to Samaria. And as Iehu was in the way by an house where the shepheards did shere,

geneva@2Kings:10:13 @ He met with the brethre of Ahaziah king of Iudah, and sayd, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah, and goe downe to salute the children of the King and the children of the Queene.

geneva@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two and forty men; (note:)Thus God's vengeance is on them who have any part or familiarity with the wicked.(:note) neither left he any of them.

geneva@2Kings:10:15 @ And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him: and he (note:)For he feared God, and lamented the wickedness of those times: therefore Jehu was glad to join with him: of Rechab read (Jer_35:2).(:note) saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give [me] thine hand. And he gave [him] his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

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:10:19 @ Now therefore call vnto me all ye prophets of Baal, all his seruants, & all his priests, & let not a man be lacking: for I haue a great sacrifice for Baal: whosoeuer is lacking, he shal not liue. But Iehu did it by a subtiltie to destroy ye seruats of Baal.

geneva@2Kings:10:20 @ And Iehu sayd, Proclaime a solemne assemblie for Baal; they proclaimed it.

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:10:24 @ And when they went in to make sacrifice and burnt offering, Iehu appoynted foure score men without, and sayd, If any of the men whome I haue brought into your hands, escape, his soule shalbe for his soule.

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:10:30 @ 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:10:36 @ 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:11:5 @ 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:11:8 @ And ye shal compasse the King rounde about, euery man with his weapon in his hande, and whosoeuer commeth within the ranges, let him be slayne: be you with the King, as he goeth out and in.

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:11:12 @ And he brought forth (note:)That is, Joash, who had been kept secret six years.(:note) the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] Meaning, the law of God, which is his chief charge, and by which only his throne is established. the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

geneva@2Kings:11:13 @ And when Athaliah heard the noyse of the running of the people, shee came in to the people in the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Kings:11:18 @ And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the (note:)Even in the place where he had blasphemed God, and thought to have been helped by his idol, there God poured his vengeance on him.(:note) altars. And the That is, Jehoiada. priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:11:19 @ Then he tooke the captaines of hudreths, and the other captaines, and the garde, and all the people of the lande: and they brought the King from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the garde to the Kings house: and he sate him downe on the throne of the Kings.

geneva@2Kings:12:1 @ In the seuenth yere of Iehu Iehoash began to reigne, & reigned fourty yeres in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

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:12:13 @ Howbeit there were (note:)For these men only had charge of the repairing of the temple, the rest of the money was brought to the king who caused these to be made later, (2Ch_24:14).(:note) not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD:

geneva@2Kings:12:14 @ But they gaue it to the workemen, which repayred therewith the house of the Lord.

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:12:17 @ Then came vp Hazael King of Aram, & fought against Gath and tooke it, and Hazael set his face to goe vp to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:12:21 @ Euen Iozachar the sonne of Shimeath, and Iehozabad the sonne of Shomer his seruants smote him, and he dyed: & they buried him with his fathers in the citie of Dauid; Amaziah his sonne reigned in his stead.

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:13:7 @ Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of (note:)That is, Hazael and Benhadad his son, (2Ki_13:3). Of Hazael read (2Ki_13:22).(:note) Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

geneva@2Kings:13:10 @ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king (note:)His chief purpose is to describe the kingdom of Judah, and how God performed his promise made to the house of David: but in the process he shows how Israel was afflicted and punished for their great idolatry, who though they had now degenerated, yet God both by sending them many prophets and various punishments, called them to him again.(:note) of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.

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:13:19 @ And the man of God was (note:)Because he seemed content to have victory against the enemies of God two or three times but did not have the zeal to overcome them continually, and to destroy them completely.(:note) wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed [it]: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria [but] thrice.

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:13:23 @ And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as (note:)That is, until their sins were come to a full measure and there was no more hope of amendment.(:note) yet.

geneva@2Kings:13:25 @ Therefore Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz returned, and tooke out of the hand of Ben-hadad the sonne of Hazael the cities which he had taken away by warre out of the hand of Iehoahaz his father: for three times did Ioash beate him, and restored the cities vnto Israel.

geneva@2Kings:14:2 @ He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iehoadan of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Kings:14:3 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

geneva@2Kings:14:5 @ And when the kingdome was confirmed in his hand, he slewe his seruants which had killed the King his father.

geneva@2Kings:14:7 @ He slew of (note:)For the Idumeans, whom David had brought to subjection, rebelled in the time of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat.(:note) Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

geneva@2Kings:14:8 @ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, (note:)Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another's cities.(:note) let us look one another in the face.

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:14:11 @ But Amaziah would not heare: therefore Iehoash King of Israel went vp: and he and Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah.

geneva@2Kings:14:13 @ But Iehoash King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Iehoash the sonne of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

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:14:27 @ Yet the Lord had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from vnder the heauen: therefore he preserued them by the hand of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash.

geneva@2Kings:15:2 @ Sixteene yeere olde was he, when he was made King, and he reigned two and fiftie yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.

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:15:10 @ 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:15:12 @ This was the word of the Lord, which he spake vnto Iehu, saying, Thy sonnes shall sit on the throne of Israel vnto the fourth generation after thee; it came so to passe.

geneva@2Kings:15:14 @ For Menahem the sonne of Gadi went vp from Tirzah, & came to Samaria, & smote Shallum the sonne of Iabesh in Samaria, & 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:15:17 @ The nine and thirtieth yeere of Azariah King of Iudah, beganne Menahem the sonne of Gadi to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned ten yeeres in Samaria.

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:15:22 @ And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his sonne did reigne in his steade.

geneva@2Kings:15:23 @ In ye fiftieth yere of Azariah king of Iudah, began Pekahiah the sonne of Menahem to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, & reigned two yere.

geneva@2Kings:15:25 @ But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with (note:)Which were of the same conspiracy.(:note) Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

geneva@2Kings:15:29 @ In the days of Pekah king of Israel (note:)For God stirred up Pul and Tiglathpileser against Israel for their sins, (1Ch_5:26).(:note) came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:15:33 @ Fiue and twentie yeere olde was he, when he began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Ierusha the daughter of Zadok.

geneva@2Kings:15:37 @ In (note:)After the death of Jotham.(:note) those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Who in one day slew 120,000 of Judah's fighting men (2Ch_28:6), because they had forsaken the true God. Pekah the son of Remaliah.

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:16:5 @ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome (note:)For the Lord preserved the city and his people for the sake of his promise made to David.(:note) [him].

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:16:7 @ So Ahaz sent (note:)Contrary to the admonition of the prophet Isaiah, (Isa_7:4).(:note) messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

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:16:12 @ And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered (note:)Either offerings for peace or prosperity, or thanksgiving as in (Lev_3:1) or else meaning the morning and evening offering, (Exo_29:38; Num_28:3) and thus he contemned the means and the altar which God had commanded by Solomon, to serve God after his own fantasy.(:note) thereon.

geneva@2Kings:16:13 @ And hee burnt his burnt offering, and his meate offring, and powred his drinke offring, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offrings besides the altar,

geneva@2Kings:16:14 @ And he brought also the brasen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the (note:)That is, at the right hand, as men went into the temple.(:note) north side of the altar.

geneva@2Kings:16:15 @ And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the (note:)Here he establishes by commandment his own wicked proceedings, and abolishes the commandment and ordinance of God.(:note) brasen altar shall be for me to enquire [by].

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:17:3 @ And Shalmaneser king of Asshur came vp against him, and Hoshea became his seruant, and gaue him presents.

geneva@2Kings:17:4 @ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, (note:)For he had paid tribute for eight years.(:note) as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

geneva@2Kings:17:5 @ Then the king of Asshur came vp throughout all the lande, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three yeere.

geneva@2Kings:17:6 @ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the (note:)For at this time the Medes and Persians were subject to the Assyrians.(:note) Medes.

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:17:13 @ Notwithstanding the Lord testified to Israel, and to Iudah by all the Prophets, & by all the Seers, saying, Turne from your euill wayes, and keepe my commandements & my statutes, according to all the Lawe, which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my seruants the Prophets.

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:17:16 @ And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the (note:)That is, the sun, moon and stars, (Deu_4:19).(:note) host of heaven, and served Baal.

geneva@2Kings:17:17 @ And they caused their sons and their daughters to (note:)Read (2Ki_16:3).(:note) pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and Read of this phrase in (1Ki_21:20, 1Ki_21:25). sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

geneva@2Kings:17:19 @ Yet Iudah kept not the commandements of the Lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Israel, which they vsed.

geneva@2Kings:17:24 @ And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from (note:)Of these people came the Samaritans, of which mention is so often made in the gospel, and with whom the Jews would have nothing to do, (Joh_4:9).(:note) Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

geneva@2Kings:17:25 @ And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they (note:)That is, they served him not: therefore, lest they should blaspheme him, as though there were no God, because he chastised the Israelites, he shows his mighty power among them by this strange punishment.(:note) feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them.

geneva@2Kings:17:28 @ So one of the Priestes, which they had caryed from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they shoulde feare the Lorde.

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:17:31 @ And the Auims made Nibhaz, and Tartak: and the Sepharuims burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech, and Anammelech the gods of Sepharuaim.

geneva@2Kings:17:33 @ They (note:)That is, they had a certain knowledge of God, and feared him because of the punishment, but they continued to be idolaters as do the papists who worship both God and idols: but this is not to fear God, as appears in (2Ki_17:34).(:note) feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

geneva@2Kings:17:34 @ Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after (note:)He means by this the Israelites to whom God had given his commandments.(:note) their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

geneva@2Kings:17:36 @ But feare the Lorde which brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arme: him feare ye, and worshippe him, and sacrifice to him.

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:17:40 @ Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.

geneva@2Kings:18:2 @ He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twenty yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah,

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:18:6 @ For he claue to the Lord, and departed not from him, but kept his commaundements, which the Lord had commaunded Moses.

geneva@2Kings:18:8 @ He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, (note:)Read (2Ki_17:9).(:note) from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

geneva@2Kings:18:9 @ And in the fourth yere of King Hezekiah, (which was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea sonne of Elah King of Israel) Shalmaneser King of Asshur came vp against Samaria, and besieged it.

geneva@2Kings:18:11 @ Then the King of Asshur did carry away Israel vnto Asshur, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

geneva@2Kings:18:13 @ Moreouer, in the fourteenth yeere of King Hezekiah, Saneherib King of Asshur came vp against all the strong cities of Iudah, and tooke 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:18:16 @ At the same season did Hezekiah pul off the plates of the doores of the Temple of the Lord, and the pillars (which the sayd Hezekiah King of Iudah had couered ouer) and gaue them to the King of Asshur.

geneva@2Kings:18:17 @ And the king of Assyria sent (note:)After certain years, when Hezekiah ceased to send the tribute appointed by the king of the Assyrians, he sent his captains and army against him.(:note) Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field.

geneva@2Kings:18:18 @ And called to the King. Then came out to them Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder.

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:18:24 @ For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?

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:18:27 @ 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:18:36 @ But the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere ye him not.

geneva@2Kings:18:37 @ Then Eliakim, the sonne of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.

geneva@2Kings:19:1 @ And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sackecloth, and came into the house of the Lord,

geneva@2Kings:19:2 @ And he sent Eliakim, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, (note:)To hear some new prophecy and to have comfort from him.(:note) to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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:19:5 @ So the seruants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

geneva@2Kings:19:6 @ And Isaiah said vnto them, So shall ye say to your master, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Be not afraide of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me.

geneva@2Kings:19:9 @ And when (note:)That is, Sennacherib.(:note) he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, For the kings of Ethiopia and Egypt joined together against the king of Assyria because of his oppression of other countries. Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

geneva@2Kings:19:10 @ Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy (note:)The closer the wicked are to their destruction, the more they blaspheme.(:note) God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

geneva@2Kings:19:14 @ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the (note:)Before the Ark of the covenant.(:note) LORD.

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:19:20 @ 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:19:22 @ 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:19:26 @ Therefore their (note:)Thus he describes the wicked, who flourish for a time, and later fade and decay like flowers.(:note) 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 corn] blasted before it be grown up.

geneva@2Kings:19:27 @ I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy furie against me.

geneva@2Kings:19:28 @ Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my (note:)I will bridle your rage, and turn you to and fro as it pleases me.(:note) hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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:19:31 @ 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:19:32 @ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrowe there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it:

geneva@2Kings:19:33 @ But he shall returne the way he came, and shall not come into this citie, saith the Lorde.

geneva@2Kings:19:35 @ And the same night the Angell of the Lorde went out and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth foure score and fiue thousande: so when they rose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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:20:4 @ And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,

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:20:12 @ 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:20:14 @ Then Isaiah the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiah, and saide vnto him, What saide these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babel.

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:20:19 @ 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:21:1 @ Manasseh was twelue yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned fiftie and fiue yeere in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Hephzi-bah.

geneva@2Kings:21:4 @ Also he built altars in the house of the Lorde, of the which the Lorde saide, In Ierusalem will I put my Name.

geneva@2Kings:21:6 @ And he made his son (note:)Read (2Ki_16:3).(:note) pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.

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:21:12 @ 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:21:13 @ And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line (note:)As I have destroyed Samaria and the house of Ahab so will I destroy Judah.(:note) of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth a dish, wiping [it], and turning [it] upside down.

geneva@2Kings:21:14 @ And I will forsake the (note:)Meaning, Judah and Benjamin, which were the only ones left of the rest of the tribes.(:note) remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

geneva@2Kings:21:15 @ Because they haue done euil in my sight, and haue prouoked mee to anger, since the time their fathers came out of Egypt vntill this day.

geneva@2Kings:21:19 @ Amon was two and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and hee reygned two yeere in Ierusalem: his mothers name also was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Iotbah.

geneva@2Kings:21:22 @ And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the (note:)That is, according to his commandment.(:note) way of the LORD.

geneva@2Kings:22:1 @ Iosiah was eight yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and hee reigned one and thirtie yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Iedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath.

geneva@2Kings:22:2 @ And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and (note:)His zeal was prophesied of, and his name mentioned by Iddo the prophet, more than 300 years before, (1Ki_13:2) and being but eight years old, he sought the God of his father David, (2Ch_34:3).(:note) walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

geneva@2Kings:22:3 @ And in the eighteenth yeere of King Iosiah, the King sent Shaphan the sonne of Azaliah the sonne of Meshullam the chanceller to ye house of the Lord, saying,

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:22:9 @ 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:22:10 @ Also Shaphan the chanceller shewed the King saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath deliuered me a booke; Shaphan read it before the King.

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: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:23:2 @ And the King went vp into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Iudah and all the inhabitants of Ierusalem with him, and the Priests & Prophets, and all the people both smal and great: and he reade in their eares all the wordes of the booke of the couenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

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:23:6 @ And he brought out the (note:)He removed the grove which idolaters for devotion had planted near the temple, contrary to the commandment of the Lord, (Deu_16:21), or as some read, the similitude of a grove which was hung in the temple.(:note) grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped [it] small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the Both in contempt of the idols and reproach of them who had worshipped them in their lives. graves of the children of the people.

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:23:9 @ Nevertheless the priests of the high places (note:)Because they who had forsaken the Lord to serve idols, were not fit to minister in the service of the Lord for the instruction of others.(:note) came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

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:23:14 @ And he brake the images in pieces, & cut downe the groues and filled their places with the bones of men.

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:23:20 @ 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:23:24 @ 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:23:27 @ Therefore the Lorde saide, I will put Iudah also out of my sight, as I haue put away Israel, and will cast off this citie Ierusalem, which I haue chosen, and the house whereof I said, My name shalbe there.

geneva@2Kings:23:29 @ In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah (note:)Because Pharaoh passed through his country, he was afraid Pharaoh would have done him harm and would have stopped him, yet he did not consult the Lord, and therefore was slain.(:note) went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

geneva@2Kings:23:30 @ Then his seruants caryed him dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Ierusalem, and buried him in his owne sepulchre; the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and anointed him, and made him King in his fathers steade.

geneva@2Kings:23:31 @ Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and reigned three moneths in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Hamutal the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah.

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:23:34 @ And Pharaoh Nechoh made Eliakim the sonne of Iosiah King in steade of Iosiah his father, and turned his name to Iehoiakim, and tooke Iehoahaz away, which when he came to Egypt, dyed there.

geneva@2Kings:23:35 @ And Iehoiakim gaue the siluer and the golde to Pharaoh, and taxed the land to giue the money, according to the commadement of Pharaoh: he leuyed of euery man of the people of the lande, according to his value, siluer and golde to giue vnto Pharaoh Nechoh.

geneva@2Kings:23:36 @ Iehoiakim was fiue and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

geneva@2Kings:24:1 @ In his (note:)In the end of the third year of his reign and in the beginning of the fourth, (Dan_1:1).(:note) days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

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:24:7 @ 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:24:8 @ Iehoiachin was eighteene yere old, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned in Ierusalem three moneths. His mothers name also was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Ierusalem.

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:24:11 @ And Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel came against the citie, and his seruants did besiege it.

geneva@2Kings:24:14 @ And he caryed away all Ierusalem, and all the princes, and all the strong men of warre, euen ten thousande into captiuitie, and all the workemen, and cunning men: so none remained sauing the poore people of the lande.

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:24:17 @ And the King of Babel made Mattaniah his vncle King in his steade, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

geneva@2Kings:24:18 @ Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Hamutal the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah.

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:25:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)That is, of Zedekiah.(:note) ninth year of his reign, in the Which the Hebrews call Teber, and it contains part of December and part of January. tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

geneva@2Kings:25:4 @ And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the (note:)Which was a back door, or some secret gate to leave by.(:note) gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.

geneva@2Kings:25:6 @ So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they (note:)Or, condemned him for his perjury and treason, (2Ch_36:13).(:note) gave judgment upon him.

geneva@2Kings:25:8 @ And in the fifth month, on the (note:)Jeremiah writes in (Jer_52:12) the tenth day, because the fire continued from the seventh day to the tenth.(:note) seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

geneva@2Kings:25:17 @ The height of the one piller was eighteene cubits, and the chapiter thereon was brasse, & the height of the chapiter was with networke three cubites, and pomegranates vpon the chapiter rounde about, all of brasse: and likewise was the second piller with the networke.

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:25:24 @ And Gedaliah (note:)That is, he exhorted them in the Name of the Lord, according to Jeremiah's counsel, to submit themselves to Nebuchadnezzar, seeing it was the revealed will of the Lord.(:note) sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

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:25:26 @ And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to (note:)Contrary to Jeremiah's counsel in Jeremiah 40-42.(:note) Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

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:25:29 @ And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eate bread before him, all the dayes of his life.

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:1:3 @ Henoch, Methushelah, Lamech,

geneva@1Chronicles:1:4 @ Noah, (note:)It would have been sufficient to have named Shem of whom came Abraham and David, but because the world was restored by these three, mention is also made of Ham and Japheth.(:note) Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:5 @ The sonnes of Iapheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:6 @ And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashchenaz, and Iphath and Togarmah.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:12 @ Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, of whome came the Philistims, and Caphtorim.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:17 @ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and (note:)Of whom came the Syrians, and therefore they are called Amramites throughout all scripture.(:note) Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

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:1:19 @ Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his dayes was ye earth deuided: & his brothers name was Ioktan.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:32 @ Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's (note:)Read (Gen_25:4).(:note) concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

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:1:46 @ And when Hussham was dead, Hadad the sonne of Bedad which smote Midian in the fielde of Moab, reigned in his steade, and the name of his citie was Auith.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:50 @ And Baal-hanan dyed, and Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his citie was Pai, & his wiues name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:1 @ These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, & Zebulun,

geneva@1Chronicles:2:3 @ The sons of (note:)Though Judah was not Jacob's eldest son, yet he first begins with him, because he would come to the genealogy of David, of whom came Christ.(:note) Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

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:2:17 @ And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Iether an Ishmeelite.

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:2:25 @ And ye sonnes of Ierahmeel the eldest sone of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozen and Ahiiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:26 @ Also Ierahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:27 @ And the sonnes of Ram the eldest sonne of Ierahmeel were Maaz, and Iamin and Ekar.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:29 @ And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abiahil, and shee bare him Ahban and Molid.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:33 @ And the sonnes of Ionathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sonnes of Ierahmeel.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:34 @ And Sheshan had no sonnes, but daughters; Sheshan had a seruant that was an Egyptian named Iarha.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:42 @ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the (note:)That is, the chief governor or prince of the Ziphims, because the prince should have a fatherly care and affection for his people.(:note) father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:52 @ And Shobal the father of Kiriath-iearim had sonnes, & he was the ouerseer of halfe Hammenoth.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:53 @ And the families of Kiriath-iearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and ye Mishraites of them came the Zarreathites, and the Eshtaulites.

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:3:5 @ And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of (note:)Called also Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam: for they gave them various names.(:note) Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

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:4:1 @ The (note:)Meaning, they came from Judah, as nephews and kinsmen: for only Pharez was his natural son.(:note) sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:3 @ And these were of the father of Etam, Izreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:6 @ And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haashtari: these were the sonnes of Naarah.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:9 @ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name (note:)Otherwise called Othniel, (Jdg_1:13).(:note) Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

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:4:11 @ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begate Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:12 @ And Eshton begate Beth-rapha, & Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the citie of Nahash: these are the men of Rechah.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:14 @ And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the (note:)The Lord of the valley where the artificers worked.(:note) father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:17 @ And the sonnes of Ezrah were Iether and Mered, and Epher, and Ialon, and he begate Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:18 @ Also his wife Iehudiiah bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, & Iekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sonnes of Bithiah ye daughter of Pharaoh which Mered tooke.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:22 @ And Iokim and the men of Chozeba and Ioash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and Iashubi Lehem. These also are auncient things.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:24 @ The sons of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] (note:)His son Obed is omitted here.(:note) Shaul:

geneva@1Chronicles:4:26 @ And the sonnes of Mishma, Hamuel was his sonne, Zacchur his sonne, and Shimei his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:27 @ And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their familie like to the children of Iudah in multitude.

geneva@1Chronicles:4:28 @ And they dwelt at (note:)These cities belonged to Judah, (Jos_19:2), and were given to the tribe of Simeon.(:note) Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

geneva@1Chronicles:4:34 @ And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

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:4:42 @ And besides these, fiue hundreth men of the sonnes of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rophaiah, and Vzziel the sonnes of Ishi were their captaines,

geneva@1Chronicles:5:2 @ For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] (note:)That is, he was the chiefest of all the tribes according to Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_49:8), and because Christ would come from him.(:note) the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)

geneva@1Chronicles:5:4 @ The sonnes of Ioel, Shemaiah his sonne, Gog his sonne, and Shimei his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:5:6 @ Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria (note:)That is, in the time of Uzziah king of Israel, (2Ki_15:23).(:note) carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:8 @ And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in (note:)These places were beyond Jordan toward the east in the land given to the Reubenites.(:note) Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

geneva@1Chronicles:5:10 @ And in the days of Saul they made war with the (note:)The Ishmaelites who came from Hagar Abraham's concubine.(:note) Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east [land] of Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:13 @ And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, & Sheba, and Sorai, and Iacan, and Zia and Eber, seuen.

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:5:21 @ And they led away their cattel, euen their camels fiftie thousand, and two hundreth, & fiftie thousand sheepe, and two thousand asses, and of persons an hundreth thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:22 @ For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the (note:)Meaning, the captivity of the ten tribes under Tiglath Pileser.(:note) captivity.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:24 @ And these were the heads of the housholds of their fathers, euen Epher and Ishi, and Eliel & Azriel, and Ieremiah, and Hodauiah, and Iahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heades of the housholdes of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:25 @ But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the lande, whome God had destroyed before them.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:26 @ And the God of Israel (note:)Thus God stirred up the wicked and used them as instruments to execute his just judgment against sinners, although they were led by malice and ambition.(:note) stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:1 @ The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, & Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:6 @ And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:7 @ Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:16 @ The sonnes of Leui were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:17 @ And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:19 @ The sonnes of Merari, Mahli & Mushi: and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:29 @ The sonnes of Merari were Mahli, Libni his sonne, Shimei his sonne, Vzzah his sonne,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:30 @ Shimea his sonne, Haggiah his sonne, Asaiah his sonne.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:32 @ And they ministred before the Tabernacle, euen the Tabernacle of the Congregation with singing, vntill Salomon had built ye house of the Lord in Ierusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custome.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:39 @ And his brother (note:)Meaning, the son of Heman, (1Ch_6:33).(:note) Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:42 @ The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:44 @ And their brethren the sonnes of Merari were on the left hand, euen Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:46 @ The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:47 @ The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:48 @ Their (note:)The Levites are called the singers brothers because they came from the same stock.(:note) brethren also the Levites [were] Read (Num_4:4). appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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:6:52 @ Meraioth his sonne, Amariah his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,

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:6:59 @ And Ashan and her suburbes, and Bethshemesh and her suburbes:

geneva@1Chronicles:6:60 @ And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and (note:)Or, Almon (Jos_21:18).(:note) Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities.

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:6:63 @ Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:65 @ And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

geneva@1Chronicles:6:68 @ Iokmeam also and her suburbes, and Bethhoron with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:77 @ Vnto the rest of the children of Merari were giuen out of ye tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and her suburbes, Tabor and her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:6:79 @ And Kedemoth with her suburbes, & Mephaath with her suburbes,

geneva@1Chronicles:7:2 @ And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, [to wit], of Tola: [they were] valiant men of might in their generations; (note:)That is, their number was found to be this big when David counted the people, (2Sa_24:1).(:note) whose number [was] in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:3 @ And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, (note:)Meaning, the four sons and the father.(:note) five: all of them chief men.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:4 @ And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers were bandes of men of warre for battel, sixe and thirtie thousand: for they had many wiues and children.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:5 @ And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:7 @ And the sonnes of Bela, Ezbon, and Vzzi, and Vzziel, & Ierimoth, and Iri, fiue heads of the housholds of their fathers, valiant men of warre, and were rekoned by their genealogies, two and twentie thousand and thirtie and foure.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:8 @ And the sonnes of Becher, Zemirah, and Ioash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Ierimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth: all these were the sonnes of Becher.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:9 @ And they were nombred by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chiefe of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of warre, twenty thousand and two hundreth.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:11 @ All these were the sonnes of Iediael, chiefe of the fathers, valiant men of warre, seuenteene thousand and two hundreth, marching in battel aray to the warre.

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:7:13 @ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, (note:)These came from Dan and Naphtali, who were the sons of Bilhah, (Gen_46:23-25).(:note) the sons of Bilhah.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:15 @ And Machir tooke to wife the sister of Huppim & Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah; the name of the second sonne was Zelophthad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:16 @ And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:18 @ And (note:)Meaning, the sister of Gilead.(:note) his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:21 @ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of (note:)Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines and who slew the Ephraimites.(:note) Gath [that were] born in [that] land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:22 @ Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many dayes, and his brethren came to comfort him.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:23 @ And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:29 @ And by the places of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:32 @ And Heber begate Iaphlet, and Shomer, & Hotham, and Shuah their sister.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:34 @ And the sonnes of Shamer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Iehubbah, and Aram.

geneva@1Chronicles:7:40 @ All these were the children of Asher, the heads of their fathers houses, noble men, valiant men of warre and chiefe princes, and they were rekoned by their genealogies for warre and for battell to the nomber of sixe and twentie thousand men.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:6 @ And these [are] the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and (note:)Meaning, the inhabitants of the city of Geba.(:note) they removed them to Manahath:

geneva@1Chronicles:8:9 @ He begate, I say, of Hodesh his wife, Iobab and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:12 @ And the sonnes of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham and Shamed (which built Ono, and Lod, and the villages thereof)

geneva@1Chronicles:8:17 @ And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:18 @ And Ishmerai and Izliah, and Iobab, the sonnes of Elpaal,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:21 @ And Adaiah, and Beraiah, & Shimrah the sonnes of Shimei,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:28 @ These [were] heads of the (note:)The chief of the tribe of Benjamin, who dwelt in Jerusalem.(:note) fathers, by their generations, chief [men]. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:29 @ And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maachah.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:32 @ And Mikloth begate Shimeah: these also dwelt with their brethren in Ierusalem, euen by their brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:33 @ And (note:)Who in (1Sa_9:2) is called Abiel.(:note) Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and He is likewise called Mephibosheth, (2Sa_9:6). Eshbaal.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:34 @ And the son of Jonathan [was] (note:)He is also called Mephibosheth, (2Sa_9:6).(:note) Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:35 @ And the sonnes of Micah were Pithon, & Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:36 @ And Ahaz begate Iehoadah, & Iehoadah begate Alemeth, and Azmaueth, and Zimri, and Zimri begate Moza,

geneva@1Chronicles:8:38 @ And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: all these were the sonnes of Azel.

geneva@1Chronicles:8:40 @ And the sonnes of Vlam were valiant men of warre which shot with the bow, and had many sonnes and nephewes, an hundreth and fiftie: all these were of the sonnes of Beniamin.

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:9:7 @ And of the sonnes of Beniamin, Sallu the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Hodauiah, the sonne of Hasenuah,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:8 @ And Ibneiah the sonne of Ieroham, and Elah the sonne of Vzzi, the sonne of Michri, and Meshullam the sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Reuel, the sonne of Ibniiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:9 @ And their brethren according to their generations nine hundreth, fiftie and sixe: all these men were chiefe fathers in the housholdes of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:11 @ And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the (note:)That is, he was the high priest.(:note) ruler of the house of God;

geneva@1Chronicles:9:12 @ And Adaiah the sonne of Ieroham, ye sonne of Pashhur, the sonne of Malchiiah, and Maasai the sonne of Adiel, the sonne of Iahzerah, the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Meshillemith, the sonne of Immer.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:13 @ And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the (note:)To serve in the temple, every one according to his office.(:note) work of the service of the house of God.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:14 @ And of the Leuites, Shemaiah the sonne of Hasshub, the sonne of Azrikam, the sonne of Hashabiah of the sonnes of Merari,

geneva@1Chronicles:9:18 @ Who hitherto [waited] in the (note:)So called because the king came into the temple by it, and not the common people.(:note) king's gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:21 @ Zechariah the sonne of Meshelemiah was the porter of the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:25 @ And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after (note:)They served weekly, as in (Exo_29:30).(:note) seven days from time to time with them.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:29 @ [Some] of them also [were] appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine (note:)Of which the meat offering was made, (Lev_2:8).(:note) flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:30 @ And certaine of the sonnes of the Priestes made oyntments of sweete odours.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:35 @ And in Gibeon dwelt ye father of Gibeon, Ieiel, & the name of his wife was Maachah.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:38 @ And Mikloth begate Shimeam: they also dwelt with their brethren at Ierusalem, euen by their brethren.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:40 @ And the sonne of Ionathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begate Micah.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:41 @ And the sonnes of Micah were Pithon, and Melech and Tahrea.

geneva@1Chronicles:9:42 @ And Ahaz begat (note:)Who was also called Jehoiada, (1Ch_8:36).(:note) Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

geneva@1Chronicles:9:44 @ And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ismael, & Sheariah, and Obadiah, & Hanan: these are the sonnes of Azel.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:1 @ Then the Philistims fought against Israel: & the men of Israel fled before the Philistims, and fell downe slaine in mount Gilboa.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:4 @ Then sayde Saul to his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, and thrust me thorowe therewith, lest these vncircumcised come and mocke at me: but his armour bearer would not, for he was sore afraid: therefore Saul tooke the sword and fell vpon it.

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:10:12 @ Then they arose (all the valiant men) and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, and brought them to Iabesh, and buryed the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabesh, and fasted seuen dayes.

geneva@1Chronicles:10:14 @ And asked not of the Lorde: therefore he slewe him, and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Ishai.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:2 @ And in time past, euen when Saul was King, thou leddest Israel out & in: and the Lord thy God sayde vnto thee, Thou shalt feede my people Israel, and thou shalt be captaine ouer my people Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:3 @ So came all the Elders of Israel to the King to Hebron, & Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; they anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:5 @ And the inhabitants of Iebus said to Dauid, Thou shalt not come in hither. Neuertheles Dauid tooke the towre of Zion, which is the city of Dauid.

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:11:11 @ And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the (note:)Meaning, the most excellent and best esteemed for his valiantry: some read, the chief of the princes.(:note) chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:12 @ And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, which was one of the three valiant men.

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:11:19 @ 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:11:20 @ And Abishai the brother of Ioab, he was chiefe of the three, & he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, and slew them, and had the name among the three.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:22 @ Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada (the sonne of a valiant man) which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, he slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also and slewe a lion in the middes of a pit in time of snowe.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:23 @ And he slewe an Egyptian, a man of great stature, euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare like a weauers beame: and he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:24 @ These things did Benaiah ye sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name among the three worthies.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:25 @ Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the (note:)Meaning, those three who brought the water to David.(:note) [first] three: and David set him over his guard.

geneva@1Chronicles:11:26 @ These also were valiant men of warre, Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:36 @ Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahiiah the Pelonite,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:37 @ Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the sonne of Ezbai,

geneva@1Chronicles:11:47 @ Eliel and Obed, and Iaasiel the Mesobaite.

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:12:2 @ [They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of Saul's (note:)That is, of the tribe of Benjamin, of which Saul was, and in which were excellent throwers with slings, (Jdg_20:16).(:note) brethren of Benjamin.

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:12:16 @ And there came of the children of Beniamin, and Iudah to the hold vnto Dauid,

geneva@1Chronicles:12:17 @ And Dauid went out to meete them, and answered and sayde vnto them, If yee be come peaceably vnto me to helpe me, mine heart shall be knit vnto you, but if you come to betray me to mine aduersaries, seeing there is no wickednes in mine handes, the God of our fathers beholde it, and rebuke it.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:18 @ Then the (note:)The spirit of boldness and courage moved him to speak thus.(:note) spirit came upon Amasai, [who was] chief of the captains, [and he said], Thine [are we], David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace [be] unto thee, and peace [be] to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:19 @ And there fell [some] of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they (note:)They came only to help David, and not to help the Philistines, who were enemies of their country.(:note) helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to [the jeopardy of] our heads.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:21 @ And they helped David against the (note:)That is, of the Amalekites who had burned the city of Ziklag, (1Sa_30:1, 1Sa_30:9).(:note) band [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:22 @ For at [that] time day by day there came to David to help him, until [it was] a great host, like the host of (note:)Meaning, mighty or strong, for the Hebrews say a thing is of God when it is excellent.(:note) God.

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:12:25 @ Of the children of Simeon valiant men of warre, seuen thousand and an hundreth.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:27 @ And Jehoiada [was] the leader of the (note:)Of the Levites who came by the descent of Aaron.(:note) Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred;

geneva@1Chronicles:12:28 @ And Zadok a yong man very valiant, and of his fathers housholde came two and twentie captaines.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:30 @ And of the children of Ephraim twentie thousande, and eight hundreth valiant men and famous men in the housholde of their fathers.

geneva@1Chronicles:12:31 @ And of the halfe tribe of Manasseh eighteene thousand, which were appointed by name to come and make Dauid King.

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:12:37 @ And of the other side of Iorden of the Reubenites, and of the Gadites, and of the halfe tribe of Manasseh with all instruments of warre to fight with, an hundreth and twentie 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:13:4 @ And all the Congregation answered, Let vs doe so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

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:13:9 @ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of (note:)Called also Nachon, (2Sa_6:6).(:note) Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

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:13:13 @ So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of (note:)Who was a Levite, and called Gittite, because he dwelt at Gath.(:note) Obededom the Gittite.

geneva@1Chronicles:14:1 @ Then sent Hiram the King of Tyrus messengers to Dauid, and cedar trees, with masons and carpenters to builde him an house.

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:14:4 @ And these are the names of the children which he had at Ierusalem, Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Salomon,

geneva@1Chronicles:14:5 @ And Ibhar, and Elishua, and (note:)Elpalet and Nogah are not mentioned in (2Sa_5:14), so there are only eleven and here thirteen.(:note) Elpalet,

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:14:9 @ And the Philistims came, and spred them selues in the valley of Rephaim.

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:14:13 @ Againe the Philistims came and spread them selues in the valley.

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:14:17 @ And the fame of Dauid went out into all landes, and the Lorde brought the feare of him vpon all nations.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:6 @ Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth and twentie.

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:15:16 @ And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with (note:)These instruments and other ceremonies which they observed, were instructions of their infancy, which continued to the coming of Christ.(:note) instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

geneva@1Chronicles:15:17 @ So the Leuites appointed Heman the sonne of Ioel, and of his brethren Asaph the sonne of Berechiah, and of the sonnes of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of Kushaiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:15:20 @ And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on (note:)This was an instrument of music or a certain tune, to which they sang psalms.(:note) Alamoth;

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:15:29 @ 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:16:2 @ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he (note:)He called upon the Name of God, desiring him to prosper the people, and give good success to their beginnings.(:note) blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:5 @ Asaph the chiefe, and next to him Zechariah, Ieiel, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiel, & Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed Edom, euen Ieiel with instruments, violes and harpes, and Asaph to make a sound with cymbales,

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:16:14 @ He is the Lorde our God: his iudgements are throughout all the earth.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:15 @ Remember his couenant for euer, and the worde, which hee commaunded to a thousand generations:

geneva@1Chronicles:16:17 @ And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

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:16:20 @ And walked about from nation to nation, and from one kingdome to another people,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:21 @ He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved (note:)As Pharaoh and Abimelech.(:note) kings for their sakes,

geneva@1Chronicles:16:29 @ Giue vnto the Lorde ye glory of his Name: bring an offring and come before him, and worship the Lorde in the glorious Sanctuarie.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:31 @ Let the (note:)He exhorts the dumb creatures to rejoice with him in considering the greatness of the grace of God.(:note) heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let [men] say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:33 @ Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to (note:)To restore all things to their estate.(:note) judge the earth.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:34 @ Prayse the Lorde, for hee is good, for his mercie endureth for euer.

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:16:36 @ Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, (note:)He wills all the people both in heart and mouth to consent to those praises.(:note) Amen, and praised the LORD.

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:16:42 @ Euen with them were Heman & Ioduthun, to make a sound with the cornets and with the cymbales, with excellent instruments of musicke: and the sonnes of Ieduthun were at the gate.

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:17:3 @ 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:17:4 @ Goe, and tell Dauid my seruant, Thus saith the Lorde, Thou shalt not buylde me an house to dwell in:

geneva@1Chronicles:17:6 @ Wheresoever I have (note:)Meaning, wherever his ark went, which was a sign of his presence.(:note) walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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:17:10 @ 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:17:11 @ And when thy dayes shalbe fulfilled to go with thy fathers, then will I rayse vp thy seede after thee, which shalbe of thy sonnes, and will stablish his kingdome.

geneva@1Chronicles:17:12 @ He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for (note:)That is, to the coming of Christ: for then these figures would cease.(:note) ever.

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:17:14 @ But I wil establish him in mine house, and in my kingdome for euer, and his throne shalbe stablished for euer,

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:17:21 @ Moreouer what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whose God went to redeeme them to be his people, and to make thy selfe a Name, and to doe great and terrible things by casting out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?

geneva@1Chronicles:17:22 @ For thou hast ordeined thy people Israel to be thine owne people for euer, and thou Lord art become their God.

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: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:18:2 @ And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:4 @ And Dauid tooke from him a thousand charets, and seuen thousand horsemen, and twentie thousand footemen, and destroyed all the charets, but he reserued of them an hundreth charets.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:5 @ Then came the Aramites of Damascus to succour Hadarezer King of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twentie thousand.

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:18:13 @ And he put a garison in Edom, and all the Edomites became Dauids seruantes: and the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:14 @ So Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and iustice to all his people.

geneva@1Chronicles:18:16 @ And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priests, & Shausha the Scribe,

geneva@1Chronicles:19:2 @ And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his (note:)Because Nahash received David and his company, when Saul persecuted him he would now show pleasure to his son for the same.(:note) father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

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:19:4 @ Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and (note:)They shaved off half of their beards, (2Sa_10:4).(:note) shaved them, and cut off their To put them to shame and villany, while the ambassadors should have been honoured: and because the Jews used to wear side garments and beards, they thus disfigured them, to make them odious to others. garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:5 @ And there went certaine and tolde Dauid concerning the men: and he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King saide, Tarie at Iericho, vntill your beardes be growen: then returne.

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:19:7 @ So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before (note:)Which was a city of the tribe of Reuben beyond Jordan.(:note) Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:8 @ And when Dauid heard, he sent Ioab and all the hoste of the valiant men.

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:19:12 @ And he saide, If Aram be too strong for me, then thou shalt succour me: and if the children of Ammon preuaile against thee, then I wil succour thee.

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:19:17 @ And when it was shewed Dauid, he gathered all Israel, and went ouer Iorden, and came vnto them, & put him selfe in aray against them: And when Dauid had put him selfe in battel aray to meete the Aramites, they fought with him.

geneva@1Chronicles:19:18 @ But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians (note:)For this place, read (2Sa_10:18).(:note) seven thousand [men which fought in] chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

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:20:7 @ And when he reuiled Israel, Iehonathan the sonne of Shimea Dauids brother did slay him.

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:21:3 @ And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of (note:)It was a thing indifferent and usual to number the people, but because he did it for ambitious reasons, as though his strength stood in his people, God punished him.(:note) trespass to Israel?

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:21:11 @ So Gad came to Dauid, and sayde vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Take to 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:21:13 @ And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strait. Let me nowe fall into the hande of the Lorde: for his mercies are exceeding great, and let me not fall into the hande of man.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:14 @ So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel, and there fell of Israel seuentie thousande men.

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:21:19 @ So Dauid went vp according to the saying of Gad, which he had spoken in the Name of the Lorde.

geneva@1Chronicles:21:21 @ And as Dauid came to Ornan, Ornan looked and sawe Dauid, and went out of the thresshing floore, and bowed himselfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde.

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: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:22:5 @ And Dauid saide, Salomon my sonne is yong and tender, and we must builde an house for the Lorde, magnificall, excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreyes. I will therefore nowe prepare for him. So Dauid prepared very much before his death.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:7 @ And Dauid said to Salomon, My sonne, I purposed with my selfe to builde an house to the Name of the Lorde my God,

geneva@1Chronicles:22:8 @ But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (note:)This declares how greatly God detests the shedding of blood, seeing David for this cause is prevented from building the temple of the Lord, though he enterprised no war, but by God's command and against his enemies.(:note) Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:9 @ Beholde, a sonne is borne to thee, which shalbe a man of rest, for I will giue him rest from all his enemies rounde about: therefore his name is Salomon: and I will sende peace and quietnes vpon Israel in his dayes.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:10 @ Hee shall builde an house for my Name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I will be his father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer.

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:22:13 @ Then thou shalt prosper, if thou take heede to obserue the statutes and the iudgements which the Lorde commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and of good courage: feare not, neither bee afraide.

geneva@1Chronicles:22:15 @ Moreouer thou hast workmen with thee enough, hewers of stone, and workemen for timber, and all men expert in euery worke.

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:23:3 @ And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight & thirtie thousand men.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:5 @ And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lorde with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:6 @ So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:7 @ Of the Gershonites were Laadan & Shimei.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:9 @ The Sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haram, three: these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:10 @ Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.

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:23:14 @ Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the (note:)They were but of the order of the Levites and not of the priests as Aaron's sons.(:note) tribe of Levi.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:21 @ The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.

geneva@1Chronicles:23:22 @ And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their (note:)Meaning their cousins.(:note) brethren the sons of Kish took them.

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:23:29 @ 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:23:31 @ And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lorde, in the Sabbaths, in the moneths, and at the appointed times, according to the nomber and according to their custome continually before the Lorde,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:3 @ And Dauid distributed them, euen Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sonnes of Ithamar according to their offices in their ministration.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:4 @ And there were found mo of the sonnes of Eleazar by the number of men, then of the sonnes of Ithamar; they deuided them, to wit, among the sonnes of Eleazar, sixteene heads, according to the houshould of their fathers, and among ye sonnes of Ithamar, according to the housholde of their fathers, eight.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:6 @ And Shemaiah the sonne of Nethaneel the scribe of the Leuites, wrote them before ye King and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, and before ye chiefe fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites, one familie being reserued for Eleazar, and another reserued for Ithamar.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:7 @ Now the first (note:)This lot was ordained to take away all occasion of envy or grudging of one against another.(:note) lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:14 @ The fiftenth to Bilgah, the sixtenth to Immer,

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:24:23 @ And his sonnes Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iekameam the fourth,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:26 @ The sonnes of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi, the sonne of Iaaziiah was Beno,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:27 @ The sonnes of Merari of Iahaziah were Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur and Ibri.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:28 @ Of Mahli came Eleazar, which had no sonnes.

geneva@1Chronicles:24:29 @ Of Kish. the sonne of Kish was Ierahmeel,

geneva@1Chronicles:24:30 @ The sons also of (note:)Who was the second son of Merari.(:note) Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These [were] the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

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:25:3 @ Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, (note:)Of which one is not here numbered.(:note) six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who Meaning, psalms and songs to praise God. prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

geneva@1Chronicles:25:6 @ All these were vnder the hande of their father, singing in the house of the Lorde with cymbales, violes and harpes, for the seruice of the house of God, and Asaph, and Ieduthun, and Heman were at the Kings commandement.

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:25:17 @ The tenth, to Shimei, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

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:26:2 @ And the sonnes of Meshelemiah, Zechariah the eldest, Iediael the seconde, Zebadiah the third, Iathniel the fourth,

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:26:7 @ The sonnes of Shemaiah were Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad and his brethren, strong men: Elihu also, and Semachiah.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:8 @ All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for (note:)Fit to serve the office of the portership.(:note) strength for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obededom.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:9 @ And of Meshelemiah sonnes and brethren, eighteene mightie men.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:10 @ And of Hosah of the sonnes of Merari, the sonnes were Shuri the chiefe, and (though he was not the eldest, yet his father made him the chiefe)

geneva@1Chronicles:26:12 @ Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one (note:)According to their turns as well the one as the other.(:note) against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

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:26:16 @ To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate (note:)At which they used to cast out the filth of the city.(:note) Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:17 @ Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim (note:)Meaning two one day and two another.(:note) two [and] two.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:18 @ At (note:)Which was a house in which they kept the instruments of the temple.(:note) Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:19 @ These are the diuisions of the porters of the sonnes of Kore, and of the sonnes of Merari.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:25 @ And of his brethren which came of Eliezer, was Rehabiah his sonne, & Ieshaiah his sonne, and Ioram his sonne, and Zichri his sonne, and Shelomith his sonne.

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:26:30 @ [And] of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, [were] officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of (note:)That is, for the king's house.(:note) the king.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:31 @ Among the Hebronites was Iediiah the chiefest, euen the Hebronites by his generations according to the families; in the fourtieth yere of the reigne of Dauid they were sought for: and there were founde among them men of actiuitie at Iazer in Gilead.

geneva@1Chronicles:26:32 @ And his brethren, men of valour, [were] two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to (note:)Both in spiritual and temporal things.(:note) God, and affairs of the king.

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:27:16 @ Furthermore (note:)Meaning besides those twelve captains.(:note) over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites [was] Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

geneva@1Chronicles:27:24 @ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, (note:)The commandment of the king was abominable to Joab, (1Ch_21:6).(:note) because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the The Hebrews make both these books of Chronicles but one, and at this verse make the middle of the book concerning the number of verses. chronicles of king David.

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:27:30 @ And ouer the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and ouer the asses was Iehdeiah the Meronothite:

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:28:2 @ Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of (note:)Where the ark would stay and no longer move to and fro.(:note) rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

geneva@1Chronicles:28:3 @ But God sayde vnto me, Thou shalt not buylde an house for my Name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed blood.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:4 @ Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of (note:)According to the prophecy of Jacob, (Gen_49:8).(:note) Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:28:5 @ So of all my sonnes (for the Lord hath giuen me many sonnes) he hath euen chosen Salomon my sonne to sit vpo the throne of the kingdome of the Lord ouer Israel.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:6 @ And he sayd vnto me, Salomon thy sonne, he shall build mine house and my courtes: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:7 @ Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at (note:)If he continues to keep my law as he does now and doesn't depart from it.(:note) this day.

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:28:10 @ Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build (note:)Meaning, for his ark.(:note) an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and Put it in execution. do [it].

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:28:18 @ 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:28:19 @ All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing (note:)For all this was left in writing in the book of the Law, (Exo_25:40), which the king was bound to put in execution, (Deu_17:19).(:note) by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.

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:29:8 @ And they with whom [precious] stones were (note:)Meaning, they who had any.(:note) found gave [them] to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

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:29:12 @ Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:13 @ Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.

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:29:15 @ For we [are] (note:)Therefore we have this land loaned to us for a time.(:note) strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.

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:29:19 @ And giue vnto Salomon my sonne a perfit heart to keepe thy commaundements, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to doe all things, and to builde the house which I haue prepared.

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:29:22 @ And they did eate and drinke before the Lord the same day with great ioy, and they made Salomon the sonne of Dauid King the seconde time, and anoynted him prince before the Lord, and Zadok for the hie Priest.

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:29:24 @ And all the princes and men of power, and all the sonnes of King Dauid submitted them selues vnder King Salomon.

geneva@1Chronicles:29:25 @ And the Lord magnified Salomon in dignitie, in the sight of all Israel, and gaue him so glorious a kingdome, as no King had before him in Israel.

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:1:7 @ The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:8 @ And Salomon sayde vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to reigne in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:9 @ Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be (note:)Perform your promise made to my father concerning me.(:note) established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

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:1:12 @ 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:1:14 @ And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the (note:)Which were cities appointed to keep and maintain the chariots.(:note) chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:1:16 @ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: (note:)Read (1Ki_20:28).(:note) the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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:2:1 @ Then Salomon determined to builde an house for the Name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:2 @ And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and (note:)Which is to be understood of all sorts of officers and overseers: for else the chief officers were but 3300 as in (1Ki_5:16).(:note) six hundred to oversee them.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:3 @ And Salomon sent to Huram the king of Tyrus, saying, As thou hast done to Dauid my father, and didst sende him cedar trees to buylde him an house to dwell in, so do to me.

geneva@2Chronicles:2:4 @ Behold, I buylde an house vnto the Name of the Lord my God, to sanctifie it vnto him, and to burne sweete incense before him, and for the continuall shewbread, and for the burnt offrings of the morning and euening, on the Sabbath dayes, and in the new moneths, & in the solemne feastes of the Lorde our God: this is a perpetuall thing for Israel.

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:2:14 @ 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:3:3 @ Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first (note:)According to the whole length of the temple,(:note) measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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:3:5 @ And the greater house he sieled with firre tree which he ouerlayd with good golde, & graued thereon palme trees and chaines.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:6 @ And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of (note:)Some think it is Peru.(:note) Parvaim.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:7 @ The house, I say, the beames, postes, and walles thereof & the doores thereof ouerlayde he with gold, & graued Cherubims vpon the walles.

geneva@2Chronicles:3:16 @ And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an (note:)For every pillar a hundred, read (1Ki_7:20).(:note) hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:3 @ And under (note:)Meaning, under the brim of the sea, (1Ki_7:24).(:note) it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: In the length of every cubit were ten heads or knops which in all are 300. ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast.

geneva@2Chronicles:4:5 @ And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held (note:)In the first book of the kings, (1Ki_7:26), mention is only made of 2000, but the lesser number was taken there, and here according as the measures proved afterwards, is declared.(:note) three thousand baths.

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: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:5:4 @ And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Leuites tooke vp the Arke.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:10 @ [There was] nothing in the ark save (note:)For Aaron's rod and manna were taken from there before it was brought to this place.(:note) the two tables which Moses put [therein] at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:5:11 @ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place]: (for all the priests [that were] present were (note:)Were prepared to serve the Lord.(:note) sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait by course:

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: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:6:7 @ And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to builde an house vnto the Name of the Lord God of 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:6:9 @ Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house, but thy sonne which shall come out of thy loynes, he shall buylde an house vnto my Name.

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:6:14 @ 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:6:16 @ 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:6:20 @ 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:6:21 @ Heare thou therefore the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, which they pray in this place: and heare thou in the place of thine habitation, euen in heauen, and when thou hearest, be mercifull.

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:6:24 @ And when thy people Israel shalbe ouerthrowen before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee, and turne againe, and confesse thy Name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:25 @ Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the sinne of thy people Israel, and bring them againe vnto the land which thou gauest to them and to their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:26 @ When heauen shall be shut vp, and there shalbe no rayne, because they haue sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them,

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:6:32 @ 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:6:38 @ If they turne againe to thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the land of their captiuitie, whither they haue caryed them captiues, and pray toward their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, & toward the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I haue built for thy Name,

geneva@2Chronicles:6:39 @ Then heare thou in heauen, in the place of thine habitation their prayer and their supplication, and iudge their cause, and be mercifull vnto thy people, which haue sinned against thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:6:42 @ O LORD God, turn not away the face of (note:)Hear my prayer, I who am your anointed king.(:note) thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

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:7:3 @ And when all the children of Israel saw the fire, and the glory of the Lord come downe vpon the house, they bowed themselues with their faces to the earth vpon the pauement, and worshipped and praysed the Lord, saying, For he is good, because his mercy lasteth for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:6 @ And the Priests waited on their offices, and the Leuites with the instruments of musicke of the Lorde, which King Dauid had made to praise the Lord, Because his mercy lasteth for euer: whe Dauid praysed God by them, the Priestes also blewe trumpets ouer against them: and all they of Israel stoode by.

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:7:8 @ Also at the same time Solomon kept (note:)The feast of the tabernacles which was kept in the seventh month.(:note) the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

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:7:14 @ 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:7:18 @ Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdome, according as I made the couenant with Dauid thy father, saying, Thou shalt not want a man to be ruler in Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:7:19 @ But if ye turne away, and forsake my statutes and my commandements which I haue set before you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and worshippe them,

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:8:3 @ And Salomon went to Hamath Zobah, and ouercame it.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:4 @ And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the (note:)Meaning of munitions and treasures for the war.(:note) store cities, which he built in Hamath.

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:8:8 @ But of their children which were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel had not consumed, euen them did Salomon make tributaries vntill this day.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:9 @ But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no seruantes for his worke: for they were men of warre, and his chiefe princes, and the captaines of his charets and of his horsemen.

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:8:13 @ Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, (note:)Read (Leviticus. strkjv@23:1-44).(:note) three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:14 @ And he set the courses of the Priestes to their offices, according to the order of Dauid his father, and the Leuites in their watches, for to praise and minister before the Priestes euery day, and the porters by their courses, at euery gate: for so was the commandement of Dauid the man of God.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:15 @ And they declined not from the commandement of the King, concerning the Priests and the Leuites, touching al things, and touching the treasures.

geneva@2Chronicles:8:17 @ Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the (note:)Meaning, the Red Sea.(:note) sea side in the land of Edom.

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:9:3 @ Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt,

geneva@2Chronicles:9:4 @ And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the order of his wayters, and their apparel, and his butlers, and their apparel, & his burnt offrings which he offred in the house of the Lorde, and she was greatly astonied.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:5 @ And she saide to the King, It was a true worde which I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome:

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:9:7 @ Happie are thy men, and happie are these thy seruants, which stande before thee alway, and heare thy wisedome.

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:9:11 @ And the king made [of] the algum trees (note:)Or pillars: meaning the garnishing and trimming of the stairs or pillars.(:note) terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

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:9:15 @ And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: (note:)Which amounts to 2400 crowns of the sun.(:note)Or pounds, called mina, of which every one seemed to make a hundred shekels. six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:18 @ And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] (note:)That is, the steps and the footstool were fastened to the throne.(:note) fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the Upon the pommels or knops. stays:

geneva@2Chronicles:9:19 @ And twelue lyons stoode there on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:20 @ And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold: for siluer was nothing esteemed in ye dayes of Salomo.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:21 @ For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of (note:)Which is thought by the best writers to be Cilicia, (1Ki_10:22).(:note) Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:22 @ So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

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:9:24 @ And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, armour, and sweet odours, horses, and mules, from yeere to yeere.

geneva@2Chronicles:9:25 @ And Solomon had (note:)That is, ten horses in every stable, which in all amounts to 40,000 as in (1Ki_4:26).(:note) four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:1 @ And Rehoboam (note:)After the death of Solomon.(:note) went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:3 @ And they sent and called him: so came Ieroboam and all Israel, and communed with Rehoboam, saying,

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:10:5 @ And he sayde to them, Depart yet three dayes, then come againe vnto me; the people departed.

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:10:12 @ Then Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the King had appointed saying, Come againe to me the third day.

geneva@2Chronicles:10:13 @ And the King answered them sharply: and King Rehoboam left the counsel of the ancient men,

geneva@2Chronicles:10:14 @ And spake to them after ye counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, but I wil incease it: my father chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

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: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:11:2 @ But the worde of the Lorde came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:11:4 @ Thus sayth the Lorde, Ye shall not goe vp, nor fight against your brethren: returne euery man to his house: for this thing is done of me. They obeyed therfore the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Ieroboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:14 @ For the Leuites left their suburbes & their possession, and came to Iudah and to Ierusalem: for Ieroboam and his sonnes had cast them out from ministring in the Priestes office vnto the Lorde.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:15 @ And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the (note:)Meaning idols, (Isa_44:15).(:note) devils, and for the calves which he had made.

geneva@2Chronicles:11:16 @ And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their (note:)Who were zealous of true religion and feared God.(:note) hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

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:12:2 @ Therefore in the fift yeere of King Rehoboam, Shishak the King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem (because they had transgressed against the Lorde)

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:12:4 @ And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem.

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:12:9 @ Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all, and hee caried away the shields of golde, which Salomon had made.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:11 @ And when the King entred into the house of the Lorde, the garde came and bare them and brought them againe vnto the garde chamber.

geneva@2Chronicles:12:13 @ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned (note:)That is, twelve years after he had been overcome by Shishak, (2Ch_12:2).(:note) seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:1 @ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over (note:)He means Judah and Benjamin.(:note) Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:2 @ He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] (note:)Or Maacah, (1Ki_15:2).(:note) Michaiah the daughter of Called also Absalom, for Absalom was her grandfather, (1Ki_15:2). Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:3 @ And Abiiah set the battel in aray with the armie of valiant men of warre, euen foure hundreth thousand chosen men. Ieroboam also set the battell in aray against him with eight hundreth thousande chosen men which were strong and valiant.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:4 @ And Abijah stood up upon mount (note:)Which was one of the peaks of mount Ephraim.(:note) Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

geneva@2Chronicles:13:7 @ And there are gathered unto him (note:)This word in the Chaldee tongue is Racha, which our saviour uses, (Mat_5:22).(:note) vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was Meaning, in heart and courage. young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

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:13:13 @ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment (note:)Contemning the good counsel which came from the Spirit of God, he thought to have overcome by deceit.(:note) to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind them.

geneva@2Chronicles:13:15 @ And the men of Iudah gaue a shoute: and euen as the men of Iudah shouted, God smote Ieroboam and also Israel before Abiiah and Iudah.

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:14:4 @ And commanded Iudah to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, and to doe according to the Lawe and the comandement.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:7 @ Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet (note:)While we have the full government of it.(:note) before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

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:14:9 @ And there came out against them Zerah the (note:)The king of Ethiopia, or Egypt.(:note) Ethiopian with an host of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Which was a city in Judah, (Jos_15:44) where Michaiah the prophet was born. Mareshah.

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:14:14 @ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the (note:)The Lord had stricken them with fear.(:note) fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

geneva@2Chronicles:14:15 @ Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:1 @ And the Spirit of God came upon (note:)Who was called Obed as his father was, (2Ch_15:8).(:note) Azariah the son of Oded:

geneva@2Chronicles:15:2 @ And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lorde is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

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:15:9 @ 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:15:11 @ And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the (note:)Which they had taken of the Ethiopians.(:note) spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

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: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:16:3 @ [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:16:8 @ The Ethiopians and the Lubims, were they not a great hoste with charets & horsemen, exceeding many? Yet because thou diddest rest vpon the Lord, he deliuered them into thine had.

geneva@2Chronicles:16:10 @ Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] (note:)Thus instead of turning to God in repentance, he disdained the admonition of the prophet, and punished him, as the wicked do when they are told of their faults.(:note) in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.

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:17:3 @ And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the (note:)That is, his virtues meaning before he had committed with Bathsheba, and against Uriah.(:note) first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Did not seek help from strange Gods. Baalim;

geneva@2Chronicles:17:4 @ But sought the Lorde God of his father, and walked in his commandements, and not after the trade of Israel.

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:17:7 @ Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to (note:)He knew it was in vain to profess religion, unless such were appointed who could instruct the people in the same, and had authority to put away all idolatry.(:note) teach in the cities of Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:11 @ Also some of the Philistims brought Iehoshaphat giftes and tribute siluer, and the Arabians brought him flockes, seuen thousande and seuen hundreth rammes, and seuen thousande and seuen hundreth hee goates.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:13 @ And he had great workes in the cities of Iudah, and men of warre, and valiant men in Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:14 @ And these are the nombers of them after the house of their fathers, In Iudah were captaines of thousands, Adnah the captaine, & with him of valiant men three hundreth thousande.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:16 @ And next him [was] Amasiah the son of Zichri, (note:)Meaning, who was a Nazarite.(:note) who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:17 @ And of Beniamin, Eliada a valiant man, and with him armed men with bowe and shielde two hundreth thousand.

geneva@2Chronicles:17:18 @ And at his hand Iehozabad, and with him an hundreth and fourescore thousand armed to the warre.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:3 @ And Ahab King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, Wilt thou goe with mee to Ramoth Gilead? And hee answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and wee will ioyne with thee in the warre.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:4 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the (note:)Hear the advise of some prophet to know whether it is God's will.(:note) word of the LORD to day.

