2 Chr. 20, with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a time appointed. he return into his land with great Mat. 4, 3, 4

13.

38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall Rev. 16, he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

■ Rev. 18, 12.

14.

a

2

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with Rev. 13, a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

↑ Heb. price,

Rev. 12, 9.

b Rev. 6, 11. e Rev. 17, 16.

d 2 Thes. 2,

8.

e ch. 8, 9. & 11, 16.

Rev. 17, 6.

1 Tim. 6,

h Zech. 9,

13.

Rom. 26.

Rev 1,4 1 Job 20, 5.

c

Daniel informed of the times.

CHRIST

same time and at that time thy people shall be de- Before livered, every one that shall be found written in the car. 554. book.

e

c Rom. 11,

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of 26 the earth shall awake, some to 'everlasting life, and a Phil. 4, s. some to shame and everlasting contempt.

e Ezek. $7, 12.

3 And they that be "wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to f John 5,29. righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.

g Isa. 66, 5,

2-1.

b

33.

i

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal
the book, even to the time of the end: many shall chap. 11
'run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. James 5,
5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood 19.
other two, the " one on this side of the bank of the kRev. 10,4
river, and the other on that side of the bank of the Mat. 11,

40 And at the time of the end shall the king of} river.
the south push at him: and the king of the north 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which
shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chari-was upon the waters of the river, How long shall
ots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and it be to the end of these wonders?
he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow
and pass over.

41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet Psal. 50, he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. CHAPTER XII.

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was © Eph. 3,10. upon the waters of the river, when he held up his p Ps. 29, 10. right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware Rev. 10, 5. by him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for 'a time, r ch. 7, 25. times, and a half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all s Deut. 32, these things shall be finished.

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the AND at that time shall Michael stand up, the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thousa shalt 'rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

great prince which standeth for the children of b ch. 10, 13. thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that

7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, 15, 23
and will save them by the LORD their God, and will i Jer. 25, &
not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle,
by horses, nor by horsemen.

2 Pet. 1, 21. Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the
days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 The beginning of the word of the LORD || by
2 Cor. 13,3 Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she
thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whore-conceived, and bare a son.
b2 Kings doms: for the land hath committed great whore-
dom, departing from the LORD.

2 Kings

15, 29. Zech. 4, 6. 1 Isaiah 6,

21.

17, 6, 18, 23

11.

9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your Ged. m2 King 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall & 18, 9, 10, be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, that in the 21 place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

God's judgments against the people:

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themselves one head, and they shall come up out of battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie q cir. 795. the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. down 'safely.

AYye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your
sisters, Ruhamah.

D Mat. 23, 2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not

23.

1 Tim. 5,20.

c

k

Before

CHRIST cir. 785.

19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, i Lev. 26, 5 I will betroth thee unto me in 'righteousness, and Jer. 23, 6. in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies: Eph. 5,25 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in " faithful- 1 Psal. 85, ness; and thou shalt know the LORD.

10.

Rom. 3, 20. m Rom. 3,

21 And it shall come to, pass in that day, I will my wife, neither am I her husband: let her, there-hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and 3, & they shall hear the earth;

e verses 19, fore, put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

20.

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day
that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and
set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children;
for they be the children of whoredoms.

5 For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she h Jer. 44, said, "I will go after my lovers, that give me tny bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

12, 32. chap. 3, 4.

u Luke 13,

12 And I will destroy her vines, and her "fig-trees,

23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and 12. I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained g ch. 1, 4. kom. 9, 24 mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, 2. Thou art my God. CHAPTER III.

By the expiation of an adulteress, is shewed the desolation of

Israel before their restoration.

b

q Jer. 31,

r Rom. 9,24

a ch. 1, 2, 3

b Jer. S, 20.

HEN said the LORD unto me, a Go yet, love a 2 Tim. 42 woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love e Rev. 18, flagons of wine.

d

e

13.

25.

e Zech. 1 12.

f Deut. 21

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of d1 Sam. 18 silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou is. shalt not be for another man; so will I also be for g John 4, thee. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide " many days 2 without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice,and without an image,and without an ephod, and without teraphim.

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

1 God's judgments against the sins of the people, &c....15 Judah Micah 6, 2 exhorted to take warning by Israel's calamity.

b Jer. 4, 22 & 5, 4 rael for the LORD hath a controversy with cPs. 12, 4 the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, dJer. 4, 25 nor mercy, nor knowledge of God, in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

b

whereof she hath said, These are my rewards, that HEAR the word of the LORD, ye children of Is
my lovers have given me and I will make them a
forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim,
wherein she burnt incense to them, and she decked
herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she
went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring
her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto
her.

& 12 4
e Amos 5,

16.

Nah. 1, 4.

f Gen. 6, S. Micah 2,11

Mat. 7, 6.

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts g Deut. 17, of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the Rom. 2, 8. fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

e

h

12.

h 1 Thess.

4 Yet let no man 'strive, nor reprove another; for 5, s. thy people are as they that strive with the priest. i Mic. s, & 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the k Prov. 21, prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

k

18

2 Cor. 4, 4 1 Psal. 81, Jer. 44, 17. m Zech. 11

61 My people are destroyed for lack of knowl- 11. edge: because thou hast 'rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: 17.

