C. 787.

ech. 14. 5. mos,
AMOS.
Caen oa ae «Amos, who was among the herdmen of ‘Tekoa, which he ssaw concerning Israél in the_days_of Uzzian king_of Judah, and in the_days_of Jeroboam the_son_of Joash king_of Israél, two_years before the earthquake. 2 And he said, J The Lorp will_roar from Zion, And ‘utter His voice from Jerusa-
lem ;
And the_p habitations_of the shep- herds -shall_mourn.
And the_top_of See shall _
wither. 3 Thus ssaith Jthe Lorp;
For three transgressions of Da- mascus, and for four, I will not turn_away thepunishment there- of;
Because they -have_threshed *Gi- lead with «threshing instruments_ of «iron:
But I -willsend a fire into the_ house_of Hazaél,
Which -shall_devour the-palaces_ of Ben-hadad.
5] -will.break also the_bar_of Da-
mascus,
And -cut_off the inhabitant from the_plain_of ¢ Aven,
And him_that_holdeth the sceptre from the_house_of Eden :
And the_—people_of Syria -shall_go_
into_captivity unto Kir, -saith 2 THUS -saith !the Lorp; | Jthe Lorp. ‘ For three transgressions_of Moab,| 6 Thus ‘saith J the Lorp; and for four, For three transgressions_of Gaza, I will not turn_away the isensich-| and for four, ment thereof ;
I will not turn_away the punish- ment thereof; Because they carried_away_captive the_whole captivity, To deliver_them_up to Edom: a 1 ee gi fire on the_wall_ o Which st *shall_devour the_palaces thereof: 8 And I -will cut_off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him_that_holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, And I-will_turn Mine hand against Ekron: And the_remnant_of the Philistines | igoh pexiah, saith Athe Lord
° Thus -saith J the LorD; For three transgressions_of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn_away the punishment thereof ;
Because they delivered_up the_ whole captivity to Edom, And remembered not the brotherly covenant : 10 But I Sais a fire on the_ wall_of Ty La saaees ehelldegene the_palaces ereo! 1 Thus a Jthe Lorp;
Amos II. 6.
For three transgressions_of Edom, and for four,
I will not turn_away the punish-| ment thereof : |
Because he did_pursue his brother | with the sword,
And did_cast_off all pity,
And his anger did_tear perpetually,
And he kept his wrath for_ever:
? But I-will_send a fire upon Teman,
Which -shall_devour the_palaces_ of Bozrah.
18 Thus -saith / the Lorp ;
For three transgressions_of the_ sochildren _of Ammon, and for four,
I will not turn_away the punish- ment thereof;
Because they -have_ripped_up the_ women_with_child_of =Gilead,
het they might-enlarge their -bor-
er: lt But I -will_kindle a fire in the_ wall_of Rabbah, And it -shall_devour the_palaces thereof, With shouting in the_day_of battle, With a tempest in the_day_of the whirlwind 15 And their king sshall_go into xcap- tivity, Be and his his pe together, -saith | e Lo
t
Because he burned the-_bones_of
the_king_of Edom into xlime: 2 But I -will_send a fire upon Moab,
And it -shall_devour the_palaces_ of Kirioth :
And Moab -shall_die with tumult,
With shouting,
And with the_sound_of the trum-
pet: 3 And I -will_cut off the judge from) the_midst thereof,
And will_slay all the_princes there- of with him, -saith? the Lorp.
+ Thus «saith J the Lorn;
For three transgressions_of Judah, | and for four, I will not turn_| away the punishment thereof;
Because they -have_despised -the_ law_of / the Lorp,
And -shaye not kept His scom- mandments,
And their lies caused_them_to_err, |
After the which their fathers -have_ walked
5 But I awil-eend a fire upon Judah,
And it -shall_devour the_palaces_ of Jerusalem. 6 Thus ‘saith J the LorpD; For three transgressions_of Israél, And for four, I will not turn_away the punishment thereof;
BC. 787. |
OF THE CHILDREN OF AMIMON. 40. sons.
|z. Jehovah. |
Or JUDAH.
8. Statutes.
Or ISRAEL.
697
Amos II. 7.
B.C. 787.
n. needy.
i. ish.
8. Ex. 22. 26.
w. wine, Heb. yayin, J. fined. ones,
$0. sons. J. Jehovah.
a. Accord- ing as.
15. Jer. 9. 23.
h, his soul. s. strong_of heart.
NECESSITY FOR
JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENTS
g- ground. v. Visit upon.
3. 2 Cor, 6. 14-16.
3 “HEAR «this *word that J the Lorp
Because they sold the -righteous for silver,
And the» -poor for a pair_of shoes ;
7 xsThat pant after the_dust_of the earth on the_head _of the =poor,
And tturn_aside the_way_of the =meek:
And a‘ man and his father will_go_ in unto the same maid,
To profane My holy «name:
8 And they 'lay_themselves_down upon clothes laid_to_pledge by every altar,
And they drink the_v wine_of the fcondemned in the _house_of their =god.
° Yet destroyed € =the Amorite be- fore them,
Whose height was like the_height_ of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ;
Yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
And his roots from beneath.
10 Also E Ene pou up from the_ land_of Egypt,
And led pou forty years through the wilderness,
To possess -the_ jand_of the Amor-
ite.
11 And I raised_up of your sons for prophets,
And of your young_men for Na- zarites.
Is it not even thus, O_ye sechil- dren_of Israél? +saith ’the Lorp.
12 But ye gave «the Nazarites » wine to_drink ;
And commanded the prophets, saying, “*Prophesy not.”
13 Behold, £ +am_pressed under you,
a As a xcart tis_pressed that 7s full_ of sheaves.
14Therefore the flight -shall_perish from the -swift,
And the-strongshall notstrengthen his force,
Neither shall the -mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall_he_stand that_hand- leth the bow ;
And he that is swift_of foot shall not deliver himself :
Neither shall he that_rideth the horse deliver / himself.
16 And he that 7s s courageous among the =mighty shall _ flee _away naked in xthat xday, ‘asaith J the Lorp.
shath_spoken against you, O_s children_of Israél,
Amos IV.
ie earth, where no gin 7s for! B.C. 781 im?
Shall one take_up a snare from the gearth, and have_taken nothing at_all? *
® Shall a trumpet be_blown in the|6. Isa. 45.7 city, and the -people not be_ | afraid?
Shall there be evil in a city, and|c. ‘the Lord shath not done it ?
7 Surely Athe =Lord J Gop will_do}7. Ge: nothing,
But He -revealeth His se secret unto | 4-7-4 His servants the prophets.
8 The lion ‘hath_roared, who will not fear? bs
AThe =Lord JGop shath_spoken, who can but prophesy ?
® -Publish in the palaces at Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the_land_ of
Egypt, And -say, “«Assemble _ yourselves upon the_mountains_of Samaria, And -behold the great tumults in the_midst thereof, And the =oppressed in the_midst thereof.” 10 For they know not to do right, asaith 4 the Lorp, x1Who store_up violence and rob- bery in their palaces. il Therefore thus *saith Athe =Lord
7Gop
An eee there shall be even round_about the land ;
And he sshall _ bring ~ ‘down thy
strength from thee F And thy palaces Ee eee Nae ' 12 Thus saith 4 the Lo
a As the shepherd 4 taketh. out of|a. A the_mouth_of the lion two legs,| ngss or a piece of an ear; eth.
So shall the_s children_of Israél be_ dtaken_out x+that dwell in Sa-|d. delive maria in the_corner_of a bed, :
And in Damascus in a coueh.
13 -Hear ye, and -testify in the_-house_ of Jacob, rel 4Saith 4 the =Lord! Goo, the_=God_ of xhosts, ‘Tseba 14 That in the day that I shall visit)14.2 Kin! the_transgressions_of Israél -up-| 1°
on him
I ps also visit the_altars_of Beth-
And the_horns_of the altar -shall_ be_cut _ off, and -fall to the e ground.
15 And I -will_smite the winter house} 15.1
with the summer house; 39.
And the_houses_of ivory -shall_ perish,
And the great houses -shall_have_
Against the_whole xfamily which I an_end, 4saith the Lorp. J. Jehovall brought _up from the_land _of Egypt, saying, 4 *HEAR «this xword, ye kine_of xBa-| JupeMEn
2 Hou only shave_I_known ofall the_ | * shan, that ave in the_! mountain_ 0 families_of the g earth : of Samaria, re
Therefore I will_ypunish you for reall your iniquities. 2 Can two walk together, except they be_agreed ? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey ? Will a young_lion ery out_of his
RS.
x1Which oppress the =poor, «which | p, he
crush the =need country. x+Which say to their Tmasters, 1. lords, “Bring, and let_us_drink.” $
2AThe =Lord J Gop shath_sworn by a a His holiness, That, lo, the days 4shall_come upon Jetiovah.
den, if he ->have_taken nothing ? you, that He will_take pou away 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon with hooks, a
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os IV. 3.
a aye posterity with fish-|
3 eae ye aaa ice out atthe breaches, oo that which is before er And ye -shall_cast them into the} ze seh ae Ear #-Come to Beth-él, and -transgress ; At xGilgal -multiply transgression ; And -bring your sacrifices sions morning, And your tithes after three years: | 5 And o-offer a sacrifice_of_ thanks-| giving with leaven, And -proclaim and -publish the | free_offerings: For this pliketh you, O_ye schil-| ee _of Israél, +Saith 4 the ooo
® And = also -haye_given you clean- | ness_of teeth in all your cities, And want_of bread in all your |
places :
Yet -have ye not returned unto Me, | +saith J the Lorp.
7 And also = -have_withholden ~the|
rain from you,
When there were yet three months | to the harvest:
And I -caused_it_to_rain upon one |
city, And fcaused_it_not_to_rain upon
another city: wae eS jiece was_rained upon, | pepiece whereupon it. Abies not ‘withered.
8So two or three cities -wandered unto one city, to drink =water ;
But they ‘were not satisfied :
Yet have ye not returned unto Me,
Rl i a ea. hh xblasting shaye_smitten pou with « | and xmildew: +
When your gardens and your vine- yards and your fig-trees and your | olive-trees increased, the palmer- | worm 'deyoured them :
Yet -have ye not returned unto Me, ssaith J the Lorp.
10 J -have_sent among you the rd lence after the_manner_of Egypt:
Your young_men shave_I_slain with the sword,
And have-taken_away your horses: |
And I haye_made the_stink_of your | camps to_come_up unto your | nostrils :
Yet shave ye not returned unto Me,| ssaith J the Lorp.
11 J -haye_overthrown some of you, as| =God overthrey «Sodom and} -Gomorrah, |
And ye wereas a firebrand plucked_ | | out of the burning :
Yet shave ye not returned unto iS) +saith J the Lorn.
¥ Therefore thus will_I_do unto thee, | O_Israél :
And because I will.do this unto! thee, :prepare to meet thy =God, | O_IsraéL
35 For, lo, He_that_formeth the moun-| tains, and createth the wind,
And declareth unto ¢ man what is his thought, |
*That_maketh the morning dark- |
{
ness,
Amos V. 13.
; And -treadeth upon the high_| B.C. 7S7. laces_of the earth, | 3 The Lorn, The =God_of hosts, is | 5.6. Jehovah His name. | Elobim_of | Tsebahath.
5 “HEAR ye xthis sword which ¥| ISRAEL'S
DESOLA- TION. } 1. Ezek.19.1. |
+take_up against you, Even a lamentation, ‘O_honse_of | | Israéi. 2 The_virgin_of Israél -is_fallen ; She shall no more rise: She -is_forsaken upon herland; | There is none to raise_her_up. | 3 For thus -saith 4the =Lord/ Gop: 3. Deut.& |
The city «that went_out by a. pe pan Sioceun shall _ leave a Aa aby, Seve And « hundred shall_leave ten, to the_ house_of Israél. + For thus saith ‘the Lorp unto the_| Jeuoyan | house_of Israél, | ALONE To *Seek ye Me, and ye-shall_live: | i SouGHT. 5 But seek not Beth-él, eee
. Jehovs Nor enter into xGilgal, ieeercs
And ‘pass not to Beer-sheba: i For xGilgal shall_surely go_into_! captivity, And Beth-él shall_come to nought. | nee I«the Lorp, and ye -shall_ /6. Ps. 68 i ive; Lest He tbreak_out like xfire in| * the_house_of Joseph, and -de-| | |
your ié, And there be none to quench if i a Beth-él. 7 Ye xswho turn judgment to moe THE | wood, UnsustT AD-| And ¢-leaye_off righteousness ‘in ee ae
the earth, | 8 Seek Him that_maketh = the seyen | eto stars and - Orion, Job 9. 9; And -turneth the_shadow_of- death | ‘S Se into the mo: } fae Kecil. And -maketh the “hae dark with_| night : | x:That calleth for the_waters_of the| | sea, and poureth_them_out upon | the_face_of the earth : | | 1 The Lory is His name: i $%x«That strengtheneth tie -spoiled | against the -strong, So that the -spoiled shall_come) against the fortress. } | 10 They ae him that_rebuketh in as Isa. 29.21. | the ga And es abhor him that speaketh | uprightly. ll Forasmuch therefore as yourtread-| ing is upon the —poor, And ye ‘take from him burdens. of | wheat : Ye -have_built houses_of heat} stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; | Ye -have_ planted pleasant vine- yards, but ye shall not drink | we -wine_of them. te. Wine, 32 For I know your manifold trans- e- yayin. gressions and your mighty sins: | +They_afflict the —just, | +They_take a bribe, And they -turn_aside the =poor in| the gate from their right. ; 18 Therefore the prudent shall_keep_} silence in xthat time; For it is an evil time.
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Amos V. 14.
B.C. 787. 14, 15. Isa. 1. 16-19. Zeph. 2. 3. a. according as.
LAMENTA- TION, J.G.A. Jeho- yah Elo-
him-_of hosts, Adonahy. b. or broad- places.
J. Jehovah.
DAY OF JEHOVAH. 18. Joel 2. 1- ll. Zeph. 1. 15.
HyPo- CRITICAL SERVICE.
21. Proy. 21. 27.
u. offerup.
a, ascend- ing-offer- ings.
. gift eatacied
7. roll-on,
p. or perennial.
25-27. ACTS 7. 42, 43.
g- zift. offering.
b. booth, Heb. sic- cuth.
27. 2 Kin. 15. 29; 17. 5-23.
=G. Elohee Tsebahoth.
WOE TO
THOSE AT
EASE IN ZION.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may_live :
And so !the Lorp, the_=God_of hosts, shall_be with you, «as ye shave_spoken.
15 -Hate the evil, and -love the good,
And -establish judgment in the
gate:
It_may_be that J the Lorp =God_of hosts will_be_gracious unto the_ remnant_of Joseph.
16 Therefore ! the Lorp, the_=God_of hosts, 4 the =Lord, -saith thus ;
Wailing shall be in all > streets ;
And they shall_say in all the high- ways, “ Alas! alas!”
And they -shall_call the husband- man to mourning,
And such_as_are_skilful_of lamen- tation to wailing :
W And in all vineyards shall be wail-
ing:
For I will_pass_through thee, saith ‘the Lorp.
18 Woe unto you that_desire -the_ day_of J the Lorp! -
To what end is it for you? the_ @ay_of J the Lorp »‘ is darkness, and not light.
19ac As if a ¢man ‘did_flee from a xlion,
And a xbear ‘met him ;
Or -went into the house, and ‘leaned his hand on the wall,
And a xserpent «bit him.
20 Shall not the_day_of Jthe Lorp be darkness, and not light ?
Even very_dark, and no brightness init? .
21 T -hate, I -despise your feast_days,
And I will not smell in your solemn_ assemblies.
2 Though ye offer « Me « burnt_offer- ings and your g meat_offerings,
I will not accept them:
Neither will_I_regard the -peace_ offerings_of your fat_beasts.
23 -Take_thou_away from Me the_ noise_of thy songs ;
For I will not hear the_melody_of
thy viols. 24 But let judgment *run_down as xwaters, And righteousness as a » mighty stream.
25 *“Have_ye_offered unto Me -sacri- fices and gofferings in the wilder- ness forty years,
O_house of Israél ?
26 But ye shave_borne -the_? taber- nacle_of your Moloch and -Chiun your images,
The_star_of your =god, Which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore -will_I_cause pou to_go_
into_captivity beyond Damascus, *Saith Jthe Lorp, whose name is The_=God_of hosts.
WOE to them that are at_ease in Zion,
And x-trust in the_mountain_of Samaria,
Which are named chief_of the na- tions,
To whom the_house_of Israél -came !
6
Amos VI. 14
2 +Pass ye unto Calnech, and «see ; B.C. 78 And from thence «go ye to! th y the great: Then -go_down to Gath_of the Phil- istines : Be they better than xthese xking- doms ?
Or their border greater than your border ? 3 a that _ put -far_away the evil ay, And cause the_seat_of violence to_ come_near ; 4x.aThat lie upon beds_of ivory, And 4stretch_themselyes upon their couches, ae seat the lambs out of the ‘oc And the calves out_of the_midst_of the stall; 5 ae chant to the_sound_of the vio ' And +invent to themselves instru- ments_of music, like David; 6 xsThat drink » wine in bowls, w. And tanoint themselves with the chief ointments But they are not grieved for the_ baffliction_of Joseph. b 7 Therefore now shall_they_go_cap- He with the first +that_go_cap- ve, And the_banquet_of them_that_
stretched_themselves -shall_be_ removed. 84 The =Lord ‘ Gop shath_sworn by |4-J. Adi
s Himself, Jel
4Saith /the Lorp the_=God _ of]; : hosts, J.G. Jeli
¥€ «abhor «the_excellency_of Jacob,
And shate his palaces:
Therefore -will_I_deliver_up the city with ¢ all_that_is_therein.
* And it -shall_come_to_pass, if there hremain ten men in one house, that they -shall_die.
10 And a man’s_uncle «shall_take_ him_up, and he_that_burneth him, to bring_out the bones out_of the house, and -shall_say unto him_that is by the_ sides_of the house, “Js there yet any with thee?” and he «shall_say, “No.” Then+shall_he_say, “*Hold_thy_tongue: for we may not make_mention_of the_ name_of ! the Lorn.”
11 mbes behold, J the Lorp +command-
eth, And He -will_smite the great xhouse with breaches, And the little xhouse with clefts. 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? Will one plough there with xoxen ? For ye ‘have_turned judgment into
ga And the_fruit_of righteousness into hemlock : 13 x1Ye which_rejoice in a thing of nought, xtWhich say, “Have we not taken ‘ tous horns by our_own strength?” | 14. 2 Ki 14 But, behold, I +will_raise_up against| 29; 17, you a nation, O_house_of Israél |4--Je 4Saith Jthe Lorp the -=God _of xhosts ; And they shall_affliet pow from the entering_in of 4Hemath unto the_? river_of the ¢ wilderness.
hoor q . b. brook, a. the
700
Vil. 1.
787. THUS hath 4 the =Lord ? Gop shew- they had_made_an_end of eating -the_ grass_of the land, then I said, “O_
ed unto me: and, behold, +He_
formed? grasshoppersi in the_beginning_
F of the — shooting _ up _of the latter _ : growth; and, lo, it was the latter_
=a growth after the king's mowings.
-
| A=Lord / Gop, -forgive, L_beseech_Thee :
: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is
mb 3 4The Lorp repented for this: “It
shall not be,” -saith 4 the Lorp.
fFirne. | * Thus hath 4the=Lord !Gopshewed
‘Adsn- | unto me: and, behold, the 4 =Lord / Gop
go-lord e+called to contend by ~fire, and it
_
}
devoured -the great deep, and did_eat_ = a
xpart. 5 Then said I, “O.A=Lord ‘Gop, | «cease, I_beseech_ Thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.” | 6 2The Lorn repented for this: |
, “This also shall not be,” -saith Athe |
J =Lord 7 Gop. fmittpE| 7 Thus He shewed me: and, behold, | A |4the=Lord+stood upon a wall made by_ | : a_plumbline, with a plumbline in His | hand.
8 And? the Lord said unto me,“ Amos,
what seest thou?” And I said, “A be2Kin.|Plumbline.” Then said 4the =Lord, “Behold, I +will_set a plumbline in the_ 28.17. \midst_of My people Israél: I will not | pass_by them any_more;
* And the_high_places_of Isaac-shall_ be_desolate, and the _ sanctuaries _ of Israél shall_be_laid_waste: and I -will_ rise the_house_of Jeroboam | j with the sword.”
