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with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with al very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand for they shall forecast devices against him.

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.

DANIEL, XII.
B. C. 534.
a Is.11.14,15.
send forth.
2their hearts.

b

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168,169.
I Mac. 1-3.
2Mac.4&5.

c.8.19. ver.29,35,40. or, goodly. Heb. moun27 And both these kings' 2 hearts shall tain of debe to do mischief, and they shall speak lies light of hoat one table; but it shall not prosper: for liness. yet the end shall be at the time appointed. c 2Th.2.8. 28 Then shall he return into his land d c.10.13,21. with grent riches; and his heart shall be Jude 9. against the holy covenant; and he shall e Nu.24.24. do exploits, and return to his own land. f Mat.24.21. 29 At the time appointed he shall re-g Fulfilled, turn, and come toward the south: but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 30 For the ships e of Chittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, h Je.30.7. and return, and have indignation against Ro.11.26. the holy covenant: so shall he dog he i Re. 13.8. shall even return, and have intelligence k Mat. 25.46. with them that forsake the holy cove- Is.66.24. 2 4 or,astonish31 And arms shall stand on his part, eth. and they shall pollute the sanctuary of 5 or, teachers strength, aud shall take away the daily m Mat. 13.43. sacrifice, and they shall place the abomi- 6 or, cause to nation that 4 maketh desolate. dissemble. 32 And such as do wickedly against the n 1Co. 15.41, covenant shall he 6 corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God o Re.10.4. shall be strong, and do exploits.

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33 And they that understand among the p 2Ch.32.31. people shall instruct many; yet they shall 8 or, by them fall by the sword, and by flame, by cap-9 or, from tivity, and by spoil, many days. above.

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall 'q Hab.2.3. be holpen with a little help but niany r Is. 14.13, 14. shall cleave to them with flatteries. Re. 13.5,6.

35 And some of them of understanding.s Re. 10.5-7. shall fall, top try 8 them, and to purge, or, part. and to make them white, even to the time t c.9.27. of the end because, it is yet for a time u 2Th.2.4. appointed. q 2 as for the 36 And the king shall do according to almighty his will; and r he shall exalt himself, and God, in his magnify himself above every god, and seat he shall shall speak marvellous things against the honour, yea God of gods, and shall prosper till the in- he shall dignation be accomplished: for that that honour a is determined t shall be done. God, &c. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of 3 or, stead. his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor 4 Mauzzim, regard any god for he shall magnify or, God'spro. himself above all. u

38 But in his 3 estate shall he honour the god of 4 forces; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and 5 pleasant things.

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fortresses of 39 Thus shall he do in the 6 most strong munitions. holds with a s range god, whom he shall v Re.22.11. acknowledge and increase with glory: a price. and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for 7 gain. 40 And at the time of the end shall the] king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like w a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and all overflow and pass over.

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Promised Appearance of Michael. of his hand, even a Edom, and Moab,anı 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 nany.

45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious 3 holy mountain; yet c he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

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CHAP. XII.

ND at that time shall Michael d stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thypeople; and f there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy h people shall be delivered every one that shall be found written i in the book.

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, k and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut o up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other Jon that side of the bank of the river.

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was 9 upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river. when he s held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but v the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

11 Aud from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and 8 the aboor,astonish-mination that 9 maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. land of de- 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh light, or, or-to the thousand three hundred and five nament, or. and thirty days. 41 He shall enter also into the glori- goodly land 13 Eut go thou thy way till the end be, us land, and many countries shall be r ver. 16,45. for 2 thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot verthrown; but these shall escape out 2 or, and. lat the end of the days.

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CHAP. I.

HOSEA.

B. C. 785.

wal. a wall

c c.3.1.

HE word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, b Lu. 15.18. 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 Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take c unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms: for d the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. 3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and 16 will 5 avenge the blood of e Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

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6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name 8 Lo-ruhamah: for f I will no 9 more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, h and will save them by the LORD their i God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

d De.31.16.
Eze.16 & 23.
2 new wine.
3 or, where
with they
made,
c.8.4.
take away.
visit.
e 2Ki.10.11.
15.10,&c.
folly, or,
villany.
make deso-

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late.

thy way with thorns, aid make 1 a walk that she shall not find her paths.

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then b shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and 2 wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, 3 which they prepar ed for Baal.