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:18:7 @ 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:18:10 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him (note:)Read (1Ki_22:11).(:note) horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

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:18:14 @ And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, (note:)He spoke this in derision of the false prophets as the king well knew.(:note) Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

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:18:17 @ 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:18:18 @ Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the (note:)Meaning his angels.(:note) host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:20 @ Then there came forth a spirit and stoode before the Lord, and said, I will perswade him; the Lord said vnto him, Wherein?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:23 @ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the (note:)By this cruelty his ambition and hypocrisy was discovered; thus the hypocrites boast of the Spirit which they do not have, and declare their malice against them on whom the true Spirit is.(:note) cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

geneva@2Chronicles:18:27 @ And Michaiah said, If thou returne in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me; he saide, Heare, all ye people.

geneva@2Chronicles:18:29 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will (note:)Thus the wicked think by their own subtilty to escape God's judgments which he threatens by his word.(:note) disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

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:18:33 @ Then a certaine man drewe a bowe mightily, and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioyntes of his brigandine: Therefore he saide to his charetman, Turne thine hand, and carie mee out of the host: for I am hurt.

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:19:6 @ And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] (note:)Both to preserve you if you do justly or to punish you, if you do the contrary.(:note) with you in the judgment.

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:19:8 @ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they (note:)The priests and Levites who should judge matters according to the word of the Lord.(:note) returned to Jerusalem.

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: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:20:3 @ And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself (note:)This declares what the fear of the godly is, which is the prick to stir them to prayer and to depend on the Lord, while it moves the wicked either to seek after worldly means and policies or else to fall into despair.(:note) to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:4 @ And Iudah gathered them selues together to aske counsel of the Lord: they came euen out of all the cities of Iudah to inquire of the Lord,

geneva@2Chronicles:20:6 @ And saide, O Lorde God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? And reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? And in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:7 @ [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and (note:)He grounds his prayer on God's power, by which he is able to help and also on his mercy, which he will continue toward his, as he has once chosen them and began to show his graces toward them.(:note) gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

geneva@2Chronicles:20:8 @ And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,

geneva@2Chronicles:20:9 @ If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the (note:)Meaning war which comes by God's just judgments for our sins.(:note) sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name That is, it is here called on and you declared your presence and favour. [is] in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:10 @ And now beholde, the children of Ammon and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou wouldest not let Israel goe, when they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:

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:20:14 @ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came (note:)Who was moved by the Spirit of God to prophecy.(:note) the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

geneva@2Chronicles:20:16 @ To morowe goe yee downe against them: beholde, they come vp by the cleft of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at the ende of the brooke before the wildernesse of Ieruel.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:20 @ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his (note:)Give credit to their words and doctrine.(:note) prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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:20:22 @ And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and (note:)Meaning, the Idumeans who dwelt in mount Seir.(:note) mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:24 @ And when Iudah came towarde Mizpah in the wildernes, they looked vnto the multitude: & behold, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:25 @ And when Iehoshaphat & his people came to take away the spoyle of them, they founde among them in abundance both of substance and also of bodies laden with precious iewels, which they tooke for themselues, till they could cary no more: they were three dayes in gathering of the spoyle: for it was much.

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:20:28 @ And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:31 @ And Iehoshaphat reigned ouer Iudah, and was fiue and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne: and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:32 @ And he walked in the way of (note:)Meaning, in his virtues, and those ways in which he followed God.(:note) Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:20:34 @ Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat first and last, beholde, they are written in the booke of Iehu the sonne of Hanani, which is mentioned in the booke of the kings 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:21:2 @ And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these [were] the sons of Jehoshaphat king of (note:)Read (2Ch_15:17) how by Israel he meant Judah.(:note) Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:3 @ And their father gaue them great giftes of siluer and of golde, and of precious things, with strong cities in Iudah, but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram: for he was the eldest.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:4 @ Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and (note:)Because the wicked always live in fear, and also are ambitious, they become cruel and spare not to murder them, whom by nature they ought most to cherish and defend.(:note) slew all his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Meaning, of Judah and Benjamin. Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:10 @ So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time [also] did (note:)Read (2Ki_8:22).(:note) Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:21:11 @ Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit (note:)Meaning, idolatry because the idolater breaks promise with God as the adulteress does to her husband.(:note) fornication, and compelled Judah [thereto].

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:21:15 @ And thou [shalt have] great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until (note:)We see this example daily practised on them who fall away from God, and become idolaters and murderers of their brethren.(:note) thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

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:21:19 @ And in processe of time, euen after the end of two yeeres, his guttes fell out with his disease: so he dyed of sore diseases: & his people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.

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:22:7 @ 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:22:12 @ And he was with them hid in the (note:)Meaning, in the chamber where the priests and Levites slept, who kept their courses weekly in the temple.(:note) house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the That is, of Judah. land.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:2 @ And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the (note:)Meaning of Judah and Benjamin. To see why they are called Israel, {{See 2Ch_15:17}}(:note) chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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:23:7 @ And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever [else] cometh (note:)Meaning to make any tumult, or to hinder their enterprise.(:note) into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

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:23:10 @ And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the (note:)Meaning the most holy place where the ark stood.(:note) temple, by the king round about.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:11 @ Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and [gave him] the (note:)That is, the book of the law or as some read they put on him his royal apparel.(:note) testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:12 @ But when Athaliah heard the noyse of the people running & praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:13 @ And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, (note:)Declaring her vile impudency who having unjustly and by murder usurped the crown would still have defeated the true possessor and therefore called true obedience treason.(:note) Treason, Treason.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:15 @ So they layde hands on her: and when she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, they slew her there.

geneva@2Chronicles:23:18 @ And Iehoiada appointed officers for the house of the Lorde, vnder the handes of the Priestes and Leuites, whome Dauid had distributed for the house of the Lorde, to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with reioycing and singing by the appoyntment of Dauid.

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:24:1 @ Ioash was seuen yere olde, when he began to reigne, & he reigned fourty yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:4 @ And afterward it came into Ioash mind, to renew the house of the Lord.

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:24:6 @ And the king called for Jehoiada the (note:)For he was the high priest.(:note) chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

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:24:13 @ So the workemen wrought, and the worke amended through their hands: & they restored the house of God to his state, & strengthened it.

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:24:18 @ And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: & wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse.

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:24:21 @ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the (note:)There is no rage so cruel and beastly as of them whose hearts God has hardened, and who delight more in superstition and idolatry than in the true service of God and pure simplicity of his word.(:note) commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

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:24:23 @ And when the yeere was out, the host of Aram came vp against him, and they came against Iudah and Ierusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the King of Damascus.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:24 @ For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they (note:)That is, reproved and checked him, and handled him rigorously.(:note) executed judgment against Joash.

geneva@2Chronicles:24:25 @ And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the (note:)Meaning Zachariah, who was one of Jehoiada's sons and a prophet of the Lord.(:note) sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:1 @ Amaziah was fiue and twentie yere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iehoaddan, of Ierusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:2 @ And he did [that which was] (note:)Meaning, in respect to his predecessors, though he had his imperfections.(:note) right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

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:25:4 @ But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the (note:)That is, for the fault the child is punished for unless he is guilty of the same.(:note) children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

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:25:6 @ He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour (note:)That is, out of the ten tribes who had separated themselves before both from God and their true king.(:note) out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:7 @ But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not (note:)Therefore to think to have help from them, whom the Lord does not favour, is to cast off the help of the Lord.(:note) with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim.

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:25:11 @ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of (note:)For the Idumeans whom David had brought to subjection rebelled under Jehoram Jehoshaphat's son.(:note) Seir ten thousand.

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:25:16 @ 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:25:19 @ 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:25:21 @ So Ioash the King of Israel went vp: and he, and Amaziah King of Iudah saw one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which is in Iudah.

geneva@2Chronicles:25:23 @ But Ioash the King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Ioash, the sonne of Iehoahaz in Bethshemesh, and brought him to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, from the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

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:26:3 @ Sixteene yeere olde was Vzziah, when he began to reigne, & he reigned two and fiftie yere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iecoliah of Ierusalem.

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:26:8 @ And the Ammonites gave (note:)That is, they paid tribute in a sign of subjection.(:note) gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:10 @ Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in (note:)That is, in mount Carmel, or as the word signifies in the fruitful field, it is also taken for a green ear of corn when it is full, (Lev_2:14).(:note) Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

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:26:12 @ The whole (note:)Of the chief officers of the king's house, or of the captains and sergeants for war.(:note) number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:14 @ And Vzziah prepared them throughout all the hoste, shieldes, and speares, and helmets, and brigandines, and bowes, and stones to sling.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:15 @ He made also very artificial engins in Ierusalem, to be vpon the towres and vpon the corners, to shoote arrowes and great stones: and his name spred farre abroade, because God did helpe him marueilously, till he was mightie.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:16 @ But when he was strong, his heart (note:)Thus prosperity causes men to trust in themselves and by forgetting him who is the author of it, procure their own punishment.(:note) was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:17 @ And Azariah the Priest went in after him, and with him foure score Priests of the Lord, valiant men.

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:26:21 @ And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a (note:)According to the commandment of the Lord, (Lev_13:46).(:note) several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

geneva@2Chronicles:26:23 @ So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He (note:)Therefore was buried apart in the same field but not in the same sepulchre with his predecessors.(:note) [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:1 @ Iotham was fiue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Ierushah the daughter of Zadok.

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:27:3 @ He built the high (note:)Which was 60 cubits high and was for the height called Ophel: it was at the east gate and mention is made of it in (2Ch_3:4).(:note) gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

geneva@2Chronicles:27:5 @ And he fought with the King of the children of Ammon, & preuailed against them; the children of Ammon gaue him the same yere an hundreth talents of siluer, and ten thousande measures of wheate, & ten thousand of barley: this did the children of Ammon giue him both in the second yeere and the third.

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:28:6 @ For (note:)Who was king of Israel.(:note) Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:8 @ And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren (note:)Thus by the just judgment of God, Israel destroyed Judah.(:note) two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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:28:11 @ Nowe therefore heare me, and deliuer the captiues againe, which ye haue taken prisoners of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is toward you.

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:28:17 @ (For the Edomites came moreouer, & slew of Iudah, and caryed away captiues.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:18 @ The Philistims also inuaded the cities in the low countrey, & toward the South of Iudah, and tooke Bethshemesh, and Aialon, and Gederoth and Shocho, with the villages thereof, and Timnah, with her villages, and Gimzo, with her villages, and they dwelt there.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:19 @ For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of (note:)He means Judah, because Ahaz forsook the Lord and sought help from the infidels. {{See 2Ch_15:17}} for when Judah was called Israel.(:note) Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:20 @ And Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur came vnto him, who troubled him and did not strengthen him.

geneva@2Chronicles:28:22 @ And in ye time of his tribulation did he yet trespasse more against ye Lord, (this is King Ahaz)

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:29:1 @ Hezekiah began to reigne, when he was fiue and twentie yeere olde, and reigned nine and twentie yeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Abiiah the daughter of Zechariah.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:5 @ And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth (note:)Meaning, all the idols, altar groves and whatever was occupied in their service and with which the temple was polluted.(:note) the filthiness out of the holy [place].

geneva@2Chronicles:29:9 @ For lo, our fathers are fallen by the sword, and our sonnes, and our daughters, and our wiues are in captiuitie for the same cause.

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:29:12 @ Then the Leuites arose, Mahath ye sonne of Amashai, and Ioel the sonne of Azariah of the sonnes of the Kohathites: & of the sonnes of Merari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, & Azariah the sonne of Iehalelel: and of the Gershonites, Ioah the sonne of Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of Ioah:

geneva@2Chronicles:29:14 @ And of the sonnes of Heman, Iehiel, and Shimei: and of the sonnes of Ieduthun, Shemaiah and Vzziel.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:15 @ And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselues and came according to the commaundement of the King, & by the words of the Lord, for to clense the house of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:17 @ Now they began on the first [day] of the (note:)Which contained part of March and part of April.(:note) first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:20 @ Then Hezekiah the king (note:)By this manner of speech the Hebrews mean a certain diligence and speed to do a thing: and when there is no delay.(:note) rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:21 @ And they brought seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and seuen lambes, and seuen hee goates, for a sinne offring for the kingdome, & for the sanctuarie, and for Iudah; he commanded the Priests the sonnes of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:25 @ And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the (note:)This thing was not appointed by man, but it was the commandment of God.(:note) commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:26 @ And the Leuites stood with the instrumets of Dauid, and the Priests with the trumpets.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:27 @ And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the (note:)The psalm which David had appointed to be sung for thanksgiving.(:note) LORD began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments [ordained] Which David had appointed to praise the Lord with. by David king of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:29:30 @ Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the (note:)With the psalm mentioned in (1Ch_16:8).(:note) words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads 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:29:32 @ And the nomber of the burnt offrings, which the Congregation brought, was seuentie bullockes, an hundreth rammes, and two hundreth lambes: all these were for a burnt offring to the Lord:

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: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:30:3 @ For they could not keepe it at this time, because there were not Priests enow sanctified, neither was the people gathered to Ierusalem.

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:30:9 @ 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:30:11 @ Neuerthelesse diuers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of Zebulun submitted themselues, and came to Ierusalem.

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:30:15 @ Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were (note:)Seeing their own negligence (who should have been most prompt) and the readiness of the people, (2Ch_29:36).(:note) ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

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:30:25 @ 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:30:26 @ So there was great ioye in Ierusalem: for since the time of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel there was not the like thing in Ierusalem.

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:31:5 @ And when the commaundement was spread, the children of Israel brought abundance of first fruites, of corne, wine, and oyle, and honie, and of all the increase of the fielde, and the tithes of all things brought they abundantly.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:8 @ And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they (note:)They praised the Lord and prayed for all prosperity to his people.(:note) blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:12 @ And caryed in the first fruites, and the tithes, and the dedicate things faithfully: and ouer them was Conaniah the Leuite, the chiefe, and Shimei his brother the seconde.

geneva@2Chronicles:31:13 @ And Iehiel, and Azariah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Ierimoth, and Iozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah were ouerseers by the appointment of Conaniah, & Shimei his brother, and by the commandement of Hezekiah the King, and of Azariah the chiefe of the house of God.

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:32:1 @ After these things faithfully described, Saneherib King of Asshur came and entred into Iudah, and besieged the strong cities, & thought to winne them for him selfe.

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:32:8 @ 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:32:12 @ 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:32:15 @ Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of (note:)When man has prosperity, he swells in pride, and thinks himself able to resist and overcome even God himself.(:note) mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God 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:32:21 @ 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:32:26 @ 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:32:30 @ This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of (note:)Which also was called Shiloh, of which mention is made in (Isa_8:6; Joh_9:7).(:note) Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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:33:4 @ Also he built altars in the house of the Lorde, whereof the Lorde had saide, In Ierusalem shall my Name be for euer.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:7 @ He put also the carued image, which he had made, in the house of God: whereof God had said to Dauid and to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer,

geneva@2Chronicles:33:9 @ So Manasseh made Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem to erre, and to doe worse then the heathen, whome the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

geneva@2Chronicles:33:10 @ And the LORD spake (note:)Meaning by his prophets, but their hearts were not touched to believe and repent, without which the preaching of the word has no effect.(:note) to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

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:34:6 @ And in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, euen vnto Naphtali, with their maules they brake all round about.

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:34:17 @ 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:34:18 @ Also Shaphan ye chanceler declared to the King, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath giuen mee a booke, and Shaphan read it before the King.

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:34:25 @ 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:34:26 @ But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, The words which thou hast heard, shal come to passe.

geneva@2Chronicles:34:27 @ Because thine heart was (note:)This declares the end of God's threatenings, to call his to repentance, and to assure the unrepentant of their destruction.(:note) tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.

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:35:1 @ Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the (note:)The scripture in various places calls the lamb the «passover» even though it is only the sign of the passover for in all sacraments the signs have the names of the things signified.(:note) passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:10 @ Thus the seruice was prepared, and the Priests stoode in their places, also the Leuites in their orders, according to the Kings commandement:

geneva@2Chronicles:35:11 @ And they killed the passover, and the priests (note:)Meaning, of the lamb, which was called the passover, for only the priests could sprinkle, and in necessity the Levites could kill the sacrifice.(:note) sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them].

geneva@2Chronicles:35:13 @ And they rosted the Passeouer with fire, according to ye custome, but the sanctified things they sod in pots, pannes, and cauldrons, and distributed them quickely to all the people.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:15 @ And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's (note:)Meaning, by this his prophet, because he appointed the psalms and prophecies which were to be sung.(:note) seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:16 @ So all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keepe the Passeouer, and to offer burnt offerings vpon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandement of King Iosiah.

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:35:20 @ After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against (note:)Which was a city of the Assyrians and Josiah fearing lest in passing through Judah he would have taken his kingdom, made war against him and did not consult the Lord.(:note) Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

geneva@2Chronicles:35:21 @ But he sent messengers to him, saying, What haue I to doe with thee, thou King of Iudah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house of mine enemie, and God commanded me to make haste: leaue of to come against God, which is with me, least he destroy thee.

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:35:23 @ And the shooters shot at king Iosiah: then the King saide to his seruants, Cary me away, for I am very sicke.

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:35:25 @ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they [are] written in the (note:)Which some think Jeremiah wrote, in which he laments the state of the church after this king's death.(:note) lamentations.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:2 @ Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three (note:)Three months after the death of Josiah, Necho came to Jerusalem, and so the plagues began, which Huldah and the prophets forewarned would come on Jerusalem.(:note) months in Jerusalem.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:4 @ And the King of Egypt made Eliakim his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem, and turned his name to Iehoiakim: and Necho tooke Iehoahaz his brother, and caryed him to Egypt.

geneva@2Chronicles:36:6 @ Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and bounde him with chaines to cary him to Babel.

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:36:12 @ And he did euill in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himselfe before Ieremiah the Prophet at the commandement of the Lorde,

geneva@2Chronicles:36:15 @ And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, (note:)By this phrase the scripture means often and diligently as in (Jer_11:7, Jer_25:3, Jer_26:5, Jer_32:33).(:note) rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

geneva@2Chronicles:36:16 @ But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no (note:)Till God could no longer allow their sins, but must punish them.(:note) remedy.

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:36:23 @ 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:1:2 @ Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me (note:)For he was chief monarch and had many nations under his dominion, which this heathen king confesses to have received from the living God.(:note) all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.

geneva@Ezra:1:3 @ Who is he among you of all his people with whome his God is? let him goe vp to Ierusalem which is in Iudah, and buylde the house of the Lorde God of Israel: he is the God, which is in Ierusalem.

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: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:2:2 @ Which came with (note:)Zerubbabel was chief captain and Joshua the high priest: but Nehemiah a man of great authority did not come now, but came after 64 years.(:note) Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, This was not the Mordecai who was Esther's kinsman. Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number Meaning, of the common people. of the men of the people of Israel:

geneva@Ezra:2:22 @ The men of Netophah, sixe and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:23 @ The men of Anothoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:27 @ The men of Michmas, an hundreth & two and twentie:

geneva@Ezra:2:36 @ The (note:)Before he has declared the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and now comes to the tribe of Levi and begins at the priests.(:note) priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

geneva@Ezra:2:37 @ The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie:

geneva@Ezra:2:43 @ The (note:)So called because they were given to the temple, to cut wood and bear water for the use of the sacrifices and came of the Gibeonites who were appointed to this use by Joshua, (Jos_9:23).(:note) Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

geneva@Ezra:2:50 @ The sonnes of Asnah, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephusim,

geneva@Ezra:2:52 @ The sonnes of Bazluth, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha,

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:2:59 @ And these went vp from Telmelah, and from Telharsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not discerne their fathers house and their seede, whether they were of Israel.

geneva@Ezra:2:61 @ And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of (note:)He is mentioned in (2Sa_17:27, 2Sa_19:31) and because the priest's office was held in contempt these would have changed their estate by their name, and so by God's just judgment lost both the estimation of the world and the dignity of their office.(:note) Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

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:2:65 @ Beside their seruants and their maydes: of whome were seuen thousande, three hundreth & seuen and thirtie: and among them were two hundreth singing men and singing women.

geneva@Ezra:2:67 @ Their camels foure hundreth, and fiue and thirtie: their asses, sixe thousand, seuen hundreth and twentie.

geneva@Ezra:2:68 @ And certeine of the chiefe fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalem, they offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundation.

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:3:1 @ And when the (note:)Called Tishri which had part of September and part of October.(:note) seventh month was come, and the children of Israel [were] in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

geneva@Ezra:3:2 @ Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the (note:)Meaning nephew, for he was the son of Pedaiah, (1Ch_3:19).(:note) son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as [it is] written in the law of Moses the man of God.

geneva@Ezra:3:4 @ They kept also the feast of the Tabernacles, as it is written, and the burnt offring dayly, by nomber according to the custome day by day,

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:3:9 @ Then stood Jeshua (note:)They gave them exhortations and encouraged every man forward in the work.(:note) [with] his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, [with] their sons and their brethren the Levites.

geneva@Ezra:3:11 @ Thus they sang when they gaue prayse, and when they gaue thankes vnto the Lorde, For he is good, for his mercie endureth for euer toward Israel; all the people shouted with a great shoute, when they praysed the Lorde, because the foundation of the house of the Lorde was layed.

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: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:4:2 @ And they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefe fathers, and sayd vnto them, We wil builde with you: for we seeke the Lord your God as ye do, and we haue sacrificed vnto him since the time of Esar Haddon king of Asshur, which brought vs vp hither.

geneva@Ezra:4:6 @ And in the reign of (note:)He was also called Artaxerxes which is a Persian name, some think it was Cambises Cyrus' son, or Darius, as in (Ezr_4:5).(:note) Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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:4:14 @ Nowe therefore because wee haue bene brought vp in the Kings palace, it was not meete for vs to see the Kings dishonour: for this cause haue we sent and certified the King,

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:4:18 @ The letter which yee sent vnto vs, hath bene openly read before me,

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:4:20 @ There haue bene mightie kings also ouer Ierusalem, which haue ruled ouer all beyonde the Riuer, and tolle, tribute, and custome was giuen vnto them.

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: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:5:3 @ At the same time came to them Tatnai, which was captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and their companions, and sayd thus vnto them, Who hath giuen you commaundement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundations of these walles?

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:5:8 @ 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:5:9 @ Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?

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:5:13 @ But in the (note:)Read (Ezr_1:1,2).(:note) first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

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:5:16 @ 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:6:1 @ Then King Darius gaue commandement, & they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layd vp in Babel.

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:6:5 @ And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and (note:)Meaning Zerubbabel to whom he gives charge.(:note) brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.

geneva@Ezra:6:6 @ Now [therefore], Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which [are] beyond the river, be ye far (note:)Meddle not with them neither hinder them.(:note) from thence:

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:6:12 @ 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:6:14 @ 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:6:21 @ And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had (note:)Who were of the heathen and forsook their idolatry to worship the true God.(:note) separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

geneva@Ezra:6:22 @ And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of (note:)Meaning Darius who was king of the Medes, Persians and Assyrians.(:note) Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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:7:3 @ The sonne of Amariah, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Meraioth,

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:7:8 @ And he came to Jerusalem in the (note:)That contained part of July and part of August.(:note) fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year Of king Darius. of the king.

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:7:10 @ For Ezra had prepared his heart to seeke the Lawe of the Lord, and to doe it, and to teach the precepts and iudgements in Israel.

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:7:17 @ 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:7:20 @ 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:7:22 @ Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred (note:)Read (1Ki_7:26; 2Ch_2:10).(:note) baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].

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:7:26 @ And whosoeuer will not doe the Lawe of thy God, and the Kings lawe, let him haue iudgement without delay, whether it be vnto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

geneva@Ezra:7:28 @ And hath enclined mercy toward me, before the King and his counsellers, and before all the Kings mightie Princes: and I was comforted by the hand of the Lord my God which was vpon me, and I gathered the chiefe of Israel to goe vp with me.

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:8:13 @ And of the (note:)That came to go with Ezra.(:note) last sons of Adonikam, whose names [are] these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

geneva@Ezra:8:16 @ Therefore sent I to Eliezer, to Ariel, to Shemeiah, and to Elnathan, and to Iarib, and to Elnathan, and to Nathan, and to Zechariah, and to Meshullam the chiefe, and to Ioiarib and to Elnathan, men of vnderstanding,

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:8:19 @ Also Hashabiah, and with him Ieshaiah of the sonnes of Merari, with his brethren, and their sonnes twentie.

geneva@Ezra:8:20 @ And of the Nethinims, whom Dauid had set, and the Princes for the seruice of the Leuites, two hundreth and twentie of the Nethinims, which all were named by name.

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:8:32 @ And we came to Ierusalem, & abode there three dayes.

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:8:34 @ By number and by weight of euery one, and all the weight was written at the same time.

geneva@Ezra:8:35 @ Also the children of the captiuitie, which were come out of captiuitie, offred burnt offrings vnto the God of Israel, twelue bullockes for all Israel, ninetie and sixe rammes, seuentie and seuen lambes, and twelue hee goates for sinne: all was a burnt offring of the Lord.

geneva@Ezra:9:1 @ Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not (note:)From the time they came home under Zerubbabel until the coming of Ezra, they had degenerated contrary to the law of God, and married where it was not lawful, (Deu_7:3).(:note) separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

geneva@Ezra:9:3 @ And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down (note:)As one doubting whether God would continue his benefits toward us, or else destroy what he had begun.(:note) astonied.

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:9:5 @ And at the euening sacrifice I arose vp fro mine heauinesse, and when I had rent my clothes and my garment, I fell vpon my knees, and spred out mine hands vnto the Lord my God,

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:9:9 @ For though we were bondmen, yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercy vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia, to giue vs life, & to erect the house of our God, & to redresse the places thereof, and to giue vs a wall in Iudah and in Ierusalem.

geneva@Ezra:9:10 @ And nowe, our God, what shal we say after this? for we haue forsaken thy commandements,

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:10:1 @ Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had (note:)He confessed his sins, and the sins of the people.(:note) confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

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:10:8 @ And whosoeuer woulde not come within three dayes according to the counsel of the Princes & Elders, all his substance should be forfait, & he should be separate from the Congregation of them of the captiuitie.

geneva@Ezra:10:9 @ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the (note:)Which contained part of November and part of December.(:note) ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, and for the great For the season was given to rain and so the weather was more sharp and cold and also their conscience touched them. rain.

geneva@Ezra:10:14 @ Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, (note:)Let them be appointed to examine this matter.(:note) and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

geneva@Ezra:10:15 @ Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asah-el, & Iahaziah the sonne of Tikuah ouer this matter, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Leuites helped them.

geneva@Ezra:10:16 @ And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, (note:)They went to the chief cities to sit on this matter which took three months to finish.(:note) were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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:10:20 @ And of the sonnes of Immer, Honani, and Zebadiah.

geneva@Ezra:10:23 @ And of the Leuites, Iozabad and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (which is Kelitah) Pethahiah, Iudah and Eliezer.

geneva@Ezra:10:25 @ Moreover of (note:)Meaning of the common people: for before he spoke of the priests and Levites.(:note) Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

geneva@Ezra:10:29 @ And of the sonnes of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, & Adaiah, Iashub, and Sheal, Ieramoth.

geneva@Ezra:10:31 @ And of the sonnes of Harim, Eliezer, Ishiiah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

geneva@Ezra:10:33 @ Of the sonnes of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Ieremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

geneva@Ezra:10:36 @ Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

geneva@Ezra:10:38 @ And Banni, and Bennui, Shimei,

geneva@Ezra:10:44 @ All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had (note:)Who also were made illegitimate because the marriage was unlawful.(:note) children.

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:1:7 @ We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.

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:1:10 @ Now these are thy seruants and thy people, whome thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy mightie hand.

geneva@Nehemiah:1:11 @ O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to (note:)That is, to worship you.(:note) fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of That is, the king Artaxerxes. this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:1 @ And it came to pass in the month (note:)Which was the first month of the year, and contains part of March and part of April.(:note) Nisan, in the twentieth year of Who is also called Darius, (Ezr_7:1) and was the son of Hystaspis. Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:2 @ And the king said vnto me, Why is thy coutenance sad, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing, but sorow of heart. Then was I sore afrayd,

geneva@Nehemiah:2:4 @ Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed (note:)I desired God in my heart to prosper my enterprise.(:note) to the God of heaven.

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:2:6 @ And the King sayd vnto me, (the Queene also sitting by him) How long shall thy iourney be? & when wilt thou come againe? So it pleased the King, and he sent me, and I set him a time.

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:2:9 @ Then came I to the captaines beyonde the Riuer, and gaue them the Kings letters; the King had sent captaines of the armie and horsemen with 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:2:11 @ So I came to Ierusalem, & was there three dayes.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:12 @ And I rose in the night, I, and a fewe men with me: for I told no man, what God had put in mine heart to do at Ierusalem, & there was not a beast with me, saue the beast whereon I rode.

geneva@Nehemiah:2:13 @ And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, & came before the draggon well, and to the dung porte, and vewed the walles of Ierusalem, howe they were broken downe, and the portes thereof deuoured with the fire.

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:2:20 @ Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor (note:)Neither are you of the number of the children of God (to whom he has appointed this city only) neither did any of your predecessors ever fear God.(:note) memorial, in Jerusalem.

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:3:2 @ And next vnto him buylded the men of Iericho, and beside him Zaccur the sonne of Imri.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:3 @ But the fish port did the sonnes of Senaah buylde, which also layde the beames thereof, and set on the doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:4 @ And next vnto them fortified Merimoth, the sonne of Vrijah, the sonne of Hakkoz: and next vnto them fortified Meshullam, the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Meshezabeel: and next vnto them fortified Zadok, the sonne of Baana:

geneva@Nehemiah:3:6 @ And the gate of the olde fishpoole fortified Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah, and Meshullam the sonne of Besodaiah: they laid the beames thereof, and set on the doores thereof, and the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:7 @ And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the (note:)To the place where the Duke was wont to sit in judgment, who governed the country in their absence.(:note) throne of the governor on this side the river.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:21 @ After him fortified Merimoth, the sonne of Vriiah, the sonne of Hakkoz, another portion from the doore of the house of Eliashib, euen as long as the house of Eliashib extended.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:22 @ And after him repaired the priests, the men of (note:)Who dwelt in the plain country by Jordan and Jericho.(:note) the plain.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:29 @ After them fortified Zadok the sonne of Immer ouer against his house: and after him fortified Shemaiah, the sonne of Shechadiah the keeper of the East gate.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:30 @ After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the (note:)Meaning the sixth of his sons.(:note) sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

geneva@Nehemiah:3:31 @ After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate (note:)Which was the place of judgment or execution.(:note) Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:8 @ And conspired all together to come & to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:9 @ The we prayed vnto our God, & set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:11 @ Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.

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:4:14 @ And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: (note:)Who is always on hand to deliver his out of danger: and therefore seeing they should fight for the maintenance of God's glory, and for the preservation of their own lives and of theirs, he encourages them to play the valiant men.(:note) remember the Lord, [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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:4:18 @ 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:4:20 @ In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, (note:)Meaning, to resist their enemies, if need be.(:note) resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

geneva@Nehemiah:4:21 @ So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.

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:4:23 @ So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off (note:)That is, when they purified themselves or else when they washed their clothes.(:note) for washing.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:5 @ Yet now our flesh [is] as (note:)By nature the rich are no better than the poor.(:note) the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power We are not able to redeem them, but out of poverty are forced to sell them to others. [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:7 @ Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye (note:)You press them with usury, and seek to bring all thing into your hands.(:note) exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great Both because they should be moved with pity seeing how many were oppressed by them, and also hear the judgment of others, who should be witnesses of their dealings with their brethren. assembly against them.

geneva@Nehemiah:5:8 @ And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be (note:)Seeing God has once delivered them from the bondage of the heathen, shall we make them our slaves?(:note) sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].

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:5:16 @ But rather I fortified a portio in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.

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:5:18 @ Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of (note:)While at other times they had by measure, at this time they had most liberally.(:note) all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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:6:4 @ Yet they sent vnto me foure times after this sort; I answered them after the same maner.

geneva@Nehemiah:6:5 @ Then sent Sanballat his seruant after this sorte vnto me the fift time, with an open letter in his hand,

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:6:9 @ For all they afrayed vs, saying, Their handes shalbe weakened from the worke, and it shall not be done: nowe therefore incourage thou me.

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:6:12 @ 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:6:17 @ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many (note:)Thus the Church of God always has enemies within itself, which is more dangerous than outward and professed enemies.(:note) letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.

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:6:19 @ Yea, they spake in his praise before me, & tolde him my wordes, and Tobiah sent letters to put me in feare.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:3 @ And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while (note:)That is, they who are mentioned, (Neh_7:2).(:note) they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:5 @ And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein,

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:7:7 @ Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, (note:)Azariah in Ezra is called Seraiah, and Raamiah Reelaiah (Ezr_2:2).(:note) Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people of Israel [was this];

geneva@Nehemiah:7:26 @ The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundreth foure score and eight.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:27 @ The men of Anathoth, an hundreth and eight and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:28 @ The me of Beth-azmaueth, two & fourty.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:29 @ The men of Kiriath-iearim, Chephirah & Beeroth, seuen hundreth, and three and fourtie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:30 @ The men of Ramah and Gaba, sixe hundreth and one and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:31 @ The men of Michmas, an hundreth and two and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:32 @ The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundreth & three and twentie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:33 @ The men (note:)For there were two cities with this name.(:note) of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:40 @ The sonnes of Immer, a thousand and two and fiftie.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:52 @ The sonnes of Besai, the sonnes of Meunim, the sonnes of Nephishesim,

geneva@Nehemiah:7:54 @ The sonnes of Bazlith, the sonnes of Mehida, the sonnes of Harsha,

geneva@Nehemiah:7:61 @ And these came vp from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, or if they were of Israel.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:63 @ And of the Priestes: the sonnes of Habaiah, the sonnes of Hakkoz, the sonnes of Barzillai, which tooke one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was named after their name.

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:7:67 @ Besides their seruantes and their maydes, which were seuen thousand, three hundreth and seuen and thirtie: and they had two hundreth and fiue and fourtie singing men and singing women.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:69 @ The camels foure hundreth and fiue and thirtie, and sixe thousande, seuen hundreth and twentie asses.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:70 @ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand (note:)Read (Ezr_2:69).(:note) drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:71 @ And some of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke, twentie thousand drams of golde, and two thousande and two hundreth pieces of siluer.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:72 @ And the rest of the people gaue twentie thousand drammes of golde, and two thousande pieces of siluer, and three score & seuen Priestes garments.

geneva@Nehemiah:7:73 @ So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the (note:)Which contained part of September and part of October.(:note) seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.

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:8:4 @ And Ezra the Scribe stoode vpon a pulpit of wood which he had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, & Ananiah, and Vriiah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hande, and on his left hand Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, & Hashum, & Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

geneva@Nehemiah:8:6 @ And Ezra praysed the Lorde the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: & they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde.

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:8:10 @ Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is (note:)That is, remember the poor.(:note) prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the Rejoice in the Lord, and he will give you strength. joy of the LORD is your strength.

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:9:1 @ Now in the twenty and fourth day of this (note:)Meaning, the seventh.(:note) month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:5 @ And the Leuites said, euen Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, Stande vp, and praise the Lorde your God for euer, and euer, and let them praise thy glorious Name, O God, which excelleth aboue all thankesgiuing and praise.

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:9:8 @ And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his seede the lande of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust.

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:9:13 @ Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances and good commandements,

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:9:19 @ Yet thou for thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wildernesse: the pillar of the cloude departed not from them by day to leade them the way, neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way whereby they should goe.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:22 @ Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst (note:)Meaning, the heathen whom he drove out.(:note) divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

geneva@Nehemiah:9:25 @ And they tooke their strong cities and the fat lande, and possessed houses, full of all goods, cisternes digged out, vineyardes, and oliues, and trees for foode in abundance, and they did eate, and were filled, and became fat, and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnesse.

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:9:31 @ Yet for thy great mercies thou hast not consumed them, neither forsaken them: for thou art a gracious and mercifull God.

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:9:34 @ Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst (note:)That you would destroy them, unless they would return to you, as in (Neh_9:26).(:note) testify against them.

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:9:38 @ And because of all this we make (note:)Thus by affliction they promise to keep God's commandments to which they could not be brought by God's great benefits.(:note) a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].

geneva@Nehemiah:10:5 @ Harim, Merimoth, Obadiah,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:7 @ Meshullam, Abiiah, Miamin,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:20 @ Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:21 @ Meshezabeel, Zadok, Iaddua,

geneva@Nehemiah:10:29 @ They (note:)They made the oath in the name of the whole multitude.(:note) clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a To which they gave themselves if they broke the law, (Deu_28:15). curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

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:10:34 @ We cast also lottes for the offering of the wood, euen the Priestes, the Leuites and the people to bring it into the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, yeerely at the times appointed, to burne it vpon the altar of the Lorde our God, as it is written in the Lawe,

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: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:11:4 @ And at Jerusalem dwelt [certain] of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of (note:)Which came from Perez the son of Judah.(:note) Perez;

geneva@Nehemiah:11:6 @ All the sonnes of Perez that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure hundreth, three score & eight valiant men.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:7 @ These also are the sonnes of Beniamin, Sallu, the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Ioed, the sonne of Pedaiah, the sonne of Kolaiah, the sonne of Maaseiah, the sonne of Ithiel, the sonne of Ieshaiah.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:11 @ Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, (note:)That is, was the high priest.(:note) [was] the ruler of the house of God.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:13 @ And his brethren, chiefe of the fathers, two hundreth and two and fourtie: and Amashsai the sonne of Azareel, the sonne of Ahazai, the sonne of Meshilemoth, the sonne of Immer:

geneva@Nehemiah:11:14 @ And their brethren valiant men, an hundreth and eight and twentie: & their ouerseer was Zabdiel the sonne of Hagedolim.

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:11:24 @ And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, (note:)Was chief about the king for all high affairs.(:note) [was] at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

geneva@Nehemiah:11:25 @ And in the villages in their landes, some of the children of Iudah dwelt in Kiriath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and in Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and in Iekabzeel. and in the villages thereof,

geneva@Nehemiah:11:28 @ And in Ziklag, and in Mechonah, and in the villages thereof,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:3 @ Shecaniah, Rehum, Merimoth,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:12 @ And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of (note:)That is, next to Seraiah or rather of the order, who was called after the name of Seraiah.(:note) Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

geneva@Nehemiah:12:13 @ Vnder Ezra, Meshullam, vnder Amariah, Iehohanan,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:14 @ Vnder Melicu, Ionathan, vnder Shebaniah, Ioseph,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:16 @ Vnder Iddo, Zechariah, vnder Ginnithon, Meshullam,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:24 @ And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over (note:)That is, one after another and every one in his course.(:note) against ward.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:25 @ Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were porters keeping the warde at the thresholds of the gates.

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:12:33 @ And Azariah, Ezra and Meshullam,

geneva@Nehemiah:12:36 @ And (note:)That is, the brass throne of Zaccur.(:note) his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

geneva@Nehemiah:12:39 @ And vpon the gate of Ephraim, and vpon the olde gate, and vpon the fishgate, & the towre of Hananeel, and the towre of Meah, euen vnto the sheepegate: and they stood in the gate of the warde.

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:12:45 @ And both the singers and the Leuites kept the ward of their God, and the warde of the purification according to the commaundement of Dauid, and Salomon his sonne.

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:13:5 @ And he had made him a great chamber and there had they aforetime layde the offringes, the incense, and the vessels, and the tithes of corne, of wine, and of oyle (appointed for the Leuites, and the singers, and the porters) and the offringes of the Priests.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:6 @ But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of (note:)Called also Darius, (Ezr_6:1).(:note) Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

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:13:8 @ And it grieued me sore: therefore I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:9 @ And I commanded them to clense ye chambers: and thither brought I againe the vessels of the house of God with the meate offring and the incense.

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:13:16 @ There dwelt men of Tyrus also therein, which brought fish and all wares, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the children of Iudah euen in Ierusalem.

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:13:20 @ So the chapmen and marchants of al marchandise remained once or twise all night without Ierusalem.

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@Nehemiah:13:26 @ Did not Salomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? yet among many nations was there no King like him: for he was beloued of his God, and God had made him King ouer Israel: yet strange women caused him to sinne.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:28 @ And one of the sonnes of Ioiada the sonne of Eliashib the hie Priest was the sonne in law of Sanballat the Horonite: but I chased him fro me.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:29 @ Remember them, O my God, because they have (note:)Punish them according to their sin and the evil example they have given to the rest of the people contrary to their calling.(:note) defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

geneva@Nehemiah:13:31 @ And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, (note:)That is, to show mercy to me.(:note) for good.

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:1:3 @ In the third yeere of his reigne, he made a feast vnto all his princes and his seruants, euen the power of Persia and Media, and to the captaines and gouernours of the prouinces which were before him,

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:1:6 @ [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the (note:)Which they used in those countries instead of tables.(:note) beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

geneva@Esther:1:9 @ The Queene Vashti made a feast also for the women in the royall house of King Ahashuerosh.

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:1:12 @ But the Queene Vashti refused to come at the Kings worde, which he had giuen in charge to the eunuches: therefore the King was very angry, and his wrath kindled in him.

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 @ If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come (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:1:21 @ And this saying pleased the King and the princes, and the King did according to the worde of Memucan.

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:2:1 @ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he (note:)That is, he brought the matter again into discussion.(:note) remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed By the seven wise men of his counsel. against her.

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:2:5 @ In the citie of Shushan, there was a certaine Iewe, whose name was Mordecai the sonne of Iair, the sonne of Shimei, the sonne of Kish a man of Iemini,

geneva@Esther:2:8 @ And when the Kings commandement, and his decree was published, and many maydes were brought together to the palace of Shushan, vnder the hand of Hege, Ester was brought also vnto the Kings house vnder the hande of Hege the keeper of the women.

geneva@Esther:2:9 @ And the mayde pleased him, & she founde fauour in his sight: therefore he caused her things for purification to be giuen her speedily, and her state, and seuen comely maides to be giuer her out of the Kings house, and he gaue change to her and to her maydes of the best in the house of the women.

geneva@Esther:2:11 @ And Mordecai walked (note:)For though she was taken away by a cruel law, yet he did not cease to have a fatherly care for her, and therefore often sought to hear of her.(:note) every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

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:2:13 @ Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was (note:)Whatever apparel she asked for, the eunuch was bound to give to her.(:note) given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

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:2:19 @ And when the virgins were gathered together the (note:)That is, at the marriage of Esther, which was the second marriage for the king.(:note) second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

geneva@Esther:2:21 @ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay (note:)Meaning, to kill him.(:note) hand on the king Ahasuerus.

geneva@Esther:2:22 @ And the thing was knowen to Mordecai, and he tolde it vnto Queene Ester, and Ester certified the King thereof in Mordecais name:

geneva@Esther:2:23 @ And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the (note:)In the chronicles of the Medes and Persians, (Est_10:2).(:note) chronicles before the king.

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:3:3 @ Then the Kings seruants which were at the Kings gate, said vnto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the Kings commandement?

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:3:6 @ 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:3:8 @ 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:3:10 @ Then the King tooke his ring from his hand & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite the Iewes aduersarie.

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:4:2 @ And came even before the king's (note:)Because he would inform Esther of this cruel proclamation.(:note) gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

geneva@Esther:4:3 @ And in euery prouince, and place, whither the Kings charge and his commission came, there was great sorowe among the Iewes, and fasting, and weeping and mourning, and many laye in sackecloth and in ashes.

geneva@Esther:4:4 @ Then Esters maydes and her eunuches came and tolde it her: therefore the Queene was very heauie, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackecloth from him, but he receiued it not.

geneva@Esther:4:5 @ Then called Ester Hatach one of the Kings eunuches, whom he had appointed to serue her, and gaue him a commandement vnto Mordecai, to knowe what it was, and why it was.

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:4:9 @ So when Hatach came, he told Ester the wordes of Mordecai.

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:4:14 @ 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:5:3 @ 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:5:10 @ Neuerthelesse Haman refrayned himselfe: and when he came home, he sent, and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

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:5:13 @ But al this doth nothing auaile me, as long as I see Mordecai ye Iewe sitting at ye Kings gate.

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:6:1 @ The same night the King slept not, & he comanded to bring ye booke of the records, and the chronicles: & they were read before ye King.

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:6:5 @ And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court; the King sayd, Let him come in.

geneva@Esther:6:6 @ And when Haman came in, the King saide vnto him, What shalbe done vnto ye man, whom the King will honour? Then Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the King do honour more then to me?

geneva@Esther:6:7 @ And Haman answered the King, The man whome the King would honour,

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:6:9 @ And let the raiment and the horse be deliuered by the hand of one of the Kings most noble princes, & let them apparel the man (whome the King will honour) and cause him to ride vpon the horse thorow the streete of the citie, and proclayme before him, Thus shall it be done vnto the man, whome the King will honour.

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:6:11 @ So Haman tooke the rayment and the horse, and arayed Mordecai, and brought him on horse backe thorowe the streete of the citie, and proclaymed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the King will honour.

geneva@Esther:6:12 @ And Mordecai came againe to the Kings gate, but Haman hasted home mourning and his head couered.

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:7:1 @ So the King and Haman came to banket with the Queene Ester.

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:7:3 @ And Ester the Queene answered, and said, If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.

geneva@Esther:7:4 @ For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not (note:)Haman could not profit the king by his malice as much he would hinder him by the loss of the Jews and the tribute which he had from them.(:note) countervail the king's damage.

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:7:8 @ Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was (note:)He fell down at the couch on which she sat and made request for his life.(:note) fallen upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they This was the manner of the Persians, when one was out of favour with the king. covered Haman's face.

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:8:7 @ And the King Ahashuerosh sayde vnto the Queene Ester, & to Mordecai the Iewe, Behold, I haue giuen Ester the house of Haman, whome they haue hanged vpon the tree, because he layd hand vpon the Iewes.

geneva@Esther:8:8 @ Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may (note:)This was the law of the Medes and Persians, as in (Dan_6:15) nonetheless the king revoked the former decree granted to Haman for Esther's sake.(:note) no man reverse.

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:8:12 @ Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month (note:)Which has part of February and part of March.(:note) Adar.

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:8:14 @ So the postes rode vpon beasts of price, and dromedaries, & went forth with speede, to execute the Kings commaundement, and the decree was giuen at Shushan the palace.

geneva@Esther:8:15 @ And Mordecai went out from the King in royall apparell of blewe, and white, and with a great crowne of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced and was glad.

geneva@Esther:8:17 @ And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land (note:)Conformed themselves to the Jew's religion.(:note) became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

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:9:6 @ 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:9:13 @ Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which [are] in Shushan to do to morrow also according (note:)This she requires not out of a desire for vengeance but with zeal to see God's judgment's executed against his enemies.(:note) unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

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:9:17 @ On the (note:)Meaning, in all places saving Shushan.(:note) thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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:9:21 @ 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:9:29 @ And the Queene Ester ye daughter of Abihail & Mordecai the Iew wrote with al authoritie (to cofirme this letter of Purim ye second time)

geneva@Esther:9:31 @ To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the (note:)That they would observe this feast with fasting and earnest prayer, which in Hebrew is signified by this word (they cry).(:note) fastings and their cry.

geneva@Esther:9:32 @ And the decree of Ester confirmed these words of Purim, and was written in the booke.

geneva@Esther:10:2 @ And all the actes of his power, and of his might, & the declaration of the dignitie of Mordecai, wherwith the King magnified him, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

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:1:7 @ And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence (note:)This question is asked for our infirmity: for God knew where he had come from.(:note) comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, In this is described the nature of Satan, which is always seeking his prey, (1Pe_5:8). From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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:1:14 @ There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places,

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:1:17 @ And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayd, The Caldeans set on three bands, and fell vpon the camels, and haue taken them, and haue slayne the seruantes with the edge of the sworde: but I onely 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:1:19 @ And behold, there came a great wind from beyonde the wildernesse, and smote the foure corners of the house, which fel vpon the children, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

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:2:1 @ Again there was a day when the (note:)That is, the angels, (Job_1:6).(:note) sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Read (Job_1:6). Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

geneva@Job:2:2 @ Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayd, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.

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:2:5 @ But put forth thine hand now, and touch his (note:)Meaning, his own person.(:note) bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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:2:8 @ And he took him a (note:)As destitute of all other help and means and wonderfully afflicted with the sorrow of his disease.(:note) potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

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:3:1 @ After this opened (note:)The seven days ended, (Job_2:13).(:note) Job his mouth, and Here Job begins to feel his great imperfection in this battle between the spirit and the flesh, (Rom_7:18) and after a manner yields yet in the end he gets victory though he was in the mean time greatly wounded. cursed his day.

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:3:6 @ 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:3:12 @ Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts?

geneva@Job:3:13 @ For now should I have (note:)The vehemency of his afflictions made him utter these words as though death was the end of all miseries, and as if there were no life after this, which he speaks not as though it were so, but the infirmities of his flesh caused him to break out in this error of the wicked.(:note) lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

geneva@Job:3:14 @ With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built (note:)He notes the ambition of them who for their pleasure as it were change the order of nature, and build in most barren places, because they would by this make their names immortal.(:note) desolate places for themselves;

geneva@Job:3:16 @ Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?

geneva@Job:3:18 @ [There] the (note:)All they who sustain any kind of calamity and misery in this world: which he speaks after the judgment of the flesh.(:note) prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

geneva@Job:3:21 @ Which long for death, and if it come not, they would euen search it more then treasures:

geneva@Job:3:23 @ [Why is light given] to a man whose way is (note:)That sees not how to come out of his miseries, because he does not depend on God's providence.(:note) hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

geneva@Job:3:24 @ For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the water.

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:4:5 @ But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

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:4:10 @ The roaring of the (note:)Though men according to their office do not punish tyrants (whom for their cruelty he compares to lions, and their children to their whelps) yet God is able and his justice will punish them.(:note) lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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:4:13 @ In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

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:4:15 @ And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.

geneva@Job:5:4 @ His (note:)Though God sometimes allows the father's to pass in this world, yet his judgments will light on their wicked children.(:note) children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the By public judgment they will be condemned and no one will pity them. gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].

geneva@Job:5:6 @ Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, (note:)That is, the earth is not the cause of barrenness and man's misery, but his own sin.(:note) neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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:5:17 @ Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

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:5:21 @ Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.

geneva@Job:5:22 @ At destruction and famine thou shalt (note:)While the wicked lament in their troubles, you will have occasion to rejoice.(:note) laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

geneva@Job:5:26 @ Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in (note:)Though the children of God have not always carried out this promise, yet God recompenses it otherwise to their advantage.(:note) a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.

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:6:4 @ 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:6:6 @ 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:6:7 @ Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.

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:6:10 @ Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; (note:)That is, let me die at once before I come to distrust God's promise through my impatience.(:note) for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

geneva@Job:6:13 @ [Is] not my (note:)Have I not sought to help myself as much as was possible?(:note) help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

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:6:15 @ My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a (note:)He compares friends who do not comfort us in our misery to a brook which in summer when we need water is dry, in winter is hard frozen and in the time of rain when we have no need overflows with water.(:note) brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;

geneva@Job:6:17 @ But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,

geneva@Job:6:20 @ But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.

geneva@Job:6:22 @ Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your (note:)He touches the worldlings who for need will give part of their goods, and much more these men, who would not give him comfortable words.(:note) substance?

geneva@Job:6:23 @ And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?

geneva@Job:6:24 @ Teach me, and I will (note:)Show me where I have erred, and I will confess my sin.(:note) hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

geneva@Job:6:28 @ Now therefore be content, (note:)Consider whether I speak as one who is driven to this impatience through sorrow, or as a hypocrite as you condemn me.(:note) look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.

geneva@Job:7:1 @ [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an (note:)Has not a hired servant some rest and ease? Then in this my continual torment I am worse than a hireling.(:note) hireling?

geneva@Job:7:3 @ So am I made to possess (note:)My sorrow has continued from month to month, and I have looked for hope in vain.(:note) months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

geneva@Job:7:4 @ If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and fro vnto the dawning of the day.

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:7:11 @ Therefore I will not (note:)Seeing I can by no other means comfort myself I will declare my grief in words, and thus he speaks as one overcome with grief of mind.(:note) refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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:7:13 @ When I say, My couch shal relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,

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:7:16 @ I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: (note:)Seeing my term of life is so short, let me have some rest and ease.(:note) let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.

geneva@Job:7:18 @ And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?

geneva@Job:7:19 @ Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.

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:7:21 @ And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] (note:)That is, I will be dead.(:note) not [be].

geneva@Job:8:3 @ Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

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:8:5 @ If thou (note:)That is, if you turn while God calls you to repentance.(:note) wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

geneva@Job:8:8 @ For (note:)He wills Job to examine all antiquity and he will find it true which he here says.(:note) enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

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:8:22 @ They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

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:9:11 @ Lo, he goeth (note:)I am not able to comprehend his works, which are common and daily before my eyes, much less in those things, which are hid and secret.(:note) by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

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:9:15 @ 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:9:17 @ For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds (note:)I am not able to feel my sins so great, as I feel the weight of his plagues; and this he speaks to condemn his dullness and to justify God.(:note) without cause.

geneva@Job:9:18 @ He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.

geneva@Job:9:19 @ If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] (note:)After he has accused his own weakness, he continues to justify God and his power.(:note) strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?

geneva@Job:9:20 @ If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: (note:)If I stood in my own defence yet God would have just cause to condemn me if he examined my heart and conscience.(:note) [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

geneva@Job:9:23 @ If the scourge (note:)That is, the wicked.(:note) slay suddenly, he will This is spoken according to our apprehension, as though he would say, If God destroyed only the wicked, (Job_5:3), why would he allow the innocent to be so long tormented by them? laugh at the trial of the innocent.

geneva@Job:9:27 @ If (note:)I think not to fall into these afflictions, but my sorrows bring me to these manifold infirmities, and my conscience condemns me.(:note) I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:

geneva@Job:9:28 @ Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

geneva@Job:9:29 @ [If] I be wicked, why then (note:)Why does God not destroy me at once? thus he speaks according to the infirmity of the flesh.(:note) labour I in vain?

geneva@Job:9:31 @ Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own (note:)Whatever I would use to cover my filthiness with, it would disclose me even more.(:note) clothes shall abhor me.

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:9:33 @ Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, (note:)Who might make an accord between God and me, speaking of impatience, and yet confessing God to be just in punishing him.(:note) [that] might lay his hand upon us both.

geneva@Job:9:34 @ Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me:

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:10:5 @ [Are] thy days as the (note:)Are you inconstant and changeable as the times, today a friend, tomorrow an enemy?(:note) days of man? [are] thy years as man's days,

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:10:10 @ Hast thou not powred me out as milke? & turned me to cruds like cheese?

geneva@Job:10:11 @ Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and ioyned me together with bones and sinewes.

geneva@Job:10:12 @ Thou hast granted me life and (note:)That is, reason and understanding, and many other gifts, by which man excels all earthly creatures.(:note) favour, and thy That is, the fatherly care and providence by which you preserved me, and without which I would perish immediately. visitation hath preserved my spirit.

geneva@Job:10:14 @ If I haue sinned, then thou wilt streightly looke vnto me, and wilt not holde mee giltlesse of mine iniquitie.

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:10:16 @ For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself (note:)Job being sore assaulted in this battle between the flesh and the spirit, breaks out into these affections, wishing rather for short days than long pain.(:note) marvellous upon me.

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:10:20 @ [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:11:3 @ Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

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:11:9 @ The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.

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:11:16 @ 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:12:6 @ The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.

geneva@Job:12:11 @ Doth not the ear (note:)He exhorts them to be wise in judging, and as well to know the right use of their God-given ears, as well as their mouths.(:note) try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

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:12:13 @ With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.

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:13:4 @ But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all (note:)You do not well apply your medicine to the disease.(:note) physicians of no value.

geneva@Job:13:5 @ Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!

geneva@Job:13:6 @ Nowe heare my disputation, and giue eare to the arguments of my lips.

geneva@Job:13:12 @ Your (note:)Your fame will come to nothing.(:note) remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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:13:15 @ Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

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:13:19 @ 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:13:20 @ But doe not these two things vnto me: then will I not hide my selfe from thee.

geneva@Job:13:22 @ Then call thou, and I will answere: or let me speake, and answere thou me.

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:13:24 @ Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?

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:14:13 @ 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:14:14 @ If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till (note:)Meaning, to the day of the resurrection when he would be changed and renewed.(:note) my change come.

geneva@Job:14:15 @ Thou shalt call, and I will (note:)Though I am afflicted in this life, yet in the resurrection I will feel your mercies and answer when you call me.(:note) answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

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: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:15:4 @ Yea, thou castest off (note:)He charges Job as though his talk caused men to cast off the fear of God and prayer.(:note) fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

geneva@Job:15:10 @ With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.

geneva@Job:15:17 @ I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:

geneva@Job:15:18 @ Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:

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:15:21 @ A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

geneva@Job:15:28 @ And he dwelleth (note:)Though he build and repair ruinous places to gain fame, yet God will bring all to nothing, and turn his great prosperity into extreme misery.(:note) in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

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:15:30 @ He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.

geneva@Job:15:34 @ For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of (note:)Who were built or maintained by bribery.(:note) bribery.

geneva@Job:16:2 @ I haue oft times heard such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

geneva@Job:16:5 @ [But] I would strengthen you (note:)If this were in my power, yet I would comfort you and not do as you do to me.(:note) with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].

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:16:7 @ But now (note:)Meaning, God.(:note) he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my That is, destroyed most of my family. company.

geneva@Job:16:8 @ And thou hast filled me with (note:)In token of sorrow and grief.(:note) wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

geneva@Job:16:10 @ They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the (note:)That is, has handled me contemptuously: for so slapping the cheek signified, (1Ki_22:24; Mar_14:65)(:note) cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

geneva@Job:16:11 @ God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the (note:)They have led me where they would.(:note) hands of the wicked.

geneva@Job:16:12 @ I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.

geneva@Job:16:13 @ His (note:)His manifold afflictions.(:note) archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall I am wounded to the heart. upon the ground.

geneva@Job:16:14 @ He hath broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.

geneva@Job:16:15 @ I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my (note:)Meaning, his glory was brought low.(:note) horn in the dust.

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:16:18 @ O earth, cover not thou my (note:)Let my sin be known if I am such a sinner as my adversaries accuse me, and let me find no favour.(:note) blood, and let my cry have no place.

geneva@Job:16:19 @ Also now, behold, my (note:)Though man condemn me, yet God is witness of my cause.(:note) witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.

geneva@Job:16:20 @ My friends (note:)Use painted words instead of true consolation.(:note) scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.

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:16:22 @ For the yeeres accounted come, and I shal go the way, whence I shall not returne.

geneva@Job:17:1 @ My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, & the graue is readie for me.

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:17:4 @ For thou hast hid their heart from (note:)That these my afflictions are your just judgments, though man does not know the reason.(:note) understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

geneva@Job:17:6 @ He hath made me also a (note:)God has made all the world speak of me, because of my afflictions.(:note) byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

geneva@Job:17:7 @ Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe.

geneva@Job:17:8 @ Upright [men] shall be astonied at (note:)That is, when they see the godly punished: but in the end they will come to understanding and know what will be the reward of the hypocrite.(:note) this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

geneva@Job:17:10 @ But as for (note:)Job speaks to the three who came to comfort him.(:note) you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.

geneva@Job:17:12 @ They change the (note:)That is, have brought me sorrow instead of comfort.(:note) night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.

geneva@Job:17:13 @ If I wait, (note:)Though I should hope to come from adversity to prosperity, as your discourse pretends.(:note) the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

geneva@Job:17:14 @ I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my (note:)I have no more hope in father, mother, sister, or any worldly thing: for the dust and worms will be to me instead of them.(:note) father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.

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:18:9 @ The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

geneva@Job:18:12 @ His strength shall be (note:)That which should nourish him will be consumed by famine.(:note) hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.

geneva@Job:18:13 @ It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the (note:)That is, some strong and violent death will consume his strength: or as the Hebrew word signifies his members or parts.(:note) firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

geneva@Job:18:17 @ His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

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:19:2 @ Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?

geneva@Job:19:3 @ These (note:)That is, many times, as in (Neh_4:12).(:note) ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.

geneva@Job:19:5 @ But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

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:19:7 @ Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

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:19:9 @ He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the (note:)Meaning, his children, and whatever was dear to him in this world.(:note) crown [from] my head.

geneva@Job:19:10 @ He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like (note:)Which is plucked up, and has no more hope to grow.(:note) a tree.

geneva@Job:19:11 @ And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.

geneva@Job:19:12 @ His (note:)His manifold afflictions.(:note) troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

geneva@Job:19:13 @ He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.

geneva@Job:19:14 @ My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.

geneva@Job:19:18 @ The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.

geneva@Job:19:19 @ All my secret friends abhorred me, & they whome I loued, are turned against me.

geneva@Job:19:21 @ Have pity upon me, have (note:)Seeing I have these just causes to complain, condemn me not as a hypocrite, especially you who should comfort me.(:note) pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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:19:24 @ 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:19:27 @ Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.

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:20:2 @ Doubtles my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.

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:20:8 @ He shal flee away as a dreame, and they shal not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,

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:20:14 @ Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.