10 Then Amaziah the_priest_of Beth- | | él sent to Jeroboam king_of Israél,, saying, “Amos -hath_ conspired against | thee in the_midst_of the_ house _of | Israél : the land tis not able to bear -all | his words,
ll For thus Amos ssaith, ‘Jeroboam | shall_die by the sword, and Israélshall_| surely be_led _away _ captive out_ = their_own land.’” |
© Also Amaziah said unto Bie | “Q_thou seer, -go, -flee_thee_away into the_land_ofJ udab, and there eat bread, and ‘prophesy there : i | 18 But prophesy not again any more
at Beth-él: for it is the King’s schapel, land it is ¢ the king’s r court.” |
14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, “E was no prophet, neither was € a prophet’sson: but E was a eee and a gatherer_of sycomore_
And ‘JtheLorp took me as I follow- pa ‘the fiock, and ! the Lorp said unto me, ‘ *Go, *prophesy unto My people ek
MOS TO
or use. EPLY OF AMOS. i Kin. 20. Sch.
Now therefore -hear thou the_word_ of the Lorp : Thon -sayest, +Prophesy | not against Israél, and ‘drop not ad word against the_house_of Isaac.’
7 Therefore thus ssaith >the Lorp: Thy wife shall_be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall. | fall by the sword, and thy land shall_. be_divided by line; and thszshalt_diein | a polluted land: and Israel shall _surely |
of summer_tfruit.
mer_fruit.” 2And it -came_to_pass, that when |m
Amos VIII. 12.
THUS hath 4 the =Lord 4 Gop shew] B.C. 787. ed unto me: and behold a basket_ eae
F THE BASKET OF ©
2 And He said, “Amos, what seest SUMMER
thou?” And I said, “A basket_ of sum-|
7 B BB a. a mis Ba
e, “The end +is_come upon My peo-| reizn-Lord ple_of Israél ; ‘hovah.
I will not again pass_by them any_ more.
3. ; | | | al in every place; —~ They shall cast_them_forth with_ silence.” eS the -needy, | Even to make the_=poor_of the land to_fail, 5 Saying, “ When will the new_moon be_gone, that we -may_sell corn? And the sabbath, that we -may_set_ forth wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances by_de- ceit ? 6 That we may_buy the =poor for - Silver, And the -needy for a pair_of_shoes ;| Yea, and sell the_refuse_of the| wheat?” 74 The Lorp -hath_sworn by the_ex- cellency_of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any | their works.” § Shall not the land tremble for this,| 8. Ch. 9.5. And every_one mourn that_dwell-
| | Ussusr. =
| eth therein? j And it -shall_rise_up wholly as a| | r flood ; |r. river. And it ‘shall _be_ cast _ out and odrowned, as by the_r as are hs overflown. | Egypt. | ° And it «shall come_to_pass in a} | xday, +saith 4 the =Lord / Gop, | That I -will_cause the sun to_ go_ | down at =noon, | And I -will_darken the earth in the} clear day : i 10 And I -will_turn your feasts into! mourning, | And all your songs into lamenta- i tion; And I -will_bring_up sackcloth up- on all =loins, i And baldness upon every head: And I -will_make it as the_mourn- | } ing_of an only son, | | And the end thereof as a bitter day.)
u Behold, the days +come, +saith Athe! A FAMINE =Lord * Gon, | some ia a -will_send a famine in ‘he. See Mic. | ' Not a famine of xbread, A.3. Adon- | Nor a thirst for water, | aby. Sas | But of hearing -the_words_of ! the| jreaee |
| 3. Jehovah.
Lorp
® And they -shall_wander from sea to sea,
And from the north even to the east,
They shall_run_to_and_fro to seek
4 go_into_captivity forth of his land.” | =the_word_of ? the Lorn, | :
701
Amos VIII. 13.
B.C. 787.
t. trespass,
VISION OF THE LORD
A, Adonahy, Sovereign Lord.
b. or by.
c. chapiter, or knob.
t. or thres- holds,
h. Heb. sheol, Gr. ades.
THE GREATNESS OF THE LORD.
} Aut. Adon- ahy Jeho- vah of-Tse- bahoth.
r. river,
0. overflown.
w. upper- chambers. v. vault, or
J. Jehovah.
DISPERSION OF ISRAEL. $. SONS.
B.C. about 587.
“Servant_of Jehovah. A.J. Adon- ahy Jeho-
yah. r. report. n. nations. t. to the.
And shall not find it. 13 Tn xthat xday shall the fair «virgins and young_men faint for «thirst. 14 x:They_that swear by the_tsin_of Samaria, 4,
And -say, “Thy =god, O~- Dan, liveth ;”
And, “The_manner_of Beer-sheba liveth ;”
Even they -shall_fall, and never trise_up again.
I SAW -the 4=Lord standing 4 up- on the altar: and He said,
“.Smite the clintel_of the door, that the ¢ posts may_shake :
And ‘cut them in the head, all of them ;
And I will_slay the_last_of them with the sword :
He-_that_fleeth of them shall not flee_away,
9
And he_that_escapeth of them].
shall not be_delivered. 2 Though they ‘dig into * hell, thence shall Mine hand take them ; Though they 'climb_up to x=heaven, thence will_I_bring_them_down : 3 And though they thide themselves in the_top_of xCarmel, I will_search and -take_them_out thence ; And though they 'be_hid from My sight in the_bottom_of the sea, Thence will_I_command -the ser- pent, and he sshall_bite them: + And though they ‘go into captivity before their enemies, Thence will_I_command -the sword, and it -shall_slay them: And I -will_set Mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.” > And Athe =Lord / Gop of_xhosts is x1He_that toucheth the land, and it shall_melt, And all +that_dwell therein -shall_ mourn: And it -shall_rise_up wholly like a * xflood ; And ‘shall_be_c drowned, as by the_ r flood_of Egypt. 67t is «He_that buildeth His w stories in the =heaven, And shath_founded His vtroop vin the earth ; x1He_that calleth for the_waters_ of the sea, And poureth_them_out upon the_ face_of the earth: + The Lorp is His name. 7 Are pe not as schildren_of the
OxpapIAH I.
Ethiopians unto Me, O -schil- dren_of Israél? ssaith 4the Lorp. -Have not I brought_up out_of the_land_of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, And the Syrians from Kir? 8 Behold, the_eyes_of Athe =Lord ‘Gop are upon the sinful xking-
dom,
And I »will_destroy it from off the_ face_of the g earth ;
Saving that I will not utterly_de- stroy -the_house_of Jacob, +saith ‘the Lorn.
° For, lo, ¥ +will-command, and I -will_sift_ -the-house_of Israél among all xnations,
Like as corn tis_sifted in @ xsieve,
Yet shall not the least-grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the_sinners_of My people shall die by the sword,
x1Which say,
“The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.”
11 In xthat day will_I_raise_up -the_ btabernacle_of David x+that is_ fallen,
re -close_up «the_breaches there- of;
And I will_raise_up his ruins,
And I -will_build it as in the_days_ of old:
12 That they may_possess -the_rem- nant_of Edom,
And of all the »=heathen, « which |
sare_called by My name, 4Saith J the Lorp +that_doeth this. 13 Behold, the days +come, +saith 4 the Lorp, That the ploughman -shall_over- take the reaper, And the_t er_of grapes him_ that_soweth xseed ; And the mountains -shall_drop ¢sweet_wine, And all the hills shall_melt. 14 And I +will_bring_again «the_cap- tivity_of My -people_of Israel, And they -shall_build the waste cities, and -inhabit them ; And they -shall_plant vineyards, and -drink -the_w wine thereof ; They ‘shall also make gardens, and eat ~the_fruit_of them. 15 And I -will_plant them upon their
land,
And they shall no more be_pulled_ up out of their land which I -have_given them,
*Sai'th J the Lorp thy =God.
OBADIAH.
IHE_vision_of o Obadiah. Thus -saith Athe =Lord J Gop con- cerning Edom ; We have heard a rrumour from J the Lorn, And an ambassador «is _sent among the »=heathen, “sArise ye, and let us rise_up against her ‘in xbattle.”
102
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the »=heathen: Thon -art greatly despised. 3 The _ pride _of thine heart hath deceived thee, +thou_that_dwell- est in the — clefts_of the
rock, Whose-_habitation is high ; +That_saith in his heart,
BC,
BADIAH I. 4. Jonax I. 3. 3. about “Who shall_bring_me_down to the into the -gate_of My people in| B.C. about 587. eground?” the_day_of their calamity ; 587. arth. 4 Though thou texalt thyself as the Yea, thon shouldest not ‘have _ eagle, looked_on their affliction in the_ And though thou set thy nest day_of their calamity, among the stars, Nor thave_laid hands on their sub- Thence will_I_ bring thee_ down, stance in the_day_of their cala- ehovah. __ 4saith Jthe Lorp. mnity ; >If thieves came to thee, if robbers| 14 Neither shouldest thou thave_stood by_night, in the crossway, to cut_off-those_ (How -art thou cut_off!) of_his_that_did_escape ; Would they not have-_stolen till_ Neither shouldest thou thave_de- they_had_enough ? livered_up those _of_his_that_ If the grape gatherers came to thee, did_remain in the_day_of dis- Would they not leave some grapes ? 3 tress. 6 How -are the things of Esau} 1 For the_day_of!the Lorp is near} 5s. Jehovah. searched_out ! | upon all the «=heathen: n. nations. How are his hidden_things sought_ | «As thou -hast_done, it shall_be_} «. Accarding up! done unto thee: as. | anah- 7 All the_« men_of thy c confederacy | Thy reward shall_return wpon ip. " have brought thee even to the | thine_own head. penn’. border : 16 For «as ye ‘haye_drunk upon My The emen that_were_at_peace_ holy mountain, with thee have deceived thee, So shall all the »=heathen drink and prevailed against thee ; continually. They that eat thy bread thave_ Yea, they -shall_drink, and Hey | r snare. laid a s wound under thee: -shall_swallow_down, There is none understanding in And they -shall_be as ‘though they him. had not been. § Shall I not in xthat xday, ssaith | 17 But upon mount Zion shall_be de-| DELIVER- ‘the Lorp, even destroy the_ liverance, | _ ANCE | =wise men out_of Edom, And there «shall_be holiness ; in os a | * And understanding out _of the_ And the_house_of Jacob -shall_|*°"°°=;?* hill h mount_of Esau ? possess their -possessions. untry. 9 And thy mighty men, O_Teman,| 18 And the_house_of Jacob «shall_be a | 18. Zech. 12. f -shall_be_dismayed, fire, 6. To the_end that every_one of the_ And the_house_of Joseph a flame, hmount_of Esau may_be_cut_off And the_house_of Esau for stubble, by slaughter. And they -shall_kindle in them, and mruerR | 1°For thy violence against thy «devour them ; [(OLENCE brother Jacob shame shall_cover And there shall not be any remain- ag thee ing of the_house_of Esau; Ps. 137.7: And thou -shalt _ be _ cut _ off for For ‘!the Lorp shath_spoken itt. ek. XXXV. ever. 19 And they of the south -shall_possess el 3. 19. 11JIn the day that thou stoodest on -the_h mount_of Esau ; the other_side, ae oe y of the plain «the Philis- "ountry. In the day that the strangers carried_away_captive his forces, and miley sshall_possess «the _ And foreigners entered into his -fields_of Ephraim, gates, And -the_-fields_of Samaria : And cast lots upon Jerusalem, And Benjamin shall possess Even thon wast as one of them. Gilead. 12But thou shouldest not thave_| % And the_captivity_of xthis xhost_of looked on the_day_of thy brother the _schildren_of Israé@l shall} s. sons. in the day that_he_became_a_ possess that of the Canaanites, stranger even unto Zarephath ; Neither shouldest thou thave_re- And the_captivity_of Jerusalem, ons. joiced over the -schildren _ of which 7s in Sepharad, shall_pos- Judah in the_day_of their de- sess the_cities_of the south. struction ; 21 And saviours -shall_.come_up on Neither shouldest thou thave_ mount Zion to judge -rthe_ poke proudly in the_day_of mount-_of Esau ; distr And the kingdom sshall_be ! the |s. Jehovah's. eeu 18 Thou Piauldest not 'have_entered | Lorp’s. Kin. 14. eee, . Matt. . 39. a JONAH ove. fear - Earn en. ae N%n the_word_of Jthe Lorp came|their wickedness -is.come_up before] 3, Ps. 139. 7- unto j Jonah the_son_of «Amittai, | Me.” 10. Nineveh, saying, 3 But Jonah rose_up to flee unto) ¢. Tarshish, abita «“ZARISE, -go to »Nineveh, that|¢Tarshish from the_presence_of ! the eae inus. great xcity, and -cry against it; for | Lorp, and WENT_DOowN to Jj Joppa; and Beantiful,
703
Jonaun I. 4.
B.C. about 862.
J. Jehovah.
THE STORM.
See vs. 5,12,
15, th. thought. m. mariners, malakhim, Jrom me- lakh, salt. i. ish.
6. Ps. 107. 28.
=G. Elohim.
Lots CAST. 7. Prov. 16. 33.
8. Josh. 7,19. 1 Sam. 14. 43,
h. Hebrew, passer- vover. =G. Elohim, plural. @. anah- shim.
JONAH’S PROPOSAL.
g. grew more-and_ more tem- pestuous.
@. anah- one . bring-tt. back to.
i. ish,
ae. accord- ing as,
JONAH CAST INTO THE SEA.
s. stood.
8a, Sacri- ficed.
v. vowed.
17. Ch. 2 in Heb. begins here. 7. Matt. 12. 39,40. Luke 11. 29, 30.
JONAH'S PRAYER.
3.G. Jehoyah his Elohim.
pa
he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the_fare thereof, and wENT_ bown into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the _ presence _ of ‘the Lorp.
4 But Jthe Lorp csent_out a great
.|wind into the sea, and there was a -|mighty tempest in the sea, so that the
ship was ‘like to be_broken.
5Then the ™ mariners were_afraid, and cried ‘eyery_man unto his =god, and cast_forth «the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was_GONE_ DOWN into the_sides_of the ship ; and he lay, and was_fast_asleep.
6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, “ What meanest thou, O_sleeper? *ARISE, call upon thy =God, if_so_be that x=God will_think upon us, that we perish not.”
7 And they said eyery_one to his fel- low, “-Come, and let_us_cast lots, that we may_know for whose_cause xthis xevil is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8 Then said they unto him, “-Tell us, we_pray_thee, for whose_cause xthis xevil is upon us; What is thine occu- pation? and whence tcomest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?”
2’ And he said unto them, “£ am a h Hebrew; and & fear ! «the Lorp, the_ =God_of x=heaven, which hath made -the sea and -the dry land.”
10 Then were the «men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, “ Why shast_ thou_done this?” For the «men knew that he +fled from the_presence_ of J the Lorp, because he had_told them.
11 Then said they unto him, “ What shall_we_do unto thee, that the sea may_be_calm unto us?” for the sea g+wrought, and +was_tempestuous.
12 And he said unto them, “*Take_me_ up, and -cast_me_forth into the sea; so shall the sea be_calm unto you: for £ know that for my sake xthis xgreat
13 Nevertheless the « men rowed hard to bring 7 to the land; but they could not: for the sea +wrought, and +was_tempestuous against them.
14 Wherefore they cried unto ! the Lorp, and said, “ We_beseech_Thee, O_ J LorpD, we_beseech_Thee, let us not perish for xthis ‘ xman’s life, and Hay not upon us innocent blood: for Thon, O_‘ Lorp, shast done «cas it pleased Thee.”
15 So they took_up Jonah, and cast_ him_forth into the sea: and the sea s ceased from her raging.
16 Then the «men feared J-the Lorp exceedingly, and sa offered a sacrifice unto !the Lorp, and vmade vows.
li Now ‘the Lorn had_pREPARED a great fish to swallow_up Jonah, And Jonah was in the_belly_of the fish three
days and three nights. 2 THEN Jonah prayed unto ‘the Lorp his =God out_of the fish’s belly, 2 And said, “I cried by_reason_of mine affliction unto / the Lorp,
Jonau IT)
And He «heard me; Out_of the_belly_of / hell cried I, And Thou heardest my voice. a 3 For Thou hadst_cast me into the)”. deep, ; In the_he midst_of the seas ; And the -tloods 'compassed_me_ about : All Thy billows and Thy waves pass- ed over me. 4 Then £ said, I-am_cast_out of Thy sight ; Yet I will_look again toward Thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed_me_about, even to the soul: The depth closed _ me_round _ The woe ped_about weeds were_wrapped_about my head.
heal,
he. heart
6 I went_pown to the_cbottoms_of| c, the mountains;
The earth with her bars was about me for ever:
Yet hast _Thou_brought -up my =life from ¢ corruption, O_’ Lorp}+. my =God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered J +the Lorp :
And my prayer came_in unto Thee, into Thine holy temple.
8 1They_that_observe lying vanities ‘forsake their_own * merey. *
° But & will_sacrifice unto Thee with the_voice_of thanksgiving ; .
I will_pay that that I -have_|",.)° vowed.
Salvation ¢is of ‘the Lorp.”
10 And J the Lorp spake unto the fish, and it vomited_out ~Jonah upon the dry land. t
AND the_word_of /the Lorp came ©) unto Jonah the second_time, say- ing, . 2’“.Arise, «go unto Nineveh, that|” ? great xcity, and preach unto it «the preaching that £ bid thee.”
3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according_to the _ word _ of ‘the Lorp. Now Nineveh was «an ex- By ceeding great city of three days’ jour-
ney.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city o a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh |. o ashall_be_overthrown.”
5 So the_¢ people_of Nineveh believed ~i=God, and proclaimed a fast, and| put_on =sackcloth, from the. test_ of them even to the_least_of them. 4
6 For xword came unto the_king_of| 1 Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, anise and he laid his robe from him, and) | covered him with sackcloth, and sat in|= xashes. pl
7 And he_caused_it_to_be_proclaimed | 7. and published through Nineveh by the_| 1+ decree_of the king and his g nobles, say-| 9: 4 ing, “tLet neither «xman nor xbeast,| (°") xherd nor xflock, taste any_thing: ‘let them not feed, nor 'drink water :
8 But let axman and xbeast be_coy- ered with =sackeloth, and ery mightily unto =God ; yea, let_them_turn nthe one from his xevil way, and from the violence that 7s in their hands,
704
ut
and -repent, and -turn_away from His
NAH III. 9.
9 Who -«can_tell 7f x=God will_turn
Mican I. 12,
gourd, and made_it_to.come_up over Jonah, that it might_be a shadow over
B.C. about 862.
.. fierce anger, that we perish not?” his head, to deliver him from his grief.
: Evin 10 And x=God saw their -works, that|So Jonah was exceeding glad of the
t Orr. | they turned from their xevil way; and | gourd.
e116 x=God repented cof the evil, that He| 7 But x=God prepaRED a worm when! jonan
48.7, §.| Jad_said that He would_do unto them ; | the morning rose the next_day, and it| RePRovep,
neern- |and He did 7¢ not. smote «the gourd that it withered.
; . 8 And it came_to_pass, when the sun 4 BUT it displeased Jonah exceed- | did_arise, that =God PREPARED a 9 vehe-| g. gentle, or
ingly, and he was very angry. ment east wind ; and the sun beat upon} sultry.
. 34. 6, 2 And he prayed unto ? the Lorp, and | the_head_of Jonah, that he fainted, and
Joel 2. |said, “I_pray_Thee, O_’ Lorp, was not| wished in /rhimself to die, and said,|p. his soul.
Rorah this my saying, when I was_yet in my “Tt is better for me to_die than to_ country? Therefore I fled before unto | live.”
Tarshish: for I knew that Chow art a} 9% And =God said to Jonah, “ Doest_ singu-|gracious e~God, and merciful, slow to | thou_well to be_angry for the gourd ?”
anger, and of great kindness, and -re-| And he said, “I do_well to be_angry,
‘ pentest Thee of the evil. even unto death.”
8 Therefore now, O_! LorD, stake, I_| 1°Thensaid! the Lorn, “Thow w-hast_| w. wouldst- ul. beseech_Thee, my s-life from me; for| had_pity on the gourd, for the which) have- it is better for me to die than to live.” | thou hast not laboured, neither madest| SPved- 4 Then said ! the Lorn, “ Doest_thou_ | it grow ;which came_up in a night, and well to be_angry ?” perished in a night:
Gourp.| 5 So Jonah went out_of the city,and) 11 And should not € spare Nineveh, | 11. Ps. 145.9. sat on the_east_side_of the city, and|that great xcity, wherein «are more| Ch.1.2. there made him a booth, and sat under | than sixscore thousand persons that |“); ate it in the shadow, till he might_see what | cannot discern between their right_hand .