9 Therefore will I return, and take Jaway my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and I will recover 4 my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

10 And now will I discover her 6 lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. i.e. not hav-11 I will also cause all her mirth to ing obtained cease, her feast-days, her new moons, and mercy. her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. f 2K1.17.6.23. 12 And I will destroy her vines and her not add any fig-trees, whereof she hath said, 'These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and g I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

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or, that I
should alto-
gether par-
don them.
Is.5.5,6.
Is.36 & 37.
i Zec.4.6.

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8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruha-2 i. e. not my
mah, she conceived, and bare a son. people.
9 Then said God, Call his name 2 Lo-k Eze.20.35.
ammi: for ye are not my people, and 13 to her heart,
will not be your God.
or, friendly.
Jos.7.26..
Is.65.10.

10 Yet the number of the children of
Israel shall be as the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured nor number-mRo.9.25,26.
ed and m it shall come to pass, that 4 in or, instead
the place where it was said unto them, of that.
Ye are not n my people, there it shall be in c.2.23.
said unto them, Ye are the sons o of the
living God.

11 Then p shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered to-) gether, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

CHAP. II.

AY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; Sand to your sisters, Ruhamah.

1 Pe.2.10.
o Jno. 1.12.
i.e. my hus-
band.
p Is.11.12,13.
Je.3.18.
Eze.37.16-24
6 i.e.my lord.
Zec. 13.2.
i.e. my peo-
ple.
i.e. having
obtained

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2 Plead with your mother, plead; for
she is not my wife, neither am I her hus-8
band let her therefore put away her
whoredoms s out of her sight, and her mercy.
adulteries from between her breasts; r Zec.9.10.

3 Lest I strip u her naked, and set her ass Eze. 16.25,
in the day that she was born, and make &c.
her as a wilderness, w and set her like at Is.54.5.
dry land, and slay her with thirst. u Je. 13.22.26.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her v Ep.5.23-27.
children; for they be the children of w Eze.19.13.
whoredoms.
x Am.8.11,13.

5 For their mother hath played the har y Is.1.21.
lot; y she that conceived them hath done Je.3.1-9.
shamefully for she said, I will go after z Je.44.17.
my lovers, that give z me my bread and a c.1.6.
my water, my wool and my flax, mine 9 drinks.
oil and my 9 drink.
b Job 19.8.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge bup La.3.7,9.

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 k bring her into the wilderness, and speak 3 comfortably unto her.

15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me 5 Ishi, and shalt call nae no more 6 Baali.

17 For I will take away 4 the names of Baalin out of her mouth, and they shall o more be remembered by their name. 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creepings things of the ground: and r will break the bow, and the sword, and thebattle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

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19 And I will betroth t thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, v and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies:

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hei the heavens, & they shall hear the earth

22 And the earth shall hear the cor/ and the wine, and the oil; and they sha hear Jezreel.

23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and a I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people,

The Sinfulness of Israel. HOSEA, VI. Thou art a my people; and they shall B. C. 780. Bay, Thou art iny God. CHAP. III.

HEN said the LORD unto me,Go yet,db

a 1 Pe.2.10. Co.6.16.

Threatenings of Judgment. themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand c shall fall.

15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, or, be punyet let not Judah offend; and come not ished. ye unto Gilgal, f neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, the LORDg liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

yet an adulteress, e according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Is rael, who look to other gods, and love dc.1.2. flagons of 2 wine. e Je.3.1,20. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pie- f Am.4.4. ces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an 3 half homer of barley:

5.5.

g Zep.1.5. 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide 2 grapes. for me many days; thou shalt not play 3 lethech. the harlot, and thou shalt not be for ano- gone. ther man so will I also be for thee. 5 shields, 4 For the children of Israel shall abide! Ps.47.9. many days without ha king, and without h Je. 15.4,5. a prince, and without a sacrifice, and c.10.3. without 6 an image, and without an eph-6 a standing od, and without teraphim.

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

EAR the word of the LORD, ye chil

or statue, or pillar, Is.19.19,20. i c.5.15. k Je.30.9.

17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

18 Their drink is 4 sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers 5 with shame do love, Give ye.

19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

CHAP. V.

Hye house of Israel; and give ye ear, EAR ye this, & priests; and hearken, O house of the king; for judgment is to ward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Eze.34.23,24 2 And the revolters are profound m to Is.2.2.3. make slaughter, though I have been a 8 rebuker of them all.

or, their doings will not suffer them.

controversy n with the inhabitants of the or, and. land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, 8 correction. nor knowledge o of God, in the land. n Mi.6.2. 2 By swearing, and lying, and p killing, o Je.4.22,28. and stealing, and committing adultery, p Is.59.7. they break out, & 2 blood toucheth blood. 19 8 Therefore r shall the land mourn, and every ones that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and| with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes 1 give. of the sea also shall be taken away. q Ps.78.8. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove 2 bloods. another: for this people are as they that r Am.5.16. trivet with the priest. s Zep.1.3.

