Evangelical Predictions the diviners confounded: yea they shall all cover a their 1 lips; for b there is no answer of God. 8 But truly I am full of power e by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare g unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with 2 blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. MICAH, V. B. C. 710. a Le.13.45. upper lip. b Ps.74.9. Am.8.11. c Ob.12. d Is.55.8. Je.29.11. Ro.11.33,34. e Mar.3.17. f Lu.3.17. g ls.58.1. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, h Is.41.15,16. and the priests thereof teach for m hire, i De.33.25. and the prophets thereof divine for mo-k Da.2.44. ney; yet will they lean upon the LORD, Je.22.13. and 3 say, Iso not the LORD among us? 2 bloods. none evil can come upon us. m Mal.1.10. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake 1Pe.5.2. be ploughed as a field, and q Jerusalemn Mat.27.30. shall become heaps, and the mountain of 3 saying. the house as the high places of the forest. so Mat.3.9. CHAP. IV. Ro.2.17,&c. BUT u in the last days it shall come top Mat.2.6. pass, that the mountain of the house q Ps.79.1. of the LORD shall be established in the vr Ge.49.10. tep of the mountains, and it shall be ex-s Ps.107.34. alted above the hills; and people shall the days of flow unto it. eternity. 2 And many nations shall come, and t Pr.8.22,23. say, Come, and let us go up to the moun- Jno.1.1. tain of the LORD, and to the house of the Col.1.17. God of Jacob; and w he will teach us of u Is.2.2, &c. his ways, and we will walk in his paths; Eze.17.22-24. for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the v Ps.72.16. word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 5 or, rule. 3 And he shall judge among many peo- w Hos.6.3. ple, and rebuke strong nations afar off; x Zec.9.10. and they shall beat their swords into Ep.2.14. plow-shares, and their spears into 8 prun-6 princes of. ing-hooks: nation shall not lift up a eat up. sword against nation, neither z shall they 8 or, scythes. learn war any more. 9 or, with her own naked swords. y Lu. 1.74. z Ps.72.7. a 1Ki.4.25. Zec.3.10. b De.32.2. c Je.2.11. d Zec. 10.12. Col.2.6. eEze.34.13-17 Zep.3.19. 4 But a they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. 5 For all c people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we d will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. 6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble e her that halteth, f and I will gather g her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will make her that halted a rem-f Ps.38.17. nant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and the LORD shall h reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. He.12.12,13. g Ps. 147.2. or, goats. h Is.9.6,7. Da.7.14,27. Lu.1.33. Re.11.15. 8 And thou, O tower i of 2 the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; k the kingdom shall come to the i Ps.48.12,13. daughter of Jerusalem. 2 or, Edar, 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Ge.35.21. is there no king in thee? is thy counsel-k Re.22.5. lor perished? for pangs have taken thee 1 Je.8.19. as a woman in travail. m Is.2.6,8. 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring o forth, Re.22.15. Odaughter of Zion, like a woman in n Zec.13.2. travail: for now shalt thou go forth out o Is.66.7,8. of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the 3 or, statues. field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there p shalt thou be delivered; there p Hos.1.10. the LORD shall redeem thee from the 4 or, enemies. hand of thine enemies. q2Th.1.8. 11 Now r also many nations are gathered r La.2.16. Birth of the Messiah foretold. against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look c upon Zion. 12 But they know not d the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather f thein as the sheaves into the floor. 13 Arise, and thresh, h O daughter of Zion; for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; i and thou shalt beat in pieces k many people; and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the LORD of the whole earth. CHAP. V. NOW gather thyself in troops, Odaugh ter of troops; he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite n the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But p thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler r in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from 4everlasting. t 3 Therefore will he give them up, untit the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth; then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and 5 feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 5 And this man shall be the x peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land; and when he shall tread in our pa laces,then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight 6 principal men. 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod 9 in the entrances thereof; thus shall he y deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, as a b dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 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 1 sheep; who, if he go through, both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 9 Thine hand shall be lift up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and i will destroy thy chariots: 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds. 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers; m 13 Thy graven images also n will I cut off, and thy 3 standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy 4 cities. 15 And I will execute vengeance q in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. God expostulates with his People. CHAP. VI. MICAH, VII. HEAR ye now what the LORD saith; c Je.2.5,31. 50 my people, remember now what 3 sons of a Ps.51.16. Encouraging Prospects. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man he uttereth 2 his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their per plexity. 5 Trust d ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mo ther, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 Therefore g I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine ene my: when i I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light k unto me. m He.12.6,7. 6 Wherewith shall I come before then 2K1.3.27. LORD, and bow myself before the high o Ps.37.6. God? shall I come before him with burnt- 4 belly. offerings, with calves 3 of a year old? p De.10.12. 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thou-bor,And thou sands of rams, or with ten thousands of wilt see her 9 I will bear m the indignation of the rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born n that is mine LORD, because I have sinned against him, for my transgression, the fruit of my enemy, and until he plead my cause, and execute body for the sin of my soul? cover her judgment for me: he will bring me forth o with shame. to the light, and I shall behold his righhumble thy-teousness. self to walk. 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall she shall be see it, and shame shall cover her which for a tread-said unto me, Where is the LORD thy ing down. God? mine eyes shall behold her: now or,thy name shall she be trodden q down as the mire shall see that of the streets. which is. 