‘ would_become of the city. and their left-hand; and also much
a VW. 6 And Jthe Lorp =God PREPARED a! cattle?”
about HE_word_of Jthe Lorp that came! And I will_discover the_foundations | B.C. about
150. to ™ Micah the Morasthite in the_ thereof. | 750.
r. 26.18.) days_of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 7 And all the_graven_images thereof
ovah. | kings_of Judah, which he saw concern- shall_be_beaten_to_pieces,
fetics ing Samaria and Jerusalem. | And all the_hires thereof shall_be_
oval? 2 *Hear, all ye =people ; } burned with the fire,
= oH -Hearken, O_earth, and éall_that_ | And all the_gidols thereof will_I_| g. ;ecevOus
METH. therein_is : | lay desolate : idols.
fulness. And let Athe =Lord J Gop be wit- For she gathered it of the_hire_of)
Adon- ness against you, | a harlot,
pore A The =Lord from His holy temple. | And they shall_return to the_hire_
ovah 8 For, behold, ‘the Lorp cometh_| of a harlot.
forth out_of His place, | 8 Therefore I will_wail and how], And -will_come_down, and tread | I will_go stripped and naked: upon the_high _places_of the) I will_make a wailing like the dra- earth. gons, dg. 5.5. 4And the mountains -shall_be-_ | And mourning as the owls. 64. 1-3. molten under Him, 9 For her wound is incurable ; And the valleys shall_be_cleft, For it -is_come unto Judah: As xwax before the fire, | He -is.come unto the_gate_of My And as the waters that are poured_ people, even to Jerusalem. ee down a steep_place. 10*Declare ye it not at Gath, -weep| JupGMENT.
NSGRES-| 5 For the_transgression_of Jacob 7s ye not at all:
Pon. all this, In the_house_of ¢ Aphrah sroll_thy-| a. Aphrah,
Sin. 17 And for the_sins_of the-house_of self in the dust. Dust.
5 16. 3, Israél. ll -Pass ye away, thou inhabitant_of
What is the_transgression_of Ja- | «Saphir, having thy shame naked: | s. Saphir, cob? The_inhabitant_of :Zaanan came Seay, Ts it not Samaria? not forth in the_mourning_of|*piqrin” And what are the _high—places_)| » Beth-xezel ; flocks. of Judah? | He shall_receive of you his «/stand- | 2. pete Are they not Jerusalem? | ing. aoe
.13.16.| © Therefore I -will.make Samariaas; ™ For the_inhabitant_of ™ Maroth | ao. or
om a heap_of the field, | waited_carefully for good : abiding.
i And as plantings_of a vineyard : But evil came_down from J+the Raa
‘ And I -will_pour_down the_stones Lorp unto the_gate_of Jerusa-| Bitterness, thereof into the valley, lem. | 705 Aa
-s
|
Micau I. 13.
| B.C. about
750.
Tustice-of the people. 8. SoMs.
about 730. WOE TO Op- PRESSORS,
st. strong- man, geber. i. ish.
J. Jehovah,
LAMENTA- TION.
4, 2 Kin. 17.
23, 24.
t. To the rebellious.
as. assem- bly. TO THE PROPHETS. th. these.
7. Ps. 19. 7- ll. 2Tim. 3.16, 17.
10. Ley. 18. 25, 28.
»
_ 38 Q-thou inhabitant_of Lachish,
‘Bind the chariot to the swift beast : She ts the_beginning_of the sin to the_daughter_of Zion: For the_transgressions_of Israél were_found in thee. 14 Therefore shalt_thou_give presents to m Moresheth-gath : The_houses_of « Achzib shall be a lie to the_kings_of Israél. 145 Yet will_Lbring an xheir. unto thee, O_inhabitant_of Mareshah: He shall_come unto «¢ Adullam the_glory_of Israél. 16 *Make_thee_bald, and ‘poll thee for thy delicate s children -Enlarge thy baldness as ‘the eagle ; For they sare_gone_into_captivity from thee.
WOE to them_that_devise iniquity, And work eyil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they tpractise it, because it is in the_ power-of their hand.
2 And they -coyet fields, and *take_ them_by-violence ;
And houses, and stake_them_away :
So they ‘oppress a s¢man and his house,
Eyen a ‘man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus «saith J the Lorp ;
Behold, against xthis xfamily do_ I_devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks ;
Neither shall_ye_go haughtily : for this time 7s evil.
4In xthat xday shall one take_up a
parable against you,
And+lament with a doleful lamenta- tion, and ssay,
“We *be_utterly spoiled :
He thath_changed the_portion_of
my people:
How vhath® “Hes removed if from me!
¢ Turning_ away He thath_divided our fields.”
5 Therefore thou shalt_have none 4that _shall _cast a cord by lot in the _«scongregation _ of ‘the Lorp.
6 FProphesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy :
They shall not prophesy to ‘#them, that they shall not take shame.
7 O thou that art snamed the_house_ of Jacob, sis the_Spirit_of / the Lor straitened ?
Are these His doings ?
*Do not My words do_good to him_ +that walketh uprightly ?
8 Even of late My people ris risen_ up as an enemy :
Ye pull_off the robe with the gar- ment from x+them_that pass_by securely aS men averse from war.
» The_women_of My people thave_ ye_cast_out from their pleasant 1ouses ;
From their children thaye_ye_ taken_away My glory for ever.
10 «Arise ye, and -depart ;
For this ts not your xrest +
Because it is_polluted,
. Micax III. It shall_destroy you, even with a| B.C. ab sore destruction. 730 Tf a ‘man walking in the vspirit |i. ish. ; and falsehood *do_lie, saying, ». valu
“JT will_sprophesy unto thee of «xwine and of «strong_drinuk ;”
He «shall even be the_sp prophet.
of xthis xpeople. 12 J will_surely assemble, O_ Jacob, all of thee ;
I will-surely gather the_remnant_ 0)
of Israél ; 7
I will-put ‘them together as the_|sp.s sheep_of Bo
As the flock in the_midst_of their ptold:
They shall_make_great_roise by_ reason _ of the multitude of amen.
13'The breaker sis.come_up before them:
They -have_broken_up, and haye_ passed_through the gate,
And are_gone_out by it:
And their king shall_pass before
them, And Jthe Lorp «on the_head_of them. h
AND I we Hear, I_pray_you, O_heads_of Jacob And ye J princes_of the_house_of Israél ; Is it not for you to know Xjudg-| j ment? 2 ee the good, and 4love the evi +Who-_ "pluck. off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their ones; ® Who also -eat the_flesh_of my people, And «flay their skin from off them; And they sbreak their bones, And -chop_them-_in_pieces,
3)
As for the pot, And as flesh within the caldron. 4Then shall_they_cry unto /the Lor,
But He will not «hear them:
He will even hide His face from them at xthat xtime,
ac As they shave_behaved them- selves ill in their doings.
5 Thus -saith Jthe Lorp concerning the prophets x-that make My «people err,
x1That bite with their teeth, and -ery, “Peace;
And he that tputteth not into their
mouths, they even -prepare war
against him.
6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye_shall_not_have_a_vision ;
And it -shall_be_dark unto you, that ye_sball_not_divine ;
And the sun ushalltove down over
the ih ophets,
Ane the day *shall_be_dark over
7 mune "shall the seers be_ashamed, And the diviners -confounded : Yea, they «shall all cover their -lips ; For there is no answer_of =God.
8 But truly £ -am fullof power by
~the_Spirit_of J the Lorp, And of judgment, and es might,
706
IMT. 9. To declare unto Jacob his | gression, And to Israél his sin. |
710.
° -Hear this, I_pray_you, Ye heads_of the_house_of Jacob, And Jprinces_of the _house_ "of |
Israé
q x:That abhor judgment, y And ‘pervert all equity. 10 «They_build_up Zion with =blood, |
And Jerusalem with iniquity. | 1 The_heads thereof ‘judge for re- | ie ward, | ’ And the_priests thereof ‘teach for |
|
hire, S And the_prophets thereof ‘divine | ' for money: |
Yet will_they_lean upon “the Lorp, and_say,
“Ts not \the Lorp among us?
None evil can_come upon us.” of. © Therefore shall Zion for your sake
be_ploughed as a field,
And Jerusalem shall_become heaps, ; And the_mountain_of the house as : the_high_places_of the forest.
BUT in the last eset it -shall_
come _ to _ pass, that the_moun-
pe OF tain_of the_house_of J the Lorp shall_be_established in the_top_ of the mountains,
And it -shall_be_exalted above the
hills ; And =people sshall_flow unto it.
, 2And many nations -shall_come, and ssay, “Come, ae slet_us_go_up to the_ ‘ mountain_of / the Lorn, | i, And to the_house_of the_=God_of | as Jacob ;
And He will teach us of His ways, And we will_walk in His paths:
4 For the law shall_go_forth of Zion, And the_word_of ’the Lorp from | a Jerusalem.”
3 And He -shall_judge among many |
=people, J And d-rebuke strong nations afar_ | off; And ‘they -shall_beat their swords
Nation shall not lift_up a sword y against nation, | Neither shall_they_learn war any_ ¥ more, | + But they -shall_sit ‘every_man up- b der his yine and under his fig-
tree; And none-shall_make_them_afraid: For the_mouth_of 7the Lorp of_ . hosts -hath_spoken it. 2.11. 5 (For all one in the_name_of his =god, And te will_walk in the_name_of
ehovah Jthe Lorp our =God for ever and heenu. ever.)
THE 6 In xthat xday, -saith %the Lorp, NGDOM. will_Lassemble ~her_that halt. ph. 3. 19 eth,
‘ And TI will_gather «her_that is_ driven_out, and her_that I_have_ . afflicted ;
a, 24.23.) 7 And I -will_make *her_that halted E a remnant,
LL oh es ae
707
:
A Lord of the whole earth. | oe sin- gular. NOW ‘gather_thyself_in_troops, O_| THE 5 daughter_of -troops: | JUDGE OF
Micad# V. 4.
And =~her_ et, was_cast_far_off a| | BC. 710. strong nai And / the ean sshall_reign over J. Jehovah. them in mount Zion from hence-| forth, even for ever. 8 And thou, O_tower_of ¢ the flock, (3 sce Gen. oThe_strong_hold-_of the_ daugh- 35.21. ter_of Zion, Fs “Ope Unto thee shall_it_come, even the first dominion ; The kingdom ‘shall_come to the_| daughter_of Jerusalem. ° Now why'dost_ thou_cry_outaloud? 1s there no king in thee? Is thy counsellor perished ? | For pangs shaye_taken thee as a xwoman_in_travail 10 -Be_in_pain, and -labour_to_bring_ 10. Isa. 95. forth, O_ daughter_of Zion, | 1618. Rey. Like @ xwoman_in_trayail : LIES For now shalt_thou_go_ferth out_ of the city, Aud, thou * shalt _ dwell in the
be my thou sshalt_go even to Baby-) on ; There shalt_thou_be_delivered ; atte There! the Lorpshall_rredeem thee “asa kins- from the_hand_of thine enemies.) man.
“Zios TRA- | VAILINe.
Now also many nations -are_ga-| THe thered against thee, «that say, THRESHING “tLet_her_be_defiled, and let our) QE 70E
eye look upon Zion.”
2 But thep know not the_thoughts_of 12. Is. 55.8. 5 the Lorn, | Neither understand they His coun-|
sel: For He -shall_gather them as the
sheaves into the ¢ floor. [Seamesbine- 18 «Arise, and ‘r thresh, O_daughter_of 13.Isa. 41,15, Zion: | 16. For I will_make thine horniron, |” *4- And I will_make thy hoofs brass : And thou -shalt _beat_in _ pieces many =people: And I -will_d consecrate their gain d. devote. unto ! the Lorp,
And their substance unto the! A. Adon,
He -hath_laid siege against us: s They shall _smite -the_ judge _of ; _aMatt 4
Bi with @ xrod upon the ; 27. 30.
tee
2 But then, Beth-lehem Ephratah, BETH- Though thou be little among the_| | LEHEM
thousands_of Judah,
Yet out_of thee shall_He_come_ = forth unto Me that is to_be ruler fae in Israél ;
Whose goings_forth have been from | e Sonn 7 in of_old, from ‘ everlasting.
pure 3 Therefore will_He_give_them_up, poner Until the time that she_which_| ‘RETURN oF
travaileth -hath_brought_forth: | Then the_remnant_of His brethren REMSA ANT. shall_return unto the_s children_ = = 2.1- of Israél. eS z ies 4 And He -sshall_stand and / feed in’ |#. Sons, the_strength_of / the Lorp, ae In Henin esty_ oF She rales ofthe Kine: Lorp His =God ; Ff. feed_asa And they *shall_abide : For now shall_He_be_great unto J- Jehovah. the_ends_of the earth.
Mica V. 5.
B.C. 710. ASSYRIA,
p. princes_of ahdahm. ee Rens 10. 8-
Fi AC
REMNANT OF JACOB.
J. Jehovah. é. ish. a. ahdahm.
n. nations.
PURIFYING JUDG- MENTS.
o. observers- of_clouds, or augurs,
é.or . enemies.
n. nations.
w. or Who have not hearkened.
JEHOVAH'S CONTRO- VERSY WITH HIS PEOPLE. J. Jehovah.
off. 10 And it sshall_come_to_pass in «that
1 And I -will_cut_off the_cities_ of thy 2 And I -will_cut_off witcherafts out_
13 Thy graven_images also -will_I_
14 And I -will_pluck_up thy groves
15 And I -will_execute vengeance in
6
When the Assyrian shall_come into our land:
anaes he shall_tread in our pala
Then -shall_we_raise against him seven shepherds,
And eight » principal «men.
6 And they -shall_e waste -the_land_ of Assyria with the sword,
And +the_land_of Nimrod in the entrances thereof:
Thus *shall_He_deliver ws from the Assyrian,
When he tcometh into our land,
And when he ttreadeth within our borders.
7 And the_remnant_of Jacob «shall_ be in the_midst_of many =people as a dew fromthe Lorn,
As the showers upon the grass, that ‘tarrieth not for man,
Nor twaiteth for the_sons_of amen.
8 And the_remnant_of Jacob «shall_ be among the ~ Gentiles in the_ midst_of many =people
As a lion among the_beasts_of the forest,
As a young_lion among the_flocks_ of sheep :
Who, if he :-go_through, both -tread- eth_down, and -teareth_in_pieces,
And none +can_deliver.
9 Thine hand shall_be_lifted_up up- on thine adversaries,
And all thine enemies shall_be_cut_
xday, +saith Jthe Lorn,
That I -will_cut_off thy horses out_ of the_midst_of thee,
And I -will_ seen thy riots:
cha-
land, And throw. down all thy strong_
of thine hand ; And thou shalt_have no more o soothsayers :
cut_ off,
And thy standing_images out_of the_midst_of thee ;
And thou shalt no more worship the_work_of thine hands.
out_of the_midst_of thee: So -will_I_destroy thy « cities.
anger and fury upon en, wSuch as they shave not heard.
“HEAR ye now -what Jthe Lorp ssaith ; Arise, -contend thou before «the mountains, And let the hills hear thy voice. 2 -Hear ye, O_mountains, !the Lorp’s -controversy, And ye strong foundations_of the earth: For 4 the Lorp hath a controversy with His oe
; ‘Miron: vi
5 And this man «shall_be the peace,
And He will_plead with Israél. Bo. 3O_My people, what shave_I_done unto thee? And wherein thee? Testify against Me. 4 For I brought_thee_up out_of the_ land_of Egypt, And redeemed thee out_of the_ house_of servants ; And I sent before thee “Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
shave _ I _ wearied a
4B. 5
5 O_My people, ‘remember now what |5. Num. Balak kt king_of Moab consulted, xxv, And what Balaam the_son_of Beor answered him from xShittim un- to xGilgal ; : That ye may. know the_rrighteous- |r. righte ness_of J the Lorb. ts. 6 Wherewith shall_I_come before} _Wua J the Lorn, Fa And bow _myself before the high| *#8™' =God ? =G.
Shall_I_come before Him with as burnt_offerings, are With xcalves_of a year old ? ings 7 Will Jthe Lorp be_pleased with|7. Num, thousands_of rams, 49. Or with ten_thousands-_of rivérs_of |”
oil ? t Shall I-give my firstborn for my transgression, : The_fruit_of my body for the_sin_ 5 of my soul ? : 8He shath_ shewed thee, O_« man, |8. Deut, what is good ae And what edoth J the Lorp require for of thee, 13. a. ahdal
But to_do justly, And to_love ‘mercy, and to_walk humbly with thy =God? °3 The Lorv’s voice tcrieth unto the city, . And The man of wisdom shall_see q Thy name: *Hear ye the rod, and who -hath_ appointed it. 10 Are there yet the _ treasures _ of lwickedness in the_house_of the Ta -wicke' And the scant «measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count_them_pure with the wicked balances, l And with the_bag_of deceitful weights ? 1 12 For the =rich_men thereof «are_full_ of violence, And the_inhabitants thereof *have_ spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13 Therefore also *will E make thee- sick in_smiting thee, In_ making_thee_ desolate Beobuse of thy sins. 14 bn shalt_eat, but not be_satis- And thy casting_down shall be in 4 the_midst_of thee ; : And thou shalt_take_ ‘hold, but shalt not deliver ; And that which thou deliverest will_I_give_up to the sword. 15 as shalt_sow, but thou shalt not a Deut
but Hag
~~
eap ; @how shalt_tread the olives,
708
? »
CAH VI. 16.
SUN shalt not anoint thee with oil ;- And *sweet_wine, but shalt not drink ~ wine. 16 For the_statutes_of Omri are_kept, And all the_works_of the_house_of Ahab, . And ye “walk in their counsels ; bey I should_ make theé a desola-
na the inhabitants thereof a hiss-
ing: Therefore ye shall_bear the_re- proach_of My people.
Sxezan |ry WOE is me! for I -am as when_ SORRUP- af nee the summer_
a 2 7 There is no cluster to eat :
a ge soul desired the firstripe_fruit. racious, 2 The 9 good man is perished out_of khah- the earth 4 And there is none upright among | a@xmen: They all 'lie_in_wait for =blood ; They ‘hunt ‘every_man his -brother witha net. & 3 That_they_may_do evil with=both_ hands earnestly, The prince semen: and the judge ' asketh for a xreward ; And the t man, he uttereth his mischievous desire : So they ¢ wrap_it_up. * The_best_of them 7s as a brier : | The most_upright 7s sharper than |
As eae of the vint-
ft a thorn_hedge:
a The_day_of thy watchmen and thy y visitation cometh ;
¥ Now shall_be their perplexity.
| 5 Trust ye not in a friend,
entrances, ‘Put ye not confidence in a guide:
*Keepthe_¢ doors_ofthy mouth from her_that_lieth_in thy bosom. § For theson-dishonoureth the father, | The daughter -riseth_up against 3 her mother,
. The daughter_in_law against her | hs. mother_in_law ; | = A iman’s enemies are the_¢ men_| a of his_own house. | _Con- 7 Therefore £ will_look unto / the | ENCE Lorp; | a I will_wait for the=God_of my . God, salvation : | Johim, My =God will_hear me. | Pee - S*Rejoice not against me, O_mine 1 See. enemy : . When I ‘fall, I shall_arise ; When I ‘sit in xdarkness Jthe Lorp shall be a light unto me. ‘Sus- 9 I will_bear the_indignation_of ! the MISSTON. Lorp, 37. 6. Because I*haye_sinned against Him,
Until He plead my cause, And ‘execute judgment for me:
| Micau VII. 20. |
He a bring _me-_forth to the! B.C.710. And I shall_behold 4 His right-
. eousness. 10 Then oe that is mine enemy shall_
at. in.
el ani shall_coverxther_which said unto me, “Where is ‘the Lorp thy =God ?” Mine eyes shall_behold ¢« her: Now shall_she_be_trodden_down as the_mire_of the streets. | In the asy. that thy walls are_to_
5.G. Jehovah thy Elo- him.
i. in her, or look on her.
DESOLA- TION.
be_built, In that day shall the decree be_far_ removed.
122 [nm that day also he shall_come even to thee from Assyria,
And from the fortified cities,
And from the fortress even to the river,
And from sea to sea, and from mountain to xmountain.
13 Notwithstanding the land -shall_ be desolate because of them_| that_dwell therein, }
For the_fruit_of their doings. | |
14 -Feed thy people with thy rod, | RESTORA- The_flock_of thine heritage, |) TION. +Which _ dwell solitarily in the)
wood, in the_midst_of Carmel: | tLet_them_feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the_days_of old. |
15 According_to the_days_of thy coming out_of the_land_of Egypt | will-T-shew unto him mary ellous |
things.
16 The nations shall_see and be_con-| _ THE founded at all their might: | NATIONS.
They shall_lay theiy hand upon! their mouth Their ears s be_deaf.
17 They shall_lick the dust like a xser-| pent,
They shall_move out_of their holes like ¢ worms_of the earth :
They shall_be_afraid of J the Lorp our =God,
And shall_fear because of thee. 18 Who is a e~God like unto Thee, +That_pardoneth iniquity, My And passeth by the_transgression_| | 5, oD. of the - remnant _ of His herit-| SS age?
