Word, viz. Jehovah God said, Lo I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me, Psalm xl. 7. Jehovah God said to the serpent, Be thou cursed; I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; and this shall trample under foot thy head, but thou shalt injure the heel, Gen. iii. 14, 15. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; to him shall the cleaving of the people be, Gen. xlix. 10; these words are a part of the prophetical declarations of Israel the father concerning his sons. A star shall appear out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, Num. xxiv. 17. Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet out of the midst of thy brethren, like me; him ye shall obey; and I will put my words in his mouth; whence it shall come to pass, that the man, who will not obey his words, I will question with him, Deut. xviii. 15 to 19. Adonai himself gives you a sign, Behold a virgin shall conceive and bring forth a son, and shall call his name God with us, Isa. vii. 14. A boy is born to us, a son is given to us, on whose shoulder shall be the principality, his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace: to his multiplying the principality there shall be no end, Isa. ix. 6, 7. A rod shall go forth from the stem of Jesse, and a young branch from his root shall bear fruit; upon him shall rest the spirit of wisdom and intelligence, the spirit of counsel and virtue, Isa. xi. 1, 2. In that day the nations shall seek the root of Jesse, which stands for an ensign of the people, and his rest shall be glory, Isa. xi. 10. Send ye the lamb of the ruler of the earth from the rock towards the desert; his throne was was established through mercy, and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and hastening justice, Isa. xvi. 1, 5. It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God, whom we have expected, that he may deliver us; this is Jehovah, whom we have expected, we will exult and be glad in his salvation, Isa. xxv. 9; chap. xxvi. 8, 9. The voice of one. crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make plain in the solitude a path for our God; the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, Isa. xl. 3, 5. Ascend upon the high mountain, O. evangelizing Zion, lift up thy voice with power, O evange, lizing Jerusalem, say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God, behold Adonai Jehovih, he cometh in strength, and his arm shall rule for him; behold his reward is with him; as a shepherd he shall feed his flock, he shall gather the lambs into his arm, and shall carry them in his bosom, he shall gently lead the sucklings, Isa. xl. 9 to 11. My people shall know my name in that day, for I am he who doth speak, behold me; how delightful upon the mountains are the feet of him that evangelizeth, that causeth peace to be heard, that evangelizeth good, that causeth salvation to be heard, that saith to Zion, Thy king reigneth; they shall lift up the voice and sing, when they shall see eye to eye, that Jehovah is returned to Zion; he hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem; all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God, Isa. lii. 6 to 10. Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh, his reward is with him, and the price of his work is before him, Isa. lxii. 11. Shout for joy, and be glad, O daughter of Zion; behold I come, that I may dwell in the midst midst of thee; then many nations shall cleave to Jehovah, Zech. ii. 10, 11. Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion, sound the trumpet, O daughter of Jerusalem ; behold, thy king cometh to thee, he is just, Zech. ix. 9. Behold, the days shall come, when I will raise up to David a just branch, who shall reign a king and prosper, and he shall do judgment and justice in the earth; and this is his name, JEHOVAH OUR JUSTICE, Jer. xxiii. 5, 6; chap. xxxiii. 15, 16. Behold, I send my angel, who shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold he shall come, Mal. iii. 1. Thou Bethlehem of Ephratah, it is little that thou art among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he go forth to me, who may be ruler in Israel, and whose going forth is of old, from the days of eternity; he shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, and shall increase even to the ends of the earth, Micah v. 2, 4. I anoint my king upon Zion; I will declare concerning the statute, Jehovah saith unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee; ask of me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession: kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way; blessed are all they that trust in him, Psalm ii. 6 to 12. Behold the God of my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; cry out and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel, Isa. xii. 2 to 6. In that day a man shall have respect to his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel, Isa. xvii. 7. My beloved had a vineyard in a horn of oil, Isa. v. 1. Jehovah Zebaoth, ye shall sanctify him; he shall be for a sanctuary, although for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence, and for a snare, and for a gin to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, Isa. viii. 13, 14. Matt. xxi. 42 to 44. Luke xx. 17, 18. Luke xx. 17, 18. The people that walk in darkness shall see a great light; they that dwell in the earth of the shadow of death, light shall shine forth upon them, Isa. ix. 2. God shall shine forth out of Zion, our God shall come, and shall not be silent, Psalm 1. 2, 3. As yet the vision is for an appointed time, and speaks out to the end, yet it shall not lie; if he tarry, wait for him, for in coming he will come, he will not be delayed, Hab. ii. 3. O Jehovah, I have heard thy fame, I revered thy work, O Jehovah, in the midst of the years make it present; God shall come from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran; his honour covered the heavens, and the earth was filled with his praise; his splendour shall be as the light, he hath rays coming out of his hand, and there is the hiding of his strength, Hab. iii. 2, 3, 4. Thus said Adonai Jehovih, Behold, I will lay in Zion a stone, a stone of probation, a precious corner of a well-established foundation; then I will put judgment for a rule, and justice for a plumb-line, Isa. xxviii. 16, 17. The Lord is described as to the Word above the expanse of cherubims, and is called Adonai Jehovih, Ezek. i. 26, 27, 28; chap. ii. 4; chap. iii. 11, 27; chap. iv. 14; chap. v. 7, 11; chap. vi. 9, 11; chap. vii. 2, 5; chap. viii. 14. In Isaiah, chap. liii. throughout, the Lord is treated of, and the state of his life in the world is described thus, That he had no form, nor honour; that he was despised, and not esteemed; that he was pierced on account of our prevarications; salva bruised on account of our iniquities; that Jehovah caused to fall upon him the iniquities of us all; that as a lamb he was led to the sacrifice; that he was cut off out of the earth of the living; that, because he made his soul guilty, his days should be prolonged; that for them he emptied his soul even to death; that he was numbered with the prevaricators; and that he interceded for the prevaricators, ver. 1 to 12. I have stirred him up in justice; he shall build my city; and he shall dismiss my captivity, not for price, nor for reward; truly thou art a hidden God, O God of Israel the Saviour, Isa. xlv. 13, 15. I have caused my justice to draw near, and my tion shall not tarry, Isa. xlvi. 13. As to our Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth is his name, and the Holy One of Israel, Isa. xlvii. 3. O Jehovah our Lord, how magnificent is thy name in the whole earth! to whom give honour above the heavens; thou hast caused him to be in want a little more than the angels, but thou hast crowned him with honour and glory; thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, thou hast put all things under his feet, Psalm viii. 2, 5, 6, 10. God shall descend like rain upon the herb; and he shall have dominion from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth; before him barbarians and enemies shall bow themselves down, they shall lick his dust; the kings of Tarshish and of the islands shall present their offering; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring their gift; all kings shall bow themselves down to him, all nations shall serve him; for he will deliver the miserable, who hath no helper; from deceit and violence he shall redeem their soul, his name shall be to eternity; before the sun he shall have the name of a Son, and |