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, t De.17.12. and the prophet also shall fall with thee in u Is.1.15. the night, & I will 3 destroy thy mother. v Is.48.8. 6 My people are 3 destroyed for w lack 3 cut off of knowledge: because thou hast reject- w Is.5.13. ed knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As y they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore z will I change their glory into shame.

8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they 4 set their heart b on their iniquity. 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest and I will 5 punish them for their ways, and 6 reward them their doings. 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. 11 Whoredom, c and wine, d and new wine, take away the heart.

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

x Job 12.14. y De.32.15. c.13.6.

≈ Mal.2.9. a Am.3.7.

b

4 lift up their soul to. Eze. 14 3,7. 5 visit upon. 6 cause to

return.

7 or, a worm. c Pr.31.3. d is.23.7. 8 or, the king of Jareb, or, the king that should plead.

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains. & burn incense upon the hills, under oaks, & poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: e therefore e Am.7.17. vour daughters shall commit whoredom, 9 be gutty. ad your spouses shall commit adultery. f Ps.78.34. 14 11 will not punish your daughters or, shall I when they commit whoredom, uor your pouses when they commit adultery: for

not.

31 kuow Ephraim, and Israel is not bid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

49 They will not frame q their doings to turn unto their God for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD,

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but u they shall not find him; he hath with drawn himself from them.

7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9 Ephraim shall be desolate x in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made a known that which shall surely be.

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

12 Therefore will I be unto. Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 7

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king 8 Jareb. yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. 1, even I, will tear and go away; I wil take away, and none shall rescue him.

15 I will go and return to my place, till they 9 acknowledge their offence, and seck my face: in their f affliction they will seek me early.

CHAP. VI. NOME,and let us return unto the LORD torn, and he will heal us

Crimes of the People.

HOSEA, IX.
B. C. 780.

a La.3.32,33.
b Re.3.19.

spoil.

he hath smitten, and a he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: in!
the third c day he will raise us up, and
we shall live in his sight.
3 Then d shall we know, if we follow c 1Co.15.4.
on c to know the LORD: his going forth d Mi.4.2.
is prepared as the morning; and he shall
come unto us as the rain, fas the latter e He.3.14.
and former rain unto the earth.
f De.32.2.
4 0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto 2 or, mercy,
thee? Judah, what shall I do unto or, kindness.
thee? for your 2 goodness is as a morning or,chastened
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth g Je.23.29.
He. 4.12.

away.

5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain g them by the words of my mouth: 4 and thy judginents are as the light h that geeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

7 But they, like 5 men, have transgressed the covenant: there have they deal! treacherously against me.

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is 7 polluted with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way 8 by consent: for they commit 9 lewdness.

10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom k of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

11 Also,0 Judah, he hath set an harvest: for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

CHAP. VII.

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15 Though 13 have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

16 They return, but not to the Most Ps.119.130.High: they are like a deceitful bow: their Mat.9.13. princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derisien in the land of Egypt. CHAP. VIII.

or, Adam,
Job 31.33.
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shoulder, or,
to Shechem.
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Menahem.

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2 And they 3 consider not in their hearts n Je.9.2. that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them; about; they are before my face.

3 They inake the king glad with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.m8 4 They are all adultereis, n as an oven heated by the baker, 5 who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough until it be leavened.

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6 loves.
or, waking.
or, begin.
or, in a
little while.
or, heat
through.
5 In the day of our king the princes have or, applied.
made him sick with bottles of wine :3 or, in the
he stretched out his hand with scorners. sacrifices.
6 For they have 2 made ready their of mine
heart like an oven, whiles they lie in offerings,
wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; they, &c.
in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. o Fulfilled
7 They are all hot as an oven, and have] 773.
devoured their judges: all their kings are p Ps. 106.35.
fallen: 0 there is none among them that sprinkled.
calleth unto me.
q Je.3.3.

S Ephraim, he hath mixed p himself Is.9.13.
among the people; Ephraim is a cake 5 or, in.
not turned.
8 2Ki. 15.9.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, 17.3,4.
and he knoweth it not; yea, grey hairs 6 or, wine fat.
are 4 here and there upon him, yet het Ec.9.12.
knoweth not.
u c.8.13.
10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his 11.5.
face; q and r they do not return to the
LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove
without heart: they s call to Egypt, they
go to Assyria.

