The Old Testament in Verse 10 (Verses 133 - 147)

133

133

And then by his God was King Joash forsaken

839

Joash is murdered in bed by

23-25

The princes were slain, and his riches were taken.

his servants, and is succeeded

And Joash was murdered!  Ay!  Murdered in bed,

 by his son, Amaziah.

And bad Amaziah made king in his stead.

134

134

And this Amaziah the Israelites hired,

Amaziah obeys the Lord, and

XXV

And then to the conquest of Edom aspired,

sends away the Israelites

1-10

And yet ere those Israelites hastened to war,

that he had hired.

When God had reproved him he put him afar.

135

135

And yet when returning a victor from war

Amaziah conquers Edom,

11-14

Midst captives and riches, their idols he bore!

and brings back with him

Those idols he worshipped!  Those idols he cherished!

their idols to be his gods.

And through that vile worship, their worshipper perished!

136

136

2 Ch.

Elated by conquest, he Israel sought!

826

Amaziah challenges Jehoash,

XXV

Jehoash! – he challenged!  Johoash! – he fought!

king of Israel, and is

17-28

His soldiers forsook him!  His efforts were vain;

defeated.

And later by rebels, the Monarch was slain.

810

Amaziah is slain.

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137

137

Then Uzziah was king, and he did what was right,

Uzziah reigns.

XXVI

Till his vanity put all his senses to flight.

He does right and prospers,

1-18

Though eighty the priests that advised him and urged him,

but growing strong is also

He’d have carried his point, though the eighty had  scourged him!

proud.

138

138

For he went to the altar, a censor in hand,

765

Uzziah attempts to burn

19-21

And his anger broke forth at the priestly command;

incense up on the altar and

Then a leper was he, and his fate was bemoaned,

becomes a leper.

But his son was appointed, and he was dethroned.

139

139

XXVII

This son was the Jotham, whose precepts were ample,

758

Uzziah is succeeded by his

With nothing at fault in his Godly example

son, Jotham, who reigns

2 Ki. XV

Yet the same of his people could never be said,

sixteen years.

32-35

So bad and deceitful the lives that they led.

140

140

To the Temple they hastened, as though they were good,

Jotham worships God, his

Isaiah

But returning they worshipped their idols of wood;

people idols, and Isaiah

I – IX

Though Isaiah warned them, entreated and plead,

pictures their captives.

And pictured them captives to Babylon led!

141

141

He told them of Judah grown over with briars,

He tells them of the desolation

XLV

And when he’d reproved them, he told them of Cyrus!

of Judah, of the coming of

1-8

He told them most plainly of how they’d offended.

Cyrus, and of the Messiah.

And of the Messiah from David descended

142

142

But they heeded him not, and their good king expired,

742

Ahaz succeeds his father in

2 Ch.

And Ahaz succeeded, who idols admired!

the 17^th year of Pekah,

XXVIII

Who idols exalted, and altars displaced,

king of Israel.

And vessels of gold and of silver defaced!

143

143

2 Ki.

And this was the time of the reigning of Pekah,

741

Ahaz is oppressed by Resin

XVI

When Israel’s kingdom grew weaker and weaker,

and Pekah.

5-9

Though Pekah and Resin had Ahaz oppressed,

740

His fortunes are redressed by

Till Tigleth-Pileser his fortunes redressd!

 Tigleth-Pileser.

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144

144

2 Ch.

And after the throne to his son had descended,

727

Ahaz dies, and is succeeded

XXIX

The weakening kingdom of Israel ended,

by his son Hezekiah, who

2 Ki. XVIII

So Israel’s kingdom was first to expire,

revives the Lord’s cause.

9-10

Whilst Judah’s revived under good Hezekiah.

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145

145

2 Ch.

Though Ahaz the doors of the Temple had shut,

Hezekiah restores the worship

XXX

And the vessels of gold and of silver had cut,

 of God and keeps the

1-4

His son, Hezekiah, revived the Lord’s cause,

Passover.

And kept the Passover, and followed the laws!

146

146

He wrote to the ten tribes as well as the two,

Hezekiah invites the ten

5-12

And said God may take off his anger from you!

tribes to keep the feast of the

But the “ten tribes” they mocked him!  They laughed him to scorn!

Passover.

And few were those Jews – to Jerusalem borne!

147

147

2 Ki.

And after their laughter, we hear of his tears!

713

15 years are added to the life

XX

Of his life being spared, and the number of years!

of Hezekiah, he grows proud,

1-13

Of the riches and jewels he vainly displayed,

and displays his wealth.

Of the prophecy true, that so truly dismayed!