3. That they may do evil with Or, godly, or, both hands earnestly, the prince

merciful.

d Hab, 1. 15.

e Hos. 4. 18.

fIs, 1. 23.

ch. 3. 11.

† Heb, the

mischief of

his soul.

g 2 Sam. 23. 6, 7.

Ελ. 2. 6.

See Is. 55. 13.

h Jer. 9. 4.

i Ez. 22. 7.

e

asketh, fand the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth this mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

4 The best of them &is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that

Matt, 10, 21, lieth in thy bosom.

35, 36.

Luke 12, 53,

& 21. 16.

6 For i the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's 1 Prov. 24. 17. enemies are the men of his own

2 Tim. 3.2, 3.

k Is. 8. 17.

Lam. 4. 21.

m Ps. 37. 24.

Prov. 24. 16.

11 Ps. 27. 1.

o Lam. 3. 39.

pPs. 37. 6.

Or, And thou

wilt see her

that is mine

enemy, and

cover her

with shame.

q Ps. 35. 26.

Ps. 42. 3, 10.

& 79. 10, &

115. 2.

Joel 2. 17.

sch. 4. 11.

† Heb. she

shall be for

a treading down.

t2 Sam. 22.43.

Zech, 10, 5.

house.

7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

891 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: m when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

9 °I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: Phe will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

10 | Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now tshall she be trodden down tas the mire of the streets.

God's mercies to his people.

11 In the day that thy walls are to Before be built, in that day shall the decree CHRIST be far removed.

12 In 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 mountain.

13 || Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

710.

u Amos 9. 11, &c.

x Is. 11. 16. & 19. 23, &c. & 27. 13. Hos, 11. 11.

|| Or, even to, || Or, After that it hath been.

y Jer. 21. 14. ch. 3. 12,

Ps. 28. 9.

ch. 5. 4.

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which Or, Rule, dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

z Is. 37. 24.

a Ps. 68. 22. & 78.12.

15 a According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 16 T The nations bshall see and Is. 26. 11. be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their

c Job 21. 5. & 29,9.

Is. 49. 23. e Ps. 18. 45,

mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the ddust like a d Ps. 72.9. serpent, they shall move out of their holes like || worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD Or, creeping our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18 & Who is a God like unto thee, thath pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of i the remnant of his heritage? khe retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2 || God is b jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and b Ex. 20. 5. & is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 The LORD is dslow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the d Ex. 34. 6, 7. storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Before

about 713.

4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the riv- CHRIST ers: h Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

g Ps. 106.9. Is. 50, 2.

Matt. 8. 26.

5 i The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and I the earth h Is. 33. 9. is burned at his presence, yen, the world, and all that dwell therein.

iPs. 68. 8.

k Judg. 5. 5. Рз. 97. 5. Mic. 1. 4.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can fabide in 12 Pet. 3. 10. 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; and Phe knoweth them that trust in him. 89 But with an overrunning flood

m Mal. 3. 2.

+ Heb, stand up.

n Rev. 16. 1.

ol Chr 16.34.

Ps. 100, 5.
Jer. 33. 11.

Lam. 3. 25.

[Or, strength. pPs. 1. 6. 2Tim. 2. 19. q Dan. 9. 26. & 11.10, 22, 40.

he will make an utter end of the CHRIST place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

about 713.

r Ps. 2. 1.

al Sam. 3. 12.

t2 Sam. 23. 6,7.

u ch. 3. 11.

x Mal. 4. 1.

y 2 Kings 19.

22, 23.

† Heb. a

counsellor of

Belial.

[ Or, If they

would have

been at

peace, so

should they

have been

many, andso

should they

have been

shorn, and

he should

have passed

away.

z2 Kings 19. 35, 37,

Iz 8.8.

9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? she will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10 For while they be folden together tas thorns, uand while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

11 There is one come out of thee, y that imagineth evil against the LORD, ta wicked counsellor.

12 Thus saith the LORD; || Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be tcut down, when he shall a pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

13 For now will I bbreak his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

14 And the LORD hath given a commandinent concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of

+ Ileb. shorn. the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for

Dan. 11. 10.

b Jer. 2. 20. & 30.8.

c2 Kin.19. 37.

d Is. 52. 7.

Rom. 10. 15.

+ Heb. feast.

† Heb. Delial.

o ver. 11, 12.

fver, 14.

thou art vile.

15 Behold dupon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Ο Judah, † keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; fhe is utterly cut off.

CHAPTER II.

The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.

HE that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: bkeep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

2 For the LORD hath turned away || the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: ford the emptiers have 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 preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, 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 prepared.

