HAB. III:17-19-B. C. 626 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, tion. 19 The wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou from their reins. art.near in their mouth, and far 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest I will joy in the God of my salva- mine heart toward thee: pull them salva-me: thou hast seen me, and tried out like sheep for the slaughter, LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet and prepare them for the day of slaughter. like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. JER. X:23-25-B. C. 600 23 TO LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. JER. XII:1-6-B. C. 608 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD. when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee: yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them though they speak fair words unto thee. JER. XIV:7-9-B. C. 601 not, 70 LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou t for thy name's sake: for our back re many; we have sinned hee. 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and e hope of Israel, the savreof in time of trouble, ldest thou be as a strangland, and as a wayfaring we are called by thy name; leave t turneth aside to tarry ght? us not. ulf on his deathbed says, Fifty years have I this folk I kept mine own well, sought not treacherous war, swore sely, waited the appointed time. For all this though sick eadly wounds I gladness now may have. The ruler of men ot me charge with murder of kinsmen when my life shall from this body." lf was an Hebrew, an heathen and "A lost sheep" of "The of Israel." |