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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.

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pHos. 12. 7. Jer. 23, 3, 6, 8

+ Lev. 26, 16. Ps. 107. 17, 18.

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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.

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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.
Matt. 10.21,
35, 36.
Luke 12. 53.

& 21. 16.
2 Tim. 3. 2,
3.

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.

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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.
& 115. 2.
Joel 2. 17.
sch. 4. 11.
+ Heb. she
shall be for
a treading
down.

(2 Sam. 22.
43.

Zech. 10. 5.
"Amos 9.
11, &c.

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).

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cir. 713.

a Zeph. 2. 13. Or. The

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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
of Belial
Or. If they
would have
been at
peace, 10

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

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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
days of recompence are come; Israel
shall know it: the prophet is a fool, Pthe
9+ spiritual man is mad, for the multi-
tude of thine iniquity, and the great
10 hatred.

88 The watchman of Ephraim was
with By my God y: but the prophet is
a snare of a fowler 11 in all his ways, and
10 hatred in the house of his God.
9 r They
have deeply corrupted them-
selves, as in the days of Gibeah: 'there-
fore he will remember their iniquity, he
will visit their sins.

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wil-
derness; I saw your fathers as "the first-
ripe in the fig tree at her first time:
but they went to Baal-peor, and sepa-
rated themselves unto 12 that shame 12:
and 13 their abominations were according
as they loved 13.

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.
2 Kin.17.18.
ch. 5. 6.

f See 1 Sam.
28. 15, 16.
# See Erek.

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.

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Israel is reproved for their idolatry.

down their altars, he shall spoil their
images.

Before CHRIST cir. 740.

37 For now 7 they shall say, We have
no king, because we feared not the LORD; ch. 3. 4.
what then should a king do to us?

4 They have spoken words, swearing false-
ly in making a covenant: thus judgment
springeth up as hemlock in the furrows
of the field.

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.

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14Therefore shall a tumult arise among
thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be
spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in
the day of battle: the mother was dash- Jer. 4. 3.
ed in pieces upon her children.

15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because
of your great wickedness: 26 in a morn-
ing 26 shall the king of Israel utterly be
d ch. 13. 16. ↑ Heb. the evil of your evil.
CHAPTER 11.

cut off.

piety and idolatry,
34. 19. 13.
an empty vine, he bring-

ISRAEL is fruit 2 unto himself 2 : 3 ac-
cording to the multitude of his fruithe
hath increased the altars; according to
the goodness of his land they have
made goodly images.

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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
nefits. 5 His judgment. 8 God's mercy toward
them.

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

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↑ 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
shewed that he must wait by faith. 5 The judg
ment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness, 9
for covetousness, 12 for cruelty, 15 for drunken-
ness, 18 and for idolatry.

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
not upright in him ; but the just
shall live by his 10 faith.
5 Yea also, because 11 12 he trans-
gresseth by wine 12, 13 he is a proud man,
neither keepeth at home 13, 14 who en-
largeth his desire as 15 hell, and is as
death, and cannot be satisfied, but gather-
eth unto him all nations, and heapeth
unto him all 16 people:

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.
k ver. 17.
↑ Heb.
bloods.

I Jer. 22. 13.
1 Or, gaindh
an evil gain.
Jer. 49. 16.
Obad. 4.

† Heb. palm
of the hand.
1 Or,
piece, or,
fastening.
¡Or, witnes
against it.

long and to him that ladeth himself
with 19 thick clay 19!

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that
shall bite thee, and awake that shall 20 vex
thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto
them?

8 Because thou hast spoiled many na-
tions, all the remnant of the 16 people
shall spoil thee; because of men's t blood,
and for the violence 21 of the land, 21 of
the city, and 21 of all that dwell therein.
9 Woe to him that 22 coveteth an
evil covetousness to 22 his house, that he
may set his nest on high, that he may
be delivered from the 23† power of evil!
10 Thou hast 24 consulted shame to thy
house 25 by cutting off 25 many 16 people,
and 6 hast sinned against 26 thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the
wall, and the beam out of the timber
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14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, S the waters cover the sea.

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18 What profiteth the graven image *1
that the maker thereof hath graven it; *Jer
the molten image, and a 31 teacher of
lies, that the maker of his work trusteth,
therein, to make dumb idols?

19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood,
Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it y
shall teach 32! Behold, it is laid over with
gold and silver, and there is no breath
at all in the midst of it.

20 But the LORD is in his holy temple:
let all the earth keep silence before

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3 God came from Teman, and the
Holy One from mount Paran. 5 Selah.
His glory covered the heavens, and the
earth 7 was full of his praise.
4 And his brightness was as the light?;
he 10 had horns coming out of his hand : 3 Px 854
and there was the 12 hiding of his, 1
power.

5 dBefore him 13 went the pestilence,
and burning coals went 13 forth at his
feet.

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.

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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.
ver. 4.

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.

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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.
10 J I will be thy king where is any
other that may save thee in all thy
cities and thy judges of whom thou
saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11 I 12 gave thee a king in mine anger,
and took 12 him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound
up; his sin is 13 hid.

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.

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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,
give good.
e Hebr. 13.
15.

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.

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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. 5. 6.
↑ Heb. Inid
my fig tree
for a bars-
ing.

▲ Isai. 22. 12.
( Prov. 2. 17.
Jer. 3. 4.
A ver. 13.
ch. 2. 14.
1 Jer. 12. 11.
& 14. 2.
Isai. 24.7.
ver. 12.
| Or,
ashamed.

n Jer. 14. 2,
4.

o ver. 10.

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