The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. LVII.

1 God taketh awaie the good, that he shulde not se the horrible plagues to come 3 of the wicked idolaters. 9 And their vaine confidence.

1 THe righteous perisheth, and no man cō∣sidereth it in heart: and merciful men are taken awaie, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken awaiea 1.1 from the euil (to come).

2 b 1.2 Peace shal come. thei shal rest in their bed∣des (euerie one) that walketh before him.

3 But youc 1.3 witches children, come hither, the sede of the adulterer and of the whore.

4 On whome haue ye iested? vpon whome ha ue ye gaped and thrust out your tongue? are not ye rebellious children (and) a false sede?

5 Inflamed with idoles vnder euerie grene tree? and sacrificing thed 1.4 children in the val∣leis vnder the toppes of the rockes?

6 Thy porcion (is) in the smooth stonese 1.5 of the riuer: thei, thei are thy lotte: euen to thē hast thou powred a drinke offring: thou hast offred a sacrifice. Shulde I delite inf 1.6 these?

7 Thou hast made thyg 1.7 bed vpon a verie hie mountaines: thou wentest vp thether, euen thether went est thou to offre sacrifice.

8 Behinde theh 1.8 dores also and postes hast thou set vp thy remembrance: for thou hast dis∣couered thy self (to another) then me, and wentest vp (and) didesti 1.9 enlarge thy bed, & make a couenant betwene thee and them, and louedst their bed in (euerie) place where thou sawest it.

9 Thou wentestk 1.10 to the Kings with oyle, and didest increase thine oyntmentes (and) send* 1.11 thy messengers farre of, and didest humble thy selfe vnto hel.

10 Thou we ariedst thy selfe in thy manifold iourneis, (yet) saidest thou not,l 1.12 There is no

hope: thoum 1.13 hast founde life by thine hand, therefore thou wast not grieued.

11 And whome didest thou reuerence or feare, seing thou hastn 1.14 lied vnto me, and hast not remembred me, nether set thy minde there∣on? is it not (because) I holde my peace, and that of longo 1.15 time? therefore thou fearest not me.

12 I wil declare thyp 1.16 righteousnes and thy wor kes, and thei shal not profite thee.

13 When thou cryest, let them that thou hast gathered together deliuer thee: but the win∣de shalq 1.17 take them all away: vanitie shal pul them a waie: but he that trusteth in me, shal inherit the land, and shal possesse mine holie Mountaine.

14 r 1.18 And he shal saie, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the waie: take vp the stombling blockes out of the waie of my people.

15 For thus saith he, that is hie and excellēt, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holie one, I dwell in the hie and holie place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to reuiue the spirit of the hum ble, and to giue life to them that are of a con trite heart.

16 For I wil not contende: for euer, nether wil I be alwaies wrath,s 1.19 for the spirit shulde faile before me: and I haue made the breathe.

17 For his wickedt 1.20 couetousnes I am angrie with him, and haue smiten him: I hid me and was angrie, yet he went awaie, and turned af∣ter the waie of his owne heart.

18 I haue sene his waies, and wilu 1.21 heale him: I wil leade him also, and restore comfort vnto him, and to those that lament him.

19 I creat thex 1.22 frute of the lippes (to be) peace peace vnto them that arey 1.23 farre of, and to them that are nere, saith the Lord: for I wil heale him.

20 But the wicked (are) like the raging seathat canz 1.24 not rest, whose waters cast vp myre and dirt.

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wic∣ked.

Notes

• a 1.1

  From the pla∣gue that is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hād and also because God wil punish the wicked.
• b 1.2

  The soule of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shal be in ioye & their bodie shal rest in the graue vn o the time of the resurrection, because thei wal∣ked before the Lord.
• c 1.3

  He threatneth the Wicked hypo crites, who vnder the precence of the name of Gods people decided Gods worde and his promises: boa sting 'openly that thei were the chil dren of Abraham but because they were not faith∣ful and obedient as Abraham was he calleth thē ba∣slards, and the children of force∣ters, which forso ke God and fled to wicked mea∣nes for succour.
• d 1.4

  Read Leui. 18. 21 2
• e 1.5

  Meaning, eue∣rie place was pol luted with their idolatrie: or eue∣rie faire stone that they founde thei made an ido le of it.
• f 1.6

  In the sacrifices which you, offeig before these ido∣les, thoght you did serue God.
• g 1.7

  To wit, thine 〈◊〉〈◊〉, in open pla ce like an impu∣dent harlot that carethnot for the sight of her hous∣band.
• h 1.8

  In stead of set∣ting vp the worde of God in the opē places on the po∣stes and dores to haue it in remem branc; eut. 6. 9. & 27. 1. thou hast set vp signes and markes of thine idolatrie in eue∣rie place.
• i 1.9

  That is, didest increase tnineido latrie more and more.
• k 1.10

  Thou didest se∣ke the fauour of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by giftes and preséts to helpe thee aga∣inst the Egyptiās and when thei failed, thousough test to the Baby∣loniās and more and more didest to ment thy self.
• * 1.11

  2. Kin 123, 10.
• l 1.12

  Althogh that fallest all thv la∣bours to bein vai ne, yet woldest thou neuer ac∣knowledge thy fautes & leaue of.
• m 1.13

  He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their vnprofira∣ble 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which thoght to haue made all su∣re, and yet were deceiued
• n 1.14

  Broken promes with me.
• o 1.15

  Meaning, that the wicked abuse Gods leuitie and growe to farther wichednes.
• p 1.16

  That is, thy naughtines, Idolatries and impiecies: which the wicked call Gods 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he derideth their obslinacie.
• q 1.17

  Meaning, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and other, whose helpe thei loked for.
• r 1.18

  God shal say to Darius and Cyrus
• s 1.19

  I wil not vse my power against 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man whose life is but a blast
• t 1.20

  That is, for the vices and faures of the people, which is ment hereby couetousnes.
• u 1.21

  Thogh thei were ob stinat, yet I did not with draw my mercie from them
• x 1.22

  That is, I frame the speac e and wordes of my messengers which shal bring peace.
• y 1.23

  As wel to him that is in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as to him that remaineth at home.
• z 1.24

  Their euil conscience doeth euer torment them, and therefore they can neuer haue rest, read Chap 48. 22.