The Lord will be terrible unto them: 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. Therefore, 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. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD, UNDER THE CHARACTER OF IDUMEA AND OF BABYLON; AS THE OVERTHROW OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. Jer. xlix. 8-13, 16, 18-20 (1. 35-46)-22. I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in Me! For, thus saith The Lord; "Behold! they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. For I have sworn by Myself, saith The Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill! though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith The Lord. . . As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith The Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. Behold! he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong but I will suddenly make 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? [convent Me in Judgment?] and who is that shepherd that will stand before Me. Therefore hear the counsel of The Lord, that He hath taken against Edom; and His purposes that He hath purposed, against the inhabitants of Teman; "Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely He shall make their habitations desolate with them. The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red [Weedy] Sea. Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, 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. Isa. xiii. 2-19. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded My sanctified ones, I have also called My mighty ones for Mine anger, even them who rejoice in My highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together; The Lord of Hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even The Lord, and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye! for The Day of The Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from The Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint [fall down], and every man's heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them: they shall be amazed [wonder] one at another; their faces shall be as faces of the flames. Behold! The Day of The Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and : I fierce anger, to lay the land desolate and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth; and the moon shall not cause her light to shine [Rev. vi. 12-14]. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. will make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of The Lord of Hosts, and in the Day of His fierce anger. And 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 into his own land. Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled. . Behold! I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity-their eye shall not spare children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as the overthrowing of Sodom and Gomorrah. [Foreshadowed also in Isa. xlvi., xlvii.; comp. Rev. xviii.] THE JUDGMENT OF ALL NATIONS, IN THE Isa. xvii. 12-14. Woe to the multitude of many people which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like thistle-down before the whirlwind. run. And, behold! at evening tide trouble; and before the Morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. Joel ii., iii. Blow ye 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; a Day of darkness [Rev. ix. 1-11] and of gloominess, a Day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a 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. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the Land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword [dart] they shall not be wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief [Rev. ix. 3]. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining And The Lord shall utter His Voice before His army: for His camp is very great; for He is strong Who executeth His word: for The Day of The Lord is great and very terrible: and who can abide it? : : Therefore, also, now, saith The Lord, "Turn ye even to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourn ing and 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. Who knoweth if He will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind Him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto The Lord your God!" Blow the Trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of The Lord, weep between the Porch and the Altar [Zech. xii. 9-11; Rev. xi. 11-13], and let them say, "Spare Thy people, O Lord! and give not Thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, 'Where is their God?'" Then will The Lord be jealous for His Land, and pity His people. Yea, The Lord will answer and say unto His people, "Behold! I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen : but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face towards the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up [Ezek. xxxix. 4], because he hath magnified to do great things. [Fear not, O Land! be glad and rejoice! for The Lord will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field! for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion! and rejoice in the Lord your God! for He hath given you the former rain [a teacher of righteousness] moderately [according to righteousness], and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the First month [Abib, or Nisan]. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, My great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in |