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and whatp doth the LORD require 6 of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to 6 walk humbly with thy God? 9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and 8 the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are 9 there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, 8 and the scant measure that is abomi-sal.4.3. nable?r or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked. measure of leanness, Am.8.5. r Pr.20.10,23. 2 or, even to. 3 or, be pure. or, after 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; that it hath and thy casting down shall be in the midst been. of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but 5 or, rule. shalt not deliver; and that which thous Ps.23.4. deliverest will I give up to the sword. t Ho.5.9. 15 Thou u shalt sow, but thou shalt not uDe.28.38-40. reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou v Ps.72.9. shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet 6 or, he doth wine, but shalt not drink wine. much keep 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 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 I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate t because of thy sins. 16 For 6 the statutes of Omri ware kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a 8 desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. CHAP. VII. WOE is me! for I am as 9 when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings z of the vintage there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first-ripe fruit. 4 8 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria,2 and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13 Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. 14 Feed 5thy people with thy s rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell soli tarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let 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 I shew unto him marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth x iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his herit age? he retaineth not his anger for ever,y because he delighteth in mercy. the. 17 They shall lick v the dust like a serwIK.16.25-30 pent, they shall move out of their holes or, creeping like worms of the earth: they shall be things. afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear or, astonish- because of thee. ment. x Ex.34.6.7. y La.3.31,32. the gathering of the summer. z Ho.9.10. a Ro.6.14. 2 The 1 good man is perished b out of or, godly, or the earth; and there is none upright merciful. among men: they all lie in wait for b Is.57.1. blood; they hunt every man his brother c Je.50.20. with a net. Id Lu.1.72,73. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will a subdue our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins c into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou d wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. NAHUM. B. C. 713. their show. 2 or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger. 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great a Ex.20.5. in power, and will not at all acquit the 3or,gallants. wicked: the LORD hath his way in the b Ps.94.1. whirlwind and in the storm, and the 4 that hath clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains c quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burnt at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can 4 abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.' 7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; e and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an over-running flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 3 fury. 5 covering, or, coverer. 6 or, molten. 7 or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made. 8 discovered. 9 or, from the days that she hath been. 1or, cause them to turn. c Ps.68.8. 2or,and their infinite store vessels of desire. d Zep.2.13. stand up, Re.6.17. 5 strength. e Ps.27.5. 10 For while f they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that f 1Th.5.2,3. imagineth evil against the LORD, 6 a wicked counsellor. counsellor of Belial. city of 12 Thus saith the LORD, 8 Though they g Is.24.9. be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be 9 cut down, when he shall bloods. pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD hath 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 art vile. 15 Behold h upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, 2 keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for 3 the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly i cut off. CHAP. II. HE 4 that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 1 2 they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: 1 they shall seem like torches,they shall run like the lightnings. 5 He shall recount his 3 worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence 5 shall be prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers shall be open ed, and the palace shall be 6 dissolved. 7 And Huzzab shall be $ led away cap. tive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. 8 But Nineveh is 9 of old like a pool of water; yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall 1 look back. 9 Take yethe spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; 2 for there is none end of the store and gloryout of all the 3 pleasantfurniture. 10 She is empty, d and void, and waste; & the heart melteth, and the knees snite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and thefeeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked,and the lion's whelp, and none made 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 the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. CHAP. II. OE g to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey depart eth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of thewheels,and of the pransor, If they ing horses, and of the jumping chariots. would have 3Thehorsemanlifteth up both the bright been at sword and the glittering spear: and there peace, so is a multitude of slain, and a great number should they of carcases; and there is none end of their have been corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: many, and 4 Because of the multitude of the whoreso should doms of the well-favoured harlot, the they have mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nabeen shorn,tions through her whoredoms, and famiand he lies through her witchcrafts. should have 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the passed away LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy shorn. skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the flame of the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms sword, & the thy shame. lightning of the spear. Is.52.7. feast. 3 Belial. 2 For the LORD hath turned away the i Is.29.7,8. excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of 4 or, The disIsrael for the emptiers have emptied perser, or, them out, and marred their vine branches. hammer." 3 The shield of his mighty men is made 5 pride. red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the s No, Amon, chariots shall be with 8 flaming torches ornourishing in the day of his preparation, and the fir-7 dyed. trees shall be terribly shaken. 8 or, fiery. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets,9 in thy help. 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock. 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? 