The Crimes of Israel. HOSEA, XIV. then the children shall tremble from-the; B. C. 740. west. 11 They shall tremble as a bird out of 1 droughts. Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of a Ps.63.1. Assyria and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with b Ps. 78.36. lies, band the house of Israel with de- 2 or, most ceit: out Judah yet ruleth with God, and holy. is faithful with the 2 saints. CHAP. XII. 3 beast of the EPHRAIM feed on wind: he daily c 18.57.9. PHRAIM feedeth on wind, and fol- 4 in thy. increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil c is carried into Egypt. 5 or, Where is thy king? King Hoshea being thea in prison, 2Ki. 17.4. 3 He g took his brother by the heel in d Mi.6.2. the womb, and by his strength he had visit upon. power with God: e Ga.6.7,8. 2 The LORD hath also a controversy with d Judah, and will 6 punish Jacob according to his ways; according e to his doings will be recompense him. 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and ƒ Sa.8.7. prevailed; he wept, and made supplica- g Ge.25.26. tion unto him he found him in Beth-el, h 1Sa.31.2-4. k and there he spake with us. 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. m 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 7 was a prince, or, behaved himself princely. i Ge.32.24,&c He is a merchant, the balances of 8 a time. deceit are in his hand: he loveth to 2 op-k Ge.28.11-19. press. 35.9-15. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become l Is.25.8. rich, n I have found me out substance: m Ex.3.15. in 3 all my labours they shall find none 9 hand. iniquity in me 4 that were sin. 10 Ip have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the 6 ministry of the prophets. 3 1or.Canaan, 9 And I, that am the LORD thy God Eze.16.3. from the land of Egypt, will yet make 2 or, deceive. thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the n Re.3.17. days of the solemn feasts. or, all my labours suf. fice me not; he shall have punishment! of iniquity in whom is sin. 4 which. vessels of desire. 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal, q yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 12 And Jacob fled r into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. o Fulfilled 721 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought 2Ki.17.16. Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was p 2K1.17.13, be preserved. 14. 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger 6 hand. most 8 bitterly therefore shal! he leavelg Am.5.5. his 9 blood upon him, and his reproach Ge.28&29. shall this LonD return unte him. CHAP. XIII. Wexaehmase in seat; but when be offended in Baal, he died. Threatenings and Mecy. 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. a 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and wil! rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the 3 wild beast shall tear them. 9 0 Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me 4 is thine help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities: and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave f thee a king in mine anger, and took him away h in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay 8 long in the place of the breaking forth of children. 14 I will ransom them from the pow er 9 of the grave; I will redeem them from death: 0 death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: re pentance shall be hid from mine eyes. 15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all 5 pleasant vessels. 16 Samaria o shall become desolate; for ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the s calves of our lips. 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 4 vill heal their backsliding. I will love them freely: for mine anger is turn Tor.give good ed away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he 8 with bitter-shall 1 grow as the lily, and 2 cast forth. his roo's as Lebanon. TESSES. 9 bloods. 2 And now they 4 sin more tt and more. It De.28.37. 4 Yet am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no! god but me: for there is no saviour be- w gides me. 6 His branches shali 3 spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his v shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and 5 grow as the vine: the 6 seunt thereof shall be as the wine of Leban & Ephraim shall say. What have it any more with idols? I have heard land observed him: I am like a gre tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, and he shall unders these things? prudent, and he shall ki them? for the ways of the LORD a right, and the just shall walk in them. but the transgressors shall fall therein. CHAP. I. HE word of the LORD that came to THE Joel, the son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and all ye inhabitants of the land. JOEL. B. C. 800. a Ps.104.21. give ear, b 1Ki.18.5. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of 1 or, cornet your fathers? c Nu.10.5,9. BLOW 20 The beasts of the fiel cry also a antt thee: for b the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pas tures of the wilderness. CHAP. II. DLOW ye the 1 trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm c in my holy moun3 Tell ye your children of it, and let tain: let all the inhabitants of the land your children tel: their children, and d c.1.15. tremble: for d the day of the LORD their children another generation: Zep.1.14,15. cometh, for it is nigh at hand: 4 That 2 which e the palmer-worm hath the residue 2 A day of darkness, f and of gloomileft, hath the locust & eaten; and that of the pal-ness, a day of clouds and of thick darkwhich the locust hath left, hath the can-1 mer-worm. ness, as the morning spread upon the ker-worm eaten; and that which the e c.2.25. mountains: a great people & a h strong; canker-worm hath left, hath the caterpil-f Am 5.18,20. there hath not been ever the like, i nei. ler eaten. 5 De.28.38. ther shall be any more after it, even tc the years of 3 many generations. 