Christ's kingdom and conquest.

MICAH.

Refer

God's controversy for injustice. time that she which travaileth hath brought forth || give my first-born for my transgression, the 'fruit of then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto my body for the sin of my soul? the children of Israel.

CHIT

12 Kin

8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do 5, 15. justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of b John 19, the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD" his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be i great unto the ends of the earth.

28.

IPs. 72, 3.
Eph. 2,14.

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5 And this man shall be the peace, when the 1 Nev. 15,71 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 P 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.

2, 8.

92 Thess. P Rev. 19,

20.

71.

Luke 1,

9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Jer. 1, 1 & 13, & 1 m Deat

12.

101 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure lan that is abominable?

Lami" 35.

13 Therefore, also will I make thee 'sick in smiting Lea || thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. Ps. 187, 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and Ler thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that is which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

26.

Des. 24 38.

15 Thou shalt "sow, but thou shalt not reap ; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint Zeph. 1, 11 thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink

9 Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adver-wine. Saries, 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 Ezek. 38,11 throw down all thy strong holds:

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12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy Gal 8,1 hand: and thou shalt have no more sooth-sayers:

a I. 1, 25 3, 1. Rev. 18, 21

16.

13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou losea 2 shalt no more worship the work of thy hand. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and 2 Thes.1, fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. CHAPTER VI.

Ps. 149,

d Isaiah 21

11.

a Heb. 4,'

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1 God's controversy for unkindness, 6 for ignorance, 10 for injustice,

a

16 and for idolatry.

HEAR ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controJob 9,4 versy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

Hosea 4, 1. & 5, 3, 4.

3.

1 Jer. 2,5

30 my people,what have I done unto thee? Ps. 51,4 and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against

isaiah 5, 3

4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, f Deut.4,2% and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; g Ps. 103,7 and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my people, remember now what Balak Chapters 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. 61 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come Isaiah 1, before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old ?

7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of "ams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I

3.

1.2.18

m Ps. 57,30 Rev. 18 21

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD,because P 28.3 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

¶ NAHUM.

concerning thee, that no more of thy "name be sown: Pr. 10, 7. The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven

The miserable ruin of Nineveh :

Refore CHRIST

Before CHRIST

s much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all || situate among the rivers, that had the waters round ci. 73 gather blackness. about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall cir. 15 was from the sea?

pIsa. 14,16.

a Ps 10. 8. Ezek 13,

rsa. 52, 12. Rev. 18, 8.

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 Job 20, 25. hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, Rev., and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice 18,17,19 of thy messengers shall no more be heard. CHAPTER III.

(2 Kings

5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, Ezek. 16, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

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9 Px 33.1 r Isa i, 1. s Jer. 45.3 25.

12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees z Ber.& with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

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a Rev. 13 17, 18

13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are 6 P women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide Jer.si, A open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

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e Ps. 147,

13.

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14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy a P.12.1 strong holds go into clay, and tread the mortar, e Ecc. 5.8 make strong the brick-kiln.

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15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword faThes 2 shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts.

12.15

16 Thou hast multiplied thymerchants above & Bev. u the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away.

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17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy Rev. 3,7 captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in 1 Jer. 51,77 the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. k

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: k Isa 6,19 Mal. 2, 9. make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is stock. scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth 11 King them.

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me and there are that raise up strife and contention.

4 Therefore, the law is slacked, and judgment doth • Pa. 12, 8. never go forth for the wicked doth compass about Ps 94,20. the righteous; therefore, wrong judgment proceedeth. 5 1 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, Dan.9, 12, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

7. & 17, 2 & 18, 3.

Jer. 25,38

and hasty nation, which shall march through the 15
breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places
that are not theirs.

7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment
and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

m

Zeph. 3, 3.

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and Jer.& their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

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n Jer. 4, 18 Ezek-17.10

9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather 。I 27, 2 the captivity as the sand.

Jonab

25, 10

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the p2 Kings princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and 1.25.15 take it.

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11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall rm16 10 pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

God's judgment upon the Chaldeans.

Before CHRIST

ch. 3, 2.

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CHAPTER II, III.

121 Art thou not from everlasting,OLORD my God, cir. 626. my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty Isa. 10, 5, God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou ■ Im. 21, 2 upon them that " deal treacherously, and holdest thy * Exek. 7, tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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25.

