Before 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is CHRIST good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and B3 the man of wisdom shall see thy name 3: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it B. 12. Deut. 10. 1 Sam. 15. Hosea 6. 6. 22.6. a Gen. 18.19. Isai. 1. 17. be thyself to walk. Or, thy Home trail wey that tics is. 4. Heb. mewart of dnes, Amos 4. 5. • Deat. 25. 13-16. Prov, 11. 1. £20. 10, 23. Or, Shail pHos. 12. 7. Jer. 23, 3, 6, 8 + Lev. 26, 16. Ps. 107. 17, 18. 1 Lev, 26.26. t Deut. 23. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 115 Shall I count them 5 pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceit ful in their mouth. 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. 14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt 8 take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. 15 Thou shalt 'sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16 For the statutes of "Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. Amos 5. 11. Zeph. 1. 13. Hag. 1. 6. 38 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge 5 asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth this mischievous desire: so they wrap it up 6. 4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn 5 VAR. REND. - 3 V. 9. ('see regard.) Or, thy me looketh to wisdom (or, prosperity), Ca. (alt.) But see Var. Read. — 4 V. 10. Heb. ephah.7. 11. Can I be. (Obscure.) 6 V. 14. emptiness Ge. Ew. Hi. Ca.- 7 remain. -8 remove (thy ds). -Chap. 7. 1 V. 1. gather.- 2 no early fig ach my soul desireth.-3 V. 2. kindly, or, godly. -F. 3. (Their) hands (are only) for (or, upon) vil, to do (it) well, Hi. Pu.; Hands are (busy) on evil to make (it seem) good, Ca.- agreeth to him, Hi. Ca.wove it together. VAR. READ.-V. 9. B wisdom is it to fear thy me; ... Er. Hi. (pt.) Right reading of next words tremely doubtful. -Chap. 7. Va. 3, 4. B They have aly hands to do evil; the prince demandeth (a ward) to do good: and the judge, for the recomence of a great man, uttereth what he himself ireth. And they entangle the good more than ers, and the righteous more than a thorn-hedge Prov. 15. 19), Roo. De Goeje. (Changes in the vaping of the letters.) 710. not in man, but in God. hedge B: the day of thy watchmen and Before thy visitation cometh; now shall be their CHRIST perplexity. 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a 7 guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. A Jer. 9. 4. í Ezek. 22.7. & 21. 16. 78 Therefore I8 will look unto the Isai. 8. 17. LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: 9 when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shali be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 11 10 In the day that thy walls are to be built 10, in that day I shall the decree be far removed 11. 12 In that day also 12 he shall come even 1% to thee from Assyria, Band from the 13 fortified cities 13 B, and from the fortress 14 even to the river, and y from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13 15 Notwithstanding 16 the land 16 shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, 17 which dwell 17 solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt 8 will I shew ẞ unto him marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be 18 confounded at 18 all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall 19 move out of their 20 holes like worms of 20 the earth: they shall 21 be afraid of 21 the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will 22 turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will 23 subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. {Prov. 24.17. Lam. 4. 21. m Ps. 37. 24. Prov. 24.16. n Pa. 27. 1. o Lam.3 39. p Ps. 37. 6. i Or. And thu will are her that is mine enemy, and cuver her with shame. q Pa. 35. 26. T Ps. 42. 3, 10. & 79. 10. (2 Sam. 22. Zech. 10. 5. z Isai. 11. 16. & 19.23, &c. & 27. 13. Hos. 11. 11. | Or, even to. | Or, After that it hath been. y Jer. 21. 14. ch. 3. 12. Or, Kule. Ps. 28. 9. ch. 5. 4. z Inai. 37.24. a Ps. 68. 22. & 78. 12. b Isai. 26. 11. e Job 21. 5. & 23.9. Ps. 72. 