princes

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

And hee shall passe ouer to his strong holde for feare, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensigne, sayth the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his fornace in Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteOr, his strength: heb. rocke shall passe away for feare.

¶ Behold, a King shal reigne in righteousnes, and princes shal rule in iudgement.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdome, but none shall bee there, and all her Princes shall bee nothing.

That bringeth the princes to nothing; hee maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie.

1611 marginal noteIob 12.21. psa.107.40.

I haue raised vp one from the North, and he shall come: from the rising of the Sunne shall he call vpon my name, and he shall come vpon princes as vpon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Therefore I haue profaned the princes of the Sanctuarie, and haue giuen Iacob to the curse, and Israel to reproches.

1611 marginal noteOr, holy princes.

Thus saith the LORD the redeemer of Israel, and his holy one, to him whom man dispiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a seruant of rulers; Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD, that is faithfull, and the holy one of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, to him that is despised in soule.

For behold, I haue made thee this day a defenced citie, and an yron pillar, and brasen walles against the whole land, against the kings of Iudah, against the princes thereof, against the Priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

1611 marginal noteCha.6.27. and 15.20. isai. 50.7.

As the thiefe is ashamed, when he is found: so is the house of Israel ashamed, they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, & their prophets,