He -retaineth not His anger for ever,
c. crawling- things.
| GRACE a TRUTH 0
| | 7. loving- | Because He -delighteth in !mercy. kindness, | 19 He will_turn_again, He will_have-_|19. Deut. 30. | compassion_upon us; 3. Luke 1. | He will_subdue our iniquities ; 1S. | And Thou wilt_cast all their sins | into the_depths_of the sea. 2 Thou wilt_¢ perform the truth to| g- or give. Jacob, And the imercy to Abraham, Which Thou -hast_ sworn unto ae fathers from the _ days _ of ty)
H
709
Nauvum 1.1.
B.C. about 713.
Nineveh, | the Elkoshite,
n. Habita- tion-of Ninus.
n. Nahum, Consola- tion.
e. El, God, singular.
J. Jehovah.
h. hath fury.
3. Ps. 103. 8. Ex. 34. 6, 7. Num. 14.18,
uw. or U heaved. ha. habit- able_-world, eb, tee-
beel. 6. Mal. 3. 2.
s. stand-up.
7. 2 Tim, 2. 19.
MERCY.
en, eli- tangled.
c. coun- sellor_of Belial.
to. com- plete, ov secure,
JUDGMENT AND
NAHU M.
HE _ burden _of » Nineveh. _The_ book_of the_vision_of Nahum
2e-God is sjealous,- and Jihe Lorp arevengeth ; “ JThe Lorp +revengeth, and his furious ; JThe Lorp -will_take_vengeance on His adversaries, And He -reserveth wrath for His enemies. 83 The Lorp is slow to anger, and great in power, And will not at_all acquit the wicked : JThe Lorv hath Wis way in the whirlwind. and in the storm, And the clouds are the_dust_of
His feet. 4 4fe_rebuketh the sea, and maketh_ it_dry, And -drieth_up all the rivers : Bashan -languisheth, and Carmel, And the flower_of Lebanon -lan- guisheth. 5 The mountains quake at Him, And the hills -melt, And the earth is_uburned at His presence, Yea, the haworld, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who fcan_stand before His indig- nation? . And who can_sabide in the_flerce- ness_of His anger ? His fury -is_poured_out like ~fire, And the rocks sare_thrown_down by
Him.
73 The Lorv ts good, a strong_hold in the_day_of trouble ;
And He +knoweth +them_that_ trust in Him.
8 But with an overrunning flood He will.make an utter_end of the_ place thereof,
And darkness shall_pursue His enemies.
9 What 'do_ye_imagine against J the Lorp?
He +will-make an utter_end: Affliction shall not rise_up the second_time.
10 For while they be en 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 Lorp, A cwicked counsellor, 2 Thus -saith J the Lorp ; Though they be co quiet, And likewise many, Yet thus -shall_they_be_cut_down, When he -shall_pass_through. Though I -hayve_aftlicted thee, I will_afflict thee no more.
18 For now will_I_break his yoke from
off thee,
710
And will_burst thy bonds in-sunder. 14And ‘the Lorp -shath_given_a_ commandment concerning thee, That no more of thy name be_
sown: ; Out_of the_house_of thy gods will_ I_cut_off the graven-image and the molten_image : I will_make thy grave ; For thou sart_vile. 15 Behold upon the mountains the_ feet_of him_that bringeth_good_
tidings, +That_publisheth peace |}. O_Judah, -keep thy solemn_tfeasts, *Perform thy vows: For the wicked shall no more pass_through thee ; He «is_utterly cut_off,
2 +HE _ that _ dasheth _in_pieces ‘is_
come_up_before thy face :
9 Keep the munition,
*Watch the way,
*Make thy loins strong,
-Fortify thy power mightily.
2 For ! the Lorp shath_turned_away -the_excellency_of Jacob, as the_ excellency_of Israél :
For the emptiers shaye_emptied_ them_out, and marred their vine_branches.
3 The_shield_of his mighty_men «is_ made_red,
The valiant «men are +in_scarlet :
The chariots shall be with flaming torches in the_day_of his prepar- ation,
And the ¢ fir-trees *shall_be_terri- bly_shaken.
4The chariots shall_rage in the streets,
They shall _ jostle _ one ~ against _ another in the broad_ways:
t They_shall_seem like xtorches,
They shall_run like the lightnings.
5 He shall_recount his worthies :
They shall_stumble in their walk ;
They shall_make_haste to the_wall thereof,
And the defence -shall_be_pre-
pared, 6 The_gates_of the rivers -shall_be_ opened, And the palace sshall_be_dissolved. 7 And ) Huzzab «shall_be_led_away_ captiv *She mah alice: bee nebenan and her maids m4shall_lead her As with the_voice_of doves, Tabering upon their he breasts. 8 But Nineveh és of old like a pool_ of water : Yet thep +shall_flee_away. — Stand, stand, shall they cry ; But none -shall_look_back. 9 -Take_ye_the_spoil_of silver, *Take_the_spoil_of gold : For there is none end of the store and glory out-of all the pleasant furniture.
.
— {Anum II. 10. C.about| 1 She is_empty, and void, and waste: 713. And the heart melteth, And the knees smite_together, And much_pain 7s in all loins, And the_faces_of them all -gather blackness. 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 amade_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
Jehovah J the Lorp of_hosts, -Tseba- And [ -will_burn her chariots in ath. the smoke, And the sword shall_deyour thy young_lions: And [I -will_cut_off thy prey from the earth, And the_voice_of thy messengers shall no more be_heard. aE RUIN eS WOE to the c=bloody city! Se It is all full_of lies and robbery ; ‘ity. an The prey tdeparteth not ; oods. 2The_noise_of a whip, and the_ noise_of the_rattling_of the -wheels, ; And of the pransing -horses, and of the jumping -chariots. ’ 3 The horseman lifteth_up both the flame_of # bright sword and the! glittering @ sword. spear : : as And there is a multitude_of slain, ‘ and a great_number_of carcases ; And there is none end of their xcorpses; they stumble upon their corpses :
4 Because of the_multitude_of the_ whoredoms_of the wellfavoured harlot,
The_mistress_of witchcrafts, x1That selleth nations through her whoredoms, And families through her witch- crafts. : 5 Behold, I am against thee, 4saith Jehovah Jthe Lorp of_hosts ; Becebe And I -will_discover thy skirts upon : thy face, And I -will_shew the nations thy nakedness,
And the kingdoms thy shame. 6 And [ -will_cast abominable_filth upon thee, And ‘make thee vile, 3 And «will_set thee as a gazingstock. 7 And it :shall_come_to_pass, that all they_that_look_upon thee shall_ flee from thee, And «say, “Nineveh «is_laid_waste : who will_bemoan her ?
‘Whence shall_I_seek comforters for |
thee ?
Nauvm IIT. 19.
§FArt thou better than »populous| B.C. about | No, 713. |
That was_situate among the rivers, |. No-
That had the waters round_about | #hmon. it,
Whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the séa ?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite ; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Yet was she carried_away,
She went into captivity :
Her young children also twere dashed_in_pieces at the_top_of all the streets :
And they ‘cast lots for her honour- able_men,
And all her_great men were_bound in xchains.
11 Thow also shalt_be_drunken : Thow shalt_be hid,
Thow also shalt_seeck ¢strength be-|d. ora cause_of the enemy. defence,
12 All thy strong_holds shall be like
fig-trees with the firstripe_figs :
If they 'be_shaken, they -shall even fall into the_mouth_of the eater.
13 Behold, thy -people in the_midst_
of thee wre women:
The_gates_of thy land shall_be_set wide_open unto thine enemies:
The fire -shall_deyour thy bars.
14 -Draw thee waters for the siege, -Fortify thy strong_holds :
‘Go into clay, and «tread j,i the},é.in. mortar,
*Make-_strong the brickkiln.
16 There shall the fire devour thee ; The sword shall_cut_thee_off, Itshall_eat_thee_up like the canker-
worm :
*Make_thyself_many as the canker- worm
«Make thyself_many as the locusts.
16 Thou -hast multiplied thy mer-
chants aboye the - stars — of x=heayen :
The cankerworm ‘spoileth, and fleeth_away.
W Thy crowned are as the locusts, And thy captains as the great grass-
hoppers,
x1Which camp in the hedges in the cold day,
But when the sun ariseth they -flee_ away,
And their place sis not known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds «slumber, O_king_of
Assyria :
Thy nobles shall_*dwell in the|r. or rest. dust :
Thy people sis_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_re bruit_of thee | ve. report. shall_clap the hands over thee :
For upon whom shath not thy wickedness passed continually ?
vou!
HABAKKUK. I. 1.
B.C. about 626.
THE PROPHET'S COMPLAINT. h. Habak- kuk, Em- bracing. J. Jehovah,
1. lawless. For the !-wicked +doth_compass_ about cthe -righteous ; ne’ p. perverted. Therefore yp wrong judgment 'pro- And burn_incense unto their drag ; ceedeth. Because by them their portion is THE CHAL- 5 -Behold ye among the »=heathen, J fat, : DEANS. and -regard, And their meat fa plenteous. DNS 13. And «wonder marvellously : 17 Shall they therefore: empty their Panations For J +will-work a work in your net, days, which ye wiil not believe, And not spare continually to slay though it 'be_told you. the nations? 6. Jer. 5.15. 6 For, lo, I raise_up «the Chaldeans, : 2 Chr. 36. 6. that xbitter and xhasty xnation, 2 I WILL-_stand upon my watch, Which «shall_march through the_ And set me upon the tower, and =breadth_of the land, will_! watch to see what He will_ To possess the dwelling places that say unto me, hi or his, are not hi theirs. And what I shall.answer when I through- 7 he Tlrep are terrible and dreadful: | — _am_reproved. out. hi Their judgment and their dignity 2 And /the LorD answered me, and he. or he, shall_proceed of themselves. sai : ae aie 8 Their horses also -are_swifter than *Write the vision, and «make_it_ out, the leopards, plain upon «tables, And sare more fierce than the even- That he may_run +that_readeth it. ing wolves: 3 For the vision is yet for an xap- And their horsemen -shall_spread pointed_time, themselves, But at the end it shall_speak, and And their horsemen shall_come not lie; from far; . Though it ttarry, «wait for it; They shall_fly as the eagle that Because it will_surely come, it will hasteth to eat. not tarry. 9 They shall_come all for violence: 4 Behold, his soul which sis_lifted_up Their faces sshall_sup_up as thes ‘is not upright in him : ‘ 4 east wind, But the -just shall_live by his _And they shall_gather the captivity faith. as the sand. 5 Yea also, because he +transgresseth 10 And they shall_scoff at the kings, by w xwine, And the princes shall be a scorn He is a proud stman, neither *keep- unto them: eth_at_home, Thep shall_deride every strong_ Who -enlargeth his sdesire as ‘hell, hold ; And ,hisas xdeath, and cannot be_ “ For they shall_heap dust, and take satisfied, it. But gathereth unto him all xna- 8. or spirit. 11 Then -shall Ais s mind change, tions, : ah. he. And he shall_pass_over, and offend, And heapeth unto him all x=people: 4 Imputing this his power unto his 6 Shall not all these take-up a para- 4 eh. eloah. eh-god. ble against him, 12 47t Whow not from everlasting, O_ And a taunting proverb against J.G, Jehovah + Lorp my =God, mine Holy_One ? him, and say, Elohay. We shall not die. “Woe to him_that increaseth that O_J Lorn, Thou -hast_ordained them which is not his! how long ? 4 for judgment ; And to him_that_ladeth himself . r. Rock, as And, O_r mighty_God, Thou -hast_ with p thick_clay !” Por ‘ Deut. 32. 4. established them for correction. 7 Shall they not rise-up suddenly Pledgux: 13. Ps, 5. 5. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to be- that_shall_bite thee, : hold evil, And awake that_shall_vex thee, SSS
HABAKKUK.
burden which ’ Habakkuk the prophet did_see. 20_/Lorp, how long -sshall_I_cry, and Thou wilt not hear! Even ‘cry_out unto Thee of vio- lence, and Thou wilt not save! 3 Why ‘dost Thou shew me iniquity, And fcause_me_to_behold griev- ance? For spoiling and violence are be- fore me: And there are that traise_up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law tis_slacked, And judgment ‘doth never go_ forth:
And tcanst not look on iniquity: Wherefore ‘lookest Thou upon them_that_deal_treacherously, And tholdest_Thy_tongue when the 1-wicked devoureth ¢ is more righteous than he? 144 And makest 4men 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 hangle, They ‘catch them in their net, And gather them in their drag: Therefore they ‘rejoice and are_
glad. 16 Therefore they ‘sacrifice unto their
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man that | 1.
And thou *shalt-be for booties unto them?
nations,
ee;
Because of «men’s =blood, and for _the_violence_of the land,
sent the me: and of all that_dwell
9 wu to him_that_gcoveteth an
evil ga covetousness to his house,
That he may_set his nest on xhigh,
That hemay_be_delivered fromthe_ ha power_of evil!
10 Thou -hast_consulted shame to thy
house by_cutting_off many =peo-
ple, And -hast_sinned against thy soul. tl For the stone shall_cry out_of the
And the acarcgl ti ag the timber
shall_answer 2 Woe tty him that. buildeth a town with =blood, And 4stablisheth a city by alent ! 3B Behold, is if not of / «the Lorp of_ hosts that the =people shallla-| bour in the very fire, And the =people eee | selves for very vanity? it For the earth ae filled. with the_knowledge_of +the_glory_of Tthe Lorp, As the waters tcover the sea. 5 Woe unto him_that_giveth his neighbour dri That_puttest thy bottle to him, And makest him drunken also, That thou mayest_look on their nakedness ! 16 te -art_filled with shame Bl lory : *Drink thon also, and 4let_thy_ foreskin_be_uncovered : The_cup_of J the Lorp’s Siok hand | shall_be_turned unto thee, And shameful_spewing shall be on | thy glory. YW Forthe_violence_of Lebanon shall_ cover thee, And the _spoil_of beasts, which Fmade_them_ afraid, Because of «men’s =blood, and for the_violence_of the land, Or eshereit city, and of all that_dwell
iS What profiteth the graven_image that the_ maker thereof -hath_
graven it ;
the quplten Sena e, and a teacher_
0
That Rete of his work trust-
idols?
wi “-Awake;
To the vs stone, “sArise, it shall_teach
Behold, it is ett eaes with gold
and silver,
And there is nosbreath at all in
the_midst_of it.
20 But J the Lorp is in His holy tem-
ple: *Let all the earth keep-_silence be- fore Him.
. eth therein, to make dumb) 12 Woe unto him_that_ saith to the |
8 Because thon -hast_spoiled many - All heer the =people |
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HABAKKuE III. 14
i
phet upon «Shigionoth.
PRAYER of Habakkuk the pro-| B.C. about
626.
2 J * ease noe | ee O_S Lorp, revive Thy work in the_ xtE 7 midst_of the years, 8. Shigi- Tn_the_midst_of the years 'make_| onoth. known ; Mente In wrath tremember mercy. 2 Ps. &. 6. 3 ch-God teame from ¢ Teman, J. Jehovah. And the Holy_One from mount|?-p-P0"s, Paran. Selah. Ps 68.7. His = covered the heavens, eh, Elsah, And the earth was_full_of His} gnzwar of praise. t. Teman, ‘AB Hs brightness ‘was as the} South * ight ; He had r=horns coming out_of His| r. or two_ hand: rays, Heb. And there was the_hiding_of His Gs
power. 5 Before Him ‘went the pestilence,
And?burning_coals went_forth at|7.o min;
His feet. ® He stood, and measured the earth : He beheld, and drove_asunder the nations; And the everlasting mountains were_scatiered, The perpetual hills did_bow : His ways are everlasting. 7Isaw the_tents_of Cushan sin affliction : And the_curtains_of the_land_of Midian ‘did_tremble. 8 Was / the Lorp displeased against 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 sal- vation? ’ Thy bow was_made quite_naked, According to the_oaths_of the tribes, even Thy word. Selah. Thou ‘didst_cleaye the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw Thee, and they *trembled: The _overflowing_of the =water
y:
The deep uttered his voice, and
lifted_up his hands on_high. i The sun and moon stocd_still in|
their habitation :
At the_light_of Thine arrows they went,
And at the_shining_of Thy glitter-
ing spear. 12 Thou didst_march through the land in indignation, Thou ‘didst_t thresh ihe » =heathen in anger. 18 Thou wentest_forth for the_salva- tion_of Thy -people, Even for salvation with Thire ~anointed ; Thou woundedst the head out_of the_house_of the ! -wicked, By_discovering the foundation unto the neck, Selah. 14 Thou didst_strike_through with his staves the_head_of his villages: They 'came_out_as_a_whirlwind to
scatter me: Their rejoicing was as to deyour the —poor iy.
u. under, takhath.
a3 Ps. 114. 3
10. Ps. 77.16- 19.
11. Josh. 10. 72, 13.
t.or tread. down.
n. nations. 1. Ps. 110.6.
7. lawless. one.
713
Aa3
B.C. about 626,
15. Ps. 77. 19. J. foaming, Heb. kho- mer.
Joy IN GOD.
B.C. about 680.
JUDGMENT. J. Jehovah. z. Zepha-
niah, Hid-
den.of Je- hovah.
h. or Hezekiah, t. take-away. ate tue lace
g- ground. a. ahdahm.
7. lawless ‘Heb. resha- him.
Fulfilled
about r 2 Kin. 23. 4,
e Hos. 10.
c. Chema- rim, Idol- atrous- priests.
5. 2 Kin. 23. 12.
m. Malch- am, Great. King.
ad. after.
JEHOVAH. A.J. Adon-
8.2 Kin. 23. U, 12,15; 25: 6, 7.
80. SONS.
J. foreign.
0. or over.
es
HABAKKUEK III. 15.
DAY OF
s. sanctified.
v.Visit-upon.
1% Thou didst_walk through the sea with Thine horses,
Through the_/ heap_ ‘of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled ;
My lips quiv ered at the voice :
Rottenness tentered into my bones,
And I 'trembled in myself,
That I might_rest in the_day_of
trouble:
When he cometh_up unto the -peo- le, he will_invade_them_with_ is_troops.
17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom,
Neither shail fruit be in the vines ;
The_labour_of the olive »shall_fail,
ZEPHA
HE_word_of Jthe Lorp which came unto z Zephaniah the_son_ofCushi, the_son_of Gedaliah, the_son_of Ama- riah, the_son_of h Hizkiah, in the_days_ of Josiah the_son_of Amon, king_of Judah.
2] will_utterly ‘consume all things from off ,¢the gland, +saith ! the Lorp.
3 I will_t consume «man and beast ;
I will_tconsume the_fowls_of the =heaven, and the_fishes_of thesea,
And the stumblingblocks with the l=wicked ;
And I -will_cut_off «man from off ~'the gland, saith the Lorp.
4 I -will also stretch_out Mine hand upon Judah,
And upon all the inhabitants_of Jerusalem ;
And I -will_cut_off -the_remnant_ of xBaal from xthis xplace,
And +the_name_of the cChema- rims with the priests ;
5 And xthem_that worship the_host_ of x=-heaven upon the housetops;
And ‘“them_that worship and xithat swear by ! the Lorn,
And «that swear by ™ Malcham o
6 And &them that ave turned_back from ,7Jthe Lorp ;
And those that shave not sought J-the Lord, nor inquired _ for Him.
7 -Hold_thy_peace at the_ presence_ of 4 the =Lord J Gop
For the_day_of 3the “Lorp 7s at hand:
For ‘the Lorp -hath_prepared a sacrifice, He chath_sbid His guests.
8 And it sshall_come_to_pass in the_ day_of ! the Lorp’s sacrifice,
That I -will_y punish the princes, and the king’s so children,
And all x:such_as are_clothed with J strange apparel.
9In the same xday also -will_I_ v punish all xsthose_thatleap oon
the threshold, x:Which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
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ZEPHANIAH I, 18]
And the fields «shall _ yield no|B.C. meat ; 6
The flock -shall_be_cut_off from the
fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet £ will_rejoice ir * the Lord, | I bile in the_=Goa_of my salva-
193 The: Lorp «=God ts my strength, And He will_make my feet like xhinds’ feet, And He ‘Will’ make_me_to_walk upon mine high places. To the chief_singer on my ” string- ed_instruments.
NIAH.
10 And it sshall_come_to_pass in xthat xday, +saith Jthe Lorp, That there shall be the noise_of a ery from the Fish Gate, And a howling from the second, And a great crashing from the hills, 11 -Howl, ye inhabitants_of xMaktesh, For all me merchant -people -are_ cut_dow au me ‘that -bear silver sare cut_
2 And ‘it -shall_come _to_pass at xthat xtime, that I will_search -Jeru- salem with la xcandles,
And v-punish the @ men suthat are_ settled on their lees:
xsThat say in their heart, “3 The
Lorp will not do_good, neither will_He_do_evil.”