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:20:21 @ There shall none of his (note:)He will leave nothing to his posterity.(:note) meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

geneva@Job:20:22 @ In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand (note:)The wicked will never be in rest: for one wicked man will seek to destroy another.(:note) of the wicked shall come upon him.

geneva@Job:20:23 @ [When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, (note:)Some read, upon his flesh, alluding to Job, whose flesh was smitten with a scab.(:note) and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.

geneva@Job:20:25 @ It is drawn, and cometh out of the (note:)Some read, of the quiver.(:note) body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.

geneva@Job:20:28 @ The (note:)Meaning, the children of the wicked will flow away like rivers and be dispersed in various places.(:note) increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

geneva@Job:21:2 @ Hear diligently my speech, and let this (note:)Your diligent marking of my words will be to me a great consolation.(:note) be your consolations.

geneva@Job:21:3 @ Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.

geneva@Job:21:4 @ As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it (note:)As though he would say, I do not talk with man but with God, who will not answer me, and therefore my mind must be troubled.(:note) were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

geneva@Job:21:5 @ Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] (note:)He charges them as though they were not able to comprehend his feeling of God's judgment, and exhorts them therefore to silence.(:note) mouth.

geneva@Job:21:6 @ Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.

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:21:13 @ They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment (note:)Not being tormented with long sickness.(:note) go down to the grave.

geneva@Job:21:16 @ Lo, their good [is] not in their (note:)It is not their own, but God only lends it to them.(:note) hand: the counsel of the wicked God keep me from their prosperity. is far from me.

geneva@Job:21:17 @ How oft shal the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.

geneva@Job:21:18 @ They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.

geneva@Job:21:23 @ One (note:)Meaning, the wicked.(:note) dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

geneva@Job:21:26 @ They shall lie down alike in (note:)As concerning their bodies: and this he speaks according to the common judgment.(:note) the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

geneva@Job:21:27 @ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.

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:21:33 @ The (note:)He will be glad to lie in a slimy pit, who before could not be content with a royal palace.(:note) clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.

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:22:4 @ Will he reprove thee for fear (note:)Lest you should reprove or hurt him?(:note) of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

geneva@Job:22:5 @ Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?

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:22:15 @ Hast thou marked the old way (note:)How God has punished them from the beginning?(:note) which wicked men have trodden?

geneva@Job:22:16 @ Which were (note:)He proves God's providence by the punishment of the wicked, whom he takes away before they can bring their wicked purposes to pass.(:note) cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

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:22:20 @ Whereas (note:)That is, the state and preservation of the godly, is hid under God's wings.(:note) our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of Meaning of the wicked. them the fire consumeth.

geneva@Job:22:21 @ Acquaint now thyself (note:)He exhorts Job to repentance, and to return to God.(:note) with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

geneva@Job:23:4 @ I would pleade the cause before him, & fill my mouth with arguments.

geneva@Job:23:5 @ I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, & would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

geneva@Job:23:6 @ Will he (note:)Using his absolute power and saying because I am God, I may do what I will.(:note) plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would Of his mercy he would give me power to answer him. put [strength] in 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:23:12 @ Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have (note:)His word is more precious to me than the meat with which the body is sustained.(:note) esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].

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:23:16 @ For (note:)That I should not be without fear.(:note) God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

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:24:5 @ Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; (note:)That is, spares diligence.(:note) rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness He and his live by robbing and murdering. [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.

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:24:7 @ They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.

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:24:12 @ Men (note:)For the great oppression and extortion.(:note) groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God Cry out and call for vengeance. layeth not folly [to them].

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:24:19 @ Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] (note:)As the dry ground is never full with waters, so will they never cease sinning till they come to the grave.(:note) have sinned.

geneva@Job:24:21 @ He (note:)He shows why the wicked will not be lamented, because he did not pity others.(:note) evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

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:24:23 @ Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.

geneva@Job:24:25 @ And if [it be] not (note:)That is, contrary to your reasoning no man can give perfect reasons for God's judgments, let me be reproved.(:note) [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

geneva@Job:25:6 @ How much more man, a worme, euen the sonne of man, which is but a worme?

geneva@Job:26:3 @ Whome counsellest thou? him that hath no wisedome? thou shewest right well as the thing is.

geneva@Job:26:4 @ To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit (note:)That is, moves you to speak this?(:note) came from thee?

geneva@Job:26:6 @ Hell [is] (note:)There is nothing hidden in the bottom of the earth but he sees it.(:note) naked before him, and Meaning, the grave in which things putrify. destruction hath no covering.

geneva@Job:26:10 @ He hath (note:)That is, he hid the heavens which are called his throne.(:note) compassed the waters with bounds, until the So long as this world endures. day and night come to an end.

geneva@Job:26:12 @ The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.

geneva@Job:26:13 @ By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked (note:)Which is a figure of stars shaped like a serpent, because of the crookedness.(:note) serpent.

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:27:3 @ Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,

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:27:6 @ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I (note:)Of my life past.(:note) live.

geneva@Job:27:7 @ Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

geneva@Job:27:9 @ Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

geneva@Job:27:10 @ Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?

geneva@Job:27:12 @ Behold, all ye yourselves (note:)That is, these secret judgments of God and yet do not understand them.(:note) have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether Why do you then maintain this error? vain?

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:27:16 @ Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,

geneva@Job:27:18 @ He buildeth his house as a (note:)Which breeds in another man's possessions or garment, but is soon shaken out.(:note) moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

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:28:4 @ 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:28:5 @ [As for] the earth, out of it cometh (note:)That is, come and underneath is brimstone or coal, which easily conceives fire.(:note) bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

geneva@Job:28:14 @ The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.

geneva@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral, or of (note:)Which was thought to be a king of precious stone.(:note) pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.

geneva@Job:28:20 @ Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,

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:28:22 @ Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.

geneva@Job:28:25 @ To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

geneva@Job:29:2 @ Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!

geneva@Job:29:4 @ As I was in the days of my youth, when the (note:)That is, seemed by evident tokens to be more present with me.(:note) secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

geneva@Job:29:5 @ When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about 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:29:7 @ When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.

geneva@Job:29:8 @ The young men saw me, and (note:)Being ashamed of their lightness and afraid of my gravity.(:note) hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.

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:29:14 @ I put on (note:)I delighted to do justice, as others did to wear costly apparel.(:note) righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.

geneva@Job:29:15 @ I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.

geneva@Job:29:18 @ Then I said, I shall die in my (note:)That is, at home in my bed without all trouble and unquietness.(:note) nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.

geneva@Job:29:20 @ My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand.

geneva@Job:29:21 @ Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.

geneva@Job:29:23 @ And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide (note:)As the dry ground thirsts for the rain.(:note) [as] for the latter rain.

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:29:25 @ I chose out (note:)I had them at commandment.(:note) their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.

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:30:2 @ Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was (note:)That is, their fathers died of hunger before they came to age.(:note) perished?

geneva@Job:30:4 @ They cut vp nettels by the bushes, & the iuniper rootes was their meate.

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:30:9 @ And now am I their (note:)They make songs of me, and mock my misery.(:note) song, yea, I am their byword.

geneva@Job:30:10 @ They abhorre me, & flee farre from mee, and spare not to spit in my face.

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:30:12 @ Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the (note:)That is, they sought by all means how they might destroy me.(:note) ways of their destruction.

geneva@Job:30:14 @ They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the (note:)By my calamity they took an opportunity against me.(:note) desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].

geneva@Job:30:15 @ Feare is turned vpon mee: and they pursue my soule as the winde, and mine health passeth away as a cloude.

geneva@Job:30:16 @ And now my soul is (note:)My life fails me, and I am as half dead.(:note) poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

geneva@Job:30:18 @ For the great vehemencie is my garment changed, which compasseth me about as the colar of my coate.

geneva@Job:30:20 @ Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.

geneva@Job:30:21 @ Thou art become (note:)He does not speak this way to accuse God, but to declare the vehemency of his affliction, by which he was carried beside himself.(:note) cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

geneva@Job:30:22 @ Thou liftest me up to the (note:)He compares his afflictions to a tempest or whirlwind.(:note) wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.

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:30:24 @ Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand (note:)No one can deliver me from there, though they lament my death.(:note) to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

geneva@Job:30:26 @ When I looked for good, then (note:)Instead of comforting they mocked me.(:note) evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

geneva@Job:30:27 @ My bowels did boyle without rest: for the dayes of affliction are come vpon me.

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:30:30 @ My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with (note:)With the heat of affliction.(:note) heat.

geneva@Job:31:1 @ I made a covenant with mine (note:)I kept my eyes from all wanton looks.(:note) eyes; why then should I think upon Would not God then have punished me? a maid?

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:31:8 @ [Then] let me sow, and let another (note:)According to the curse of the law, (Deu_28:33).(:note) eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

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:31:13 @ If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they (note:)When they thought themselves evil intreated by me.(:note) contended with me;

geneva@Job:31:14 @ What then shall I do when (note:)If I had oppressed others, how would I have escaped God's judgment.(:note) God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

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:31:18 @ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, (note:)He nourished the fatherless, and maintained the widows cause.(:note) as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

geneva@Job:31:20 @ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,

geneva@Job:31:22 @ [Then] let mine (note:)Let me rot in pieces.(:note) arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

geneva@Job:31:23 @ For destruction [from] God [was] a (note:)I did not refrain from sin for fear of men, but because I feared God.(:note) terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

geneva@Job:31:26 @ If I beheld the (note:)If I was proud of my worldly prosperity and happiness, which is meant by the shining of the sun, and brightness of the moon.(:note) sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

geneva@Job:31:27 @ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my (note:)If my own doings delighted me.(:note) hand:

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:31:33 @ 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:31:36 @ Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a (note:)Should not this book of his accusations be a praise and commendation to me?(:note) crown to me.

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:32:1 @ So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust.

geneva@Job:32:2 @ Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the (note:)Which came from Buz, the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother.(:note) Buzite, of the kindred of Or, as the Chaldee translation reads, Abram. Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself By making himself innocent, and by charging God of rigour. rather than God.

geneva@Job:32:4 @ Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because (note:)That is, the three mentioned before.(:note) they [were] elder than he.

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:32:7 @ I said, Days (note:)Meaning, the ancient, who have experience.(:note) should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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:32:9 @ Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.

geneva@Job:32:10 @ Therefore I say, Heare me, and I will shew also mine opinion.

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:32:13 @ Lest ye should say, We have (note:)Flatter yourselves as though you had overcome him.(:note) found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

geneva@Job:32:14 @ Now (note:)That is, Job.(:note) he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer He uses almost the same arguments but without taunting and reproaches. him with your speeches.

geneva@Job:32:18 @ For I am full of (note:)I have conceived in my mind a great store of reasons.(:note) matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

geneva@Job:32:21 @ Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, (note:)I will neither have regard for riches, credit, nor authority but will speak the very truth.(:note) neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

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:33:4 @ The (note:)I confess the power of God, and am one of his, therefore you should hear me.(:note) Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

geneva@Job:33:5 @ If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.

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:33:9 @ I am (note:)He repeats Job's words, by which he protested his innocency in various places, but especially in the 13th, 16th and 30th chapters.(:note) clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

geneva@Job:33:10 @ Lo, he hath found occasions against me, and counted me for his enemie.

geneva@Job:33:13 @ Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not (note:)The cause of his judgments is not always declared to man.(:note) account of any of his matters.

geneva@Job:33:14 @ For God speaketh (note:)Though God by various examples of his judgments speak to man, yet the reason for it is not known, yea and though God should speak yet is he not understood.(:note) once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth it not.

geneva@Job:33:15 @ In a dream, in a (note:)God, he says, speaks commonly, either by visions to teach us the cause of his judgments, of else by affliction or by his messenger.(:note) vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

geneva@Job:33:16 @ Then he openeth the ears of men, and (note:)That is, determined to send on them.(:note) sealeth their instruction,

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:33:23 @ If there be a (note:)A man sent from God to declare his will.(:note) messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, A singular man, and as one chosen out of a thousand, who is able to declare the great mercies of God to sinners: and in which man's righteousness stands, which is through the justice of Jesus Christ. to shew unto man his uprightness:

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:33:27 @ He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and (note:)That is, done wickedly.(:note) perverted [that which was] right, and it profited But my sins have been the cause of God's wrath toward me. me not;

geneva@Job:33:29 @ Lo, all these [things] worketh God (note:)Meaning, as often as a sinner repents.(:note) oftentimes with man,

geneva@Job:33:31 @ Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.

geneva@Job:33:32 @ If thou hast any (note:)If you doubt anything, or see opportunity to speak against it.(:note) thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to That is, to show you, in which mans justification consists. justify thee.

geneva@Job:33:33 @ If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.

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:34:3 @ For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.

geneva@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose to us (note:)Let us examine the matter uprightly.(:note) judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

geneva@Job:34:5 @ For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken (note:)That is, has afflicted me without measure.(:note) away my judgment.

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:34:10 @ Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.

geneva@Job:34:12 @ And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.

geneva@Job:34:13 @ Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?

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:34:23 @ 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:34:26 @ He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of (note:)Meaning, openly in the sight of all men.(:note) others;

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:34:31 @ Surely it is meet (note:)It only belongs to God to moderate his corrections, and not to man.(:note) to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:

geneva@Job:34:34 @ Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.

geneva@Job:34:35 @ Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.

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:35:3 @ For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me fro my sinne?

geneva@Job:35:4 @ I will answer thee, and thy (note:)Such as are in the same error.(:note) companions with thee.

geneva@Job:35:5 @ Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the (note:)If you cannot control the clouds, will you presume to instruct God?(:note) clouds [which] are higher than thou.

geneva@Job:35:10 @ But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?

geneva@Job:35:11 @ Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heauen.

geneva@Job:35:12 @ There they cry, (note:)Because they pray not in faith, as feeling God's mercies.(:note) but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

geneva@Job:35:14 @ Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, (note:)God is just, however you judge him.(:note) [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.

geneva@Job:36:2 @ Suffer me a litle, and I will instruct thee: for I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.

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:36:9 @ 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:36:14 @ 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:36:17 @ But thou hast fulfilled the (note:)You are altogether after the manner of the wicked: for you murmur against the justice of God.(:note) judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

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:36:27 @ For he maketh small the drops of water: they (note:)That is, the rain comes from those drops of water which he keeps in the clouds.(:note) pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

geneva@Job:36:29 @ Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his (note:)Meaning, of the clouds, which he calls the tabernacle of God.(:note) tabernacle?

geneva@Job:36:30 @ Behold, he spreadeth his light upon (note:)Upon the cloud.(:note) it, and covereth the That men cannot come to the knowledge of the springs of it. bottom of the sea.

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:37:2 @ Hear attentively the (note:)That is the thunder, by which he speaks to men to waken their dullness, and to bring them to the consideration of his works.(:note) noise of his voice, and the sound [that] goeth out of his mouth.

geneva@Job:37:4 @ After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay (note:)Meaning, the rains and thunders.(:note) them when his voice is heard.

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:37:9 @ Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the (note:)In Hebrew it is called the scattering wind, because it drives away the clouds and purges the air.(:note) north.

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:37:13 @ He causeth it to come, whether for (note:)Rain, cold, heat, tempests and such like are sent from God, either to punish man, or to profit the earth, or to declare his favour toward man, as in (Job_36:31).(:note) correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

geneva@Job:37:16 @ Dost thou know the (note:)Which is sometimes changed into rain, or snow, hail or such like.(:note) balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

geneva@Job:37:17 @ How thy garments [are] (note:)Why your clothes should keep you warm when the south wind blows rather than when any other wind blows?(:note) warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?

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:37:23 @ [Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not (note:)Meaning, without cause.(:note) afflict.

geneva@Job:37:24 @ Let men therefore feare him: for he will not regarde any that are wise in their owne conceit.

geneva@Job:38:3 @ Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I (note:)Because he wished to dispute with God, (Job_23:3), God reasons with him, to declare his rashness.(:note) will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

geneva@Job:38:4 @ Where wast thou when I (note:)Seeing he could not judge those things which were done so long before he was born, he was not able to comprehend all God's works: much less the secret causes of his judgments.(:note) laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

geneva@Job:38:5 @ Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:

geneva@Job:38:7 @ When the morning stars (note:)The stars and dumb creatures are said to praise God, because his power, wisdom and goodness is manifest and known in it.(:note) sang together, and all the Meaning the angels. sons of God shouted for joy?

geneva@Job:38:8 @ Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:

geneva@Job:38:9 @ When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a (note:)As though the great sea was but as a little baby in the hands of God to turn to and fro.(:note) swaddlingband for it,

geneva@Job:38:10 @ When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,

geneva@Job:38:11 @ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be (note:)That is, God's decree and commandment as in (Job_38:10).(:note) stayed?

geneva@Job:38:14 @ It is turned as clay [to] the seal; (note:)The earth which seemed in the night to have no form by the rising of the sun, is as it were created anew, and all things in it clad with new beauty.(:note) and they stand as a garment.

geneva@Job:38:15 @ And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.

geneva@Job:38:23 @ Which I have reserved (note:)To punish my enemies with them, (Exo_9:18; Jos_10:11).(:note) against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

geneva@Job:38:29 @ Out of whose wombe came the yee? Who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?

geneva@Job:38:31 @ Canst thou bind the sweet influences (note:)Which rise when the sun is in Taurus, which is the spring, and brings flowers.(:note) of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Which comes in winter. Orion?

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:38:38 @ When the dust groweth into hardness, (note:)For when God does not open these bottles, the earth comes to this inconvenience.(:note) and the clods cleave fast together?

geneva@Job:38:41 @ Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones (note:)Read (Psa_147:9).(:note) cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

geneva@Job:39:1 @ {\cf2 (39:4)} Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?

geneva@Job:39:2 @ Canst thou number the months [that] they (note:)That is, how long they go with young?(:note) fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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:39:18 @ What (note:)When the young ostrich is grown up, he outruns the horse.(:note) time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

geneva@Job:39:19 @ Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with (note:)That is, given him courage? which is meant by neighing and shaking his neck.(:note) thunder?

geneva@Job:39:21 @ He (note:)He beats with his hoof.(:note) paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

geneva@Job:39:25 @ {\cf2 (39:28)} He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smelleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.

geneva@Job:39:26 @ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the (note:)That is, when cold comes, to fly into the warm countries.(:note) south?

geneva@Job:39:27 @ {\cf2 (39:30)} Doeth the egle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?

geneva@Job:39:29 @ {\cf2 (39:32)} From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.

geneva@Job:40:7 @ {\cf2 (40:2)} Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

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:40:9 @ {\cf2 (40:4)} Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?

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:40:15 @ Behold now (note:)This beast is thought to be the elephant, or some other, which is unknown.(:note) behemoth, which I made Whom I made as well as you. with thee; he eateth This commends the providence of God toward man: for if he were given to devour as a lion, nothing would be able to resist him, or content him. grass as an ox.

geneva@Job:40:24 @ {\cf2 (40:19)} Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.

geneva@Job:41:1 @ Canst thou draw out (note:)Meaning the whale.(:note) leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?

geneva@Job:41:8 @ Lay thine hand upon him, remember (note:)If you once consider the danger, you will not meddle with him.(:note) the battle, do no more.

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:41:12 @ I will not conceal (note:)The parts and members of the whale?(:note) his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

geneva@Job:41:13 @ Who can discover the face (note:)That is, who dare pull off his skin?(:note) of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double Who dare put a bridle in his mouth? bridle?

geneva@Job:41:16 @ {\cf2 (41:7)} One is set to another, that no winde can come betweene them.

geneva@Job:41:18 @ By his neesings (note:)That is, casts out flames of fire.(:note) a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.

geneva@Job:41:20 @ {\cf2 (41:11)} Out of his nostrels commeth out smoke, as out of a boyling pot or caldron.

geneva@Job:41:21 @ {\cf2 (41:12)} His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.

geneva@Job:41:23 @ {\cf2 (41:14)} The members of his bodie are ioyned: they are strong in themselues, and cannot be mooued.

geneva@Job:41:27 @ {\cf2 (41:18)} He esteemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood.

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:42:3 @ 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@Job:42:12 @ So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had (note:)God made him twice as rich in cattle as he was before, and gave him as many children as he had taken from him.(:note) fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

geneva@Job:42:14 @ And he called the name of the first, (note:)That is, of long life, or beautiful as the day.(:note) Jemima; and the name of the second, As pleasant as cassia or sweet spice. Kezia; and the name of the third, That is, the horn of beauty. Kerenhappuch.

geneva@Job:42:15 @ In all the lande were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob, & their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren.

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:1:2 @ But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his (note:)In the holy scriptures.(:note) law doth he meditate day and night.

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:1:5 @ Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the (note:)But tremble when they see God's wrath.(:note) judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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:2:7 @ 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:2:8 @ Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the (note:)Not only the Jews but the Gentiles also.(:note) uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.

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:3:3 @ But thou Lorde art a buckler for me: my glory, and the lifter vp of mine head.

geneva@Psalms:3:4 @ I did call vnto the Lord with my voyce, & he heard me out of his holy mountaine. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:3:5 @ I layed me downe and slept, and rose vp againe: for the Lord susteined 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:3:7 @ O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

geneva@Psalms:4:1 @ «(note:)Among those who were appointed to sing the psalms and to play on instruments, one was appointed chief to set the tune, and to begin: who had the charge because he was most excellent and he began this psalm on the instrument called Neginoth or in a tune so called.(:note) To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.» Hear me when I call, You who are the defender of my just cause. O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in Both of mind and body. distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

geneva@Psalms:4:2 @ O ye (note:)You who think yourselves noble in this world.(:note) sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye Though your enterprises please you, yet God will bring them to nothing. love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.

geneva@Psalms:4:7 @ Thou hast giuen mee more ioye of heart, then they haue had, when their wheate and their wine did abound.

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:5:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.» Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my (note:)That is, my vehement prayer and secret complaint and sighings.(:note) meditation.

geneva@Psalms:5:7 @ But as for me, I (note:)In the deepest of his temptations he puts his full confidence in God.(:note) will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

geneva@Psalms:5:8 @ Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness (note:)Because you are just, therefore lead me out of the dangers of my enemies.(:note) because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

geneva@Psalms:5:10 @ Destroy thou them, O God; let them (note:)Let their devices come to nothing.(:note) fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

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:6:1 @ «To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.» O LORD, (note:)Though I deserve destruction, yet let your mercy pity my frailty.(:note) rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

geneva@Psalms:6:2 @ Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my (note:)For my whole strength is abated.(:note) bones are vexed.

geneva@Psalms:6:4 @ Returne, O Lord: deliuer my soule: saue me for thy mercies sake.

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:6:6 @ I fainted in my mourning: I cause my bed euery night to swimme, and water my couch with my teares.

geneva@Psalms:6:7 @ Mine eye is dimmed for despight, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.

geneva@Psalms:6:10 @ Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed (note:)When the wicked think the godly will perish, God delivers them suddenly, and destroys their enemies.(:note) suddenly.

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:7:3 @ O LORD my God, if I have done (note:)With which Cush charges me.(:note) this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

geneva@Psalms:7:5 @ Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine (note:)Let me not only die, but be dishonoured forever.(:note) honour in the dust. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:7:6 @ Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the (note:)In promising me the kingdom.(:note) judgment [that] thou hast commanded.

geneva@Psalms:7:8 @ The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my (note:)As concerning my behaviour towards Saul and my enemies.(:note) righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.

geneva@Psalms:7:9 @ Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the (note:)Though they pretend a just cause against me, yet God will judge their hypocrisy.(:note) hearts and reins.

geneva@Psalms:7:11 @ God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] (note:)He continually calls the wicked to repentance by some sign of his judgments.(:note) every day.

geneva@Psalms:7:12 @ If (note:)Unless Saul changes his mind, I will die, for he has both the men and weapons to destroy me. Thus considering his great danger, he magnifies God's grace.(:note) he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

geneva@Psalms:7:13 @ Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me.

geneva@Psalms:7:17 @ I will praise the LORD according to his (note:)In faithfully keeping his promise to me.(:note) righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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:8:9 @ O Lorde our Lorde, howe excellent is thy Name in all the world!

geneva@Psalms:9:2 @ I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,

geneva@Psalms:9:4 @ For (note:)However the enemy seems for a time to prevail yet God preserves the just.(:note) thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

geneva@Psalms:9:5 @ Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.

geneva@Psalms:9:7 @ But the Lorde shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.

geneva@Psalms:9:9 @ The LORD also will be a refuge for the (note:)Our miseries are meant to cause us to feel God's present care over us.(:note) oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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:9:20 @ Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] (note:)Which they cannot learn without the fear of your judgment.(:note) men. Selah.

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:10:3 @ 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:10:5 @ His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.

geneva@Psalms:10:6 @ He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] (note:)The evil will not touch me, (Isa_28:15) or else he speaks thus because he never felt evil.(:note) never [be] in adversity.

geneva@Psalms:11:4 @ The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes (note:)Though all things in earth are out of order, yet God will execute judgment from heaven.(:note) behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

geneva@Psalms:12:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.» Help, LORD; for the (note:)Who dare defend the truth and show mercy to the oppressed.(:note) godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

geneva@Psalms:12:2 @ They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] (note:)He means the flatters of the court which hurt him more with their tongues than with their weapons.(:note) flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

geneva@Psalms:12:8 @ The wicked walk on every side, (note:)For they suppress the godly and maintain the wicked.(:note) when the vilest men are exalted.

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:13:2 @ How long shall I take (note:)Changing my purposes as the sick man does his place.(:note) counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over 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:13:5 @ But I have trusted in thy (note:)The mercy of God is the cause of our salvation.(:note) mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

geneva@Psalms:13:6 @ I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath (note:)Both by the benefits past and by others to come.(:note) dealt bountifully with me.

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:14:6 @ Ye have (note:)You mock them who put their trust in God.(:note) shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.

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:15:1 @ A Psalme of Dauid. Lorde, who shal dwell in thy Tabernacle? who shall rest in thine holy Mountaine?

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:16:4 @ Their (note:)As grief of conscience and miserable destruction.(:note) sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: He would neither by outward profession nor in heart, nor in mouth consent to their idolatries. their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

geneva@Psalms:16:6 @ The (note:)With which my portion is measured.(:note) lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

geneva@Psalms:16:7 @ I wil prayse the Lorde, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.

geneva@Psalms:16:8 @ I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I (note:)The faithful are sure to persevere to the end.(:note) shall not be moved.

geneva@Psalms:16:10 @ For thou (note:)This is chiefly meant by Christ, by whose resurrection all his members have immortality.(:note) wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

geneva@Psalms:16:11 @ Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy (note:)Where God favours there is perfect happiness.(:note) presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.

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:17:3 @ Thou hast (note:)When your Spirit examined my conscience.(:note) proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my I was innocent toward my enemy both in deed and thought. mouth shall not transgress.

geneva@Psalms:17:4 @ Concerning the works of men, by the (note:)Though the wicked provoked me to do evil for evil, yet your word kept me back.(:note) word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.

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:17:8 @ Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadowe of thy wings,

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:17:14 @ 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:17:15 @ As for me, I will behold thy face (note:)This is the full happiness, comforting against all assaults to have the face of God and favourable countenance opened to us.(:note) in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I And am delivered out of my great troubles. awake, with thy likeness.

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:18:5 @ The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.

geneva@Psalms:18:6 @ But in my trouble did I call vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: he heard my voyce out of his Temple, and my crye did come before him, euen into his eares.

geneva@Psalms:18:8 @ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and (note:)He shows how horrible God's judgments will be to the wicked.(:note) fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

geneva@Psalms:18:9 @ He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and (note:)Darkness signifies the wrath of God as the clear light signifies God's favour.(:note) darkness [was] under his feet.

geneva@Psalms:18:16 @ He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many (note:)Out of many great dangers.(:note) waters.

geneva@Psalms:18:17 @ He delivered me from my (note:)That is, Saul.(:note) strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were Therefore God sent me help. too strong for me.

geneva@Psalms:18:18 @ They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.

geneva@Psalms:18:19 @ He brought me forth also into a large place; (note:)The cause of God's deliverance is his favour and love for us.(:note) he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

geneva@Psalms:18:20 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my (note:)David was sure of his righteous cause and good behaviour toward Saul and his enemies and therefore was assured of God's favour and deliverance.(:note) righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

geneva@Psalms:18:22 @ For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his (note:)For all his dangers he exercised himself in the law of God.(:note) statutes from me.

geneva@Psalms:18:24 @ Therefore the Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, and according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight.

geneva@Psalms:18:25 @ With the (note:)Here he speaks of God according to our capacity, who shows mercy to his and punishes the wicked, as is also said in (Lev_26:21, Lev_26:24).(:note) merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

geneva@Psalms:18:27 @ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt (note:)When their sin is come to the full measure.(:note) bring down high looks.

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:18:33 @ He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my (note:)As towers and forts, which he took out of the hands of God's enemies.(:note) high places.

geneva@Psalms:18:34 @ He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

geneva@Psalms:18:35 @ Thou hast also given me the (note:)To defend me from dangers.(:note) shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy He attributed the beginning, continuance and increase in well doing only to God's favour. gentleness hath made me great.

geneva@Psalms:18:36 @ Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder mee, and mine heeles haue not slid.

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:18:43 @ Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the (note:)Who dwell round about me.(:note) heathen: a people [whom] I have not The kingdom of Christ is prefigured in David's kingdom, who by the preaching of his word brings all to his subjection. known shall serve me.

geneva@Psalms:18:44 @ As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall (note:)Or lie: signifying a subjection constrained and not voluntary.(:note) submit themselves unto me.

geneva@Psalms:18:45 @ The strangers shall (note:)Fear will cause them to be afraid and come forth from their secret holes and holds to seek pardon.(:note) fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

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:18:49 @ Therefore will (note:)This prophecy belongs to the kingdom of Christ and calling of the Gentiles, as in (Rom_15:9).(:note) I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

geneva@Psalms:18:50 @ Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his (note:)This did not properly belong to Solomon, but to Jesus Christ.(:note) seed for evermore.

geneva@Psalms:19:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» The (note:)He reproaches man for his ingratitude, seeing the heavens, which are dumb creatures, set forth God's glory.(:note) heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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:19:6 @ His going out is from the ende of the heauen, and his compasse is vnto the endes of ye same, and none is hid from the heate thereof.

geneva@Psalms:19:8 @ The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.

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:19:10 @ More to be (note:)Unless God's word is esteemed above all worldly things, it is contemned.(:note) desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

geneva@Psalms:19:12 @ Who can understand [his] (note:)Then there is no reward of duty, but of grace: for where sin is, there death is the reward.(:note) errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].

geneva@Psalms:19:13 @ Keep back thy servant also from (note:)Which are done purposely and from malice.(:note) presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: If you suppress my wicked affections by your Holy Spirit. then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

geneva@Psalms:19:14 @ Let the words of my mouth, and the (note:)That I may obey you in thought, word and deed.(:note) meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

geneva@Psalms:20:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» The (note:)By this kings are also admonished to call to God in their affairs.(:note) LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the The virtue, power and grace of God. name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

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:20:5 @ We will rejoice in thy (note:)Granted to the king in whose wealth our happiness stands.(:note) salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

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:20:7 @ Some trust in chariots, & some in horses: but we will remember the Name of ye Lord our God.

geneva@Psalms:21:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» The king shall (note:)When he will overcome his enemies, and so be assured of his calling.(:note) joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

geneva@Psalms:21:7 @ Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide.

geneva@Psalms:21:9 @ Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his (note:)This teaches us patiently to endure the cross till God destroys the adversary.(:note) wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

geneva@Psalms:21:10 @ Their fruite shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seede from the children of men.

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:22:10 @ I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's (note:)For unless God's providence preserves the infants, they would perish a thousand times in the mother's womb.(:note) belly.

geneva@Psalms:22:11 @ Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.

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:22:13 @ They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

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:22:15 @ My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou (note:)You permitted me to be without all hope of life.(:note) hast brought me into the dust of death.

geneva@Psalms:22:16 @ For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they (note:)Thus David complained as though he were nailed by his enemies in both hands and feet, but this was accomplished in Christ.(:note) pierced my hands and my feet.

geneva@Psalms:22:17 @ I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.

geneva@Psalms:22:18 @ They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.

geneva@Psalms:22:19 @ But be thou not farre off, O Lorde, my strength: hasten to helpe me.

geneva@Psalms:22:22 @ I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,

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:22:27 @ All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

geneva@Psalms:22:28 @ For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.

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:23:1 @ «A Psalm of David.» The LORD [is] my shepherd; (note:)He has care over me and ministers all things to me.(:note) I shall not want.

geneva@Psalms:23:2 @ He maketh me to rest in greene pasture, and leadeth me by the still waters.

geneva@Psalms:23:3 @ He (note:)He comforts or refreshes me.(:note) restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the Plain or straight ways. paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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:23:5 @ Thou preparest a (note:)Even though his enemies sought to destroy him, yet God delivers him, and deals most liberally with him in spite of them.(:note) table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou As was the manner of great feasts. anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

geneva@Psalms:23:6 @ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the (note:)He does not set his happiness in the pleasures of this world, but in the fear and service of God.(:note) house of the LORD for ever.

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:24:9 @ Lift vp your heads, ye gates, and lift vp your selues, ye euerlasting doores, and the King of glorie shall come in.

geneva@Psalms:25:2 @ O my God, I (note:)That you will take away my enemies, which are your rods.(:note) trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

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:25:5 @ Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait (note:)Constantly and against all temptations.(:note) all the day.

geneva@Psalms:25:6 @ Remember, O Lorde, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesse: for they haue beene for euer.

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:25:10 @ All the pathes of the Lorde are mercie and trueth vnto such as keepe his couenant and his testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:25:11 @ For thy (note:)For no other respect.(:note) name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.

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:25:16 @ Turne thy face vnto mee, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore.

geneva@Psalms:25:17 @ The troubles of my heart (note:)My grief is increased because of my enemies cruelty.(:note) are enlarged: [O] bring thou me out of my distresses.

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:25:20 @ Keepe my soule, and deliuer me: let me not be confounded, for I trust in thee.

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:26:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David.» Judge me, (note:)He flees to God to be the judge of his just cause, seeing there is no equity among men.(:note) O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

geneva@Psalms:26:2 @ Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my (note:)My very affections and inward motions of the heart.(:note) reins and my heart.

geneva@Psalms:26:11 @ But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.

geneva@Psalms:27:2 @ When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.

geneva@Psalms:27:3 @ Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in (note:)That God will deliver me and give my faith the victory.(:note) this [will] I [be] confident.

geneva@Psalms:27:5 @ For in the time of trouble hee shall hide mee in his Tabernacle: in the secrete place of his pauillion shall he hide me, and set me vp vpon a rocke.

geneva@Psalms:27:7 @ Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lorde, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee.

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:27:9 @ Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seruat away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation.

geneva@Psalms:27:11 @ Teache mee thy way, O Lorde, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

geneva@Psalms:27:12 @ Deliver me not over unto the (note:)But either pacify their wrath, or bridle their rage.(:note) will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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:28:8 @ The LORD [is] (note:)Meaning his soldiers who were means by which God declared his power.(:note) their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.

geneva@Psalms:29:2 @ Giue vnto the Lorde glorie due vnto his Name: worship the Lorde in the glorious Sanctuarie.

geneva@Psalms:29:5 @ The (note:)That is, the thunderbolt breaks the most strong trees, and will men think their power able to resist God?(:note) voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

geneva@Psalms:29:7 @ The voice of the LORD divideth the (note:)It causes the lightnings to shoot and glide.(:note) flames of fire.

geneva@Psalms:30:1 @ «A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the (note:)After Absalom had polluted it with most filthy fornication.(:note) house of David.» I will extol thee, O LORD; He condemns them for great ingratitude who do not praise God for his benefits. for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

geneva@Psalms:30:2 @ O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast (note:)Restored from the rebellion of Absalom.(:note) healed me.

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:30:4 @ Sing unto the LORD, O ye (note:)The word signifies them who have received mercy, and show mercy liberally to others.(:note) saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

geneva@Psalms:30:5 @ For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.

geneva@Psalms:30:7 @ LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my (note:)I thought you had established me in Zion most surely.(:note) mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I After you had withdrawn your help, I felt my misery. was troubled.

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:30:10 @ Heare, O Lorde, and haue mercy vpon me: Lord, be thou mine helper.

geneva@Psalms:30:11 @ Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.

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:31:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy (note:)For then God declares himself just, when he preserves his as he has promised.(:note) righteousness.

geneva@Psalms:31:2 @ Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me.

geneva@Psalms:31:3 @ For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therefore for thy Names sake directe mee and guide me.

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:31:7 @ I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,

geneva@Psalms:31:8 @ And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a (note:)Largeness signifies comfort, as straitness, sorrow and peril.(:note) large room.

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:31:10 @ For my life is wasted with heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed.

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:31:13 @ For I have heard the slander of (note:)They who were in authority condemned me as a wicked doer.(:note) many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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:31:16 @ Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.

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:31:18 @ Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

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:31:21 @ Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a (note:)Meaning, there was no city strong enough to preserve him, as the defence of God's favour.(:note) strong city.

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:32:4 @ (For thine hand is heauie vpon me, day and night: and my moysture is turned into ye drought of summer. Selah)

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:32:7 @ Thou art my secret place: thou preseruest me from trouble: thou compassest me about with ioyfull deliuerance. Selah.

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:33:1 @ Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is (note:)It is the duty of the godly to set forth the praises of God for his mercy and power showed to them.(:note) comely for the upright.

geneva@Psalms:33:2 @ Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an (note:)To sing on instruments, was a part of the ceremonial service of the temple, which does not belong to us any more than the sacrifices, censors and light.(:note) instrument of ten strings.

geneva@Psalms:33:5 @ He (note:)However the world judges God's works, yet he does all things according to justice and mercy.(:note) loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

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:33:13 @ 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:33:16 @ There is no (note:)If kings and the mighty of the world cannot be saved by worldly means, but only by God's providence, what do others have to trust in, who have not similar means?(:note) king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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:33:21 @ Surely our heart shall reioyce in him, because we trusted in his holy Name.

geneva@Psalms:33:22 @ Let thy mercie, O Lord, be vpon vs, as we trust in thee.

geneva@Psalms:34:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.» I will bless the LORD (note:)He promised never to become unmindful of God's great benefit for his deliverance.(:note) at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.

geneva@Psalms:34:3 @ Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together.

geneva@Psalms:34:4 @ I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my (note:)Which I conceived for the danger I was in.(:note) fears.

geneva@Psalms:34:5 @ They (note:)They will be bold to flee to you for help, when they see your mercies toward me.(:note) looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

geneva@Psalms:34:11 @ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the (note:)That is, the true religion and worship of God.(:note) fear of the LORD.

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:34:16 @ 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:34:22 @ 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:35:7 @ 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:35:12 @ They rewarded me evil for good [to] the (note:)To have taken from me all comfort and brought me into despair.(:note) spoiling of my soul.

geneva@Psalms:35:13 @ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and (note:)I prayed for them with inward affection, as I would have done for myself: or, I declared my affection with bowing down my head.(:note) my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

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:35:21 @ Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, (note:)They rejoiced as though they had now seen David overthrown.(:note) our eye hath seen [it].

geneva@Psalms:35:22 @ Thou hast seene it, O Lorde: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord.

geneva@Psalms:35:23 @ Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.

geneva@Psalms:35:24 @ Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy (note:)It is the justice of God to give to the oppressors affliction and torment, and to the oppressed aid and relief, (2Th_1:6).(:note) righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

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:36:3 @ The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and (note:)The reprobates mock wholesome doctrine, and put no difference between good and evil.(:note) deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

geneva@Psalms:36:5 @ Thy (note:)Though wickedness seems to overflow all the world, yet by your heavenly providence you govern heaven and earth.(:note) mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

geneva@Psalms:36:6 @ Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great (note:)The depth of your providence governs all things, and disposes them, even though the wicked seem to overwhelm the world.(:note) deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

geneva@Psalms:36:7 @ How excellent is thy mercy, O God! therefore the children of men trust vnder the shadowe of thy wings.

geneva@Psalms:36:8 @ They shall be abundantly (note:)Only God's children have enough of all things both concerning this life and the life to come.(:note) satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

geneva@Psalms:36:11 @ Let not the (note:)Let not the proud advance himself against me, or the power of the wicked drive me away.(:note) foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

geneva@Psalms:37:2 @ For they shall soon be (note:)For God's judgment cuts down their state in a moment.(:note) cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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:37:8 @ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: (note:)Meaning, unless he moderates his affection, he will be led to do as they do.(:note) fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

geneva@Psalms:37:11 @ But meeke men shal possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.

geneva@Psalms:37:17 @ For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

geneva@Psalms:37:18 @ The LORD (note:)God knows what dangers hang over his, and by what means to deliver them.(:note) knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

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:37:20 @ But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the (note:)They will vanish away suddenly for they are fed for the day of slaughter.(:note) fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

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:37:25 @ I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his (note:)Though the just man die, yet God's blessings are extended to his posterity and though God suffer some just man to lack temporal benefits, yet he recompenses him with spiritual treasures.(:note) seed begging bread.

geneva@Psalms:37:26 @ But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.

geneva@Psalms:37:28 @ For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be 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:37:33 @ The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is (note:)For though it is sometimes so expedient both for God's glory and their salvation, yet he will approve their cause and avenge their wrong.(:note) judged.

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:38:2 @ For thine (note:)Your sickness, with which you have visited me.(:note) arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

geneva@Psalms:38:3 @ [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my (note:)David acknowledges God to be just in his punishments, because his sins had deserved much more.(:note) sin.

geneva@Psalms:38:4 @ For mine (note:)He confesses his sins, God's justice, and makes prayer his refuge.(:note) iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

geneva@Psalms:38:8 @ I am feeble and sore broken: I (note:)This example warns us never to despair, no matter how great the torment: but always to cry to God with sure trust for deliverance.(:note) have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

geneva@Psalms:38:10 @ My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, (note:)My sight fails me for sorrow.(:note) it also is gone from me.

geneva@Psalms:38:11 @ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my (note:)Partly for fear and partly for pride, they denied all duty and friendship.(:note) kinsmen stand afar off.

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:38:13 @ But I, as a (note:)For I can have no audience before men, and therefore patiently wait for the help of God.(:note) deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

geneva@Psalms:38:15 @ For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.

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:38:17 @ For I [am] ready to (note:)I am without hope to recover my strength.(:note) halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before 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:38:21 @ Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.

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:39:4 @ Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

geneva@Psalms:39:8 @ Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the (note:)Do not make me a laughing stock to the wicked, wrap me up with the wicked when they are put to shame.(:note) foolish.

geneva@Psalms:39:9 @ I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because (note:)Seeing my troubles came from your providence, I ought to have endured them patiently.(:note) thou didst [it].

geneva@Psalms:39:10 @ Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.

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:40:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» I waited (note:)Though God deferred his help, yet he patiently abode till he was heard.(:note) patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

geneva@Psalms:40:2 @ He brought me up also out of an (note:)He has delivered me from great dangers.(:note) horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.

geneva@Psalms:40:3 @ And he hath put (note:)That is, a special opportunity to praise him, for God's benefits are so many opportunities for us to praise his Name.(:note) a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:40:6 @ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; (note:)You have opened my ears to understand the spiritual meaning of the sacrifices: and here David esteems the ceremonies of the law as nothing in respect to the spiritual service.(:note) mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

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:40:11 @ Withdrawe not thou thy tender mercie from mee, O Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preserue me.

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:40:13 @ Let it please thee, O Lorde, to deliuer mee: make haste, O Lord, to helpe 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:40:17 @ Though I be poore and needie, the Lorde thinketh on mee: thou art mine helper and my deliuerer: my God, make no tarying.

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:41:4 @ Therefore I saide, Lorde haue mercie vpon me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned against thee.

geneva@Psalms:41:5 @ Mine enemies (note:)That is, curse me and cannot have their cruel hate quenched but with my shameful death.(:note) speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

geneva@Psalms:41:6 @ And if he come to see [me], he speaketh (note:)For pretending to comfort me, he conspires my death in his heart, and brags of it.(:note) vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

geneva@Psalms:41:7 @ All they that hate me, whisper together against me: euen against me do they imagine mine hurt.

geneva@Psalms:41:9 @ Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, (note:)As David felt this falsehood, and as it was chiefly accomplished in Christ, (Joh_13:18) so shall his members continually prove the same.(:note) hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

geneva@Psalms:41:10 @ Therefore, O Lord, haue mercy vpon mee, and raise me vp: so I shall reward them.

geneva@Psalms:41:11 @ By this I know that thou fauourest me, because mine enemie doth not triumph against me.

geneva@Psalms:41:12 @ And as for me, thou upholdest me (note:)Meaning, either in prosperity of life or in the true fear of God against all temptation.(:note) in mine integrity, and settest me before thy Showing me evident signs of your fatherly providence. face for ever.

geneva@Psalms:41:13 @ Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. (note:)By this repetition he stirs up the faithful to praise God.(:note) Amen, and Amen.

geneva@Psalms:42:2 @ My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?

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:42:5 @ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? (note:)Though he sustained grievous assaults of the flesh to cast him into despair, yet his faith grounded on God's accustomed mercies gets the victory.(:note) hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.

geneva@Psalms:42:6 @ O my God, my soul is cast down within me: (note:)That is, when I remember you in this land of my banishment among the mountains.(:note) therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

geneva@Psalms:42:8 @ [Yet] the LORD (note:)He assures himself of God's help in time to come.(:note) will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.

geneva@Psalms:42:9 @ I wil say vnto God, which is my rocke, Why hast thou forgotten mee? why goe I mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?

geneva@Psalms:42:10 @ [As] with a sword in my (note:)That is, I am most grievously tormented.(:note) bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?

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:43:2 @ For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me away? why goe I so mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?

geneva@Psalms:43:3 @ O send out thy (note:)That is, your favour which appears by the performance of your promises.(:note) light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

geneva@Psalms:43:5 @ Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? (note:)By which he admonishes the faithful not to relent but constantly to wait on the Lord, though their troubles are long and great.(:note) hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.

geneva@Psalms:44:1 @ «To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.» We have heard with our (note:)This psalm seems to have been made by some excellent prophet for the use of the people when the Church was in extreme misery, either at their return from Babylon or under Antiochus or in similar afflictions.(:note) ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

geneva@Psalms:44:3 @ For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a (note:)God's free mercy and love is the only fountain and beginning of the Church, (Deu_4:37).(:note) favour unto them.

geneva@Psalms:44:6 @ For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.

geneva@Psalms:44:8 @ Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. Selah.

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:44:11 @ Thou hast given us (note:)Knowing God to be author of this calamity, they murmur not, but seek remedy at his hands who wounded them.(:note) like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

geneva@Psalms:44:15 @ My (note:)I dare not lift up my head for shame.(:note) confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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:44:26 @ Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy (note:)Which is the only sufficient ransom to deliver both body and souls from all kinds of slavery and misery.(:note) mercies' sake.

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:45:2 @ Thou art (note:)Solomon's beauty and eloquence to win favour with his people, and his power to overcome his enemies, is here described.(:note) fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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:45:8 @ All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, (note:)In which the people made you joyful to see them give thanks and rejoice for you.(:note) whereby they have made thee glad.

geneva@Psalms:45:9 @ Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the (note:)Though he had many king's daughters among his wives, yet he found Pharaoh's daughter best.(:note) queen in gold of Ophir.

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:45:16 @ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy (note:)They will have greater graces than their fathers.(:note) children, whom thou mayest make princes He signifies the great compass of Christ's kingdom, which will be sufficient to enrich all his members. in all the earth.

geneva@Psalms:45:17 @ I will make thy (note:)This must only be referred to Christ and not to Solomon.(:note) name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

geneva@Psalms:46:1 @ «To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon (note:)Which was either a musical instrument or a solemn tune, to which this psalm was sung.(:note) Alamoth.» God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in In all manner of troubles God shows his speedy mercy and power in defending his. trouble.

geneva@Psalms:46:2 @ Therefore will not we (note:)That is, we will not be overcome with fear.(:note) fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

geneva@Psalms:46:3 @ [Though] the waters thereof (note:)Though the afflictions rage, yet the rivers of God's mercies bring sufficient comfort to his.(:note) roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:46:4 @ [There is] a (note:)The river of Shiloh, which passed through Jerusalem: meaning, though the defence seems small, yet if God has appointed it, it is sufficient.(:note) river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.

geneva@Psalms:46:6 @ When the nations raged, and the kingdomes were moued, God thundred, and the earth melted.

geneva@Psalms:46:8 @ Come, behold the works of the LORD, (note:)That is, how often he has destroyed his enemies, and delivered his people.(:note) what desolations he hath made in the earth.

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: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:48:2 @ Beautiful for situation, the (note:)Because the word of salvation came there to all who would believe.(:note) joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

geneva@Psalms:48:6 @ Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.

geneva@Psalms:48:7 @ Thou breakest the ships (note:)That is, of Cilicia or of the Mediterranean sea.(:note) of Tarshish with an east wind.

geneva@Psalms:48:8 @ As we have (note:)That is, of our fathers: so have we proved: or God has performed his promise.(:note) heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:48:10 @ According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the (note:)In all places where your Name will be heard of, men will praise you when they hear of your marvellous works.(:note) earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

geneva@Psalms:48:11 @ Let (note:)Let Jerusalem and the cities of Judea rejoice, for your just judgments against your enemies.(:note) mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

geneva@Psalms:49:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.» Hear (note:)He will intreat how God governs the world by his providence which cannot be perceived by the judgment of the flesh.(:note) this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:

geneva@Psalms:49:3 @ My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.

geneva@Psalms:49:5 @ Wherefore should I (note:)Though wickedness reigns and enemies rage, seeing God will execute his judgments against the wicked at a suitable time.(:note) fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

geneva@Psalms:49:7 @ Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,

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:49:10 @ 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:49:11 @ Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.

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:49:15 @ But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of the graue: for he will receiue me. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:49:18 @ Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and (note:)The flatterers praise them who live in delight and pleasures.(:note) [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

geneva@Psalms:50:2 @ Out of Zion, the (note:)Because God had chosen it to have his Name there called on and also his image shines there in the doctrine of the law.(:note) perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

geneva@Psalms:50:3 @ Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a (note:)As when God gave his law in mount Sinai he appeared terrible with thunder and tempest, so will he appear terrible to take account for the keeping of it.(:note) fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

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:50:8 @ I will not (note:)For I pass not for sacrifices unless the true use is there, which is to confirm your faith.(:note) reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.

geneva@Psalms:50:15 @ And call vpon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.

geneva@Psalms:50:20 @ Thou (note:)He notes the cruelty of hypocrites who in their talk or judgment do not spare their own mother's sons.(:note) sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

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:51:5 @ Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.

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:51:7 @ Purge me with hyssope, & I shalbe cleane: wash me, and I shalbe whiter then snowe.

geneva@Psalms:51:8 @ Make me to hear (note:)He means God's comfortable mercies toward repentant sinners.(:note) joy and gladness; [that] the By the bones he understands all strength of soul and body, which by cares and mourning are consumed. bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

geneva@Psalms:51:11 @ Cast mee not away from thy presence, and take not thine holy Spirit from me.

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:51:14 @ Deliver me from (note:)From the murder of Uriah and the others who were slain with him, (2Sa_11:17).(:note) bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

geneva@Psalms:51:15 @ O Lord, (note:)By giving me opportunity to praise you, when you will forgive my sins.(:note) open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

geneva@Psalms:51:17 @ The sacrifices of God [are] a (note:)Which is a wounding of the heart, proceeding from faith, which seeks God for mercy.(:note) broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

geneva@Psalms:51:18 @ Do good in thy good pleasure unto (note:)He prays for the whole Church, because through his sin it was in danger of God's judgment.(:note) Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

geneva@Psalms:52:1 @ «To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.» Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O (note:)O Doeg, who half consider to be the tyrant Saul, and had the power to murder the saints of God.(:note) mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.

geneva@Psalms:52:5 @ God shall likewise (note:)Though God forbear for a time, yet at length he will recompense your falsehood.(:note) destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and Even though you seem to be never so sure settled. root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

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:52:8 @ 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:52:9 @ I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done (note:)Executed his vengeance.(:note) [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.

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:53:5 @ 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:54:3 @ For (note:)That is, the Ziphims.(:note) strangers are risen up against me, and Saul and his army who were like cruel beasts, could not be satisfied except by his death. oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:54:6 @ I will (note:)For hypocrites serve God out of fear or on conditions.(:note) freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good.

geneva@Psalms:54:7 @ For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath (note:)We may lawfully rejoice for God's judgments against the wicked, if our affections are pure.(:note) seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.

geneva@Psalms:55:1 @ «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David.» Give ear to (note:)The earnestness of his prayer declares the vehemency of his grief in so much as he is compelled to burst out into cries.(:note) my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

geneva@Psalms:55:2 @ Hearken vnto me, & answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,

geneva@Psalms:55:3 @ Because of the (note:)For the threatenings of Saul and his adherents.(:note) voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for They have defamed me as a wicked person, or they have imagined my destruction. they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

geneva@Psalms:55:4 @ Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.

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:55:13 @ But [it was] thou, a man mine (note:)Who was not only joined to me in friendship and counsel in worldly matters, but also in religion.(:note) equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

geneva@Psalms:55:16 @ But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.

geneva@Psalms:55:17 @ Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, (note:)Which signifies a servants mind and sure trust to obtain his portion, which made him earnest at all times in prayer.(:note) and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

geneva@Psalms:55:18 @ He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were (note:)Even the angels of God fought on my side against my enemies, (2Ki_6:16).(:note) many with me.

geneva@Psalms:55:20 @ He (note:)I did not provoke him but was as at peace with him, yet he made war against me.(:note) hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

geneva@Psalms:55:22 @ Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall (note:)Though for their bettering and trial, he permits them to slip for a time.(:note) never suffer the righteous to be moved.

geneva@Psalms:55:23 @ But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out (note:)Though they sometimes live longer, yet their life is cursed by God, unquiet, and worse than any death.(:note) half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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:56:2 @ Mine enemies would dayly swallowe mee vp: for many fight against me, O thou most High.

geneva@Psalms:56:4 @ In God I will praise his (note:)He stays his conscience on God's promise though he sees no present help.(:note) word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

geneva@Psalms:56:5 @ Every day they wrest my (note:)All my counsels have evil success, and turn to my own sorrow.(:note) words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

geneva@Psalms:56:7 @ Shall (note:)They not only think to escape punishment, but the more wicked they are, the more impudent they grow.(:note) they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God.

geneva@Psalms:56:8 @ Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my (note:)If God stores the tears of his saints, much more will he remember their blood, to avenge it: and though tyrants burn the bones, yet they cannot blot the tears and blood out of God's register.(:note) tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?

geneva@Psalms:56:9 @ When I cry, then mine enemies shal turne backe: this I know, for God is with me.

geneva@Psalms:56:11 @ In God doe I trust: I will not be afrayd what man can doe vnto 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:57:6 @ They have prepared a net for my steps; (note:)For fear, seeing the great dangers on all sides.(:note) my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

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:57:10 @ For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the (note:)Your mercies not only belong to the Jews, but also to the Gentiles.(:note) clouds.

geneva@Psalms:58:1 @ «To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.» Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O (note:)You counsellors of Saul, who under pretence of consulting for the common wealth, conspire my death being an innocent.(:note) congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

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:58:6 @ Break their (note:)Take away all opportunity and means by which they hurt.(:note) teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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:58:10 @ The righteous shall (note:)With a pure affection.(:note) rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the Their punishment and slaughter will be so great. blood of the wicked.

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:59:2 @ Deliuer me from the wicked doers, and saue me from the bloody men.

geneva@Psalms:59:3 @ For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my (note:)For I am innocent toward them, and have not offended them.(:note) transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.

geneva@Psalms:59:4 @ They runne and prepare themselues without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and beholde.

geneva@Psalms:59:5 @ Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not (note:)Seeing it belongs to God's judgments to punish the wicked, he desires God to execute his vengeance on the reprobate, who maliciously persecutes his Church.(:note) merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:59:7 @ Behold, they (note:)They boast openly in their wicked devises, and every word is as a sword: for they neither fear God nor are ashamed of men.(:note) belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

geneva@Psalms:59:10 @ The God of my mercy shall (note:)He will not fail to help me when need requires.(:note) prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.

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:59:12 @ [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be (note:)That in their misery and shame they may be as glasses and examples of God's vengeance.(:note) taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.

geneva@Psalms:59:15 @ They shall runne here and there for meate: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tary all night.

geneva@Psalms:59:16 @ But I will sing of thy (note:)Who used the policy of a weak woman to confound the enemies strength, (1Sa_19:12).(:note) power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

geneva@Psalms:59:17 @ Unto thee, O my (note:)Confessing himself to be void of all virtue and strength, he attributes the whole to God.(:note) strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.

geneva@Psalms:60:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)These were certain songs after the note of which this psalm was sung.(:note) Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Also called Sophene, which stands by Euphrates. Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.» O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast For when Saul was not able to resist the enemy, the people fled here and there: for they were not safe in their own homes. scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

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:60:8 @ Moab [is] my (note:)In most vile subjection.(:note) washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: For you will lie and pretend you were glad. Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

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:61:2 @ From (note:)From the place where I was banished, being driven out of the city and temple by my son Absalom.(:note) the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is To which without your help I cannot attain. higher than I.

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:61:6 @ Thou wilt prolong the king's (note:)This chiefly refers to Christ, who lives eternally not only in himself but also in his members.(:note) life: [and] his years as many generations.

geneva@Psalms:61:7 @ He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare (note:)For the stability of my kingdom stands in your mercy and truth.(:note) mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.

geneva@Psalms:61:8 @ So will I alway sing prayse vnto thy Name in performing dayly my vowes.

geneva@Psalms:62:1 @ «To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.» Truly (note:)Though Satan tempted him to murmur against God, yet he bridled his affections, and resting on God's promise.(:note) my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.

geneva@Psalms:62:3 @ How long will ye imagine mischief against a (note:)He means himself, being the man whom God had appointed to the kingdom.(:note) man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a Though you seem to be in honour, yet God will suddenly destroy you. bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.

geneva@Psalms:62:7 @ In God [is] my salvation and my (note:)These vehement and often repetitions were necessary to strengthen his faith against the horrible assault of Satan.(:note) glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.

geneva@Psalms:62:8 @ Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, (note:)He admonishes us of our wicked nature, which would rather hide our sorrow and bite the bridle, than utter our grief to God to obtain remedy.(:note) pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:62:9 @ Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

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:62:12 @ 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:63:1 @ «A Psalm of David, when he was in the (note:)That is, of Ziph (1Sa_23:14).(:note) wilderness of Judah.» O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul Though he was both hungry and in great distress, yet he made God above all meat and drink. thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

geneva@Psalms:63:4 @ Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy name.

geneva@Psalms:63:5 @ My soul shall be satisfied as [with] (note:)The remembrance of your favour is more sweet to me than all the pleasures and dainties of the world.(:note) marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:

geneva@Psalms:63:6 @ When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.

geneva@Psalms:63:8 @ My soul (note:)He assures himself by the Spirit of God to have the gift of constancy.(:note) followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

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:64:2 @ Hide me from the (note:)That is, from their secret malice.(:note) secret counsel of the wicked; from the That is, their outward violence. insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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:64:9 @ And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought.

geneva@Psalms:65:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David.» (note:)You daily give new opportunities to your Church to praise you.(:note) Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

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:65:4 @ Blessed is he, whom thou chusest and causest to come to thee: he shall dwell in thy courtes, and we shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thine House, euen of thine holy Temple.

geneva@Psalms:65:13 @ The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, (note:)That is, the dumb creatures will not only rejoice for a time for God's benefits, but will continually sing.(:note) they also sing.

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:66:2 @ Sing forth the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.

geneva@Psalms:66:4 @ All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. 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:66:12 @ Thou hast caused men to ryde ouer our heads: we went into fire and into water, but thou broughtest vs out into a welthie place.

geneva@Psalms:66:15 @ I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:66:19 @ But God hath heard me, & considered the voyce of my prayer.

geneva@Psalms:66:20 @ Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me.

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: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:68:2 @ As the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou driue them away: and as waxe melteth before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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:68:11 @ 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:68:13 @ Though ye have lien among the (note:)Though God permits his Church for a time to lie in black darkness, yet he will restore it, and make it most shining and white.(:note) pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

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:68:23 @ 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:68:25 @ The (note:)He describes the order of the people, when they went to the temple to give thanks for the victory.(:note) singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.

geneva@Psalms:68:26 @ Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain (note:)Who come of the patriarch Jacob.(:note) of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:68:27 @ There [is] (note:)Benjamin is called little, because he was the youngest son of Jacob.(:note) little Benjamin [with] their Who was some chief ruler of the tribe. ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.

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:68:32 @ Sing vnto God, O yee kingdomes of the earth: sing praise vnto the Lord, (Selah)

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:69:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)Of Shoshannim, read (Psa_45:1).(:note) Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David.» Save me, O God; for the David shows by the waters the great dangers he was in, out of which God delivered him. waters are come in unto [my] soul.

geneva@Psalms:69:2 @ I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no (note:)No stable firmness to settle my feet.(:note) standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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:69:7 @ For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.

geneva@Psalms:69:8 @ I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, euen an aliant vnto my mothers sonnes.

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:69:11 @ I put on a sacke also: and I became a prouerbe vnto them.

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:69:15 @ Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.

geneva@Psalms:69:16 @ Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnes is good: turne vnto me according to ye multitude of thy tender mercies.

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:69:18 @ Draw neere vnto my soule and redeeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies.

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:69:21 @ For they gaue me gall in my meate, and in my thirst they gaue me vineger to drinke.

geneva@Psalms:69:22 @ Let their (note:)He desires God to execute his judgments against the reprobate, which cannot by any means be turned, (Rom_11:9).(:note) table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

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:69:26 @ For they persecute him, whome thou hast smitten: and they adde vnto the sorrowe of them, whome thou hast wounded.

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:69:28 @ Let them be blotted out of the (note:)They who seemed by their profession to have been written in your book, yet by their fruits prove the contrary, let them be known as reprobates.(:note) book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

geneva@Psalms:69:29 @ When I am poore and in heauinesse, thine helpe, O God, shall exalt me.

geneva@Psalms:69:30 @ I will praise the Name of God with a song, and magnifie him with thankesgiuing.