2 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and h c.1.6. howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of i Ex. 10.14. the new wine; for k it is cut off from 3 generation your mouth. and generation. k Is.32.10. c.2.2, 11. m Is.51.3. 6 For 1 a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth o are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 7 He hath laid p my vine waste, and n Zec.7.14. barked my fig-tree: he hath made it o Re.9.7-10. clean bare, and cast it away; the branch-p Is.5.6. es thereof are made white. 4 laid my fig tree for a barking. 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. 5 pot. 10 The field is wasted, the land mourn- q Je.8.21. eth; for the corn is wasted: the new. wine is 6 dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; or,ashamed. howl, O ye vine-dressers, for the wheat or, dart. and for the barley; because the harvest r Hab.3.17,18 of the field is perished. s Is.24.11. La.4.8. Na.2.10. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig. t Je.9.21. treer languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, u Jno.10.1. the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, v Je.4.8. even all the trees of the field, are wither- to Ps. 18.7. ed: because s joy is withered away from x Is.13.10. the sons of men. Eze.32.7. 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, yely 2Ch.20.3,4. priests; howl, ye ministers of the altar; c.2.15,16. come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye mi-8 or, day of nisters of my God: for the meat-offering restraint, and the drink-offering is withholden from Ne.8.18. the house of your God. z Mal.3.2. 14 Sanctify ye a fast, y call a 8 solemn Re.6.17. assembly, gather the elders, and all the a Je.30.7. inhabitants of the land, into the house of b Is. 13.6,9. the LORD your God, and cry unto the c La.3.40.41. LORD, Hos. 12.6. 14.1. 15 Alas a for the day! for b the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction d Ps.34.18. from the Almighty shall it come. Is.66.2. 16 Is not the meat cut off before your e Ps.43.4. eyes, yea, joy e and gladness from the 9 grains. house of our God? f Ps.86.5,15. 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, g 2Ki. 19.4. the garners are laid desolate, the barns are h Hos.4.3. troken down; for the corn is withered. i c.1.9. 18 How do the beasts h groan! the herdsk ver.1. i cattle are perplexed.because they have Ps. 50 15. pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are Lu. 18.1.7. ade desolate. im Je.9.10. or, habitations. 190 LORD, to thee will I cry: 1 for the fire in hath devoured the 1 pastures of the wilderness, and the flame bath burnt allin 2Ch.20.13. the trees f the field. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden m before them, and behind n them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the ap pearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in bat. tle array. 6 Before their face the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather 5 blackness. q 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break thei ranks: 8 Neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path and when they fall upon the 7 sword, they shall not be wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shal enter in at the windows t like a thief. u 10 The earth w shall quake before them: the heavens shall tremble: the x sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining; 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army; for his camp is very great for he is strong that executeth his word for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who z can abide it? 12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn c ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning; 13 And rend d your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he f is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14Who g knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a i meat-offering, and a drink-offering, unto the LORD your God? 15 Blow & the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, n gather the children, and those that suck the Promises of Mercy. JOEL, III reasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his B. C. 800. Chamber, and the bride out of her closet: Israel's Enemies threatened. [nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots a for my peo ple; and have given a boy for a harlot, & sold a girl for wine,that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, or,use a by-O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of word Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head: against, 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the a Na.3.10. LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare b thy peo-b Ex.32.11,12 ple, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rulet over them wherefore c should they say mong the people, Where is their God?c M.7.10. 18 Then will the LORD be jealous d for d Zec. 1.14. his land, and pity e his people. e De.32.16. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say f Da.5.2,3. unto his people, Behold, I will send you 2 desirable, corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be Da.11.38. satisfied therewith; and I will no more sons of the make you a reproach among the heathen: Grecians. 20 But I will remove far off from youg Is.43.5. the northern army, and will drive him Je. 23.8. into a land barren and desolate, with his 4 magified face toward the east sea; and his hinder part toward the utmost sea: and his stink sha!! come up, and his ill savour shall 5 sanctify. come up, because he hath done great things. 21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD h will do great things. 22 Be not afraid,ye beasts of the field:for the pastures of the wilderness do spring. for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice i in the LORD your God for he hath given you the former rain 8 moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 3 to do. i Is.41.16. Zec. 10.7. 