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Isaiah 65:21                                   544                                    Isaiah 66:23

            a childe of yeeres, nor an olde man that hath not who hath seene such things? shall ye earth be
            filled his dayes: for he that shall be an hundreth brought forth in one day? or shall a nation be
            yeeresold, shalldyeasayongman: butthesinner borne at once? for assoone as Zion trauailed, she
            being an hundreth yeeres olde shall be accursed.  brought foorth her children.  9  Shall I cause to
            21 And they shall build houses and inhabite them,  trauaile, and not bring forth? shall I cause to
            and they shall plant vineyards, and eate the fruite  bring forth, and shall be baren, saith thy God?
            of them.  22  They shall not build, and another  10 Reioyce ye with Ierusalem, and be gladde with
            inhabite: they shall not plant, and another eate:  her, all ye that loue her: reioyce for ioy with
            for as the dayes of the tree are the dayes of my  her, all ye that mourne for her,  11  That ye may
            people, and mine elect shall inioye in olde age the  sucke and be satisfied with the brestes of her
            worke of their handes.  23 They shall not labour  consolation: that ye may milke out and be delited
            in vaine, nor bring forth in feare: for they are  with ye brightnes of her glorie.  12 For thus saith
            the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their  the Lord, Beholde, I will extend peace ouer her
            buds with them.   24  Yea, before they call, I will  like a flood, and the glorie of the Gentiles like
            answere, and whiles they speake, I will heare.   a flowing streame: then shall ye sucke, ye shall
            25  The wolfe and the lambe shall feede together,  be borne vpon her sides, and be ioyfull vpon her
            and the lyon shall eate strawe like the bullocke:  knees.  13 As one whom his mother comforteth,
            and to the serpent dust shall be his meate. They  so will I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted
            shall no more hurt nor destroy in all mine holy  in Ierusalem.  14 And when ye see this, your hearts
            Mountaine, saith the Lord.                       shallreioyce, andyourbonesshallflourishlikean
                                                             herbe: and the hand of the Lord shall be knowen
                                  66                         among his seruants, and his indignation against

              1 Thus saith the Lord, The heauen is my throne,  his enemies.  15  For beholde, the Lord will come
            and the earth is my footestoole: where is that   with fire, and his charets like a whirlewinde, that
                                                             hemay recompencehis angerwith wrath, andhis
            house that ye will builde vnto me? and where     indignation with the flame of fire.  16 For the Lord
            is that place of my rest?  2  For all these things  will iudge with fire, and with his sworde all flesh,
            hath mine hand made, and all these things haue   and the slaine of the Lord shall be many.  17 They
            bene, sayth the Lord: and to him will I looke,   that sanctifie themselues, and purifie themselues
            euen to him, that is poore, and of a contrite    in the gardens behinde one tree in the middes
            spirite and trembleth at my wordes.   3  He that  eating swines flesh, and such abomination, euen
            killeth a bullocke, is as if he slewe a man: he  the mouse, shall be consumed together, sayeth
            that sacrificeth a sheepe, as if he cut off a dogges        18
            necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he    the Lord.     For I will visite their workes, and
                                                             their imaginations: for it shall come that I will
            offered swines blood: he that remembreth in-
            cense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue  gather all nations, and tongues, and they shall
            chosen their owne wayes, and their soule deliteth  come, and see my glorie.  19  And I will set a signe
            in their abominations.  4  Therefore will I chuse  among them, and will send those that escape
            out their delusions, and I will bring their feare  of them, vnto the nations of Tarshish, Pul, and
            vpon them, because I called, and none woulde     Lud, and to them that drawe the bowe, to Tubal
                                                             and Tauan, yles afarre off, that haue not heard
            answere: I spake and they woulde not heare:      my fame, neither haue seene my glorie, and
            but they did euill in my sight, and chose the    they shall declare my glorie among the Gentiles.
            things which I would not.  5 Heare the worde of  20
            the Lord, all ye that tremble at his worde, Your    And they shall bring all your brethren for an
            brethren that hated you, and cast you out for    offering vnto the Lord out of all nations, vpon
            my Names sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified:  horses, and in charets, and in horse litters, and
                                                             vpon mules, and swift beastes, to Ierusalem mine
            but he shall appeare to your ioy, and they shall  holy Mountaine, saith the Lord, as the children
            be ashamed.  6 A voyce soundeth from the citie,  of Israel, offer in a cleane vessell in the House of
            euen a voyce from the Temple, the voyce of       the Lord.  21 And I will take of them for Priestes,
            the Lord, that recompenseth his enemies fully. and for Leuites, saith the Lord.     22  For as the
            7  Before she trauailed, she brought foorth: and  newe heauens, and the newe earth which I will
            before her paine came, she was deliuered of a    make, shall remaine before me, saith the Lord, so
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            man childe.   8  Who hath heard such a thing?    shall your seede and your name continue.    And
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