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:70:1 @ «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring (note:)Which might put him in remembrance of his deliverance.(:note) to remembrance.» [Make He teaches us to be earnest in prayer even though God seems to delay: for at his time he will hear us. haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

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:70:5 @ But I [am] (note:)Because he had felt God's help before, he grounds on experience, and boldly seeks him for help.(:note) poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

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:71:2 @ Deliver me in thy (note:)By declaring yourself true to your promises.(:note) righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

geneva@Psalms:71:3 @ Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou (note:)You have infinite means and all creatures are at your commandment; therefore show some sign by which I will be delivered.(:note) hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.

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:71:7 @ I am as a (note:)All the world wonders at me because of my miseries: both those in authority and the common people, yet being assured of your favour, I remain steadfast.(:note) wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.

geneva@Psalms:71:9 @ Cast me not off in the time of (note:)You who helped me in my youth when I had more strength, help me now even more in my old age and weakness.(:note) old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

geneva@Psalms:71:10 @ For mine enemies speake of mee, and they that lay waite for my soule, take their counsell together,

geneva@Psalms:71:11 @ Saying, (note:)Thus the wicked both blaspheme God and triumph against his saints, as though he had forsaken them if he permits them to fall into their hands.(:note) God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].

geneva@Psalms:71:12 @ O God, be not far from me: O (note:)In calling him his God, he puts back the false reports of the adversaries who said God had forsaken him.(:note) my God, make haste for my help.

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:71:15 @ My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; (note:)Because your benefits toward me are innumerable, I cannot but continually meditate and rehearse them.(:note) for I know not the numbers [thereof].

geneva@Psalms:71:16 @ I will (note:)I will remain steadfast, being upheld by the power of God.(:note) go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.

geneva@Psalms:71:17 @ O God, thou hast taught me fro my youth euen vntill nowe: therefore will I tell of thy wonderous workes,

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:71:21 @ Thou wilt increase mine honour, & returne and comfort me.

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:72:6 @ He shall come (note:)As this is true in all godly kings, so it is chiefly verified in Christ, who with his heavenly dew, makes his Church ever to flourish.(:note) down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

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:72:10 @ 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:72:13 @ He shalbe mercifull to the poore and needie, and shall preserue the soules of the poore.

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:72:19 @ And blessed be his glorious Name for euer: and let all the earth be filled with his glorie. So be it, euen so be it.

geneva@Psalms:73:2 @ As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had welneere slipt.

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:73:5 @ They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.

geneva@Psalms:73:9 @ They (note:)They blaspheme God, and do not fear his power and rail upon men, because they esteem themselves above all others.(:note) set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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:73:16 @ Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,

geneva@Psalms:73:19 @ How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are (note:)By your fearful judgment.(:note) utterly consumed with terrors.

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:73:24 @ Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.

geneva@Psalms:73:26 @ My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my (note:)He teaches us to deny ourselves, to have God our whole sufficiency, and only contentment.(:note) portion for ever.

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:74:2 @ Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the (note:)Which inheritance you have measured out for yourself as with a line or rod.(:note) rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

geneva@Psalms:74:5 @ [A man] was famous according as he had (note:)He commends the temple for the costly matter, the excellent workmanship and beauty of it, which nonetheless the enemies destroyed.(:note) lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

geneva@Psalms:74:6 @ But nowe they breake downe the carued worke thereof with axes and hammers.

geneva@Psalms:74:7 @ They haue cast thy Sanctuarie into the fire, and rased it to the grounde, and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.

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:74:10 @ O God, howe long shall the aduersarie reproche thee? shall the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer?

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:74:12 @ For God [is] my King of old, working salvation (note:)Meaning in the sight of all the world.(:note) in the midst of the earth.

geneva@Psalms:74:14 @ Thou brakest the heads of (note:)Which was a great monster of the sea, or whale, meaning Pharaoh.(:note) leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] His destruction rejoiced them as meat refreshes the body. meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

geneva@Psalms:74:17 @ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

geneva@Psalms:74:18 @ Remember this, that the enemie hath reproched the Lorde, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.

geneva@Psalms:74:19 @ O deliver not the soul of thy (note:)He means the Church of God, which is exposed as a prey to the wicked.(:note) turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

geneva@Psalms:74:21 @ Oh let not the oppressed returne ashamed, but let the poore and needie prayse 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:75:1 @ «To the chief Musician, (note:)Read (Psa_57:1).(:note) Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.» Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near He declares how the faithful will always have opportunity to praise God, as in their need they will feel his power at hand to help them. thy wondrous works declare.

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:75:6 @ For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,

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:76:5 @ The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have (note:)God has taken their spirits and strength from them as though their hands were cut off.(:note) found their hands.

geneva@Psalms:76:8 @ Thou didest cause thy iudgement to bee heard from heauen: therefore the earth feared and was still,

geneva@Psalms:76:9 @ When God arose to judgment, to (note:)To avenge the wrongs done to your Church.(:note) save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

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:77:1 @ «To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.» I cried unto God with my (note:)The prophet teaches us by his example to flee to God for help in our necessities.(:note) voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

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:77:5 @ Then I considered the daies of olde, and the yeeres of ancient time.

geneva@Psalms:77:6 @ I call to remembrance my (note:)Of thanksgiving, which I was accustomed to sing in my prosperity.(:note) song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made Both the reasons why I was chastened, and when my sorrows would end. diligent search.

geneva@Psalms:77:8 @ Is his (note:)As if he would say, It is impossible: by which he exhorts himself to patience.(:note) mercy clean gone for ever? doth [his] promise fail for evermore?

geneva@Psalms:77:9 @ Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah.

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:77:11 @ I remembred the workes of the Lorde: certainely I remembred thy wonders of olde.

geneva@Psalms:77:12 @ I did also meditate all thy woorkes, and did deuise of thine actes, saying,

geneva@Psalms:77:15 @ Thou hast redeemed thy people with thine arme, euen the sonnes of Iaakob & Ioseph. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:78:1 @ «(note:)Read (Psa_32:1).(:note) Maschil of Asaph.» Give ear, O my people, [to] my The prophet under the name of a teacher calls the people his, and the doctrine his, as Paul calls the gospel his, of which he was but the preacher, as in (Rom_2:16, Rom_16:25). law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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:78:9 @ 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:78:14 @ In the day time also hee led them with a cloude, and all the night with a light of fire.

geneva@Psalms:78:17 @ And they (note:)Their wicked malice could be overcome by no benefits, which were great and many.(:note) sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

geneva@Psalms:78:18 @ And they tempted God in their heart by (note:)Then to require more than is necessary, and to separate God's power from his will, is to tempt God.(:note) asking meat for their lust.

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:78:21 @ Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fire was kindled in Iaakob, & also wrath came vpon Israel,

geneva@Psalms:78:25 @ Man did eate the bread of Angels: hee sent them meate ynough.

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:78:31 @ The wrath of God came upon them, and slew (note:)Though others were not spared, yet chiefly they suffered, who trusted in their strength against God.(:note) the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.

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:78:33 @ Therefore their daies did hee consume in vanitie, and their yeeres hastily.

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:78:37 @ For their (note:)Whatever does not come from the pure fountain of the heart is hypocrisy.(:note) heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

geneva@Psalms:78:38 @ But he, [being] full of compassion, (note:)Because he would always have some remnant of a Church to praise his Name in earth, he did not permit their sins to overcome his mercy.(:note) forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

geneva@Psalms:78:39 @ For he remebred that they were flesh: yea, a winde that passeth and commeth not againe.

geneva@Psalms:78:41 @ Yea, they (note:)That is, they often tempted him.(:note) turned back and tempted God, and As they all do who measure the power of God by their capacity. limited the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:78:42 @ They (note:)The forgetfulness of God's benefits is the root of rebellion and all vice.(:note) remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

geneva@Psalms:78:45 @ He sent (note:)This word signifies a confused mixture of flies and venomous worms. Some take it for all sorts of serpents: some for all wild beasts.(:note) divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

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:78:53 @ 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:78:54 @ And he brought them to the border of his (note:)Meaning, Canaan, which God had consecrated to himself and appointed to his people.(:note) sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.

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:78:64 @ Their priests fell by the sword; and their (note:)Either they were slain before or taken prisoner by their enemies, and so were forbidden.(:note) widows made no lamentation.

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:78:66 @ And smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetuall shame.

geneva@Psalms:79:1 @ «A Psalm of Asaph.» O God, (note:)The people cry to God against the barbarous tyranny of the Babylonians who spoiled God's inheritance, polluted his temple, destroyed his religion, and murdered his people.(:note) the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

geneva@Psalms:79:2 @ The (note:)The prophets show to what extremities God sometimes allows his Church to fall to exercise their faith, before he sets his hand to deliver them.(:note) dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

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:79:5 @ How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy (note:)Will you completely consume us for our sins, before you take us to mercy?(:note) burn like fire?

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:79:8 @ O remember not against us (note:)Which we and our fathers have committed.(:note) former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

geneva@Psalms:79:9 @ Help us, O God of our (note:)Seeing we have no other Saviour, neither can we help ourselves, and also by our salvation your Name will be praised: therefore O Lord, help us.(:note) salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

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:79:12 @ And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.

geneva@Psalms:79:13 @ So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: (note:)We ought to desire no benefit from God, but on this condition to praise his name, (Isa_43:21).(:note) we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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:80:2 @ Before Ephraim and Beniamin and Manasseh stirre vp thy strength, and come to helpe vs.

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:80:5 @ Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.

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:80:9 @ Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.

geneva@Psalms:80:18 @ So will not we go back from thee: (note:)For no one can call on God but such as are raised up as it were from death to life, and regenerate by the Holy Spirit.(:note) quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

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:81:3 @ Blow up the trumpet in the (note:)Under this feast he comprehends all other solemn days.(:note) new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

geneva@Psalms:81:7 @ Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I (note:)By a strange and wonderful fashion.(:note) answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:81:11 @ But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.

geneva@Psalms:81:15 @ The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time (note:)If the Israelites had not broken covenant with God, he would have given them victory against their enemies.(:note) should have endured for ever.

geneva@Psalms:82:2 @ How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the (note:)For thieves and murderers find favour in judgment when the cause of the godly cannot be heard.(:note) wicked? Selah.

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:83:5 @ For they have consulted together (note:)By all secret means.(:note) with one consent: they are confederate They thought to have subverted your counsel in which the constancy of the Church was established. against thee:

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:83:10 @ [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] (note:)Trodden under foot as mire.(:note) dung for the earth.

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:83:14 @ As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:

geneva@Psalms:83:15 @ So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraide with thy storme.

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:83:17 @ Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame and perish,

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:84:7 @ They go from (note:)They are never weary but increase in strength and courage till they come to God's house.(:note) strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.

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: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:85:7 @ 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:85:10 @ Mercie and trueth shall meete: righteousnes and peace shall kisse one another.

geneva@Psalms:86:1 @ «A Prayer of David.» Bow down (note:)David, when persecuted by Saul, prayed this way, leaving the same to the Church as a monument, how to seek relief against their miseries.(:note) thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.

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:86:7 @ In the day of my trouble I will call vpon thee: for thou hearest me.

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:86:12 @ I wil prayse thee, O Lord my God, with all mine heart: yea, I wil glorifie thy Name for euer.

geneva@Psalms:86:13 @ For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from (note:)That is, from most great danger of death: out of which none but the almighty hand of God could deliver him.(:note) the lowest hell.

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:86:15 @ But thou, O Lorde, art a pitifull God and mercifull, slowe to anger and great in kindenes and trueth.

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:87:4 @ 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:87:7 @ As well the singers as the players on instruments [shall be there]: all my (note:)The prophet sets his whole affections and comfort in the church.(:note) springs [are] in thee.

geneva@Psalms:88:1 @ «A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath (note:)That is, to humble. It was the beginning of a song by which tune this psalm was sung.(:note) Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.» O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night Though many cry in their sorrows, yet they cry not earnestly to God for remedy as he did whom he confessed to be the author of his salvation. before thee:

geneva@Psalms:88:6 @ Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.

geneva@Psalms:88:7 @ Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy (note:)The storms of your wrath have overwhelmed me.(:note) waves. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:88:8 @ Thou hast put away mine (note:)He attributes the loss and displeasure of his friends to God's providence by which he partly punishes and partly tries his.(:note) acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I see no end to my sorrows. [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.

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:88:12 @ Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land (note:)That is, in the grave, where only the body lies without all sense and remembrance.(:note) of forgetfulness?

geneva@Psalms:88:13 @ But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lorde, and early shall my prayer come before thee.

geneva@Psalms:88:14 @ Lorde, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?

geneva@Psalms:88:15 @ I [am] afflicted and ready to die (note:)I am always in great dangers and sorrows as though my life would utterly be cut off every moment.(:note) from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

geneva@Psalms:88:16 @ Thine indignations goe ouer me, and thy feare hath cut me off.

geneva@Psalms:88:17 @ They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.

geneva@Psalms:88:18 @ My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid themselues.

geneva@Psalms:89:1 @ «Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.» I will (note:)Though the horrible confusion of things might cause them to despair of God's favour, yet the manifold examples of his mercies cause them to trust in God though to man's judgment they saw no reason to.(:note) sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

geneva@Psalms:89:2 @ For I have (note:)As he who surely believed in heart.(:note) said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou As your invisible heaven is not subject to any alteration and change: so shall the truth of your promise be unchangeable. establish in the very heavens.

geneva@Psalms:89:6 @ For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the (note:)Meaning, the angels.(:note) sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

geneva@Psalms:89:10 @ Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.

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:89:13 @ Thou hast a mightie arme: strong is thine hand, and high is thy right hand.

geneva@Psalms:89:16 @ They shall reioyce continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousnes shall they exalt them selues.

geneva@Psalms:89:21 @ Therefore mine hande shall be established with him, and mine arme shall strengthen him.

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:89:24 @ But my faithfulness and my (note:)I will mercifully perform my promise to him despite his infirmities and offences.(:note) mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his His power, glory and estate. horn be exalted.

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:89:28 @ My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.

geneva@Psalms:89:30 @ But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:

geneva@Psalms:89:31 @ If they breake my statutes, and keepe not my commandements:

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:89:36 @ His seede shall endure for euer, and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me.

geneva@Psalms:89:37 @ It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful (note:)As long as the Sun and Moon endure, they will be witnesses to me of this promise.(:note) witness in heaven. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:89:39 @ Thou hast (note:)Because of the horrible confusion of things, the prophet complains to God, as though he did not see the performance of his promise and thus discharging his cares on God, he resists doubt and impatience.(:note) made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his By this he means the horrible dissipation and tearing of the kingdom which was under Jeroboam, or else by the Spirit of prophecy Ethan speaks of those great miseries which came to pass soon after at the captivity of Babylon. crown [by casting it] to the ground.

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:89:47 @ Remember (note:)Seeing man's life is short, and you have created man to bestow your benefits on him, unless you hasten to help, death will prevent you.(:note) how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

geneva@Psalms:89:49 @ Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?

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:90:2 @ Before the (note:)You have chosen us to be your people before the foundations of the world were laid.(:note) mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.

geneva@Psalms:90:3 @ Thou (note:)Moses by lamenting the frailty and shortness of man's life moves God to pity.(:note) turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

geneva@Psalms:90:7 @ For we are (note:)You called us by the rods to consider the storms of our life and for our sins you shorten our days.(:note) consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

geneva@Psalms:90:10 @ The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] (note:)Meaning according to the common state of life.(:note) fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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:90:13 @ Return, O LORD, (note:)Meaning, will you be angry?(:note) how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

geneva@Psalms:90:14 @ Fill vs with thy mercie in the morning: so shall we reioyce and be glad all our dayes.

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:91:3 @ Surely he shall deliver thee from the (note:)That is, God's help is most ready for us, whether Satan assails us secretly which he calls a snare, or openly which is here meant by the pestilence.(:note) snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.

geneva@Psalms:91:7 @ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and tenne thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come neere thee.

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:91:10 @ There shall none euill come vnto thee, neither shall any plague come neere thy tabernacle.

geneva@Psalms:91:13 @ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the (note:)You will not only be preserved from all evil, but overcome it whether it is secret or open.(:note) young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

geneva@Psalms:91:15 @ He shall call vpon me, and I wil heare him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliuer him, and glorifie him.

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:92:2 @ To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the (note:)For God's mercy and fidelity in his promises toward his, bind them to praise him continually both day and night.(:note) morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

geneva@Psalms:92:3 @ Upon an (note:)These instruments were then permitted in the Church as also they are now. (Ed.)(:note) instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

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:92:6 @ A (note:)That is, the wicked do not consider God's works nor his judgments against them, and therefore most justly perish.(:note) brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

geneva@Psalms:92:8 @ But thou, LORD, [art (note:)Your judgments are most constant against the wicked and pass our reach.(:note) most] high for evermore.

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: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:94:9 @ 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:94:15 @ But (note:)God will restore the state and government of things to their right use, and then the godly will follow him cheerfully.(:note) judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

geneva@Psalms:94:16 @ Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?

geneva@Psalms:94:18 @ When I said, (note:)When I thought there was no way but death.(:note) My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

geneva@Psalms:94:19 @ In the multitude of my (note:)In my trouble and distress I always found your present help.(:note) thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

geneva@Psalms:94:20 @ Shall the throne of iniquity have (note:)Though the wicked judges pretend justice in oppressing the Church, yet they do not have the authority of God.(:note) fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

geneva@Psalms:94:23 @ And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall (note:)It is a great token of God's judgment when the purpose of the wicked is broken, but most, when they are destroyed in their own malice.(:note) cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off.

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:95:2 @ Let vs come before his face with praise: let vs sing loude vnto him with Psalmes.

geneva@Psalms:95:3 @ For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all (note:)Even the angels (who in respect to men are thought as gods) are nothing in his sight, much less the idols, which man's brain invents.(:note) gods.

geneva@Psalms:95:5 @ To whome the Sea belongeth: for hee made it, and his handes formed the dry land.

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:95:9 @ Where your fathers tempted me, proued me, though they had seene my worke.

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: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:96:2 @ Sing vnto the Lorde, and prayse his Name: declare his saluation from day to day.

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:96:13 @ Before the Lord: for he commeth, for he cometh to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the world with righteousnes, and the people in his trueth.

geneva@Psalms:97:5 @ The mountaines melted like waxe at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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:97:12 @ Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the (note:)Be mindful of his benefits and only trust in his defence.(:note) remembrance of his holiness.

geneva@Psalms:98:1 @ «A Psalm.» O sing (note:)That is, some song newly made in token of their wonderful deliverance by Christ.(:note) unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy He preserves his Church miraculously. arm, hath gotten him the victory.

geneva@Psalms:98:3 @ He hath (note:)God was moved by no other means to gather his Church from the Jews and Gentiles, but because he would perform his promise.(:note) remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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:98:9 @ Before the Lord: for he is come to iudge the earth: with righteousnesse shall hee iudge the world, and the people with equitie.

geneva@Psalms:99:3 @ Let them (note:)Though the wicked rage against God, the godly will praise his Name and mighty power.(:note) praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.

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: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:100:2 @ Serue the Lord with gladnes: come before him with ioyfulnes.

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:101:2 @ I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. (note:)Though as yet you deferred to place me in the kingly dignity, yet I will give myself to wisdom and uprightness being a private man.(:note) O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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:101:4 @ A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.

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: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:102:2 @ Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine eares vnto me: when I call, make haste to heare me.

geneva@Psalms:102:3 @ For my days are (note:)These excessive kinds of speech show how much the affliction of the Church should wound the hearts of the godly.(:note) consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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:102:9 @ For I have (note:)I have not risen out of my mourning to take my refreshment.(:note) eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

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:102:12 @ But thou, O LORD, shalt (note:)Though we are frail, yet your promise is sure, and the remembrance of it will confirm us forever.(:note) endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

geneva@Psalms:102:13 @ Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the (note:)That is, the seventy years which by the prophet Jeremiah you appointed, (Jer_29:12).(:note) set time, is come.

geneva@Psalms:102:15 @ Then the heathen shall feare the Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of the earth thy glory,

geneva@Psalms:102:18 @ This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be (note:)The deliverance of the Church is an excellent benefit, and therefore he compares it to a new creation for in their banishment the body of the Church seemed to have been dead, which by deliverance was as it were created anew.(:note) created shall praise the LORD.

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:102:24 @ And I sayd, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my dayes: thy yeeres endure from generation to generation.

geneva@Psalms:102:25 @ Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.

geneva@Psalms:102:27 @ But thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not fayle.

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:103:4 @ Who redeemeth thy life from (note:)For before we have remission of our sins, we are as dead men in the grave.(:note) destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

geneva@Psalms:103:6 @ The Lord executeth righteousnes & iudgement to all that are oppressed.

geneva@Psalms:103:8 @ The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.

geneva@Psalms:103:9 @ He will not always (note:)He shows first his severe judgment, but as soon as the sinner is humbled, he receives him to mercy.(:note) chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.

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:103:12 @ As far as (note:)As great as the world is, so full is it of signs of God's mercies toward his faithful when he has removed their sins.(:note) the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

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:103:19 @ The Lord hath prepared his throne in heauen, and his Kingdome ruleth ouer all.

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: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:104:2 @ Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.

geneva@Psalms:104:3 @ Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.

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:104:6 @ Thou coveredst it with the (note:)You make the sea to be an ornament to the earth.(:note) deep as [with] a garment: the If by your power you did not bridle the rage of the waters, the whole world would be destroyed. waters stood above the mountains.

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:104:19 @ He appointed (note:)As to separate the night from the day, and to note days, months and years.(:note) the moon for seasons: That is, by his course, either far or near, it notes summer, winter and other seasons. the sun knoweth his going down.

geneva@Psalms:104:21 @ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat (note:)That is, they only find meat according to God's providence, who cares even for the brute beasts.(:note) from God.

geneva@Psalms:104:25 @ So is this sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beastes and great.

geneva@Psalms:104:32 @ He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they (note:)God's merciful face gives strength to the earth, but his severe countenance burns the mountains.(:note) smoke.

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:105:1 @ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: (note:)For as much as the Israelites were exempted from the common condemnation of the world, and were elected to be God's people, the prophet wills them to show themselves mindful by thanksgiving.(:note) make known his deeds among the people.

geneva@Psalms:105:3 @ Reioyce in his holy Name: let the heart of them that seeke the Lord, reioyce.

geneva@Psalms:105:4 @ Seek the LORD, and his (note:)By the strength and face he means the ark where God declared his power and his presence.(:note) strength: seek his face evermore.

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:105:7 @ He is the Lorde our God: his iudgements are through all the earth.

geneva@Psalms:105:8 @ He hath alway remembred his couenant & promes, that he made to a thousand generations,

geneva@Psalms:105:10 @ And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

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:105:13 @ And walked about from nation to nation, from one kingdome to another people,

geneva@Psalms:105:15 @ [Saying], Touch not mine (note:)Those whom I have sanctified to be my people.(:note) anointed, and do my Meaning, the old fathers, to whom God showed himself plainly, and who set forth his word. prophets no harm.

geneva@Psalms:105:16 @ Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole (note:)Either by sending scarcity or the strength and nourishment of it.(:note) staff of bread.

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:105:22 @ To bind his (note:)That the very princes of the countries would be at Joseph's commandment, and learn wisdom from him.(:note) princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

geneva@Psalms:105:23 @ Then Israel came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

geneva@Psalms:105:27 @ They shewed among them the message of his signes, and wonders in the land of Ham.

geneva@Psalms:105:28 @ He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they (note:)Meaning, Moses and Aaron.(:note) rebelled not against his word.

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:105:42 @ For he remembered his holy (note:)Which he confirms to the posterity in whom after a sort the dead live and enjoy the promises.(:note) promise, [and] Abraham his servant.

geneva@Psalms:105:43 @ And he brought forth his people with (note:)When the Egyptians lamented and were destroyed.(:note) joy, [and] his chosen with gladness:

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:106:7 @ Our fathers vnderstoode not thy wonders in Egypt, neither remembred they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the Sea, euen at the red sea.

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:106:12 @ Then (note:)The wonderful words of God caused them to believe for a time, and to praise him.(:note) believed they his words; they sang his praise.

geneva@Psalms:106:17 @ The earth opened and (note:)By the greatness of the punishment the heinousness of the offence may be considered: for they who rise against God's ministers rebel against him.(:note) swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

geneva@Psalms:106:18 @ And the fire was kindled in their assembly: the flame burnt vp the wicked.

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:106:24 @ Yea, they despised (note:)That is Canaan, which acted as a promise of the heavenly inheritance to come, though it was only worth a penny in comparison to the value of the inheritance itself.(:note) the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

geneva@Psalms:106:26 @ Therefore (note:)That is, he swore. Sometimes also it means to punish.(:note) he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

geneva@Psalms:106:30 @ Then stood up (note:)When all others neglected God's glory, he in his zeal killed the adulterers and prevented God's wrath.(:note) Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.

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:106:38 @ And shed innocent blood, euen the blood of their sonnes, & of their daughters, whome they offred vnto the idoles of Canaan, and the lande was defiled with blood.

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:106:47 @ 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:107:1 @ O give thanks unto (note:)This notable sentence was in the beginning used as the foot or tenor of the song, which was often repeated.(:note) the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:107:2 @ Let the (note:)As was true in the Jews, so there is not one of God's elect who does not feel his help in their necessity.(:note) redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

geneva@Psalms:107:8 @ Let them therefore confesse before ye Lorde his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.

geneva@Psalms:107:11 @ Because they (note:)Then the true way to obey God is to follow his express commandment: also by this all are exhorted to descend into themselves as none are punished but for their sins.(:note) rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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:107:15 @ Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.

geneva@Psalms:107:16 @ For he hath broken the (note:)When there seems to man's judgment no recovery, but all things are brought to despair, then God chiefly shows his mighty power.(:note) gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

geneva@Psalms:107:18 @ Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore.

geneva@Psalms:107:21 @ Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, & his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men,

geneva@Psalms:107:26 @ They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is (note:)Their fear and danger is so great.(:note) melted because of trouble.

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:107:30 @ Then are they glad because they be (note:)Though before every drop seemed to fight one against the other, yet at his command they are as still as if they were frozen.(:note) quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

geneva@Psalms:107:31 @ Let them therfore confesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, and his wonderfull woorkes before the sonnes of men.

geneva@Psalms:107:42 @ The (note:)They whose faith is lightened by God's spirit, will rejoice to see God's judgments against the wicked and ungodly.(:note) righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

geneva@Psalms:108:4 @ For thy mercy is great aboue the heauens, and thy trueth vnto the clouds.

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:108:10 @ Who will leade mee into the strong citie? Who will bring me vnto Edom?

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:109:2 @ For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

geneva@Psalms:109:3 @ They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

geneva@Psalms:109:5 @ And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

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:109:12 @ Let there be none to extende mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.

geneva@Psalms:109:13 @ Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.

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:109:18 @ As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.

geneva@Psalms:109:19 @ Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.

geneva@Psalms:109:21 @ But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy (note:)As you are named merciful, gracious and long suffering, so show yourself in effect.(:note) name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.

geneva@Psalms:109:22 @ Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.

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:109:26 @ Help me, O LORD my God: O (note:)The more grievously Satan assailed him, the more earnest and instant was he in prayer.(:note) save me according to thy mercy:

geneva@Psalms:109:28 @ Let them (note:)They will gain nothing by cursing me.(:note) curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

geneva@Psalms:109:29 @ Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.

geneva@Psalms:110:4 @ The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of (note:)As Melchizedek the figure of Christ was both a King and Priest, so this effect cannot be accomplished on any king save only Christ.(:note) Melchizedek.

geneva@Psalms:111:4 @ He hath made his wonderfull workes to be had in remembrance: the Lord is mercifull and full of compassion.

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:111:7 @ The (note:)As God proposed to take care of his Church so in effect does he declare himself just and true in the government of the same.(:note) works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure.

geneva@Psalms:111:9 @ He sent redemption vnto his people: he hath commanded his couenant for euer: holy and fearefull is his Name.

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:112:6 @ Surely he shall neuer be moued: but the righteous shalbe had in euerlasting remembrance.

geneva@Psalms:112:10 @ The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and (note:)The blessings of God on his children will cause the wicked to die for envy.(:note) melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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:113:2 @ Blessed be the Name of the Lorde from hencefoorth and for euer.

geneva@Psalms:113:3 @ The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising of ye sunne, vnto ye going downe of the same.

geneva@Psalms:113:4 @ The LORD [is] high above all (note:)If God's glory shines through all the world, and therefore of all ought to be praised, what great condemnation were it to his people, among whom chiefly it shines, if they should not earnestly extol his Name?(:note) nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.

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: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:114:8 @ Which (note:)That is, miraculously caused water to come out of the rock in great abundance, (Exo_17:6).(:note) turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

geneva@Psalms:115:1 @ Not (note:)Because God promised to deliver them, not for their sakes, but for his Name, (Isa_48:11), therefore they ground their prayer on this promise.(:note) unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.

geneva@Psalms:115:3 @ But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath (note:)No impediments can slow his work, but he uses even the impediments to serve his will.(:note) pleased.

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:115:6 @ They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not.

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:116:2 @ Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] (note:)That is in convenient time to seek help, which was when he was in distress.(:note) as long as I live.

geneva@Psalms:116:3 @ When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.

geneva@Psalms:116:4 @ Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.

geneva@Psalms:116:5 @ Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] (note:)He shows forth the fruit of his love in calling on him, confessing him to be just and merciful and to help them who are destitute of aid and counsel.(:note) merciful.

geneva@Psalms:116:6 @ The Lorde preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.

geneva@Psalms:116:9 @ I will (note:)The Lord will preserve me and save my life.(:note) walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

geneva@Psalms:116:11 @ I said in my (note:)In my great distress I thought God would not regard man, who is but lies and vanity, yet I overcame this temptation and felt the contrary.(:note) haste, All men [are] liars.

geneva@Psalms:116:12 @ What shall I render vnto the Lord for all his benefites toward me?

geneva@Psalms:116:13 @ I will (note:)In the Law they used to make a banquet when they gave solemn thanks to God, and to take the cup and drink in sign of thanksgiving.(:note) take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:116:17 @ I will offer to thee a sacrifice of prayse, and will call vpon the Name of the Lord.

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:117:2 @ For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the (note:)That is, the most certain and continual testimony of his fatherly graces.(:note) truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:118:1 @ O (note:)Because God by creating David king, showed his mercy toward his afflicted Church, the prophet not only thanks God himself, but exhorts all the people to do the same.(:note) give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:118:2 @ Let Israel now say, That his mercy endureth for euer.

geneva@Psalms:118:3 @ Let the house of Aaron nowe say, That his mercy endureth for euer.

geneva@Psalms:118:4 @ Let them, that feare the Lorde, nowe say, That his mercie endureth for euer.

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:118:10 @ All nations haue compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them.

geneva@Psalms:118:11 @ They haue compassed mee, yea, they haue compassed mee: but in the Name of the Lorde I shall destroy them.

geneva@Psalms:118:12 @ They came about mee like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.

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:118:15 @ The (note:)He promises both to render graces himself, and to cause others to do the same, because in his person the Church was restored.(:note) voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

geneva@Psalms:118:18 @ The Lorde hath chastened me sore, but he hath not deliuered me to death.

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:118:21 @ I will praise thee: for thou hast heard mee, and hast beene my deliuerance.

geneva@Psalms:118:22 @ The stone [which] the builders (note:)Though Saul and the chief powers refused me to be king, yet God has preferred me above them all.(:note) refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.

geneva@Psalms:118:24 @ This [is] the (note:)In which God has shown chiefly his mercy, by appointing me king and delivering his Church.(:note) day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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:118:29 @ Praise ye the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.

geneva@Psalms:119:1 @ ALEPH. Blessed [are] (note:)Here they are not called blessed who think themselves wise in their own judgment, nor who imagine to themselves a certain holiness, but they whose conversation is without hypocrisy.(:note) the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:119:6 @ Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.

geneva@Psalms:119:7 @ I will praise thee with uprightness of (note:)For true religion stands in serving God without hypocrisy.(:note) heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous That is, your precepts, which contain perfect righteousness. judgments.

geneva@Psalms:119:8 @ I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not (note:)He does not refuse to be tried by temptations, but he fears to faint, if God does not help his infirmity in time.(:note) utterly.

geneva@Psalms:119:9 @ BETH. Wherewithal shall a (note:)Because youth is most given to licentiousness, he chiefly warns them to frame their lives after God's word.(:note) young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:10 @ With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.

geneva@Psalms:119:12 @ Blessed art thou, O Lorde: teache mee thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:13 @ With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.

geneva@Psalms:119:15 @ I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.

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:119:19 @ I [am] a (note:)Seeing man's life in this world is only a passage, what should become of him, if your word were not his guide?(:note) stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

geneva@Psalms:119:20 @ Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements always.

geneva@Psalms:119:21 @ Thou (note:)In all ages you have plagued all such who maliciously and contemptuously depart from your truth.(:note) hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

geneva@Psalms:119:22 @ Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:119:25 @ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the (note:)That is, it is almost brought to the grave and without your word I cannot live.(:note) dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:26 @ I have (note:)I have confessed my offences and now depend wholly on you.(:note) declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:27 @ Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, & I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.

geneva@Psalms:119:28 @ My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy (note:)If God did not maintain us by his word, our life would drop away like water.(:note) word.

geneva@Psalms:119:29 @ Remove from me the (note:)Instruct me in your word, by which my mind may be purged from vanity and taught to obey your will.(:note) way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

geneva@Psalms:119:30 @ I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.

geneva@Psalms:119:31 @ I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.

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:119:34 @ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole (note:)Not only in outward conversation, but also with inward affection.(:note) heart.

geneva@Psalms:119:35 @ Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.

geneva@Psalms:119:36 @ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to (note:)By this, meaning all other vices, because covetousness is the root of all evil.(:note) covetousness.

geneva@Psalms:119:37 @ Turn away mine (note:)Meaning, all his senses.(:note) eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.

geneva@Psalms:119:38 @ Stablish thy promesse to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.

geneva@Psalms:119:39 @ Turn away (note:)Let me not fall to your dishonour but let my heart still delight in your gracious word.(:note) my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.

geneva@Psalms:119:40 @ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: (note:)Give me strength to continue in your word even to the end.(:note) quicken me in thy righteousness.

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:119:43 @ And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.

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:119:47 @ And my delite shalbe in thy commaundements, which I haue loued.

geneva@Psalms:119:48 @ Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commaundements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:49 @ ZAIN. Remember (note:)Though he feels God's hand still lies on him, yet he rests on his promise, and comforts himself in it.(:note) the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

geneva@Psalms:119:50 @ It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promes hath quickened me.

geneva@Psalms:119:51 @ The (note:)Meaning the wicked who contemn God's word, and tread his religion under foot.(:note) proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.

geneva@Psalms:119:52 @ I remembered thy (note:)That is, the examples, by which you declare yourself to be judge of the world.(:note) judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

geneva@Psalms:119:55 @ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the (note:)Even when others sleep.(:note) night, and have kept thy law.

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:119:58 @ I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promes.

geneva@Psalms:119:60 @ I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

geneva@Psalms:119:61 @ The bands of the wicked have (note:)They have gone about to draw me into their company.(:note) robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.

geneva@Psalms:119:62 @ At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

geneva@Psalms:119:64 @ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: (note:)For the knowledge of God's word is a singular token of his favour.(:note) teach me thy statutes.

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:119:66 @ Teach me good iudgement & knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.

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:119:68 @ Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:69 @ The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

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:119:72 @ The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

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:119:78 @ Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.

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:119:81 @ CAPH. My soul (note:)Though my strength fails me, yet my soul groans and sighs, resting still in your word.(:note) fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:82 @ Mine eyes faile for thy promes, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

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:119:85 @ The proud have (note:)They have not only oppressed me violently but also craftily conspired against me.(:note) digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.

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:119:87 @ They had almost consumed (note:)Finding no help on earth, he lifts up his eyes to heaven.(:note) me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

geneva@Psalms:119:88 @ Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.

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:119:93 @ I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.

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:119:95 @ The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:119:96 @ I (note:)There is nothing so perfect in earth, but it has an end, only God's word lasts forever.(:note) have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.

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:119:98 @ By thy commaundements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.

geneva@Psalms:119:99 @ I have more (note:)Whoever submits himself only to God's word will not only be safe against the practises of his enemies, but also learn more wisdom than they who profess it, and are men of experience.(:note) understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.

geneva@Psalms:119:102 @ I have not departed from thy judgments: for (note:)So then of ourselves we can do nothing, but when God inwardly instructs us with his spirit, we feel his graces sweeter than honey.(:note) thou hast taught me.

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:119:107 @ I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:108 @ Accept, I beseech thee, the (note:)That is, my prayer and thanksgiving which Hosea calls the calves of the lips, (Hos_14:2).(:note) freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

geneva@Psalms:119:110 @ The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

geneva@Psalms:119:111 @ Thy testimonies have I taken as an (note:)I esteemed no worldly things, but made your word my inheritance.(:note) heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.

geneva@Psalms:119:113 @ SAMECH. I hate (note:)Whoever will embrace God's word correctly must abhor all fantasies and imaginations both of himself and others.(:note) [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.

geneva@Psalms:119:116 @ Stablish me according to thy promes, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.

geneva@Psalms:119:119 @ Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] (note:)Which infected your people, as dross does metal.(:note) dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

geneva@Psalms:119:120 @ My flesh (note:)Your judgments not only teach me obedience, but cause me to fear, considering my own weakness which fear causes repentance.(:note) trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

geneva@Psalms:119:121 @ Ain. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.

geneva@Psalms:119:123 @ Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promes.

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:119:127 @ Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

geneva@Psalms:119:131 @ I opened my mouth, and (note:)My zeal toward your word was so great.(:note) panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

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:119:133 @ Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.

geneva@Psalms:119:134 @ Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.

geneva@Psalms:119:135 @ Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:137 @ Tsaddi. Righteous art thou, O Lorde, and iust are thy iudgements.

geneva@Psalms:119:139 @ My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

geneva@Psalms:119:143 @ Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.

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:119:146 @ I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.

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:119:149 @ Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.

geneva@Psalms:119:151 @ Thou art neere, O Lorde: for all thy commaundements are true.

geneva@Psalms:119:153 @ Resh. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

geneva@Psalms:119:154 @ Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy (note:)For without God's promise there is no hope of deliverance.(:note) word.

geneva@Psalms:119:156 @ Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy (note:)According to your promise made in the law, which because the wicked lack they have no hope of salvation.(:note) judgments.

geneva@Psalms:119:158 @ I beheld the transgressors, and was (note:)My zeal consumed me when I saw their malice and contempt for your glory.(:note) grieved; because they kept not thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:159 @ Consider how I (note:)It is a sure sign of our adoption, when we love the Law of God.(:note) love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

geneva@Psalms:119:160 @ Thy word [is] true [from] the (note:)Since you first promised it, even to the end all your sayings are true.(:note) beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:119:161 @ SCHIN. Princes have (note:)The threatenings and persecutions of princes could not cause me to cease to confess you whom I fear more than men.(:note) persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

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:119:168 @ I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: (note:)I had no respect for men, but set you always before my eyes as the judge of my doings.(:note) for all my ways [are] before thee.

geneva@Psalms:119:169 @ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding (note:)As you have promised to be the schoolmaster to all who depend on you.(:note) according to thy word.

geneva@Psalms:119:170 @ Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promes.

geneva@Psalms:119:171 @ My lips shall (note:)The word means to pour forth continually.(:note) utter praise, when thou hast All his prayer and desire is to profit in the word of God. taught me thy statutes.

geneva@Psalms:119:172 @ My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commaundements are righteous.

geneva@Psalms:119:173 @ Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.

geneva@Psalms:119:175 @ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy (note:)That is, your provident care over me, and with which you will judge my enemies.(:note) judgments help me.

geneva@Psalms:119:176 @ I have (note:)Being chased to and fro by my enemies, and having no place to rest in.(:note) gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

geneva@Psalms:120:1 @ «A Song of (note:)That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing.(:note) degrees.» In my Even though the children of God should rejoice when they suffer for righteousness sake, yet it is a great grief to the flesh to hear evil for well doing. distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

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:120:7 @ 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:121:1 @ A song of degrees. I will lift mine eyes vnto the mouuntaines, from whence mine helpe shall come.

geneva@Psalms:121:2 @ My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made (note:)He accuses man's ingratitude, which cannot depend on God's power.(:note) heaven and earth.

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:121:6 @ The sun shall not (note:)Neither heat nor cold, nor any inconvenience will be able to destroy God's Church, even though for a time they may molest it.(:note) smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

geneva@Psalms:121:8 @ The LORD shall preserve thy (note:)Whatever you attempt will have good success.(:note) going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

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:122:4 @ Whither (note:)All the tribes according to God's covenant will come and pray there.(:note) the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:122:5 @ For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of (note:)In whose house God placed the throne of justice, and made it a figure of Christ's kingdom.(:note) David.

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:124:2 @ If the Lord had not bene on our side, when men rose vp against vs,

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:124:8 @ Our helpe is in the Name of the Lorde, which hath made heauen and earth.

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:127:5 @ 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:128:2 @ For thou shalt eat the labour of thine (note:)The world esteems them happy who live in wealth and idleness but the Holy Spirit approves them best who live of the mean profit of their labours.(:note) hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.

geneva@Psalms:129:1 @ «A Song of degrees.» Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may (note:)The Church now afflicted should remember how her condition has always been such from the beginning to be molested most grievously by the wicked, yet in time it has always been delivered.(:note) Israel now say:

geneva@Psalms:129:2 @ They haue often times afflicted me fro my youth: but they could not preuaile against me.

geneva@Psalms:129:5 @ They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.

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:130:8 @ And he shall redeeme Israel from all his iniquities.

geneva@Psalms:131:1 @ «A Song of degrees of David.» LORD, (note:)He sets forth his great humility as an example to all rulers and governors.(:note) my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great Which pass the measure and limits of his calling. matters, or in things too high for me.

geneva@Psalms:132:1 @ A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his (note:)That is, with great difficulty he came to the kingdom, and with great zeal and care he went about to build your temple.(:note) afflictions:

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:132:14 @ 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:132:17 @ There will I make the (note:)Though his force for a time seemed to be broken, yet he promises to restore it.(:note) horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

geneva@Psalms:132:18 @ His enemies will I clothe with shame, but on him his crowne shall florish.

geneva@Psalms:133:1 @ «A Song of degrees of David.» Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell (note:)Because the greatest part was against David, though some favoured him, yet when he was established king at length, they joined all together like brothers: and therefore he shows by these similarities the convenience of brotherly love.(:note) together in unity!

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:135:1 @ Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Name of the Lorde: ye seruants of the Lord, praise him.

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:135:3 @ Praise ye the Lord: for the Lorde is good: sing praises vnto his Name: for it is a comely thing.

geneva@Psalms:135:11 @ As Sihon King of the Amorites, and Og King of Bashan, & all the kingdomes of Canaan:

geneva@Psalms:135:13 @ Thy Name, O Lorde, endureth for euer: O Lorde, thy remembrance is from generation to generation.

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: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:136:2 @ Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercie endureth for euer.

geneva@Psalms:136:3 @ Praise ye the Lord of lordes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:4 @ Which onely doeth great wonders: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:5 @ Which by his wisedome made the heauens: for his mercie endureth for euer:

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:136:7 @ Which made great lightes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:8 @ As the sunne to rule the day: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:9 @ The moone and the starres to gouerne the night: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:10 @ Which smote Egypt with their first borne, (for his mercie endureth for euer)

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:136:13 @ Which deuided the red Sea in two partes: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:14 @ And made Israel to passe through the mids of it: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:15 @ And ouerthrewe Pharaoh and his hoste in the red Sea: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:16 @ To him which led his people through the (note:)Where for the space of forty years he showed infinite and most strange wonders.(:note) wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

geneva@Psalms:136:17 @ Which smote great Kings: for his mercie endureth for euer:

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:136:19 @ As Sihon King of the Amorites: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:20 @ And Og the King of Bashan: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:21 @ And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:22 @ Euen an heritage vnto Israel his seruant: for his mercie endureth for euer:

geneva@Psalms:136:23 @ Who remembered us in our (note:)In our greatest affliction and slavery when we looked for nothing less than to have had any help.(:note) low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

geneva@Psalms:136:24 @ And hath rescued vs from our oppressours: for his mercie endureth for euer:

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:137:1 @ By the rivers of Babylon, there we (note:)That is, we abode a long time, and even though the country was pleasant, yet it could not stay our tears, nor turn us from the true service of our God.(:note) sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered 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:138:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David.» I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the (note:)Even in the presence of angels and of them who have authority among men.(:note) gods will I sing praise unto thee.

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:138:3 @ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, [and] (note:)You have strengthened me against my outward and inward enemies.(:note) strengthenedst me [with] strength in my soul.

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:138:7 @ Though I walke in the middes of trouble, yet wilt thou reuiue me: thou wilt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall saue me.

geneva@Psalms:138:8 @ The LORD will (note:)Though my enemies rage, yet the Lord, who has begun his work in me, will continue his grace to the end.(:note) perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

geneva@Psalms:139:1 @ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.

geneva@Psalms:139:4 @ For [there is] not a word in my (note:)You know my meaning before I speak.(:note) tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

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:139:9 @ Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:

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:139:11 @ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be (note:)Though darkness is a hinderance to man's sight, yet is serves your eyes as well as the light.(:note) light about me.

geneva@Psalms:139:13 @ For thou hast (note:)You have made me in all parts and therefore must know me.(:note) possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

geneva@Psalms:139:14 @ I will praise thee; for I am (note:)Considering your wonderful work in forming me, I cannot but praise you and fear your mighty power.(:note) fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.

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:139:17 @ How (note:)How should we esteem the excellent declaration of your wisdom in the creation of man?(:note) precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

geneva@Psalms:139:18 @ [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, (note:)I continually see new opportunity to meditate in your wisdom, and to praise you.(:note) I am still with thee.

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:139:23 @ Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,

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:140:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the (note:)Who persecutes me out of malice and without cause.(:note) violent man;

geneva@Psalms:140:2 @ Which imagine mischiefs in [their] (note:)That is, by their false accusations and lies, they kindle the hatred of the wicked against me.(:note) heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

geneva@Psalms:140:4 @ Keep (note:)He declares the remedy of the godly, when they are oppressed by the worldlings.(:note) me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

geneva@Psalms:140:5 @ The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.

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:140:13 @ Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall (note:)That is, will be descended and preserved by your fatherly providence and care.(:note) dwell in thy presence.

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:141:2 @ Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the (note:)He means his earnest zeal and gesture, which he used in prayer: alluding to the sacrifices which were by God's commandment offered in the old law.(:note) lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.

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:141:9 @ Keepe me from the snare, which they haue layde for me, and from the grennes of the workers of iniquitie.

geneva@Psalms:142:2 @ I powred out my meditation before him, and declared mine affliction in his presence.

geneva@Psalms:142:3 @ Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily layde a snare for me.

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:142:6 @ Hearken vnto my crye, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecuters, for they are too strong for me.

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:143:1 @ «A Psalm of David.» Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: (note:)That is, as you have promised to be faithful in your promise to all who trust in you.(:note) in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy That is, according to your free goodness, by which you defend your own. righteousness.

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:143:5 @ I remember the (note:)That is, your great benefits of old, and the manifold examples of your favour towards your own.(:note) days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

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:143:8 @ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the (note:)That is, speedily and in due season.(:note) morning; for in thee do I trust: Let your Holy Spirit counsel me how to come forth from these great cares and troubles. cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

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:143:11 @ Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Names sake, and for thy righteousnesse bring my soule out of trouble.

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:144:7 @ Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great (note:)That is, deliver me from the tumults of they who should be my people but are corrupt in their judgment and enterprises, as though they were strangers.(:note) waters, from the hand of strange children;

geneva@Psalms:144:9 @ I will sing a (note:)That is, a rare and excellent song, as your great benefits deserve.(:note) new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

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:144:11 @ Rescue me, and deliuer me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talketh vanitie, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehoode:

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:145:2 @ I will blesse thee dayly, and prayse thy Name for euer and euer.

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:145:5 @ I wil meditate of the beautie of thy glorious maiestie, and thy wonderfull workes,

geneva@Psalms:145:6 @ And [men] shall speak of the might of thy (note:)Of your terrible judgments against the wicked.(:note) terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

geneva@Psalms:145:7 @ They shall breake out into the mention of thy great goodnes, and shall sing aloude of thy righteousnesse.

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:145:9 @ The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are ouer all his workes.

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:145:13 @ Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome, and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.

geneva@Psalms:145:15 @ The eyes of (note:)That is, as well of man as of beast.(:note) all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

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:145:21 @ My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all (note:)That is, all men will be bound to praise him.(:note) flesh bless his holy name for ever and 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:146:9 @ The LORD preserveth the (note:)Meaning, all who are destitute of worldly means and help.(:note) strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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:147:2 @ The LORD doth build up (note:)Because the Lord is the founder of the Church, it cannot be destroyed, though the members of it are dispersed and seem as it were for a time to be cut off.(:note) Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

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:147:5 @ Great is our Lord, and great is his power: his wisdome is infinite.

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:147:10 @ He delighteth not in the (note:)Though to use lawful means is both profitable and pleases God, yet to put our trust in them is to defraud God of his honour.(:note) strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

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:147:15 @ He sendeth forth his (note:)His secret working in all creatures is as a command to keep them in order and to give them moving and force.(:note) commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very For immediately and without resisting all things obey him. swiftly.

geneva@Psalms:147:18 @ He sendeth his worde and melteth them: he causeth his winde to blowe, and the waters flowe.

geneva@Psalms:147:19 @ He sheweth his (note:)As before he called God's secret working in all his creatures his word: so he means by this his word the doctrine of life everlasting, which he has left to his Church as a precious treasure.(:note) word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

geneva@Psalms:147:20 @ He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not (note:)The cause of this difference is God's free mercy, which has elected his in his Son Christ Jesus to salvation: and his just judgment, by which he has appointed the reprobate to eternal damnation.(:note) known them. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:148:2 @ Praise ye him, all (note:)Because they are members of the same body, he sets them before our eyes, who are most willing and by their prompt obedience teach us to do our duty.(:note) his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

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:148:5 @ Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commauded, and they were created.

geneva@Psalms:148:7 @ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye (note:)Meaning the great and monstrous fishes, as whales and such like.(:note) dragons, and all deeps:

geneva@Psalms:148:12 @ Yong men and maidens, also olde men and children:

geneva@Psalms:148:13 @ Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his prayse aboue the earth and the heauens.

geneva@Psalms:149:3 @ Let them prayse his Name with the flute: let them sing prayses vnto him with the timbrell and harpe.

geneva@Psalms:149:4 @ For the Lorde hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meeke glorious by deliuerance.

geneva@Psalms:149:9 @ To execute upon them the judgment (note:)By this God binds the hands and minds of all his to enterprise no farther than he appoints.(:note) written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

geneva@Psalms:150:1 @ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his (note:)That is, in the heaven.(:note) sanctuary: praise him in the For his wonderful power appears in the firmament, which in Hebrew is called a stretching out, or spreading abroad, in which the mighty work of God shines. firmament of his power.

geneva@Psalms:150:3 @ Praise him with the sound of the (note:)Exhorting the people only to rejoice in praising God, he makes mention of those instruments which by God's commandment were appointed in the old law. (Ed.)(:note) trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

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:1:2 @ To know wisdom (note:)That is, what we ought to know and follow, and what we ought to refuse.(:note) and instruction; to perceive the words Meaning, the word of God in which is the only true knowledge. of understanding;

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:1:7 @ The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

geneva@Proverbs:1:8 @ My son, hear the instruction of thy (note:)He speaks this in the Name of God, who is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father.(:note) father, and forsake not the law of thy That is, of the Church, in which the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God's word. mother:

geneva@Proverbs:1:9 @ For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

geneva@Proverbs:1:11 @ If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for (note:)He speaks not only of the shedding of blood with hand, but of all crafty practises which tend to the detriment of our neighbour.(:note) blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

geneva@Proverbs:1:22 @ How long, ye (note:)Wisdom reproves three kinds of men, the foolish or simple who err out of ignorance, the mockers who cannot stand to be taught, and the fools who are drowned in worldly lusts and hate the knowledge of godliness.(:note) simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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:1:27 @ When (note:)That is, your destruction, which you feared.(:note) your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

geneva@Proverbs:1:28 @ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not (note:)Because they sought not with an affection to God, but for ease of their own grief.(:note) find me:

geneva@Proverbs:1:33 @ But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.

geneva@Proverbs:2:1 @ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and (note:)That is, keep them in your heart.(:note) hide my commandments with thee;

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:2:6 @ For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

geneva@Proverbs:2:8 @ That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)

geneva@Proverbs:2:9 @ Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

geneva@Proverbs:2:10 @ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

geneva@Proverbs:2:16 @ To deliver thee from the strange (note:)Meaning, the wisdom which is the word of God, will preserve us from all vices: naming this vice of whoredom to which man is most prone.(:note) woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

geneva@Proverbs:2:20 @ Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.

geneva@Proverbs:3:1 @ My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

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:3:5 @ Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

geneva@Proverbs:3:8 @ It shall be health to thy (note:)By this part he comprehends the whole body, as by health he means all the benefits promised in the law both corporal and spiritual.(:note) navel, and marrow to thy bones.

geneva@Proverbs:3:12 @ For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

geneva@Proverbs:3:13 @ Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

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:3:21 @ My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

geneva@Proverbs:3:28 @ Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

geneva@Proverbs:3:30 @ Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

geneva@Proverbs:4:4 @ He (note:)Meaning, David his father.(:note) taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

geneva@Proverbs:4:9 @ She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie.

geneva@Proverbs:4:14 @ Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.

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:4:17 @ For they eat the bread of (note:)Gotten my wicked means and cruel oppression.(:note) wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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:5:1 @ My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

geneva@Proverbs:5:3 @ For the lips (note:)That is, a harlot who gives herself to someone other than her husband.(:note) of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than By oil and honey he means flattering and crafty enticements. oil:

geneva@Proverbs:5:4 @ But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.

geneva@Proverbs:5:6 @ Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are (note:)She has always new means to allure to wickedness.(:note) moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

geneva@Proverbs:5:7 @ Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

geneva@Proverbs:5:8 @ Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

geneva@Proverbs:5:11 @ And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)

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:5:14 @ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and (note:)Although I was faithfully instructed in the truth, yet I almost fell to utter shame and destruction nonetheless, by good bringing up in the assembly of the godly.(:note) assembly.

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:5:19 @ Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

geneva@Proverbs:5:20 @ For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

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:6:3 @ Doe this nowe, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe: seeing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, goe, and humble thy selfe, and sollicite thy friends.

geneva@Proverbs:6:8 @ Prepareth her meat in the sommer, & gathereth her foode in haruest.

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:6:12 @ A naughty person, (note:)He shows to what inconvenience the idle persons and sluggards come, by calling them unthrifty, or the men of Belial, and slanderous.(:note) a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

geneva@Proverbs:6:14 @ Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

geneva@Proverbs:6:15 @ Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

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:6:20 @ My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

geneva@Proverbs:6:23 @ For the (note:)By the commandment, he means the word of God; and by the instruction, the preaching and declaration of the same, which is committed to the Church.(:note) commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and And reprehensions when the word is preached bring us to life. reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

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:6:35 @ He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.

geneva@Proverbs:7:1 @ My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

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:7:4 @ Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,

geneva@Proverbs:7:10 @ And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.

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:7:16 @ I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.

geneva@Proverbs:7:17 @ I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.

geneva@Proverbs:7:18 @ Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.

geneva@Proverbs:7:19 @ For mine husbande is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.

geneva@Proverbs:7:20 @ He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.

geneva@Proverbs:7:24 @ Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.

geneva@Proverbs:7:26 @ For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many (note:)Neither wit nor strength can deliver them who fall into the hands of the harlot.(:note) strong [men] have been slain by her.

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:8:4 @ O men, I call vnto you, and vtter my voyce to the children of men.

geneva@Proverbs:8:5 @ O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

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:8:11 @ For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

geneva@Proverbs:8:14 @ I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

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:8:16 @ By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the iudges of the earth.

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:8:20 @ I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of (note:)For there can be no true justice or judgment, which is not rejected by this wisdom.(:note) judgment:

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:8:28 @ When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

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:9:2 @ She hath killed her beasts; she hath mixed her wine; she hath also (note:)He compares wisdom with great princes who keep open house for all who come.(:note) furnished her table.

geneva@Proverbs:9:3 @ She hath sent forth her (note:)Meaning, true preachers, who are not infected with man's wisdom.(:note) maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

geneva@Proverbs:9:5 @ Come, eat of my (note:)By meat and drink is meant the word of God, and the ministration of the sacraments, by which God nourishes his servants in his house which is the Church.(:note) bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mixed.

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:9:10 @ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One [is] (note:)He shows what true understanding is, to know the will of God in his word which is meant by holy things.(:note) understanding.

geneva@Proverbs:9:11 @ For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.

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:9:16 @ Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,

geneva@Proverbs:10:3 @ The LORD will (note:)Though he permits the just to want for a time, yet he will send him comfort in due season.(:note) not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

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:10:7 @ The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall (note:)Shall be vile and abhorred both by God and man, contrary to their own expectation, who think to make their name immortal.(:note) perish.

geneva@Proverbs:10:8 @ The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

geneva@Proverbs:10:14 @ Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

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:10:23 @ It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

geneva@Proverbs:10:24 @ That which the wicked feareth, shal come vpon him: but God wil graunt the desire of the righteous.

geneva@Proverbs:10:27 @ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked (note:)The time of their prosperity will be short because of their great fall, though they seem to live long.(:note) shall be shortened.

geneva@Proverbs:10:31 @ The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

geneva@Proverbs:11:1 @ A false (note:)Under this word he condemns all false weights, measures and deceit.(:note) balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

geneva@Proverbs:11:2 @ [When] pride cometh, then cometh (note:)When man so gets himself, and thinks to be exalted above his calling then God brings him to confusion.(:note) shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

geneva@Proverbs:11:8 @ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his (note:)That is, will enter into trouble.(:note) stead.

geneva@Proverbs:11:10 @ When the righteous prosper, the city (note:)The country is blessed, where there are godly men, and they ought to rejoice when the wicked are taken away.(:note) rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

geneva@Proverbs:11:14 @ Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of (note:)Where God gives store of men of wisdom and counsel.(:note) counsellors [there is] safety.

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:11:16 @ A gracious woman atteineth honour, and the strong men atteine riches.

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:11:24 @ 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:11:27 @ He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.

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: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:12:8 @ A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.

geneva@Proverbs:12:10 @ A righteous [man] (note:)Is merciful, even to the very beast who does him service.(:note) regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

geneva@Proverbs:12:12 @ The wicked desireth the (note:)Continually imagines ways to harm others.(:note) net of evil [men]: but the Meaning, their heart within, which is upright, and does good to all. root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

geneva@Proverbs:12:13 @ The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

geneva@Proverbs:12:16 @ A fool's wrath is presently known: but (note:)Who bridles his affections.(:note) a prudent [man] covereth shame.

geneva@Proverbs:12:21 @ There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

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:13:5 @ A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

geneva@Proverbs:13:10 @ Only by pride (note:)When as every man contends to have preeminence, and will not give place to another.(:note) cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.

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:13:17 @ A wicked messenger falleth (note:)Brings many inconveniences both to himself and to others.(:note) into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.

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:13:23 @ Much food [is in] the fallow ground of the (note:)God blesses the labour of the poor, and consumes their goods who are negligent, because they think they have enough.(:note) poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for lack of judgment.

geneva@Proverbs:13:24 @ He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.

geneva@Proverbs:14:4 @ Where no (note:)By the ox is meant labour, and by the crib the barn, meaning, without labour there is no profit.(:note) oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.

geneva@Proverbs:14:6 @ A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

geneva@Proverbs:14:8 @ The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

geneva@Proverbs:14:9 @ Fools make a mock at (note:)Does not know the grievousness of it, nor God's judgments against the same.(:note) sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.

geneva@Proverbs:14:10 @ The heart knoweth its own (note:)As a man's conscience is witness to his own grief, so another cannot feel the joy and comfort which a man feels in himself.(:note) bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

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:14:19 @ 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:14:34 @ Iustice exalteth a nation, but sinne is a shame to the people.

geneva@Proverbs:15:4 @ A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.

geneva@Proverbs:15:19 @ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of (note:)That is, he always finds some hinderance or stay, and dares not go forward.(:note) thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

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:15:25 @ The Lorde will destroye the house of the proude men: but hee will stablish the borders of the widowe.

geneva@Proverbs:15:26 @ The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] (note:)That is, wholesome and profitable to the hearers.(:note) pleasant words.

geneva@Proverbs:15:30 @ The light of the eyes reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.

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:15:33 @ 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:16:6 @ 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:16:10 @ A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

geneva@Proverbs:16:14 @ The wrath of a king [is as] (note:)That is, he finds many ways to execute his wrath.(:note) messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

geneva@Proverbs:16:16 @ Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

geneva@Proverbs:16:21 @ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the (note:)The sweet words of consolation which come from a godly heart.(:note) sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

geneva@Proverbs:16:25 @ There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.

geneva@Proverbs:16:27 @ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a (note:)For he consumes himself and others.(:note) burning fire.

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:17:7 @ Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

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:17:11 @ An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel (note:)By the messenger is meant such means as God uses to punish the rebels.(:note) messenger shall be sent against him.

geneva@Proverbs:17:12 @ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than (note:)By which he means the wicked in his rage, who has no fear of God.(:note) a fool in his folly.

