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For the children of Israel shall abide many days without

a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice,

and without an image, and without an ephod, and with-

out teraphim. Afterwards shall the children of Israel

return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their

king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the

latter days. (Hosea iii. 4, 5.).

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from

the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto

him ye shall hearken. (Deut. xviii. 15—19.)

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye

the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a

highway for our God. (Isaiah xl. 3.)

Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold

a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his

name Immanuel. (Isaiah vii. 14.)

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little

among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he

come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose

goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamen-

tation and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her

children, refused to be comforted for her children, be-

cause they were not. (Jeremiah xxxi. 15.)

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For unto us a child is born, unto 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 Father, the Prince of Peace.

(Isaiah ix. 6, 7.)

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven

set up a kingdom, which 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. (Daniel ii. 44.)

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called

my son out of Egypt. (Hosea xi. 1.)

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter

than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies,

their polishing was of sapphire: their visage is blacker

than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their

skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is be-

come like a stick. (Lamentations iv. 7, 8.)

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord

hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek:

he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to pro-

claim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the

prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the accept-

able year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our

God; to comfort all that mourn. (Isaiah Ixi. 1, 2, 3.). 55

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee

in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands,

lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Psalm xci.

11, 12.)

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And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations

shall come and I will fill this house with glory, saith

the Lord of hosts. 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 peace, saith the Lord of

hosts. (Haggai ii. 7. 9.)

And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his

temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye

delight in behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of

hosts. (Mal. iii. 1.) .

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her

vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of

Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did

more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond

Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people that

walked in darkness, have seen a great light: they that

dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them

hath the light shined. (Isaiah ix. 1, 2.)

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter

of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he

is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an

ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. ix. 9.) 67

Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den

of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it,

saith the Lord. (Jeremiah vii. 11.)

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou or-

dained strength because of thine enemies; that thou

mightest still the enemy and avenger. (Psalm viii. 2.). 72

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:

I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark say-

ings of old. (Psalm lxxviii. 2.)

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather

the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom,

and shall gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of

the Lord and he shall not judge after the sight of his

eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

(Isaiah xi. 3.)

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of

the deaf shall be unstopped. (Isaiah xxxv. 5.)

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue

of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters

break out, and streams in the desert. (Is. xxxv. 6.)

Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it

is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God:

yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psalm xl. 7, 8.)

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien

unto my mother's children. (Psalm lxix. 8.)

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and

they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and

imagine deceits all the day long. (Psalm xxxviii.)

For I have heard the slander of many fear was on every

side: while they took counsel together against me, they

devised to take away my life. (Psalm xxxi. 13.) .

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and

see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which

is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me

in the day of his fierce anger. (Lamentation i. 12.)

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which

did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against

me. (Psalm xli. 9.)

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my

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