18 Thereforetheir goods*shall_become
a booty,
And their houses a desolation :
They «shall also build houses, but
not inhabit them ;
And they sshall -plant vineyards, | ”,
but not drink «the » wine thereof.
14 The great day_of 4 the Lorp 7s near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
Even the_voice_of the_day_of / the
LorpD: The mighty_man -shall_cry there bitterly. 15 xThat xday 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 against the high xtowers. 17 And I -will_bring-— distress upon axmen. That they *shall_walk like x=blind_
men, : Because they have sinned against r
J the Lorp: rd And their blood -shall_be_poured_ 2 out as dust, 4 And their flesh as the dung. 2 18 Neither their silver nor their gold >
shall_be_able to deliver them in the_day_of J the Lorp’s wrath;
PHANIAH II. 1.
J.about
MoaB.
Be |2
But the whole xJand shall_be_de- youred by the_fire_of His jea- lousy :
For He shall_make even a speedy riddance _of dwell_in the land.
-GATHER-yourselves_together,
Yea, -gather_together, O_nation not desired ;
2 Before the decree bring_forth, Before the aay pass as the chaff, Before the _ fierce anger _of J the
Lorp 'come upon you,
Before the_day_of ‘the Lorv’s anger ‘come upon you.
3 Seek ye «the Lorp, all ye=meek of the earth, which -have_wrought His judgment ;
Seek rig teousness, *seek meek-
ness : :
It_may_be ye shall_be_hid in the_ day_of ! the Lorv’s anger.
4For 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 Lorp 7s 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 dwell- ings 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_houses_of Ashkelon shall_ they_lie_down in the evening :
For )the Lorp their =God shall_ visit them, and -turn_away their eauinity.
STI -have_heard the_reproach _of Moal
And the_ revilings_of the_schildren_ of Ammon,
Whereby they shave _ reproached My
And iaenified themselves against their. border.
®° Therefore as £ live, ssaith Jthe Lord of_hosts, the_ =God_of Tsraél,
Surely Moab shall_be as Sodom,
And the_schildren_of Ammon as xGomorrah,
Even the_p breeding_of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desola- tion:
The_residue_of My people shall_ spoil them,
And the_remnant_of My “people shall_‘ possess them.
10This shall_they_have for their prid €,
Because they -have - reproached and magnified themselves against pheepaeule.. of Jthe Lorp’ of_
uJ The Lorp will be terrible unto them: For He -wili_famish «all the_gods_ of the earth ;
ZEPHANIAH III, 8.
And men shall_worship Him, every_one from His place,
Ewen all the_isles_of the 7a =hea- then.
12 He ¢ Ethiopians also, pe shall be slain by My sword.
1 And He will_stretch_out His hand against the north, and destroy -Assyria; -
And will_make “Nineveh a desola- tion, and dry like a xwilderness.
14 And fiocks *shall_lie_down in the_ midst_of her,
All the_beasts.of the nations :
Both thecormorant and the bittern shall_lodge in the_upper_lintels_ of it;
Their voice shall sing in the win-
OWS ; Desolation shall be in the thresh- olds :
For He -shall_uncover the cedar_ work.
15 This zs the rejoicing xcity ~+that dwelt carelessly,
x1That said in her heart, £ am, and there is none beside me:
How -is_she_become a desolation, a place for beasts to_lie.down_ in!
Eyvery_one «that_passeth_by her shall_hiss, and wag his hand.
3 WOE to her_that_is_ filthy and
polluted, To the oppressing «city ! 2 She obeyed not the voice ; She received not ‘correction ; She trusted not in J the Lorp; She drew not near to her =God. 3 Her princes within her wre roaring lions ; Her JUDGES ave evening wolves ; They :gnaw_not_the_bones till the morrow. 4 Her propuets are light and trea- cherous persons : Her priests -have_polluted the sanctuary, ey shave_done_violence to the aw. 5 The just 1 Lord is in the_ midst thereof; He will not do iniquity: m Every morning doth _He_-bring His judgment to light, He-faileth
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B.C. about 630. nw. nations,
ETHIOPIA. c. Cushites. ASSYRIA AND NINEVEH.
15 Nahum3. 19.
JERUSALEM WARNED. 14. geea
Xx r rebellious. 7. or in- struction. J. Jehoyah. =G. Elohim, the Triune God, plural,
m. Morning by morn-
not: ing. But the -unjust +knoweth no shame. 6 T -have_cut_off the nations : Their towers -are_desolate ; 3 I made their streets waste, that none passeth_by : Their cities -are_destroyed, so that there is no ‘man, i. ish, That there is none inhabitant. 71 said, Surely thou wilt_fear Me, | —_ thou wilt_receive instruction; JUDGMENT So their dwelling should not be_| \?7aNs cut_off, howsoever I punished |g ps. 97. 14. them : Prov. 20. 22. But they rose_early, and corrupted | 7#s verse all their doings. aster 8 Therefore -wait ye upon Me, saith | contains Jthe Lorn, every letter Until the day that_I_rise up to the| 72, prey: alphabet. Aad
-—
B.C, about 630.
RESTORA- TION. 9. See Gen. ak es 86. 9.
7. lip.
J. Jehovah.
s. shoulder.
10. Ps. 68. 31.
i. or in. 12, Isa. 14. 32.
13. Isa. 60. 21. Rey, 14. 5.
5.1. Zech
Jehovah.
Babylon.
s. Shealtiél, Asked for from God.
Jj. Joshua, Salvation. of Jehovah.
jo. Josedech, Jehovah. is_right- eous.
g. or great.
or
DP. panelled. se. Set your eart upon. a. are not satisfied.
Encour- AGEMENT TO BUILD,
3) day
ZEPHANIAH IIT. 9.
For My determination is to gather the nations,
That I may_assemble the king- doms,
=e eee upon them Mine indigna- tion,
Even all My fierce anger:
For all the earth shall_be_devoured with the_fire_of My jealousy.
9 For then will_I_turn to the =people a pure / language,
That they may all call upon the_ name_of! the Lorp,
To serve Him with one s consent.
10 From beyond the_rivers_of ¢ Ethio- pia My suppliants,
Even the_daughter_of My dis- persed, shall_bring Mine offering.
11 Jn xthat xday shalt thou not be_ ashamed for all thy doings,
Wherein thou -hast _ transgressed against Me:
For then I will_take_away out_of the_midst_of thee them_that_re- joice_in thy pride,
And thou shalt no more be_haughty ‘because of My holy mountain.
12J] -will also leave in the_midst_ of thee an afflicted and poor people,
And they -shall_trust in the name_ of J the Lorp.
18 The_remnant_of Israél shall not eae rat) nor speak lies ;
Neither shall a deceitful tongue be_found in their mouth:
For thep shall_feed and -lie_down,
And none -shall_ make _ them _ afraid.
14 Sing, O_daughter_of Zion ;
“Shout, O_Israél ;
*Be_glad and -rejoice with all the heart, O_daughter_of Jerusalem. 153 The Lorp -hath_taken_away thy judgments, He -hath_cast_out thine enemy : The_king_of Israél, even ‘the Lorn, is in the_midst_of thee: . Thou shalt not see evil any_more. 16 In xthat xday it shall_be_said to Jerusalem, “'Fear thou not:” And to eur “tLet not thine hands
be_s! ° 17 J The Lorp thy =God in the_midst_ of thee ts mighty ; He will_save, He will_rejoice over thee with joy ; He will_? rest in His love, He will_joy over thee with singing. 18 J will_gather them that are sor- rowful for the a solemn_assembly, . Who sare of thee, To whom the_reproach_of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at xthat xtime I+will_¢ undo rall_that afflict thee : And I -will_save ~her_that halt-
eth, And gather her_that was_driven_
out ;
And I -will_get them praise and fame in every land where_they_ shave_been_put_to_shame.
2 At xthat xtime will_I_bring pou again,
Even in the time that_I_gather pow:
For I will-make psu a name and a praise among all =people_of the earth,
When I turn_back your -captivity before your eyes, saith ‘the Lorp.
HAGGATL.
N the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth xmonth, in the first
unto zZerubbabel the_son_of sSheal- tiél, governor_of Judah, and to j Joshua the_son_of joJosedech, the ghigh xpriest, saying,
2“Thus speaketh ‘the Lorp of_ hosts, saying, xThis xpeople «say, ‘ The time is not come, the time that / the Lorv’s house should-be_built.’”
3 Then came the_word_of 4 the Lorp by ~f Haggai the prophet, saying,
4“Ts it time for you, O_pe, to dwell in your pcieled houses, and xthis xhouse lie waste ?
5 Now therefore thus «saith J the Lorp of_hosts ; se -consider your ways.
6 Ye -have_sown much, and -bring_in little; ye eat, but ye «have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and x-he_that earneth_wages earneth_wages to put it into a bag with_holes.
7 Thus saith ‘the Lorp of _ hosts; se Consider your ways.
of the month, came the_word_of -|Jthe Lorp by~t h Haggai the prophet
8-Go_up to the /imountain, and ‘bring wood, and build the house; and I will_take_pleasure in it, and I will_ be_glorified, ‘saith J the Lorp.
® Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I-did_blow upon it. Why? 4saith /the Lorp of_hosts. Because of Mine house
that is waste, and pe run ‘every_man ji. i
unto his_own house.
10 Therefore the =heaven over you *is_ stayed from dew, and the earth -is_ stayed from her fruit.
ll And I called for a drought 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 axmen, and upon cattle, and upon all the_labour_of the hands.”
12 Then Zerubbabel the_son_of Sheal- tiél, and Joshua the_son_of Josedech, the vy high xpriest, with all the_remnant_
of the people, obeyed the_voice_of ! the |4-¢
Lorp their =God, and the_words_of Haggai the prophet, «as Jthe Lorp their =God had_sent him, and the peo- ple did_fear before ? the Lor.
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13Then spake Haggai J the Lorp’s messenger in’ the Lorp’s message unto the people, saying, “E am with you, 4saith J the Lorp.”
14 And Jthe Lorp stirred_up -the_ spirit_of Zerubbabel the_son_of Sheal- tiél, governor_of Judah, and spirit_of Joshua the_son_of Josedech, the ghigh ~priest, and -the_spirit_of all the_remnant_of the -people; and they eame and did_work in the_house_of 4 the Lorp of_hosts, their =God,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
IN the seventh month, in the one
and twentieth day of the month,
came the_word_of 4 the Lorp 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 g high xpriest, and to the_rresidue_of the peo- ple, saying,
3 Who ts xleft among you that saw xthis *house in her ~first glory? and how -do pe see it now? 7st not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now -be_strong, O_Zerubbabel, 4saith the Lorp; and -be_strong, O_ Joshua, son_of Josedech, the g high xpriest ; and -be_strong, all ye people_
of the land, +saith / the Lorp, and-work: |
for £ am with you, +saith ) the Lorp of_ hosts:
5 According tothe word that I cove-| nanted with you when ye came out_of Egypt, so My Spirit remaineth among | you: 'fear ye not.
6 For thus «saith J the Lorp of_hosts;
‘| Yet once, it zs a little_while, and E wil/ |
+shake -the heayens, and «the earth, and -the sea, and the dry land ;
7 And I -will_shake all xnations, and the_desire_of all xnations -shall_come: and I -will_fill this xhouse with glory, *saith J the Lorp of_hosts.
8 The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, +saith J the Lorp of_hosts.
9¢The_glory_of «this latter xhouse shall_be greater than of the former,
|-saith J £h@Lorp of_hosts: and in «this
xplace will_I_give peace, «saith /the Lorp of_hosts.”
10 In the four and twentieth day of) the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the_word_of 4 the Lorp | by ~¢ Haggai the prophet, saying, |
il “Thus «saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts; -Ask now -the priests concerning the law, saying,
ZECHARIAH I. 4.
12 Tf one bear holy flesh in the_skirt_| B.C_about
of his garment, and with his skirt -do_ touch xbread, or xpottage, or t xwine, or oil, or any meat, shall_it_be_holy ?” a the priests answered and said,
Jo.”
138 Then said Haggai, “If one that is unclean by a sdead_body ttouch any of these, shall_it_be_unclean?” And the priests answered and said, “It shall_be_ unclean.”
14Then answered Haggai, and said, “So is xthis xpeople, and so zs xthis xnation before Me, -saith Jihe Lorp; and so is every work_of their hands; and that_which they 4'offer there ,iis unclean.
15 And now, I_pray_you, s¢*consider from this xday and xupward, from be- fore a stone was_laid upon a stone in the_temple_of J the Lorp:
16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap_of twenty measures, aa there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw_out fifty vessels Out_of the press, ,« there -were but twenty.
17 J smote pou with xblasting and with xmildew and with ~xhail in--all the_ labours_of your hands; yet pe turned not to Me, ésaith / the Lorp,
18 seConsider now from xthis xday and upward, from the four and twen- tieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the_foundation_ of ‘the Lorn’s temple was_laid, se con- sider it.
19 Ts the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, hath not brought_forth : from xthis xday will_ Lbless you.”
20 And again the_word_of J the Lorp came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21 “-Speak to Zerubbabel, governor_ of Judah, saying, = -will.shake -the heayens and the earth ;
2 And I -will_overthrow the_throne_
|of kingdoms, and I -will_destroy the_
strength of the_kingdoms_of the n=heathen; and I -will_overthrow the chariots, and those_that_ride_in them: and the horses and their riders shall_ come_down, every_one by the_sword_of his brother.
3 In xthat xday, +saith J the Lorp of_ hosts, will_I_take thee, O_Zerubbabel, My servant, the_son_of Shealtiél, +saith Jthe Lor», and -will_make thee as a xsignet: for I -have_chosen thee, 4saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts.”
- ZECHARIAH.
the eighth month, in the second
- N =: I year of Darius, came the_word_of
1 the Lorp unto = Zechariah, the_son_of + Berechiah, the_son_of ‘Iddo the pro-
ng, he Lorp -hath_been sore dis- pleased with your fathers.
3 Therefore «say thou unto them, Thus *saith J the Lorp of_hosts; r-Turn ye un- to Me, -saith 4the Lorp of_hosts, and I will_rturn unto you, -saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts.
4'Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former «prophets -have_cried,
520. w. wine, Heb. yayin.
13. Num. 19. 11
s. soul.
PROMISE OF BLESSING.
15-19. See Zech. viii.
ge. set your heart.
aa. and.
18. Zech. 8.9. se. Set your heart.
PROMISE TO ZERU
21, 2. v. 6, 7. HEB. 12. 25, 2.
n. nations,
B.C. about 520. J. Jehovah Tsebahoth. r. return,
Ti
ZECHARIAH I. 5.
B.C. about 520.
7. Return.
o. overtake,
J. Jehovah.
8. Comp. ee . 2, 4,
i. ish, a. red, Heb,
ahdom. ba. or bay.
PROMISES OF RE- STORATION
TO JERUSALEM AND JUDAH. 12. Dan. 9. 2.
2. nations.
17. Isa. 51. 3. Ch, 2. 12.
VISION OF
HoRNS AND Four Car- PENTERS. 18. Ch. 2in Heb. begins
here.
saying, ‘Thus «saith J the Lorp of_hosts ; Turn ye now from your xevil ways, and from your xeyil doings :’ but they did not hear, nor hearken unto Me, -saith 1 the Lorn. i
5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, 'do_they_live for ever ?
6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My «servants the prophets, did they not ° take_hold_of your fathers? and they returned and said, ‘Like as Jthe Lorp of ~- hosts thought to do unto us, according_to our ways, and according_to our doings, so hath He dealt with us.’”
7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year_of Darius, came the_word_of Jthe Lorp unto Zechariah, the_son_of Berechiah, the_ son_of Iddo the prophet, saying,
8 TI saw by night, and behold a iman riding upon a «red horse, and he sstood among the myrtle_trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there «red horses, «speckled, and white.
* Then said I, “O my -lord, what are these?” And the angel xsthat talked with me said unto me, “£ will_shew thee what these be.”
10 And the ‘man ~+that stood among the myrtle_trees answered and ‘said, “These are they whom 4 the Lorp hath sent to walk_to_and_fro through the earth.”
11 And they answered -the_angel_of Ithe Lorp x+that stood among the myr- tle_trees, and said, “We shave_walked_ to_and_fro through the earth, and, be- hold, all the earth 4sitteth_still, and +is_at_rest.”
122 Then the_angel_of J the Lorp an- swered and said, “O_J Lorp of_hosts, how long wilt Thon not have_mercy_ on ‘Jerusalem and on -the_cities_of Judah, against which Thou -hast_had_ indignation these threescore_and_ten years?” ;
13 And J the Lorp answered «the angel xithat talked with me with good words and comfortable words,
14 So the angel x+that communed with me said unto me, “-Cry thou, saying, Thus -saith J the Lorp of_hosts; I -am_ jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
15 And £ +am_very_sore displeased with the »=heathen that are xat_ease : for E was but a little displeased, and thep helped_forward the afiliction.
16 Therefore thus ssaith Jthe Lorp; I am_returned to Jerusalem with mer- cies: My house shall_be_built in it, 4saith 2 the Lorp of_hosts, and a line shall_be_stretched_forth upon Jeru- salem.
17 -Cry yet, saying, Thus -saith J the Lorp of_hosts; My cities through pros- perity shall yet be_spread_abroad ; and ‘ the Lorp sshall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
18 Then lifted_I_up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
19 And I said unto the angel xthat talked with me, “ What be these?” And he answered me, “These ae the horns
ZECHARIAH IT, 18
which shave_seattered “Judah, -Israél,| B.C. abe and Jerusalem.” 9. 20 And Jthe Lorp shewed me four
« carpenters. a 21 'Then said I, “What +come these to do?” , “These
And he spake, saying, are the horns which shave_scattered Judah, so that no iman did_lift_up| i. his head: but these are_come to t fray |t. them, to cast_out «the_horns_of the » Gentiles, xswhich lifted_up their horn over the_land_of Judah to scatter it.
I LIFTED_up mine eyes again, and
2 looked, and behold a iman with a measuring line in his hand.
2 Then said I, “Whither -goest thou?” And he said unto me, “To measure -Jerusalem, to see what is the_| i. breadth thereof, and what 7s the_length | 2. thereof.”
3 And, behold, the angel x+that talked with me +went_forth, and another angel 4went_out to meet him.
4 And said unto him, “-Run, speak
to xthis gig Serre saying,
Jerusalem shall_be_inhabited as towns without walls
For the_multitude_of amen and cattle therein :
5 For £, +saith Jthe Lorp, will_be/5. unto her a wall_of fire round_ about,
And will_be the glory in the- midst_of her.”
6 Ho, ho, come forth, and «flee from the_land_of the north, «saith! the LorpD:
For I shave_spread you abroad as the_four winds_of the =heaven, asaith ' the Lorp.
7 -Deliver _ thyself, O _ Zion, that_|7. dwellest with the_ daughter _ of Babylon.
8 For thus esaith Jthe Lorp of_ hosts ;
After the glory hath He sent me
unto the nations x+which spoiled
om: i For xshe_that toucheth you touch- eth the_apple_of his eye. °9For, behold, I will sshake Mine chand uponthem, ° F a spoil to their
And they -shall_be servants : And ye sshall_know that 4 the Lorp of_hosts hath sent me. : 10 “Sing and -rejoice, O_daughter_ot Zion: ~ i For, lo, I come, and I -will_dwell in the_midst_of thee, ssaith !the Lorp. bik 11 And many nations sshall_be_joined to J the Lorp in xthat xday, And -shall_be My -people: _ And I -will_dwell in the_midst_of
thee,
And thou -shalt_know that Jthe po of_hosts-hath_sent me unto thee.
12 And Jthe Lorp «shall_inherit ~Ju- dah His portion in the holy land,
‘And -shall_chooseJerusalem again.
13 -Be_silent, O_all flesh, before 4 the
Lorp: For He is awraised_up out_of His holy habitation.
aw. ed,
” ‘
18
ION OF
pict |4
CHARIAH III. 1.
519. 38
AND he shewed me «Joshua the ghigh priest standing before the_ angel_of J the Lor», and ‘Satan stand- ing at his right_hand to? resist him. And Jthe Lorp said unto *Satan, “IThe Lorp trebuke thee, O_Satan ; even Jthe Lord x+that shath_chosen Je- rusalem rebuke thee: is not this a
t-| brand plucked out_of the fire?”
8 Now Joshua was clothed ~ with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And he answered and spake unto xathose.that stood before him, saying, “.Take_away the filthy xgarments from him.” And unto him he said, “ Be- hold, I have caused thine iniquity to_ pass from thee, and I -will_clothe thee with c change_of_raiment.”
5 And I said, “'Let_them-_set a p fair tmitre upon his head.”
So they set a » xfair ¢xmitre upon his
*\head, and clothed him with garments.
And the_angel_of J the Lorp «stood_by.
