Self-interpreting Bible

1 THE ^arighteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and ^b1merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from ²the evil to come.

• a: 2Ch. 32:33 , 2Ch. 35:24 , 2Ki. 21:16 , 2Ki. 24:4 , Is. 5:12 , Is. 42:25 , Is. 47:7
• b: Ps. 12:1 , Mi. 7:2 , Ju. 2:10 , Ju. 2:11 , 1Ki. 14:12 , 1Ki. 14:13 , 2Ki. 22:20 , Re. 14:13 , He. 11:38
• 1: Heb. men of kindness or godliness.
• 2: Or, that which is evil.

2 He shall ^c3enter into peace: they shall rest in their ^dbeds, each one walking ⁴in his uprightness.

• c: Re. 14:13 , Mat. 25:21 , Lu. 2:29 , Lu. 23:43 , Lu. 16:23 , Ec. 12:7 , Ps. 73:24 , Da. 12:13
• 3: Or, go in peace.
• d: 2Ch. 16:14
• 4: Or, before him.

3 ¶But draw near ^*hither, ^eye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

• *: hither-to this place.
• e: Mal. 3:5 , Mat. 3:7 , Mat. 12:39 , Mat. 16:4 , Mat. 23:33 , Jn. 8:44 , Ep. 2:2 , Je. 27:9 , Mi. 5:11 , Is. 2:6 , Is. 8:19 , Is. 1:4

4 ^fAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom ^gmake ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not ^hchildren of transgression, ⁱa seed of falsehood,

• f: Ex. 16:8 , Nu. 16:11 , Lu. 10:16 , Ac. 9:4 , 1Th. 4:8
• g: Job 16:10 , Ps. 22:7 , Ps. 22:13 , Ps. 35:21 , La. 2:16 , Is. 5:19 , Is. 30:10 , Is. 30:11
• h: Is. 57:3 , Nu. 32:14 , Is. 1:4 , 2Th. 2:3 , Re. 17:5 , Re. 11:2 , Re. 11:8
• i: Is. 1:4

5 Enflaming yourselves ⁵with idols ^junder every green tree, ^kslaying the children in the valleys under the ^*clifts of the rocks?

• 5: Or, among the oaks. ch. 1.29; 61.3. , Is. 1:29 , Is. 61:3
• j: 2Ki. 16:4 , 2Ki. 17:10 , Je. 3:6 , De. 12:2 , Eze. 6:13 , Re. 14:9 , 1Ki. 14:23
• k: Le. 18:21 , Le. 20:2 , 2Ch. 28:3 , 2Ki. 16:3 , 2Ki. 16:4 , 2Ki. 23:10 , Eze. 16:20 , Eze. 20:31 , Je. 7:31 , Je. 32:35 , Eze. 16:21 , Eze. 23:39
• *: clifts-clefts, hollows.

6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. ^lShould I receive comfort in these?

• l: Is. 66:3 , Je. 7:9 , Je. 7:10 , Je. 5:9 , Je. 5:29 , Eze. 20:39

7 ^mUpon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set ⁿthy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

• m: De. 12:2 , 1Ki. 14:23 , 2Ki. 17:9 , 2Ki. 21:3 , Eze. 16:16 , Eze. 16:25 , Eze. 20:28 , Eze. 20:29 , Eze. 23:41 , Am. 2:8 , Je. 3:6
• n: Eze. 23:17

8 ^oBehind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for ^pthou hast ^*discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; ^qthou hast enlarged thy bed, and ⁶made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed ⁷where thou sawest it.

• o: Eze. 8:10 , Eze. 23:14 , Le. 26:1 , Ho. 8:11
• p: Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:2 , Je. 3:8 , Je. 2:13 , Eze. 16:15 - 34 , Eze. 23:2 , Eze. 23:5 - 19
• *: discovered-uncovered.
• q: Je. 2:28 , Je. 11:13 , Ho. 8:11 , Eze. 16:2 - 34 , Eze. 23:5 - 19 , Eze. 20:30 , 2Ki. 16:10 - 16 , Re. 17:5
• 6: Or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs.
• 7: Or, thou providedst room.

9 ^rAnd ⁸thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

• r: Is. 30:1 - 6 , Is. 31:1 - 3 , Ho. 7:11 , Ho. 12:1 , Ho. 12:2 , Eze. 16:28 , Eze. 16:29 , Eze. 23:5 - 19 , Re. 17:11 , Re. 18:13
• 8: Or, thou respectedst the king.

10 Thou ^sart wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, ^tThere is no hope: thou hast found the ⁹life of thine hand; ^utherefore thou wast not grieved.

• s: Je. 2:36 , 2Ch. 28:21 - 23 , Hab. 2:13
• t: Ps. 142:4 , Je. 2:25 , Je. 18:12 , Ho. 5:13
• 9: Or, living.
• u: 2Ch. 28:22 , Is. 1:5 , Je. 3:3 , Je. 5:3 , Je. 2:30

11 ^vAnd of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou ^whast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? ^xhave not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

• v: Pr. 29:25 , Is. 51:12 , Is. 51:13
• w: Is. 57:3 , Is. 57:8 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:8 , Je. 3:20 , Je. 3:21 , Je. 2:13 , Je. 2:30 , Je. 5:3 , Je. 44:3 - 5 , Ps. 78:36
• x: Ps. 50:21 , Ps. 50:22 , Ec. 8:11 , Is. 26:10