9 Isai. 49. 23. e Ps. 18. 45. Or, creeping things. f Jer. 33. 9. 9 Ex. 15. 11. Ex. 34.6.7. Jer. 50. 20. ich. 4.7. & 5. 3, 7, 8. 4 Ps. 103. 9. Isai. 57. 16. Jer. 3. 5. Luke 1. 72, 73. Ps. 105. 9. 10. VAR. REND.-7 V. 5. familiar friend.-8 V. 7. But as for me, I.- 9 V. 8. for if I have fallen. 10 v. 11. A day cometh to build thy fences. Or, shall the bound be afar off, Ca. De. Roo. (Text doubtful.) 12 V. 12. men shall come. - 13 cities of Egypt.14 Egypt.15 v. 13. Or, And, Roo.-16 i.e. Canaan, Ew. Hi. Ca. Pu.; or, the earth (viz. except Canaan), Ke. Roo-17 V. 14. dwelling (i.e. so that they dwell). 18 V. 16. ashamed for.-19 V. 17. tremble.20 close places, like the trailers upon.-21 shudder towards.22 V. 19. again. 23 Lit. tread down, i.e. disregard (?), Ew. Hi.; or, hide, Roo. VAR. READ.-V. 12. B even unto Egypt (formerly Hi.) Roo. (1.)y even to the sea on the west and (to) mount Hor, Pesh. Roo. (pt.)-V. 15. B shew thou, Ew. Roo. (1). Before CHRIST cir. 713. a Zeph. 2. 13. Or. The LORD is a The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and The fearful and victorious armies of God agains THE Nineveh. HE 1burden of Nineveh. The book of HE that dasheth in pieces! is come to the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 22 God is jealous, and the LORD rejealous God, vengeth 2; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. and a reDenger, &c. b Ex. 20. 5. & 34. 14. Deut. 4. 24. e Deut. 32. 3 The LORD is d slow to anger, and Josh. 24. 19. great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 35. Ps. 94. 1. Isai. 59. 18. Heb. that Math fury. 49 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan dEx. 36.6,7. languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. Neh. 9. 17. Ps. 103. 8. Jonah 4. 2. e Job 9. 4. f Ps. 18. 7, &c. & 97. 2. Hab. 3. 5, 11, 12. 9 Ps. 106. 9. Isai. 50. 2. Matt. 8. 26. A Isai. 33. 9. i Ps. 69. 8. k Judg. 5. 5. Ps. 97. 5. Micah 1. 4. 12 Pet. 3, 10. Mal. 3. 2. † Heb. stand up. » Rev. 16. 1. 1 Chr. 16. 34. Ps. 100. 5. Jer. 33. 11. Lam. 3. 25. | Or, strength. P P 1. 6. 2 Tim. 2. 19. 9 Dan. 9. 26. & 11. 10, 21, 40. r Ps. 2. 1. .1 Sam. 3. 12. t2 Sam. 23. 6, 7. u ch. 3. 11. r Mal. 4. 1. y 2 Kings 19. 21, 23. † Heb. a counsellor 5 The mountains quake at him, and *the hills melt, and the earth is burned 3 at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can tabide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies 3. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: 7 affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 B For while they be folden together? as thorns, and while they are drunken 10 as drunkards 108, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth 1 evil against the LORD, ta wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be 12 quiet, and likewise 12 many, yet thus shall they be tcut down, 813 when he shall pass through. Though 138 I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown out of the house of thy 15 gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will 16 make thy grave; for thou art 17 vile. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that should they publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows for have been many, and so should they have been shorn, 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the f chariots 3 shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fr trees shall be 5 terribly shaken 5. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets. they shall justle one against another in the broad ways : † they shall seem ke torches, they shall run like the lightnings. 5 He shall 6 recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the 7+ defence shall be prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. 7 And Huzzab 9shall be led away captive?, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall 10 lead her 10 as with the voice off doves, tabering upon their breasts. 8 But B Nineveh is of old B like a pool of water: yet they shall i flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the fi spoil of gold for there is none end of the store and 12 glory out of all the plea sant furniture 1 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all 13 gather blackness 13. 