about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put Heb. in thy and Lubim were thy helpers. help. ■ Pa. 137.9. Is. 13. 16. Hos. 18. 16. Lam. 2.19. p Joel 3. 3. Obad. 11. q Jer. 25. 17, 27. ch. 1. 10. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: "her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they Pcast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be a drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. 12 All thy strong holds shall be like Rev. 6. 13. fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. of Nineveh foretold. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm, make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm 2 spoileth, and fleeth away. Ꭹ 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, aking of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. 4 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: dall that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? HABAKKUK. CHAPTER I. 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. b Job 21. 7. Ps. 94. 3, &c. Jer. 12. 1. 3 Or wrested. c Is. 29. 14. Acts 13. 41. d Deut. 28. 49, 50. Jer. 5. 15. 4 Fulfilled, 2 Chr. 36. 6. 6 Heb. breadths. 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, 5 Behold ye among the hea-simputing this his power unto his then, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the 5 breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's. 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, 'thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on BEFORE CHRIST cir. 718. x Joel 1. 4. spreadeth himself. Rev. 9.7. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 626. them shall 5 Or, from proceed the these, and tivity of judgment of the cap these. 6 Heb. sharp. • Jer. 5. 6. Zeph. 3. 3. Jer. 4. 13. 7 Or, the supping up of their faces, &c. or, their look toward faces shall the east. opposition faces toward the east. Dan. 5.4. h Ps. 90. 2. & 93. 2. Lam. 5. 19. 12 Kings 19. 25 P. 17. 13. 6,7 Is. 10. 5, Ezek. 30.25. Heb. rock. Deut. 82.4. 2 Heb. founded. Ps. 5. 5. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the John 3.36. just shall live by his faith. f of the Chaldeans. BRFORB CHRIST cir. 626. 9 ¶ Woe to him that 12 coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power or, of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to 1 Jer. 22. 13. thy house by cutting off many people, Obad. 4. and hast sinned against thy soul. 8 Heb. palm of the hand. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the Or. piece, timber shall 3 answer it. 12 ¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with no blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! or, fastening. 5 Or, witness against it. B Jer. 22. 13. Mic. 3. 10. Heb bloods. Nah. 3. 1. • Jer. 51.'58. 7 Or, in 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 'for very vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the P knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest Hos. 7.5. thy bottle to him, and makest him vain! drunken also, that thou mayest look Gen. 9. 22. on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup 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 9 Or, more with shame than with glory. 27.& 61.57. shall cover thee, and the spoil of of all that dwell therein. 10. & 46. 2. 18 ¶ "What profiteth the graven Is. 44. 9, image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a 5 Yea also, because he trans-his work trusteth therein, to make teacher of lies, that the maker of gresseth by wine, he is a proud man, much more. neither keepeth at home, who en that she thite, and thou shalt be for A prophet & upon Shigionoth hy booties unto them? 8 'Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's 5 blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 2 speech, and was afraid: O LORD, 7 Judgment against Judah, BEFORE CHRIST cir. 630. P2 Chr. 33. 14. q Jam. 5.1. ZEPHANIAH, II. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their master's houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, 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 2 settled on their lees: " that say in their heart, The LORD will not Jer. 48. 11. do good, neither will he do evil. 2 Heb. curded, or, thickened. Amos 6. 1. . Ps. 91. 7. t Deut. 28. 30, 39. Amos 5.11. u Mic. 6.15. x Joel 2. 1, 11. y Is. 22. 5. Jer. 30.7. 13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, but "not drink the wine thereof. 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, Joel 2. 2,11. 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, Amos 5. 18. ver. 18. z Jer. 4. 19. a Deut. 28. 20. Is. 59. 10. b Ps. 79. 3. c Ps. 83. 10. Jer. 9. 22. & 16.4. Ezek. 7. 19. 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall a walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their 4 Prov.11.4. gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. e ch.3.8. f ver. 2, 3. & Joel 2. 16. 3 Or, not desirous. Ps. 1.4. CHAPTER II. the Philistines, &c. 1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 The judg-be slain by my sword. ment of the Philistines, 8 of Moab and Ammon, 12 of Ethiopia and Assyria. GATHER yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation 3 not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, b Job 21. 18. before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. Is. 17. 13. Hos. 13.3. • 2 Kings 23.26. Is. 17.2. 5.7,8. & 2.2. ver. 9. &c. Luke 1.68. o Ps. 126. L. Jer. 29.14. ch.3.20. Ezek. 25.8. P Jer. 48.27. q Ezek. 25. 8,6. Jer. 49. 1. Is. 15. Jer. 48. Ezek. 25.9. Amos 2.1. t Amos 1.13. u Gen.19.25. Deut. 29.23. & 34. 13. 50. 40. Is. 13. 19. Jer. 49. 18. & x ver. 7. Is. 16. 6. Jer. 48. 29. 8 Heb. make lean. ■ Mal. 1. 11. John 4. 21. a Gen. 10. 5. Is. 18. 1. & 20. 4. Jer. 46. 9. Ezek. 30.9. • Ps. 17. 13. d Is. 10. 12. 13 And he will stretch out his Ezek. 31.3. Nah. 1. 1. & 3. 15, 18. • ver. 6. hand against the north, and a destroy 310 Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the 's cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall 1. 13. 21, 22. 4 Or, 14. pelican. $15.34. 11, Or, knops, or, chap ters. An exhortation to wait BEFORE CHRIST cir. 630. 2 Or, when he hath uncovered. h Jer 22. 14. i Is. 47. 8. k Rev.18.7. 1 Job 27.23. Lam. 2. 15. Ezek. 27.36. Nah.3.19. 3 Or, gluttonness. 4 Heb. craw. a Jer. 22. 21. b Jer. 5.3. 6 Or, instruction. ⚫ Ezek. 22. 27. Mic. 3. 9, 10, 11. d Hab. 1. 8. • Jer. 23. 11, 12. ZEPHANIAH, III. sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: 2 for he shall uncover the cedar work. 15 This is the rejoicing city 'that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her 'shall hiss, and "wag his hand. CHAPTER III. for Israel's restoration. call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one 2 consent. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11 In that day 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 rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins. be haughty because of my holy 8 An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel, 14 and to rejoice for their salvation by God. WOE city! OE to 34 her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing a 2 She obeyed not the voice; she breceived not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 4 Her prophets are light and Lam. 2. 34. treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done f violence to the law. Hos. 9.7. ? Ezek. 22. 26. g Deut.32.4. See 5 The just LORD is in the hver. 15,17. midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: "every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he failmorning by eth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. Mic. 3. 11. • Heb. morning. i Jer. 3.3. & 6. 15. & 8. 12. 7 Or, corners. k So Jer.8.6. 6 I have cut off the nations: their 'towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but 1 Gen. 6. 12. they rose early, and 'corrupted all their doings. m Ps. 27. 14. & 37.34. n Joel 3. 2. 8 ¶ Therefore m wait ye upon me, Prov.20.22. saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my deternination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all fierce anger: for all the my earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. • ch. 1. 18. p Is. 19. 18. 8 Heb. lip. 9 For then will I turn to the people Pa pure language, that they may all 8 |