17 For I will take away the names of Baalim Rom. 8, 5 out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remem-seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will n 1 Sam. 2 Exod. 23, bered by their name.

also forget thy children.

7 As they were increased, so they sinned against 27. me; therefore will I change their glory into shame. o Deut. 31 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set chap. 11, 2 their heart on their iniquity.

p Mal. 2 &

Judgments against the priests, &c.

CHRIST

785.

q Jer. 5, 91.

25.

An exhortation to repentance.

CHRIST

r 1 Kings 12, 28.

CHAPTER V....VI....VII. Before 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and{ 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Before I will punish them for their ways, and reward them because he willingly walked after the commandment. cir. 70. their doings. 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth. and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the "Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

S

10 For they shall eat, and not have 'enough; they 2 Prov. 13, shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: be* 1 Peter 2, cause they have left off to take heed to the LORD. 11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take Isa. 28, 7. away the heart.

20.

u 2 Thes. 2,

10.

12 ¶ My people "ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them.: for the spirit of Rev. 17, whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

2, S.

y Isa. 57, 5.

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is Num. 25, good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

2,3.

14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery; for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

c

15 TThough thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

e

16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: Lev. 26, now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Mat. 15, 14.

g Isa. 1, 22.

17 Ephraim is joined to idols: 'let him alone. 18 Their drink is sour; they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame dos b Mic. 7, & love, Give ye.

12 Kings

15, 29.

19 The wind hath 'bound her up in her wings, and Jer. 2, 27. they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. CHAPTER V.

7 But they, like men, have 'transgressed the cove- & nant: there have they dealt treacherously against 1 Job 31,33

me.

m

m Ezra 9,

11.

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, n 1 Kings and is polluted with blood.

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the

15, 29.

2 And the revolters are profound to make slaugh-company of priests murder in the way by consent: och. 5, 1, 2. Isain: 29, ter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. for they commit lewdness.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of p Jer. 5, 30. me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest 'whore-Israel: there is the whoredoin of Ephraim, Israel is eRev. 3, 15. dom, and Israel is defiled.

defiled.

a Rev. 14,

r Zeph. 3,

18.

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee, 15 when I returned the captivity of my people. CHAPTER VII.

WH

1 A reproof of manifold sins....11 God's wrath against the peo-
ple for their hypocrisy.
WHEN I would have a healed Israel, then the Jer. 51, a
■
iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the
wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood;
and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers
spoileth without:

I

2 And they consider not in their hearts that
remember all their wickedness: now their own doings
have beset them about; they are before my face
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their Jies.

John 10,

1, 10.

Jer. 17, 1

d Ps. 90, 8

e 1 Kings 22, 6.

4 They are all adulterers, 'as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath Rom. 1.21 kneaded the dough until it be leavened.

Luke 12

Destruction threatened for impiety, &c.

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k Mic. 2, 1.

k

HOSEA.

Israel's distress and captivity.

12 I have written to him the great things of my
law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine

Before CHRIST cir. 760.

6 For they have made ready their heart like an { cir. 790. oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devour-offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them 19, 20. ed their judges: all their kings are fallen; there is not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit y Jer. 7, 11. none among them that calleth unto me. their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

1 Ps. 10, 8. ch. 5, 1, 2.

m Gen. 19,

m

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the n2 King people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

15, 14, 27.

30.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to the LORD their God, ner seek him for all this.

11 Ephraim also is like "a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria:

12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon u Jer. 2, 13, them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them as their congregation 2 hath heard.

x Psal. 147,

4 They shall not offer wine-offerings to the LORD, Dan. 1, 8. neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacri- e Jer. 6, 20. fices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all Mal. 3, 4. that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for fZech. 7, 14 And they have not cried unto me with their their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. heart, when they howled upon their beds: they 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the assemble themselves for corn and wine, and theyday of the feast of the LORD? Isaiah 29, rebel against me. 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them the pleasant places for their silver, nettles Isaiah 52, shall possess them: thorns shall be in their taber

b Jer. 44,

7 The days of visitation are come, the days of Ps. 107, 34 recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the 'spiritual man is mad, for the k Lam. 2, multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is "a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

0

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig-tree at her & 10,9. 4 They have set up kings, but not by me; they first time: but they went to a Baal-peor and sepa- p Deut. 52, 11,315 have made princes, and I knew it not: of their si!-rated themselves unto that shame; and their abomi- Micah 7, 1. nations were according as they loved.

10.

g. Num. 25, r 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and r Ps. 127. & from the conception.

12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, i wo also to them when I depart from them!

t

s Job 27,

t 1 Sam. 23,

13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleas- 18, 15 ant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children u Deut. 28, to the "murderer.

X

41.

14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? x verse 13 give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will Josh. 12, drive them out of my house, I will love them no 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild assmore: all their princes are revolters. Ezek. 16, alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

2 Tim. 2

21.

q Jer. 2, 36.

q

23.

a verses &

17.

16.

15.

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, bJob 18, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. 12 Chr. Sẽ, 17 My God will cast them away, because they d 1 Kings did not hearken unto him: and they shall be 'wan- 14, 15 derers among the nations.

Prov. 27, &

chap. 7, 13