The glory of the church. B. C. 710. MICAH.-CHAP. V., 4 But they shall sit every man under his A. M. 3294. vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. 6 ¶ In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. f 1 Ki.4.25. Zec.3.10. g Je 211. h Zec. 10. 12 Col.2.6. i Eze.34. 13..17. Zep.3.19. JP.38.17. He.12.12, 13. P147.2 I.9.6,7 Da. 7.14, 27. Lu. 1.33. Re 11.15. m Ps. 48.12, 13. n or, Edar, Ge. 35.21. o Re 22.5. 8 And thou, O tower of "the_flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of P Je8.19. Jerusalem. q Is.66.7,8. r Ho. 1.10. $ La.216. 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor per- 06.12. ished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail : for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem | thee from the hand of thine enemies. 11 ¶ Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. 12 But they know not "the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. W 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the LORD of the whole earth. CHAPTER V. 1 The birth of Christ. 4 His kingdom. 8 His conquest. NOW gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from de everlasting. u Is. 55.8. Je. 29.11. Ro. 11.33, 34. v Lu.3.17. wI41.15, 16. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath broughth sons of a forth then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. ycar. i Ps. 51.16. 2K13.27. k belly. name shall see that which is. o or, Is there yet unto every man a house of P mensure of lean neze, Am.8.5. VI. God's controversy with Israel. 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 8¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. m 9 Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more " soothsayers: 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy P standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands. 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 50 my people, remember now what Balak f king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. 6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall Í come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 10 T Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the P scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of vioror,be pure lence and the inhabitants thereof have spo q Pr.20.10, 23. The complaint of the church. MICAH.-CHAP. VII. ken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their | A. M. 3294. mouth. 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt 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 shall 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. a hissing therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. 5 mies. W CHAPTER VII. 1 The church, complaining of her small number, 3 and the general corruption, putteth her confidence not in inan, but in God. 8 She triumpheth over her ene 14 God comforteth her by promises, 16 by confusion of the enemies, 18 and by his mercies. WO is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat my soul desired the first-ripe fruit. d 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men : they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. e 4 The best of them is a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. B. C. 710. 8 Ho.5.9. 1 De 28.38. 40. a or, he keep thee. ..30. tonish- a the ga- God comforts her by promises 8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy. when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall 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. 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily 126,7. in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. k Pa.37.6. 1 or, And see her 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto cover her him marvellous things. mine enemy, and with shame. 5 Trust 'ye not in a friend, put ye not P234. confidence in a 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. 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Ps.72.9. tor, creep ing things 8 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at 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 move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of 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 turn again, he will have compasu Ex.31.6,7 sion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. v La.3.31, 32. w Ro.6.14. x Je.50.20. y Lu.1.72, 73. 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. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and 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 e P.63.8. his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains equake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea the world, and all that dwell therein. Re.6.17. g strength. i 1 Th 5.2,3 h 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. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that ima gineth evil against the LORD, a wicked coun of Belial sellor i counsellor no more. 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, "keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly P cut off. HE CHAPTER II. The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh. A. M. eir. 3291. B. C. cit. 713. kor, If they would have been Wi The miserable ruin of Nineveh. CHAPTER III. The miserable ruin of Nineveh. O to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the so should rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. at peace, they have been ma ny, and RO should been 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright they have sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: shorn, and he should have passed away. shorn. m Is.52.7. n feast. 。 Belial. p Is.29.7,8. a or, The disperser, or, ham mer. c dyed. d or, fiery. E that dasheth in pieces is come up be- pride. fore thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. ex 2 For the LORD hath turned away the cellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. e their show f or, gallants. resting! or, coverer. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways they shall seem like torches, they or, from shall run like the lightnings. the days that she hath been. them to 5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste or cause to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. h 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. turn. m or, and their infinile store. u Zep.2.13. a Eze. 24.9. b city of bloods. 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of came of look 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: m for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 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 gather blackness. 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. the scord, and the lightning of the spear. d No Amon, ishing. or, nour. e in thy help. f Ps.137.8,9. g Joel 3.3. h Je.25.17.. 27. Re.6.13 1 Joel 2.25. m or, spreadeth himself. n Ps.76.6. o Eze.31.3, &c. por, va 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock. 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? e 9 Éthiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. 12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees i with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm "spoileth, and fleeth away. 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18 Thy shepherds "slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy liant once wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of 1K.22.17. thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon wrinkling whom hath not thy wickedness passed conRe. 18.2,3.tinually? 3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance ? for spoiling and vio-for, lence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. from their shall proceed the judg ment of these, and captivity of these. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong sharp. judgment proceedeth. b 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judg-i ment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. h or, the toward what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. e 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against shall took him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Wo to him that increaseth that which is not his how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! the east, rock. arce. | moring. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread them-mor, flue selves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth n ls.10.13.. o fat, or, a fenced b P.85.8. e or, in me. reproof, 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall up pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. Oe LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. i ot, argu- am argu- Jn.3.36. much gor, Ho,he. h 18.33.1. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treache-i bloods. rously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? or, gain eth an evil gain. 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, an awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be unco14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as vered the cup of the LORD's right hand shall the creeping things, that have no ruler over or, pire, be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall k palm of r Ph.3.19. s Je.25.27.. 19 Wo unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and tfashioner silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst fashion of it. of his 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. afiction, anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by P discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. q 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. r 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, through the heap of great waters. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at thy voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he the earth. cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. or,vanity. k or, were. or, the rivers of m Jos. 10.12, arrows the light. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers?n or, thine was thine anger against the rivers? was thy walked in wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride o P110.6. upon thy horses and thy chariots of sal-p making vation ? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: naked. q were tempestuous. ror, mud. or cut them in t lie. Job 13.15. ♥ Neginoth, 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. V 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their master's houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they 2K123.12 that bear silver are cut off. Je.19.13. f 2Ki. 17.33, gor, to. h Is.48.1. i IKL11.33. He23. m Ph.4.5. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. 13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; dor and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. n sanctifi o Mat.22.2, Re. 19.17. P visit q curded, r Je. 48.11. Am.6.1. 8 Pa. 94.7. 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty" man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of w darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that Am.5.18. they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their u Re.6.15.. ▼ Is. 22.5. x Je.4.19. |