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:17:17 @ 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:17:18 @ A man void of understanding (note:)Read (Pro_6:1).(:note) striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

geneva@Proverbs:17:23 @ A wicked [man] taketh a bribe out of the (note:)That is, secretly and out of the bosom of the rich.(:note) bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

geneva@Proverbs:18:1 @ Through desire a man, having (note:)He who loves wisdom will separate himself from all impediments, and give himself wholly to seek it.(:note) separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.

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:18:3 @ When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also (note:)Meaning, such a one as condemns all others.(:note) contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

geneva@Proverbs:18:5 @ [It is] not good to (note:)That is, to favour him and support him.(:note) accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

geneva@Proverbs:18:6 @ A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

geneva@Proverbs:18:10 @ The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth (note:)He shows the refuge of the godly against all trouble.(:note) into it, and is safe.

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:18:21 @ 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: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:19:14 @ House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.

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:19:19 @ A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou (note:)Though for a time he gives place to counsel, yet soon after will he give place to his raging affections.(:note) deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.

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:19:24 @ The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not put it to his mouth againe.

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:19:28 @ An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked (note:)Takes a pleasure and delight in it, as gluttons and drunkards in delicate meats and drinks.(:note) devoureth iniquity.

geneva@Proverbs:19:29 @ But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.

geneva@Proverbs:20:3 @ It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

geneva@Proverbs:20:4 @ The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shal he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

geneva@Proverbs:20:6 @ Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man?

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:20:10 @ Differing weights, [and] differing measures, both of (note:)Read (Pro_16:11).(:note) them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.

geneva@Proverbs:20:13 @ Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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:20:26 @ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the (note:)Which was a kind of punishment then used.(:note) wheel over them.

geneva@Proverbs:20:28 @ Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie.

geneva@Proverbs:20:29 @ The beautie of yong men is their strength, and the glory of the aged is the gray head.

geneva@Proverbs:21:1 @ The (note:)Though kings seem to have all things at commandment, they are not able to bring their own purposes to pass unless God has appointed: much less are the inferiors able.(:note) king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it wherever he will.

geneva@Proverbs:21:3 @ To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

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:21:8 @ The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

geneva@Proverbs:21:12 @ The righteous [man] wisely (note:)Though the godly admonish them both by words and example of life, yet the wicked will not amend, till God destroys them.(:note) considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

geneva@Proverbs:21:15 @ It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.

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:21:20 @ [There is] a treasure to be desired and (note:)Meaning, abundance of all things.(:note) oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

geneva@Proverbs:21:21 @ He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shal finde life, righteousnes, and glory.

geneva@Proverbs:21:22 @ A (note:)Wisdom overcomes strength and confidence in worldly things.(:note) wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of its confidence.

geneva@Proverbs:21:24 @ Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.

geneva@Proverbs:21:30 @ There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.

geneva@Proverbs:22:1 @ A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] (note:)Which comes by well doing.(:note) loving favour rather than silver and gold.

geneva@Proverbs:22:2 @ The rich and poor (note:)Live together, and have need the one of the other.(:note) meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

geneva@Proverbs:22:3 @ A prudent [man] (note:)That is, the punishment, which is prepared for the wicked and flees to God for help.(:note) foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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:22:14 @ 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:22:20 @ Have not I written to thee (note:)That is, various times.(:note) excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

geneva@Proverbs:22:22 @ Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

geneva@Proverbs:23:8 @ The (note:)He will not cease till he has done you some harm, and his flattering words will come to no use.(:note) morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

geneva@Proverbs:23:9 @ Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

geneva@Proverbs:23:11 @ For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.

geneva@Proverbs:23:19 @ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the (note:)In the observation of God's commandments.(:note) way.

geneva@Proverbs:23:26 @ My son, give me (note:)Give yourself wholly to wisdom.(:note) thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.

geneva@Proverbs:23:28 @ She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, (note:)She seduces many and causes them to offend God.(:note) and increaseth the transgressors among men.

geneva@Proverbs:23:29 @ To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes?

geneva@Proverbs:23:33 @ Thy (note:)That is, drunkenness will bring you to whoredom.(:note) eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.

geneva@Proverbs:23:35 @ They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will (note:)Though drunkenness makes them more insensible then beasts, yet they can not refrain.(:note) seek it yet again.

geneva@Proverbs:24:1 @ Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

geneva@Proverbs:24:3 @ Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.

geneva@Proverbs:24:8 @ Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

geneva@Proverbs:24:9 @ The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.

geneva@Proverbs:24:14 @ So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

geneva@Proverbs:24:16 @ For a just [man] (note:)He is subject to many perils, but God delivers him.(:note) falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

geneva@Proverbs:24:21 @ My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.

geneva@Proverbs:24:22 @ For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them (note:)Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as in (Pro_24:19, Pro_24:21) or of them who do not fear God or obey their king.(:note) both?

geneva@Proverbs:24:23 @ Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

geneva@Proverbs:24:25 @ But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.

geneva@Proverbs:24:27 @ Prepare thy work outside, and make it fit for thyself in the field; (note:)Be sure of the means how to compass it, before you take any enterprise in hand.(:note) and afterwards build thy house.

geneva@Proverbs:24:29 @ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I (note:)He shows what is the nature of the wicked, to revenge wrong for wrong.(:note) will render to the man according to his work.

geneva@Proverbs:24:34 @ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

geneva@Proverbs:25:1 @ These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the (note:)Whom Hezekiah appointed for this purpose.(:note) men of Hezekiah king of Judah That is, gathered out of various books of Solomon. copied out.

geneva@Proverbs:25:2 @ [It is] the glory of God to (note:)God does not reveal the cause of his judgments to man.(:note) conceal a thing: but the honour of Because the king rules by the revealed word of God, the cause of his doings must appear, and therefore he must use diligence in trying causes. kings [is] to search out a matter.

geneva@Proverbs:25:4 @ Take away the (note:)When vice is removed from a king, he is a meet vessel for the Lord's use.(:note) dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

geneva@Proverbs:25:6 @ Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

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:25:8 @ Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

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:25:18 @ A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

geneva@Proverbs:25:19 @ Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.

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:25:22 @ 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:26:1 @ As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.

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:26:15 @ The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and it grieueth him to put it againe to his mouth.

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:26:25 @ When he speaketh kindly, believe him not: for [there are] (note:)Meaning many: he uses a certain number for the uncertain.(:note) seven abominations in his heart.

geneva@Proverbs:27:1 @ Boast not thyself of to (note:)Do not delay the time, but take the opportunity when it is offered.(:note) morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

geneva@Proverbs:27:9 @ As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

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:27:18 @ He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.

geneva@Proverbs:27:19 @ As in water face [answereth] to face, (note:)There is no difference between men by nature, only the grace of God makes the difference.(:note) so the heart of man to man.

geneva@Proverbs:28:5 @ Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

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:28:12 @ When righteous [men] rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man (note:)He is known by his doings to be wicked.(:note) is hidden.

geneva@Proverbs:28:13 @ He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

geneva@Proverbs:28:22 @ 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:28:26 @ Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.

geneva@Proverbs:28:28 @ When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.

geneva@Proverbs:29:3 @ A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.

geneva@Proverbs:29:4 @ A King by iudgement mainteineth ye countrey: but a man receiuing giftes, destroyeth it.

geneva@Proverbs:29:8 @ Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

geneva@Proverbs:29:10 @ Bloodie men hate him that is vpright: but the iust haue care of his soule.

geneva@Proverbs:29:13 @ The poore and the vsurer meete together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

geneva@Proverbs:29:15 @ The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

geneva@Proverbs:29:26 @ Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's (note:)He does not need to flatter the ruler, for what God has appointed will come to him.(:note) judgment [cometh] from the LORD.

geneva@Proverbs:30:1 @ The words of (note:)Who was an excellent man in virtue and knowledge in the time of Solomon.(:note) Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Who were Agur's scholars or friends. Ithiel and Ucal,

geneva@Proverbs:30:3 @ For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.

geneva@Proverbs:30:4 @ Who hath ascended into (note:)Meaning, to know the secrets of God, as though he would say, «None».(:note) heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?

geneva@Proverbs:30:7 @ Two (note:)He makes this request to God.(:note) [things] have I required of thee; deny [them] not to me before I die:

geneva@Proverbs:30:8 @ Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,

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:30:14 @ There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.

geneva@Proverbs:30:18 @ There be three thinges hid from me: yea, foure that I knowe not,

geneva@Proverbs:30:25 @ The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:

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:31:3 @ 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:31:4 @ [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes (note:)That is, the king must not give himself to wantonness, and neglect of his office, which is to execute judgment.(:note) strong drink:

geneva@Proverbs:31:5 @ Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

geneva@Proverbs:31:7 @ Let him drink, and forget (note:)For wine comforts the heart as in (Psa_104:15).(:note) his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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:31:17 @ She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

geneva@Proverbs:31:22 @ She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.

geneva@Proverbs:31:23 @ Her husband is known in the (note:)In the assemblies and places of judgment.(:note) gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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:1:4 @ [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for (note:)One man dies after another, and the earth remains longest, even to the last day, which yet is subject to corruption.(:note) ever.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:1:7 @ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; to the place from (note:)The sea which compasses all the earth, fills the veins of it which pour out springs and rivers into the sea again.(:note) which the rivers come, there they return again.

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:1:15 @ [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:1:18 @ 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:2:1 @ I said in my heart, Come now, I will tempt (note:)Solomon makes this discourse with himself, as though he would try whether there was contentment in ease and pleasures.(:note) thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

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:2:4 @ I haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:2:5 @ I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.

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:2:12 @ 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:2:24 @ [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:2:25 @ For who can eat, or who else can hasten (note:)Meaning, to pleasures.(:note) [to it], more than I?

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:3:3 @ A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:4 @ A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:5 @ A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones: a time to embrace, and a time to be farre from embracing.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:6 @ A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:7 @ A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:8 @ A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:10 @ I have seen the labour, which God hath given to the sons of men (note:)Read (Ecc_1:13).(:note) to be exercised in it.

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:3:14 @ 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:3:16 @ And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:3:17 @ I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time (note:)Meaning, with God, however man neglects his duty.(:note) there for every purpose and for every work.

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: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:4:8 @ There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

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:4:16 @ [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:5:3 @ {\cf2 (5:2)} For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.

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:5:7 @ {\cf2 (5:6)} For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.

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:5:9 @ Moreover the (note:)The earth is to be preferred above all things which belong to this life.(:note) profit of the earth is for all: the king Kings and princes cannot maintain their estate without tillage, which commends the excellency of tillage. [himself] is served by the field.

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:5:12 @ The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the (note:)That is, his great abundance of riches, or the surfeiting, which comes by his great feeding.(:note) abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:13 @ There is a grievous evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches (note:)When covetous men heap up riches, which turn to their destruction.(:note) kept for the owners of them to their hurt.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:5:15 @ {\cf2 (5:14)} As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shal beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

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:5:20 @ 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:6:1 @ There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

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:6:4 @ For (note:)Meaning, the untimely fruit whose life neither profited nor hurt any.(:note) he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

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:7:1 @ A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of (note:)He speaks thus after the judgment of the flesh, which thinks death is the end of all evils, or else because this corporal death is the entering into everlasting life.(:note) death than the day of one's birth.

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:7:7 @ 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:7:9 @ {\cf2 (7:11)} Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

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:7:12 @ {\cf2 (7:14)} For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.

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:7:17 @ Be not (note:)Do not tarry long when you are admonished to come out of the way of wickedness.(:note) over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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:7:22 @ {\cf2 (7:24)} For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:23 @ {\cf2 (7:2)} All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:24 @ That which is far off, (note:)Meaning wisdom.(:note) and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:25 @ {\cf2 (7:27)} I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:27 @ Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to (note:)That is, to come to a conclusion.(:note) find out the account:

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:1 @ Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face (note:)That is, gets him favour and prosperity.(:note) to shine, and While before he was proud and arrogant, he will become humble and meek. the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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:8:5 @ He who keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both (note:)That is, when time is to obey, and how far he should obey.(:note) time and judgment.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:6 @ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the (note:)Man by himself is miserable, and therefore should do nothing to increase the same, but to work all things by wisdom and counsel.(:note) misery of man [is] great upon him.

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:8:10 @ And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and (note:)That is, others as wicked as they.(:note) gone from the They who feared God and worshipped him as he had appointed. place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:8:11 @ Because sentence against an evil work is not (note:)Where justice is delayed, there sin reigns.(:note) executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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: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:9:7 @ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now (note:)They flatter themselves to be in God's favour, because they have all things in abundance.(:note) accepteth thy works.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:8 @ Let thy garments be always (note:)Rejoice, be merry and spare for no cost, thus speak the wicked belly-gods.(:note) white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

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:9:13 @ I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:14 @ A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @ And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @ Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:9:18 @ Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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:10:5 @ 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:10:11 @ If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:10:17 @ Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son (note:)Meaning, when he is noble for virtue and wisdom and with the gifts of God.(:note) of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

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:11:10 @ Therefore remove (note:)That is, anger and envy.(:note) sorrow from thy heart, and Meaning, carnal lusts to which youth is given. put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:1 @ Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:2 @ While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the (note:)Before you come to a continual misery: for when the clouds remain after the rain, man's grief is increased.(:note) clouds return after the rain:

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:12:5 @ Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] (note:)To climb high because of their weakness, or they stoop down as though they were afraid lest anything should hide them.(:note) high, and fears [shall be] in the They will tremble as they go, as though they were afraid. way, and the almond tree shall Their head will be as white as the blossoms of an almond tree. flourish, and the They will be able to bear nothing. grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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:12:7 @ Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the (note:)The soul unconsciously goes either to joy or torment, and sleeps not as the wicked imagine.(:note) spirit shall return to God who gave it.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:13 @ Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:12:14 @ For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

geneva@Songs:1:2 @ Let (note:)This is spoken in the person of the Church, or of the faithful soul inflamed with the desire of Christ, whom she loves.(:note) him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.

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:1:6 @ Look not upon me, because I [am] (note:)Consider not the Church by the outward appearance.(:note) black, because the The corruption of nature through sin and afflictions. sun hath looked upon me: My own brethren who should have most favoured me. my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] my own vineyard have I not She confesses her own negligence. kept.

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:1:10 @ Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines.

geneva@Songs:1:13 @ A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved to me; he shall lie all night between my (note:)He will be most dear to me.(:note) breasts.

geneva@Songs:1:14 @ My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi.

geneva@Songs:1:17 @ The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre.

geneva@Songs:2:4 @ Hee brought mee into the wine cellar, and loue was his banner ouer me.

geneva@Songs:2:5 @ Stay me with flagons, and comfort me with apples: for I am sicke of loue.

geneva@Songs:2:6 @ His left hande is vnder mine head, and his right hand doeth imbrace me.

geneva@Songs:2:10 @ My welbeloued spake and said vnto me, Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come thy way.

geneva@Songs:2:11 @ For, lo, the (note:)That is, sin and error is driven back by the coming of Christ, who is here described by the springtime, when all things flourish.(:note) winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;

geneva@Songs:2:12 @ The flowers appeare in the earth: the time of the singing of birdes is come, and the voyce of the turtle is heard in our land.

geneva@Songs:2:13 @ The figtree hath brought foorth her yong figges: and the vines with their small grapes haue cast a sauour: arise my loue, my faire one, and come away.

geneva@Songs:2:14 @ O my dove, [that art] in the (note:)You who are ashamed of your sins, come and show yourself to me.(:note) clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.

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:3:7 @ Behold his (note:)By the bed is meant the temple which Solomon made.(:note) bed, which [is] Solomon's; sixty valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.

geneva@Songs:3:10 @ Hee made the pillars thereof of siluer, and the pauement thereof of gold, the hangings thereof of purple, whose middes was paued with the loue of the daughters of Ierusalem.

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:4:3 @ Thy lippes are like a threede of scarlet, and thy talke is comely: thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.

geneva@Songs:4:4 @ Thy necke is as the tower of Dauid builte for defence: a thousand shieldes hang therein, and all the targates of the strong men.

geneva@Songs:4:10 @ My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?

geneva@Songs:4:11 @ Thy (note:)Because of your confession and thanksgiving.(:note) lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the scent of thy garments [is] like the fragrance of Lebanon.

geneva@Songs:4:13 @ Thy plantes are as an orchard of pomegranates with sweete fruites, as camphire, spikenarde,

geneva@Songs:4:16 @ Awake, O (note:)She desires Christ to comfort her and to pour the graces of his Spirit on her, which is meant by the North and South wind.(:note) north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

geneva@Songs:5:1 @ I have come into my (note:)The garden signifies the kingdom of Christ, where he prepares the banquet for his elect.(:note) garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

geneva@Songs:5:5 @ I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands flowed [with] myrrh, and my (note:)The spouse who should be anointed by Christ will not find him if she thinks to anoint him with her good works.(:note) fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

geneva@Songs:5:6 @ I opened to my welbeloued: but my welbeloued was gone, and past: mine heart was gone when hee did speake: I sought him, but I coulde not finde him: I called him, but hee answered mee not.

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:5:11 @ His (note:)She describes Christ to be of perfect beauty and comeliness.(:note) head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.

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:6:2 @ My beloved is gone down into his (note:)That is, is conversant here in earth among men.(:note) garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

geneva@Songs:6:4 @ Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as (note:)Which was a fair and strong city, (1Ki_14:17).(:note) Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.

geneva@Songs:6:7 @ Thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.

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:6:11 @ I went down into the (note:)He went down into the synagogue to see what fruits came from the law, and the prophets.(:note) garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.

geneva@Songs:7:1 @ How beautiful are thy (note:)He describes the comely beauty of the Church in every part, which is to be understood spiritually.(:note) feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs [are] like jewels, the work of the hands of a skilful workman.

geneva@Songs:7:5 @ Thy head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king [is] (note:)He delights to come near you, and to be in your company.(:note) held captive by [its] locks of hair.

geneva@Songs:7:7 @ This thy stature is like a palme tree, and thy brestes like clusters.

geneva@Songs:7:8 @ I saide, I will goe vp into the palme tree, I will take holde of her boughes: thy breastes shall nowe be like the clusters of the vine: and the sauour of thy nose like apples,

geneva@Songs:7:11 @ Come, my welbeloued, let vs go foorth into the fielde: let vs remaine in the villages.

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:7:13 @ The mandrakes haue giuen a smell, and in our gates are all sweete things, new and olde: my welbeloued, I haue kept them for thee.

geneva@Songs:8:2 @ I will leade thee and bring thee into my mothers house: there thou shalt teache me: and I will cause thee to drinke spiced wine, and newe wine of the pomegranate.

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:1:2 @ Hear, O (note:)Because men were obstinate and insensible, he calls to the dumb creatures, who were more prompt to obey God's word, as in (Deu_32:1).(:note) heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up He declares his great mercy toward the Jews as he chose them above all other nations to be his people and children as in (Deu_10:15). children, and they have rebelled against me.

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:1:5 @ 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:1:9 @ Except the LORD of hosts (note:)Because he will always have a Church to call on his Name.(:note) had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been That is, all destroyed. as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.

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:1:11 @ 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:1:12 @ When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

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: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:1:18 @ Come now, (note:)To know if I accuse you without cause.(:note) and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be Lest sinners should pretend any rigour on God's part, he only wills them to be pure in heart, and he will forgive all their sins, no matter how many or great. white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

geneva@Isaiah:1:21 @ How is the (note:)That is, Jerusalem, which had promised happiness to me, as a wife to her husband.(:note) faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now Given to covetousness and extortion, which he signified before by blood, (Isa_1:15). murderers.

geneva@Isaiah:1:22 @ Thy (note:)Whatever was pure in you before, is now corrupt, though you have an outward show.(:note) silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

geneva@Isaiah:1:23 @ Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of (note:)That is, they maintain the wicked and the extortioners: and not only do not punish them, but are themselves such.(:note) thieves: every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come to them.

geneva@Isaiah:1:24 @ Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the (note:)When God will show himself merciful to his Church, he calls himself the Holy one of Israel, but when he has to do with his enemies, he is called Mighty, as against whom no power is able to resist.(:note) mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will I will take vengeance of my adversaries the Jews and so satisfy my desire by punishing them. rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies:

geneva@Isaiah:1:25 @ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, (note:)Lest the faithful among them should be overcome with his threatening he adds this consolation.(:note) and take away all thy tin:

geneva@Isaiah:1:27 @ Zion shall be redeemed with (note:)By justice is meant God's faithful promise, which is the reason for the deliverance of his Church.(:note) judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

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:1:31 @ And the strong shall be as a (note:)The false god's in which you put your confidence will be consumed as easily as a piece of wick.(:note) wick, and its maker as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].

geneva@Isaiah:2:2 @ And it (note:)The decree and ordinance of God, concerning the restoration of the Church, which is chiefly meant by the time of Christ.(:note) shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mount of the LORD'S house In an evident place to be seen and discerned. shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall When the kingdom of Christ will be enlarged by the preaching of the doctrine. Here also is declared the zeal of the children of God when they are called. flow to it.

geneva@Isaiah:2:3 @ And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to (note:)Alluding to mount Zion, where the visible Church then was.(:note) the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Meaning, the whole doctrine of salvation. law, and the word of the LORD from This was accomplished when the gospel was first preached in Jerusalem, and from there went through all the world. Jerusalem.

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:2:5 @ O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us (note:)Seeing the Gentiles will be ready, make haste, and show them the way to worship God.(:note) walk in the light of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:2:7 @ Their land also is full of (note:)The prophet first condemned their superstition and idolatry next their covetousness and thirdly their vain trust in worldly means.(:note) silver and gold, neither [is there any] end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots:

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:2:14 @ And upon all the high (note:)By high trees and mountains are he means the proud and lofty, who think themselves most strong in this world.(:note) mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,

geneva@Isaiah:2:16 @ And upon (note:)He condemns their vain confidence which they had in strongholds and in their rich merchandise which brought in vain pleasures with which men's minds became effeminate.(:note) all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

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:2:22 @ 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:3:3 @ 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:3:5 @ And the people shall be (note:)For lack of good regiment and order.(:note) oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honourable.

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:3:15 @ What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, (note:)That is, you show all cruelty against them.(:note) and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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:3:23 @ The mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the (note:)In rehearsing all these things particularly he shows the lightness and vanity of such as cannot be content with comely apparel according to their degree.(:note) veils.

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:3:26 @ Then shall her gates mourne and lament, and she, being desolate, shall sit vpon the ground.

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:4:6 @ And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm (note:)God promises to be the defence of his Church against all troubles and dangers.(:note) and from rain.

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:5:3 @ 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:5:5 @ 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:5:7 @ For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for (note:)Judgment and righteousness are true fruit of the fear of God and therefore in the cruel oppression there is no religion.(:note) judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold Of them who are oppressed. a cry.

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:5:13 @ Therefore my people (note:)That is, will certainly go: for so the prophets use to speak as though the thing which will come to pass were done already.(:note) have gone into captivity, because [they have] Because they would not obey the word of God. no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

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:5:16 @ And the Lorde of hostes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and the holy God shalbe sanctified in iustice.

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:5:22 @ 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:5:26 @ And he will lift up an ensign (note:)He will make the Babylonians come against them at his beck, and to fight under his standard.(:note) to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

geneva@Isaiah:5:27 @ None shall (note:)They will be prompt and lusty to execute God's vengeance.(:note) be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their loins be loosed, nor The enemy will have no impediment. the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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:6:4 @ 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:6:6 @ Then one of the seraphims flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the (note:)Of the burnt offerings where the fire never went out.(:note) altar:

geneva@Isaiah:6:8 @ Also I heard the voyce of the Lord, saying, Whome shall I send? and who shall goe for vs? Then I sayd, Here am I, send me.

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:6:12 @ And the Lord haue remoued men farre away, and there be a great desolation in the mids of the land.

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:7:1 @ And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, (note:)That is, the second time: for in the first battle Ahaz was overcome.(:note) went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against 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:7:13 @ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for you to weary (note:)You think you have to do with men when you contemn God's messengers but it is God against whom you bend yourselves.(:note) men, but will ye weary my God also?

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:7:23 @ And at the same day euery place, wherein shalbe a thousand vines, shalbe at a thousand pieces of siluer: so it shalbe for the briers and for the thornes.

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: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:8:2 @ And I took to me (note:)Because the thing was of great importance, he took these two witnesses, who were of credit with the people, when he set this up upon the door of the temple, even though Uriah was a flattering hypocrite, (2Ki_16:11).(:note) faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

geneva@Isaiah:8:3 @ And I went to the (note:)Meaning, to his wife and this was done in a vision.(:note) prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

geneva@Isaiah:8:5 @ And the Lord spake yet againe vnto me, saying,

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:8:7 @ Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of (note:)That is, the Assyrians who dwell beyond Euphrates.(:note) the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks:

geneva@Isaiah:8:8 @ And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach [even] to the (note:)It will be ready to drown them.(:note) neck; and the spread of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O He speaks this to Messiah, or Christ, in whom the faithful were comforted and who would not suffer his Church to be destroyed utterly. Immanuel.

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:8:14 @ And he shall be for a (note:)He will defend you who are his elect, and reject all the rest, meaning Christ against whom the Jews would stumble and fall, (Luk_2:23; Rom_9:33; 1Pe_2:7,8).(:note) sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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:8:20 @ To the (note:)Seek remedy in the word of God, where his will is declared.(:note) law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no They have no knowledge but are blind leaders of the blind. light in them.

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: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:9:3 @ Thou hast (note:)Their number was greater when they went into captivity then when they returned but their joy was greater at their return, (Hag_2:9).(:note) multiplied the nation, [and] increased the joy: they rejoice before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil.

geneva@Isaiah:9:5 @ For every battle of the warrior [is] with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but [this] shall be (note:)He speaks of the deliverance of his Church, which he has delivered miraculously from his enemies, but especially by the coming of Christ of whom he prophecies in the next verse.(:note) with burning [and] fuel of fire.

geneva@Isaiah:9:6 @ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting (note:)The author of eternity, and by whom the Church and every member of it will be preserved forever, and have immortal life.(:note) Father, The Prince of Peace.

geneva@Isaiah:9:7 @ Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. (note:)His singular love and care for his elect.(:note) The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

geneva@Isaiah:9:8 @ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon (note:)This is another prophecy against them of Samaria who were mockers and contemners of God's promises and menaces.(:note) Israel.

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:9:17 @ Therefore shall the Lord haue no pleasure in their yong men, neither will he haue compassion of their fatherlesse and of their widowes: for euery one is an hypocrite and wicked, and euery mouth speaketh follie: yet for all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out stil.

geneva@Isaiah:9:18 @ For wickedness (note:)Wickedness as a bellows kindles the fire of God's wrath which consumes all his obstinate enemies.(:note) burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up [like] the rising of smoke.

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:10:6 @ I will send (note:)That is, the Assyrians against the Jews who are hypocrites. In the sixth and seventh verse is declared the difference of the work of God and of the wicked in one very thing and act: for God's intention is to chastise them for their amendment, and the Assyrians purpose is to destroy them to enrich themselves. Thus in respect to God's justice, it is God's work, but in respect to their own malice, it is the work of the devil.(:note) him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I command him, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

geneva@Isaiah:10:7 @ But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.

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:10:10 @ Like as mine hand hath founde the kingdomes of the idoles, seeing their idoles were aboue Ierusalem, and aboue Samaria:

geneva@Isaiah:10:12 @ Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed (note:)When he has sufficiently chastised his people (for he begins at his own house) then will he burn the rods.(:note) his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart Meaning of Sennacherib. of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

geneva@Isaiah:10:13 @ Because he said, By ye power of mine owne hand haue I done it, and by my wisdome, because I am wise: therefore I haue remooued the borders of the people, and haue spoyled their treasures, and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man.

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:10:16 @ Therefore shall the Lorde God of hostes send amog his fat men, leannes, & vnder his glorie he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of fire.

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:10:18 @ And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul (note:)That is, body and soul utterly.(:note) and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer When the battle is lost and the standard taken. fainteth.

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:10:22 @ For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant of them shall return: the full end (note:)This small number which seemed to be consumed and yet according to God's decree is saved, will be sufficient to fill all the world with righteousness.(:note) decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

geneva@Isaiah:10:25 @ But yet a very litle time, and the wrath shall be consumed, and mine anger in their destruction.

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:10:31 @ Madmenah is remoued: the inhabitants of Gebim haue gathered themselues together.

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:10:33 @ Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the (note:)Fear and destruction will come on Judah for the princes and the people will all be led away captive.(:note) bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

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:11:2 @ And the Spirite of the Lord shall rest vpon him: the Spirite of wisedome and vnderstanding, the Spirite of counsell and strength, the Spirite of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord,

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:11:11 @ 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:11:15 @ 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:12:2 @ Behold, God [is] my (note:)Our salvation stands only in God, who gives us an assured confidence, constancy and opportunity to praise him for the same.(:note) salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my 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:13:4 @ The noyse of a multitude is in the mountaines, like a great people: a tumultuous voyce of the kingdomes of the nations gathered together: the Lorde of hostes nombreth the hoste of the battell.

geneva@Isaiah:13:5 @ They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the (note:)The army of the Medes and the Persians against Babylon.(:note) weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

geneva@Isaiah:13:6 @ Wail (note:)You Babylonians.(:note) ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

geneva@Isaiah:13:7 @ Therefore shal all hands be weakened, and all mens hearts shall melt,

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:13:9 @ Beholde, the day of the Lorde commeth, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land wast: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it.

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:13:14 @ 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:13:17 @ Beholde, I will stirre vp the Medes against them, which shall not regarde siluer, nor be desirous of golde.

geneva@Isaiah:13:19 @ And Babel the glorie of kingdomes, the beautie and pride of the Chaldeans, shall be as the destruction of God in Sodom and Gomorah.

geneva@Isaiah:13:22 @ And Iim shall crie in their palaces, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and the time thereof is readie to come, and the daies thereof shall not be prolonged.

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:14:7 @ 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:14:8 @ Also the firre trees reioyced of thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid downe, no hewer came vp against vs.

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:14:10 @ All they shall crie, and saie vnto thee, Art thou become weake also as we? Art thou become like vnto vs?

geneva@Isaiah:14:13 @ For thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the (note:)Meaning, Jerusalem of which the temple was of the north side, (Psa_48:2).(:note) north:

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:14:20 @ Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in the graue, because thou hast destroied thine owne lande, and slaine thy people: the seede of the wicked shall not be renoumed for euer.

geneva@Isaiah:14:22 @ For I wil rise vp against them (sayth the Lorde of hostes) and will cut off from Babel the name and the remnant and the sonne, and the nephew, sayth the Lord:

geneva@Isaiah:14:23 @ And I wil make it a possession to ye hedgehogge, and pooles of water, and I will sweepe it with the besome of destruction, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.

geneva@Isaiah:14:24 @ The Lorde of hostes hath sworne, saying, Surely like as I haue purposed, so shall it come to passe, and as I haue consulted, it shall stand:

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:14:30 @ And the (note:)The Israelites who were brought to most extreme misery.(:note) firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and That is, my people. he shall slay thy remnant.

geneva@Isaiah:14:31 @ Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the (note:)That is, from the Jews or Assyrians: for they were brought to extreme misery.(:note) north a smoke, and none [shall be] But they shall all be ready and join together. alone in his appointed times.

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 LORD hath founded 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:15:1 @ The (note:){{See Isa_13:1}}(:note) burden of Moab. Because in the night The chief city by which the whole country was meant. Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;

geneva@Isaiah:15:3 @ In their streetes shall they bee gilded with sackecloth: on the toppes of their houses, and in their streetes euery one shall howle, and come downe with weeping.

geneva@Isaiah:15:4 @ And Heshbon shall crie, and Elealeh: their voyce shall bee heard vnto Iahaz: therefore the warriers of Moab shall showt: the soule of euery one shall lament in him selfe.

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:15:6 @ For the waters of Nimrim shal be dried vp: therefore the grasse is withered, the herbes consumed, and there was no greene herbe.

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:16:2 @ 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:16:4 @ Let my outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner (note:)The Assyrians will oppress the Israelites but for a while.(:note) is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

geneva@Isaiah:16:5 @ And in mercy shall the throne be established: (note:)Meaning, Christ.(:note) and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and swiftly executing righteousness.

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:17:4 @ 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:17:6 @ Yet gleaning grapes shall (note:)Because God would have his covenant stable, he promises to reserve some of this people, and to bring them to repentance.(:note) be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four [or] five in the outmost fruitful branches of it, saith the LORD God of Israel.

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:18:6 @ 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: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:19:2 @ And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall (note:)As he caused the Ammonites, Moabites and Idumeans to kill one another, when they came to destroy the Church of God, (2Ch_20:22; Isa_49:26).(:note) fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.

geneva@Isaiah:19:3 @ And the (note:)Meaning, their policy and wisdom.(:note) spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of her; and I will destroy her counsel: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to the mediums, and to the wizards.

geneva@Isaiah:19:7 @ The paper reeds by the brooks, by the (note:)The Hebrew word is mouth, by which they mean the spring out of which the water gushes as out of a mouth.(:note) mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more].

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:19:11 @ 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:19:23 @ 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: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:20:4 @ So shall the King of Asshur take away the captiuitie of Egypt, and the captiuitie of Ethiopia, both yong men and olde men, naked and barefoote, with their buttockes vncouered, to the shame of Egypt.

geneva@Isaiah:20:5 @ And they shall be afraid and ashamed of (note:)In whose aid they trusted.(:note) Cush their expectation, and of Egypt their Of whom they boasted and gloried. glory.

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:21:1 @ The burden of the (note:)On the seaside between Judea and Caldea was a wilderness, by which he means Caldea.(:note) desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, That is, the ruin of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. from a terrible land.

geneva@Isaiah:21:2 @ A grievous vision is declared to me; the (note:)The Assyrians and Chaldeans who had destroyed other nations will be overcome by the Medes and Persians: and this he prophesied a hundred years before it came to pass.(:note) treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O By Elam he means the Persians. Elam: besiege, O Media; all her sighing have I made Because they will find no comfort, they will mourn no more, or I have caused them to cease mourning, whom Babylon had afflicted. to cease.

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:21:4 @ My heart panted, fearfulness terrified me: the night (note:)He prophecies the death of Belshazzar as in (Dan_5:30) who in the midst of his pleasures was destroyed.(:note) of my pleasure hath he turned into fear to me.

geneva@Isaiah:21:6 @ For thus hath the (note:)That is, in a vision by the spirit of prophecy.(:note) Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

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:21:8 @ And he cried, A (note:)Meaning, Darius who overcame Babylon.(:note) lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my post whole nights:

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:21:11 @ The burden of (note:)Which was a city of the Ishmaelites and was so named by Dumah, (Gen_25:14).(:note) Dumah. He calleth to me out of A mountain of the Idumeans. Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

geneva@Isaiah:21:12 @ The watchman said, The (note:)He describes the unquietness of the people of Dumah, who were night and day in fear of their enemies, and ever ran to and fro to enquire news.(:note) morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

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:21:16 @ For thus hath the Lord said to me, Within a year, (note:)He appoints them respite for one year only, and then they would be destroyed.(:note) according to the years of an Read (Isa_16:14). hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

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:22:4 @ Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep (note:)He shows what is the duty of the godly, when God's plagues hang over the Church, and especially of the ministers, (Jer_9:1).(:note) bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.

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:22:7 @ And thy chiefe valleis were full of charets, and the horsemen set themselues in aray against the gate.

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:22:10 @ And ye have numbered the houses (note:)Either to pull down such as might hurt, or else to know what men they were able to make.(:note) of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

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:22:15 @ 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:22:21 @ And with thy garments will I clothe him, and with thy girdle will I strengthen him: thy power also will I commit into his hande, and hee shalbe a father of the inhabitats of Ierusalem, and of the house of Iudah.

geneva@Isaiah:22:22 @ And the (note:)I will commit to him the full charge and government of the king's house.(:note) key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

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:23:3 @ And by great waters the (note:)Meaning, the corn of Egypt which was fed by the overflowing of the Nile.(:note) seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a merchandise of nations.

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:23:6 @ Pass ye over to (note:)Tyrus wills other merchants to go to Cilicia, and to come no more there.(:note) Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the isle.

geneva@Isaiah:23:8 @ Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the (note:)Who makes her merchants like princes.(:note) crowning [city], whose merchants [are] princes, whose traders [are] the honourable of the earth?

geneva@Isaiah:23:11 @ He stretched out his hand vpon the sea: he shooke the kingdomes: the Lorde hath giuen a commaundement concerning the place of marchandise, to destroy the power thereof.

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:24:2 @ And it shall be, as with the people, so with the (note:)Because this was a name of dignity it was also applied to them who were not of Aaron's family, and so signifies also a man of dignity, as in (2Sa_8:18; 2Sa_20:25; 1Ch_18:17) and by these words the prophet signifies a horrible confusion, where there will be neither religion, order nor policy, (Hos_4:9).(:note) priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

geneva@Isaiah:24:4 @ The earth lamenteth and fadeth away: the world is feeble and decaied: the proude people of the earth are weakened.

geneva@Isaiah:24:5 @ The earth (note:)That is, does not give her fruit for the sin of the people, whom the earth deceived of their nourishment because they deceived God of his honour.(:note) also is defiled under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

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:24:10 @ 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:24:15 @ Wherefore praise yee the Lord in the valleis, euen the Name of the Lorde God of Israel, in the yles of the sea.

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:24:21 @ 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:25:1 @ O LORD, thou (note:)Thus the prophet gives thanks to God because he will bring under subjection these nations by his corrections, and make them of his Church, who before were his enemies.(:note) [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.

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:25:6 @ 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: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:25:10 @ For on this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and (note:)By Moab are meant all the enemies of his Church.(:note) Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the There were two cities by this name: one in Judah, (1Ch_6:81) and another in the land of Moab, (Jer_48:2) which seems to have been a plentiful place of corn, (Isa_36:17). dunghill.

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:26:8 @ Yea, in the way of thy (note:)We have constantly abode in the adversities with which you had afflicted us.(:note) judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

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:26:11 @ LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] (note:)Through envy and indignation against your people.(:note) envy at the people; yea, the fire of thy The fire and vengeance with which you destroy your enemies. enemies shall devour them.

geneva@Isaiah:26:13 @ O LORD our God, [other] (note:)The Babylonians, who have not governed according to your word.(:note) lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

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:26:17 @ As a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy (note:)That is, in extreme sorrow.(:note) sight, O LORD.

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:26:20 @ Come, my people, (note:)He exhorts the faithful to be patient in their afflictions and to wait on God's work.(:note) enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation shall be past.

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:27:3 @ 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:27:4 @ 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:27:8 @ 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: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:28:2 @ Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and (note:)He seems to mean the Assyrians, by whom the ten tribes were carried away.(:note) strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

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:28:6 @ 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:28:7 @ But (note:)Meaning, the hypocrites who were among them, and were altogether corrupt in life and doctrine, which is here meant by drunkenness and vomiting.(:note) they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are overwhelmed with wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.

geneva@Isaiah:28:11 @ For with stammering (note:)Let one teach what he can, yet they will no more understand him, than if he spoke in a strange language.(:note) lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

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:28:17 @ Judgment also will I lay to the line, and (note:)In the restitution of his Church, judgment and justice will reign.(:note) righteousness to the plummet: and the God's corrections and affliction. hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow Affliction will discover their vain confidence, which they kept secret to themselves. the hiding place.

geneva@Isaiah:28:18 @ And your couenant with death shalbe disanulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand: when a scourge shall runne ouer and passe through, then shall ye be trode downe by it.

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:28:21 @ 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:28:27 @ For fitches shall not be threshed with a threshing instrument, neither shall a cart wheele be turned about vpon the cummin: but ye fitches are beaten out with a staffe, and cummin with a rod.

geneva@Isaiah:28:29 @ This also commeth from the Lorde of hostes, which is wonderfull in counsell, and excellent in workes.

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:29:2 @ Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be to me (note:)Your city will be full of blood as an altar on which they sacrifice.(:note) as Ariel.

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:29:6 @ Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hostes with thunder, and shaking, and a great noyse, a whirlewinde, and a tempest, and a flame of a deuouring fire.

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:29:13 @ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people (note:)Because they are hypocrites and not sincere in heart, as in (Mat_15:7-8).(:note) draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their That is, their religion was learned by man's doctrine, and not by my word. fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

geneva@Isaiah:29:14 @ Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] an wonderful work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall (note:)Meaning, where God is not worshipped according to his word, both magistrates and ministers are fools and without understanding.(:note) perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.

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:29:17 @ [Is] it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be (note:)Will there not be a change of all things? Carmel is a plentiful place in respect to what it will be then and may be taken for a forest, as in (Isa_32:15) and thus he speaks to comfort the faithful.(:note) turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

geneva@Isaiah:29:19 @ The meeke in the Lorde shall receiue ioye againe, and the poore men shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel.

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:29:22 @ 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:29:23 @ But when he seeth his children, the worke of mine hands, in the mids of him, they shal sanctifie my Name, and sanctifie the holy one of Iaakob, and shal feare the God of Israel.

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:30:3 @ But the strength of Pharaoh shalbe your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

geneva@Isaiah:30:4 @ For his (note:)The chief of Israel went into Egypt as an ambassador to seek help and abode at these cities.(:note) princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

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:30:7 @ For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried (note:)That is, to Jerusalem.(:note) concerning this, Their strength And not to come to and fro to seek help. [is] to sit still.

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:30:10 @ Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy (note:)Threaten us not by the word of God, neither be so rigorous, nor talk to us in the Name of the Lord, as in (Jer_11:21).(:note) deceits:

geneva@Isaiah:30:12 @ Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in (note:)Meaning, in their stubbornness against God and the admonitions of his prophets.(:note) oppression and perverseness, and lean upon it:

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:30:15 @ 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:30:18 @ 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:30:19 @ Surely a people shal dwell in Zion, and in Ierusalem: thou shalt weepe no more: he wil certainly haue mercy vpon thee at the voyce of thy crye: when he heareth thee, he wil answere thee.

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:30:26 @ 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:30:27 @ Behold, (note:)This threatening is against the Assyrians the chief enemies of the people of God.(:note) the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [of it is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

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:30:29 @ 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:30:30 @ And the Lorde shall cause his glorious voyce to be heard, and shall declare the lighting downe of his arme with the anger of his countenance, and flame of a deuouring fire, with scattering and tempest, and hailestones.

geneva@Isaiah:30:32 @ And [in] every place where the grounded staff shall pass, (note:)It will destroy.(:note) which the LORD shall lay upon him, [it] shall be with With joy and assurance of the victory. tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight Against Babel, meaning the Assyrians and Babylonians. with it.

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:31:3 @ 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:32:1 @ Behold, (note:)This prophecy is of Hezekiah, who was a figure of Christ, and therefore it should chiefly be referred to him.(:note) a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall By judgment and justice is meant an upright government, both in policy and religion. rule in judgment.

geneva@Isaiah:32:2 @ And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as streams of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in (note:)Where men are weary with travelling for lack of water.(:note) a weary land.

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:32:5 @ The (note:)Vice will no more be called virtue, nor virtue esteemed by power and riches.(:note) vile person shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.

geneva@Isaiah:32:7 @ For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.

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:32:12 @ 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: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:32:16 @ And iudgement shal dwel in the desert, and iustice shall remaine in the fruitfull fielde.

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:33:3 @ At the noise of the tumult the (note:)That is, the Assyrians fled before the army of the Chaldeans, or the Chaldeans for fear of the Medes and Persians.(:note) people fled; at the When you, O Lord, lifted up your arm to punish your enemies. lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

geneva@Isaiah:33:4 @ And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the (note:)You who as caterpillars destroyed with your number the whole world, will have no strength to resist your enemies the Chaldeans: but will be gathered on a heap and destroyed.(:note) caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall Meaning, the Medes and Persians against the Chaldeans. he run upon them.

geneva@Isaiah:33:5 @ The Lorde is exalted: for hee dwelleth on hie: he hath filled Zion with iudgement & iustice.

geneva@Isaiah:33:6 @ And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of (note:)That is, in the days of Hezekiah.(:note) thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.

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:33:12 @ And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thornes cut vp, shall they be burnt in the fire.

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:33:18 @ 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:33:23 @ 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: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:34:3 @ And their slaine shalbe cast out, and their stincke shall come vp out of their bodies, and the mountaines shalbe melted with their blood.

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:34:5 @ For my sword shall be (note:)I have determined in my secret counsel and in the heavens to destroy them till my sword is weary with shedding blood.(:note) bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of They had an opinion of holiness, because they came from the patriarch Isaac, but in effect were cursed by God, and enemies to his Church as the papists are. my curse, to judgment.

geneva@Isaiah:34:6 @ The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, [and] with the blood of (note:)That is, both of young and old, poor and rich of his enemies.(:note) lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in That famous city will be consumed as a sacrifice burnt to ashes. Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

geneva@Isaiah:34:7 @ And the (note:)The mighty and rich will be as well destroyed as the inferiors.(:note) unicorns shall come down with them, and the bulls with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

geneva@Isaiah:34:8 @ For it is the day of the Lordes vengeance, and the yeere of recompence for the iudgement of Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:34:9 @ And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into (note:)He alludes to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, (Gen_19:24).(:note) brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.

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:34:15 @ 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: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:35:2 @ 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:35:4 @ Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] (note:)To destroy your enemies.(:note) vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you.

geneva@Isaiah:35:6 @ Then shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the (note:)They who were barren and destitute of the graces of God, will have them given by Christ.(:note) wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

geneva@Isaiah:35:8 @ And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of (note:)It will be for the saints of God and not for the wicked.(:note) holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it God will lead and guide them, alluding to the bringing forth of Egypt. [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [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:35:10 @ And the (note:)Whom the Lord will deliver from the captivity of Babylon.(:note) ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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:36:7 @ 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:36:9 @ 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:36:10 @ And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, (note:)Thus the wicked to deceive us, will pretend the Name of the Lord: but we must try the spirits, whether they are of God or not.(:note) Go up against this land, and destroy it.

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:36:17 @ Till I come and bring you to a land like your owne land, euen a land of wheate, and wine, a land of bread and vineyardes,

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:36:22 @ Then came Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah the steward of the house, and Shebna the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder, vnto Hezekiah with rent clothes, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.

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:37:3 @ And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the (note:)We are in as great sorrow as a woman in labour who cannot be delivered.(:note) birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.

geneva@Isaiah:37:5 @ So the seruants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

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:37:7 @ Behold, I will send a wind upon him, and he shall hear a (note:)Of the Egyptians and Ethiopians, who will come and fight against him.(:note) rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

geneva@Isaiah:37:9 @ He heard also men say of Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he is come out to fight against thee: and when he heard it, he sent other messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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:37:12 @ Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] (note:)Which was a city of the Medes.(:note) Gozan, and Called also Charre a city in Mesopotamia, from which Abraham came after his fathers death. Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who [were] in Telassar?

geneva@Isaiah:37:14 @ So Hezekiah receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went vp into the House of the Lorde, and Hezekiah spread it before the Lord.

geneva@Isaiah:37:17 @ Encline thine eare, O Lord, and heare: open thine eyes, O Lorde, and see, and heare all the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.

geneva@Isaiah:37:18 @ Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and (note:)Meaning, the ten tribes.(:note) their countries,

geneva@Isaiah:37:21 @ Then Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sent vnto Hezekiah, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, Because thou hast prayed vnto me, concerning Saneherib king of Asshur,

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:37:24 @ By thy seruants hast thou railed on the Lord, and sayd, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the top of the mountaines to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut downe the hie cedars thereof, and the faire firre trees thereof, and I will goe vp to the heightes of his top and to the forest of his fruitfull places.

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:37:28 @ But I know thy abode, and thy (note:)Meaning, his counsels and enterprises.(:note) going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

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: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:37:33 @ Therefore thus sayth the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.

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:38:4 @ Then came the worde of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

geneva@Isaiah:38:6 @ And I will deliver thee and this city (note:)He not only promises to prolong his life, but to give him rest and quietness from the Assyrians, who might have renewed their army to revenge their former defeat.(:note) from the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

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:38:12 @ My age hath departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I (note:)By my sin I have provoked God to take my life from me.(:note) have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day [even] That is, in one day, or shortly. to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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:38:19 @ The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the (note:)All posterity will acknowledge and the fathers according to their duty toward their children will instruct them in your graces and mercies toward me.(:note) children shall make known 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: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:39:3 @ Then came Isaiah the Prophet vnto King Hezekiah, & said vnto him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah saide, They are come from a farre countrey vnto me, from Babel.

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: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:40:6 @ The (note:)The voice of God which spoke to the prophet Isaiah.(:note) voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all its Meaning, all man's wisdom and natural powers, (Jam_1:10; 1Pe_1:24). beauty [is] as the flower of the field:

geneva@Isaiah:40:10 @ Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong [hand], and (note:)His power will be sufficient without help of any other, and will have all means in himself to bring his will to pass.(:note) his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.

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:40:13 @ Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] (note:)He shows God's infinite wisdom for the same.(:note) his counsellor hath taught him?

geneva@Isaiah:40:14 @ Of whom tooke he counsell, and who instructed him and taught him in the way of iudgement? or taught him knowledge, and shewed vnto him the way of vnderstanding?

geneva@Isaiah:40:19 @ The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh siluer plates.

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:40:25 @ 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: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:41:2 @ 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:41:5 @ The isles saw [it], and (note:)Considering my excellent works among my people.(:note) feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and They assembled themselves and conspired against me to maintain their idolatry. came.

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:41:14 @ 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:41:15 @ Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the (note:)I will make you able to destroy all your enemies no matter how mighty, and this chiefly is referred to the kingdom of Christ.(:note) mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

geneva@Isaiah:41:19 @ I will set in the wildernesse the cedar, the shittah tree, and the mirre tree, and the pine tree, and I will set in the wildernesse the firre tree, the elme and the boxe tree together.

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:41:25 @ 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: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:42:4 @ He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he hath (note:)Till he has set all things in good order.(:note) set judgment in the earth: and the The Gentiles will desire to receive his doctrine. isles shall wait for his law.

geneva@Isaiah:42:6 @ I the LORD have called thee in (note:)Meaning, to a lawful and just calling.(:note) righteousness, and will hold To assist and guide you. thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a As him, by whom the promise made to all nations in Abraham will be fulfilled. covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

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:42:9 @ Behold, the former things have (note:)As in time past I have been true in my promises, so will I be in time to come.(:note) come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

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: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:42:19 @ 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:42:23 @ Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for (note:)Meaning, God's wrath.(:note) the time to come?

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:43:2 @ When thou passest through the (note:)By water and fire he means all kinds of trouble and peril.(:note) waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

geneva@Isaiah:43:3 @ For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave (note:)I turned Sennacherib's power against these countries, and made them suffer the affliction which you would have done, and so were as the payment of our ransom, (Isa_37:9).(:note) Egypt [for] thy ransom, Cush and Seba for thee.

geneva@Isaiah:43:4 @ Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give (note:)I will not spare any man, rather than you should perish, for God values one of his faithful more than all the wicked in the world.(:note) men for thee, and people for thy life.

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:43:11 @ I, euen I am the Lorde, and beside me there is no Sauiour.

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:43:18 @ Remember yee not the former things, neither regard the things of olde.

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:43:21 @ This people haue I formed for my selfe: they shall shewe foorth my praise.

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:43:23 @ Thou (note:)Meaning, in true faith and obedience.(:note) hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

geneva@Isaiah:43:24 @ Thou hast bought me no sweet (note:)Either for the composition of the sweet ointment (Exo_30:34), or for the sweet incense (Exo_30:7).(:note) cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast Whom God accept it as righteous or which at occasion because of the law and of thine holy calling. burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.

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:43:27 @ Thy (note:)Your ancestors.(:note) first father hath sinned, and thy Your priests and your prophets. teachers have transgressed against me.

geneva@Isaiah:43:28 @ Therefore I have (note:)That is, rejected, abhorred, and destroyed them in the wilderness and at other times.(:note) profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

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:44:5 @ 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:44:12 @ The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is (note:)He describes the raging affection of the idolaters, who forget their own necessities to set forth their devotion toward their idols.(:note) hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

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:44:16 @ He burneth part of it in the fire; with part of it he (note:)That is, he either makes a table or trenchers.(:note) eateth flesh; he roasteth meat, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

geneva@Isaiah:44:17 @ And the residue thereof he maketh a god, euen his idole: he boweth vnto it, and worshippeth and prayeth vnto it, and sayeth, Deliuer me: for thou art my god.

geneva@Isaiah:44:22 @ I haue put away thy transgressions like a cloude, and thy sinnes, as a mist: turne vnto me, for I haue redeemed thee.

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:44:28 @ 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:45:2 @ I will go before thee, and make the (note:)I will take away all impediments and hindrances.(:note) crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut asunder the bars of iron:

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:45:5 @ I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God besides me: I (note:)I have given you strength, power and authority.(:note) girded 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:45:8 @ Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down (note:)He comforts the Jews as if he would say, «Though when you look to the heavens and earth for comfort you see nothing now but signs of God's wrath, yet will cause them to bring forth certain tokens of your deliverance, and of the performance of my promise»: which is meant by righteousness.(:note) righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have I have appointed Cyrus to this use and purpose. created it.

geneva@Isaiah:45:11 @ Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me (note:)Instead of murmuring, humble yourselves and ask what you will for the consolation of my children, and you will be sure of it as you are of these things which are at your command. Some read it with an interrogation, and make it the application of the comparison.(:note) of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

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:45:14 @ Thus saith the LORD, The labour (note:)These people were tributaries to the Persians, and so king Artahshashte gave this money toward the building of the temple, (Ezr_7:27).(:note) of Egypt, and merchandise of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to thee, and they shall be While they were your enemies, they will now honour you and you will rule them: which was accomplished in the time of Christ. thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down to thee, they shall make supplication to thee, [saying], Surely God [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no God.

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:45:17 @ But Israel shall be saued in the Lorde, with an euerlasting saluation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded worlde without ende.

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:45:21 @ Tell ye and bring them, and let them take counsell together, who hath declared this from the beginning? or hath tolde it of olde? Haue not I the Lord? and there is none other God beside me, a iust God, and a Sauiour: there is none beside me.

geneva@Isaiah:45:22 @ Look to me, and be ye saved, all (note:)He calls the idolaters to repentance, willing them to look on him with the eye of faith.(:note) the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.

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) righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every 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:46:1 @ 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:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are (note:)He shows the difference between the idols and the true God; for they must be carried by others, but God himself carries his, as in (Deu_32:11).(:note) borne [by me] from the birth, which are carried from the womb:

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:46:9 @ Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none other God, and there is nothing like me,

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:47:1 @ Come down, and sit in the dust, O (note:)Which has lived in wealth and wantonness and has not yet been overcome by any enemies.(:note) virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no Your government will be taken from you. throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

geneva@Isaiah:47:2 @ Take the millstones, and (note:)You will be brought to most vile servitude: for to turn the mill was the office of slaves.(:note) grind meal: uncover thy locks, The things in which she sets her greatest pride, will be made vile, even from the head to the foot. make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

geneva@Isaiah:47:3 @ Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a (note:)I will use no humanity nor pity toward you.(:note) man.

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:47:9 @ 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:47:11 @ Therefore shall euill come vpon thee, and thou shalt not knowe the morning thereof: destruction shall fal vpon thee, which thou shalt not be able to put away: destruction shall come vpon thee suddenly, or thou beware.

geneva@Isaiah:47:12 @ Stand now with thy enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast (note:)He derides their vain confidence, who put their trust in anything but in God, condemning also such vain sciences, which serve no use, but to delude the people, and to bring them from depending only on God.(:note) laboured from thy youth; if thou shalt be able to profit, if thou mayest prevail.

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:47:14 @ Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal (note:)They will utterly perish, and no part of them remain.(:note) to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it.

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:48:1 @ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are (note:)He detects their hypocrisy who claimed to be Israelites, but were not so.(:note) called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Meaning, the fountain and stock. the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.

geneva@Isaiah:48:2 @ For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves (note:)They make a show, as though they would have no other God.(:note) upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

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:48:5 @ I have even from the beginning declared [it] to thee; before it came to pass I showed (note:)How you should be delivered out of Babylon.(:note) [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say, My idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

geneva@Isaiah:48:6 @ Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye (note:)Will you not acknowledge my blessing, and declare it to others?(:note) declare [it]? I have showed ye new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know 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:48:10 @ Behold, I have refined thee, but (note:)For I had respect to your weakness and infirmity: for in silver there is some pureness, but in us there is nothing but dross.(:note) not with silver; I have I took you out of the furnace where you would have been consumed. chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

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:48:12 @ Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; (note:)Read (Isa_41:4).(:note) I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.

geneva@Isaiah:48:13 @ My hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: [when] I call to them, (note:)To obey me, and to do whatever I command them.(:note) they stand up together.

geneva@Isaiah:48:14 @ All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved (note:)Meaning, Cyrus, whom he had chosen to destroy Babylon.(:note) him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.

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:48:17 @ Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God who teacheth thee (note:)What things will do you good.(:note) to profit, who leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.

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:48:19 @ Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like its gravel; his (note:)That is, the prosperous estate of Israel.(:note) name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

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:49:2 @ And he hath made my mouth like a sharp (note:)By the sword and shaft, he signifies the virtue and efficacy of Christ's doctrine.(:note) sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he God has taken me to his protection and defence: this chiefly is meant of Christ, and may also be applied to the ministers of his word. hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

geneva@Isaiah:49:3 @ And said to me, Thou [art] my servant, O (note:)By Israel is meant Christ, and all the body of the faithful, as the members and their head.(:note) Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

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:49:7 @ 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:49:10 @ 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:49:13 @ Sing, O (note:)Read (Isa_44:23).(:note) heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

geneva@Isaiah:49:14 @ But Zion said, The LORD hath (note:)He objects what the faithful might say in their long affliction and answers to comfort them with a most proper comparison and full of consolation.(:note) forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

geneva@Isaiah:49:16 @ Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] (note:)Because I would not forget you.(:note) hands; thy Meaning, the good order of policy and discipline. walls [are] continually before me.

geneva@Isaiah:49:18 @ Lift up thy eyes around, and behold: all these gather themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely (note:)He shows what are the ornaments of the Church: to have many children, who are assembled by the word of God, and governed by his Spirit.(:note) clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them [on thee], as a bride [doeth].

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:49:21 @ Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten mee these, seeing I am baren and desolate, a captiue and a wanderer to and fro? And who hath nourished them? Beholde, I was left alone: whence are these?

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:49:26 @ 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: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:51:3 @ For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness (note:)As plentiful as paradise, (Gen_2:8,9).(:note) like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

geneva@Isaiah:51:4 @ Hearken to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a (note:)I will rule and govern my Church by my word and doctrine.(:note) law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

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:51:6 @ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the (note:)Forewarns them of the horrible changes and mutations of all things, and how he will preserve his church in the midst of all these dangers.(:note) heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall become old like a garment, and its inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

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:51:8 @ For the mothe shall eate them vp like a garment, & the worme shall eate them like wool: but my righteousnesse shalbe for euer, and my saluation from generation to generation.

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:51:10 @ Art not thou the same, which hath dried the Sea, euen the waters of the great deepe, making the depth of the Sea a way for the redeemed to passe ouer?

geneva@Isaiah:51:11 @ Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall (note:)From Babylon.(:note) return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

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:51:17 @ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drank at the hand of the LORD the (note:)You have been justly punished and sufficiently as (Isa_40:2) and this punishment in the elect is by measure, and according as God gives grace to hear it: but in the reprobate it is the just vengeance of God to drive them to an insensibleness and madness, as (Jer_25:15-16).(:note) cup of his fury; thou hast drank the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out.

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:52:1 @ Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no (note:)No wicked tyrant, who will subvert God's true religion and oppress the conscience.(:note) more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

geneva@Isaiah:52:2 @ Shake thyself from the (note:)Put off the garments of sorrow and heaviness and put on the apparel of joy and gladness.(:note) dust; arise, [and] sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

geneva@Isaiah:52:3 @ For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for (note:)The Babylonians paid nothing to me for you: therefore I will take you again without ransom.(:note) nothing; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

geneva@Isaiah:52:4 @ For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went (note:)When Jacob went there in times of famine.(:note) down in times past into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian The Egyptians might pretend some reason to oppress my people because they went there and remained among them, but the Assyrians have no title to excuse their tyranny by, and therefore I will punish them more than I did the Egyptians. oppressed them without cause.

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:52:9 @ O ye desolate places of Ierusalem, bee glad and reioyce together: for the Lorde hath comforted his people: he hath redeemed Ierusalem.

geneva@Isaiah:52:13 @ Behold, my (note:)Meaning Christ, by whom our spiritual deliverance would be wrought of which this was a sign.(:note) servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

geneva@Isaiah:52:14 @ As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so (note:)In the corrupt judgment of man, Christ in his person was not valued.(:note) marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

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:53:3 @ He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with (note:)Which was by God's singular providence for the comfort of sinners, (Heb_4:15).(:note) grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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:53:5 @ But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the (note:)He was chastised for our reconciliation, (1Co_15:3).(:note) chastisement for our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

geneva@Isaiah:53:6 @ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the (note:)Meaning, the punishment of our iniquity, and not the fault itself.(:note) iniquity of us all.

geneva@Isaiah:53:7 @ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he (note:)But willingly and patiently obeyed his father's appointment, (Mat_26:63; Act_8:32).(:note) opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

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: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:54:4 @ Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy (note:)The afflictions which you suffered at the beginning.(:note) youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy When you were refused for your sins, (Isa_50:1). widowhood any more.

geneva@Isaiah:54:5 @ For thy (note:)That regenerated you by his Holy Spirit.(:note) Maker [is] thy husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole His glory will shine through the whole world, which seemed before to be shut up in Judea. earth shall he be called.

geneva@Isaiah:54:8 @ For a moment, in mine anger, I hid my face from thee for a litle season, but with euerlasting mercy haue I had compassion on thee, sayth the Lord thy redeemer.