8 Art thou better than 6 populous No, that was situate among the rivers,that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and herwallwas fromthe sea, 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were 9 thy helpers. 575 The Judgment and Ruin HABAKKUK, II. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went, into captivity; her young children also were dashed bin pieces at the top of all a Joel 2.25. the streets; and they cast lots c for her b Ps. 137.8,9. honourable men, and all her great men c Joel 3.3. were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be drunken: d thou d Je.25.17-27. shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek strength 1 or, spreadbecause of the enemy. eth himself. 12 All thy strong holds shall be like figtrees e with the first-ripe figs; if they be e Re.6.13. shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of f Ps.76.6. thee are women: g the gates of thy land g Je.51.30. shall be set wide open unto thine ene- hEze.31.3,&c mies: the fire shall devour thy bars. k 2 or, valiant 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-k kiln. ones. 1Ki.22.17. Ps.147.13. 3 wrinkling. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the Re. 18.2,3. of Nineveh sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm: a make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker worm 1 spoileth, and fleeth away. 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18 Thy shepherds slumber, f O king of Assyria; h thy 2 nobles shall dwell in the dust; thy people is scattered i upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. 19 There is no 3 healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous; all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom I hath not thy wickedness passed continually? CHAP. I. HABAKKUK. THE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. B. C. 626. deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? a La.3.8. 1 moving. 2 or, flue net. b Is.10.13-15. or, wrested. 4 fat, or, dainty. c Is.29.14. d Fulfilled, 2Ch.36.6. 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou a wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; & fenced place. therefore 8 wrong judgment proceedeth. e Ps.85.8. 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and re-6 breadths. gard, and wonder marvellously for c I or, in. will work a work in your days, which yes will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the d Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the & breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not their's. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their 9 judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. S Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more 1 fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 9 They shall come all for violence; their 3 faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them; they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. upon my reproof, or, arguing, or, when I am argued with. 9 or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and captivity of these. 1 sharp. ƒ Jno.3.36. 2 or, How much more. or, the supping of their faces, or, their faces shall look toward the east. Heb. the opposition of their faces toward the east. 3 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordain-4 or, Ho, he. ed them for judgment; and, O mighty 5 rock. God, thou hast established them for 6 founded. correction. g Is.33.1. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold or, griev evil, and canst not look en iniquity: ance. wherefore lookest thou upon them thats bloods. 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the 1 creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their 2 drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore b they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat 4 plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the na CHAP. II. tions? I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the 5 tower, and e will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answers when l am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and no. lie: though it tarry, wait for it; becaus: it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but f the just shal live by his faith. 5 Yea 2 also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his de sire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 4 Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because g thou hast spoiled many na tions, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land of the c.ty Judgments predicted. and of all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that 2 coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the 3 power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the 6 beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with 8 blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves 2 for very vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled 3 with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. ZEPHANIAH, 1. 2 The Divine Majesty. B. C. 626.5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning 1 coals went forth at his feet. Lor, diseases, 6 He stood and measured the earth; he De.32.24. beheld, and drove asunder the nations: or, gaineth and the everlasting mountains were scat. an evil gain. tered, the perpetual hills did bow: his 3 palm of the ways a are everlasting. hand. a Mi.5.3. 4or, Ethiopia bor, under affliction, or vanity. or, piece, or, fastening. or, witness against. 8 bloods. 9 or, were. 1 the rivers of 7 I saw the tents of 4 Cushan 5 in affliction and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neigh-2 bour drink, that putteth thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their naked ness! 16 Thou art filled 5 with shame e for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup d of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the 8 maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple;f let 1 all the earth keep silence before him. CHAP. III. PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet upon 3 Shigionoth. A 2 O LORD, I have heard thy 4 speech, and was afraid: O LORD, 5 revive g thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses, and thy chariots of 9 salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave 1 the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lift up his hands on high. the earth. 5 7 were tem- 5 g Jno.10.10. 3 God came from Teman, and the CHAP. I. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head e out of the house of the wicked, by discovering 6 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 devour the poor secretly. 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the 9 heap of great waters. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will 2 invade them with his troops. 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall 6 fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yeth I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hind's feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed 9 instruments. ZEPHANIAH. THE word of the LORD which came B. C. 630. unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the 1 or, idols. son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the 2 By taking son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the away, I will son of Amon king of Judah. make an end 212 will utterly consume all things Fulfillled from off the land, saith the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and 49 a 624. 2Ki.23.4,5. |