not deliver; and that which thou deliver- 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not 16 For the statutes of " Omri are * kept, and all the works of the house of y Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. a Z k Wo God comforteth her by promises, &c. I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 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. 12 In that day also he shall come even 2 The good man is perished out of the to thee from Assyria, and from the fortiearth: and there is none upright among fied cities, and from the fortress even to men: they all lie in wait for blood; they the river, and from sea to sea, and from hunt every man his brother with a net. mountain to mountain. 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. f 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. 5¶Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not 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 motherin-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; t Deut. 28. 38, 39, 40. Amos. 5. 11. Zeph. 1. 13. Hag. 1. 6. i Or, he doth much keep the, &c. u 1 Kings 16. 25, 26. x Hos. 5. 11. y 1 Kings 16. 30, &c. & 21. 25, 26. 2 Kings 21. 3. z1 Kings 9.8. Jer. 19.8. k Or, astonishment. a Isai 25. 8. Jer. 51.51. Lam. 5. 1. CHAP. VII. a Heb. the gatherings of summer. a Isai. 17. 6. & 24. 13. b Isai. 28. 4. Hos. 9. 10. c Pa. 12. 1. & 14. 1, 3. Isai. 57. 1. Or, godly, or, merciful. d Hab. 1. 15. o Hos. 4. 18. f Isai. 1. 23. ch. 3. 11. c Heb the mischief of his soul. g 2 Sam. 23. 67. Ezek. 2. 6. See Isai. 55. 13. h Jer. 9. 4. i Ezek. 22. 7. Matt. 10. 21,35, 36. Luke 2 53. & 21 16. 2 Tim 3 2, 3. k Isai. 8. 17. 1 Prov. 24. 17. Lam. 4. 21. m Ps. 37. 24. g 13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. h 14 ¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 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. e 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like i worms of the earth: they shall be Prov. 24. 16. n Ps. 27. 1. o Lam. 3. 39. p Ps. 37. 6. d Or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame. q Ps. 35. 26. r Ps. 42. 3, 10. & 79. 10. & 115.2. Joel 2. 17.8 ch. 4. 11. e Heb. she shall be for a treading down. t 2 Sam. 22. 43. Zech 10.5. n Amos 9. 11, &c. x Isai. 11. 16. & 19. 23, &c. & 27. 13. Hos. 11. 11. ƒ Or, even g Or, After that it hath been. y Jer. 21. 14. ch. 3. 12. Or, Rule. Ps. 28. 9. ch. 5 4. z Isai. 37. 24. a Ps. 68. 22. & 78. 12, b Isai. 26. 11. c Job 21. 5. & 29. 9. d P. 72.9 Isai. 49. 23. e Ps. 18.45. i Or creeping things. f Jer. 33. 9. to. I God's goodness to his people, NAHUM. afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that h 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. TH k CHAP. I. and severity against his enemies. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 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. NAHUM. The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity e 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 his feet. h S LORD? he will make an utter end: afflic- 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 imagineth evil against the LORD, 'a wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they thus 'shall be quiet, and likewise many, yet they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I 'break his yoke from Bashan off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 i The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and 'the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. m 6 Who can stand before his indignation? that trust in him. d 8 4 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. r 9 What do ye imagine against the g Ex. 15. 11. h Ex. 34. 6, 7. Jer. 50. 20. i chap. 4. 7. & 5. 3, 7, 8. k Ps. 103. 9. Isai. CHAP. I. a Zeph. 2. 13. a Or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger, &c. HE that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, d Or, strength. p Psalm 1. 6. 2 Tim. 2. 19. q Dan. 9. 26, & 11, 10, 22, 40. r Psalm 21. 81 Sam. 3. 12. t 2 Sam. 23. 6, 7. u ch. 3. 11. x Mal. 4. 1. y 2 Kings 19. 22, 23, Heb counsellor of Belial. f Or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away Kings 19. 35, 37. g Heb, shorn. a Isaiah 8. 8. Dan. 11. 10. b Jer. 2. 20. & 30.8 2 Kings 19. 37. d Isai. 52. 