HABAKKUK, II, III. The judgment upon the net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? CHAPTER II. The judgment upon the Chaldeans for their sins. I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the 1 tower, and a will watch to see what he will say 2 unto me, and what I shall answer 3 when I am proved. re 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. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but b the just shall live by his faith. 54 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 him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 5 Wo to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bife thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt bed Phi.3.19. for booties unto them? e Je.25.27-29. of his fashion. Ps. 11.14. 16 be silent all 8 Because c thou hast spoiled 15 fashioner many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the vio-f lence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Wo to him that 7 coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the 8 power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall 10 auswer it. 12 Wo to him that buildeth a town with 11 blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very tire, and the people shall weary themselves 12 for veryvanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled 13 with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 2 the earth. (CHAP. 3.) or, accord ing to vari able songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth. report, or, hearing. 3 or, preserve alive. a Juo. 10.10. the south. 5 or, bright beams out of his side. 6 or, diseases, De.32.21. Mi.5.2. Ethiopia. 8 or, under affliction, or, vanity. Chaldeans for their sins. 15 T Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled 14 with shame d for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cupe of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spueing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the 15 maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 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 silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: f 16 let all the earth keep silence before him. CHAPTER III. 1 Habakkuk's prayer. 3 He trembleth at God's majesty. 7 The stability of his faith. A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet 1 upon Shigionoth. 2 O LORD, I have heard thy 2 speech, and was afraid: O LORD, 3 revive a thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. 3 God came from 4 Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had 5 horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning 6 coals went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways b are everlasting. 7 I saw the tents of 7 Cushan 8 in affliction: and 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 against the sea, that thou didst ride upon God's judgment against ZEPHANIAH, I. thine horses and thy chariots 9 of B. C. 626. salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, 9 or, were. according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst 10 the rivers cleave 10 the earth with rivers. of the earth. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. c Jos. 10.12. 11 or,thine arrows walked in the light. 11 The sun c and moon stood still in their habitation: 11 at the light d Ps. 110.6. of thine arrows they went, and 12 making at the shining of thy glittering naked. 13 were tem pestuous. Judah for divers sins. to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the 14 heap of great waters. 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 15 invade them with his troops. 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall 16 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 Yete 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 mine high places. To the chief singer on my 17 stringed instruments. ZEPHANIAH. ངཀ From the Creation, 3374.... Year of Josiah, king of Judah, 12. HE word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 21 will utterly consume all things from off the 2 land, saith the LORD. 2 B. C. 630. By taking away, I will make an end. face of the. 3 or, idols. a Fulfilled, 624. e 2K1.23.4,5. 2Ki. 23.12. Je. 19.13. 2Ki. 17.33, 41. 3 I will consume man and beast, I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, or, to. and the 3 stumbling-blocks with p Is.48.1. the wicked; and I will cut off Ho.4.15. man from off the land, saith the e 1Ki.11.33. LORD. f He. 10.38. 4 will also stretch out mine 5 He.2.3. hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jérusalem; and I will cut off a the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops: b and theme that worship and that swear 4 by the LORD, d and that swear by Malcham; e 6 And them that are turned back f from the LORD; and those that have not sought g the LORD, nor inquired for him. 7 Hold h thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for i the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath 5 bid his guests.k 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will 6 punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' 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 an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ve inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant-people Exhortation to repentance. ZEPHANIAH, II, III. are cut down; all they that bear] B. C. 630. silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are 7 settled on their lees that say m in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. curded, or, thickened. 1 Je.48.11. Am.6.1. Re.2.23. m Ps.94.7. 13 Therefore their goods shall be-n Joel 2.1,11. come a booty, and their houses ao Re.6.15-17. desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. 14 The great day of the LORD is near, n it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty o man shall cry there bitterly. p Is.22.5. Je.30.7. q Am.5.18. r Je.4.19. $ Is.59.10. t Ps.79.3. Je.9.22. u Pr.11.4. Eze.7.19. v ch.3.8. Judgments passed. the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6 And the sea-coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the k remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: 2 for the LORD their GOD shall visit them, and turn away m their captivity. 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and nagnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab n shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Go 15 That p day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a (CHAP. 2.) morrah, even the breeding of netday of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet r and alarm against the fenced cities, or, desirous. ple shall spoil them, and the rem and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind s men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood t shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. a Joel 2.16. b Ho. 13.3. c 2Ki.22. 13, 17. 23.26. tles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my peo nant of my people shall possess them. 