12 ^yI will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

• y: Is. 1:11 - 15 , Is. 66:3 , Je. 2:35 , Ro. 3:10 - 20 , Ro. 10:2 , Ro. 10:3 , Ro. 6:21 , Is. 21:9 , 2Th. 2:8 , Re. 14:8

13 ¶^zWhen thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but ^athe wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but ^bhe that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit ^cmy holy mountain;

• z: Is. 57:9 , Is. 57:10 , Je. 22:22 , Je. 22:28 , Ju. 10:14 , Is. 30:1 - 6 , Is. 31:1 - 3 , Ho. 5:13 , Eze. 16:36 - 43 , Eze. 23:9 , Eze. 23:10 , Eze. 23:22 - 34 , Ps. 18:41 , Re. 16:13 - 16 , Re. 17:14
• a: Nahum 1 - 3 , Jeremiah 46 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Jeremiah 52 , Revelation 14 , Revelation 16 , Revelation 18 , Revelation 19
• b: Ps. 37:3 , Ps. 37:9 , Je. 17:7 , Je. 17:8 , Je. 30:10 , Je. 30:18 , Je. 31:12 , Je. 31:23 , Je. 31:40 , Ps. 84:12 , Ps. 34:8 - 10 , Ps. 37:4 , Mat. 5:5 , Re. 5:10
• c: Is. 11:9 , Is. 65:11 , Is. 65:25

14 And shall say, ^dCast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

• d: Is. 40:3 , Is. 62:10 , Is. 35:8 , Is. 42:16 , Is. 43:19 , Is. 48:17 , Is. 48:20 , Is. 49:12 , Zec. 10:11 , Zec. 10:12 , Re. 14:6 , Re. 18:4 , 1Co. 1:23

15 For thus saith ^ethe high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, ^fwhose name is Holy; ^gI dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is ^hof a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

• e: Ps. 83:18 , Da. 4:34 , Da. 4:35 , 1Ti. 6:16 , 1Ti. 1:17 , Ps. 90:2 , Is. 33:5 , Is. 18:4 , Is. 63:15 , Is. 6:3 , 1Sa. 2:2 , Ex. 15:11 , Jos. 24:19 , Re. 4:8
• f: Lu. 1:49
• g: Zec. 2:13 , Ps. 68:5 , Ps. 80:1
• h: Is. 66:1 , Is. 66:2 , Mat. 5:4 , Ps. 34:18 , Ps. 51:17 , Ps. 138:6 , 2Ki. 22:19 , 2Ki. 22:20 , 2Ch. 32:26 , 2Ch. 33:12 , Eze. 6:9 , Is. 61:1 - 3 , Ps. 147:3 , Ps. 23:3 , Ps. 85:6 , Ac. 2:37 , Ac. 2:38 , Ac. 16:30 , Ac. 16:31

16 For ⁱI will not contend for ever, neither will I be always ^*wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls ^jwhich I have made.

• i: Ps. 103:9 , Ps. 103:13 , Ps. 103:14 , Mi. 7:7 - 10 , Mi. 7:18 , Ps. 78:38 , Ps. 78:39 , Ps. 61:2 , Je. 10:24 , Ps. 107:5 , Ps. 143:4
• *: wroth-angry.
• j: Is. 42:5 , Is. 51:22 , Ge. 2:7 , Nu. 16:22 , Zec. 12:1 , Ec. 12:7 , He. 12:9

17 ^kFor the iniquity of his covetousness was I ^*wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on ^10*frowardly in the way of his heart.

• k: Je. 6:13 , Je. 8:10 , Is. 51:17 , Is. 53:6 , Is. 56:11 , Is. 59:4 , Is. 5:8 , Is. 5:9 , Mi. 2:2 , Mi. 2:3 , Is. 1:5 , Je. 2:30 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 5:3 , 2Ch. 28:22 , Eze. 33:31 , 1Ti. 6:10
• *: wroth-angry. , frowardly-perversely.
• 10: Heb. turning away.

18 ^lI have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and ^mrestore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

• l: Is. 1:18 , Is. 43:24 , Is. 43:25 , Is. 48:8 - 11 , Is. 59:19 , Is. 59:20 , Is. 53:5 , Eze. 16:60 - 63 , Eze. 36:22 - 32 , Je. 30:3 , Je. 33:6 , Je. 3:22 , Je. 31:18 - 20 , Ho. 14:4
• m: Is. 57:15 , Is. 49:10 , Is. 58:11 , Is. 61:2 , Is. 61:3 , Is. 66:10 , Je. 13:17 , Eze. 9:4 , Ps. 23:3 , Ps. 25:5 , Ps. 73:23 , Ps. 73:24 , Ps. 73:26

19 I create ⁿthe fruit of the lips; ^oPeace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

• n: Ho. 14:2 , 2Ti. 3:16 , 2Pe. 1:21 , Ps. 119:49 , Ps. 119:50 , Ep. 2:17 , Re. 14:6 , Pr. 10:31 , Ho. 13:3 , Ps. 32:7 , Ps. 50:15 , Ps. 71:22 - 24 , He. 13:15
• o: Ac. 2:39 , Ep. 2:13 , Ep. 2:14 , Ep. 2:17 , Ep. 6:15 , Mar. 16:15 , Is. 43:6 , Is. 49:12

20 But the wicked are ^plike the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

• p: Job 15:20 - 24 , Job 18:5 - 14 , Job 20:5 - 28 , Is. 3:11 , Re. 14:10 , Re. 14:11 , Pr. 4:16 , Pr. 4:17 , vs. 13 , Ps. 10:8 - 10

21 ^qThere is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

• q: 2Ki. 9:22 , Is. 48:22