6 or, scythes. 5 Because ye have taken f my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly 2 pleasant things: 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the 3 Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I g will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head : S And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children. of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; ness. 15 Prepare war, wake up the mighty men; according let all the men of war draw near; let to righteous-them come up: ness. or, conci sion; or, 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat,,m Mi.4.3. &the fats shall overflow with wine & oil. n ver.11. 25 And I will restore to you the years that o Re.14.15,18 the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, p Zep.3.11. and the caterpillar, & the paliner-worm, my great army n which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, & be satis2ed, & praise the name of the LORD your q Ac.21.16-21 God,that hath dealt wondrously with you:r Jno.7.39, and p my people shall never be ashamed. Je.25.30,31. 27 And ve shall know that I am in the t Ac.21.9.) midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD u Hag.2.6. your God, and none else: and my people v Ps.46. shall never be ashamed. 28And q it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spiritr upon all flesh; and your sons and your t daughters w 1Co.12.13. shall prophesy, your old men shall dream Mat.24.29. dreams, your young men shall see visions. y ver.21. 29 And also upon the servants w and 3 holiness. upon the handmaids in those days will Iz Is.35.8,9. pour out my Spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders x in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 2 place of re- Na.1.15. Zec.14.21. 4 go. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered for in mount Zion & Re. 22.1. in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the'd Ro.11.5,7. LORD hath said, and in the d remnantje Zec. 14.2-4. whom the LORD shall call. 5 or, alade. f Is.33.20. FO CHAP. III. NOR, behold, in those days, and in that Am.9.15. time, when I shall bring again the g Is.66.16. captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, his.4.4. or, even I 21e will also gather all nations,and will bring them down into the valley of Jeho-! shaphat,and will plead g with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, i Eze.48.35. whom they have scattered among the Re.21.3. 10 Beat your plow-shares into swords, and your 6 pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither 9 cause thy mighty k ones to come down, O LORD. 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley 7 of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge m all the heathen round about. 13 Put o ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fa's overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of 1 decision for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The LORD also shall roar s out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens u and the earth shall shake: but v the LORD will be the 2 hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling y in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be 3 holy, & there shall no stranger pass through her any more. ISAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains ashall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shal! 4 flow with waters, c and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, f the violence against the children of f dah, because they have she innoc blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall 5dwell for ever, fa Jerusalem from generation to generation 21 For I will cleanse h their blood tha have not clcaused: 6 for the Lcan' dwelleth in Zion. CHAP. I. AMOS. B. C. 787. The word of 4 of Tekoa,b which he a c 7.14. HE words of Amos, who was among saw concerning Israel in the days cofb 2Ch.20.20. Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of c Hos. 1.1. Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, d Zec. 14.5. two years before the earthquake. d e Je.25.30. Joel 3.16. or, yea for four. 2 And he said, The LORD will e roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top off c.3.2. Carmel shall wither. 2 or, convert it,or,let it be quiet; and so ver.6,&c. 3 Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not 2 turn away the g punishment thereof; because h they have threshed Gig Je.49.23-27. lead with threshing instruments of iron h 2K1.10.32. 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces i Je.51.30. of Ben-hadad. 3 or, Bikath 5 I will break i also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from 3 the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from 4 the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go k into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. aven. 13.7. or, Betheden. k 2Ki. 16.9. 2Ch 28.18. sor, carried 6 Thus saith the LORD, For three trans them away gressions of Gaza,l and for four,I will not with an enturn away the punishment thereof; be- tirecaptivity cause they Scarried away captivethe whole m Eze 22.11. captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: n Zep.2.4. 7but I will send a fire on the wall of Ga-6 or, young za, which shall devour the palaces thereof: woman. 8And I will cut off the inhabitants from o Le.20.3. Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre ram Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. 9 Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Tyrus, r and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: or, such as have fined, or, muicted. p Je.47.4. 9 Jos.24.8. Eze.26-28. covenant of brethren, 2Ki.5.1. 9.11-14. s Je.49.7. Ob.1,&c. 9 corrupted his compas 1s.30.10. sheaves 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. 