11 Where is the 14 dwelling of the Hors, 15 and the feedingplace of the young lions. where the lion, eren the old boa 16, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 17 The lion did tear 17 in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his liesesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. the wicked shall no more pass through Wor to that bonery city it is all fina and he should have passed away. 2 Kings 19. 35, 37. + Heb. shorn. Isa. 8. 8. Dan. 11 10. & Jer. 2. 20. & 30. 6. e 2 Kin. 19.37. d Isa. 52. 7. Rom. 10. 15. ↑ Heb. feast. t Heb. Belial. f ver. 14. e ver. 11, 12. 9 inter VAR. REND.-Chap. 1. 1 1. 1. oracle.- 2 V. 2. The LORD is a jealous and revenging God.- 3 V. 5. lifteth itself up.- -4 1. 8. i.e. of Nineveh.- pursue his enemies into darkness.6 V. 9. Or, of, Ew. Ke.7 trouble (as v. 7).- 8 V. 10. though. laced. 19 according to their drink. V. 11. Out of thee came he forth that imagined. 12 V. 12. in full numbers and so very. 13 and he shall pass away. And though.14 V. 14. But (viz. with reference to Nineveh). 15 god. 16 Or, make (them), E. B5. Pu. 17 (found) light, E. Hi. Ke. Pu. Kl. Comp. for idea, Dan. 5. 27. VAR. READ.-Chap. 1. V. 10. B (Tert exceedingly corrunt, No. 12. B and pass away. Though, Meier, Kue. (dividing words differently). VAR. REND.- Chap. 2. F. 1. Or. A mail Hi. (Prov. 25. 18). F. 2. restoreth, E. HA Kl. De-3 V. 3. are; continue in the present to 1.1 - Perhaps, the fire of steel bosses hit, steels. Strauss, Ke. Kl. - 5 made to quiver. — F. L bethink him of. Probably, mantlet, Fr. K. P KI. V. 7. it is appointed (P), De Dies, K. P. Kl. (Obscure.). 9 she is uncovered. 10 moan. *** 11 v. 8. and those (warriors). 12 7. 9. 723493 of st precious vessels.13 1. 10. withdraw their colour 2. 6).- 14 1, 11. den.-15 which wasLES8 *** 17 F. 12. (And where is) the lion which tare. VAR. READ.-Chap. 2. 1. 8. 8 as for Nineveh, waters are, Sept. Vulg. Mich. Kl, pts.) Distress and captivity of Israel. Before cir. 760. HOSEA, 10. 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, CHRIST and in the day of the feast of the LORD 6 For, lo, they are gone because of † destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: 7t the pleasunt places for their silver 7, nettles shall possess them thorns shall be in their 8 tabernacles. ch. 2. 11. ↑ Heb. spoil. n ch. 7. 16. ver. 5. Or, their silver shall be desired, the mettle, &c. ↑ Heb. the desire. • Isai. 5. 6. & 32. 13. 34. 13. ch. 10. 8. Ezek. 13. 3, Se. Mie. 2. 11. Zeph. 3. 4. ↑ Heb. man of the pirit. Jer. 6. 17. & 31.6. Ezek. 3. 17. & 33. 7. Or, against. • Isai. 31. 6. ch. 10. 9. Judg. 19. 22. ech. 8. 13. 7 The days of visitation are come, the 88 The watchman of Ephraim was 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wil- con 11 48 for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the 14 ception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to yNam 25 3. them when I depart from them! Ivaí. 28. 4. Micah 7. 1. # See ch. 2. 15. Ps. 105. 28. # cb. 4. 14. 13 8 Ephraim, as I 15 saw Tyrus, is planted in a 16 pleasant place 16: but 11. Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. See Judg. 6. 32. Ps. 31. 12. 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou Etek. 20. 8. give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Amos 4. 5. ⚫ Job 27. 14. d Deut. 28. +1, 62. e Den, 31.17. f See 1 Sam. 26. 27, k 23. & ver. 16. ch. 13. 16. 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more all their princes are 17 revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, "though they bring forth, yet will I slay event the beloved fruit of their womb. 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. Heb, that casteth the fruit. k ch. 4. 15. & 12. 11. I ch. 1. 6. Isai. ver. 13. Heb. the desires. Ezek. 24. 21. o Deut. 28. 64, 65. Lake 23. 29. 1.23. cir. 740. • Nah. 2. 2. Or. a vine emptying the frust which it giroth. b ch. 8. 11. 12. 11. e ch. 8. 4. their heart. Israel is reproved for their idolatry. down their altars, he shall spoil their Before CHRIST cir. 740. 