6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be || dissolved.

7 And || Huzzab shall be || led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the

God against Nineveh.

voice of f doves, tabering upon their breasts.

8 But Nineveh is || of old like a pool of water: yet they 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 f pleasant furniture.

Before CHRIST about 713.

fIs. 38. 14. &

59. 11.

Or, from

the days that she hath

been.

|| Or, cause them to

turn,

10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and Or, and

the knees smite together, iand much pain is in all loins, and kthe 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 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 m 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.

CHAPTER III.

The miserable ruin of Nineveh.

WOE to the

†a bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the

prev departeth not;

2 The noise of a whip, and bthe noise of the rattling of the wheels. and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

Mic. 1. 11.

g Mal. 2. 9.

h Heb. 10. 33.

i Rev. 18. 10.

kJer. 15. 5. 1 Amos 6. 2. Or, nourishing.

CHRIST 1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, 5 is shewed the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans. 12 He complaineth that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse.

a Lam. 3. 8.

b Job 21. 7.

Ps. 91.3, &c.

Jer. 12. 1.

| Or, wrested.

c Is. 29. 11.

Aets 13. 41.

THE burden which Habakkuk the

prophet did see.

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

3 Why dost thou 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; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellousd Deut. 28.49, ly: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

50.

Jer. 5. 15.

Fulfilled,

2 Chr. 36.6.

† Heb.

breadths.

|| Or, from

them shall

proceed the judgment of these, and

6 For, lo, d|| I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the † breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

7 They are terrible and dreadful: the captivity || their judgment and their dignity

of these.

shall proceed of themselves.

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their

Before

horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from CHRIST far; fthey shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

9 They shall come all for violence: || + their faces shall sup up as the east

wind, and they shall gather the cap

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. 12hArt thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, ithou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast † established them for correction. 13 k Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on || iniquity: 1 wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

about 626.

fJer. 4. 13.

Or, the sup

ping up of their faces,

fc.; or, their faces shall

look toward

the east.

† Heb, the opposition of their facer toward the east.

g Dan. 5. 4.

Pa. 90. 2.

93.2.
Lam. 5. 13.

i2 Kin. 19.25.

Ps. 17. 13.
Is. 10. 5, 6, 7.
Ez. 30. 25,

+ Heb. rock,
Deut. 32. 4,

† Heb. founded.

k Ps. 5. 5. || Or, grievance.

1Jer. 12. 1.

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the || creeping things, that || Or, moving. 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 || drag: || Or, flue net. therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto

even thy word. Selah. | i Thou CHRIST didst cleave the earth with rivers, about 626.

10 k The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep utterthe rivers of ed his voice, and I lifted up his hands

Or, Thou didst cleave

the earth.

i Ps. 78. 15,16. & 105. 41.

kEx. 19.16,18. Judg. 5. 4,5.

Ps.68 8 & 77.

18. & 114.4.

1 Ex. 14. 22.

Josh. 3. 16.

m Josh.10.12,

13.

|| Or, thine

arrows

walked in the light, fc.

n Josh. 10. 11.

Ps 18. 14. &

77. 17, 18.

o Jer, 51. 33.

Amos 1. 3.

Mic, 4. 13.

pJosh. 10. 21. & 11. 8, 12.

Ps. 68. 21.

+ Heb. making naked.

† Heh. were tempestuous.

on high.

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

12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; Pthou 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 devour the poor secretly.

the confidence of his faith.

159 Thou didst walk through the Before sea with thine horses, through the CHRIST || heap of great waters. about 626.

q Ps. 77. 19.

ver. 8. [Or, mud.

r Ps. 119. 120. Jer. 23, 9,

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 || invade them with his troops. Or. cut them 171 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall † fail, and the fields shall yield no + Heb, lie. meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

in pieces.

Job 13. 15.

t Is. 41, 16. & 61. 10.

u Ps. 27. 1.

2 Sam.22.34.

Ps. 18. 33.

18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk y Deut. 32.13. upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

& 33.29. + Heb. Neginoth, Pu. 4, title.

Before

CHAPTER I.

CHRIST God's severe judgment against Judah for

about 630.

divers sins.

HE word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

2†I will utterly consume all things

b Ex. 7. 19. & from off & the land, saith the LORD. 3a I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the || stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

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 Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; fand them that worship and that swear || by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

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

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

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will † punish the princes, and the

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from Pthe fish p2 Chr.33,14. gate, and a howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

119 Howl, ye inhabitants of Mak-qJames 5.1. tesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that Heb.curdsay in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.