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:54:12 @ And I will make thy windowes of emeraudes, and thy gates shining stones, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

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:54:15 @ Behold, they shall surely assemble, [but] not by (note:)And therefore will not prevail.(:note) me: whoever shall assemble Meaning, the domestic enemies of the Church, as are the hypocrites. against thee shall fall for thy sake.

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:55:4 @ Behold, I have given (note:)Meaning Christ, of whom David was a figure.(:note) him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

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:55:8 @ For my (note:)Although you are not soon reconciled one to another and judge me by yourselves, yet I am easy to be reconciled, yea, I offer my mercies to you.(:note) thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

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:56:3 @ 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:56:9 @ 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:56:12 @ Come ye, [say they], I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to (note:)We are well yet, and to morrow will be better: therefore let us not fear the plagues before they come: thus the wicked contemned the admonition and exhortations which were made to them in the Name of God.(:note) morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.

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:57:4 @ On whome haue ye iested? vpon whome haue ye gaped and thrust out your tongue? are not ye rebellious children, and a false seede?

geneva@Isaiah:57:6 @ Among the smooth [stones] (note:)Meaning every place was polluted with their idolatry: or every fair stone they found they made into an idol.(:note) of the stream [is] thy portion; they, they [are] thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in In the sacrifices which you offering before these idols thought you served God. these?

geneva@Isaiah:57:8 @ Behind the (note:)Instead of setting up the word of God in the open places on the posts and doors to have it in remembrance, (Deu_6:9, Deu_27:1) you have set up signs and marks of your idolatry in every place.(:note) doors also and the door posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast uncovered [thyself to another] than me, and hast gone up; thou hast That is, increased your idolatry more and more. enlarged thy bed, and made thee [a covenant] with them; thou didst love their bed where thou sawest [it].

geneva@Isaiah:57:9 @ And thou wentest (note:)You sought the favour of the Assyrians by gifts and presents to help you against the Egyptians and when they failed you sought the Babylonians, and more and more tormented yourself.(:note) to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] to hell.

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:57:16 @ For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always angry: (note:)I will not use my power against frail man, whose life is but a blast.(:note) for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.

geneva@Isaiah:57:17 @ For the (note:)That is, for the vices and faults of the people, which is here meant by covetousness.(:note) iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

geneva@Isaiah:57:18 @ I have seen his ways, and will (note:)Though they were obstinate, yet I did not withdraw my mercy from them.(:note) heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

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:57:20 @ But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it (note:)Their evil conscience always torments them and therefore they can never have rest, (Isa_48:22).(:note) cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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:58:9 @ Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou shalt take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the (note:)By which is meant all manner of injury.(:note) finger, and speaking vanity;

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:59:4 @ None calleth for justice, nor [any] (note:)All men wink at the injuries and oppressions and none go about to remedy them.(:note) pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and According to their wicked devices, they hurt their neighbours. bring forth iniquity.

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:59:6 @ Their webbes shall be no garment, neither shall they couer themselues with their labours: for their workes are workes of iniquitie, & the worke of crueltie is in their handes.

geneva@Isaiah:59:9 @ Therefore is (note:)That is, God's vengeance to punish our enemies.(:note) judgment far from us, neither doth God's protection to defend us. justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.

geneva@Isaiah:59:10 @ We grope for the wall like the (note:)We are altogether destitute of counsel, and can find no end to our miseries.(:note) blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men].

geneva@Isaiah:59:11 @ We all roar like (note:)We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more and some less.(:note) bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

geneva@Isaiah:59:12 @ For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our (note:)This confession is general to the Church to obtain remission of sins, and the prophets did not exempt themselves from the same.(:note) sins testify against us: for our transgressions [are] with us; and [as for] our iniquities, we know them;

geneva@Isaiah:59:14 @ And (note:)There is neither justice nor uprightness among men.(:note) judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

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:60:1 @ Arise, shine; for thy (note:)The time of your prosperity and happiness: while speaking of Babylon, he commanded her to go down, (Isa_47:1).(:note) light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

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:60:4 @ Lift up thy eyes around, and see: all (note:)An infinite number from all countries as in (Isa_49:18).(:note) they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at [thy] side.

geneva@Isaiah:60:5 @ Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thy heart shall fear, (note:)For joy, as the heart is drawn in for sorrow.(:note) and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted to thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come to thee.

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:60:8 @ Who [are] these (note:)Showing what great number will come to the Church, and with what great diligence and zeal.(:note) [that] fly as a cloud, and as doves to their windows?

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:60:16 @ 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:60:18 @ Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt (note:)Meaning not an earthly happiness, but spiritual, which is fulfilled in Christ's kingdom.(:note) call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

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:60:22 @ 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:61:4 @ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many (note:)That is, for a long time.(:note) generations.

geneva@Isaiah:61:5 @ And foreigners shall (note:)They will be ready to serve you in all your needs.(:note) stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers.

geneva@Isaiah:61:6 @ But ye shall be named the (note:)This is accomplished in the time of Christ, by whom all the faithful are made priests and kings, (1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6, Rev_5:10).(:note) Priests of the LORD: [men] shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the Read (Isa_60:11, Isa_60:16). riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

geneva@Isaiah:61:7 @ For your shame [ye shall have] (note:)Abundant recompence as this word is used, (Isa_40:2).(:note) double; and [for] confusion That is, the Jews. they shall rejoice in That is, of the Gentiles. their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the While the Gentiles had dominion over the Jews in times past, now they will have double authority over them and possess twice as much. double: everlasting joy shall be to them.

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: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:62:2 @ And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by (note:)You will have a more excellent fame than you have had till now.(:note) a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

geneva@Isaiah:62:4 @ Thou shalt no more be termed (note:)You will no longer be contemned as a woman forsaken by her husband.(:note) Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be That it may be replenished with children. married.

geneva@Isaiah:62:5 @ For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons (note:)As they confess one faith and religion with you, they are in the same bond of marriage with you, and they are called the children of the Church, as Christ makes her plentiful to bring forth children to him.(:note) marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.

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:62:8 @ The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies, & surely the sonnes of the strangers shall not drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured.

geneva@Isaiah:62:11 @ Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world, (note:)You prophets and ministers show the people of this their deliverance: which was chiefly meant of our salvation by Christ, (Zec_9:9; Mat_21:5).(:note) Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and He will have all power to bring his purpose to pass, as in (Isa_40:10). his work before him.

geneva@Isaiah:62:12 @ And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A (note:)That is, one over whom God has had a singular care to recover her when she was lost.(:note) city not forsaken.

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:63:3 @ I haue troden the wine presse alone, and of all people there was none with mee: for I will treade them in mine anger, and tread them vnder foote in my wrath, and their blood shalbe sprinkled vpon my garments, and I will staine all my raiment.

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:63:7 @ 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:63:9 @ In all their affliction he was (note:)He bore their afflictions and griefs as though they had been his own.(:note) afflicted, and the angel Which was a witness of God's presence, and this may be referred to Christ, to whom belongs the office of salvation. of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

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:63:12 @ He led them by the right hand of Moses with his owne glorious arme, deuiding the water before them, to make himselfe an euerlasting Name.

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:63:16 @ Doubtless thou [art] our father, though (note:)Though Abraham would refuse us to be his children, yet you will not refuse to be our father.(:note) Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.

geneva@Isaiah:63:17 @ O LORD, why hast (note:)By taking away the Holy Spirit from us, by whom we were governed, and so for our ingratitude delivered us up to our own concupiscence, and punished sin by sin according to your just judgment.(:note) thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy Meaning, for the covenant's sake made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob his servants. servants' sake, the tribes of thy inheritance.

geneva@Isaiah:63:18 @ The people of thy holiness have possessed [it] but a little (note:)That is, in respect to the promise, which is perpetual: even though they had now possessed the land of Canaan for 1400 years: and thus they lament, to move God rather to remember his covenant, than to punish their sins.(:note) while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

geneva@Isaiah:63:19 @ We haue bene as they, ouer whome thou neuer barest rule, and vpon whom thy Name was not called.

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:64:2 @ As [when] the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth (note:)Meaning, the rain, hail, fire, thunder and lightning.(:note) the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thy adversaries, [that] the nations may tremble at thy presence!

geneva@Isaiah:64:3 @ When thou diddest terrible things, which we looked not for, thou camest downe, and the mountaines melted 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:64:6 @ But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our (note:)We are justly punished and brought into captivity, because we have provoked you to anger, and though we would excuse ourselves, yet our righteousness, and best virtues are before you as vile cloths, or (as some read) like the menstruous cloths of a woman.(:note) righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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:64:8 @ But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the (note:)Even though O Lord by your just judgment you may utterly destroy us as the potter may his pot, yet we appeal to your mercies, by which it has pleased you to adopt us to be your children.(:note) clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.

geneva@Isaiah:64:9 @ Be not very angry, O LORD, (note:)For so the flesh judges when God does not immediately send comfort.(:note) neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.

geneva@Isaiah:65:1 @ I am sought by [them that] (note:)Meaning, the Gentiles who know not God, would seek him, when he had moved their heart with his Holy Spirit, (Rom_10:20).(:note) asked not [for me]; I am found by [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation [that] was not called by my name.

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:65:4 @ Which remain among the (note:)To consult with spirits, and to conjure devils, which was forbidden.(:note) graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat Which was contrary to God's commandment, (Lev_11:7; Deu_14:8). swine's flesh, and broth of abominable [things is in] their vessels;

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:65:10 @ 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:65:13 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall (note:)By these words, eat and drink, he means the blessed life of the faithful, who have always had consolation and full contentment of all things in their God, though sometimes they lack these corporal things.(:note) eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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:65:20 @ 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:66:15 @ For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to (note:)This vengeance God began to execute at the destruction of Babylon and has always continued it against the enemies of his Church, and will do till the last day, which will be the accomplishment of it.(:note) render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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:66:23 @ And from moneth to moneth, and from Sabbath to Sabbath shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

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:1:2 @ To whom the (note:)This is spoken to confirm his calling and office, as he did not presume of himself to preach and prophecy, but was called to it by God.(:note) word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

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:1:4 @ Then the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:1:11 @ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a (note:)He joins the sign with the word, for a more ample confirmation: signifying by the rod of the almond tree, which first buds, the hasty coming of the Babylonians against the Jews.(:note) rod of an almond tree.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:12 @ Then saide the Lorde vnto me, Thou hast seene aright: for I will hasten my worde to performe it.

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:1:14 @ Then the LORD said to me, Out of the (note:)Syria and Assyria were northward in respect to Jerusalem, which was the Chaldeans dominion.(:note) north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:15 @ For loe, I will call all the families of the kingdomes of the North, saith the Lord, and they shall come, and euery one shall set his throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and on all the walles thereof rounde about, and in all the cities of Iudah.

geneva@Jeremiah:1:16 @ And I will utter my (note:)I will give them charge and power to execute my vengeance against the idolaters who have forsaken me for their idols.(:note) judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:1 @ Moreouer, the woorde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:2:8 @ 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:2:10 @ For pass over the isles of (note:)Meaning, the Grecians and Italians.(:note) Chittim, and see; and send to To Arabia. Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there is such a thing.

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:2:14 @ [Is] Israel a (note:)Have I ordered them like servants and not like dearly beloved children? (Exo_4:22) therefore it is their fault only, if the enemy spoil them.(:note) servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he laid waste?

geneva@Jeremiah:2:16 @ Also the children of (note:)That is, the Egyptians, for these were two great cities in Egypt.(:note) Noph and Tahapanes have Have grievously vexed you at various times. broken the crown of thy head.

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:2:20 @ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, (note:)When I delivered you out of Egypt, (Exo_19:8; Deu_5:27; Jos_24:16; Ezr_10:12; Heb_8:6).(:note) I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:21 @ Yet I had planted thee, a noble vine, whose plants were all natural: howe then art thou turned vnto me into the plants of a strange vine?

geneva@Jeremiah:2:22 @ For though thou shalt wash thee with (note:)Though you use all the purifications and ceremonies of the law, you cannot escape punishment.(:note) lye, and take thee much soap, [yet] thy iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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:2:26 @ As the (note:)As a thief will not acknowledge his fault, till he is taken with the deed, and ready to be punished, so they will not confess their idolatry, till the plagues due to the same light on them.(:note) thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

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:2:31 @ O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a (note:)Have I not given them abundance of all things?(:note) wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; But will trust in our own power and policy. we will come no more to thee?

geneva@Jeremiah:2:32 @ Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me, daies without number.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:33 @ Why trimmest thou thy way to (note:)With strangers.(:note) seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:35 @ Yet thou saiest, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shall turne from mee: beholde, I will enter with thee into iudgement, because thou saiest, I haue not sinned.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:36 @ Why dost thou go about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, (note:)For the Assyrians had taken away the ten tribes out of Israel and destroyed Judah even to Jerusalem: and the Egyptians slew Josiah, and vexed the Jews in various ways.(:note) as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

geneva@Jeremiah:2:37 @ Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon (note:)In sign of lamentation, as in (2Sa_13:19).(:note) thy head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

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:3:3 @ Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no (note:)As God threatened by his law, (Deu_28:24).(:note) latter rain; and thou hadst an You would never be ashamed of your acts and repent: and this impudency is common to idolaters, who will not cease, though they are openly convicted. harlot's forehead, thou didst refuse to be ashamed.

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:3:6 @ The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen [that] which backsliding (note:)Meaning the ten tribes.(:note) Israel hath done? she hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:7 @ And I sayde, when shee had done all this, Turne thou vnto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudah sawe.

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:3:11 @ And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath (note:)Israel has not declared herself as wicked as Judah, who yet has had more admonitions and examples to call her to repentance.(:note) justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:12 @ Go and proclaim these words toward (note:)While the Israelites were now kept in captivity by the Assyrians, to whom he promises mercy, if they will repent.(:note) the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:16 @ And it shall come to pass, when ye shall be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The (note:)This is to be understood of the coming of Christ: for then they will not seek the Lord by ceremonies, and all figures will cease.(:note) ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss [it]; neither shall [that] be done any more.

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:3:19 @ But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?

geneva@Jeremiah:3:20 @ Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her (note:)The Hebrew word signifies a friend or companion, and here may be taken for a husband, as it is used also in (Hos_3:1).(:note) husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:22 @ Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. (note:)This is spoken in the person of Israel to the shame of Judah, who stayed so long to turn to God.(:note) Behold, we come to thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.

geneva@Jeremiah:3:24 @ For shame hath devoured the labour of our (note:)For their idolatry God's vengeance has light on them and theirs.(:note) fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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:4:1 @ If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, (note:)That is, wholly and without hypocrisy, not dissembling to turn and serve God as they do who serve him by halves, (Hos_7:16).(:note) return to me: and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be removed.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:2 @ And thou shalt (note:)You will detest the name of idols, (Psa_16:4) and will with reverence swear by the living God, when your oath may advance God's glory, and profit others: and here by swearing he means the true religion of God.(:note) swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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:4:7 @ The (note:)Meaning Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, (2Ki_24:1).(:note) lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:8 @ Wherefore girde you with sackecloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.

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:4:12 @ A mightie winde shall come vnto me from those places, and nowe will I also giue sentence vpon them.

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:4:15 @ For a voice declareth from (note:)Which was a city in the utmost border of Israel north toward Babylon.(:note) Dan, and proclaimeth affliction from mount Which was in the middle between Dan and Jerusalem. Ephraim.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:16 @ Make ye mention of the heathen, and publish in Ierusalem, Beholde, the skoutes come from a farre countrey, and crie out against the cities of Iudah.

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:4:20 @ Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my (note:)Meaning, the cities which were as easily cast down as a tent.(:note) tents ruined, [and] my curtains in a moment.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:22 @ For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] silly children, and they have no understanding: (note:)Their wisdom and policy tend to their own destruction and pulls them from God.(:note) they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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:4:27 @ For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I (note:)But for his mercies sake, he will reserve himself a residue to be his Church, and to praise him in earth, (Jer_5:18).(:note) not make a full end.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:29 @ The whole citie shall flee, for the noyse of the horsemen and bowemen: they shall goe into thickets, and clime vp vpon the rockes: euery citie shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

geneva@Jeremiah:4:30 @ And [when] thou [art] laid waste, what wilt thou do? Though thou (note:)Neither your ceremonies nor rich gifts will deliver you.(:note) clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlarge thy eyes with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

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:5:3 @ O LORD, [are] not thy eyes upon the (note:)Do you not love uprightness and faithful dealing?(:note) truth? thou hast You have often punished them, but all is in vain, (Isa_9:13). stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:4 @ Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:5 @ I will go to the (note:)He speaks this to the reproach of them who would govern and teach others, and yet are farther out of the way than the simple people.(:note) great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.

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:5:11 @ For the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah haue grieuously trespassed against me, saith the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:12 @ They have (note:)Because they gave no credit to the words of his prophets, as in (Isa_28:15).(:note) lied about the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

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:5:14 @ Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in (note:)Meaning, Jeremiah.(:note) thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:16 @ Their quiver [is] as an (note:)Who will kill many with their arrows.(:note) open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:19 @ And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Why doeth the LORD our God all these [things] to us? then shalt (note:)Meaning, the prophet Jeremiah.(:note) thou answer them, As ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.

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:5:26 @ 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:5:27 @ As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

geneva@Jeremiah:5:28 @ They have become fat, they shine: yea, they exceed the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they (note:)They feel not the plague of God for it.(:note) prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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:6:2 @ I have likened the daughter of Zion to (note:)I have intreated her gently, and given her abundance of all things.(:note) a comely and delicate [woman].

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:6:7 @ As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: (note:)He shows the reason why it would be destroyed, and how it comes from themselves.(:note) violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually [are] grief and wounds.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:8 @ Be thou instructed, O (note:)He warns them to amend by his correction, and turn to him by repentance.(:note) Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

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:6:15 @ Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not ashamed, no neither coulde they haue any shame: therefore they shall fall among the slaine: when I shall visite them, they shall be cast downe, sayth the Lorde.

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:6:19 @ Heare, O earth, beholde, I will cause a plague to come vpon this people, euen the fruite of their owne imaginations: because they haue not taken heede vnto my woordes, nor to my Lawe, but cast it off.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:20 @ To what purpose cometh there to me (note:)Read (Isa_1:11; Amo_5:21).(:note) incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a distant country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to me.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:22 @ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the (note:)From Babylon by Dan, which was north of Jerusalem.(:note) north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:23 @ With bowe and shield shal they be weaponed: they are cruell and will haue no compassion: their voyce roareth like the sea, and they ride vpon horses, well appointed, like men of warre against thee, O daughter Zion.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:24 @ We have heard the report of it: our hands become (note:)For fear of the enemy: he speaks this in the person of the Jews.(:note) feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

geneva@Jeremiah:6:26 @ O daughter of my people, girde thee with sackecloth, and wallowe thy selfe in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning as for thine onely sonne: for the destroier shall suddenly come vpon vs.

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:7:3 @ Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Amend your waies and your woorkes, and I will let you dwell in this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:5 @ For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

geneva@Jeremiah:7:9 @ Will you steale, murder, and commit adulterie, and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Baal, and walke after other gods whome yee knowe not?

geneva@Jeremiah:7:10 @ And come and stande before mee in this House, whereupon my Name is called, and saye, We are deliuered, though we haue done all these abominations?

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:7:13 @ And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke to you, (note:)That is, I never ceased to warn you, as in (Isa_65:2; Pro_1:23).(:note) rising early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but He shows the only remedy to redress our faults: to allow God to lead us in the way, and to obey his calling, (Isa_66:4). ye answered not;

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:7:16 @ 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:7:19 @ Doe they prouoke me to anger, sayeth the Lorde, and not themselues to the confusion of their owne faces?

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:7:26 @ Yet would they not heare me nor encline their eare, but hardened their necke & did worse then their fathers.

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:7:29 @ Cut off thy (note:)In sign of mourning, as in (Job_1:20).(:note) hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast [it] away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his Against whom he had just opportunity to pour out his wrath (Mic_1:6). wrath.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:30 @ For the children of Iudah haue done euill in my sight, sayth the Lorde: they haue set their abominations in the House, whereupon my Name is called, to pollute it.

geneva@Jeremiah:7:31 @ And they have built the high places of (note:)Of Topheth, read (2Ki_23:10).(:note) Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I But commanded the opposite, as in (Lev_18:21, Lev_20:3; Deu_18:10). commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart.

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: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:8:1 @ 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:8:2 @ And they shal spread them before the sunne and the moone, and all the host of heauen, whom they haue loued, and whome they haue serued, and whome they haue followed, and whome they haue sought, and whome they haue worshipped: they shall not be gathered nor be buried, but shall be as doung vpon the earth.

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:8:7 @ 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:8:9 @ The (note:)They who seem wise may be ashamed of their ignorance for all wisdom consists in God's word.(:note) wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?

geneva@Jeremiah:8:12 @ Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not ashamed, neither coulde they haue any shame: therefore shall they fall among the slaine: when I shall visite them, they shall be cast downe, sayeth the Lorde.

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:8:15 @ We looked for peace, but no good came, & for a time of health, and behold troubles.

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:8:17 @ For, behold, I will (note:)God threatens to send the Babylonians among them who will utterly destroy them in such sort, as by no means they will escape.(:note) send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:18 @ [When] I would (note:)Read (Jer_4:19).(:note) comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

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:8:21 @ For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I (note:)The prophet speaks this.(:note) hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

geneva@Jeremiah:8:22 @ [Is there] no balm (note:)Meaning,that no man's help or means could save them: for in Gilead was precious balm, (Jer_46:11) or else deriding the vain confidence of the people, who looked to their priests for help, who would have been the physicians of their soul, and dwelt at Gilead, (Hos_6:8).(:note) in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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:9:3 @ And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] (note:)To belie and slander their neighbours.(:note) lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

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:9:6 @ Thy habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; (note:)They would rather have forsaken God than left their wicked trade.(:note) through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:9:7 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will (note:)With the fire of affliction.(:note) melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

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:9:16 @ I wil scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers haue knowen, and I will send a sworde after them, til I haue consumed 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:9:20 @ Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and (note:)He derides the superstition of the women who made an art of mourning, and taught to weep with feigned tears.(:note) teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

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:9:22 @ Speake, thus sayth the Lorde, The carkeises of men shall lye, euen as the doung vpon the fielde, and as the handfull after the mower, and none shal gather them.

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:10:2 @ Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the (note:)God forbids his people to give credit or fear the constellations and conjunctions of stars and planets which have no power of themselves but are governed by him, and their secret motions and influences are not known to man and therefore there can be no certain judgment of it, (Deu_18:9).(:note) signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:3 @ For the (note:)Meaning not only in the observation of the stars, but their laws and ceremonies by which they confirm their idolatry, which is forbidden, (Deu_12:30).(:note) customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

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:10:5 @ The idoles stande vp as the palme tree, but speake not: they are borne because they cannot go feare them not, for they cannot do euill, neither can they do good.

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:10:7 @ Who would not feare thee, O King of nations? For to thee appertaineth the dominion: for among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in al their kingdomes there is none like thee.

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:10:12 @ He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:15 @ They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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:10:18 @ For thus sayth the Lorde, Beholde, at this time I will throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the lande, and will trouble them, and they shal finde it so.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:19 @ Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this (note:)It is my just plague, and therefore I will take it patiently: by which he teaches the people how to behave themselves toward God.(:note) [is] a grief, and I must bear it.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:21 @ For the shepherds (note:)The governors and ministers.(:note) have become senseless, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:22 @ Behold, the sound of a rumour is come, and a great commotion from the (note:)Read (Jer_4:15).(:note) north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, [and] a den of dragons.

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:11:2 @ Heare ye the wordes of this couenant, and speake vnto the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem,

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:11:6 @ Then the Lord saide vnto me, Cry all these words in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, saying, Heare yee the words of this couenant, and doe them.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:8 @ Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their (note:)According to his own fantasy, and not as my word appointed him.(:note) evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the Meaning, the menaces and curses contained in the law, (Lev_26:14; Deu_28:16). words of this covenant, which I commanded [them] to do; but they did [them] not.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:9 @ And the LORD said to me, A (note:)That is, general consent to rebel against me.(:note) conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:11 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to me, (note:)Because they will not pray with true faith and repentance, but for the pain and grief which they feel, (Pro_1:28).(:note) I will not hearken to them.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:12 @ Then shall the cities of Iudah, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem goe, and crie vnto the gods vnto whome they offer incense, but they shall not bee able to helpe them in time of their trouble.

geneva@Jeremiah:11:14 @ Therefore (note:)Read (Jer_7:16, Jer_14:11).(:note) pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear [them] in the time when they cry to me for their trouble.

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:11:16 @ The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the (note:)Of the Babylonians and Chaldeans.(:note) noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

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:11:18 @ And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I know [it]: then thou didst show me (note:)Who went about secretly to conspire my death.(:note) their doings.

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:11:22 @ Thus therefore sayth the Lorde of hostes, Beholde, I will visite them: the yong men shall die by the sword: their sonnes and their daughters shall die by famine,

geneva@Jeremiah:11:23 @ And none of them shall remaine: for I will bring a plague vpon the men of Anathoth, euen the yeere of their visitation.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:2 @ Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou [art] near in their mouth, and far from their (note:)They profess God in mouth, but deny him in heart, which is here meant by the reins, (Isa_29:13; Mat_15:8).(:note) reins.

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:12:7 @ I have forsaken (note:)God wills the prophet to denounce his judgments against Jerusalem, even though they will both by threatenings and flatteries labour to silence him.(:note) my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:8 @ My heritage is to me as a (note:)Ever ranting and raging against me and my prophets.(:note) lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

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: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:12:12 @ The destroyers are come vpon all the high places in the wildernesse: for the sworde of the Lord shal deuoure from the one end of the land, euen to the other ende of the lande: no flesh shall haue peace.

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:12:15 @ And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them out I (note:)After I have punished the Gentiles I will have mercy on them.(:note) will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

geneva@Jeremiah:12:16 @ And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the (note:)The true doctrine and manner to serve God.(:note) ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Read (Jer_4:2). LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built They will be of the number of the faithful, and have a place in my Church. in the midst of my people.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:1 @ Thus sayth the Lorde vnto mee, Goe, and buy thee a linen girdle, & put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:2 @ So I bought the girdle according to the commandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:3 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me the second time, saying,

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:13:5 @ So I went, and hid it by Perath, as the Lord had commanded me.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:6 @ And after many dayes, the Lorde sayde vnto mee, Arise, goe towarde Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commaunded thee to hide there.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:8 @ Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:13:14 @ And I will (note:)It will be as easy for me to destroy the greatest and the strongest as it is for a man to break earthen bottles.(:note) dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:16 @ Give glory to the LORD your God, before he shall cause (note:)That is, affliction and misery by the Babylonians, (Isa_8:22).(:note) darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for Meaning, for help and support of the Egyptians. light, he shall turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:17 @ But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall (note:)You will surely be led away captive and I, according to my affection toward you, will weep and lament for your stubbornness.(:note) weep in secret places for [your] pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

geneva@Jeremiah:13:18 @ Say to the (note:)For Jehoiachin and his mother rendered themselves by Jeremiah's counsel to the king of Babylon, (2Ki_24:12).(:note) king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.

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:13:22 @ And if thou shalt say in thy heart, Why come these things upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts (note:)The cloak of hypocrisy will be pulled off, and your shame seen.(:note) uncovered, [and] thy heels made bare.

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:13:25 @ This is thy portion, and ye part of thy measures from me, sayth the Lorde, because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in lyes.

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:13:27 @ I have seen thy adulteries, and thy (note:)He compares idolaters to horses inflamed after mares.(:note) neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, [and] thy abominations on the hills in There is no place so high nor low, where the marks and signs of your idolatry do not appear. the fields. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when [shall it] once [be]?

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:14:2 @ Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are (note:)The word signifies extreme sorrow.(:note) black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:3 @ And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and (note:)That is, with ashes in token of sorrow.(:note) covered their heads.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:4 @ For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.

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:14:8 @ O the hope of Israel, his saviour in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a (note:)That takes no care for us.(:note) stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?

geneva@Jeremiah:14:9 @ Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as (note:)That takes no care for us.(:note) a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:10 @ Thus saith the Lord vnto this people, Thus haue they delited to wander: they haue not refrained their feete, therefore the Lorde hath no delight in them: but he will now remember their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:11 @ Then said the LORD to me, (note:)Read (Jer_7:16, Jer_11:14).(:note) Pray not for this people for [their] good.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:12 @ When they fast, I will not heare their cry, and when they offer burnt offering, and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sworde, and by the famine and by the pestilence.

geneva@Jeremiah:14:14 @ Then the Lord said vnto me, The prophets prophecie lyes in my Name: I haue not sent them, neither did I command them, neither spake I vnto them, but they prophecie vnto you a false vision, and diuination, and vanitie, and deceitfulnes of their owne heart.

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:14:16 @ And the people to whome these prophets doe prophecie, shalbe cast out in the streetes of Ierusalem, because of the famine, & the sword, & there shall be none to bury them, both they, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters: for I wil powre their wickednes vpon them.

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:14:21 @ Doe not abhorre vs: for thy Names sake cast not downe the throne of thy glory: remember and breake not thy couenant with vs.

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:15:6 @ Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am (note:)That is, I will not call back my plagues or spare you any more.(:note) weary with repenting.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:7 @ And I will fan them with a fan (note:)Meaning, the cities.(:note) in the gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children, I will destroy my people, [since] they return not from their ways.

geneva@Jeremiah:15:8 @ Their widows (note:)Because I had slain their husbands.(:note) are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

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:15:12 @ Shall (note:)As for the people, though they seemed strong as iron, yet they would not be able to resist the hard iron of Babylon, but would be led captives.(:note) iron break the northern iron and the steel?

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:15:17 @ I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone (note:)I had nothing to do with the wicked contemners of your word, but lamented bitterly for your plagues: showing what the faithful should do when they see tokens of God's anger.(:note) because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

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:15:19 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou shalt (note:)If you forget these carnal considerations and faithfully execute your charge.(:note) return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou shalt separate the That is, seek to win the good from the bad. precious from the vile, thou shalt be That is, as my mouth has pronounced, (Jer_1:18) and as here follows in (Jer_15:20). as my mouth: let them return Do not conform yourself to their wickedness, but let them follow your godly example. to thee; but return not thou to them.

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:15:21 @ And I will deliuer thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeeme thee out of the hand of the tyrants.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:1 @ The worde of the Lorde came also vnto mee, saying,

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:16:4 @ 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:16:5 @ 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:16:6 @ Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, (note:)That is, should not tear their clothes in sign of mourning.(:note) nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

geneva@Jeremiah:16:7 @ Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the (note:)For in these great extremities all consolation and comfort will be in vain.(:note) cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

geneva@Jeremiah:16:9 @ For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Beholde, I wil cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, euen in your dayes the voyce of myrth, and the voyce of gladnes, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride.

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:16:11 @ Then shalt thou say vnto them, Because your fathers haue forsaken me, sayth the Lord, & haue walked after other gods, and haue serued them, and worshipped them, & haue forsaken me, and haue not kept my Law,

geneva@Jeremiah:16:12 @ ( And ye haue done worse then your fathers: for beholde, you walke euery one after the stubbernesse of his wicked heart, and will not heare me)

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:17:6 @ For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse, and shall not see when any good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land, and not inhabited.

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:17:17 @ Be not (note:)However the wicked deal rigorously with me, yet let me find comfort in you.(:note) a terror to me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.

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:17:19 @ Thus said the LORD to me; Go and stand in the (note:)While your doctrine may best be understood both by high and low.(:note) gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

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:17:25 @ Then shall the Kings and the princes enter in at the gates of this citie, and shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and shall ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, both they and their princes, the men of Iudah, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem: and this citie shall remaine for euer.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:26 @ And they shall come from the cities of Iudah, and from about Ierusalem, and from the land of Beniamin, and from the plaine, and from the mountaines, and fro the South, which shall bring burnt offrings, and sacrifices, and meate offrings, and incense, and shall bring sacrifice of prayse into the house of the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:17:27 @ But if ye will not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbath day, and not to beare a burden nor to go through the gates of Ierusalem in the Sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:1 @ The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

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:18:5 @ Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:18:7 @ I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy 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:18:9 @ And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to builde it and to plant it.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:11 @ Speake thou nowe therefore vnto the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, saying, Thus saith ye Lord, Behold, I prepare a plague for you, and purpose a thing against you: returne you therefore euery one from his euill way, and make your wayes and your workes good.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:12 @ And they said, (note:)As men who had no remorse but were altogether bent to rebellion and to their own selfwill.(:note) There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plots, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

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:18:15 @ Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the (note:)That is, the way of truth which God had taught by his law, (Jer_6:16).(:note) ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;

geneva@Jeremiah:18:18 @ Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots against Jeremiah; for the law (note:)This argument the wicked have always used against the servants of God. The church cannot err: we are the Church, and therefore whoever speaks against us, they ought to die, (1Ki_22:24; Jer_7:4, Jer_20:2; Mal_2:4) and thus the false Church persecutes the true Church, which stands not in outward pomp, and in multitude, but is known by the graces of the Holy Spirit.(:note) shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the Let us slander him and accuse him: for we will be believed. tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

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:18:22 @ Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

geneva@Jeremiah:18:23 @ Yet Lord thou knowest al their counsel against me tendeth to death: forgiue not their iniquitie, neither put out their sinne from thy sight, but let them be ouerthrowen before thee: deale thus with them in the time of thine anger.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:3 @ And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O (note:)By kings here and in other places are meant counsellors and governors of the people; who he calls the ancients, (Jer_19:1).(:note) kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whoever heareth, his ears shall Read of this phrase in (1Sa_3:11). tingle.

geneva@Jeremiah:19:4 @ Because they haue forsaken me, and prophaned this place, and haue burnt incense in it vnto other gods, whome neyther they, nor their fathers haue knowen, nor the Kings of Iudah (they haue filled this place also with the blood of innocents,

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:19:10 @ Then shalt thou breake the bottell in the sight of the men that go with thee,

geneva@Jeremiah:19:14 @ Then came Ieremiah fro Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophecie, and he stood in the court of the Lordes house, and sayde to all the people,

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:20:3 @ And on the morning, Pashur brought Ieremiah out of the stockes. Then said Ieremiah vnto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.

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:20:7 @ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was (note:)In this appears the impatiency which often overcomes the servants of God when they do not see their labours profit, and also feel their own weakness. {{See Jer_15:18}}(:note) deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast You thrust me forth to this work against my will. prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

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:20:9 @ Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speake any more in his Name. But his worde was in mine heart as a burning fire shut vp in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

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:20:17 @ 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:21:1 @ The worde which came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent vnto him Pashur, the sonne of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the sonne of Maaseiah the Priest, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:21:5 @ And I my selfe will fight against you with an outstretched hand, & with a mighty arme, eue in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation.

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:21:13 @ Behold, I [am] against thee, (note:)Meaning, Jerusalem which was built part on the hill and part in the valley and was compassed about with mountains.(:note) O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

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:22:6 @ For thus saith the LORD to the king's house of Judah; Thou [art] (note:)He compares Jerusalem to Gilead which was beyond Jordan and the beauty of Judea to Lebanon.(:note) Gilead to me, [and] the head of Lebanon: [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities [which] are not inhabited.

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:22:14 @ He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.

geneva@Jeremiah:22:15 @ Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy (note:)Meaning Josiah, who was not given to ambition and superfluity, but was content with mediocrity, and only delighted in setting forth God's glory, and to do justice to all.(:note) father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?

geneva@Jeremiah:22:16 @ When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

geneva@Jeremiah:22:18 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for (note:)For everyone will have enough to lament for himself.(:note) him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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:22:22 @ 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:22:24 @ [As] I live, saith the LORD, though (note:)Who was called Jehoiachin or Jeconiah, whom he calls here Coniah in contempt who thought his kingdom could never depart from him, because he came of the stock of David, and therefore for the promise sake could not be taken from his house, but he abused God's promise and therefore was justly deprived of the kingdom.(:note) Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee from there;

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: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:23:5 @ 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:23:6 @ In his dayes Iudah shalbe saued, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is the Name wherby they shall call him, The Lorde our righteousnesse.

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:23:9 @ My heart within me is broken because of the (note:)Meaning, the false prophets who deceive the people: in which appears his great love toward his nation, read (Jer_14:13).(:note) prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

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:23:17 @ 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:23:25 @ 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:23:32 @ 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:23:36 @ And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's (note:)The thing which they mock and contemn will come on them.(:note) word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

geneva@Jeremiah:23:40 @ And will bring an euerlasting reproche vpon you, and a perpetual shame which shall neuer be forgotten.

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:24:3 @ Then saide the Lorde vnto mee, What seest thou, Ieremiah? And I said, Figges: ye good figges verie good, & the naughtie verie naughtie, which cannot be eaten, they are so euill.

geneva@Jeremiah:24:4 @ Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:24:9 @ I will euen giue them for a terrible plague to all the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproche, and for a prouerbe, for a common talke, and for a curse, in all places where I shall cast them.

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:25:6 @ And go not after other gods to serue them and to worshippe them, and prouoke me not to anger with the workes of your hands, and I will not punish you.

geneva@Jeremiah:25:7 @ Neuerthelesse ye would not heare me, saith the Lord, but haue prouoked mee to anger with the workes of your hands to your owne hurt.

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:25:11 @ And this whole land shalbe desolate, and an astonishment, and these nations shall serue the King of Babel seuentie yeeres.

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:25:15 @ 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:25:17 @ Then tooke I the cup at the Lordes hand, and made all people to drinke, vnto whome the Lorde had sent me:

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:25:25 @ And all the Kings of Zimri, and all the Kings of Elam, and all the Kings of the Medes,

geneva@Jeremiah:25:29 @ For, lo, (note:)That is Jerusalem, read (Jer_25:12).(:note) I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

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:26:1 @ In the beginning of the reigne of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, came this worde from the Lorde, saying,

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:26:4 @ And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,

geneva@Jeremiah:26:5 @ And to heare ye wordes of my seruants the Prophets, whome I sent vnto you, both rising vp earely, and sending them, and will not obey them,

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:26:10 @ When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entrance of the (note:)So called, because it was repaired by Jotham, (2Ki_15:35).(:note) new gate of the LORD'S [house].

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:26:14 @ As for me, beholde, I am in your hands: do with me as ye thinke good and right.

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:26:16 @ Then saide the princes and all the people vnto the Priestes, and to the prophets, This man is not worthie to die: for he hath spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde our God.

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:26:20 @ 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:26:21 @ Nowe when Iehoiakim the King with all his men of power, and all the princes heard his wordes, the King sought to slay him. But when Vriiah heard it, he was afraide and fled, and went into Egypt.

geneva@Jeremiah:26:22 @ And Jehoiakim the king (note:)Here is declared the fury of tyrants who cannot stand to hear God's word declared but persecute the ministers of it, and yet in the end they prevail nothing but provoke God' judgments so much more.(:note) sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him into Egypt.

geneva@Jeremiah:27:1 @ In the beginning of the reign of (note:)Concerning the disposition of these prophecies, they who gathered them into a book, did not altogether observe the order of times, but saw some before, which should be after, and contrary wise which if the reader mark well it will avoid many doubts and make the reading much easier.(:note) Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:27:2 @ Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee (note:)By such signs the prophets used sometimes to confirm their prophecies which they could not do of themselves but in as much as they had a revelation for the same, (Isa_20:2) and therefore the false prophets to get more credit, used also such visible signs but they had no revelation, (1Ki_22:12).(:note) bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

geneva@Jeremiah:27:3 @ And send them to the King of Edom, and to the King of Moab, & to the King of the Ammonites, and to the King of Tyrus, & to the king of Zidon, by the hande of the messengers which come to Ierusale vnto Zedekiah ye king of Iudah,

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:27:7 @ And all nations shall serve him, and his (note:)Meaning, Evilmerodach and his son Belshazzar.(:note) son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land shall come: and then many nations and great kings shall They will bring him and his kingdom in subjection as in (Jer_25:14). bring him into subjection.

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:27:9 @ Therefore heare not your prophets nor your southsayers, nor your dreamers, nor your inchanters, nor your sorcerers, which say vnto you thus, Ye shall not serue the King of Babel.

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:27:22 @ 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:28:1 @ And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the (note:)When Jeremiah began to bear these bonds and yokes.(:note) reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the After the land had rested, as in (Lev_25:2). fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, who [was] of This was a city in Benjamin belonging to the sons of Aaron, (Jos_21:17). Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

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:28:8 @ 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:28:17 @ 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:29:2 @ (After Jeconiah the king, and the (note:)Meaning Jeconiah's mother.(:note) queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem;)

geneva@Jeremiah:29:3 @ By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah (note:)To entreat of some equal condition.(:note) sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

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:29:9 @ For they prophecie you a lie in my Name: I haue not sent them, saith the Lorde.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:10 @ But thus saith the Lorde, That after seuentie yeeres be accomplished at Babel, I will visite you, and performe my good promes toward you, and cause you to returne to this place.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:12 @ Then shall you crie vnto mee, and ye shal go and pray vnto me, and I will heare you,

geneva@Jeremiah:29:13 @ And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all (note:)When your oppression will be great, and your afflictions cause you to repent your disobedience and also when the seventy years of your captivity will be expired, (2Ch_36:22; Ezr_1:1; Jer_25:12; Dan_9:2).(:note) your heart.

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:29:20 @ Heare ye therefore the word of the Lord all ye of the captiuitie, whome I haue sent from Ierusalem to Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:21 @ Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, of Ahab the sonne of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the sonne of Maaseiah, which prophecie lyes vnto you in my Name, Beholde, I will deliuer them into the hande of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, and he shall slay them before your eyes.

geneva@Jeremiah:29:23 @ Because they have committed (note:)Which was adultery and falsifying the word of God.(:note) villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbour's wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and [am] a witness, saith the LORD.

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:29:30 @ Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremiah, saying,

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:30:5 @ 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:30:9 @ But they shall serve the LORD their God, and (note:)That is, Messiah who would come of the stock of David according to the flesh and would be the true pastor, (Eze_34:23) who is set forth and his kingdom would be everlasting in the person of David, (Hos_3:5).(:note) David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:11 @ For I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not (note:)In this is commanded God's great mercy toward his, who does not destroy them for their sins, but corrects and chastises them till he has purged and pardoned them and so burns the rods by which he punished them, (Isa_33:1).(:note) leave thee altogether unpunished.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:13 @ There is none to iudge thy cause, or to lay a plaister: there are no medicines, nor help for thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:14 @ All thy louers haue forgotten thee: they seeke thee not: for I haue striken thee with the wound of an enemie, and with a sharpe chastisement for ye multitude of thine iniquities, because thy sinnes were increased.

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:30:24 @ The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done [it], and until he hath performed the intents of his heart: in the (note:)When this Messiah and deliverer is sent.(:note) latter days ye shall consider it.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:1 @ At the (note:)When this noble governor will come, meaning Christ, not only Judah and Israel, but the rest of the world will be called.(:note) same time, saith the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

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:31:6 @ For there shall be a day, [that] the (note:)The ministers of the word.(:note) watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to They will exhort all to the embracing of the gospel, as in (Isa_2:3). Zion to the LORD our God.

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:31:11 @ 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:31:12 @ Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for (note:)By these temporal benefits he means the spiritual graces which are in the Church, and of which there would ever be plenty, (Isa_58:11-12).(:note) grain, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:13 @ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the (note:)In the company of the faithful, who ever praise God for his benefits.(:note) dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:14 @ And I will abundantly satisfy the soul of the priests with (note:)Meaning, the spirit of wisdom, knowledge and zeal.(:note) fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

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:31:16 @ Thus saith the Lorde, Refraine thy voyce from weeping, and thine eyes from teares: for thy worke shalbe rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall come againe from the land of the enemie:

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:31:19 @ Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon [my] (note:)In sign of repentance and detestation of my sin.(:note) thigh: I was ashamed, and even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:20 @ [Is] Ephraim (note:)As though he would say no for by his iniquity he did what lay in him to cast me off.(:note) my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly That is, in piety of him for my promise’s sake. remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:21 @ Set thee up (note:)Mark by what way you went into captivity and you will turn again by the same.(:note) waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thy heart toward the highway, [even] the way [which] thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

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:31:26 @ Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep (note:)Having understood this vision of the Messiah to come, in whom the two houses of Israel and Judah would be joined, I rejoiced.(:note) was sweet to me.

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:31:31 @ 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:31:36 @ If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lorde, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.

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:31:39 @ And the line of the measure shal go foorth in his presence vpon the hil Gareb, and shall compasse about to Goath.

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:32:6 @ And Ieremiah said, The word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:32:17 @ Ah Lord God, beholde, thou hast made the heauen and the earth by thy great power, and by thy stretched out arme, & there is nothing hard vnto thee.

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:32:19 @ Great in counsell, & mightie in worke, (for thine eyes are open vpon all the wayes of ye sonnes of men, to giue to euery one according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes)

geneva@Jeremiah:32:21 @ And hast brought thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signes, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, with a stretched out arme, and with great terrour,

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:32:25 @ And thou hast sayd vnto me, O Lord God, Bye vnto thee the fielde for siluer, and take witnesses: for the citie shall be giuen into the hand of the Caldeans.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:26 @ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiah, saying,

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:32:29 @ And the Caldeans shall come and fight against this citie, and set fire on this citie and burne it, with the houses, vpon whose rouses they haue offred incense vnto Baal, and powred drinke offrings vnto other gods, to prouoke me vnto anger.

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:32:32 @ Because of all the euill of the children of Israel, and of the children of Iudah, which they haue done to prouoke mee to anger, euen they, their Kings, their Princes, their Priests, and their Prophets, and the men of Iudah, and the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:33 @ And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, (note:)(2Ch_36:15; Isa_65:2; Jer_7:13, Jer_13:3, Jer_26:5, Jer_29:19, Jer_35:14, Jer_44:4).(:note) rising early and teaching [them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

geneva@Jeremiah:32:34 @ But they set their abominations in ye house (whereupon my Name was called) to defile it,

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:32:44 @ 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:33:1 @ Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the (note:)Which was in the king's house at Jerusalem, as in (Jer_32:1-2).(:note) court of the prison, saying,

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:33:3 @ Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shewe thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.

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:33:6 @ Behold, I (note:)In the midst of his threatenings God remembers his, and comforts them.(:note) will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

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:33:11 @ 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:33:18 @ Neither shall the priests the Levites lack a man before me to offer (note:)That is, chiefly meant of the spiritual sacrifice of thanksgiving which is left to the Church in the time of Christ, who was the everlasting priest and the everlasting sacrifice figured by the sacrifices of the law.(:note) burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

geneva@Jeremiah:33:19 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremiah, saying,

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:33:23 @ Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came to Ieremiah, saying,

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:34:1 @ The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when (note:)Who commonly by Jeremiah was called Nebuchadrezzar and by others Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all its cities, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:34:5 @ [But] thou shalt die in (note:)Not of any violent death.(:note) peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so shall they burn [incense] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], Ah The Jews will lament for you their lord and king. lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

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:34:12 @ Therefore the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:34:14 @ At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euery man his brother an Ebrewe which hath bene solde vnto thee: and when he hath serued the sixe yeres, thou shalt let him go free fro thee: but your fathers obeyed me not, neither inclined their eares.

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:34:16 @ But ye repented, and polluted my Name: for ye haue caused euery man his seruant, and euery man his handmayde, whom ye had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne, and holde them in subiection to bee vnto you as seruantes and as handmaydes.

geneva@Jeremiah:34:17 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened to me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to (note:)That is, I give the sword liberty to destroy you.(:note) the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

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:35:1 @ The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days (note:)For the disposition and order of these prophecies. {{See Jer_27:1}}(:note) of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:35:2 @ Go to the house of the (note:)They came from Hobab, Moses father-in-law, who was no Israelite, but later joined with them in the service of God.(:note) Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

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:35:11 @ 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:35:12 @ Then came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiah, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:35:13 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will (note:)Whom I have chosen to be my children seeing these who were the children of a heathen, obeyed the commandment of their father.(:note) ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

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:35:15 @ I haue sent also vnto you all my seruants the Prophetes, rising vp earely, and sending, them, saying, Returne nowe euery man from his euill way, and amende your workes, and goe not after other gods to serue them, and ye shall dwel in the lande which I haue giuen vnto you, and to your fathers, but ye would not encline your eare, nor obey mee.

geneva@Jeremiah:35:16 @ Surely the sonnes of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab, haue kept the commaundement of their father, which he gaue them, but this people hath not obeyed 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:35:19 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall (note:)His posterity will continue and be in my favour for ever.(:note) not lack a man to stand before me for ever.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:1 @ And it came to pass in the fourth (note:){{See Jer_25:1}}(:note) year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

geneva@Jeremiah:36:5 @ And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] (note:)Meaning, in prison through the malice of the priests.(:note) shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

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:36:9 @ 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:36:14 @ Therefore all the princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Shelemiah, the sonne of Chushi, vnto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hande the roule, wherein thou hast read in the audience of the people, and come. So Baruch the sonne of Neriah, tooke the roule in his hand, and came vnto them.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:16 @ Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were (note:)The godly were afraid, seeing God so offended, and the wicked were astonished for the horror of the punishment.(:note) afraid both one and another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

geneva@Jeremiah:36:18 @ Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ynke in the booke.

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:36:23 @ 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:36:26 @ 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:36:29 @ 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:36:30 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have (note:)Though Jehoiachin his son succeeded him, yet because he reigned but three months, it was esteemed as no reign.(:note) none to sit upon the throne of David: and his {{See Jer_22:19}} dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

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:37:1 @ And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of (note:)Who was called Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah.(:note) Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon And called him Zedekiah, while before his name was Mattaniah, (2Ki_24:17). made king in the land of Judah.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:3 @ And Zedekiah the king (note:)Because he was afraid of the Chaldeans who came against him.(:note) sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:4 @ Now Jeremiah came (note:)That is, was out of prison and free.(:note) in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

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:37:6 @ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto the Prophet Ieremiah, saying,

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:37:8 @ And the Caldeans shall come againe, and fight against this citie, and take it and burne it with fire.

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:37:12 @ Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the (note:)As some think, to go to Anathoth his own town.(:note) land of Benjamin, to separate himself from there in the midst of the people.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:13 @ And when he was in the (note:)By which men went into the country of Benjamin.(:note) gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

geneva@Jeremiah:37:16 @ When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the prisons, & had remained there a long time,

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:37:19 @ Where are nowe your prophets, which prophecied vnto you, saying, The King of Babel shall not come against you, nor against this land?

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:38:4 @ 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:38:6 @ 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:38:8 @ And Ebed-melech went out of the Kings house, and spake to the King, saying,

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:38:10 @ Then the King commaunded Ebed-melech the blacke More, saying, Take from hence thirtie men with thee, and take Ieremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he dye.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:11 @ So Ebed-melech tooke the men with him and went to the house of the King vnder the treasurie, and tooke there olde rotten ragges, and olde worne cloutes, and let them downe by coards into the dungeon to Ieremiah.

geneva@Jeremiah:38:12 @ And Ebed-melech the blacke More sayde vnto Ieremiah, Put now these olde rotten ragges and worne, vnder thine arme holes, betweene the coards; Ieremiah did so.

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:38:15 @ Then Ieremiah sayd to Zedekiah, If I declare it vnto thee, wilt not thou slay me? and if I giue thee counsell, thou wilt not heare 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:39:1 @ In the ninth yeere of Zedekiah King of Iudah in the tenth moneth, came Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel and all his hoste against Ierusalem, and they besieged it.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:3 @ And all the princes of the King of Babel came in, and sate in the middle gate, euen Neregal, Sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Neregal, Sharezer, Rab-mag with all the residue of the princes of the King of Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:4 @ And it came to pass, when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the (note:)Which was a postern door, read (2Ki_25:4).(:note) gate between the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:5 @ But the Chaldeans' army pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to (note:)Which is called Antioch in Syria.(:note) Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

geneva@Jeremiah:39:10 @ But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the (note:)For the rich and the mighty who put their trust in their shifts and means, were by God's just judgments most rigorously handled.(:note) poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

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:39:15 @ Now the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiah, while he was shut vp in the court of the prison, saying,

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:39:18 @ For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prize to thee: because thou (note:)Thus God recompensed his zeal and favour which he showed to his prophet in his troubles.(:note) hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.

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:40:4 @ And nowe beholde, I loose thee this day from the chaines which were on thine handes, if it please thee to come with me into Babel, come, and I will looke well vnto thee: but if it please thee not to come with mee into Babel, tarie still: beholde, all the lande is before thee: whither it seemeth good, and conuenient for thee to goe, thither goe.

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:40:8 @ Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even (note:)Who was of the king's blood and later slew him, (Jer_41:2).(:note) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

geneva@Jeremiah:40:9 @ And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan sware vnto them, and to their men, saying, Feare not to serue the Caldeans: dwell in the lande, and serue the King of Babel, and it shall be well with you.

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:40:12 @ Euen all the Iewes returned out of all places where they were driuen, and came to the land of Iudah to Gedaliah vnto Mizpah, and gathered wine and sommer fruites, very much.

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:40:15 @ 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:41:1 @ Now it came to pass in the (note:)The city was destroyed in the fourth month and in the seventh month, which contained part of September and part of October, the governor Gedaliah was slain.(:note) seventh month, [that] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the Meaning, Zedekiah. king, even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they They ate together as familiar friends. ate bread together in Mizpah.

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:41:5 @ 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:41:12 @ 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:41:14 @ 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:41:15 @ But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the (note:)For Baalis the king of the Ammonites was the cause of this murder.(:note) Ammonites.

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:42:1 @ 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:42:5 @ Then they said to Jeremiah, (note:)There are as ready to abuse the Name of God and take it in vain as the hypocrites who colour their falsehood, use it without all reverence and make it a means for them to deceive the simple and the godly.(:note) The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

geneva@Jeremiah:42:9 @ And saide vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, vnto whom ye sent me to present your prayers before him,

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:42:16 @ Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, (note:)Thus God turns the policy of the wicked to their own destruction: for they thought themselves sure in Egypt, and there Nebuchadnezzar destroyed them and the Egyptians, (Jer_46:25).(:note) shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

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:42:20 @ 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:42:21 @ Therefore I haue this day declared it you, but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me vnto you.

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:43:6 @ [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:43:7 @ So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus they came [even] to (note:)A city in Egypt near to Nilus.(:note) Tahpanhes.

geneva@Jeremiah:43:8 @ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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:43:11 @ 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:43:12 @ And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a (note:)Meaning most easily and suddenly will he carry the Egyptians away.(:note) shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in peace.

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:44:3 @ 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:44:6 @ 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:44:12 @ 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:44:14 @ 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:44:18 @ But since wee left off to burne incense to the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, we haue had scarcenesse of all things, and haue beene consumed by the sworde and by the famine.

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:44:23 @ Because ye haue burnt incense and because ye haue sinned against the Lorde, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, nor walked in his Lawe, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies, therefore this plague is come vpon you, 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:44:30 @ 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:45:3 @ Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I (note:)Baruch moved with an inconsiderate zeal for Jeremiah's imprisonment, but chiefly for the destruction of the people and the temple makes this lamentation, as in (Psa_6:6).(:note) fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

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:46:1 @ The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the (note:)That is, nine nations which are around the land of Egypt.(:note) Gentiles;

geneva@Jeremiah:46:4 @ Make readie the horses, and let the horsemen get vp, and stande vp with your sallets, fourbish the speares, and put on the brigandines.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:7 @ Who [is] this [that] cometh up as (note:)He derides the boastings of the Egyptians, who thought by their riches and power to have overcome all the world, alluding to the Nile river, which at certain times overflows the country of Egypt.(:note) a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

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:46:11 @ 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:46:12 @ The nations haue heard of thy shame, and thy crie hath filled the lande: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong and they are fallen both together.

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:46:14 @ Publish in Egypt and declare in Migdol, and proclaime in Noph, and in Tahpanhes, & say, Stand still, and prepare thee: for the sworde shall deuoure rounde about thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:15 @ Why are thy valiant men put backe? They could not stand, because the Lord did driue them.

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:46:20 @ Egypt [is like] a very (note:)They have abundance of all things, and therefore are disobedient and proud.(:note) fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:21 @ Also her hired men (note:)As in (Jer_46:9).(:note) [are] in the midst of her like fatted bulls; for they also have turned back, [and] have fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity had come upon them, [and] the time of their judgment.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:22 @ Its voice shall go like a (note:)They will be scarcely able to speak for fear of the Chaldeans.(:note) serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against Meaning Egypt. her with axes, as hewers of wood.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:23 @ They shall cut down (note:)That is, they will slay the great and mighty men of power.(:note) her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the That is, Nebuchadnezzar's army. grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable.

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:46:28 @ Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct (note:){{See Jer_20:14}}(:note) thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

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:48:2 @ [There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; (note:)Thus shall the Babylonians encourage one another.(:note) come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, Read (Isa_25:10). O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

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:48:8 @ And the destroyer shall come vpon all cities, and no citie shall escape: the valley also shall perish and the plaine shalbe destroyed as the Lord hath spoken.

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:48:13 @ And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of (note:)As the calf of Bethel was not able to deliver the Israelites no more will Chemosh deliver the Moabites.(:note) Bethel their confidence.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:14 @ Howe thinke you thus, We are mightie and strong men of warre?

geneva@Jeremiah:48:15 @ Moab is destroyed, & his cities burnt vp, & his chose yong men are gone downe to slaughter, saith ye King, whose name is ye Lord of hostes.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:16 @ The destruction of Moab is ready to come, and his plague hasteth fast.

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:48:21 @ And iudgement is come vpon the plaine countrey, vpon Holon and vpon Iahazah, and vpon Mephaath,

geneva@Jeremiah:48:23 @ And vpon Kiriathaim, and vpon Beth-gamul, and vpon Beth-meon,

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:48:32 @ 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:48:36 @ Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like (note:)Their custom was to play on flutes or instruments, heavy and grave tunes at burials and in the time of mourning, as in (Mat_9:23).(:note) pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten have perished.

geneva@Jeremiah:48:39 @ They shal howle, saying, How is he destroyed? howe hath Moab turned the backe with shame? so shall Moab be a derision, and a feare to all them about him.

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:48:45 @ 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:48:47 @ Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the (note:)That is, they will be restored by the Messiah.(:note) latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far [is] the judgment of Moab.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:1 @ Concerning the (note:)They were separated from the Moabites by the river Arnon, and after the ten tribes were carried away into captivity, they invaded the country of Gad.(:note) Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why [then] doth their king That is, of the Ammonites. inherit Gad, and his people dwell in Meaning, of the Israelites. his cities?

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:49:6 @ And (note:)In the time of Christ, when the Gentiles will be called.(:note) afterward I will bring again the captives of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:7 @ Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in (note:)Which was a city of Edom, called by the name of Teman Eliphaz's son, who came from Esau.(:note) Teman? hath counsel perished from the prudent? hath their wisdom vanished?

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:49:12 @ For thus saith the LORD; (note:)I have not spared my own people and how should I pity you?(:note) Behold, they whose judgment [was] not to drink of the cup have assuredly drank; and [art] thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink [of it].

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:49:14 @ I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent to the nations, [saying], Gather ye together, and come against (note:)That is, Bozrah.(:note) her, and rise up to the battle.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:15 @ For loe, I will make thee but small among the heathen, and despised among men.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:18 @ As in the ouerthrowe of Sodom, and of Gomorah, and the places thereof neere about, saieth the Lord: no man shall dwell there, neither shall the sonnes of men remaine in it.

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:49:22 @ 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:49:23 @ Concerning (note:)Which was the chief city of Syria, by which he means the whole country.(:note) Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:24 @ Damascus hath become feeble, [and] turneth herself to flee, (note:)When she heard the sudden coming of the enemy.(:note) and fear hath seized on [her]: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

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:49:27 @ And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of (note:)Who was king of Syria, (1Ki_20:26) and had built these palaces which were still called the palaces of Benhadad.(:note) Benhadad.

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: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:49:32 @ And their camels shall be a bootie, and the multitude of their cattel a spoile, and I will scatter them into all windes, and to the vtmost corners, and I will bring their destruction from al the sides thereof, sayeth the Lord.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:33 @ And Hazor shal be a dwelling for dragons, and desolation for euer: there shall no man dwell there, nor the sonnes of men remaine in it.

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:49:36 @ And vpon Elam I will bring the foure windes from the foure quarters of heauen, and will scatter them towardes all these windes, and there shall bee no nation, whither the fugitiues of Elam shall not come.

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:49:38 @ And I will set my (note:)I will place Nebuchadnezzar there, and in these prophecies Jeremiah speaks of those countries which would be subdued under the first of those four monarchies of which Daniel makes mention.(:note) throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:49:39 @ But it shall come to pass (note:)This may be referred to the empire of the Persians and Medes after the Chaldeans or to the time of Christ, as in (Jer_48:47).(:note) in the latter days, [that] I will bring again the captives of Elam, saith the LORD.

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:50:3 @ 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:50:4 @ 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:50:9 @ For loe, I will raise, and cause to come vp against Babel a multitude of mightie natios from the North countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray against her, whereby shee shall be taken: their arrowes shall be as of a strong man, which is expert, for none shall returne in vaine.