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproach2Ch.36.16,ed and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 17. d Ps.95.7,8. 18 Neither u their silver nor their e Am.5.6,15. gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; f Zec.8.19. but the whole land shall be de- g Jon.3.9. voured by the fire of his jealousy: h Je.47.5. for he shall make even a speedy Zec.9.5,6. riddance of all them that dwell in i Eze.25.16. the land. CHAPTER II. 4 The judgment of the Philistines, 8 of Moab and Ammon, 12 of Ethiopia, 13 and Assyria. k Is. 11.11. Mi.4.7. 2 or, when. GATHER a yourselves together, 1 Lu. 1.63. yea, gather together, O nation not I desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, b before the fierce anger c of the LORD come upon you, before d the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. 3 Seek e ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought| his judgment; f seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may beg ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. 4 T For Gaza h shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 5 Wo unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! i the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will 3 famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 Ye Ethiopians o also ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; p and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilder ness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations both the 4 cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the 5 upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: 6 for he shall uncover the cedar-work. 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said q in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. CHAPTER III. 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins. 8 An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel. TO to 1her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not 2 correction; she Wo Habakkuk trembleth at trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. HAGGAI, I. a Je.23.11,32. Ly morning. or, corners. d Is.63.8. e Mi.2.1,2. 4 Her prophets a are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The b just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: 3 every morning doth he bring his f Pr.20.22. judgment to light, he faileth not; La.3.25,26. but the unjust knoweth no shame.cg Joel 3.2. 6 I have cut off the nations: their Mat.25.32. 4 towers are desolate; I made their h 2Pe.3.10. streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. 5 lip. 7 I said, Surely d thou wilt feark me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever 6 shoulder. Ps.68.31. God's majesty. of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty 7 because of my holy mountain. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor m people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, a nor speak lies; o neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 14 Sing, p O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out a thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that day it shall be said to punished them: Joel 2.26,27. Jerusalem, Fear thou not; and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. but they rose early, e and corrupted all their dogs. 7 in. 8 Therefore wait f ye upon me. saith the LORD, until the day that Im Ja.2.5. rise up to the prey: for my deter-n Mat. 13.41. mination is to gather the nations, go Re.21.27. that I may assemble the kingdoms, 9.9. q Ro.8.33,34. to pour upon them mine indigna- P Zec.2.10. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia k my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 9 be silent 11 set them for a. 11 In that day shalt thou not be 12 of their. ashamed for all thy doings, where-t in thou hast transgressed against $ Am.9.14. me: for then I will take away out! CHAPTER I. 1 Haggai, reproving the people's negli- TN the second year a of Darius HAGGAI B. C. 520. a Ezr.4.24. b Ezr.3.2. 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoicer over thee with joy; he will 9 rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom 10 the reproach of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will 11 get them praise and fame in every land 12 where they have been put to shame. 20 Ats that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among ail people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house shall be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai, the prophet, saying, 2 or, captain. dwell in your ceiled houses, and 4 Is dit time for you, O ye, to c 1Ch.6.15. 3 Set your c La.3.10. this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; 3 Considere your ways. 6 Ye have sown f much, and bring in little: ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not God's judgment. HAGGAI, II. filled with drink; ye clothe you, B. C. 520. but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag 4 with holes. 4 pierced. k 1 Ki. 17.1. 2 Ki.8.1. 7 Mal.2.7. 2Co.5.20. m Mat.28.20. 9 Ye looked h for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow 5 upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore i the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and then 1Co. 12.4earth is stayed from her fruit. 11 And I called for a drought ko Ezr.5.2,8. upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. 11. (CHAP. 2.) by the hand of. a Ezr.3.12. 1 Haggai encourageth the people to the work. 10 He showeth that their sins hindered the work, etc. TN the seventh month, in the one came the word of the LORD 1 by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who a is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in i 1Ch.29.14. Ps.85.8. Lu.2.14. m Le. 10. 10, 11. De.33.10. Mal.2.7. Nu. 19.11. o Tit. 1.15. Jude 23. p ch. 1.6,9. Zec.8.10. q De.23.22. JK1.8.37. Am.4.9. Judgment pronounced. your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?b 4 Yet now be strong, c O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for Id am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 5 According to the word e that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my Spirit fremaineth among you; fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and Ig will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: h and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, i and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory k of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. 10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying. 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests m concerning the law, saying, 12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch n any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, Soo is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD. 16 Since those days were, when one p came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. 17 Ismoteq you with blasting, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and |