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14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the Judg. 21, creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

1 Dan. 4.17.

a Job 91,37.

13. & 37, 24. & 45, 4, 5.

b Pr. 1, 52.

e Jer. 25, 9.

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their b portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not Rev. 17, 2 spare continually to slay the nations? CHAPTER II.

I Rev. 18, 8. 7 Shall they not rise up' suddenly that shall bite thee, and 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 in Jer. 50,9. men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

13.

Jer. 22,

Habakkuk's prayer

CHRIST

s Rev. 17,5 1 Gen. 9, 22.

Phil. 3.13.

that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunk-fre
en also, that thou mayest 'look on their nakedness! cir. 626.
16 Thou art filled with " shame for glory: drink
thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the
cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee,
and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, be-
cause of men's blood, and for the violence of the
land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Rev. 18, 2. x Jer. 25,

26, 27. Erek. 27

3. & 31, 18.

Zech. 10,2 a Ps. 115,5

18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work z Jer. 10,4 trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Wo unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; b Ps. 35.23 to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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b

Isa. 44, 9

13.

20 But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the e Amos 6, earth keep silence before him. CHAP. III.

1 Habakkuk's prayer..3 He trembleth at God's majesty....7 The sta

bility of his faith.

A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet upon

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b

Zech, 2, 13

a Ps. 7,title

& 90, 13,17

2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of 6.85, 6, the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

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d

c Ps. 103, 9

11.

3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One Jer. 14, 7. from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

e

Lam. S, 55. d Ex. 19,16 2 Cor. S, 7

4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand; and there was the 21s hiding of his power.

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12.

5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning (Nam 14 coals went forth at his fect.

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6 He stood, and measured the earth: he behield, gAct 17, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills. did bow: his ways are everlasting.

3.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and Num. 22, the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath Ex. 14, 14 against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thy horses, and thy chariots of salvation?

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.

k Num. 20 10, 11.

10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: 1 Cor. 10,4 91 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetous-the overflowing of the water passed by the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habi- Josh. 16 tation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

P. 49, 11. ness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves o Judg. 7, people shall weary themselves for very vanity? the head of his villages: they came out as a whirl-sa. 18, 2 14 For the earth shall be filled with the know-wind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to ledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

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151 Wounto him that giveth his neighbour drink,

vour the poor secretly.

15 Thou didst walk through the sea with horses, through the heap of great waters.

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2, 3.

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12 Chron. 36, 15. Amos 5, 7.

b2 Kings 23. 32.

ZEPHANIAH.

16 When I heard, my belly 'trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

17 1 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;

CHAPTER I.

Judah for divers sins.

The judgment of the Philistines 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.

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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.

1 ZEPHANIAH.

Befere CHRIST 624.

. Rom. & 3 28.

on James 1,2

& 10, 12

t Ps. 27.1 u 2 5 am 2 3 & 22,34

& 9, 1, 19 & 11, 15.

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the Rev 1 When Zephaniah prophesied...? God's severe judgment against fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that THE word of the LORD which came unto Ze-shall walk like blind men, because they have phaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, against the LORD: and their blood shall be the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

2 I will utterly consume all things from off the Rev. 14,18, land, saith the LORD.

verse 6.

7 Ps. 119,

70.

they sinned & Deut. 28, poured

y
28.
2. Ps. 79, 3
& 83, 13.

4 1 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the 'noon- Luke 12,47 and Ekron shall be rooted up. day, and unko the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the 5 Wo unto nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; "O Canaan, the land of the 'Philistines, I h Josh. 12, will even destroy thee,that there shall be no inhabitant. i Jer. 47, 1 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings, and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

3.

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14

7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the Isaiah 11 house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the Act 8, 36 evening for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

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8 11 have heard "the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will Obadiah P search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the The LORD will not 'do good, neither will he do evil. God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and 13 Therefore, their goods shall become a booty, the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the bleedIsaiah 40 and their houses a desolation: they shall also building of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolaLev. 26, houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

m Co.2,14 n Jer. 43,

tion: the residue of my people shall spoil them, P
and the remnant of my people shall possess them. Joel 3, 18.
10 This shall they have for their pride, because 16+
they have reproached and magnified themselves
against the people of the LORD of hosts

11 The LORD will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall 17. worship him, every one from his place, even all the M isles of the heathen.

1 Tim. 2,8.