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:50:16 @ 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:50:19 @ And I will bring Israel againe to his habitation: hee shall feede on Carmel and Bashan, and his soule shall be satisfied vpon the mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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:50:23 @ How is the (note:)Nebuchadnezzar, who had smitten down all the princes and people of the world.(:note) hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

geneva@Jeremiah:50:26 @ Come against her from the vtmost border: open her store houses: treade on her as on sheaues, and destroy her vtterly: let nothing of her be left.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:27 @ Slay all her (note:)Her princes and mighty men.(:note) bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their judgment.

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:50:34 @ 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:50:35 @ A sworde is vpon the Caldeans, sayeth the Lord, and vpon the inhabitants of Babel, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:36 @ A sworde is vpon the soothsaiers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her strong men, & they shalbe afraide.

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:50:41 @ 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:50:42 @ They shall holde the bowe and the buckeler: they are cruell and vnmercifull: their voyce shall roare like the sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, and be put in aray like men to the battell against thee, O daughter of Babel.

geneva@Jeremiah:50:43 @ The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands (note:)Which is meant of Belshazzar, (Dan_5:6).(:note) became feeble: anguish took hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

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: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:51:3 @ 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:51:5 @ For Israel [hath] not [been] (note:)Though they were forsaken for a time, yet they were not utterly cast off as though their husbands were dead.(:note) forsaken, nor Judah by his God, by the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:8 @ Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be healed.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:9 @ We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let (note:)Thus the people of God exhort one another to go to Zion and praise God.(:note) us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth to heaven, and is lifted [even] to the skies.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:10 @ The LORD hath brought forth our (note:)In approving our cause and punishing our enemies.(:note) righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:11 @ Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his purpose [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD, the (note:)For the wrong done to his people and to his temple, (Jer_50:28).(:note) vengeance of his temple.

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:51:14 @ The Lord of hostes hath sworne by him selfe, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers, and they shall cry and shoute against thee.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:15 @ He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:18 @ They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their (note:)When God will execute his vengeance.(:note) judgment they shall perish.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:19 @ The (note:)That is, the true God of Israel is not like these idols: for he can help when all things are desperate.(:note) portion of Jacob [is] not like them; for he [is] the one who formed of all things: and [Israel is] the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts [is] his name.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:20 @ Thou [art] my (note:)He means the Medes and Persians, as before he called the Babylonians his hammer, (Jer_50:23).(:note) battle axe [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

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:51:27 @ Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of (note:)By these three nations he means Armenia the higher, Armenia the lower and Scythia; for Cyrus had gathered an army of various nations.(:note) Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:28 @ Prepare against her the nations with the Kings of the Medes, the dukes thereof, and the princes thereof, & all the land of his dominion.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:29 @ And the land shall tremble and sorow: for the deuise of the Lorde shalbe performed against Babel, to make the lande of Babel waste without an inhabitant.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:30 @ The strong men of Babel haue ceased to fight: they haue remayned in their holdes: their strength hath fayled, and they were like women: they haue burnt her dwelling places, and her barres are broken.

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:51:33 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon [is] like a threshingfloor, [it is] time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest (note:)When she will be cut up and threshed.(:note) shall come.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:34 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath (note:)This is spoken in the person of the Jews bewailing their state and the cruelty of the Babylonians.(:note) devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicacies, he hath cast me out.

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:51:36 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy (note:)Thus the Lord esteemed the injury done to his Church as done to himself because their cause is his.(:note) cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:37 @ And Babel shall be as heapes, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, & an hissing, without an inhabitant.

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:51:41 @ How is (note:)Meaning Babel as in (Jer_25:26).(:note) Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an horror among the nations!

geneva@Jeremiah:51:42 @ The (note:)The great army of the Medes and Persians.(:note) sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.

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:51:51 @ We are (note:)He shows how they would remember Jerusalem by lamenting the miserable affliction of it.(:note) confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for foreigners are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.

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:51:53 @ Though Babylon should mount up to (note:)For the walls were two hundred feet high.(:note) heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come to her, saith the LORD.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:54 @ A sound of a cry commeth from Babel, and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans,

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:51:59 @ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the (note:)This was not in the time of his captivity but seven years before, when he went either to congratulate Nebuchadnezzar or to intreat of some matters.(:note) fourth year of his reign. And [this] Seraiah [was] a quiet prince.

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:51:61 @ And Ieremiah sayd to Sheraiah, Whe thou commest vnto Babel, and shalt see, & shalt reade all these wordes,

geneva@Jeremiah:52:1 @ Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem, & his mothers name was Hamutal, the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:4 @ But in the ninth yeere of his reigne, in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth came Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, he and all his hoste against Ierusalem, and pitched against it, & buylt fortes against it round about.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:7 @ Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth from the city by night by the (note:)Read (Jer_39:4).(:note) way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans [were] by the city on all sides:) and they went by the way of the plain.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:9 @ Then they took the king, and carried him to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; (note:)Read (2Ki_25:6; Jer_39:5).(:note) where he gave judgment upon him.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:12 @ Now in the fifth month, in the (note:)In (2Ki_25:8) is it called the seventh day, because the fire began then and so continued to the tenth.(:note) tenth [day] of the month, which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, [who] That is, who was his servant, as in (2Ki_25:8). served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

geneva@Jeremiah:52:22 @ And a chapiter of brasse was vpon it, and the height of one chapiter was fiue cubites with networke, and pomegranates vpon the chapiters round about, all of brasse: the seconde pillar also, and the pomegranates were like vnto these.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:23 @ And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; [and] all the pomegranates upon the network [were] an (note:)But because of the roundness, no more could be seen but ninety-six.(:note) hundred on all sides.

geneva@Jeremiah:52:24 @ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah (note:)Which served in the high priests stead, if he had any necessary impediment.(:note) the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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:52:31 @ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign (note:)That is, restored him to liberty and honour.(:note) lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him out of prison,

geneva@Jeremiah:52:33 @ And changed his prison (note:)And gave him princely apparel.(:note) garments: and he continually ate bread before him all the days of his life.

geneva@Lamentations:1:1 @ How doth (note:)The prophet wonders at the great judgment of God, seeing Jerusalem, which was so strong and so full of people, to be now destroyed and desolate.(:note) the city sit desolate, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, Who had chief rule over many provinces and countries. [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become a slave!

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:1:3 @ Judah is gone into captivity because (note:)For her cruelty toward the poor and oppression of servants, (Jer_34:11).(:note) of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in the midst of distress.

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:1:5 @ Her adversaries (note:)That is, have rule over her, (Deu_28:41).(:note) are the head, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

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:1:9 @

geneva@Lamentations:1:10 @ The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the nations entered into her sanctuary, whom (note:)God forbids the Ammonites and Moabites to enter into the congregation of the Lord, and under them he comprehends all enemies, (Deu_23:3).(:note) thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.

geneva@Lamentations:1:11 @ All her people sigh and seeke their bread: they haue giuen their pleasant thinges for meate to refresh the soule: see, O Lorde, and consider: for I am become vile.

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:1:15 @ The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a (note:)He has trodden them underfoot as they tread grapes in the winepress.(:note) winepress.

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:1:17 @ Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] around him: Jerusalem is (note:)Who because of her pollution was separate from her husband, (Lev_15:19) and was abhorred for the time.(:note) as a menstruous woman among them.

geneva@Lamentations:1:18 @ The Lorde is righteous: for I haue rebelled against his commandement: heare, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorowe: my virgins and my yong men are gone into captiuitie.

geneva@Lamentations:1:19 @ I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: my priests and my elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they (note:)That is, they died for hunger.(:note) sought their food to relieve their souls.

geneva@Lamentations:1:20 @ Behold, O Lorde, howe I am troubled: my bowels swell: mine heart is turned within me, for I am ful of heauinesse: the sword spoyleth abroad, as death doeth at home.

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:1:22 @

geneva@Lamentations:2:1 @ How hath the Lord (note:)That is, brought her from prosperity to adversity.(:note) covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, [and] cast down from Has given her a most sore fall. heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his Alluding to the temple, or to the ark of the covenant, which was called the footstool of the Lord, because they would not set their minds so low, but lift up their heart toward the heavens. footstool in the day of his anger!

geneva@Lamentations:2:2 @ The Lord hath destroyed al the habitations of Iaakob, & not spared: he hath throwen downe in his wrath ye strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath cast the downe to ye ground: he hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.

geneva@Lamentations:2:3 @ He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the (note:)Meaning the glory and strength, as in (1Sa_2:1).(:note) horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his That is, his comfort which he was wont to send us, when our enemies oppressed us. right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth on every side.

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:2:5 @ The Lord was as an enemie: he hath deuoured Israel, and consumed all his palaces: hee hath destroyed his strong holdes, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah lamentation and mourning.

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: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:2:9 @ Her gates are sunke to the grounde: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her princes are among the Gentiles: the Lawe is no more, neither can her Prophets receiue any vision from the Lord.

geneva@Lamentations:2:10 @ The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the grounde, and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heades: they haue girded them selues with sackecloth: the virgines of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.

geneva@Lamentations:2:11 @ Mine eyes doe saile with teares: my bowels swell: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destructio of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings swoone in the streetes of the citie.

geneva@Lamentations:2:12 @ They haue sayd to their mothers, Where is bread and drinke? when they swooned as the wounded in the streetes of the citie, and whe they gaue vp the ghost in their mothers bosome.

geneva@Lamentations:2:13 @

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:2:18 @ Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let teares runne downe like a riuer, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.

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:2:20 @ Beholde, O Lord, and consider to whome thou hast done thus: shall the women eate their fruite, and children of a spanne long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slaine in the Sanctuarie of the Lord?

geneva@Lamentations:2:21 @ The yong and the olde lie on the ground in the streetes: my virgins and my yong men are fallen by the sworde: thou hast slaine them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed and not spared.

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:3:2 @ He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light.

geneva@Lamentations:3:3 @ Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.

geneva@Lamentations:3:4 @ My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.

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:3:9 @ He hath (note:)And keeps me in hold as a prisoner.(:note) inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

geneva@Lamentations:3:10 @

geneva@Lamentations:3:11 @ He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

geneva@Lamentations:3:12 @ He hath bent his bow & made me a marke for the arrow.

geneva@Lamentations:3:13 @ Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.

geneva@Lamentations:3:14 @ I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

geneva@Lamentations:3:15 @ He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with (note:)With great anguish and sorrow he has made me lose my sense.(:note) wormwood.

geneva@Lamentations:3:16 @ He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

geneva@Lamentations:3:17 @ Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

geneva@Lamentations:3:18 @ And I said, My strength and my (note:)Thus with pain he was driven to and fro between hope and despair, as the godly often are, yet in the end the spirit gets the victory.(:note) hope hath perished from the LORD:

geneva@Lamentations:3:19 @ Remembring mine affliction, & my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.

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:3:21 @ I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope.

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:3:23 @ [They are] new (note:)We feel your benefits daily.(:note) every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.

geneva@Lamentations:3:24 @ The LORD [is] my (note:)The godly put their whole confidence in God, and therefore look for no other inheritance, as (Psa_16:5).(:note) portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

geneva@Lamentations:3:25 @ The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him.

geneva@Lamentations:3:26 @ It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.

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:3:28 @ He sitteth alone (note:)He murmurs not against God, but is patient.(:note) and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.

geneva@Lamentations:3:29 @ He putteth his (note:)He humbles himself as they who fall down with their face to the ground, and so with patience waits for comfort.(:note) mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.

geneva@Lamentations:3:30 @ Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.

geneva@Lamentations:3:31 @ For the Lord will not forsake for euer.

geneva@Lamentations:3:32 @ But though he sende affliction, yet will he haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

geneva@Lamentations:3:33 @ For he doth not (note:)He takes no pleasure in it, but does it of necessity for our amendment, when he permits the wicked to oppress the poor.(:note) afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

geneva@Lamentations:3:34 @ In stamping vnder his feete all the prisoners of the earth,

geneva@Lamentations:3:35 @ In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

geneva@Lamentations:3:36 @ To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord (note:)He does not delight in it.(:note) approveth not.

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:3:38 @ Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not (note:)That is, adversity and prosperity, (Amo_3:6).(:note) evil and good?

geneva@Lamentations:3:39 @ Why doth a living (note:)When God afflicts him.(:note) man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

geneva@Lamentations:3:40 @ Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.

geneva@Lamentations:3:41 @ Let us lift up (note:)That is, both hearts and hands: for else to lift up the hands is but hypocrisy.(:note) our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens.

geneva@Lamentations:3:42 @ We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.

geneva@Lamentations:3:43 @ Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.

geneva@Lamentations:3:44 @ Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.

geneva@Lamentations:3:45 @ Thou hast made vs as the ofscouring and refuse in the middes of the people.

geneva@Lamentations:3:46 @ All our enemies haue opened their mouth against vs.

geneva@Lamentations:3:47 @ Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.

geneva@Lamentations:3:48 @ Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

geneva@Lamentations:3:49 @ Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,

geneva@Lamentations:3:50 @ Till the Lorde looke downe, and beholde from heauen.

geneva@Lamentations:3:51 @ My eye (note:)I am overcome with sore weeping for all my people.(:note) affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.

geneva@Lamentations:3:52 @ Mine enemies chased me sore like a birde, without cause.

geneva@Lamentations:3:53 @ They have cut off my life (note:)Read (Jer_37:16) how he was in the miry dungeon.(:note) in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

geneva@Lamentations:3:54 @ Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.

geneva@Lamentations:3:55 @ I called vpon thy Name, O Lorde, out of the lowe dungeon.

geneva@Lamentations:3:56 @ Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry.

geneva@Lamentations:3:57 @ Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.

geneva@Lamentations:3:58 @ O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my (note:)Meaning, the reason his life was in danger.(:note) soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

geneva@Lamentations:3:59 @ O Lorde, thou hast seene my wrong, iudge thou my cause.

geneva@Lamentations:3:60 @ Thou hast seene all their vengeance, and all their deuises against me.

geneva@Lamentations:3:61 @ Thou hast heard their reproch, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me:

geneva@Lamentations:3:62 @ The lippes also of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.

geneva@Lamentations:3:63 @ Behold, their sitting downe and their rising vp, how I am their song.

geneva@Lamentations:3:64 @ Giue them a recompence, O Lord, according to the worke of their handes.

geneva@Lamentations:3:65 @ Giue them sorow of heart, euen thy curse to them.

geneva@Lamentations:3:66 @ Persecute with wrath & destroy them from vnder the heauen, O Lord.

geneva@Lamentations:4:1 @ How is the (note:)By the gold he means the princes, as by the stones he understands the priests.(:note) gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

geneva@Lamentations:4:2 @ The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen (note:)Which are of small value and have no honour.(:note) pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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@Lamentations:4:4 @ The tongue of the sucking childe cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the yong children aske bread, but no man breaketh it vnto them.

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:4:7 @ Her Nazarites were purer then the snowe, & whiter then ye milke: they were more ruddie in bodie, then the redde precious stones; they were like polished saphir.

geneva@Lamentations:4:8 @ Their (note:)They who were before most in God's favour are now in greatest abomination to him.(:note) visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

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:4:10 @ The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, which were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

geneva@Lamentations:4:11 @ The Lord hath accomplished his indignation: he hath powred out his fierce wrath, he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath deuoured the foundations thereof.

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:4:15 @ But they cried vnto them, Depart, ye polluted, depart, depart, touch not: therefore they fled away, and wandered: they haue sayd among the heathen, They shal no more dwell there.

geneva@Lamentations:4:16 @ The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no longer regard them: (note:)That is, the enemies.(:note) they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

geneva@Lamentations:4:17 @ As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for (note:)He shows two principal causes for their destruction: their cruelty and their vain confidence in man: for they trusted in the help of the Egyptians.(:note) a nation [that] could not save [us].

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:4:19 @ Our persecuters are swifter then the egles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.

geneva@Lamentations:4:20 @ The (note:)Our king Josiah, in whom stood our hope of God's favour and on whom depended our state and life was slain, whom he calls anointed, because he was a figure of Christ.(:note) breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

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:4:22 @ The punishment of thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he (note:)He comforts the Church because after seventy years their sorrows will have an end while the wicked would be tormented for ever.(:note) will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will disclose thy sins.

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:5:2 @ Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliants.

geneva@Lamentations:5:3 @ We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.

geneva@Lamentations:5:4 @ We have drank our (note:)Meaning their extreme servitude and bondage.(:note) water for money; our wood is sold to us.

geneva@Lamentations:5:5 @ Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.

geneva@Lamentations:5:6 @ We have given the (note:)We are joined in league and amity with them, or have submitted ourselves to them.(:note) hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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:5:8 @ Seruants haue ruled ouer vs, none would deliuer vs out of their hands.

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:5:10 @ Our skinne was blacke like as an ouen because of the terrible famine.

geneva@Lamentations:5:11 @ They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.

geneva@Lamentations:5:12 @ Princes were hung up by (note:)That is, by the enemies hand.(:note) their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

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:5:14 @ The elders have ceased from the (note:)There were no more laws nor form of commonwealth.(:note) gate, the young men from their music.

geneva@Lamentations:5:15 @ The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

geneva@Lamentations:5:16 @ The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

geneva@Lamentations:5:17 @ For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our (note:)With weeping.(:note) eyes are dim.

geneva@Lamentations:5:18 @ Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.

geneva@Lamentations:5:19 @ Thou, O LORD, remainest for (note:)And therefore your covenant and mercies can never fail.(:note) ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

geneva@Lamentations:5:20 @ Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?

geneva@Lamentations:5:21 @

geneva@Lamentations:5:22 @ But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.

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:1:3 @ The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the (note:)That is, the spirit of prophecy, as in (Eze_3:22, Eze_37:1).(:note) hand of the LORD was there upon him.

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:1:8 @ And the handes of a man came out from vnder their wings in the foure parts of them, & they foure had their faces, and their wings.

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

geneva@Ezekiel:1:23 @ And vnder the firmament were their wings streight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which couered the, and euery one had two, which couered their bodies.

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:1:27 @ And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire (note:)By which was signified a terrible judgment toward the earth.(:note) around within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness on all sides.

geneva@Ezekiel:2:1 @ And (note:)That is, the Lord.(:note) he said to me, Meaning, man who is but earth and ashes, which was to humble him, and cause him to consider his own state, and God's grace. Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak to thee.

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:2:8 @ 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:2:9 @ And when I looked vp, beholde, an hande was sent vnto me, and loe, a roule of a booke was therein.

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:3:2 @ So I opened my mouth, and he gaue mee this roule to eate.

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:3:4 @ And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, goe, and enter into the house of Israel, and declare them my wordes.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:7 @ But the house of Israel will not obey thee: for they will not obey me: yea, all the house of Israel are impudent and stiffe hearted.

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:3:12 @ 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:3:14 @ 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:3:16 @ And at the ende of seuen dayes, the worde of the Lorde came againe vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:3:17 @ Son of man, I have made thee a (note:)Of this read (Eze_33:2).(:note) watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

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:3:22 @ And the (note:)That is, the Spirit of prophecy.(:note) hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:3:23 @ Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the (note:)Meaning, the vision of the cherubims and the wheels.(:note) glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

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:4:6 @ And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy (note:)Which declared Judah, who had now from the time of Josiah slept in their sins forty years.(:note) right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

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:4:10 @ And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, (note:)Which make a pound.(:note) twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:11 @ Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of (note:){{See Exo_29:40}}(:note) an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

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:4:15 @ Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's (note:)To be as fire to bake your bread with.(:note) dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.

geneva@Ezekiel:4:16 @ Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break (note:)That is, the force and strength with which it would nourish, (Isa_3:1; Eze_14:13).(:note) the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in horror:

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:5:4 @ Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; (note:)Out of the fire which you kindled will come a fire which will signify the destruction of Israel.(:note) from which a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

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:5:8 @ Therefore thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, I, euen I come against thee, and will execute iudgement in the middes of thee, euen in the sight of the nations.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:10 @ For in the middes of thee, the fathers shall eate their sonnes, and the sonnes shall eate their fathers, and I will execute iudgement in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the windes.

geneva@Ezekiel:5:12 @ The third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they bee consumed in the middes of thee: and another third part shall fall by the sword round about thee: and I will scatter the last third part into all windes, and I will drawe out a sword after them.

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:6:1 @ Againe the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:6:3 @ And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the (note:)He speaks of all the places where the Israelites accustomed to commit their idolaters, threatening them with destruction.(:note) mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, [even] I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

geneva@Ezekiel:6:4 @ And your altars shall be desolate, and your (note:)Read (2Ki_23:14).(:note) images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols.

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:6:11 @ 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:6:13 @ 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:7:1 @ Moreouer the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:7:2 @ Also thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lord God, An ende is come vnto the lande of Israel: the ende is come vpon the foure corners of the lande.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:3 @ Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send my anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all (note:)I will punish you as you have deserved for your idolatry.(:note) thy abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:5 @ Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euil, euen one euill is come.

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:7:10 @ Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the (note:)The scourge is ready.(:note) rod hath blossomed, That is, the proud tyrant Nebuchadnezzar has gathered his force and is ready. pride hath budded.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:12 @ The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer (note:)For the present profit.(:note) rejoice, nor the seller For he will lose nothing. mourn: for wrath [is] upon all its multitude.

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:7:18 @ They shall also girde them selues with sackecloth, and feare shall couer them, and shame shalbe vpon all faces, & baldnes vpon their heads.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:20 @ As for the beauty of his (note:)Meaning, the sanctuary.(:note) ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things in it: therefore have I set it far from them.

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:7:25 @ When destruction commeth, they shall seeke peace, and shall not haue it.

geneva@Ezekiel:7:26 @ Calamitie shall come vpon calamitie, and rumour shall bee vpon rumour: then shall they seeke a vision of the Prophet: but the Lawe shal perish from the Priest, and counsel from the Ancient.

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:8:5 @ Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up thy eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the (note:)That is, in the court where the people had made an altar to Baal.(:note) altar this image of jealousy in the entrance.

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:8:7 @ And he caused me to enter at the gate of the court: and when I looked, beholde, an hole was in the wall.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:8 @ Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, digge nowe in the wall; when I had digged in the wall, beholde, there was a doore.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:9 @ And he said vnto mee, Go in, and beholde the wicked abominations that they doe here.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:11 @ And there stood before them seventy (note:)Thus they who would have kept all the rest in the fear and true service of God were the ringleaders of all abomination, and by their example pulled others from God.(:note) men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and It was in such abundance. a thick cloud of incense went up.

geneva@Ezekiel:8:12 @ Then said he to me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel (note:)For besides their common idolatry they had particular service, which they had in secret chambers.(:note) do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

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:8:15 @ Then saide hee vnto me, Hast thou seene this, O sonne of man? Turne thee againe, and thou shalt see greater abominations then these.

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: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:9:4 @ 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:9:6 @ Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the (note:)Thus in all his plagues the Lord preserves his small number, which he marks as in (Exo_12:12; Rev_7:3) but the chief mark is the spirit of adoption, with which the heart is sealed up to life everlasting.(:note) mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the Which was the chief opportunity for all these evils, as in (Eze_8:11). elders who [were] before the house.

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:9:9 @ Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of (note:)That is, with all kinds of wickedness. {{See Isa_1:15}}(:note) blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:10 @ As touching me also, mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I haue pitie, but will recompence their wayes vpon their heades.

geneva@Ezekiel:9:11 @ And beholde, the man clothed with linen which had the ynkhorne by his side, made report, and saide, Lorde, I haue done as thou hast commanded me.

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:10:4 @ 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:10:11 @ When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they (note:)Until they had executed God's judgments.(:note) turned not as they went.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:12 @ And their whole bodie, and their rings, and their hands, and their wings, & the wheeles were full of eyes round about, euen in the same foure wheeles.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:16 @ And when ye Cherubims went, the wheeles went by them: and when the Cherubims lift vp their wings to mount vp from the earth, the same wheeles also turned not from beside them.

geneva@Ezekiel:10:22 @ And the likenes of their faces was the selfe same faces, which I sawe by the riuer Chebar, and the appearance of the Cherubims was ye selfe same, and they went euery one straight forwarde.

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:11:2 @ Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, these are the men that imagine mischiefe, and deuise wicked counsell in this citie.

geneva@Ezekiel:11:3 @ Who say, (note:)Thus the wicked derided the prophets as though they preached only errors, and therefore gave themselves still to their pleasures.(:note) [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the We will not be pulled out of Jerusalem, till the hour of our death comes, as the flesh is not taken out of the caldron until it is boiled. caldron, and we [are] the flesh.

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:11:9 @ And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and deliver you into (note:)That is, of the Chaldeans.(:note) the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

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:11:14 @ Againe the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:11:18 @ And they shall come thither, and they shal take away all the idoles thereof, and all the abominations thereof from thence.

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:12:1 @ The worde of the Lorde also came vnto me, saying,

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:12:8 @ And in the morning came the word of the Lord vnto me, saying,

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:12:17 @ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:12:21 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:12:26 @ Againe the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:13:1 @ And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:13:11 @ 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:13:13 @ Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, I will cause a stormie winde to breake foorth in my wrath, & a great showre shall bee in mine anger, & hailestones in mine indignation to consume 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:14:1 @ Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and (note:)He shows the hypocrisy of the idolaters, who will pretend to hear the prophets of God, though in their hearts they follow nothing less than their admonitions and also how by one means or another God discovers them.(:note) sat before me.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:2 @ And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:14:10 @ 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:14:12 @ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

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:14:14 @ 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:14:16 @ Though these three men were in the mids thereof, As I liue, sayth the Lord God, they shall saue neither sonnes nor daughters: they onely shalbe deliuered, but the land shall be waste.

geneva@Ezekiel:14:18 @ Though these three men were in the mids thereof, As I liue, sayth the Lorde God, they shal deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters, but they onely shall be deliuered themselues.

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: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:15:1 @ And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:15:3 @ Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

geneva@Ezekiel:15:4 @ Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke?

geneva@Ezekiel:15:5 @ Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt?

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:16:1 @ Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:16:7 @ 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: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:16:11 @ I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets vpon thine handes, and a chaine on thy necke.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:13 @ Thus wast thou deckt with gold and siluer, and thy rayment was of fine linen, and silke, and broydred worke: thou didest eate fine floure, and honie and oyle, and thou wast very beautifull, and thou didest grow vp into a kingdome.

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:16:16 @ And of thy garments thou didst take, and didst deck thy high places with various colours, (note:)This declares how the idolaters put their chief delight in those things which please the eyes and outward senses.(:note) and didst play the harlot upon them: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].

geneva@Ezekiel:16:17 @ Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and hast (note:)You have converted my vessels and instruments which I gave you to serve me with to the use of your idols.(:note) made to thyself images of men, and hast committed harlotry with them,

geneva@Ezekiel:16:18 @ And tookest thy broydred garments, and coueredst them: and thou hast set mine oyle and my perfume before them.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:19 @ My meate also, which I gaue thee, as fine floure, oyle, and honie, wherewith I fedde thee, thou hast euen set it before them for a sweete sauour: thus it was, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:20 @ Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me, and these hast thou sacrificed to them to (note:)Meaning by fire, read (Lev_18:21; 2Ki_23:10).(:note) be devoured. [Is this] of thy harlotries a small matter,

geneva@Ezekiel:16:22 @ And in all thine abominations and whoredomes thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

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:16:26 @ Thou hast also committed harlotry with the (note:)He notes the great impiety of this people, who first falling from God to seek help at strange nations also at length embraced their idolatry thinking by it to make their amity more strong.(:note) Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy harlotry, to provoke me to anger.

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:16:33 @ 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:16:36 @ Thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because thy shame was powred out, and thy filthinesse discouered through thy fornications with thy louers, and with all the idoles of thine abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didest offer vnto them,

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:16:41 @ And they shall burne vp thine houses with fire, and execute iudgements vpon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou shalt giue no reward any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:43 @ Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast provoked me in all these [things]; behold, therefore I also will (note:)I have punished your faults but you would not repent.(:note) recompense thy way upon [thy] head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thy abominations.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:50 @ But they were hautie, and committed abomination before mee: therefore I tooke them away, as pleased me.

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:16:56 @ For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned (note:)You would not call her punishment to mind when you were aloft, to learn by her example to fear my judgments.(:note) by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

geneva@Ezekiel:16:57 @ Before thy wickedness was (note:)That is, till you were brought under by the Syrians and Philistines, (2Ch_28:19).(:note) uncovered, as at the time of [thy] reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all [that are] around Which joined with the Syrians, or compassed about Jerusalem. her, the daughters of the Philistines, who despise thee on every side.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:59 @ For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the (note:)When you broke the covenant which was made between you and me, as in (Eze_16:8).(:note) oath in breaking the covenant.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:60 @ Nevertheless I will (note:)That is, out of mercy and love I will pity you and so stand by my covenant though you have deserved the contrary.(:note) remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish to thee an everlasting covenant.

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:16:63 @ 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:17:1 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto mee, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:17:3 @ And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great (note:)That is, Nebuchadnezzar who had great power, riches and many countries under him, will come to Jerusalem and take away Jeconiah the king, as in (Eze_17:12).(:note) eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had various colours, came to Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

geneva@Ezekiel:17:4 @ He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of (note:)Meaning to Babylon.(:note) trade; he set it in a city of merchants.

geneva@Ezekiel:17:6 @ And it grew, and became (note:)This was Zedekiah's kingdom.(:note) a spreading vine of That is, might not have power to rebel against Babylon, as in (Eze_17:14). low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

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:17:10 @ 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:17:11 @ Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:17:12 @ Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these [things mean]? tell [them], Behold, the king of Babylon hath come to Jerusalem, and hath taken (note:)That is, Jeconiah, (2Ki_24:15).(:note) its king, and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon;

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:17:18 @ 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:17:20 @ 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:18:1 @ The worde of the Lord came vnto me againe, saying,

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:18:6 @ [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:18:8 @ And hath not giuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither hath taken any increase, but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:9 @ And hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my iudgements to deale truely, he is iust, he shall surely liue, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:16 @ Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoyled by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

geneva@Ezekiel:18:17 @ Neither hath withdrawen his hand from the afflicted, nor receiued vsurie nor increase, but hath executed my iudgements, and hath walked in my statutes, he shall not die in the iniquitie of his father, but he shal surely liue.

geneva@Ezekiel:18:19 @ Yet say ye, Wherefore shall not the sonne beare the iniquitie of the father? because ye sonne hath executed iudgement & iustice, and hath kept all my statutes, and done them, he shal surely liue,

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:19:1 @ Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the (note:)That is, Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, Josiah's sons, who for their pride and cruelty are compared to lions.(:note) princes of Israel,

geneva@Ezekiel:19:3 @ And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.

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:19:12 @ 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:20:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Of the captivity of Jeconiah.(:note) seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:2 @ Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:3 @ Sonne of man, speake vnto the Elders of Israel, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye come to enquire of me? As I liue, sayth the Lord God, when I am asked, I wil not answer you.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:7 @ Then said I to them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, (note:)God had forbidden them to make mention of the idols, (Exo_23:13; Psa_16:4).(:note) and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:8 @ But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken to me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of (note:)Which declares the wickedness of man's heart, who judge God's service by their eyes and outward senses.(:note) their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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:20:11 @ And I gaue them my statutes, and declared my iudgements vnto them, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them.

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:20:13 @ But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wildernes: they walked not in my statutes, and they cast away my iudgements, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them, and my Sabbaths haue they greatly polluted: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpon them in the wildernes to consume 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:20:16 @ Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but profaned my (note:)That is, my true religion, which I had commanded them, and gave themselves to serve me according to their own fantasies.(:note) sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

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:20:19 @ I am the Lord your God: walke in my statutes, and keepe my iudgements and doe them,

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:20:21 @ Notwithstanding the children rebelled against mee: they walked not in my statutes, nor kept my iudgements to doe them, which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them, but they polluted my Sabbaths: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpo them, and to accomplish my wrath against them in the wildernes.

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:20:24 @ 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:20:27 @ Therefore, sonne of man, speake vnto the house of Israel, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God, Yet in this your fathers haue blasphemed me, though they had before grieuously transgressed against me.

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:20:30 @ Wherefore, say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye not polluted after the maner of your fathers? and commit ye not whoredome after their abominations?

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:20:33 @ As I liue, saith the Lorde God, I will surely rule you with a mightie hand, and with a stretched out arme, and in my wrath powred out,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:34 @ And will bring you from the people, and will gather you out of the countreys, wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arme, and in my wrath powred out,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:35 @ And I will bring you into the (note:)I will bring you among strange nations as into a wilderness and there will visit you, and so call you to repentance and then bring the godly home again, (Isa_65:9).(:note) wilderness of the people, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

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:20:39 @ As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; (note:)This is spoken to the hypocrites.(:note) Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and after this [also], if ye will not hearken to me: but profane ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:40 @ For in mine holy mountaine, euen in the hie mountaine of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, and all in the lande, serue me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offrings and the first fruites of your oblations, with all your holy things.

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:20:45 @ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:20:47 @ And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every (note:)Both strong and weak in Jerusalem.(:note) green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.

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:21:1 @ The word of ye Lord came to me againe, saying,

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:21:6 @ Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with breaking (note:)As though you were in extreme anguish.(:note) heart; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

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:21:8 @ Againe, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:21:13 @ 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:21:18 @ The worde of the Lorde came vnto mee againe, saying,

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:21:25 @ And thou, profane wicked (note:)Meaning, Zedekiah who practised with the Egyptians to make himself high and able to resist the Babylonians.(:note) prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,

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:21:27 @ I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he (note:)That is, to the coming of Messiah: for though the Jews had some sign of government later under the Persians, Greeks and Romans, yet this restitution was not till Christ's coming and at length would be accomplished as was promised, (Gen_49:10).(:note) cometh whose right it is; and I will give it [him].

geneva@Ezekiel:21:28 @ And thou, sonne of man, prophecie, and say, Thus saith the Lorde God to the children of Ammon, and to their blasphemie: say thou, I say, The sword, the sword is drawen foorth, and fourbished to the slaughter, to consume, because of the glittering:

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: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:21:32 @ Thou shalt bee in the fire to be deuoured: thy blood shall be in the middes of the lande, and thou shalt be no more remembred: for I the Lord haue spoken it.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:1 @ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:22:12 @ In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, & hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:15 @ And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy (note:)I will thus take away the occasion of your wickedness.(:note) filthiness out of thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:22:17 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:22:18 @ Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become (note:)Which before was most precious.(:note) dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.

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:22:21 @ I wil gather you, I say, and blowe the fire of my wrath vpon you, and you shalbe melted in the mids thereof.

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:22:23 @ And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:22:31 @ Therefore haue I powred out mine indignation vpon them, and consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes haue I rendred vpon their heads, sayth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:1 @ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:23:2 @ Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one (note:)Meaning, Israel and Judah who both came out of one family.(:note) mother:

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:23:4 @ And the names of (note:)Aholah signifies a mansion or dwelling in herself, meaning Samaria, which was the royal city of Israel and Aholibah signifies my mansion in her, by which is meant Jerusalem, where God's temple was.(:note) them [were] Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus [were] their names; Samaria [is] Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:5 @ And Aholah played the harlot when (note:)When the Israelites were named the people of God, they became idolaters and forsook God, and put their trust in the Assyrians.(:note) she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbours,

geneva@Ezekiel:23:6 @ Which were clothed with blewe silke, both captaines and princes: they were all pleasant yong men, and horsemen riding vpon horses.

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:23:9 @ Wherefore I deliuered her into the hands of her louers, euen into the hands of the Assyrians, vpon whome she doted.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:10 @ These uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for (note:)Meaning the Assyrians.(:note) they had executed judgment upon her.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:12 @ She doted vpon the Assyrians her neighbours, both captaines and princes clothed with diuers sutes, horsemen ryding vpon horses: they were all pleasant yong men.

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:23:16 @ Assoone, I say, as she sawe them, she doted vpon them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:17 @ Nowe when the Babylonians came to her into the bed of loue, they defiled her with their fornication, and she was polluted with them, and her lust departed from them.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:18 @ So she discouered her fornication, and disclosed her shame: then mine heart forsooke her, like as mine heart had forsaken her sister.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:19 @ Yet she encreased her whoredome more, and called to remembrance ye dayes of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:20 @ For she doted vpon their seruants whose members are as the members of asses, and whose yssue is like the yssue of horses.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:21 @ Thou calledst to remembrance the wickednes of thy youth, when thy teates were bruised by ye Egyptians: therefore ye paps of thy youth are thus.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:22 @ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will raise vp thy louers against thee, from whome thine heart is departed, and I will bring them against thee on euery side,

geneva@Ezekiel:23:23 @ The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, (note:)These were the names of certain princes and captains under Nebuchadnezzar.(:note) Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, [and] all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:24 @ Euen these shal come against thee with charets, waggons, and wheeles, and with a multitude of people, which shall set against thee, buckler and shield, and helmet round about: and I will leaue the punishment vnto them, and they shall iudge thee according to their iudgements.

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:23:28 @ For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I wil deliuer thee into the hand of them, whome thou hatest: euen into the hands of them from whome thine heart is departed.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:29 @ And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy (note:)All your treasures and riches which you have gotten by labour.(:note) labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy harlotries All the world will see your shameful forsaking of God to serve idols. shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy harlotries.

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:23:35 @ Therefore thus saith the Lorde God, Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behinde thy backe, therefore thou shalt also beare thy wickednes and thy whoredome.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:36 @ The Lord sayd moreouer vnto me, Sonne of man, wilt thou iudge Aholah & Aholibah? and wilt thou declare to them their abominations?

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:23:38 @ Moreouer, thus haue they done vnto me: they haue defiled my Sanctuarie in the same day, and haue prophaned my Sabbaths.

geneva@Ezekiel:23:39 @ For when they had slaine their children to their idoles, they came the same day into my Sanctuarie to defile it: and loe, thus haue they done in the middes of mine house.

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:23:42 @ And a voice of a multitude being at ease [was] with her: and with the men of the common sort [were] brought (note:)Who would teach the manner of worshipping their gods.(:note) Sabeans from the wilderness, who put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

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:23:44 @ And they went in vnto her as they goe to a common harlot: so went they to Aholah and Aholibah the wicked women.

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:24:1 @ Again in the (note:)Of Jeconiah's captivity and of the reign of Zedekiah, (2Ki_25:1).(:note) ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the Called Tebeth, which contains part of December and part of January: in which month and day Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem. month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:24:2 @ Sonne of man, write thee the name of the day, euen of this same day: for the King of Babel set himselfe against Ierusalem this same day.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:3 @ And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a (note:)By which was meant Jerusalem.(:note) pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:

geneva@Ezekiel:24:4 @ Gather its (note:)That is the citizens and the chief men of it.(:note) pieces into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:5 @ Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the (note:)Meaning, of the innocents whom they had slain, who were the cause of the kindling of God's wrath against them.(:note) bones under it, [and] make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:7 @ For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a (note:)The city showed her cruelty to all the world, and was not ashamed of it, neither yet hid it.(:note) rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

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:24:14 @ I the LORD have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do [it]; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall (note:)That is, the Babylonians.(:note) they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.

geneva@Ezekiel:24:15 @ Also the worde of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:24:16 @ Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the (note:)Meaning his wife in whom he delighted, as in (Eze_24:18).(:note) desire of thy eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

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:24:18 @ So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did (note:)Meaning the morning following.(:note) in the morning as I was commanded.

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:24:20 @ Then I answered them, The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:24:22 @ And ye shall doe as I haue done: ye shall not couer your lippes, neither shall ye eate the bread of men.

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:25:1 @ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

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:25:5 @ 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:25:9 @ 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:26:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Either of the captivity of Jeconiah or of the reign of Zedekiah.(:note) eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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:26:3 @ Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, Beholde, I come against thee, O Tyrus, and I will bring vp many nations against thee, as the sea mounteth vp with his waues.

geneva@Ezekiel:26:7 @ For thus sayth the Lord God, Behold, I will bring vpon Tyrus Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, a King of Kings from the North, with horses and with charets, and with horsemen, with a multitude and much people.

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:26:11 @ With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong (note:)For Tyre was built by art and by labour of men was won out of the sea. Some refer this to the image of the noble men which they had erected for their glory and renown.(:note) garrisons shall go down to the ground.

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:26:20 @ 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:27:1 @ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:27:2 @ Sonne of ma, take vp a lametation for Tyrus,

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:27:10 @ They of Persia, and of Lud & of Phut were in thine armie: thy men of warre they hanged the shielde and helmet in thee: they set foorth thy beautie.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:11 @ The men of Arvad with thy army [were] upon thy walls on all sides, and the (note:)That is they of Cappadocia, or pygmies and dwarfs which were called because from the high towers they seemed little.(:note) Gammadims were in thy towers: they hung their shields upon thy walls on every side; they have made thy beauty perfect.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:14 @ They of the house of (note:)Which are taken for a people of Asia minor.(:note) Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:15 @ The men of Dedan [were] thy merchants; many isles [were] the merchandise of thy hand: they brought thee [for] a present (note:)Meaning, unicorn's horns and elephant's teeth.(:note) horns of ivory and ebony.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:16 @ They of Aram were thy marchants for the multitude of thy wares: they occupied in thy faires with emerauds, purple, & broidred worke, and fine linen, and corall, and pearle.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:17 @ Judah, and the land of Israel, they [were] thy merchants: they traded in thy market in wheat of (note:)Where the best wheat grew.(:note) Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:21 @ They of Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar occupied with thee, in lambes, and rammes and goates: in these were they thy marchants.

geneva@Ezekiel:27:24 @ These were thy marchants in all sortes of things, in raiment of blewe silke, and of broydred woorke, and in coffers for the rich apparell, which were bound with cordes: chaines also were among thy marchandise.

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:27:32 @ And in their mourning, they shal take vp a lametation for thee, saying, What citie is like Tyrus, so destroied in the middes of the sea!

geneva@Ezekiel:27:36 @ The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt be] (note:)By which is meant a long time: for it was prophesied to be destroyed but seventy years, (Isa_23:15).(:note) any more.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:1 @ The woorde of the Lorde came againe vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:28:2 @ Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, (note:)I am safe as God is safe in the heavens and no one can hurt me.(:note) I [am] a god, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:

geneva@Ezekiel:28:4 @ With thy wisedome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten golde and siluer into thy treasures.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:5 @ By thy great wisedome and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:7 @ Behold, therefore I wil bring strangers vpon thee, euen the terrible nations: and they shall drawe their swordes against the beautie of thy wisedome, and they shall defile thy brightnes.

geneva@Ezekiel:28:11 @ Moreouer the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:28:16 @ By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the (note:)You will have no part among my people.(:note) mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

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:28:20 @ Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:28:25 @ 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:29:1 @ In the (note:)That is, of the captivity of Jeconiah, or of the reign of Zedekiah. Of the order of these prophecies, and how the former sometimes stands after the latter. {{See Jer_27:1}}(:note) tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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:29:10 @ Behold, therefore I come vpon thee, and vpon thy riuers, & I will make the land of Egypt vtterly waste and desolate from the towre of Seueneh, euen vnto the borders of the blacke Mores.

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:29:17 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Counting from the captivity of Jeconiah.(:note) seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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:30:1 @ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:30:3 @ For the day is neere, & the day of the Lord is at hand, a cloudie day, and it shall be the time of the heathen.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:4 @ And the sword shall come vpon Egypt, and feare shall be in Ethiopia, when the slaine shall fall in Egypt, when they shall take away her multitude, and when her foundations shall be broken downe.

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:30:9 @ 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:30:14 @ And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and I will execute iudgement in No.

geneva@Ezekiel:30:17 @ The yong men of Auen, and of Phibeseth shall fall by the sworde: and these cities shall goe into captiuitie.

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:30:20 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Of the captivity of Jeconiah, or of Zedekiah's reign.(:note) eleventh year, in the first [month], in the seventh [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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:31:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Of Zedekiah's reign, or of Jeconiah's captivity.(:note) eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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:31:14 @ 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:31:17 @ 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:32:1 @ And it came to pass in the (note:)Which was the first year of the general captivity under Zedekiah.(:note) twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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:32:3 @ Thus sayth the Lord God, I will therefore spread my net ouer thee with a great multitude of people, and they shall make thee come vp into my net.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:6 @ I will also water with thy blood the land in which thou (note:)As the Nile overflows in Egypt, so will I make the blood of your host overflow it.(:note) swimmest, [even] to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

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:32:10 @ Yea, I will make many people amased at thee, and their Kings shalbe astonished with feare for thee, when I shall make my sworde to glitter against their faces, and they shall be afraide at euery moment: euery man for his owne life in the day of thy fall.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:11 @ For thus sayth the Lorde God, The sworde of the King of Babel shall come vpon thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:12 @ By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall lay waste the (note:)This came to pass in less than four years after this prophecy.(:note) pomp of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:16 @ This is the mourning wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for Egypt, and for all her multitude, sayeth the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:32:17 @ In the twelfth yeere also in the fifteenth day of the moneth, came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, saying,

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:32:26 @ There [is] (note:)That is, the Capadocians and Italians or Spaniards, as Josephus writes.(:note) Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves [are] around him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

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:33:1 @ Againe, the woorde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:33:3 @ If when hee seeth the sworde come vpon ye land, he blow the trumpet, & warne the people,

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:33:6 @ 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:33:10 @ Therefore, O thou son of man, speak to the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [are] upon us, and we pine away in them, (note:)Thus the wicked when they hear God's judgments for their sins, despair of his mercies and murmur.(:note) how should we then live?

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:33:16 @ 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:33:21 @ 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:33:23 @ Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me, and saide,

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:33:33 @ And when this commeth to passe (for loe, it will come) then shall they know, that a Prophet hath bene among them.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:1 @ And the woorde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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:34:5 @ 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:34:16 @ 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:34:17 @ Also you my sheepe, Thus saieth the Lorde God, behold, I iudge betweene sheepe, & sheepe, betweene the rammes and the goates.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:18 @ [Seemeth it] a small thing to you to have eaten up the good (note:)By good pasture and deep waters is meant the pure word of God and the administration of justice which they did not distribute to the poor till they had corrupted it.(:note) pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drank of the deep waters, but ye must foul the rest with your feet?

geneva@Ezekiel:34:23 @ And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant (note:)Meaning Christ, of whom David was a figure, {{See Jer_30:9}}(:note) David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

geneva@Ezekiel:34:26 @ And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, & there shalbe raine of blessing.

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:34:31 @ And yee my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:1 @ Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:35:2 @ Son of man, set thy face against mount (note:)Where the Idumeans dwelt.(:note) Seir, and prophesy against it,

geneva@Ezekiel:35:3 @ And say vnto it, Thus sayth the Lord God, Behold, O mount Seir, I come against thee, and I wil stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee desolate and waste.

geneva@Ezekiel:35:5 @ Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed [the blood of] the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time [that their] (note:)When by their punishment I called them from their iniquity.(:note) iniquity [had] an end:

geneva@Ezekiel:35:6 @ Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not (note:)Except you repent your former cruelty.(:note) hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

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:35:10 @ Because thou hast said, (note:)Meaning, Israel and Judah.(:note) These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; though the LORD was And so by fighting against God's people they should go about to put him out of his own possession. there:

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:35:13 @ Thus with your mouthes ye haue boasted against me, & haue multiplied your words against me: I haue heard them.

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:36:2 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the (note:)That is, the Idumean.(:note) enemy had said against you, Aha, even the ancient That is Jerusalem, which for God's promises was the chief of all the world. high places are ours in possession:

geneva@Ezekiel:36:5 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who have (note:)They appointed with themselves to have it, and therefore came with Nebuchadnezzar against Jerusalem for this purpose.(:note) appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all [their] heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:6 @ Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the (note:)Because you have been a laughing stock to them.(:note) shame of the nations:

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:36:8 @ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall (note:)God declares his mercies and goodness toward his Church, who still preserves his, even when he destroys his enemies.(:note) shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are soon to come.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:9 @ For behold, I come vnto you, & I wil turne vnto you, and ye shalbe tilled and sowen.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:10 @ And I wil multiply the men vpon you, euen all the house of Israel wholly, & the cities shalbe inhabited, & the desolate places shalbe builded.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:12 @ Yea, I will cause men to walk (note:)That is, on the mountains of Jerusalem.(:note) upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them [of men].

geneva@Ezekiel:36:13 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, Thou (note:)This the enemies imputed as the reproach of the land, which God did for the sins of the people according to his just judgments.(:note) [land] devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nations;

geneva@Ezekiel:36:14 @ Therefore thou shalt deuoure men no more, neither waste thy people henceforth, sayth the Lord God,

geneva@Ezekiel:36:15 @ Neither will I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou beare the reproche of the people any more, neither shalt cause thy folke to fal any more, saith the Lord God.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:16 @ Moreouer the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:36:17 @ Sonne of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their owne lande, they defiled it by their owne wayes, & by their deedes: their way was before me as the filthinesse of the menstruous.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:20 @ And when they entred vnto the heathen, whither they went, they polluted mine holy Name, when they sayd of them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone out of his land.

geneva@Ezekiel:36:21 @ But I had pity for my holy (note:)And therefore would not permit my Name to be had in contempt, as the heathen would have reproached me, if I had allowed my Church to perish.(:note) name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, to which they went.

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:36:27 @ And I will put my spirite within you, and cause you to walke in my statutes, and ye shall keepe my iudgements and do them.

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:36:33 @ Thus sayth the Lord God, What time as I shall haue clensed you from all your iniquities, I will cause you to dwel in the cities, & the desolate places shalbe builded.

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:36:37 @ Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be sought of ye house of Israel, to performe it vnto them: I wil encrease them with men like a flocke.

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:37:2 @ And he led me round about by them, and beholde, they were very many in the open fielde, and lo, they were very drie.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:3 @ And he sayde vnto me, Sonne of man, can these bones liue? And I answered, O Lorde God, thou knowest.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:4 @ Againe he sayde vnto me, Prophecie vpon these bones and say vnto them, O ye dry bones, heare the word of the Lord.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:7 @ So I prophecied, as I was commanded: and as I prophecied, there was a noyse, and beholde, there was a shaking, & the bones came together, bone to his bone.

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:37:10 @ So I prophecied as hee had commaunded me: and the breath came into them, and they liued, and stood vp vpon their feete, an exceeding great armie.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:11 @ Then he sayd vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is gone, and we are cleane cut off.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:12 @ Therefore prophecie, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, my people, I will open your graues, and cause you to come vp out of your sepulchres, and bring you into the lande of Israel,

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:37:15 @ The word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

geneva@Ezekiel:37:18 @ And when the children of thy people shall speake vnto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shewe vs what thou meanest by these?

geneva@Ezekiel:37:22 @ And I will make them one people in the lande, vpon the mountaines of Israel, and one king shalbe king to them all: and they shalbe no more two peoples, neither bee deuided any more henceforth into two kingdomes.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:24 @ And Dauid my seruant shalbe king ouer them, and they all shall haue one shepheard: they shall also walke in my iudgements, and obserue my statutes, and doe them.

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:38:1 @ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto mee, saying,

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:38:3 @ And say, Thus sayth the Lord God, Behold, I come against thee, O Gog the chiefe prince of Meshech and Tubal.

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:38:8 @ 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:38:9 @ Thou shalt ascende and come vp like a tempest, and shalt be like a cloude to couer the land, both thou, and all thy bandes, and many people with thee.

geneva@Ezekiel:38:10 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an (note:)That is, to molest and destroy the Church.(:note) evil thought:

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:38:13 @ Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, shall say to thee, (note:)One enemy will envy another because everyone will think to have the spoil of the Church.(:note) Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

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:38:15 @ And come fro thy place out of the North partes, thou and much people with thee? All shall ride vpon horses, euen a great multitude and a mightie armie.

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:38:18 @ At the same time also whe Gog shal come against the land of Israel, sayth the Lord God, my wrath shall arise in mine anger.

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:39:1 @ Therefore, thou sonne of man, prophecie against Gog, and say, Thus sayeth the Lorde God, Behold, I come against thee, O Gog, ye chiefe prince of Meshech and Tubal.

geneva@Ezekiel:39:2 @ And I will turn thee back, (note:)Or, destroy you with six plagues, as in (Eze_38:22).(:note) and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

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:39:7 @ 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:39:8 @ Behold, (note:)That is, this plague is fully determined in my counsel and cannot be changed.(:note) it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this [is] the day of which I have spoken.

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:39:11 @ 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:39:13 @ Yea, all the people of the lande shall burie them, and they shall haue a name when I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.

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:39:16 @ And also the name of the citie shalbe Hamonah: thus shall they clense the land.

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:39:20 @ Thus you shalbe filled at my table with horses and chariots, with valiant men, and with al men of warre, sayth the Lord God.

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:39:23 @ 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:39:25 @ Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, Nowe will I bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakob, and haue compassion vpon the whole house of Israel, and wil be ielous for mine holy Name,

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: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:40:2 @ Into the lande of Israel brought he me by a diuine vision, & set me vpon a very hie mountaine, whereupon was as the building of a citie, toward the South.

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:40:5 @ And beholde, I sawe a wall on the outside of the house round about: and in the mans hand was a reede to measure with, of sixe cubites long, by the cubite, and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the buylding with one reede, and the height with one reede.

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:40:8 @ He measured also the porche of the gate within with one reede.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:9 @ Then measured he the porch of the gate of eight cubites, and the postes thereof, of two cubites, and the porch of the gate was inward.

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:40:11 @ And he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites, and the height of the gate thirteene cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:13 @ He measured then the gate from the roufe of a chamber to the toppe of the gate: the breadth was fiue and twentie cubites, doore against doore.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:14 @ He made also postes of threescore cubites, and the postes of the court, and of the gate had one measure round about.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:16 @ And there were narrowe windowes in the chambers, & in their postes within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and the windowes went rounde about within: and vpon the postes were palme trees.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:17 @ Then brought he me into the outwarde court, and lo, there were chambers, & a pauement made for the court round about, & thirtie chambers were vpon the pauement.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:18 @ And the pauement was by the side of the gates ouer against the length of the gates, and the pauement was beneath.

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:40:20 @ 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:40:23 @ 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:40:24 @ After that, he brought mee towarde the South, and loe, there was a gate towarde the South, and hee measured the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.

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:40:27 @ And there was a gate in the inner court towarde the South, and he measured from gate to gate towarde the South an hundreth cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:28 @ And he brought me into the inner court by the South gate, and he measured the South gate according to these measures,

geneva@Ezekiel:40:29 @ And the chambers thereof, and the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures, and there were windowes in it, and in the arches thereof rounde about, it was fiftie cubites long and fiue and twentie cubites broade.

geneva@Ezekiel:40:31 @ And the arches thereof were towarde the vtter court, and palme trees were vpon the postes thereof, and the going vp to it had eight steppes.

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:40:33 @ And the chambers thereof, and the postes thereof, and the arches thereof were according to these measures, and there were windowes therein, and in the arches thereof round about, it was fiftie cubites long, and fiue and twentie cubites broade.

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:40:35 @ After he brought mee to the North gate, and measured it, according to these measures,

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:40:42 @ And the foure tables were of hewen stone for the burnt offering, of a cubite and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, and one cubite hie: whereupon also they layde the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offring and the 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:41:1 @ Afterwarde, hee brought mee to the Temple, and measured the postes, sixe cubites broade on the one side, and sixe cubites broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the Tabernacle.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:2 @ And the breadth of the entrie was tenne cubites, and the sides of the entrie were fiue cubites on the one side, and fiue cubites on the other side, and hee measured the length thereof fourtie cubites, and the breadth twentie cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:3 @ Then went hee in, and measured the postes of the entrie two cubites, and the entrie sixe cubites, and the breadth of the entrie seuen cubites.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:4 @ So he measured the length thereof twentie cubites, and the breadth twentie cubites before the Temple; he sayde vnto mee, This is the most holy place.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:5 @ After, he measured the wall of the house, sixe cubites, and the breadth of euery chamber foure cubites rounde about the house, on euery side.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:13 @ So he measured the house an hundreth cubites long, and the separate place and the building with the walles thereof were an hundreth cubites long.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:15 @ And hee measured the length of the building, ouer against the separate place, which was behinde it, and the chambers on the one side and on the other side an hundreth cubites with the Temple within, and the arches of the court.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:17 @ And from aboue the doore vnto the inner house and without, and by all the wall rounde about within and without it was sieled according to the measure.

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:41:20 @ From the grounde vnto aboue the doore were Cherubims and palme trees made as in the wall of the Temple.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:21 @ The postes of the Temple were squared, & thus to looke vnto was the similitude and forme of the Sanctuarie.

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:41:25 @ And vpon the doores of the Temple there were made Cherubims and palmetrees, like as was made vpon the walles, and there were thicke plankes vpon the forefront of the porch without.

geneva@Ezekiel:41:26 @ And there were narow windowes & palme trees on the one side, and on the other side, by the sides of the porch, and vpon ye sides of the house, and thicke plankes.

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:42:3 @ Ouer against the twentie cubites which were for the inner court, and ouer against the pauement, which was for the vtter court, was chamber against chamber in three rowes.

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:42:13 @ 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:42:14 @ When the Priestes enter therein, they shall not go out of the holy place into the vtter court, but there they shall lay their garmentes wherein they minister: for they are holy, and shall put on other garmentes, and so shall approch to those things, which are for the people.

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:42:17 @ He measured also the Northside, fiue hundreth reedes, euen with the measuring reede rounde about.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:18 @ And he measured the South side fiue hundreth reedes with the measuring reede.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:19 @ He turned about also to the West side, and measured fiue hundreth reedes with the measuring reede.

geneva@Ezekiel:42:20 @ He measured it by the foure sides: it had a wall round about, fiue hundreth reedes long, and fiue hundreth broade to make a separation betweene the Sanctuarie, and the prophane place.

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:43:3 @ 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:43:4 @ 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:43:5 @ So the Spirite tooke me vp and brought me into the inner court, and beholde, the glorie of the Lorde filled the house.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:6 @ And I heard one speaking vnto me out of the house: and there stoode a man by me,

geneva@Ezekiel:43:7 @ And he said to me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more (note:)By their idolatries.(:note) defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their harlotry, nor by the carcases of He alludes to Amon and Manasseh, who were buried in their gardens near the Temple and there had erected monuments to their idols. their kings in their high places.

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:43:9 @ Now therefore let them put away their fornication, and the carkeises of their Kings farre from me, and I will dwell among them for euer.

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:43:13 @ And these are the measures of the Altar, after the cubites, the cubite is a cubite, & an had breadth, euen the bottome shalbe a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, and the border thereof by the edge thereof rounde about shalbe a spanne: and this shalbe the height of the altar.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:14 @ And from the bottome which toucheth the ground to the lower piece shalbe two cubites: and the breadth one cubite, and from the litle piece to the great piece shalbe foure cubites, and the breadth one cubite.

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:43:18 @ And he said vnto me, Sone of man, thus saith ye Lord God, These are ye ordinaces of ye altar in the day when they shall make it to offer the burnt offring theron, & to sprinkle blood theron.

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:43:20 @ And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, & put it on the foure hornes of it, & on the foure corners of the frame, and vpon the border round about: thus shalt thou clense it, and reconcile it.

geneva@Ezekiel:43:25 @ Seuen dayes shalt thou prepare euery day an hee goate for a sinne offring: they shall also prepare a yong bullocke and a ramme out of the flocke, without blemish.

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:44:2 @ Then said the LORD to me; This gate shall be (note:)Meaning, from the common people, but not from the priests nor the prince, read (Eze_46:8-9).(:note) shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

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:44:4 @ Then brought he mee toward the North gate before the House: and when I looked, beholde, the glorie of the Lorde filled the house of the Lorde, and I fell vpon my face.

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:44:8 @ And ye have not kept the (note:)You have not offered to me according to my Law.(:note) charge of my holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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:44:13 @ And they shal not come neere vnto me to do ye office of ye Priest vnto me, neyther shal they come neere vnto any of mine holy things in the most holy place, but they shall beare their shame & their abominatios, which they haue comitted.

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:44:16 @ They shall enter into my Sanctuarie, and shall come neere to my table, to serue me, and they shall keepe my charge.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:17 @ And whe they shal enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments, & no wool shall come vpon the while they serue in ye gates of the inner court, & within.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:19 @ But when they goe foorth into the vtter court, euen to the vtter court to the people, they shall put off their garments, wherein they ministred, and lay them in the holy chambers, & they shall put on other garments: for they shall not sanctifie the people with their garments.

geneva@Ezekiel:44:24 @ And in controuersie they shall stande to iudge, and they shall iudge it according to my iudgements: and they shall keepe my lawes and my statutes in all mine assemblies, and they shall sanctifie my Sabbaths.

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:44:29 @ They shall eate the meat offring, and the sinne offring, and the trespas offring, and euery dedicate thing in Israel shal be theirs.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:3 @ And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of fiue and twentie thousande, and the breadth of tenne thousande: and in it shalbe the Sanctuarie, and the most holy place.

geneva@Ezekiel:45:4 @ The holy portion of the lande shalbe the Priests, which minister in the Sanctuarie, which came neere to serue the Lorde: and it shalbe a place for their houses, and an holy place for the Sanctuarie.

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:45:11 @ The Ephah and the Bath shalbe equall: a Bath shall conteyne the tenth part of an Homer, and an Ephah the tenth part of an Homer: the equalitie thereof shalbe after the Homer.

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:45:14 @ Concerning ye ordinance of the oyle, euen of the Bath of oyle, ye shall offer the tenth part of a Bath out of ye Cor (ten Baths are an Homer: for ten Baths fill an Homer)

geneva@Ezekiel:45:15 @ And one lambe of two hundreth sheepe out of ye fat pastures of Israel for a meat offring, and for a burnt offring and for peace offrings, to make reconciliation for them, sayth the Lorde God.