6 And the_angel_of !the Lorp pro-
tested unto Joshua, saying, 7 “Thus ssaith J the Lorv of_hosts ;' If thou wilt_walk in My ways, And if thou wilt_keep My «charge, Then thon shalt also judge My house, And shalt also keep My «courts, And I -will_give thee places_to_walk among *these x+that stand_by. 8-Hear now, O_Joshua the ghigh xpriest, Thou, and thy fellows x+that sit before thee : For thep ave «men owondered_at : For, behold, I +will_bring_forth My -servant the s Branch. ° For behold the stone that I -have_ ‘laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: Behold, I -will_engrave the_graving thereof, +saith ! the Lorp of_hosts, And I 4will_remove -the_iniquity_ of xthat
10 In xthat xday, +saith the Lorp of_ hosts, shall_ye_call vevery_man his neighbour
Under the vine and under the fig tree.”
AND the angel x-that talked with
me came_again, and waked me, as a iman that tis_wakened out_of his sleep, ci
2 And said unto me, “ What -scest thou?” And I said, “I -have_looked, and behold a /candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the_top_of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven P pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the_top thereof:
3 And two olive_trees by it, one upon the_right_side_of the bowl, and the
_|other upon the_left_side thereof.”
4 So I answered and spake to the angel x:that talked with me, saying, “What are these, my -lord?”
5 Then the angel x+that talked with me answered and said unto me, “Know- est thou not what these be?” And I said, “No, my -lord.”
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, “This 7s the-word-_of ! the
ZECHARIAH V. 8.
Lorp unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by amight, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith J the Lorp of_hosts.
7 Who art thou, O_great mountain ? before Zerubbabel thow shalt become a
lain: and he -shall_bring_forth -the headstone thereof with shoutings, cry- ing, ‘Grace, grace unto it.’”
8 Moreover the_word_of Jthe Lorp came unto me, saying, ©
9 “The_hands_of Zerubbabel shaye_ laid_the_foundation_of xthis xhouse; his hands shall also finish it ; and thou ‘shalt_know that ‘the Lorp of_hosts ‘hath_sent me unto you.
10 For who -hath_despised the_day_of small_things? for they -shall_rejoice,
and ‘shall_see the plummet in the_ hand_of Zerubbabel with those seven ; thep are the_eyes_of! the Lorp, +which_ run_to_and_fro through the whole xearth.”
11Then answered J, and said unto him, “What are these two xolive_trees upon the_right_side_of the candlestick and upon the_left_side thereof?”
2 And I answered again, and said unto him, “What be these two xolive branches which through the two xgolden pipes empty the golden o7/ out_of them- selves?”
13 And he answered me +and_said, “Knowest thou not what these be?” And I said, “No, my -lord.”
14 Then said he, “These are the two sxanointed_ones, xthat stand by the «-Lord_of the whole earth.”
THEN I turned, and lifted_up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
2 And he said unto me, “ What seest thou?” And Ianswered, “£see a flying roll? the length thereof is twenty bxeubits, and the breadth thereof ten b xcubits.”
8 Then said he unto me, “ This 7s the curse xthat goeth_forth over the_face_ of athe whole xearth: for every_one xithat stealeth -shall_be_cut_off as on this_side according_to it; and every_ one x-that sweareth -shall_be_cut_off as on that_side according_to it.
4] -will_bring_it_forth, -saith 4 the Lorp of_hosts, and it -shall_enter into the_house_of the thief, and into the_ house_of x+him_that sweareth falsely by My name: and it ‘shall_remain in the_midst_of his house, and «shall_con- sume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”
5 Then the angel x-that talked with me went _forth, and said unto me, “.Lift_up now thine eyes, and ‘see what is xthis that goeth_forth.”
6 And I said, “ What is it?” And he said, “This 7s an xephah *that goeth_ forth.” He said moreover, “This is their «resemblance through «all the earth.”
7 And, behold, +there_was_lifted_up a rtalent_of lead: and this 7s oa woman 4that_sitteth in the_midst_of the ephah.
8 And he said, “This 7s /! xwicked- ness.” And he cast ’ it into the_midst_ of the ephah; and he cast «the_weight_ of xlead upon the-mouth thereof.
B.C. 519.
a. or army,
7. Matt. 21. 21.
PROMISE TO ZERUBBA- BEL.
J. Jehovah. 9. Ezra 3.10;
6, 15.
10. 2 Chr. 16. 9. Hi Be
THE Two OLIVE TREES.
11. v. 3. 1, lamp- stand,
14. Hag. 1. 12-14. REy, 11. 4.
s. lit, sons_of oil.
a. Adon,
Lord, singular.
THE FLYING ROLL,
1. Ezek, 2. 9.
b. by the cubit.
«. or all the Jand.
J, Jehovah.
VISION OF THE
EPHAH.
e. lit. eye.
7. Compare Matt. 13. 33. 7. round- piece.
0. one.
U. Jawless- ness, Jeb.
ha rishah, JSeminine. h. or her.
"10 pau
ZECHARIAH Y. 9,
B.C.519, |
AND OF THE Two WOMEN,
ab. between.
VISION OF THE
CHARIOTS
1. Comp. Rey. 6, 1-8.
s. speckled. st. strong.
5. Rey. 7.1.
a. Adon, Sovereign- Lord, singular,
EMBLEM OF THE CROWNS. PROPHECY OF THE BRANCH.
J. Jehovah.
11. Heb. 2. 9.
c, Crowns, Heb. hatah- roth, from habtar, to surround.
g. or great. i. ish.
b. branch, 07 spring-up.
13. Eph. 2. 20-22. Ps. 110. 4.
14. 2Tim. 4.
h. or Heldai, as v. 10.
°Then lifted_I-up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, +there_came_out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they 'had wings like the_ wings_of @ xstork: and they lifted_up -the ephah between the earth and ,>the =heayen.
10 Then said I to the angel x-that talked with me, “Whither -do these bear -the ephah ?”
1 And he said unto me, “To build it a house in the_land_of Shinar: and it *shall_be_established, and -set there up- on her_own base.”
AND I turned, and lifted_up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, 4there_came four chariots out from be- tween two xmountains ; and the moun- tains were mountains_of brass.
2 In the first xchariot weve red horses ; and in the second xchariot black horses;
3 And in the third xchariot white horses; and in the fourth xchariot sgrisled and s¢ bay horses.
4 Then I answered and said unto the angel x.that talked with me,“ What are these, my -lord?”
5 And the angel answered and said unto me, “These are the four spirits_of the heavens, -which_go_forth from standing before the_¢-Lord_of all the earth.
6 The black xhorses which are therein 4go0_forth into the north country; and the white -go_forth after them; and the sgrisled -go_forth toward the south country.”
7 And the stbay went _ forth, and sought to go that_they_might walk_to_ and_fro through the earth: and he said, “-Get_you _hence, walk -to_and _ fro through the earth.” So they walked_ to_and_fro through the earth.
8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, “ Behold, these x+that go_toward the north country -have_ quieted my spirit in the north coun-
9 And the_word_of Jthe Lorp came unto me, saying,
10“°Take of them of «the captivity, even of Heldai, of -Tobijah, and of -Jedaiah, which -are_come from Baby- lon, and :come then the same xday, and go into the_house_of Josiah the_son_of Zephaniah ;
iL Then «take silver and gold, and *make ¢ crowns, and «set them upon the_ head_of Joshua the_son_of Josedech, the g high xpriest ;
22 And» peak unto him, saying, Thus ‘speaketh Jthe Lorp of_hosts, saying, Behold the iman whose name 7s The Branch ; and he shall_? grow_up out_of his place, and he sshall_build -the_ temple_of J the Lorp:
13 Even he shall_build -the_temple_ of Jthe Lord; and he shall_bear the glory, and :shall_sit and -rule upon his throne ; and he -shall_be a priest upon his throne: and the_counsel_of peace shall_be between them both.’
14 And the crowns shall_be to? Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the_son_of Zephaniah, for a me- morial in the_temple-_of 4 the Lorp.
Lorp, and ye ‘shall-know that ‘the Lorp of_hosts hath sent me unto you. And this sshall_come_to_pass, if ye will_ diligently obey the_voice_of /the Lorp
your =God.” AND it came_to_pass in the fourth ear of * Dari
7 us, that the_ word_of/ihe Lorp came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu ;
2 When they had_sent wnto the_ 3
ZECHARIAH VII. i
1 And they that are far_off shall_| B.C.5 come and build in the_temple_of J the| J, Jehoy
house_of e~God s Sherezer and r Regem- ‘sh
melech, and their « men, ‘to spray be- fore ' the Lorn,
3 And to speak unto the priests which "
were in the_house-of Jthe Lorp of_ hosts, and to the prophets, saying,
“Should I weep in the fifth xmonth,|‘s separating myself, acas I shave_done re
these so many years ?” s
4 Then came the-word_of/ the Lorp of_hosts unto me, saying,
5 “.Speak unto all the_-people_of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and ‘mourned in the fifth and xseventh month, even those seventy years, did_ye_at_all fast unto Me, even to He? : z
6 And when ye 'did_eat, and when ye ‘did_drink, did not pe xseat for yowr- selves, and xsdrink for yourselves ?
7aShould ye not hear «the words which J the Lorp shath_cried by »tthe former xprophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in_prosperity, and the
cities thereof round_about her, when},
men inhabited the south and theplain?” 8 And the_word_of J the Lorp came unto Zechariah, saying, 9“Thus «speaketh hosts, saying,
j Execute true judgment,
And ‘shew / mercy and compassions |",
éevery_man to his “brother : 10 And toppress not the -widow, nor
"Ithe Lorv of_| HAD
the -fatherless, the -stranger, nor| 2
the -poor ; And Het none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, And g pulled_away the shoulder, And m stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 2 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, Lest they should_hear -the law, And «the words which Jthe Lorp of_hosts ‘hath_sent in His Spirit by »¢the former xprophets :
Therefore came a great wrath from
J «the Lorp of_hosts.
13 Therefore it is.come_to_pass, that acas He cried, and they would not hear ;
So they cried, and I 'would not hear, *saith ) the Lorp of_hosts:
14 But Iscattered_them_with_a_whirl- wind among all the nations whom they knew not,
Thus the land was_desolate after them, that _ no _ man —passed _ through nor returned:
For they laid the dpleasant land a. desira +
desolate.” .
720
,
. a
H VIII. 1.
AGAIN the_word_of / the Lorp of_
hosts came to me, saying,
2 “Thus ‘saith J the Lorp of_hosts;
I was_jealous for Zion with great jealousy,
poe I was_jealous for her with
Sreat fury. | 3 Thus -saith Jthe Lorp; I am re- | turned unto Zion, And -will.dwell in the_midst_of Jerusalem : And Jerusalem -shall_be_called a city_of xtruth ; And the-mountain_of/the Lorpof_ hosts the holy mountain. + Thus saith / the Lorp of_hosts : There shall yet old_men and old_ women dwell in the_streets_of Jerusalem, And fevery_man with_his_staff in his hand for ™ very age. 5 And the_streets_of the city shall_ be_full_of boys and gins “playing in the_streets thereo! 6 Thus ‘saith J the Lorp a all If it ‘be_marvellous in the_eyes_of the_remnant_of «this xpeople in
xthese xdays, fShould it also be_marvellous in Mine eyes?
hosts.
7 Thus «saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts ;
Behold, I +will.save My people
from the east country, and from
the ¢ west country ;
8 And I -will_bring them, and they
eshall_dwell in the_midst_of Jeru-
salem:
And they -shall_be My -people,
And = will_be their =God, in truth
and in righteousness.
2 Thus ‘saith / the Lorp of_hosts ;
‘Let your hands be_strong,
x:Ye_that hear in xthese xdays
xthese xwords by the_mouth_of| the prophets,
Which were in the day that the_
foundation_of the_house_of / the
Lorp of_hosts was_laid,
That the temple might_be_built.
10 For before «these xdays there was no hire for «xman, nor any hire for xbeast ;
Neither was there any peace to xhim_that went_out or ~came_ in because_of the affliction : |
For I set against his neighbour.
But now = wml not be unto the_ | residue_of this xpeople as in the |} former xdays,
+Saith J the Lorn of_hosts.
© For the seed shall be xprosper- ous ;
The vine shall_give her fruit
And the ee shall_give her in-
And the the heavens shall_give their ew; | And I -will_cause -the_remnant_of
xthis xpeople to_possess
things.
18 And it -shall_come_to_pass, that ae as ye were a curse among the »=heathen,
Q_house_of Judah, and house_of
Israél ;
8
RS 6. td
*
=
ZECHARIAH IX. 4, So corre pou, and ye-shall_be; B.C. 518, a ¢*let your hands be_
‘Fear not, strong. 14 For He *saith 7 the Lorp of_hosts ; ac As T thought to punish you, Wien he fathers prov oked Sle to
Saith ot the Lorp of_hosts, and I) repented not: |
15 So again have I thought in xthese xdays to do_well unto -Jerusalem And to -the_house_of Judah: ‘fear
ye not. | eens 16 These are the things that ye shall_| _TurNes do REQUIRED.
Seley ye ‘every_man the truth to. te ae 7.9, his -neighbour; j Execute the_judgment_of truth 2 + ace ye. and peace in your gates: And ‘let none_of you imagine evill| in your hearts against his aol
bour And oot no false oath : For shate, -saith J the Lorp.” 18 And the_word_of/ the Lor» of_hosts Tye Fasts PASTS
J. Jehovah.
came unto me, saying, TURNED 19 “Thus -saith J the Lorp of_hosts;) egesnecn The_fast_of the fourth month, and the. FEASTS. fast_of the fifth, and the_fast_of the seventh, and the_fast_of the tenth, shall_be to the_house_of Judah joy and | gladness, and cheerful « feasts; there-| 4. appoint- fore -love the truth and xpeace. eas Pe Jthe Lorp of ness oe t shall yet come to pass, t there | > = shall_come =people, and the_inhabit- a ALL SEER ants_of many cities: | 21 And the_inhabitants_of one city 2 Is.23 *shall_go to another, saying, ‘‘Let_us_|__ go y to ipray “before 2 the Lorp, | eS and to seek! -the Lorp of_hosts: will_| $h¢-facs-of go also.’ = Yea, many =people and strong /2 Isa. 66.2. nations -shall_come to seek /-the LorD| |of_hosts in Jerusalem, and to ‘pray! «before J the Lorp. ’ 33 Thus -saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts;| Tn xthose xdays it shall come to pass,| that ten «men shall_take_hold out_of ©. @uah- alllanguages_of the nations, even-shall_| “2 take_hold_of the_skirt_of him that is a Jew, saying, ‘We will_go with you: for we shave heard that =God is with you.” THE_burden_of the_word_of the) about 4s7. Lorp in the_land_of Hadrach, | DISCIPLINE And Damascus shall be therest Pao. thereof : TION.
When the_-eyes_of «man, as of all! |. Jehovah. the_tribes_of Israél, shall be|.ahdahm. toward / the Lorp.
2 And Hamath also shall_border thereby ;
Tyrus, aie Zidon, though_it_be
3 Pe sseeee did_build herself a strong_hold, And heaped_up silver as the dust, And fine_gold as the_mire_of the
Streets. 4 Behold, 4 the =Lord will_4 cast_her_ | 4- Sovereign”
out, And He -will_smite her power in daisposes | the sea ;
Aal
|
ZECHARIAH IX. 5.
B.C. about 487.
=G. Elohim, Triune God, plural.
e. exactor.
Sn aes COMING OF THE KING. 9. MATT, 21.
4, 5. MARK HH. 9, 10. LuKE 19. 38. JOHN12. 14, 15. His DOMINION. 10. Ps. 72. 18.
n. nations.
t. thee, Jeminine.
Seo DEFENGE.
J. Jehovah.
A.J, Adon- ahy, Sove- reign_Lord Jehoyah.
L
10 neat T -will_cut_off the chariot from
ll As for ¢thee also, by the_blood_of
22 -Turn you to the strong_hold,
13 When I -have_bent Judah for Me,
14 Recey Lorp shall_be_scen over
And she shall_be_devoured with xfire.
5 Ashkelon shal!_see it, and fear ;
Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful,
And Ekron ;
For her expectation ashamed ;
And the king -shall_perish from
sshall _ be _
Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be_in- habited.
6 And a bastard «shall_dwell in Ash-
dod, And I -will_cut_off the_pride_of the Philistines.
7 And I -will_take_away his =blood
out_of his mouth,
And his abominations from between his teeth :
But he_that_remaineth, even he, shall be for our =God,
And he «shall_be as a governor in Judah,
And Ekron as a Jebusite.
8 And I -will-encamp about Mine
house because_of the army, Because_of him_that_passeth_by, aon, because_of him_that_return- eth: And no eoppressor shall_pass_ through them any_more : For now have_I_seen with Mine eyes.
2 -Rejoice greatly, O- daughter _ of
Zion; -Shout, O_daughter_of Jerusalem : Behold, thy king ‘cometh unto thee
eis jase and having_salvation : wly, and riding upon an ass, has upon a colt the_foal_ of an
Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, And the battle bow sshall_be_cut_
off :
And He -shall_speak peace unto the »=heathen :
And His dominion shall be from sea even to sea,
And from the River even to the_ ends_of the earth.
thy covenant
I -have_sent_forth thy prisoners out_of the pit_ wherein zs no =water.
Ye prisoners_of xhope: Even to_day do_L vediake that I will_render double unto thee ;
Filled the bow with Ephraim,
And sraised_up thy sons, O_Zion,
Against thy sons, O_Greece,
And -made thee as the_sword_of a hty_man.
them,
And His arrow -shall_go_forth as the lightning :
And Athe =Lord JGop shall_blow the trumpet,
And ‘shall_go with whirlwinds_of the south.
722
10 *ASK ye of Jthe Lorp rain in
ZECHARIAH X, 164 The TORD of_hosts shall_defend|B.
the And the shall_devour, And «subdue with sling’ stones; And they -shall_drink, and make_ a_noise as through w wine ;
And they -shall_be- filled like
x-bowls,
And as the_corners_of the altar. 16 And ‘the Lorp their =God «shall_ save them in xthat xday as the_ flock_of His people:
For they shall be as the_stones_of
a ccrown, lifted_up_as_an_ensign upon His land.
7 For how_great is His goodness, And how a eae is His beauty ! Corn sha ake the young_men / cheerful,
And new_Wine the maids.
the_time_of the latter_rain ; So! the Lorp 4shall_make !bright_ clouds, And teive them showers-_of rain, To every_one grass in the field. ie 2 For the ‘idols -have_spoken vanity, | , And the diviners shave_seen a
lie,
And thaye_told false dreams ;
They ‘comfort in vain:
Therefore they went_their_way as a 8 flock, s. sheep
They Fwere troubled, because there was no shepherd.
3 Mine anger was_kindled against the shepherds,
And I punished the goats :
For Jthe Lorp of_hosts shath_ visited His Judah,
And shath_made then as His goodly horse in the battle.
4 Out_of_him ‘came_forth the ccor-
ner, Out_of_him the tnail, Out_of_him the battle bow, Out_of_him every e oppressor to-]e. gether. 5 And they -shall_be as mighty_men, 4Which_tread_down their enemies in the_mire_of the streets in the] o. battle : And they «shall_fight, because ? the Lorp ?s with them And the riders on horses «shall_be_ confounded. 6 And I -will_strengthen -the_house_ of Judah, And I will_save «the _ house _ of
Joseph,
And I -will_bring_them_again_to_ place_them ;
For I -have_mercy_upon them :
And they -shall_be as though T had not cast_them_off:
For £ am ‘the Lorp their =God,| 3.6. and will_¢ hear them. their
7 And they of Ephraim sshall_be like} q, answer.
a mighty_man, x
And their heart -shall_rejoice as through » wine: w, win'
Yea, their schildren shall_see it, "He and sbe_glad ;
Their heart shall -rejoice in ‘the Lorp.
BEAUTY iD BANDS.
A = ¥ iy ,
RIAH X. 8.
11
§ I will_hiss for them, and gather them ; For I -have_redeemed them: And they sshall_increase as they shave_increased. 9 And I will.sow them among the =people: And they shall_remember Me in xfar countries ; And they -shall_live with their echildren, and *turn_again. 40 J -will_bring_them_again also out_ . of the_land_of Egypt, And gather them out_of Assyria ; And I will_bring them into the_ land_of Gilead and Lebanon ; And place shall not be_found for
them. il And He -shall_pass_through the sea with affliction, And -shall_smite the waves in the
8
edcal the_deeps_of the river sshall_dry_up:
And the_pride_of Assyria -shall_ be_brought_down,
And the_sceptre_of Egypt shall_ depart_away.
12 And I -will_strengthen them in
J the Lorp;
And they shall _ walk _ up ind _ down in His name, «saith J the Lorp.
