A. M. cir. k or, If W The miserable ruin of Nineveh. CHAPTER III. The miserable ruin of Nineveh. * to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the dokhoula rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. they have been ma ny, and so should been 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright they have sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, in, and great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: should have passed away. I shorn. m Is.52.7. n feast. o Belial. p Is.29.7,8. a or, The disperser, or, ham mer. b pride. c dyed. d or, fery. e their sho ex-for, gal 2 For the LORD hath turned away the cellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for 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 d flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. lants. g covering, er. h or, molt en. i or, that was a Jor, disco- 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they kor, from 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 iled away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering a 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 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 a populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it wasinfinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 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 cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. 12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall 8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of e farme of devour thy bars. 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 pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite 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 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. the scord, d No Amon, or, nour e in thy f Ps.137.8,9. g Joel 3.3. h Je.25.17.. i Re.6.13. Je.51.30. k Ps. 147.13. 1 Joel 2.25. o Eze 31.3, por, va liant ones 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall 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 merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm m 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, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is 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 bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon 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 r wrinkling whom hath not thy wickedness passed conno more be heard. 91K1.2217. • Re. 18.2,3.tinually? CHAPTER I THE BOOK OF HABAKKUK. A. M. cir. a La.3.8. bor, wrest- c Ia.29.14. d Fulfilled, 2 Ch.36.6. e breadths. 3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and vio-for, from lence 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 judgment proceedeth. wrong 5 Behold ye among the heathen, 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 breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judg-i ment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more & 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. them shall proceed the judgment of these, and captivity of these. g sharp. hor, the supping of their faces, or, their toward what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer d when I 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 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 just shall live by his faith. 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire 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 shall look him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, & Wo to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay ! Heb. the opposi tion of their o fat, or, a fenced b P.85.8. e or, in me. d upon my or, argu- am argu ed with. e Jn.3.36. 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; for, How and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. much more. gor, Ho,he. h Is.33.1. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treache- i bloods. rously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? or, gain eth an evil gain. k palm of of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the 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 beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 Wo to him that buildeth a town with ■ 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 for very vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 15 Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look 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 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over 1 or, piece, be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall them? I WILL stand upon my watch, and set mefashioner silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst upon the tower, and will watch to see fashion. of it. make known; in wrath remember mercy. Hebrew Shigio noth. 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory hearing. cor, pre serve alive. d Jn.10.10. ed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by P discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy b report, or, thy people, even for salvation with thine anoint covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he hadhorns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burn-gor, dising & coals went forth at his feet. De.32.24. Mi.5.2 pia. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he be-or, Ethioheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways hare ever-kor, were. lasting. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan Jin affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. jor, under fiction, or, vanity. 1 or, the the earth. m Jos. 10.12, 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 thy horses and thy chariots of sal-p vation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: 13. n or, thine ASTO 108 walked in making the light. o Ps.110.6. naked. q were tem ror, mud. s or, cut them in pieces. t lie. estuous u Job 13.15. v Neginoth, Ps.4.title.' 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 thy horses, through the heap of great waters. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at thy 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. 17 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 meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet 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 hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. THE BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH. CHAPTER I. God's severe judgment against Judah for divers sins. THE 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. 21 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast, I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. 4 I will also stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; He. 10.38. and I will cut off d the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and that swear & by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GoD: form 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 king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 1 Zec.2.13. m Ph.4.5. n sanctifi pared. Col.1.12. o Mat. 22.2, &c. Re. 19.17. pvisit upon. q curded, or, thick ened. r Je.48.11. Am.6.1. Re.223. 8 P.94.7. t Joel 2.1, 11. u Re.6.15.. 17. ▼ 18.22.5. Je.30.7. w Am.5.18. x Je.4.19. Is.59.10. 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 say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. 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, 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 towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall 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 gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured b by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. CHAPTER II. 1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 The judgment of the Philistines, 8 of Moab and Ammon, 12 of Ethiopia and Assyria. GATHER yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger d of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. 3 Seekye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his & judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be hye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon-day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 5 Wo unto the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is 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 dwellings 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: 1 for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Go-J23.11, morrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt- d Ec.3.16,17 pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. e morning by morn ing. f Je.8.12. gor, cor nera. 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of h 18.63.8. hosts. 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. i Mi.2.1,2. Pr.20.22. La.3.25, k Joel 3.2. Mat.25.32 1 2 Pe.3.10. m lip. n Ac.2.4, &c o shoulder. p Ps.63.31. Is. 18.1,7. Jerusalem sharply reproved. CHAPTER III. 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins. 8 An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel, 14 and to rejoice for their salvation by God. Wo 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 the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. towers 6 I have cut off the nations: their 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 they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. 8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth I shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. m 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may "all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one • 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 be haughty because of my holy mountain. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak" lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. V 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, 0 Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Joel 2.26, Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: 9 Рв. 19.5. 27. rin. thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of Je.32.41. z be silent. a the bur den upon it was re proach. hands be slack. 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is 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 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom ⚫ the reproach of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, ! CHAPTER I. 630. b set them The glory of the second temple. in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. THE BOOK OF HAGGAI. 1 Ilaggai reproveth the people for neglecting the building of the house. 7 He inciteth them the building. 12 He promiseth God's assistance to them being forward. IN to Α. Μ. 3484. a Ezr.4.24. b by the hand of. c Ezr.3.2. dor, cap N the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, d governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the hig high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, 2Sa.7.2. This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; consider your ways. tain. e ICh.6.15. g Sct your heart on. h La.3.40. i De.28.38. j Ho.4.10. k pierced. m or, it 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; 1 c.2.16,17. 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 he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as ⚫ nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So ° is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this 910 day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD'SP messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord. 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jo J1Ch.29:14. k Jn.1.14. 1 Pa.85.8. 16 Since those days were, when pone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but sedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the m Le.10.10, ten: when one came to the press-fat for to remnant of the people; and they came and 11. did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. n Nu.19.11. 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. CHAPTER II. 1 He encourageth the people to the work, by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first. 10 In the type of holy things and unclean he showeth their sins hiusdered the work. 20 God's promise to Zerubbabel. IN the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, o Ti.1.15. Jude 23. p c.1.6,9. q De.28.22. r Zec.8.9, 12. 17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as vet |