37 For now 7 they shall say, We have 4 They have spoken words, swearing false- 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of 9 the 10 calves of 11 Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the 12 priests thereof 13 that rejoiced on it 13, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. & 11. 5. Micah 4. 9. ver. 7. / See Deut. 29. 18. Amos 5. 7. & 6. 12. Acts 8. 23. Heb. 12. 15. 91 Kings 12. 28, 29. ch. 8. 5, 6. A ch. 4. 15. Or, Chemarim, 2 Kin. 23.5. Zeph. 1. 4. il Sam. 4. 21, 22. ch. 9. 11. 61 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to 15 king Jareb 15: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 7 A8 for Samaria, her king is cut off as 16 the foam 16 upon † the water. 8" The high places also of 17 Aven, the ch. 5.13. sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: P the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: 18 there they stood: 'the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them 18. 10 19 It is in my desire that I should 19 chastise them; and 20 the people 20 shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows B. 14Therefore shall a tumult arise among 15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because cut off. piety and idolatry, ISRAEL is fruit 2 unto himself 2 : 3 ac- с 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall t break + Heb. statues, or, standing images. Or. He hath divided di Kin. 19. 21. Matt. 6. 24. + Heb. behead, VAR. REND.- V. 6. Heb. Moph. 7as for their precious things in silver.- 8 tents. V. 7. inspired man (lit. man of the spirit).. 10 Vs. 7, 8. persecution. V. 8. as for the prophet, the fowler's snare is.12 V. 10. Shame (i.e. Baal). 13 became abominations like their love.14 V. 11. so that there be no birth, no womb, and no. 15 V. 13. look unto, Wü.16 meadow.17 V. 15. rebellious (Isa. 1. 2). Chap. 10. 1 V. 1. a luxuriant. 2 freely, Hurtable.3 as his fruit increased, he.made. — F. 2. dealt with as. 6 he himself. 1 The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his be Job 4. 8. Prov. 22, 8. ch. 8. 7. Gal. 6. 7. 8. b ch. 13. 16. e 2 Kings 18. e ver. 7. VAR. REND.-7 V. 3. Yea, then.-8 for. V. 4. justice, Pu. Ke. Wü. (Amos 6. 12); punishment, Ew. Hi.10 V. 5. Heb. heifers.-11.e. House of vanity. -12 black-robed ones (i.e. unlawful priests, 2 Kings 23. 5; Zeph. 1. 4). 13 shall tremble for it. 14 V. 6. viz. The idol. 15 a contentious king (ch. 5. 13).-16 V. 7. a splinter.-17 V. 8. i.e. Beth-aven (see v. 5).18 V. 9. there they stood, that war might not overtake them in Gibeah, to help the sons of iniquity, Hi. Wu. Or, There have they continued; must there not overtake them in Gibeah war against the sons of iniquity? E.-19 V. 10. When it is my desire, I will. 20 peoples. 21 V. 11. have passed. 23 i.e. to do field-work. Or, give Ephraim a rider, Ew. Pu.23 V. 12. according to, Hi. Wü.; for, Ew. Ke. 24 in proportion to mercy. VAR. READ.-Chap. 9. V. 8. B So Le Mercier (pt.);25 Or, teach you righteousness, Hi. Pu.-26 V. 15. Ephraim looketh ont for oracles besides (those of), with the break of day. Heb. text, Hi. Ke. Wü. (Obscure.)y his God, Rashi, Home MSS.. 13. B I seem to see Ephraim set his children for a prey, and Ephraim about to, Sept. Houtema. VAR. READ.-Chap. 10. V. 10. B when they shall be bound because of their two transgressions, Heb. marg. (letters), in the main Sept. and Vulg. Hi. Ke. Wü.V. 13. B chariots, Sept. (Cod. Al.) Targ. Pesh. Secker, Ew a Isai. 21. 8, 11. ↑ Heb. fereed place. Ps. 85. 8. Or, in me. Or, when I am argued with. ↑ Heb. upon 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat † plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? CHAPTER 2. 1 Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is I WILL "stand upon my watch, and set me upon the † tower, and will I watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall ẞ answer 2t when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon 3 tables, that he may run that readeth it 3. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointmy reproofed time, 5 but at the end it shall speak3, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not 7 tarry. or, arguing. e Isai. 8. 