-OPEN thy doors, O_Lebanon, That the fire may_devour thy cedars. 2 -Howl, ¢fir_tree; for the cedar -is_ fallen ; Because the =mighty -are_spoiled : «Howl, O_ye oaks_of Bashan ; For the_forest_of the / vintage is_ come_down. 3 There is a voice_of the_howling_of the shepherds ; For their glory -is_spoiled : A voice_of the_roaring_of young_ lions; For the-_pride_of xJordan spoiled. 4Thus *saith 1the Lorp my =God ; “.Feed -the_flock_of the slaughter ; 5 Whose 2 possessors slay them, And thold_themselves not guilty: And they-that_sell them ‘say, ‘Blessed be Jthe Lorp; for I am rich :’ And their_own shepherds 'pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the_in- habitants_of the land, saith 4 ihe
1s
Lorp:
But, lo, € +will_deliver -the «men tevery_one into his neighbour’s hand,
And into the_hand_of his king:
And they -shall_smite -the land,
And out-of their hand I will not deliver (hem.
7 And I will feed -the - flock _ of xslaughter, even you, O_=poor_of the flock.”
And I took unto me two staves ; the oneI called Beauty, and the other I called +Bands; and I fed -the flock.
8-Three xshepherds also I cut-off in
one month ; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
®° Then said I, I will not feed pow: that that_dieth, let_it_die; and that that_is_to_be_cut_off, ‘let_it_be_ cut off; and Flet the rest eat every_one «the flesh_of another.
10 And I took my -staff, even -Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might_break my «covenant which I had_c made with all the =people.
il And it was_broken in xthat xday: and so the_=poor_of the flock that waited_upon me knew that it was the_ word_of ! the Lorp.
2 And I said unto them, “If ye think good, ‘give me my price; and if not, ‘forbear.” So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
18 And J the Lorp said unto me, “*Cast it unto the potter : a goodly xprice that I was_prised_at of them.” And I took the_thirty_pieces_of xsilver, and cast them to the potter in the_house_of J the Lorp.
14 Then I cut_asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might_break ethe brotherhood between Judah and Israél.
15 And J the Lorp said unto me, “:Take unto thee yet the_instruments_of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, £ +will_raise_up a shep- herd in the land, which shall not visit xathose_that be_cut_off, neither shall_ seek the young_one, nor heal xthat that_is_broken, nor sfeed xthat that_ standeth_still: but he shall_eat the_ flesh_of the fat, and ‘tear their } claws in_pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that_ leaveth the flock! the sword shall_be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall_be clean-dried_up, and his oe eye shall_be_utterly dark- ened.”
12 THE_burden_of the_word-_of Jthe Lorp for Israél, 4Saith Jthe Lorp, +which_stretch- eth_forth the heavens, And 4layeth_the_foundation_of the
earth,
And 4formeth the_spirit_of «man within him.
2 Behold, £ +will_.make -~Jerusalem a cup_of r trembling unto all the =people round_about,
When they shall_be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And ,iin xthat xday ‘will_I_make “Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all x=people:
All +that_burden_themselves_with it shall_be cut_in_pieces,
Though all the_=people_of the earth -be_ gathered _together a- gainst it.
4In xthat «day, ssaith Jthe Lorp, I will_smite every horse with xasto- nishment,
And his rider with xmadness :
And I will_open Mine «eyes upon the_house_of Judah,
And will_smite every horse_of the =people with xblindness.
2
3
ZECHARIAH XII. 4,
i a
THE STAFF BEAUTY CUT ASUNDER,
c. cut, o7* confirmed.
J. Jehovah.
THE PRICE, AND THE POTTER.
12. See Ex.
21. 32. Matt. 26. 15.
MATT. 27.
BANDS.
THE Foolish SHEPHERD.
s. Sustain, o7 nourish.
h. hoofs.
w. or worth- less.
1. Num. 16. 22. Eccles. 12.7. *
Heb. 12.9. J. Jehovah.
a, ahdahm.
r. reeling.
3. Rey. 19. 19.
ai. it Shall. come-to_ pass.
i. TL will. make,
THE NATIONS SMITTEN.
ZECHARIAH XII. 5.
B.C.about 487.
JERUSALEM DEFENDED.
f. fire-pan.
J. Jehovah.
8. Isa. 31. 5. Ch, 14. 1-3.
THE PIERCED ONE.
10, JoHN 19. 34, 37. Rey. 1. 7.
1, look- attentively,
Heb. hib- bitu.
MOURNING. 11. 2 Chr. 35. 24, 25.
t. the
mourning shall_be-
great. 12. 2Sam. 5. 14. Matt. 1.
6. Luke 3. 31.
13. Num, 3. 18.
A JUNTAIN 1
¢ OPENED. 1, Heb. 9. 13, 14,
5 And the-governors_of Judah sshall_say in their heart,
“The _ inhabitants _ of Jerusalem shall be my strength
In / the Lorp of_hosts their =God.”
6In:xthat xday will_I_make -the_ governors_of Judah like a 7 hearth_of fireamong the =wood,
And like a torch_of fire in a sheaf;
And they -shall_devour call the =people round_about,
on ibe right _hand and-on the
eft:
And Jerusalem -shall_be_inhabited again in_her_own place, even in Jerusalem.
73 The Lorp also -shall_save -the_ tents_of Judah «first,
That the_glory_of the_house_of David
And the_glory_ofthe_-inhabitants_ of Jerusalem
‘Do not magnify themselves against Judah.
8In xthat xday shall ‘the Lorp de- ae the_-inhabitants_of Jerusa- lem ;
And them at xthat xday -shall_be as David ;
And the_house_of David shall be
as =God, As the_angel_of 4 the Lorp before them. 9 And it -shall_come_to_pass in «that
xday,
That I will.seek to destroy ~all the nations xthat come against Jeru- salem,
10 And I -will_pour upon the_house_ of David, and upon the_-inhabit- ants_of Jerusalem,
~ The_Spirit_of grace and of suppli- eations :
And they -:shall_/look upon Me -whom they have pierced,
And they -shall_mourn for Him, as one_mourneth for his xonly son,
And:shall_be in_bitterness for Him, as one.that_is_in_bitterness. for his «firstborn.
lJIn xthat xday /shall_there_be a great xmourning in Jerusalem,
Asthe_mourning_of Hadadrimmon in the_valley_of Megiddon.
122 And the land -shall-mourn, every family apart ;
The_family_of the-house_of David apart,
And their wives apart;
The_family _of the_house_of Na- than apart,
And their wives apart ;
13 The_family_of the-house_of Levi apart,
And their wives apart ; -
The_family_of xShimei apart,
And their wives apart;
14 All the families that remain,
Every family apart,
And their wives apart.
IN xthat xday there shall_be a
fountain opened
To the_house_of David and to the_ inhabitants_of Jerusalem
For sin and for uncleanness,
728
1
ZECHARIAH XIV. 2}
2 And it «shall_come_to_pass in xthat
xday, saith J the Lorp of_hosts,
That 1 will_cut_off -the-names_of the idols out_of the land,
And they shall no more be_remem- bered :
And also I will_causerthe prophets and the unclean -spirit to_pass out_of the land.
8 And it -shall_come_to_pass, that} ase
when any shall yet preeheny, Then his father and his mother that_begat him -shall_say unto
him,
“Thou shalt not live; for thou sspeakest lies in the _ name _ of ‘the Lorp:”
I And his father and his mother that_
begat him -shall _thrust — him _ through when he prophesieth. 4 And it -shall_come_to_pass in xthat
xday,
That the prophets shall_be_asham- ed every_one of his vision, when he hath prophesied ;
Neither shall_they -wear a hrough garment to deceive.
5 But he -shall_say, “ am no pro- phet, £ am a husbandman ;
For aman taught _ me _to_keep ~
cattle from my youth.”
6 And one sshall_say unto him,
“What are xthese xwounds in thine hands?”
Then he -shall_answer, “ Those with which I was_wounded in the_ house_of my friends.”
7 ae O_sword, against My Shep- erd,
And against the sman that is My 3
as fellow, 4Saith the Lorp of_hosts :
“Smite the Shepherd, and the|s.s
sheep shall_be_scattered :
And I -will_tturn Mine hand upon |?ty
the little_ones. 8 And it -shall_come_to_pass, that in all the land, saith / the Lorp, Two_parts therein shall_be_cut_off and die ; But the third shall_be_left therein.
9 And I -will_bring «the third_part/|9.
through the fire,
And -will_refine them as ¥silver is_ refined, - >
And -will_try them as %gold is_ tried :
Thep shall_call on My name, and € will_an hear thent:
I will_say, “£t is 4 My -people :”
And thep shall_say, “# Lorp is my =God.”
BEHOLD, the_day_of 4 the Lorp cometh,
And thy spoil -shall_be_divided in the_midst_of thee.
2¥For I -will_ gather vall xnations
against Jerusalem to xbattle ;
And the city -shall_be_taken,
And the houses -rifled, and the women fravished ;
And half_of the city -shall_go_forth into xcaptivity,
And the_residue_of the -people shall not be_cut_off from the city.
= aa
J. Jehoyat
= 2, Joel 3,2
eo i, ‘ ad *.
RIAH XIV. 3.
* Then -shall?the Lorp go_forth, and “fight against those «nations, As a He fought in the_day_of
4 And His feet -shall_stand in that hich upon the_mount_of «Olives, Which is before Jerusalem on the
And t the_mount_of xOlives -shall_ cleave in the_midst thereof to- ward_the_east and toward_the_
west, And there shall be a very great
valley ;
And half_of the mountain -shall_ remove toward_the_north, |
And half_of it toward_the_south. |
5 And ye -shall_flee to the_valley_of mountains ;
For the_valley_of the mountains | shall_reach unto « Azal:
Yea, ye -shall_fiee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake
In the_days_of Uzziah king - of Judah:
And Jthe Lorp my =God -shall_
- come, And all the * saints with Thee. 6 ae = -shall_come_to_pass in xthat
} That hat the ght shall not be =clear, |
7 But it -shall_be one day which shall_be_known to / the Lorn, awe day, nor night : “ But it »shall-come_to_pass, that at evening time it shall_be light. i 8 And it -shall_be in =that «day, that | living waters shall_go out from | Jerusalem ee of tien toward. the « former
Raa half_of them toward the w hinder xsea: = aoe and in «winter shall_
ond the Lorp sshall_be king over all the earth :
In xthat «day shall_there_be one 7 Lorp, and His name one.
10 All the land shall_be_turned as a xplain from Geba to Rimmon> south_of Jerusalem :
And it -shall_be_lifted_up, and sin- habited in her place,
From Benjamin’s gate unto the_ place_of the first gate,
Unto the corner gate,
And from the_tower_of Hananeél unto the king’s winepresses.
i And men ‘shall_dwell in it,
And there shall_be no more utter_ destruction ; But J erusalem a-shall_be safely in-
habi
12 And this: shall_be the plague where- with Jthe Lorp willsmite -all the =people that have - fought against Jerusalem ;
= ZECHARIAH XTV. 21.
Their flesh -shall_consume_ away | B.C. about while they stand upon their) 487.
eet,
And their eyes shall _ consume _ away in their holes,
And their tongue shall_consume_| away in their mouth.
18 And it -shall_come_to_pass in xthat xday, that a great tumult from Jthe Lorp shall_be among J. Jehovah. them; |
And they *shall_lay_hold every_one on the_hand_of his neighbour, | And his hand «shall_rise_up against the_hand_of his neighbour. |
14 And Judah also shall _fight at Jeru- salem ; |
And the- wealth_of all the »=hea- then round_about -shall_be_ gathered_together,
Gold, and silver, and’ apparel, in} great abundance.
15 And so shall_be the _plague_of | the horse, of the mule, of the / came
And of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall_be in «these extents, as c. camps.
n_nations. |
xthis e.
16 And it -shall_come_to_pass, that Tux Feast every_one ee is_left of all the! = nations ~wl came against | Jerusalem — ie
Shall even go_up from year to year) 43. to worship the King, ?the Lorp 3. Jehovah of_hosts, and to keep -the_feast_| ofTseba- of tabernacles. b ——
W And it «shall_be, that whoso will not
To worship the King, ? the Lorp of_ | hosts, even upon them shall be| ; |
no rain. 18 And if the_family_of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain ; There shall_be the plague, where- | with /the Lorp will_smite -the| »=heathen that come not up to| keep -the_feast_of 4 xtabernacles. | 19 This shall_be the_s punishment_ Of} = ors:
Egypt, t
And the-spunishment_of all na- tions that ‘come not up to keep -the_feast_of > xtabernacles.
2 In xthat xday shall_there_be upon the_bells_of the horses, holiness To unto / the Lorp ; JEHOVAH.
And the pots in ? the Lorv’s house |). 52 Ex. -shall_be like the bowls before the} ~~ e altar.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah -shall_be * holiness unto |. holy. J the Lorp of_hosts :
And all they that sacrifice -shall_} come and -take of them, and} to-seethe therein : | b0. boil, or
And in xthat xday there shall_be no| cook. more the ™ Canaanite in the _| m. mer-
house_of / the Lorp of_hosts. ae =
=
HOLINESS
—
Mauacui I. 1.
B.C. about 397.
JACOB AND ESAU. 3. Jehovah. at. the- hand_of. m. Malachi, My messen-
ger. 2. Deut. 7. 7,
2, 3. Ro. 9. 1B.
HONOUR. 1, lord, Heb. adonahy.
POLLUTED AND IMPERFECT OFFERINGS.
b. bring.
at. tt.
8. Ley. 22. 20.
6. bring- nigh.
’
INCENSE AND PURE OFFERING. at. the- face_of. ec. El, God, singular. h. hand. a. accept.
g. a gift. offering, minkhah.
n, nations.
Matacut II. 7}
-MALACHLI
NHE_burden_of the_word_of / the Lorp to Israél by ¢™ Malachi. 2 [-have_loved pou, saith J the Lorn.
Yet ye *say, “ Wherein shast-Thou_ loved us?”
Was not Esau Jacob's brother? asaith ‘the Lorp:
Yet I loved -Jacob,
3 And I hated «Esau,
And laid his “mountains and his | rheritage waste for the_dragons_ of the wilderness.
4 Whereas Edom tsaith,
“We -are_impoverished,
But we will_return and build the desolate_places ;”
Thus ‘saith J the Lorp of_hosts,
They shall_build, but E will_throw_
down ;
And they ¢shall_call them,
“The_border_of wickedness,”
And, “The -people against whom J the Lorp shath_indignation for ever.”
5 And your eyes shali_see, and pe shall_say,
“1 The Lorp will _ be _ magnified from the_border-of Israél.’ -
6 A son thonoureth Ais father, And a servant his !=master : If then £ be a father, where is Mine
honour ? 2
And if € be a !=master, where ts My fear? | *Saith / the Lorp of_hosts unto you, O_priests, +that_despise My name. And ye -say, “ Wherein shave_we_ despised Thy name?” 72Ye_boffer polluted. bread upon Mine altar; and ye «say, “Wherein shave . we — polluted Thee?” In that_ye_say, “The_table_of ‘ the Lorp ,‘ ts contemptible.” 8 And if ye Utoffer the -blind for sacrifice, 7s it not evil ? And if ye 4 offer the lame and sick, és it not evil? > Offer it now unto thy governor ; Will_he_be_pleased_with thee, or aceept thy person ? *Saith J the Lorp of_hosts. 9 speee I_pray_you, *beseech at
e > That He will_be_gracious unto us: This -hath_been by your } means: Will_He_«regard your persons? saith J the Lorp of_hosts.
10 Who is there.even among you that would_shut the =doors for nought?
Neither 'do_ye_kindle jive on Mine altar for_nought.
I have no pleasure in you, «saith J the Lorp of_hosts,
Neither will_I_accept an’ g offering at your hand.
11 For from the_rising_of the sun even unto the_going_down_of the_ same My name shall be great among the » Gentiles ;
And in every place incense shall be + offered unto My name, and a pure wat om \
For My name shail be great among the »=heathen, -saith 'the Lorp of_hosts.
12 But pe have profaned it, in that_
Ehime “‘The_table_of Jthe Lorp atts pol-
ul! 2
And the_fruit thereof, even His meat, 7s contemptible.”
13 Ye -ssaid also, “Behold, what a_ weariness is it !”
And ye have snuffed_at it, «saith ‘ the Lorp of_hosts ;
And ye ‘brought that which was P i and «the -lame, and «the -sick;
Thus ye ‘brought an ¢ xoffering:
Should_I_accept this ofyourhand? saith 4 the Lorn.
14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male,
And voweth, and sacrificeth unto Athe =Lord a corrupt_thing :
For I am a great King, saith ‘the Lorp of_hosts,
And My name 7s dreadful among the »=heathen.
AND now, O_ye pees xThis xcommandment 7s for you. 2 If ye will not hear, And if ye will not jay it to heart, To give glory unto My name, ‘saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts, I -will even send a curse upon you, And I -will_curse your ~blessings : Yea, I -have_cursed them already, - Because ye +do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I 4will_~corrupt your Sseed, And ‘spread dung upon your faces, Even the_dung_of your Ysolemn_
feasts ; And one -shall_take pou away with it :
it. 4 And ye -shall_know that I -have_ sent xthis xcommandment unto
you, That My covenant might_be with Levi, -saith J the Lorp of_hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of x=life and xpeace ; And I gave them to him for the re fear wherewith he feared Me, And was_afraid before My name. 6 The_law_of truth was in his mouth, And iniquity was not found in his
lips: He walked with Me in peace and
equity,
And did_turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest’s lips tshould_keep knowledge,
And they tshould_seek the law at his mouth:
For he is the_messenger_of ? the Lorp of_hosts.
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Ye -have_caused many to stumble at the law;
Ye -have_corrupted the_covenant_ of xLevi, ssaith ‘the Lorp of_ hosts.
®Therefore have E also made pou contemptible and base before all
the -people,
According as ye shave not kept My «ways, but +have_been_¢ in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? shath not one «~God created us Why ‘do we Sap rncestosky é every_man against his brother, tBy sens the_covenant_of our
u Judah Deatiatn deals tstsicherously, And an abomination -is_ committed in Israél and in Jerusalem ; For Judah -hath _profaned’ the_ s holiness_of J the Lorp which He loved, And -hath_married the_daughter_ of a strange -god. 25 The Lorp will cut_off the i man that ‘doeth this, The «master and the exscholar, out_of the_tetabernacles_of Ja-
cob, And him_that_} offereth an ¢ offer- ing unto / the Lorp of_hosis. 183 And this « have ye done again, Covering -the_altar_of /the Lorp with tears, With weeping, and with crying_
out,
TInsomuch that He regardeth not «the g offering any_more,
Or receiveth ié with good_will at your hand.
14 Yet ye -say, “ Wherefore?
Because /the Lorp -hath _been_ witness between thee and 2 the_ wife_of thy youth,
Against whom thon -hast_dealt_
x treacherously : - Yet is she thy companion, and the_ : wife_of thy covenant. tt. 19.} 15 And did not He make one? 5, 8. Yet ‘had He the_residue_of the : spirit. And wherefore xone?
eo +That _ he _ might _seek a sgodly
seed. Therefore -take_heed to your spirit, And ‘let none deal_treacherously against the_wife_of his youth. 16 For J the Lorp the_=God_of Israél, ‘saith that He hateth putting_ ; away: : ; For one -covereth violence with his 7 fanment, ‘saith Jthe Lorp of_
costs : : Therefore -take_heed to your spirit, = that ye deal not treacherously. | i Ye -have_wearied / the Lorp with
your words.
Yet ye -say,
“Wherein -have_we_wearied Him?”
When ee say, “Every_one +that_ doeth evil zs good in the_sight_of J the Lo
ment.”
Matacnr IIT. 11.
te ade he sae: He i the way be- fore Me: SENGER. Andthe «-Lord,whom pe+seek, shall 1. Marr. 1. suddenly come to His temple, 10. Mark Even the_messenger_of the cove-| }-2, LUSE nant, whom pe Behold, He -shall_come, -saith 4 the) Andan, the 2 But who smay-abid singal who =may_abide -the_day_of) *T9“sr- His coming? 5. Jebo zal And who «shall-stand when He) hath.
ap h ? THE For Be ts like a refiner’s fire, CoMING OF And like fullers’ soap : THE LORD. 3 And He -shall_sit as a refiner and |3. Ezek. 44. purifier_of silver : 15, 16.
And He -shall_purify -the_sons_of
Levi,
And -purge thenras «gold and «sil- ver,
That they -may 4offer unto ! the |}- bring. Lorp an goffering in righteous-| ™b-
ness. + Then -shall the_goffering_of Judah and Jerusalem be_pleasant unto J the Lorp, J. Jehovah. As in came _days_of old, and as in ; former years. 5 And I -will_come_near to you to xjudgment ; And I -willbe a swift witness a- gainst the sorcerers, And against the adulterers, And against false swearers, And against those_that_oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless,
And that_turn_ aside the stranger From his right,
a — not Me, saith J the Lorp r)
6 For £ am ‘the Lorp, I -change)6 Lam.3.22
not ;
Therefore pe sons_of Jacob -are not consumed.