7. Rom. 10. 15. h Heb. feast. iileb. Belial. e verse 11, 19 8 1Art thou better than populous TM 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? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, Isai. 10. 12. Jer. 25. 29. Or, the pride of Jacob as the pride of Israel. d Ps. 80. 6. 1 Job 4. 10, 11. Ezek. 19. 2-7. m Ezek. 29. 3. & 38. 3. & 39. 1. ch 3.5 12. Hos. 10. 1. e Is. 63. 2, 3. c Or, dyed scarlet. dOr, fiery torches. e Heb. their show. n 2 Kings 18. 17, 19. & 19. 9, 23. CHAP. III. a Heb. city of bloods. Or, gallants. g Heb. covering, or, coverer. h Or, molten. i Or, that which was es a Ezek. 22. 2, 3 & 24. 6, 9. Hab. 2. 12. b Jer. 47. 3. b Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear tablished, or, there was a stand made. k Or, discovered. f Isai. 38. 14. & 59. 11. e Is. 47. 9, 12. Rev. 18. 2. 3. d ch. 2. 13. e Is. 47.9 3. Jer. 13, 22, 26. Ezek. 16. 37 from the days that she hath beer m Or, cause them to turn. n Or, and their infinite Mic. 1 11 flab. 2. 16. g Mal. 2. 9. h Heb. 10. 33. sure, &c o lleb. vessels 1 Rev. 18. 10. k Jer. 15. 5. Amos desire. 6. 2. c Or, nourishing. d Heb No Amen. in Jer. 46. 25, 26. Ezek. 30. 14—16 Or, g Is. 13. 7, 8. h Dan. 5. 6. i Jer. 30. 9. k Joel 2. CHAP. I. up 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee 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 cankerworm 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. с h 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? HABAKKUK. 12 1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, 5 is showed the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans. He complaineth that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse. [BEFORE CHRIST 626.] THE HE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 20 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. a 5 ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and e Hob in thy help. n Ps. 137, 9. Isaiah 13. 16, Hos. 13. 16. o Lam. 9. 19. P Joel 3. of themselves. e 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 9 They shall come all for violence:f their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and 29. 14. Acts 13. 41. d Deut. 28. 49, 50. Jer. 5. 15. b Fulfilled, 2 Chron. 36. 6 lleb breadths. dOr, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captics e Heb. sharp. e Jer. 5. 6. Zeph, 3.3. f Jer. 4. 13. f Or, the supping up of tatir faces, &c. or, their faces shall look toward the east. g llcb. the opposition of then these. faces toward the east He is showed that he must wait by faith. CHAP. II. shall 11 Then shall his mind change, and he pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. i 12 ¶hArt thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, Omighty God, thou hast established them for correction. k 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on * iniquity: 1 wherefore lookest thou 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 15 They take n 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat" plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the na tions ? CHAP. II. 1 Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is showed that he a b I WILL * stand upon my watch, and set C d g Dan. 5. 4. h Ps. 90. 2. & 93. 2. Lam. 5. 19. i 2 Kings 19. 25. Ps. 17. 13. Isai. 10. 5, 6, 7. Ezek. 30. 25. h Heb. rock. Deut. 32. 4. i Heb. founded. k Psalm 5. 5. k Or, grievance. 1 Jer. 12. 1. Or, moving. m Jeremiah 16. 16. Amos 4. 2. m Or, flue net. n Deut. 8. 17. Isai. 10. 13. & 37. 24, 25. CHAP. II. a Isai. 21. 8, 11. n Or, dainty. o Heb. fat. a Heb. fenced place. b Ps. 85. 8. b Or, in me. when I am argued with. & Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing. c Isaiah 8. 1. & 30. 8. c Or, VOL. IL Nos. 87 & Ed 2 The judgment of the Chaldeans. е cause 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. 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 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! 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? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the P knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 15 ¶ Wo unto him that giveth his neigh d Dan. 10. 14. & 11. 27, 35. e Heb. 10. 37. f John 3. 36. Rom. 1. 17. Gal. 3. 11. 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