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:45:19 @ And the Priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring, and put it vpon the posts of the house, and vpon the foure corners of the frame of the altar, and vpon the postes of the gate of the inner court.

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:45:24 @ And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and an (note:)Read (Exo_29:40).(:note) hin of oil for an ephah.

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:46:5 @ And the meat offering [shall be] an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs (note:)That is, as much as he will.(:note) as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:7 @ And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs (note:)Meaning, as he will think good.(:note) according as his hand shall be able, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

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:46:14 @ And thou shalt prepare a meate offring for it euery morning, the sixt part of an Ephah, and the thirde part of an Hin of oyle, to mingle with the fine flowre: this meate offring shalbe continually by a perpetuall ordinance vnto the Lorde.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:15 @ Thus shall they prepare the lambe, and the meate offring and the oyle euery morning, for a continual burnt offring.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:19 @ After, he brought me through the entrie, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the Priestes, which stoode towarde the North: and beholde, there was a place at the West side of them.

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:46:21 @ Then he brought me foorth into the vtter court, and caused me to goe by the foure corners of the court: and beholde, in euery corner of the court, there was a court.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:22 @ In the foure corners of the court there were courts ioyned of fourty cubits long, & thirty broad: these foure corners were of one measure.

geneva@Ezekiel:46:24 @ Then said he vnto me, This is the kitchin where the ministers of the house shall seethe the sacrifice of 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:47:4 @ Againe he measured a thousande, and brought me through the waters: the waters were to the knees: againe he measured a thousand, & brought me through: ye waters were to ye loynes.

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:47:6 @ And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou seene this? Then he brought me, and caused me to returne to the brinke of the riuer.

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:47:15 @ And this [shall be] the border (note:)By the land of promise he signifies the spiritual land of which this was a figure.(:note) of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

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:47:19 @ And the Southside shalbe towarde Teman from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth in Kadesh, and the riuer to the maine sea: so shalbe the South part towarde Teman.

geneva@Ezekiel:47:20 @ The West parte also shalbe the great sea from the border, till a man come ouer against Hamath: this shalbe the West part.

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:48:1 @ 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:48:16 @ 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:48:24 @ 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:48:28 @ 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:48:30 @ And these are the boundes of the citie, on the North side fiue hundreth, and foure thousande measures.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:31 @ And the gates of the citie shalbe after the names of the tribes of Israel, the gates Northwarde, one gate of Reuben, one gate of Iudah, and one gate of Leui.

geneva@Ezekiel:48:33 @ And at the South side, fiue hundreth and foure thousande measures, and three portes, one gate of Simeon, one gate of Isshachar, and one gate of Zebulun.

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:1:7 @ Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs (note:)That they might altogether forget their religion: for the Jews gave their children names which might always put them in remembrance of some point of religion. Therefore this was a great temptation and a sign of servitude, which they were not able to resist.(:note) gave names: for he gave unto Daniel [the name] of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

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:1:10 @ And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, (note:)He supposed they did this for their religion, which was contrary to the Babylonians, and therefore in this he represents those who are of no religion: for neither would he condemn theirs, nor maintain his own.(:note) I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which [are] of your sort? then shall ye make [me] endanger my head to the king.

geneva@Daniel:1:11 @ Then sayd Daniel to Melzar, whome the chiefe of the Eunuches had set ouer Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

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:2:3 @ And the King sayde vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirite was troubled to knowe the dreame.

geneva@Daniel:2:4 @ Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in (note:)That is, in the Syrian language, which differed not much from the Chaldeans, except it seemed to be more eloquent, and therefore the learned used to speak it, as the Jewish writers do to this day.(:note) Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

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:2:6 @ But if yee declare the dreame and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receyue of me gifts and rewardes, and great honour: therefore shewe me the dreame and the interpretation of it.

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:2:12 @ For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babel.

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:2:14 @ Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisedome to Arioch the Kings chiefe stewarde, which was gone foorth to put to death the wise men of Babel.

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:2:20 @ And Daniel answered and sayde, The Name of God be praysed for euer and euer: for wisedome and strength are his,

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:2:23 @ I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my (note:)To whom you made your promise, and who lived in fear of you: by which he excludes all other gods.(:note) fathers, who hast given me wisdom and Meaning power to interpret it. might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter.

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:2:26 @ Then answered the King, and sayde vnto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to shew me the dreame, which I haue seene, and the interpretation thereof?

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:2:31 @ O King, thou sawest, and beholde, there was a great image: this great image whose glory was so excellent, stood before thee, & the forme thereof was terrible.

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:2:35 @ 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:2:36 @ This is the dreame, and we will declare before the King the interpretation thereof.

geneva@Daniel:2:37 @ O King, thou art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glorie.

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:2:42 @ And as the toes of the feete were parte of yron, and parte of clay, so shall the kingdome be partly strong, and partly broken.

geneva@Daniel:2:43 @ And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with (note:)They will be marriages and affinities think to make themselves strong: yet they will never by united in heart.(:note) the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

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:2:48 @ 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:3:4 @ 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:3:6 @ And whosoeuer falleth not downe & worshippeth, shall the same houre bee cast into the middes of an hote fierie fornace.

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:3:12 @ 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:3:19 @ 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:3:21 @ So these men were bounde in their coates, their hosen, and their clokes, with their other garments, and cast into the middes of 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:3:24 @ Then Nebuchad-nezzar the King was astonied and rose vp in haste, and spake, and saide vnto his counsellers, Did not wee cast three men bound into the middes of the fire? Who answered and said vnto the King, It is true, O King.

geneva@Daniel:3:25 @ He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the (note:)For the angels were called the sons of God because of their excellency. Therefore the king called this angel whom God sent to comfort his own in these great torments, the son of God.(:note) Son of God.

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:3:27 @ Then the nobles, princes and dukes, and the Kings counsellers came together to see these men, because the fire had no power ouer their bodies: for not an heare of their head was burnt, neither was their coates changed, nor any smell of fire came vpon them.

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 @ Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak (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:3:30 @ Then the King promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the prouince of Babel.

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:4:8 @ But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name [was] (note:)This no doubt was a great grief to Daniel not only to have his name changed, but to be called by the name of a vile idol, which thing Nebuchadnezzar did to make him forget the true religion of God.(:note) Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, [saying],

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:4:12 @ {\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:4:13 @ 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:4:18 @ {\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:4:21 @ {\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:4:24 @ {\cf2 (4:21)} This is the interpretation, O King, and it is the decree of the most High, which is come vpon my lord the King,

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:4:28 @ {\cf2 (4:25)} All these things shal come vpon the King Nebuchad-nezzar.

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:4:31 @ {\cf2 (4:28)} While the worde was in the Kings mouth, a voyce came downe from heauen, saying, O King Nebuchad-nezzar, to thee be it spoken, Thy kingdome is departed from thee,

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:4:33 @ {\cf2 (4:30)} The very same houre was this thing fulfilled vpon Nebuchad-nezzar, and hee was driuen from men, and did eate grasse as the oxen, and his body was wet with the dewe of heauen, till his heares were growen as egles feathers, & his nailes like birds clawes.

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:4:36 @ 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:5:5 @ 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:5:7 @ The king cried aloud to bring in (note:)Thus the wicked in their troubles seek many means, which draw them from God, because they do not seek for him who is the only comfort in all afflictions.(:note) the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

geneva@Daniel:5:8 @ Then came all the Kings wise men, but they could neither reade the writing, nor shewe the King the interpretation.

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:5:11 @ 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:5:12 @ Because a more excellent spirit, and knowledge, and vnderstanding (for hee did expound dreames, and declare hard sentences, and dissolued doubtes) were founde in him, euen in Daniel, whome the King named Belteshazzar: nowe let Daniel be called, and hee will declare the interpretation.

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:5:19 @ 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:5:26 @ This is the interpretation of the thing, Mene, God hath nombred thy kingdome, and hath finished it.

geneva@Daniel:5:28 @ Peres, thy kingdome is deuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.

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:5:30 @ The same night was Belshazzar the King of the Caldeans slaine.

geneva@Daniel:5:31 @ And Darius (note:)Cyrus his son-in-law gave him this title of honour, even though Cyrus in effect had the dominion.(:note) the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.

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:6:4 @ Then the presidents and princes (note:)Thus the wicked cannot abide the graces of God in others, but seek by every occasion to deface them: therefore against such assaults there is no better remedy than to walk upright in the fear of God, and to have a good conscience.(:note) sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he [was] faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

geneva@Daniel:6:5 @ Then sayd these men, We shall not finde an occasion against this Daniel, except we finde it against him concerning the Law of his God.

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:6:11 @ Then these men assembled, and founde Daniel praying, and making supplication vnto his God.

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:6:16 @ Then the King commaunded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of lyons: now the King spake, and said vnto Daniel, Thy God, whome thou alway seruest, euen he will deliuer thee.

geneva@Daniel:6:18 @ Then the King went vnto his palace, and remained fasting, neither were the instruments of musike brought before him, and his sleepe went from him.

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:6:24 @ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they (note:)This is a terrible example against all the wicked who do against their conscience make cruel laws to destroy the children of God, and also admonishes princes how to punish such when their wickedness is come to light: though not in every point, or with similar circumstances, but yet to execute true justice upon them.(:note) cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

geneva@Daniel:6:26 @ I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear (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:7:3 @ And foure great beastes came vp from the sea one diuers from another.

geneva@Daniel:7:4 @ The first [was] like a (note:)Meaning the Assyrian and Chaldean empire, which was most strong and fierce in power, and most soon to come to their authority, as though they had wings to fly: yet their wings were pulled off by the Persians, and they went on their feet, and were made like other men, which is meant here by man's heart.(:note) lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

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:7:8 @ 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:7:10 @ A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand (note:)That is, an infinite number of angels, who were ready to execute his commandment.(:note) times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the This is meant of the first coming of Christ, when the will of God was plainly revealed by his Gospel. books were opened.

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:7:15 @ I Daniel was (note:)Because of the strangeness of the vision.(:note) grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

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:7:20 @ 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:7:21 @ I beheld, and the same (note:)Meaning the Roman emperors, who were most cruel against the Church of God, both of the Jews and of the Gentiles.(:note) horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

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:7:23 @ 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:7:25 @ 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:8:3 @ Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a (note:)Which represented the kingdom of the Persians and Medes, which were united together.(:note) ram which had [two] horns: and the [two] horns [were] high; but one [was] Meaning Cyrus, who after grew greater in power than Darius his uncle and father-in-law. higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

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:8:9 @ 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:8:10 @ And it waxed great, [even] to the (note:)Antiochus raged against the elect of God, and tread his precious stars underfoot, who are so called because they are separated from the world.(:note) host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

geneva@Daniel:8:11 @ Yea, he magnified [himself] even to the (note:)That is, God, who governs and maintains his Church.(:note) prince of the host, and by him the He laboured to abolish all religion, and therefore cast God's service out of his temple, which God had chosen as a little corner from all the rest of the world to have his name there truly called upon. daily [sacrifice] was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

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:8:14 @ And (note:)Christ answered me for the comfort of the Church.(:note) he said unto me, Unto That is, until so many natural days have passed, which make six years, and three and a half months: for the temple was profaned this long under Antiochus. two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

geneva@Daniel:8:15 @ And it came to pass, when I, [even] I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me (note:)Who was Christ who in this manner declared himself to the old fathers, how he would be God manifest in flesh.(:note) as the appearance of a man.

geneva@Daniel:8:17 @ So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for (note:)The effect of this vision will not yet appear, until a long time after.(:note) at the time of the end [shall be] the vision.

geneva@Daniel:8:18 @ Nowe as he was speaking vnto me, I being a sleepe fell on my face to the ground: but he touched me, and set me vp in my place.

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:8:20 @ The ramme which thou sawest hauing two hornes, are the Kings of the Medes and Persians.

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:8:25 @ And through his (note:)Whatever he goes about by his craft, he will bring it to pass.(:note) policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify [himself] in his heart, and by That is, under pretence of peace, or as it were in sport. peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Meaning, against God. Prince of princes; but he shall be broken For God would destroy him with a notable plague, and so comfort his Church. without hand.

geneva@Daniel:8:27 @ And I Daniel fainted, and was sick (note:)Because of fear and astonishment.(:note) [certain] days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood [it].

geneva@Daniel:9:1 @ In the first year of Darius the son of (note:)Who was also called Astyages.(:note) Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the For Cyrus led with ambition, and went about wars in other countries, and therefore Darius had the title of the kingdom, even though Cyrus was king in effect. realm of the Chaldeans;

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:9:5 @ We haue sinned, and haue committed iniquitie and haue done wickedly, yea, we haue rebelled, and haue departed from thy precepts, and from thy iudgements.

geneva@Daniel:9:6 @ For we would not obey thy seruants the Prophets, which spake in thy Name to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

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:9:16 @ O Lord, according to all thy (note:)That is, according to all your merciful promises and the performance of them.(:note) righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us.

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:9:19 @ O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, (note:)Thus he could not content himself with any vehemency of words: for he was so led with a fervent zeal, considering God's promise made to the city in respect of his Church, and for the advancement of God's glory.(:note) hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

geneva@Daniel:9:21 @ Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, euen the man Gabriel, whome I had seene before in the vision, came flying, and touched mee about the time of the euening oblation.

geneva@Daniel:9:22 @ And he informed me, and talked with me, and sayd, O Daniel, I am now come forth to giue thee knowledge and vnderstanding.

geneva@Daniel:9:23 @ At the beginning of thy supplications the commaundement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision.

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:10:2 @ At the same time I Daniel was in heauines for three weekes of dayes.

geneva@Daniel:10:3 @ I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint my selfe at all, till three weekes of dayes were fulfilled.

geneva@Daniel:10:6 @ His body also was like the Chrysolite, and his face (to looke vpon) like the lightning, & his eyes as lamps of fire, and his armes and his feete were like in colour to polished brasse, & the voyce of his wordes was like the voyce of a multitude.

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:10:14 @ Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the (note:)For even though the Prophet Daniel would end and cease, yet his doctrine would continue until the coming of Christ, for the comfort of his Church.(:note) vision [is] for [many] days.

geneva@Daniel:10:15 @ And when he spake these wordes vnto me, I set my face towarde the grounde, and helde my tongue.

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:10:17 @ For howe can the seruant of this my Lorde talke with my Lord being such one? for as for me, straight way there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

geneva@Daniel:10:18 @ Then there came againe, and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

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:11:4 @ And when he shall stand up, (note:)For when his estate was most flourishing, he overcame himself with drink, and so fell into a disease: or as some write, was poisoned by Cassander.(:note) his kingdom shall be broken, For his twelve chief princes first divided his kingdom among themselves. and shall be divided toward the After this his monarchy was divided into four: for Seleucus had Syria, Antigonus had Asia minor, Cassander had the kingdom of Macedonia, and Ptolemeus had Egypt. four winds of heaven; and not to his Thus God avenged Alexander's ambition and cruelty, in causing his posterity to be murdered, partly by their father's chief friends, and partly by one another. posterity, nor according to None of these four will be able to be compared to the power of Alexander. his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside That is, his posterity having no part of it. those.

geneva@Daniel:11:5 @ And the (note:)That is, Ptolemeus king of Egypt.(:note) king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of That is, Antiochus the son of Seleucus, and one of Alexander's princes will be more mighty: for he would have both Asia and Syria. his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion [shall be] a great dominion.

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:11:9 @ So the King of ye South shall come into his kingdome, and shall returne into his owne land.

geneva@Daniel:11:10 @ But his (note:)Meaning Seleucus and Antiochus the great, the sons of Calinicus, will make war against Ptolemais Philopater, the son of Philadelphus.(:note) sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and [one] For his older brother Seleucus died, or was slain while the armies were preparing for war. shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he That is, Philopater, when he will see Antiochus take great dominions from him in Syria, and also ready to invade Egypt. return, and be stirred up, [even] to his fortress.

geneva@Daniel:11:11 @ And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, [even] with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great (note:)For Antioch had 6,000 horsemen, and 60,000 footmen.(:note) multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

geneva@Daniel:11:13 @ For the king of the north (note:)After the death of Ptolemais Philopater, who left Ptolemais Epiphanes as his heir.(:note) shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.

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:11:15 @ So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall (note:)The Egyptians were not able to resist Stopas, Antiochus' captain.(:note) not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither [shall there be any] strength to withstand.

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:11:18 @ After this shall he turn his face unto the (note:)That is, towards Asia, Greece, and those isles which are in the Mediterranean Sea: for the Jews called all countries which were divided by the sea «isles».(:note) isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf For whereas Antiochus was accustomed to condemn the Romans, and put their ambassadors to shame in all places, Attilius the consul, or Lucius Scipio put him to flight, and caused his shame to turn on his own head. shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause [it] to turn upon By his wicked life, and obedience to foolish counsel. him.

geneva@Daniel:11:19 @ Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of (note:)For fear of the Romans he will flee to his strongholds.(:note) his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be For when as under the pretence of poverty he would have robbed the temple of Jupiter Dodomeus, the countrymen slew him. found.

geneva@Daniel:11:21 @ And in his estate shall stand up a (note:)Who was Antiochus Epiphanes, who as is thought was the occasion of Seleucus his brother's death, and was of a vile, cruel, and flattering nature, and defrauded his brother's son of the kingdom, and usurped the kingdom without the consent of the people.(:note) vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

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:11:23 @ And after (note:)For after the battle, Philometor and his uncle Antiochus made a league.(:note) the league [made] with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a For he came upon him by surprise, and when he did not suspect his uncle Antiochus at all. small people.

geneva@Daniel:11:24 @ He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do [that] which his fathers (note:)Meaning, in Egypt.(:note) have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a He will content himself with the small strongholds for a time, but will always labour by craft to attain to the chiefest. time.

geneva@Daniel:11:25 @ And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not (note:)He will be overcome with treason.(:note) stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

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:11:29 @ At the time appointed he shall returne, and come toward the South: but the last shall not be as the first.

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:11:32 @ 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:11:38 @ But in his estate shall he honour the (note:)That is, the god of power and riches: they will esteem their own power above all their gods and worship it.(:note) God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with Under pretence of worshipping the gods, they will enrich their city with the most precious jewels of all the world, because by this all men would hold them in admiration for their power and riches. gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

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:11:40 @ And at the time of the end shall the king of the (note:)That is, both the Egyptians and the Syrians will at length fight against the Romans, but they will be overcome.(:note) south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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:11:45 @ And he shall plant the tabernacles (note:)The Romans after this reigned quietly throughout all countries, and from sea to sea, and in Judea: but at length because of their cruelty God will destroy them.(:note) of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

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:12:7 @ 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:12:9 @ And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for ye words are closed vp, and sealed, till the ende of the time.

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:1:7 @ But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will (note:)For after their captivity he restored them miraculously by the means of Cyrus; (Ezr_1:1).(:note) save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

geneva@Hosea:1:9 @ Then said [God], Call his name (note:)That is, not my people.(:note) Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].

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:2:4 @ And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the (note:)That is bastards, and begotten in adultery.(:note) children of whoredoms.

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:2:7 @ And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, (note:)This he speaks of the faithful, who are truly converted, and also shows the use and profit of God's punishments.(:note) I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was it] better with me than now.

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:2:13 @ And I will visit upon her the days of (note:)I will punish her for her idolatry.(:note) Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her By showing how harlots trim themselves to please others, he declares how superstitious idolaters set a great part of their religion in adorning themselves on their holy days. earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

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:2:15 @ And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley (note:)Which was a plentiful valley, and in which they had great comfort when they came out of the wilderness, as in (Jos_7:26), and is called the door of hope, because it was a departing from death and an entry into life.(:note) of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall She will then praise God as she did when she was delivered out of Egypt. sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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:2:17 @ For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their (note:)No idolatry will come into their mouth at all, but they will fear me purely according to my word.(:note) name.

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:2:19 @ And I wil marry thee vnto me for euer: yea, I will marry thee vnto me in righteousnes, and in iudgement, and in mercy and in compassion.

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:3:2 @ So (note:)Yet I loved her and paid a small portion for her, lest she would have perceived the greatness of my love, and abused me, and not been under duty: for fifteen pieces of silver was but half the price of a slave; (Exo_21:32).(:note) I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

geneva@Hosea:3:3 @ And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for (note:)I will try you a long time as in your widowhood, whether you will be mine or not.(:note) me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.

geneva@Hosea:3:4 @ For the children of Israel shall (note:)Meaning not only all the time of their captivity, but also until Christ.(:note) abide many days without a king, and without a That is, they would neither have administration nor religion, and their idols also in which they put their confidence, would be destroyed. prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim:

geneva@Hosea:3:5 @ Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and (note:)This is meant of Christ's kingdom, which was promised to David to be eternal; (Psa_72:17).(:note) David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

geneva@Hosea:4:1 @ Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD (note:)Because the people would not obey the admonitions of the Prophets, he accuses them before the judgment seat of God, against whom they chiefly offended; (Isa_7:13) (Zec_12:10; Mic_6:1,2).(:note) hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

geneva@Hosea:4:5 @ Therefore shalt thou fall in the (note:)You will both perish together as one, because the former would not obey, and the other, because he would not admonish.(:note) day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy That is, the synagogue in which you boast. mother.

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:4:7 @ As they were (note:)The more I was beneficial to them.(:note) increased, so they sinned against me: [therefore] will I change their glory into shame.

geneva@Hosea:4:14 @ I will not (note:)I will not correct your shame to bring you to proper living, but will let you run headlong to your own damnation.(:note) punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people [that] doth not understand shall fall.

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:4:18 @ 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:4:19 @ The wind hath (note:)To carry them suddenly away.(:note) bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

geneva@Hosea:5:1 @ Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a (note:)The priests and princes caught the poor people in their snares, as the fowlers did the birds, in these two high mountains.(:note) snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

geneva@Hosea:5:2 @ And the revolters are profound to make (note:)Even though they seemed to be given altogether to holiness, and to sacrifices which here he calls slaughter in contempt.(:note) slaughter, though I [have been] a Though I had admonished them continually by my Prophets. rebuker of them all.

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:5:5 @ And the (note:)Meaning their condemning of all admonitions.(:note) pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

geneva@Hosea:5:11 @ Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the (note:)That is, after King Jeroboam's commandment, and did not rather follow God.(:note) commandment.

geneva@Hosea:5:13 @ When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to (note:)Instead of seeking for remedy from God's hand.(:note) the Assyrian, and sent to king Who was king of the Assyrians. Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

geneva@Hosea:5:15 @ I will go, and returne to my place, til they acknowledge their fault, and seeke me: in their affliction they will seeke me diligently.

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:6:2 @ After two days will (note:)Though he correct us from time to time, yet his help will not be far off, if we return to him.(:note) he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

geneva@Hosea:6:3 @ Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.

geneva@Hosea:6:5 @ Therefore have I (note:)I have still laboured by my prophets, and as it were prepared you to bring you to correction, but all was in vain: for my word was not food to feed them, but a sword to slay them.(:note) hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy My doctrine which I taught you, was most evident. judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.

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:6:7 @ But they (note:)That is, like small and weak persons.(:note) like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

geneva@Hosea:6:10 @ I haue seene vileny in the house of Israel: there is ye whoredome of Ephraim: Israel is defiled.

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:7:5 @ In the (note:)They used all indulgence and excess in their feasts and solemnities, by which their king was overcome with being fed too much, and brought into diseases, and who delighted in flatteries.(:note) day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

geneva@Hosea:7:6 @ For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen whiles they lie in waite: their baker sleepeth all the night: in the morning it burneth as a flame of fire.

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:7:11 @ 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:7:13 @ Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have (note:)That is, at different times redeemed them, and delivered them from death.(:note) redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

geneva@Hosea:7:14 @ And they have not cried unto me with their heart, (note:)When they were in affliction, and cried out in pain, they did not seek me for help.(:note) when they howled upon their beds: They only seek their own benefit and wealth, and care not for me their God. they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me.

geneva@Hosea:7:15 @ Though I haue boud & strengthened their arme, yet doe they imagine mischiefe against me.

geneva@Hosea:7:16 @ They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage (note:)Because they boast of their own strength, and do not care what they speak against me and my servants; (Psa_73:9).(:note) of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.

geneva@Hosea:8:1 @ [Set] the trumpet to thy (note:)God encourages the Prophet to signify the speedy coming of the enemy against Israel, which was once the people of God.(:note) mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

geneva@Hosea:8:2 @ Israel shall (note:)They will cry like hypocrites, but not from the heart, as their deeds declare.(:note) cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

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:8:5 @ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to (note:)That is, upright judgment and a godly life.(:note) innocency?

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:8:10 @ Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the (note:)That is, for the king and the princes will lay upon them: and by this means the Lord brings them to repentance.(:note) burden of the king of princes.

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:9:4 @ 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:9:8 @ The watchman of Ephraim (note:)The Prophet's duty is to bring men to God, and not to be a snare to pull them from God.(:note) [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.

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:9:12 @ Though they bring vp their children, yet I will depriue them from being men: yea, woe to them, when I depart from them.

geneva@Hosea:9:13 @ Ephraim, as I saw (note:)As they kept tender plants in their houses in Tyrus to preserve them from the cold air of the sea, so was Ephraim at the first to me: but now I will give him to the slaughter.(:note) Tyrus, [is] planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

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: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:10:4 @ They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making (note:)In promising to be faithful toward God.(:note) a covenant: thus In this way their integrity and fidelity which they pretended, was nothing but bitterness and grief. judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

geneva@Hosea:10:6 @ It shall bee also brought to Asshur, for a present vnto King Iareb: Ephraim shall receiue shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his owne counsell.

geneva@Hosea:10:7 @ Of Samaria, the King thereof is destroyed as the some vpon the water.

geneva@Hosea:10:8 @ The high places also of (note:)This he speaks in contempt of Bethel. {{See Hos_4:15}}(:note) Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on 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:10:12 @ Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; (note:){{See Jer_4:3}}(:note) break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

geneva@Hosea:10:13 @ But you haue plowed wickednesse: ye haue reaped iniquitie: you haue eaten the fruite of lies: because thou didest trust in thine owne waies, and in the multitude of thy strong men,

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:11:6 @ And the sworde shall fall on his cities, and shall consume his barres, and deuoure them, because of their owne counsels.

geneva@Hosea:11:7 @ And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though (note:)That is, the Prophets.(:note) they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].

geneva@Hosea:11:9 @ I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I [am] God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not (note:)To consume you, but will cause you to yield, and so have mercy on you: and this is meant of the final number who will walk after the Lord.(:note) enter into the city.

geneva@Hosea:11:12 @ Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with (note:)Governs their state according to God's word, and does not degenerate.(:note) God, and is faithful with the saints.

geneva@Hosea:12:1 @ Ephraim feedeth (note:)That is, flatters himself with vain confidence.(:note) on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and Meaning presents to get friendship. oil is carried into Egypt.

geneva@Hosea:12:5 @ Yea, the Lorde God of hostes, the Lorde is himselfe his memoriall.

geneva@Hosea:12:6 @ Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercy and iudgement, and hope still in thy God.

geneva@Hosea:12:7 @ [He is] (note:)As for Ephraim, he is more like the wicked Canaanites than godly Abraham or Jacob.(:note) a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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:12:13 @ 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:13:2 @ 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:13:4 @ Yet I [am] the LORD thy God (note:)He calls them to repentance, and reproves their ingratitude.(:note) from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.

geneva@Hosea:13:6 @ As in their pastures, so were they filled: they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore haue they forgotten me.

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:13:15 @ Though he grewe vp among his brethren, an East winde shall come, euen the winde of the Lord shal come vp from the wildernesse, and drie vp his veine, and his fountaine shalbe dryed vp: he shal spoyle the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

geneva@Hosea:13:16 @ {\cf2 (14:1)} Samaria shalbe desolate: for she hath rebelled against her God: they shal fall by the sworde: their infants shalbe dashed in pieces, & their women with childe shalbe ript.

geneva@Hosea:14:3 @ Asshur shall (note:)We will forsake all vain confidence and pride.(:note) not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

geneva@Hosea:14:6 @ {\cf2 (14:7)} His branches shall spread, and his beautie shalbe as the oliue tree, and his smel as Lebanon.

geneva@Hosea:14:8 @ Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I (note:)God shows how prompt he is to hear his own when they repent, and to offer himself as a protection and safeguard for them, as a most sufficient fruit and benefit.(:note) have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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:1:2 @ Hear this, ye (note:)Signifying the princes, the priests, and the governors.(:note) old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath He calls the Jews to the consideration of God's judgments, who had now plagued the fruits of the ground for the space of four years, which was because of their sins, and to call them to repentance. this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

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:1:6 @ For (note:)This was another plague with which God had punished them when he stirred up the Assyrians against them.(:note) a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

geneva@Joel:1:8 @ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the (note:)Mourn grievously as a woman who has lost her husband, to whom she has been married in her youth.(:note) husband of her youth.

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:1:10 @ The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: (note:)All comfort and substance for nourishment is taken away.(:note) the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

geneva@Joel:1:11 @ Be ye ashamed, O husband men: howle, O ye vine dressers for the wheate, and for the barly, because the haruest of the fielde is perished.

geneva@Joel:1:12 @ The vine is dried vp, and the figge tree is decayed: the pomegranate tree & the palme tree, and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered: surely the ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.

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:1:16 @ Is not the meate cut off before our eyes? & ioy, and gladnesse from the house of our God?

geneva@Joel:1:19 @ O Lord, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde.

geneva@Joel:2:1 @ Blow ye (note:)He shows the great judgments of God which are at hand, unless they repent.(:note) the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand;

geneva@Joel:2:2 @ A (note:)Of affliction and trouble.(:note) day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a Meaning, the Assyrians. great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations.

geneva@Joel:2:3 @ A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land [is] as the garden of (note:)The enemy destroyed our plentiful country, wherever he went.(:note) Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

geneva@Joel:2:4 @ The beholding of him is like the sight of horses, & like the horsemen, so shal they runne.

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:2:7 @ They shal runne like strong men, and goe vp to the wall like men of warre, and euery man shall goe forward in his wayes, and they shall not stay in their paths.

geneva@Joel:2:9 @ They shal runne to & fro in the citie: they shal runne vpon the wall: they shal clime vp vpon the houses, & enter in at ye windowes like ye thiefe.

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:2:12 @ Therefore also now the Lord sayth, Turne you vnto me with all your heart, & with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning,

geneva@Joel:2:13 @ And (note:)Mortify your affections and serve God with pureness of heart, and not with ceremonies.(:note) rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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:2:20 @ 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:2:23 @ Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain (note:)That is, such as would come by just measure, and would be sent when God was reconciled with them.(:note) moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].

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:2:28 @ And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour (note:)That is, in greater abundance, and more broadly than in times past. And this was fulfilled under Christ, when God's graces and his Spirit under the Gospel were abundantly given to the Church; (Isa_44:3; Act_2:17) (Joh_7:38-39).(:note) out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream As they had visions and dreams in ancient times, so will they now have clearer revelations. dreams, your young men shall see visions:

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:2:32 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call (note:)God's judgments are for the destruction of the unbelievers, and to exhort the godly to call upon the name of God, who will give them salvation.(:note) on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the Meaning the Gentiles by this; (Rom_10:13). remnant whom the LORD shall call.

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:3:4 @ 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:3:9 @ Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.

geneva@Joel:3:11 @ Assemble your selues, and come all yee heathen and gather your selues together round about: there shall the Lord cast downe the mightie men.

geneva@Joel:3:12 @ Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.

geneva@Joel:3:13 @ Put ye in the (note:)In this way he will encourage the enemies when their wickedness is completely ripe to destroy one another, which he calls the valley of God's judgment.(:note) sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness [is] great.

geneva@Joel:3:14 @ O multitude, O multitude, come into the valley of threshing: for the day of the Lorde is neere in the valley of threshing.

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:1:2 @ And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top (note:)Whatever is fruitful and pleasant in Israel, will shortly perish.(:note) of Carmel shall wither.

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:1:4 @ But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the (note:)The antiquity of their buildings will not avoid my judgments. {{See Jer_49:27}}(:note) palaces of Benhadad.

geneva@Amos:1:6 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they (note:)They united themselves with the Edomites their enemies, who carried them away captive.(:note) carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:

geneva@Amos:1:9 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the (note:)For Esau (from whom came the Edomites) and Jacob were brothers, therefore they ought to have admonished them by their brotherly friendship, and not to have provoked them to hatred.(:note) brotherly covenant:

geneva@Amos:1:11 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath (note:)He was a continual enemy to him.(:note) for ever:

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:2:6 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of (note:)If he did not spare Judah unto whom his promises were made, much more he will not spare this degenerate kingdom.(:note) Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of They esteemed most vile bribes more than men's lives. shoes;

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:2:9 @ Yet destroyed I the (note:)The destruction of their enemies and his mercy toward them, should have caused their hearts to melt because of love toward him.(:note) Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

geneva@Amos:2:11 @ And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of (note:)You condemned my benefits, and abused my graces, and craftily went about to stop the mouths of my Prophets.(:note) your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:2:13 @ Behold, I am (note:)You have wearied me with your sins; (Isa_1:14).(:note) pressed under you, as a cart is pressed [that is] full of sheaves.

geneva@Amos:2:14 @ Therefore the flight shall perish from the (note:)None will be delivered by any means.(:note) swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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:3:2 @ You (note:)I have only chosen you to be mine among all other people, and yet you have forsaken me.(:note) only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

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:3:4 @ Will a (note:)Will God threaten by his Prophet, unless there is some great occasion?(:note) lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

geneva@Amos:3:9 @ Publish in the palaces at (note:)He calls the strangers, such as the Philistines and Egyptians, to be witness of God's judgments against the Israelites for their cruelty and oppression.(:note) Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

geneva@Amos:3:11 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength fro thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.

geneva@Amos:3:15 @ And I wil smite the winter house with the sommer house, and the houses of yuorie shal perish, and the great houses shalbe consumed, sayth the Lord.

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:4:6 @ And I also have given you (note:)That is, lack of bread and meat.(:note) cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:4:7 @ And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three (note:)I stopped the rain until the fruits of the earth were destroyed with drought, and yet you would not consider to return to me by repentance.(:note) months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

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:4:9 @ I haue smitten you with blasting, and mildewe: your great gardens and your vineyardes, & your figtrees, and your oliue trees did the palmer worme deuoure: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.

geneva@Amos:4:10 @ I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of (note:)As I plagued the Egyptians; (Exo_9:10).(:note) Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:4:11 @ I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a (note:)You were almost all consumed, and a few of you were wonderfully preserved; (2Ki_14:26).(:note) firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

geneva@Amos:4:12 @ Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to (note:)Turn to him by repentance.(:note) meet thy God, O Israel.

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:5:1 @ Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.

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:5:4 @ For thus saith the Lorde vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shal liue.

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:5:7 @ Ye who turn (note:)Instead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppression.(:note) judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

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:5:9 @ He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shal come against the fortresse.

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:5:15 @ 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:5:17 @ And in al the vines shalbe lamentation: for I wil passe through thee, saith the Lord.

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:5:19 @ As if a man did flee from a lyon, & a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

geneva@Amos:5:21 @ I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies.

geneva@Amos:5:22 @ Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, (note:)Because you have corrupted my true service, and remain obstinate in your vices; (Isa_1:11; Jer_6:10).(:note) I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

geneva@Amos:5:23 @ Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)

geneva@Amos:5:24 @ But let judgment run down as (note:)Do your duty to God, and to your neighbour, and so you will plentifully feel his grace, if you show your abundant affections according to God's word.(:note) waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

geneva@Amos:5:25 @ Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

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:5:27 @ Therefore wil I cause you to goe into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lorde, whose Name is the God of hostes.

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:6:3 @ 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:6:9 @ And if there remaine ten men in one house, they shal die.

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:7:1 @ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed (note:)To devour the land: and he alludes to the invading of the enemies.(:note) grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth After the public commandment for mowing was given: or as some read, when the kings sheep were shorn. after the king's mowings.

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:7:8 @ And the Lorde saide vnto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A line. Then said the Lord, Beholde, I wil set a line in the middes of my people Israel, and wil passe by them no more.

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:7:15 @ And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.

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:8:1 @ Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, & behold, a basket of summer fruite.

geneva@Amos:8:2 @ And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of (note:)Which signified the ripeness of their sins, and the readiness of God's judgments.(:note) summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

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:8:9 @ 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:8:10 @ And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnes vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the ende thereof as a bitter 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:8:13 @ In that day shall the faire virgines and the yong men perish for thirst.

geneva@Amos:9:2 @ Though they digge into the hel, thence shal mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.

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:9:7 @ [Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians (note:)Am I more bound to you than to the Ethiopians, or other people? Yet I have bestowed upon you greater benefits.(:note) unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Read (Jer_47:4). Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

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:9:10 @ But all the sinners of my people shall dye by the sword, which say, The euill shal not come, nor hasten for vs.

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:1:9 @ And thy strong men, O Teman, shall bee afraide, because euery one of the mount of Esau shalbe cut off by slaughter.

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:1:18 @ And the house of Jacob shall be (note:)God attributes this power to consume his enemies to his Church, which power properly belongs only to himself; (Isa_10:17; Deu_4:24; Heb_12:29).(:note) a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].

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:1:6 @ 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:1:8 @ Then said they vnto him, Tell vs for whose cause this euill is vpon vs? what is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? which is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?

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:1:13 @ Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.

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:1:16 @ Then the men (note:)They were touched with a certain repentance of their past life, and began to worship the true God by whom they saw themselves as wonderfully delivered. But this was done for fear, and not from a pure heart and affection, neither according to God's word.(:note) feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

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:2:2 @ And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly (note:)For he was now in the fishes belly as in a grave or place of darkness.(:note) of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.

geneva@Jonah:2:3 @ For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.

geneva@Jonah:2:4 @ Then I said, I am (note:)This declared what his prayer was, and how he laboured between hope and despair, considering the neglect of his vocation, and God's judgments for it: but yet in the end faith gained the victory.(:note) cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

geneva@Jonah:2:5 @ The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head.

geneva@Jonah:2:6 @ I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my (note:)You have delivered me from the belly of the fish and all these dangers, as it were raising me from death to life.(:note) life from corruption, O LORD my God.

geneva@Jonah:2:7 @ When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lorde: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.

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: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:3:5 @ 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:3:6 @ For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.

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:4:1 @ But it displeased (note:)Because by this he would be taken as a false prophet, and so the name of God, which he preached, would be blasphemed.(:note) Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

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:4:5 @ So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, (note:)For he doubted as yet whether God would show them mercy or not, and therefore after forty days he departed out of the city, to see what God would do.(:note) till he might see what would become of the city.

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:4:10 @ Then said the Lorde, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night,

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:1:7 @ 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:1:8 @ Therefore I will mourne and howle: I wil goe without clothes, and naked: I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.

geneva@Micah:1:9 @ For her plagues are grieuous: for it is come into Iudah: the enemie is come vnto the gate of my people, vnto Ierusalem.

geneva@Micah:1:11 @ Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of (note:)These were cities by which the enemy would pass as he came to Judah.(:note) Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall He will not depart before he has overcome you, and so you will pay for his staying. receive of you his standing.

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:1:15 @ 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:2:3 @ Therefore thus saieth the Lorde, Beholde, against this familie haue I deuised a plague, whereout yee shall not plucke your neckes, and ye shall not go so proudly, for this time is euill.

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:2:9 @ The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away (note:)That is, their substance and living, which is God's blessing, and as it were part of his glory.(:note) my glory for ever.

geneva@Micah:2:12 @ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, (note:)To destroy you.(:note) all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men.

geneva@Micah:2:13 @ The (note:)The enemy will break their gates and walls, and lead them into Chaldea.(:note) breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD To drive them forward, and to help their enemies. on the head of them.

geneva@Micah:3:1 @ And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know (note:)That thing which is just and lawful, both to govern my people properly, and also to clear your own conscience.(:note) judgment?

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:3:8 @ But truly I am full (note:)The Prophet being assured of his vocation by the Spirit of God, sets himself alone against all the wicked, showing how God gave him gifts, ability and knowledge, to discern between good and evil, and also steadfastness and endurance to reprove the sins of the people, and not to flatter them.(:note) of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

geneva@Micah:3:9 @ Heare this, I pray you, ye heades of the house of Iaakob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.

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:3:11 @ The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, and the Priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophets thereof prophecie for money: yet wil they leane vpon the Lorde, and say, Is not the Lorde among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.

geneva@Micah:3:12 @ Therefore shall Zion for your sake be (note:)Read (Jer_26:18).(:note) plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

geneva@Micah:4:1 @ But in the (note:)When Christ will come, and the temple will be destroyed.(:note) last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the {{See Isa_2:2}} hills; and people shall flow unto it.

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:4:8 @ And thou, O (note:)Meaning Jerusalem, where the Lord's flock was gathered.(:note) tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even The flourishing state of the kingdom, as it was under David and Solomon, which thing was accomplished for the Church by the coming of Christ. the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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:4:10 @ Sorow and mourne, O daughter Zion, like a woman in trauaile: for nowe shalt thou goe foorth of the citie, and dwel in the field, and shalt goe into Babel, but there shalt thou be deliuered: there the Lord shall redeeme thee from the hand of thine enemies.

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:4:13 @ Arise and thresh, (note:)God gives his Church this victory, as often as he overcomes their enemies: but the accomplishment of this will be at the last coming of Christ.(:note) O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

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:5:3 @ Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] (note:)He compares the Jews to women with child, who for a time would have great sorrows, but at length they would have a comfortable deliverance; (Joh_16:21).(:note) she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

geneva@Micah:5:4 @ And he shall (note:)That is, Christ's kingdom will be stable and everlasting, and his people, the Gentiles as well as the Jews, will dwell in safety.(:note) stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

geneva@Micah:5:5 @ And this [man] (note:)This Messiah will be a sufficient safeguard for us, and though the enemy invades us for a time, yet will God stir up many who will be able to deliver us.(:note) shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

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:6:3 @ O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.

geneva@Micah:6:4 @ For I (note:)I have not hurt you, but bestowed infinite benefits upon you.(:note) brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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:6:6 @ Wherewith (note:)Thus the people by hypocrisy ask how to please God, and are content to offer sacrifices, but will not change their lives.(:note) shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

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:6:12 @ For the rich men thereof (note:)That is, of Jerusalem.(:note) are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

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:7:6 @ For the sonne reuileth the father: ye daughter riseth vp against her mother: the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe, and a mans enemies are the men of his owne house.

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:7:8 @ Rejoice not against me, (note:)This is spoken in the voice of the Church, which calls the malignant church her enemy.(:note) O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.

geneva@Micah:7:9 @ I will beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him, vntill he pleade my cause, and execute iudgement for me: then will he bring me foorth to the light, and I shall see his righteousnesse.

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:7:16 @ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall (note:)They will be as dumb men, and dare brag no more.(:note) lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, They will be astonished and afraid to hear men speak, lest they should hear of their destruction. their ears shall be deaf.

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:7:19 @ He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all (note:)Meaning his elect.(:note) their sins into the depths of the sea.

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:1:2 @ God [is] (note:)Meaning, of his glory.(:note) jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and With his own he is but angry for a time, but his anger is never appeased toward the reprobate, even though he defers it for a time. [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

geneva@Nahum:1:3 @ The (note:)Thus the wicked would make God's mercy an occasion to sin, but the Prophet wishes them to consider his power and justice.(:note) LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.

geneva@Nahum:1:4 @ He rebuketh the sea, and dryeth it, and he dryeth vp all the riuers: Bashan is wasted and Carmel, and the floure of Lebanon is wasted.

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:1:9 @ 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:1:14 @ And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be (note:)Meaning, Sennacherib, who would have no more children, but be slain in the house of his gods; (2Ki_19:36-37).(:note) sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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:2:4 @ The charets shall rage in the streetes: they shall runne to and fro in the hie wayes: they shall seeme like lampes: they shall shoote like the lightning.

geneva@Nahum:2:6 @ The gates of the riuers shalbe opened, and the palace shall melt.

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:2:11 @ Where [is] the (note:)Meaning, Nineveh, whose inhabitants were cruel like the lions, and given to all oppression, and spared no violence or tyranny to provide for their wives and children.(:note) dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, [even] the old lion, walked, [and] the lion's whelp, and none made [them] afraid?

geneva@Nahum:2:13 @ Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the (note:)That is, as soon as my wrath begins to burn.(:note) smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy Signifying the heralds, who were accustomed to proclaim war. Some read, «of you gum teeth», with which Nineveh was accustomed to bruise the bones of the poor. messengers shall no more be heard.

geneva@Nahum:3:2 @ The noise of a whip, (note:)He shows how the Chaldeans will hasten, and how courageous their horses will be in beating the ground when they come against the Assyrians.(:note) and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

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:3:5 @ Beholde, I come vpon thee, saith the Lorde of hostes, and will discouer thy skirtes vpon thy face, and will shewe the nations thy filthines, & the kingdomes thy shame.

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:3:10 @ Yet was she caried awaye, and went into captiuitie: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streetes: and they cast lottes for her noble men, and al her myghtie men were bound in chaines.

geneva@Nahum:3:13 @ Beholde, thy people within thee are women: the gates of thy land shalbe opened vnto thine enemies, and ye fire shall deuoure thy barres.

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:1:3 @ 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:1:4 @ Therefore the law is feeble, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth (note:)To suppress him, if any should show himself zealous of God's cause.(:note) surround the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth Because the judges who should remedy this excess, are as evil as the rest. perverted

geneva@Habakkuk:1:5 @ Behold ye among the nations, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] (note:)As in times past you would not believe God's word, so you will not now believe the strange plagues which are at hand.(:note) ye will not believe, though it be told [you].

geneva@Habakkuk:1:7 @ They [are] terrible and dreadful: (note:)They themselves will be your judges in this cause, and none will have authority over them to control them.(:note) their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:8 @ Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the wolues in the euening: and their horsemen are many: & their horsemen shall come from farre: they shall flie as the eagle hasting to meate.

geneva@Habakkuk:1:9 @ They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the (note:)For the Jews most feared this wind, because it destroyed their fruits.(:note) east wind, and they shall gather the captives They will be so many in number. as the sand.

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:1:14 @ 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:2:3 @ For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the (note:)Which contained the destruction of the enemy, and the comfort of the Church. And even though God does not execute this according to man's hasty affections, yet the issue of both is certain at his appointed time.(:note) end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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:2:7 @ 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:2:10 @ 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:2:13 @ 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:2:16 @ Thou art filled with shame (note:)Whereas you thought to have the glory of these your doings, they will turn to your shame: for you will drink of the same cup with others in your turn.(:note) for glory: drink thou also, and let thy shame come upon thee: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned to thee, and utter shame [shall be] on thy glory.

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: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:3:14 @ Thou didst (note:)God destroyed his enemies both great and small with their own weapons, though they were ever so fierce against his Church.(:note) strike through with his staffs the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly.

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@Habakkuk:3:17 @ For the figtree shall not flourish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall faile, and the fieldes shall yeelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut off from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:19 @ The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and he will make me to walk upon my high places. (note:)The chief singer upon the instruments of music, will have occasion to praise God for this great deliverance of his Church.(:note) To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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:1:4 @ I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the (note:)Who were an order of superstitious priests appointed to minister in the service of Baal, and were as his special chaplains; read (2Ki_23:5; Hos_10:5).(:note) Chemarims with the priests;

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:1:16 @ A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, and against the hie towres.

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: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:2:3 @ Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which (note:)That is, who have lived uprightly and godly according as he prescribes by his word.(:note) have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

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:2:11 @ The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: (note:)When he will deliver his people and destroy their enemies and idols, his glory will shine throughout all the world.(:note) for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.

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:3:5 @ 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:3:7 @ I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but (note:)They were most earnest and ready to do wickedly.(:note) they rose early, [and] corrupted all their doings.

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:3:10 @ From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, [even] the (note:)That is, the Jews will come as well as the Gentiles: which is to be understood as referring to the time of the Gospel.(:note) daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

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:3:12 @ Then will I leaue in the middes of thee an humble and poore people: and they shall trust in the Name of the Lord.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:15 @ The LORD hath taken away thy (note:)That is, the punishment for your sin.(:note) judgments, he hath cast out thine As the Assyrians, Chaldaeans, Egyptians, and other nations. enemy: the king of Israel, [even] the LORD, [is] in the midst of To defend you, as by your sins you have put him away, and left yourself naked, as in (Exo_32:25). thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

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:1:3 @ Then came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying,

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:1:13 @ Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth 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:2:1 @ {\cf2 (2:2)} In the seuenth moneth, in the one & twentieth day of the moneth, came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying,

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:2:7 @ And I will shake all nations, and (note:)Meaning Christ, whom all ought to look for and desire: or by desire he may signify all precious things, such as riches, and things like them.(:note) the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Haggai:2:8 @ The (note:)Therefore when his time comes he can make all the treasures of the world to serve his purpose: but the glory of this second Temple does not consist of material things, neither can it be built.(:note) silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Haggai:2:9 @ The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give (note:)Meaning all spiritual blessings and felicity purchased by Christ; (Phi_4:7).(:note) peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Haggai:2:10 @ {\cf2 (2:11)} In the foure and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, in the second yeere of Darius, came the worde of the Lorde vnto the Prophet Haggai, saying,

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:2:17 @ {\cf2 (2:18)} I smote you with blasting, and with mildewe, and with haile, in all the labours of your hands: yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord.

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:2:19 @ Is the (note:)He exhorts them to have patience, and to remain until the harvest came, and then they would see God's blessings.(:note) seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].

geneva@Haggai:2:20 @ {\cf2 (2:21)} And againe the worde of the Lorde came vnto Haggai in the foure and twentieth day of the moneth, saying,

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@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:1:4 @ Be ye not as your fathers, vnto whome the former prophets haue cried, saying, Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Turne you nowe from your euill wayes, and from your wicked workes: but they would not heare, nor hearken vnto me, saith the Lorde.

geneva@Zechariah:1:5 @ Your fathers, where (note:)Though your fathers are dead, yet God's judgments in punishing them ought still to be before your eyes: and though the prophets are dead, yet their doctrine remains for ever; (2Pe_1:15).(:note) [are] they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

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:1:7 @ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which [is] the month (note:)Which includes part of January and part of February.(:note) Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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:1:12 @ Then the (note:)That is, Christ the mediator prayed for the salvation of his Church, which was now troubled, when all the countries about them were at rest.(:note) angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

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:1:15 @ And I am very greatly displeased with the nations [that are] at ease: for I was but (note:)In destroying the reprobate, I showed myself but a little angry toward my Church, but the enemy would have destroyed them also, and did not consider the goal of my chastisements.(:note) a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

geneva@Zechariah:1:16 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line (note:)To measure out the buildings.(:note) shall be stretched forth upon 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:2:1 @ I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a (note:)This is the angel who was Christ: for in respect of his office he is often called an angel, but in respect of his eternal essence, is God, and so called.(:note) man with a measuring line in his hand.

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:2:4 @ And said to him, Run, speak to this (note:)Meaning himself, Zechariah.(:note) young man, saying, Signifying the spiritual Jerusalem and Church under Christ, which would be extended by the Gospel through all the world, and would need no material walls, nor trust in any worldly strength, but would be safely preserved and dwell in peace among all their enemies. Jerusalem shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in it:

geneva@Zechariah:2:5 @ For I, saith the LORD, will be to her a wall of (note:)To defend my Church, to strike fear in the enemies, and to destroy them if they approach near.(:note) fire on every side, and will In me they will have their full felicity and glory. be the glory in the midst of her.

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:2:10 @ Reioyce, and be glad, O daughter Zion: for loe, I come, and will dwell in the middes of thee, saith the Lord.

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: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:4:8 @ Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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:4:13 @ And hee answered me, and saide, Knowest thou not what these bee? And I sayde, No, my Lorde.

geneva@Zechariah:5:1 @ Then I turned me, and lifted vp mine eyes and looked, and beholde, a flying booke.

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:6:3 @ 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:6:5 @ And the angel answered and said to me, These [are] the four (note:)Meaning, all the actions and motions of God's Spirit, whom according to his unchangeable counsel he causes to appear through all the world.(:note) spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all 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:6:9 @ And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

geneva@Zechariah:6:10 @ Take of [them of] the captivity, [even] of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, who are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of (note:)To receive from him and the other three, money to make the two crowns: who were men of great authority among the Jews, and doubted of the restitution of the kingdom, and of the priesthood, and hurt others by their example.(:note) Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

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:6:14 @ 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:7:1 @ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, [that] the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in (note:)Which contained part of November and part of December.(:note) Chisleu;

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:7:3 @ [And] to speak to the priests who [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I (note:)By weeping and mourning are shown what exercises they used in their fasting.(:note) weep in the fifth month, That is, prepare myself with all devotion to his fast. separating myself, as I have done these so many Which had been since the time the temple was destroyed. years?

geneva@Zechariah:7:4 @ Then came the word of the Lord of hostes vnto me, saying,

geneva@Zechariah:7:5 @ Speak to all the people of the land, and to the (note:)For there were both of the people, and of the priests, those who doubted with regard to this controversy, besides those who as yet remained in Chaldea, and argue about it, as of one of the chief points of their religion.(:note) priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, For they thought they had gained favour with God because of this fast, which they invented by themselves: and though fasting of itself is good, yet because they thought it a service toward God, and trusted in it, it is here reproved. [even] to me?

geneva@Zechariah:7:7 @ [Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD (note:)By this he condemns their hypocrisy, who thought by their fasting to please God, and by such things as they invented, and in the meantime would not serve him as he had commanded.(:note) hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities around her, when [men] inhabited the south and the plain?

geneva@Zechariah:7:8 @ And the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariah, saying,

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:8:1 @ Againe the worde of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying,

geneva@Zechariah:8:3 @ Thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a (note:)Because she will be faithful and loyal toward me her husband.(:note) city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

geneva@Zechariah:8:4 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old (note:)Though their enemies did greatly molest and trouble them, yet God would come and dwell among them, and so preserve them as long as nature would allow them to live, and increase their children in great abundance.(:note) men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

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:8:11 @ But nowe, I wil not intreate the residue of this people as aforetime, saith the Lord of hostes.

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:8:14 @ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish (note:)Read (Eze_18:20).(:note) you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented 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:8:18 @ And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me, saying,

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:8:22 @ Yea, great people and mightie nations shal come to seeke the Lorde of hostes in Ierusalem, and to pray before the Lord.

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:9:1 @ The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of (note:)By which he means Syria.(:note) Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] the God's anger will remain upon their chief city, and not spare even as much as that. rest of it: when the When the Jews will convert and repent, then God will destroy their enemies. eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, [shall be] toward the LORD.

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:9:5 @ Ashkelon shall see it, and feare, and Azzah also shalbe very sorowfull, and Ekron: for her countenance shalbe ashamed, & the King shal perish fro Azzah, & Ashkelon shal not be inhabited.

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:9:9 @ 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:9:10 @ And I will cut off the (note:)No power of man or creature will be able to stop this kingdom of Christ, and he will peaceably govern them by his word.(:note) chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion [shall be] from That is, from the Red Sea, to the Sea called Syriacum: and by these places which the Jews knew, he meant an infinite space and area over the whole world. sea to sea, and from the That is, from the Euphrates. river to the ends of the earth.

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:9:14 @ And the Lord shalbe seene ouer them, and his arrowe shal go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shal blowe the trumpet, and shal come forth with the whirlewindes of the South.

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:9:17 @ For howe great is his goodnesse! and howe great is his beautie! corne shall make the yong men cherefull, and newe wine the maides.

geneva@Zechariah:10:1 @ Ask ye of the (note:)The Prophet reproves the Jews, because by their own infidelity they turn away God's promised graces, and so famine came by God's just judgment. Therefore to avoid this plague, he exhorts them to turn to God, and to pray in faith to him, and so he will give them abundance.(:note) LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

geneva@Zechariah:10:2 @ For the (note:)He calls to remembrance God's punishments in times past, because they trusted not in him, but in their idols and sorcerers who always deceived them.(:note) idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore That is, the Jews went into captivity. they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.

geneva@Zechariah:10:3 @ My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the (note:)Meaning, the cruel governors who did oppress the poor sheep; (Eze_34:16-17).(:note) goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as He will be merciful to his Church, and cherish them as a king or prince does his best horse, which will be for his own use in war. his majestic horse in the battle.

geneva@Zechariah:10:4 @ Out (note:)Out of Judah will the chief governor proceed, who will be as a corner to uphold the building, and as a nail to fasten it together.(:note) of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every Over their enemies. oppressor together.

geneva@Zechariah:10:5 @ And they shalbe as the mightie men, which treade downe their enemies in the mire of the streetes in the battell, and they shall fight, because the Lorde is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

geneva@Zechariah:10:6 @ And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the (note:)That is, the ten tribes, which would be united under Christ to the rest of the Church.(:note) house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD their God, and will hear them.

geneva@Zechariah:10:8 @ I will (note:)By which he declares the power of God, who needs no great preparation when he will deliver his own: for with a gesture or hiss he can call them suddenly from all places.(:note) hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

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:10:12 @ And I will strengthen them in the Lorde, and they shall walke in his Name, sayth the Lorde.

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:11:3 @ [There is] a voice of the wailing of the shepherds; for their (note:)That is, the fame of Judah and Israel would perish.(:note) glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.

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:11:6 @ For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, (note:)I will cause one to destroy another.(:note) I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his Their governors will execute cruelty over them. king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them].

geneva@Zechariah:11:7 @ And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, (note:)That is, the small remnant, whom he though worthy to show mercy to.(:note) O poor of the flock. And I took to me God shows his great benefits toward his people to convince them of greater ingratitude, who would neither be ruled by his most beautiful order of government, neither continue in the bands of brotherly unity, and therefore he breaks both the one and the other. Some read «Destroyers» instead of «Bands», but in (Zec_11:14) the second reading is confirmed. two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

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:11:12 @ And I said to them, If ye think good, give [me] (note:)Besides their ingratitude, God accuses them of malice and wickedness, who did not only forget his benefits, but esteemed them as nothing.(:note) my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.

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:11:15 @ 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:11:17 @ 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:12:1 @ The burden of the word of the LORD for (note:)That is, the ten tribes, which neglected God's benefit in delivering their brethren, and had rather remain in captivity, than to return home when God called them.(:note) Israel, saith the LORD, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

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:12:7 @ 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:12:9 @ 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:12:13 @ The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of (note:)Also called Simeon.(:note) Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

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:13:5 @ But he shall say, I [am] no (note:)They will confess their former ignorance, and be content to labour for their living.(:note) prophet, I [am] a farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

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:14:2 @ For I will gather all nations against Ierusalem to battell, and the citie shall be taken, and the houses spoyled, and the women defiled, and halfe of the citie shall goe into captiuitie, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from ye citie.

geneva@Zechariah:14:3 @ Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he (note:)As your fathers and you have had experience both at the Red Sea, and at all other times.(:note) fought in the day of battle.

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:14:7 @ 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:14:11 @ And men shall dwell in it, and there shall bee no more destruction, but Ierusalem shall bee safely inhabited.

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:14:14 @ And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations around shall be gathered together, (note:)The enemies are rich, and therefore will not come to entreat, but to destroy and shed blood.(:note) gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

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:14:17 @ And who so will not come vp of all the families of the earth vnto Ierusalem to worship the King the Lorde of hostes, euen vpon them shall come no raine.

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:14:21 @ 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:1:4 @ Though Edom say, wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places, yet sayeth the Lorde of hostes, they shall builde, but I will destroy it, and they shall call them, The border of wickednes, and the people, with whome the Lord is angrie for euer.

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:1:8 @ 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:1:14 @ But cursed [be] the deceiver, which hath in his flock (note:)That is, has ability to serve the Lord according to his word, and yet will serve him according to his covetous mind.(:note) a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I [am] a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name [is] dreadful among the heathen.

geneva@Malachi:2:1 @ And now, O ye (note:)He speaks mainly to them, but under them he includes the people also.(:note) priests, this commandment [is] for you.

geneva@Malachi:2:2 @ If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory (note:)To serve me according to my word.(:note) unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your That is, the abundance of God's benefits. blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.

geneva@Malachi:2:3 @ Behold, I will corrupt (note:)The seed you sow will come to no profit.(:note) your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, [even] the You boast of your holiness, sacrifices, and feasts, but they will turn to your shame and be as vile as dung. dung of your solemn feasts; and [one] shall take you away with it.

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:2:13 @ 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. residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly 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:3:1 @ Behold, I will send my (note:)This is meant of John the Baptist, as Christ interprets it; (Luk_7:27).(:note) messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Meaning, the Messiah, as in (Psa_40:17; Dan_9:17, Dan_9:25). Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the That is, Christ, by whom the covenant was made and ratified, who is called the angel or messenger of the covenant, because he reconciles us to his Father, and is Lord or King, because he has the rule of his Church. messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

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:3:4 @ Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lord, as in old time and in the yeeres afore.

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:3:7 @ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. (note:)Read (Zec_1:3).(:note) Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

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:3:9 @ Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nation.

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:3:11 @ And I will rebuke the (note:)Meaning the caterpillar, and whatever destroys corn and fruits.(:note) devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

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: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:4:6 @ 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:1:1 @ The (note:)Jesus Christ came of Abraham of the tribe of Judah, and of the family of David as God promised.(:note)Rehearsal: as the Hebrews used to speak; see (Gen_5:1), the book of the generations. book of the Of the ancestors from whom Christ came. generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the Christ is also the son of Abraham. son of Abraham.


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