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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.

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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 with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the

/ Isa. 19, 16. Jer. 50, 37. Jer. 51, 30.

1 Ki. 22, 17.

8 wrinkling.

Isa. 14, 8.
Zeph. 2, 15.

Lam. 2, 15.

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.

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16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven the canker-worm spoileth, and fleeth away.

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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 wound is grievous: all * that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, 5 is shown the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans.

HE burden which Habakkuk

Tthe prophet did see.

2 O LORD, how long "shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

3 Why dost thou show 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 never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

1

CHAP. 1. 6 the opposition of their faces toward the east: or,

the supping up of their faces, etc., or, their faces shall

look toward

the east.

rock.

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imput-founded. ing this his power unto his god.

12 T Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine_Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and,O'mighty God, thou hast 8 established them for correction.

9 Or, grievance. 10 Or, flue net.

fat, or, dainty.

12 Or, spread.

CHAP. 2.

a Ps. 73, 16, 17. Isa. 21, 8.

place.

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on 9iniquity: wherefore lookest thou fenced upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the 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 10 drag therefore they rejoice and are glad.

2 Or, in me. 3 upon my reproof, or, arguing: or, when I am argued with.

ò Deut. 27, 8. Isa. 8, 1. Isa. 30, 8. Rom. 15, 4. Rev. 1, 19. Rev. 21, 5. Dan. 10, 14.

d John 3, 36. Rom. 1, 17.

2 Cor. 5, 7. Gal. 3, 11. Heb. 10, 38.

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

17 Shall they therefore 12 empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

CHAPTER II.

much more. • Pro. 27, 20.

5 Or, Ho, he.

6 bloods.

7 Or, gaineth an evil gain. Ps. 49, 11. Jas. 5, 3.

8 palm of the hand. Or, piece, or, fastening.

and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall 10 Or, witness answer 3 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.

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3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,

against it. 11 bloods.

Isa. 50, 11. 12 Or,in vain.

13 Or, by knowing the glory.

14

Or. more with shame

than with glory.

threatened on the Chaldeans.

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 the just shall live by his faith.

54Yea 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:

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6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, " Woe 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 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 men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

9 T Woe 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.

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11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall 10 answer it.

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with "blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves 12 for very vanity?

14 For the earth shall be filled 13 with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

15 Woe 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

God's majesty in

:

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, 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 Woe 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: 16 let all the earth keep silence before him.

B. C. 626.

CHAP. 2.

9 Jer. 50, 33. 15 fashioner of his fashion.

16 be silent all the

him.

delivering his people.

the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine 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 earth before cleave the 10 earth with rivers. 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.

CHAP. 3.

1 Or, according to variable songs, or, tunes.

thy report, or, thy hearing. 3 Or. preserve alive.

Or, the

south.

5 Or, bright beams out of his side.

6 Or, burn

11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: "at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in 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 ing diseases of the wicked, 12 by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 14 Thou didst strike through with Num. 21, 24, 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.

a Ex. 23, 31. Deut. 32, 8.

34. Ps. 135, 10.

7 Ethiopia.

affliction, or, vanity.

Ex. 14,21,22. Josh. 3, 16

17.

9 Or, were salvation.

10 Or, rivers of the carth. 11 Or, thine arrows walked in the light.

Micah 4, 13.

€ 2 Sam. 5, 20. 12 making naked.

13 were tempestuous. 14 Or, mud.

15 Or, cut them in pieces.

16 lie.

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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 T 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 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,

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.

CHAPTER I.

1 When Zephaniah prophesied. 2 God's severe judgments against Judah for divers sins.

THE

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.

2 1I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the 3 stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

B. C. 630.

CHAP. 1.

2 Tim. 3, 16. 2 Pet. 1, 21. By taking,

away I will make an end.

2 the face of the land.

3 Or, idols. Ezek. 7, 19.

are cut down; all they that bear 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 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 Matt. 13, 41. desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not "drink the wine thereof.

4 Fulfilled, 2 Ki. 23, 4, 5.

Hos. 10, 5. 5 Or, to the LORD.

1 Ki. 11, 33. • sanctified, or, prepared.

7 risit upon. Jer. 39, 6.

6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

Neh. 3, 13.

• Zech. 11,2,3. Jas. 5, 1. Rev. 15, 11, 12.

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 darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and chant street against the high towers.

8 the mer

9 curded, or, thickened. Jer. 48, 11. Amos 6, 1.

CHAP. 2.

Joel 2, 16.
or, not

desirous.

b 2 Ki. 23, 26.

men,

17 And I will bring distress upon that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

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18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

CHAPTER II.

1 Exhortation to return to God by repentance 4 Judgments on the Philistines, 8 on Moab and Ammon, 12 on Ethiopia, 13 and on Assyria.

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yea, gather together, O nation 1 not desired;

2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before 'the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. 3 Seek 'ye the LORD, "all ye meek

of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon-day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of 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 remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the Isa. 15, 1. houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God shall visit them, and 'turn away their captivity.

8 TIm 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.

9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

10 This shall they have for their pride, because 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 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.

P Amos 1, 13.

3 make lean. ? Gen. 49, 10. Ps. 2, 8. Ps. 22, 27. Ps. 72, 8-11. Isa. 2, 2, 3. Isa. 11, 9, 10.

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 cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar-work.

15 This is the rejoicing city" that dwelt carelessly, "that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides 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 The princes of Jerusalem reproved. 8 Exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel.

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city!

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5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

6 I have cut off the nations: their 4 towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

8 T Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indigna