to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish, quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting and with . mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 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 removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blind ness, and astonishment of heart: And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the 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. Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand. The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation A. D. 33. which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a bye-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locusts shall consume it. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. trees and fruit of thy land shall the locusts consume. The strangers that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the All thy 160 A. D. 33. LUKE XXI. 22. earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a A. D. 33. thee all the diseases of Egypt, which the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: So that the 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; And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath; Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day, xxix. 19-28. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Behold, it is written before me; I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom. Your iniquities and the iniquities of your father's together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I meaVOL. II. A. D. 33. sure their former work into their bosom. Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it so will I do for my servants' sakes that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. And 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. But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink-offering unto that number. Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall 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: behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen for the Lord GoD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name, Isa. lxv. 2 -15. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the 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. And he 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 cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined, shall be poured upon the desolate, Dan. ix. 26, 27. Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Howl, fir-tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled howl, O ye oaks of Ba M 162 A. D. 33. LUKE XXI. 22-27. shan for the forest of the vintage is come down. There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. Thus saith the LORD my God, Feed the flock of the slaughter, Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich and their For I own shepherds pity them not. will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lorp: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them, Zech. xi. 1-6. VER. 23. Οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις, καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἔσται γὰς ἀνάγκη μεγάλη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ὀργὴ ἐν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ. a But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath people. upon this [And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be, Matt. xxiv. 19. 21. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created, unto this time, neither shall be, Mark xiii. 17. 19.] a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 19. 21. A. D. 33. take away the hedge thereof, and it See on Matt. xii. ver. 18. clause 5. VER. 25. Καὶ ἔσται σημεῖα ἐν ἡλίω, καὶ σελήνη, καὶ ἄστροις, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς συνοχὴ ἐθνῶν ἐν ἀπορίᾳ, ηχούσης θαλάσσης καὶ σάλου a And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and plexity; the sea and the waves roaring ; upon the earth distress of nations, with per [Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, Matt. xxiv. 29. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light; And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken, Mark xiii. 24, 25.] a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 29. clause 2. Καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλη μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ δοξῆς πολλῆς. a And then shall they see 'the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, Matt. xxiv. 30. And then shall they see the Son of So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. [So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors, Matt. xxiv. 33. So A. D. 33. ration shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled, Matt. xxiv. 34. Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done, Mark xiii. 30.]' a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 34. VER. 33. Ο οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λóya pov où μù wagéλdwoi. a Heaven and earth shall pass away ; but my words shall not pass away. but my words shall not pass away, [Heaven and earth shall pass away, Matt. xxiv. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away, Mark xiii. 31.] a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 35. VER. 34. Προσέχετε δὲ ἑαυτοῖς, μήποτε βαρυν θῶσιν ὑμῶν αἱ καρδίαι ἐν κραιπάλη, καὶ μέθη, καὶ μερίμναις βιωτικαῖς, καὶ αἰφνίδιος ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἐπιστῇ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη. a And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, aand cares of this life, and so come upon you unawares. a And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying, Rom. xiii. 11-13. b See on Matt. xiii. ver. 22. © See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 42-44. VER. 35. ye in like manner, when ye shall see Ως παγὶς γὰρ ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ πάντας these things come to pass, know that τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς it is nigh, even at the doors, Marks. xiii. 29.] See on Matt. iii. ver. 2. clause 2. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. VER. 36. ̓Αγρυπνεῖτε οὖν, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ δεόμε νοι, ἵνα καταξιωθῆτε ἐκφυγεῖν ταῦτα πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι, καὶ σταθῆναι šμπpoder roũ vioũ roï ávěpáπW. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to |