7 ape from the_days_of your fa-| a thers ye -are_gone _away from | a Mine ordinances, (> ee
And shave not kept them. rt -Return unto Me, and I will_return bears you, -saith Jthe Lorp of_
StS. But ye sad, “Wherein shall_we_
return ? ae as ee THTHES AND Yet pe a+have_ro ad Me. | OFFERING: But ye say, “ Wherein -have _ we _ |. ahdahm. arobbed Thee ? ix ae In xtithes and * xofferings. frandine. a yo hae alied Se eae el For ye a+have_r en this whole nation. is = 10 -Bring ye call the tithes into the} 10.2 Chr. 31. storehouse, a pe That there may_be meat in Mine house,
And -prove Me now herewith, -saith Jthe Lord of_hosts,
IfI will not open you dows_of heaven,
And e-pour you out a blessing, that |e. empty- there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I -will_rebuke the devourer for your sakes, ee
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Mauacur ITI. 12.
B.C. about 397.
12. Deut, 33, 29. Jer. 33, 9. Zeph, 3. 19, 20,
Evin WorRDs. J. Jehovah.
14. Isa, 58. 3. =G. Elohim, ploral,
ce. charge.
t. lawless- ness,
THE FEAR
. OF JEHOVAH. J. Jehovah.
p. peculiar treasure.
a. according as.
a. ish.
And he shall not destroy -the_ fruits_of your ground ;
Neither shall your vine “cast _ her _ fruit _ before _the _ time in the field,
*Saith ‘the Lorp of_hosts.
12 And all xnations *shall _call pou lee nage shall_be a delightsome land,
Tait J the Lorp of_hosts.
13 Your words shave _ been _ stout a- gainst Me, -saith / the Lorp.
Yetye say, “What-have_ we. _spoken so muci ” against Thee?
14 Ye have said, “It_is_vain to serve =God: ,
And what profit is it that we have kept His ¢ ordinance,
And that we have walked mourn- fully before Jthe Lorp of_hosts ?
1% And now we -call the =proud
happy ; Yea, they_that_work / wickedness *are_set_up ; Yea, they that -tempt =God are even delivered.” 16 Then +they_that_feared Jthe Lorp spake often one to another : And ‘the Lorp hearkened, and heard it, And a book_of remembrance was_ written before Him For +them_that_feared Jthe Lorn, And that _thought_upon His
name. W And they -shall_be Mine, saith
‘the Lorp of_hosts,
In that day when ¥ smake_ up My pjewels ;
And I -will spare them, ¢as a ?man fspareth his_own son x+that serv- eth him.
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18 Then sshall_ between la -wicked,
Between «him-that_serveth =God and him that -serveth Him not.
4 FOR, behold, the day cometh, «that_
shall_burn as an xoyen ;
And all the =proud, yea, and all sthat _ do !wickedly, -shall _ be stubble :
And the day «that cometh «shall_ burn them up, ‘saith /the Lorp of_hosts,
That it shall_leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you +that_fear My name ‘shall the_sun_of righteousness arise with healing in His wings ;
And ye *shall_go_forth, and -grow_ up as calves_of the stall.
8 And ye *shall _ tread _down the la=wicked ;
For they shall_be ashes under the_ soles_of your feet
In the day that £ shall +do this, ‘saith Jthe Lorp of_hosts.
4*Remember ye the_law_of Moses My servant,
Which I commanded_unto him in Horeb for all Israél,
With the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, £ +will_send you -Elijah the prophet
Before the_coming -of the great and dreadful day_of J the Lorp :
6 And he the fathers to the s children,
And the_heart_of the schildren to their fathers, 8
Lest I tcome and «smite «the earth with_a_curse.
2.31 sshall_turn the_heart_of
Sapa
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THE SIGNS EMPLOYED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
The signs made use of are the simplest possible, and their meaning is easily understood.
ARTICLES. NUMBERS. x Definite or distinctive article. ~ Singular. + Objective and accusative article. = Dual. * Both combined. = Plural. EMPHATIC PRONOUNS. ¥, Thou, he, etc., Old English letters. TENSES, ETC. * Short tense. F Long tense. ' Present time. + Participle.
OrueEr SIGNs.
_ A lower hyphen connects words together which in the Hebrew are but one. Example— Give_ear_unto the_law_of our God. Isa. i. 10.
Strictly parallel passages are shown by printing the references in capital letters, as Micah iv. 1,2. Isa. ii. 2, 3.
»« Denotes words omitted in translation, supplied in the margin.
The NuMBERSs before references in the margin are the numbers of the corresponding verses.
The LETTERS before words and in the margin are the initials of the emendations.
EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNS.
The sign (x) indicates the distinctive and emphatic article “ha.”
The (-) (representing a hand pointing ¢c>) indicates the objective or accusative article “eth,” which points out an object to the mind.
Both combined (%).
The signs, singular (-), dual (=), and plural (=), need no explanation.
The short tense, which, like the Greek aorist, expresses a point in the expanse of time, past, present, or future, is shown by a point or dot (*).
The long tense, expressive of continuance, is shown by a line (-), to which the fulcrum (') is added (+), to distinguish it from a hyphen.
The present is shown by the upright stroke ('), and the participle by the combination of the signs (' and -) together (+), indicating continuation in the present.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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INTRODUCTION.
s Authorized Version of the Original Greek Scriptures of the New Testament is able, as to correctness in translation, and soundness in doctrine.
the translators of both Old and New Testament laboured under the disadvantage that n was then the medium for acquiring Greek and Hebrew. As the Latin has no article, d makes no distinction between the Greek aorist and the perfect tense, the beautiful sion of the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures as to the articles and tenses is in a great sure obscured. H e
ne object of this Edition is to restore these perfections both as to the articles and tenses neans of a few most simple and self-interpreting signs, which when once understood are ly remembered. Many corrected, suggestive, and uniform translations of words are also given in the margin, without interfering with the simplicity of our own highly valued English Version.
In the New Testament assistance is afforded, in order to a more intelligent and accurate uaintance with the inspired perfections of this portion of the Sacred Word, in connexion Tue Divine TITLEs, THE ARTICLE, NUMBERS, EMPHATIC PRONOUNS, TENSES, and PREPOSI-
NS
Other information will also be found in the margin.
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SIGNS EMPLOYED IN THE ENGLISH-GREEK TESTAMENT,
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ARTICLE.
4
ARTICLE whether used definitely or objectively.
NUMBERS. SINGULAR.
PLURAL.
i
EmpPuAtTic Pronouns. ¥, Thou, He, etc. Old English letters. ¥ 2
TENSES.
+ Aorist, an action or event complete in itself.
*!| PLUPERFECT, “Had_done,” or “ Had_been.”
~ IMPERFECT, continuous in the past, ‘“ Was_doing,” or “ Was_being.”
“ PERFECT, continuous to the present, “ Hath_dowe,” or “Hath_been.”
' PRESENT, “ Doth,” or “Is.” P bs F Furure, “ Will_do,” or “ Will_be.”
PARTICIPLES. + Present, “Doing,” or “Being.” ++ AORIST PARTICIPLE, “Having_done,” or “ Having_been.” +1 PARTICIPLE WITH ARTICLE, “The doing_one,” or “The doer,”
a Words omitted supplied. Lower Hyphen, connecting -words_together which in Greek are_but_one. It will be observed that in the signs of the Tenses, a dot (+) is short, A line (-) is long. The upright stroke (') indicates the present. f A line (+) on the right the future. The other signs are simply combinations of these.
DIVINE TITLES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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Gop, Theos. This title corresponds with the Hebrew titles -El, -Eloah, and =Elohim: singular and plural ; but the beautiful precision of the Hebrew is not expressed in the Greek. It is applied to Father, Son, and Spirit; especially to God the Father: though frequently it includes the three persons. :
Faruer, Pateer. The title under which God is especially revealed in the New Testament, as by “ Jehovah” in the Old. :
Lorn, Despotees. Sovereign Lord. Applied both.to the Father and the Son.
Lorn, Kurios. Master, Owner. In quotations from the Hebrew it is often used for _ “Jehovah,” both with and without the article, especially without.
Otherwise it corresponds with the Hebrew title “-Adon” or ‘=Adonabhy,” expressing lord- ship or authority.
Lord, Kurios. A title of the Lord Jesus, as master and proprietor.
_ Jesus, Jeesous. Hebrew, Jehoshua, the Salvation of Jehovah. Or, Jehovah, the Saviour. _ The name given to Christ at His birth, as the Saviour of the people of Jehovah. _ Curist, Christos. The Anointed. The Messiah. From chrio, to anoint. JeEsus Curist. His title as living and dying on earth ; or, as having lived and died. Here the emphasis is on “Jesus,” as expressed by its being placed first, the once humbled One, now glorified. The anointed One on earth for His service in humiliation. :
Curist Jesus. His title as risen and glorified. Anointed for His heavenly priesthood. Here the emphasis is on “Christ,” as now glorified, once humbled, It does not occur in the Gospels.
Jesus CHRIstT our Lorb, or our Lorp Jesus Curist. As having been obedient unto death, and now exalted. Having redeemed His people with His blood.
Curist Jesus the Lorp. As anointed in resurrection, and having also sealed His people with the Spirit.
The Lorp Jesus. All authority in heaven and on earth being given to Him; here the emphasis is on Lord.
Spirit, Pneuma, without the article. Characteristic. Used of the grace, or operation of the Spirit of God.
The Spirit, To Preuma, with the article. The Spirit of God, in His personality and acting:
The Hoty Spirit, 76 hagion Pneuma. The Holy Spirit of God, personal.
The Hoty «Spirit, 70 Pneuma td hagion. With two articles. His distinctive personality.
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EXPLANATION OF SIGNS.
THE ARTICLE. 3
(For complete list of Signs see p. iv.)
The Hebrew language has two arvicuEs, the objective article “eth” pointing out some distinct object before the mind ; and the definite article “ha.”
In the Greek language there is but one article, sometimes used like the Hebrew article “eth,” as pointing out an object before the mind, or else the object on which an action terminates. At other times it is used like the Hebrew article “ha” as the distinctive or definite article. When used as the objective article it cannot in general be rendered by the English word “the.”
The omission of the article either expresses indefiniteness, or else implies that the word without the article is characteristic ; that is, it gives a character to that with which it is connected.
For example in Matt. i. 1,“The book of_the_generation of_Jesus Christ, the son of_David, the son. of_Abraham.” It will be noticed that the word “the” is four times put in italics to show that the article does not occur in the Original ; although it is required by the idiom of the English language.
Verse 2. “Abraham begat «Isaac.” Here before Isaac, there is in the Greek the article used objectively shown by the sign (~), which represents a hand pointing ; and in this chapter the article is thus used on the first mention of a name no less than 46 times in verses 2-16, yet it cannot be translated by the word “the.” A comparison of Gen. vy. shows that this use of the article both in Hebrew and Greek is precisely similar.
Again, Matt. iii. 18, “Then cometh -Jesus from -Galilee to -Jordan unto -John, -to_be_ baptized of him.” In this verse the article occurs 5 times in the Greek, and in each instance it is used objectively.
In this as in innumerable other instances, the expressive force of the Greek article cannot be shown to the ordinary English reader, except by the use of some appropriate sign. But in reading aloud, the presence and force of the article may be indicated by laying a stress upon words preceded by it.
In general, the Greek article when used definitely is translated by the word “the,” which is left in Roman characters, but there are many instances in which the presence of be definite article does not appear in the translation.
For example, in the Lord’s prayer recorded in Matt. vi. 9, the words “Our Father which art in -=heaven,” should read, as in the Original, “Our Father which art in the heavens,” both the definite article and the plural number being employed. Whereas in verse 10, “Thy ewill -be_done in -earth, as it is in heaven,” neither the article, nor the plural number occurs, because here all heaven is characterized as the place wherein the will of God is perfectly obeyed.
In Jude 21, “-Keep yourselves in the love of_God,” there is no article, because the CHARACTER of the love is here expressed as Divine love.
With this we may contrast 1 John iy. 20, 21, “If a_man say, ‘I_love -God,’ and hateth his ebrother, he_is a liar: for he_that loveth not his -brother whom he_hath_seen, how cam_he love -God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment haye_we from Him, ‘That he_ who loveth -God love his -brother also.’” Here the objective article occurs 7 times in the Greek, because both God and the brother are pointed out as the opsEcts of love, but in neither case can it be shown in English by the word “the.”
In those instances in which the article is not translated, its presence in the Original is
indicated by a sign ; the absence of the article in the Greek where it is given in the Authorized Version is shown by italics,
TENSES. vil
NUMBERS.
In the Greek language the NUMBERS are SINGULAR, DUAL, and PLURAL, as in the Hebrew; but in the Greek New Testament the dual does not occur; the sign for the singular is (-), and for the plural (=). Example, 1 Pet. iii. 18, “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the -just for the " zunjust ;” that is, the Just One for the unjust ones.
EMPHATIC PRONOUNS.
| he ewpHatic pronouns, as in the Old Testament, are distinguished by Old Englizh letters. _ Example, 1 John iv. 10, “ Not that we loved -God, but that He loved us.”
THE GREEK TENSES.
“Tn respect to the verb, the Greek is the most wonderfully precise of all languages, wrought [= out by Divine Providence for the purpose of being employed as the instrument of revelation | in those portions. of Scripture which require the nicest distinctions. In these portions especially, in order to clear understanding and sound theology, no distinction of tense must
__ ever be overlooked.”—Quarterly.
ScHEME OF GREEK TENSES, SHOWN PROGRESSIVELY FROM PAST TO FUTURE. TENSES. = : [ aw Sou ay 1 L 2 3 4 lat aS] 6 7 PLUPERFECT. AoRIsT.| ImperFect. | PERFECT. | PRESENT.) FUTURE. | Ce a) =) i Bae geal
. ! ; F) (- “"Had_done,or *Was, |~Was_doing, “Hath_done, ‘Does, | ‘Will do, | -Will_have_done,
_ “'Had_been. “Did. |~Was-_being. ; Hath_been. ‘Is. FWill_be. *Will_have_been. ee Pel “A SS E ; ne AORIST. IMPERATIVE PERFECT. IMPERATIVE PRESENT. -Do instantly. | “Do and let it remain. | ‘Do and continue doing. PARTICIPLES. ' a rn PARTICIPLE PERFECT. PARTICIPLE PRESENT. | -.Having_done, | “Having done_and_doing, Doing, Hi «Having_been. | “Having _been_and_being. aBeing. Ps Or Permanent Result. * It will be observed that the upright stroke indicates the PRESENT, a dot or a line to the left
| of the stroke the past, a line to the right the FUTURE. The (+) indicates decision ; the line (-) continuation. } y Tue Aorist (°). The Greek AORIST expresses an action or event rounded off and complete in itself. “A point _ in the expanse of time;” whether in the past, the present, or the future, but especially in » the [l- v ooh past, as the aorist indicative “Did” or “Was.” Similar to the sHorT tense in _ Hebrew employed in narratives of the past. As Matt. ix. 13, “I_-am not come,” i.e. I-did not come. ____ Im the prEsEnT, as the aorist imperative, “-Do.” That is “-Do instantly,” corresponding _ with the Hebrew imperative.
And in the ruTurg, as in the aorist subjunctive, or future perfect, “-Shall or will_have_ _ done;” as in Luke ix. 26, “For whosoever -shall_be_ashamed_of Me,” i.e, shall_have_been_
ashamed_of Me. _ ‘The aorist is also used in the PRESENT, where decision or completeness is intended in the _ present ; corresponding with the sHorT tense used in the present inthe Hebrew. Compare Tsaiah xxi. 9, “Babylon -is_fallen, -is_fallen,” with Rev. xiv. 8.
"This tense is indicated by a point or dot (-). * Pa
vill . TENSES.
THE PLUPERFECT TENSE (*"'),
The puuperFectT “Had,” “Had_done,” or “Had_been,” puts the action or event furth back than either the aorist or the perfect ; and is thus indicated (*"'), “As Matt, vii. 25, “ It -was_founded,” 7. e. it-had_been_founded.
Tur Imperrect TENSE (7).
The IMPERFECT tense “ Was_doing,” or “Was_being,” expresses continuance in the past. As John i. 1, “In the beginning “was the Word,” expressing His eternal existence.
It is shown by the sign (~), the horizontal line (-) showing continuance, being on the loft of the short upright stroke ~, to indicate continuance in the past.
TuE PERFECT TENSE (*).
The PERFECT tense is a combination of the past and the present, and expresses continuation from the past to the present time, or to the present of the speaker or writer. “Hath-_done,” “Hath_been.” As John xvii. 22, “And the glory which Thou_gavest Me £ have_given them,” i.e, And the glory which Thou hast_given Me & have_given them.
The perfect is shown by the sign (+), in which the long horizontal line, showing continuance, is placed on the right of the short slanting stroke, in distinction from the sign of the imperfect (~).
TuE PRESENT TENSE (').
The PRESENT tense, “Docs” or “Is,” which also expresses continuation in the present, is shown by the upright stroke ('). As in Romans ivy, 21, “What He_“had_promised, He_'was able also to_*perform,” 7.e. What He_hath_promised, He_is able also to_perform.
THE FUTURE TENSE (*).
The FuTURE tense, “Will or shall_do,” “Will or shall_be,” is shown by the horizontal line being placed on the vight of the upright stroke ' to indicate continuation on to the future, or continuation in the future, or else simply futurity. As Matt. iii. 12,“ And 'gather,” 7.e. And will gather.
FUTURE PERFECT.
When the aorist subjunctive is used in the future, it expresses the FUTURE PERFECT, “May, *shall, ov -will_have_done ;” “ «May, -shall, or -will_have_been.” See 1 Cor. xv. 54, “So when this -corruptible -shall_have_put_on incorruption, and this -mortal -shall_have_put_on immortality.”
IMPERATIVE Moon, IMPERATIVE AORIST (*).
“-Do instantly and completely.” Matt. ix. 5, “*Arise.”
“ “Be
Similar to the Hebrew feats IMPERATIVE PRESENT (').
“'Do and continue to do.” Matt. ix. 5, “And 'walk.”
“'Be and continue to be.”
Similar to the long tense in Hebrew used as an imperative. IMPERATIVE PERFECT (*).
“Be and remain.” Mark iy. 39, “'Peace, be-still.”
THE PARTICIPLE (-)
Partakes of the character both of the noun and of the verb.
The participle is indicated by the sign (+). The upright stroke for the present, placed upon the horizontal line signifying continuation, implies continuation in the present. It corre- sponds with the participle in the Hebrew.
4 PARTICIPLE PRESENT, “Doing,” or “Being.” Rey. iv. 2, “And one ssat on the throne,” 7.e. One sitting on the throne.
++ AORIST PARTICIPLE, “Having_done,” or “Haying_been.” When followed by the verb in the aorist, frequently signifies simply é Doing,” or “Being ;” as “He *sanswered and said ; oa “He answering said,” not “He having_answered said.”
It is generally rendered by the word “when.” John xi. 43, “When_He thus had_spoken,” lit. Having thus spoken. i ;
TENSES. ¢ ix
_ Or as in Eph. i. 13, “In whom pe also trusted, safter_ ieee heard the word of «truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also ~after_that_ye_believed, ye_were_sealed.” "Lit. having_heard, having_believed.
“ PerFEcT PaArTIcIPLE, “Having_done_and_doing,” and “having_been_and_being,” or the
a Lamb as “it_had_been-slain.” “Stood,” ie. having stood and standing; “it_had_been_
slain,” permanent result.
_ The Participle without the article is simply DoIN6, or BEING ; but with the article it becomes
| a noun; thus “The sowing one” becomes “the sower.” Matt. xiii. 3, “Behold the Lamb of_
_ God eawhich taketh_away the sin of the world.” Not who 1s TAKING AWAY, but THE_TAKER_
| “Away of the sin of the world, John i. 29. So also Acts ii. 47, “The Lord “added to_the church _ daily such as_should_be_saved.” Not those that were being saved, but the saved ones.
PREPOSITIONS.
The Greek prepositions express exact geometrical RCRA and are mathematically precise. See Diagram.
In the Introductions to the Portable and Large Print Editions of “The Englishman's _ or Newberry Bible” this subject is more fully gone into.
ent result. The two signs combined. Rev. y. 6, “In the midst of_the élders, “stood:
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NovE.—In the Portable Edition.a selection of the critical various Greek readings of the New Testament was given, with the names of the chief editors adopting them; the Large ‘Type Edition contains a fuller list of such readings, with a statement of uncial manuscripts ‘supporting them, but the names of editors are omitted. In the present Edition critical readings are not inserted, and those who wish to consult them are referred to the former Editions.
Also Hebrew ard Greek characters are omitted, but important words are transliterated.