12 When they shall go, I will spread my net t upon them; I will bring them

Not into
Egypt it-
self, but

into an

other bon

dage as bad
as that.

ET the trumpet to 6 thy mouth: he shall comeas an eagle against the house of the LORD,because they ha vetransgressed my covenant,& trespassed against my law. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that w good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They have set up kinzs, j but not by me; they have made princes, and 1 krew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

5 Thy calf,OSamaria,hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere theyattain to innocency? 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf ofSamaria shall bebrokeninpieces.

7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; 4the bud shall yield no meal;if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shal they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraiin hath hired 6 lovers.

10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall 8 sorrow 9 a little for the bur den of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin,altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

13 3 They sacrifice flesh for the sacri. fices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judalı hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

CHAP. IX. DEJOICE not. O Israel, for joy, as o

Rpeople, for thou hast one a whor

from thy God; thou hast loved a rew upon 5 every corn-floor.

2The floor and the 6 wine-press shall feed them,&the new wine shallfail in le 3 They shall not dwell inthe LORD's lan but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, a

Threatenings of Judgment. and a they shall eat unclean things n Assyria.

4 They shall not offer wine-offerings to the LORD, neither & shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread c for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

HOSEA, XI
B. C. 771.
a Eze.4.13.
or, Che-

marim,
2K1.23.5.

Zep.1.4.
Is.1.11-15.

The Divine Gadness to Israel.

and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. d

S The high places also of Aven, the esin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and f they shall say to the nountains, Cover us ; & to the hills, Fall on us. 90 Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah; there they stood the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as c Am.811,12. the foam upon the 2 water. 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, Jno.6.51. and in the day of the feast of the LORD d Je.2.37. 6 For, lo, they are gone because 3 of de-2 face of the struction: Egypt shall gather them up, waters. Memphis shall bury them: 4 the Spleasant e 1Ki.12.30. places for their silver, nettles shall possess 3 spoil. them; thorus shall be in their tabernacles. 4 or, their 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual 6 man is iad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 8 The watchman g of Ephraim was 6 with my God: but the prophet is a snare, of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred g 8 in the house of his God.

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: h therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

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10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gather. ed against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread cut the corn; but I passed over upon 9 her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. two trans- 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, gressions,or, reap in mercy; break up your fallow 10 I found Israel like grapes in the in their two ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first habitations. he come and rain righteousness upon you. ripe in the tig-tree at her first time: but 8 or, against. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have they went to Baal-peor j and separated 9 the beauty reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit themselves unto that shame;and their abo- of her neck. of lies; because thou didst trust in thy minations were according as they loved.kh Ju.19.22. way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. 11As for Ephraim, their glory shall flee i De.32.10. 14 Therefore shail a tumult arise among away like a bird, from the birth, and j Nu.25.3. thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be from the womb, and from the conception.k Je.5.31. spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in 12 Though they bring up their children, the day of battle: the mother was dashed get will I bercave them, that there shall| in pieces upon her children.

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13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus,m is planted t in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shak bring forth his children to the raurderer. 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give thein a 2 miscarrying wombin Mat.2.15. and dry breasts. 2 that casteth

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15 All their wickedness is in o Gilgal; the fruit. for there I hated them: for the wicked-o c.12.11. ness of their doings I will drive them out p Is.46.3. of minehouse.q I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten,their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the 4 beloved fruit of their womb. 3 lift up. 17 My God will cast them away,because 4 desires, they did not hearken unto him: and they Eze.24.21. shall be wanderers r among the nations. r De.28.64,65. Ja.1.1.

CHAP. X.

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goodness of his land they have made
goodly images.
2 Their 8 heart is divided; now shall 6 together
they be found faulty:he shall9break down they exalted
their altars, he shall spoil their images.
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no king, because we feared not the LORD;
what then should a king do to us?

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8 or, He hath duided their heart. 9 behead, The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear] 1Sa.5 4. because of the calves of Beth-aven: for,t c.13.11. the people thereof shall mourn over it,u Mal.3.6.

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2 As they called them, so they went from thsm: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

3 Ip taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take of the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, & shall consume his brauches, and deYour them, because of their own counsels. 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, 6 none at all would exJalt him.

S How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: foru I am God, and not man the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not enter into the city.

10 They shall walk after the LORD; b Ishall roar like a lion: when he shall roar

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