1. & 30. 8. d Dan. 10.14. & 11.27, 35. e Hebr. 10. 37. f John 3.36. Rom. 1. 17. Gal. 3. 11. Heb. 10. 38. Or, How much more. g Prov. 27. 20. & 30, 16. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is 6 Shall not all these take up a 17 parable A Micah 2. 4. against him, and a 18 taunting proverb aOr, Ho, he.gainst him, and say, Woe to him that acreuseth that which is not his how í Isai. 33. 1. I Jer. 22. 13. † Heb. palm long and to him that ladeth himself 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that 8 Because thou hast spoiled many na- 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by CHEIST iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the 16 people shall labour in the very 27 fire, and the people 28 shall weary themselves for very vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, S the waters cover the sea. 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neigh-i bour drink, 29 that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their naked. ness! 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: 'drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right t hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence 21 of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the 50 spoil of B beasts, which made them afraid B, because of ing men's blood, and for the violence of the vers land, of the city, and 21 of all that dwell.#1 therein. 14 18 What profiteth the graven image *1 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: 3 God came from Teman, and the 5 dBefore him 13 went the pestilence, 6 He stood, and 15 measured the earth: he 16 beheld, and drove asunder the na tions 16; and the everlasting mountains 17 were scattered 17, the 18 perpetual hills 19 did bow: 20 his ways are everlasting. VAR. REND.-17 V. 15. exult. Chap. 2. 1 V. 1. Deut. 32. 24. Ps. 18. 8. Nah. 1. 5. Ga look out. to my reproof, Ew. Hi.; or, to my impeachment, De. 3 V. 2. the tablets, that a VAR. REND. V. 18. for the.-natives. man may read it swiftly (lit. he that readeth it9V. 15. pouring out thy bottle, I. fer may run). V. 3. i.e. pointeth to a yet future Kimchi.); .... thy fury, pointed text. (Perkaja the la time.-5 and it witnesseth of the end, Hu. De.; a play upon the word.)-30 V. 17. destructi or, and it hasteth to the end, E. Hi. Ke. Pu. 31 V. 18. even the. 32 V. 19. Arise. Can this teach KI.6 doth not.-7 be behind-hand.- 8 V. 4. his Chap. 3. V. 1. to the music of Psalms of esta soul in him is puffed up, it is not upright (humble, (Ps. 7. 1). 2 V. 2. report, and am. De. Kl.; lit. level), E.-9 righteous.10 faith- eth. the mountains of.5 See on P. £! fulness, E. Hi.; or, trust, De. Kl. v. 5. And covereth.-7 becometh. 18 P. 4. &- appear moreover, De. Ke. Kl-12 wine is a deceiver, Ew. eth as of the sun (lit. light; comp. Job 31. — De. Ke. Pu. Kl. 13 the arrogant man abideth 19 hath rays at his side. 11 1a. 4, 8, 9 — not, De. Ke. Kl. 14 he who.15 Sheol.-16 Vs. 5, 12 V. 4. i.e. hiding-place, De.—13 F. 5, geth Path 8, 10, 13. peoples.-17 V. 6. ballad (Num. 21. 27).- lence, and Fever-glow goeth.-F. 6. standeth18 witty. 19 many pledges (with a play on the 15 Or, rocketh, Targ. Ew. De. Ke. -18 bebalde 2 word, which, when divided into two, means thick and maketh nations to tremble. 17 burst asKPS, clay') 20 V. 7. Lit. violently shake. 21 Vs. 8, 17. 18 Or, ancient. 19 Fs. 6, 7. do. toward. 22 V. 9. gaineth evil gains for.23 grasp, reneweth (his) progresses of old time, De.; er, va Pu. 24 V. 10. determined on. 25 (Text obscure) the ancient paths before him, Ew. 26 endangerest (Prov. 20. 2). VAR. READ.-Chap. 2. V. 1. B he will, Pesh. Houb. Reifmann, Gr. VAR. READ. V. 17. B the beasts shall thee afraid, Sept. Targ. Pesh. Jer. Ex. cred Cook.) Joel exhorteth to Before JOEL, 1. bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the observe God's judgments. Before CHRIST caul of their heart, and there will I de-1 An exhortation to repentance. 44 promise of CHRIST cir. 7:5. + Heb. the beast of the field. p Prov. 6. 32. ch. 14. 1. Mal. 1. 