11 Thus saith the LORD, For three trans- sions, gressions of Edom, s and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and 9 did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, u and kept his wrath for ever: 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. u Eze.35.5. 13 Thus saith the LORD, For three trans- v Je. 49.1-6. gressions of the children of Ammon,v and Eze.25.2,&c for four, I will not turn away the punish 2 his soul, or, ment thereof: because they have 3 ripped life. up the women with child of Gilead, or, divided that they might enlarge their border: 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of bat tie, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 15 And their king shall go into captivity, & his princes together, saith the LORD. CHAP. II. HUS saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Moab, z and for four, I 3 presseth. the mountains. 2 Ec.9.11. Hos.13.16. strong of his heart. y Ps.147.20. 2 18.15&16. Je.48. Eze,25 8,&c. visit upon will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime; 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kiri oth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with hin, saith the LORD. 4 Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Judah, f and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jeru salem. 6 Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for sil ver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek; and in a man and his father will go in unto the same maid,s to profane o my holy name. S' And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. 9 Yet des'royed I the Amorite q before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for pro phets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD." 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. t 13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall Lo strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver 2 himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift w of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. H CHAP. III. TEAR this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which brought up from the land of Egypt,saying, 2 You only y have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. Threatenings of Judgment. 3 Can two walk together, except they se a agreed? A MOS, V. 4 Will a lion roar b in the forest, when a 2Co.6.14,15 he hath no prey? will a young lion cryb Ps. 104.21. out of his den if he have taken nothing? give forth 5 Can a bird fall in a snare c upon the his voice. earth where no gin is for him? shall one c Ec.9.12. take up a snare from the earth, and have d De.28.22. taken nothing at all? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not 2 be afraid? e shall there be evil in a city, 4 and the LORD hath not done it ? 2 or, run to- 7 Surely the Lord God will do noth-4 or, and 8 The lion h hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, k who can but prophesy? shall not 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, f Je.5.3. and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and The oppressed in the midst thereof. Ge 6.13. 18.17. Ps 25.14. Jno.15.15. h Re.5.5. 10 For they know not n to do right, i De.28.27,60. saith the LORD, who store up violence and 8 robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An adversary o there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. Invitations and Warnings. months to the harvest and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 9 I have smi'ten you with blasting d and mildew, 3 when your gardeus, and your vineyards, and your fig-trees, and your olive-trees increased, 5 the palmer-worm devoured them: yet f have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 10 I have sent among you the pestilence, after i the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and 6 have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand m plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. k Je.20.9. sions. 12 Thus saith the LORD, As the shep- Ge. 19 24,25. herd taketh out of the mouth of the lion m Zec.3 2. two legs, or a piece of an ear; sor shall Jude 23. the children of Israel be taken out that n Je.4.22. dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, 8 or, spoil. and 2 in Damascus in a couch. 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, o 2Ki.17.3.6. p Eze. 13.5. 14 That in the day that I shall 3 visit 9 or, spirit. the transgressions of Israel upon him, Iq Da 2.28. will also visit the altars of Beth-el; t and delivereth. he horns of the altar shall be cut off r Ro. 11.4.5. and fall to the ground. 2 or, in the HEAR this muutain of Samaria, v Ju 3.20. 4 Come to Beth-el, d and transgress; ate Hcs.4.15. 5Aad offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving hyearsof day Le.22.18,21. 6 And I also have given you cleanness 8 so ye love. of teeth in all your cities, and want I of; Is.29.31. bread in all your places; yet have ye not k Mar.23.23. returned unto me, saith the LORD. Eze.10.27. 7 And also I have withholden the rain 9 vineyards from you, when there were yet threel of desire. name. H CHAP. V. EAR ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, house of Israel. 2 The s virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 3 For thus saith the Lord Gop, The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek r ye me, and ye shall live. 5 But seek not Beth-el, z nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-ol shall come to nought." 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth el. 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and pouret them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 9 That strengtheneth the 6 spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10 They ha'e j him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speak eh uprightly. 11 Forasmuch, therefore, as your trea ing is upon the poor.and ye take from hi burdens of wheat; ye have built houses ca hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vine. yards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. |