9. f ver. 4. † Heb. in thy help. ↑ Rather, Where is thy king? King Hoshea being then in prison, 2 Kin. 17.4. - Deut. 32. 35. ch. 10. 3. 1 am. 8.5, 19. 1 Sam.8.7. 15. 22, 23. & 10. 19. 16. 1. ca. 10. 3. * Deut. 32, 34. vour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. CHAPTER 14. 9 TO Israel, 10 thou hast destroyed thy-O ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy ch. 12.6. self; but in me † is thine help 8 10. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children 14. 14 I will ransom them from † the power of 15 the grave 15; I will redeem them from death: O death, 16 I will be 16 thy plagues; 17 O grave, I will be 17 thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. 15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become Iss. 1 8. dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all † pleasant vessels. Job 14. 17. 16 Samaria shall 18 become desolate 18 f for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. ↑ Heb. the hand. 61 Cor. 15. 54, 55. e Jer. 15. 6. Rom. 11. 29. 4 See Gen. 41. 52. & 48. 19. e Jer. 4. 11. Ezek. 17. 10. & 19. 12. ch. 4. 19. • Heb. Feels of desire. Nah. 2. 9. Fulfilled, cir. 721. 2 Kin. 17. 6. 12 Kings 18. 12. g2 Kings 8. 12. & 15. 16. Isai. 13. 16. ch. 10. 14, 15. Amos L. 13. Nah. 5. 10. God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive 2 us graciously 2: 80 will we render the calves of our lips 3. 3d Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: 9 for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and † cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches † shall spread, and beauty shall be as the olive tree, and smell as Lebanon. his his 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 8 Ephraim shall say, What have Iẞ to do any more with idols? 5PI have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are 6 right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall 7 fall therein. # Ps. 91. 1. 1 Or, blossom. 1 Or, memorial. • ver. 3. 9 Jam. 1. 17. Ps. 107. 43. Jer. 9. 12. Dan. 12. 10. John Prov. 10. 29. Luke 2. 34. 2 Cor. 2. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 7, 8. Joel 2. 13. b ch. 13. 9. | Or, d Jer. 31. 18, &e. ch. 5. 13. & 12. 1. e Deut. 17. 16. Ps. 33. 17. Isai. 30. 2, 16. & 31. 1. fch. 2. 17. ver. 8. Ps. 10. 14. & 68, 5. A Jer. 5. 6. & 14.7. ch. 11. 7. Eph. 1. 6. Job 29. 19. Ρτον. 19.12. 1 Or, diessem. † Heb. strike. ↑ Heb. shall go. IPs. 52. 8. & 128. 3. Geu. 27. 27. Cant. 4. 11. p Jer. 31. 18. 8. 47. & 18. 37. 1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorteth to observe them, 8 and to mourn. 14 He prescribeth a fast for complaint. THE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4t That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the 3 cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and VAR. REND.-V. 8. lioness.10 V. 9. thy destruction is it that (thou hast been) against me, against thy help, Hi. Pu. Wũ. (substantially Ew.)11 V. 10. Where then is thy king that he.12 v. 11. give take (i.e. repeatedly), Ew. Pu. &c. 13 V. 12. hoarded, Horsley. V. 13. doth not come forward in time to the opening of the womb. 15 V. 14. Sheol (the Greek Hades). 16 where are.. .? 17 O Sheol, where is....?18 V. 16. be dealt with as faulty. — Chap. 14. 1V. 2. Forgive. good things. as a thank-offering (lit. bullocks) our lips. V. 7. make corn to grow, and shall flourish.-5. 8. As for me, I answer and observe. V. 9. straight.-7 stumble.Chap. 1. 1 V. 4. Lit. the gnawer. 2 Lit. the multitudinous. — 3 Lit. the licker. Lit. the consumer. VAR. READ.-V. 9. B for who is thy help? Sept. Pesh. (1.) - Chap. 14. V. 8. B As for Ephraim, what hath he, Sept. Secker, Ew. (1.) (our) howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a 5 great lion 5. 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and + barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, 'the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, Oye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. Before CHRIST cir. 800. d Isai. 32. 10. • So Prov. 30.25,26,27. ch. 2. 2, 11, 25. Rev. 9. 8. ▲ Isai. 22. 12. n Jer. 14. 2, o ver. 10. |