JONAH, I.
B. C. 587.

10 or, sup up. n Joel 2.32. 11 or, they

12 or, it shall

that escape.

Jonah fleeth to Tarshish. they shall drink, and they shall] 10 swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. 17 But n upon mount Zion shall be 11deliverance, and 12 there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, o and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in 13 or, shall them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

19 And they of the south shall pos

be holy.

o Is. 10. 17.

p Am.9.12.

possess

that which

is in Sepharad.

JONAH.

He is thrown into the sea.

sess the p mount of Esau ; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria : and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. of the Children of Israel shall pos20 And the captivity of this host

sess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, 13 which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence d of e Ac.9.36. the LORD, and went down to Jop-2 cast forth. pa; e and he found a ship going to f Ps. 107.25. Tarshish: so he paid the fare there

of, and went down into it, to go 3 thought.

with them unto Tarshish from the g Ac.27.18, presence of the LORD.

&c.

42.

4 T But the LORD 2 sent out f ah Jos.7.14, 16. great wind into the sea, and there 1Sa. 14.41, was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was 3 like to be broken.

5 Then the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his god, and g cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish

not.

7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, h that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they

4 or, JEHOVAH.

i Ps.146.6. afraid with great fear. 6 silent

from us.

7 went, or,

grew more and more tempestu

ous.

Jos.7.12.

Ec.9.18. 8 digged.

1 De.21.8.

stood.

cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew and I fear the 4 LORD, the God of heaven, which i hath made the sea and the dry land.

10 Then were the men 5 exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? (for the sea 7 wrought, and was tempestuous.)

12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto

you: for I know that for my k sake this great tempest is upon you.

13 Nevertheless the men 8 rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and I lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleas ed thee.

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea 9 ceased from her raging.

The prayer of Jonah.

2 And said, Ia cried 1by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out b of the belly of 2 hell cried I, and thou heardest c my voice.

3 Ford thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the 3 midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows e and thy waves passed over me.

(CHAP. 2.)

a Ps. 120.1.

1

130.1.

La.3.55,56. or, out of.

b Ps.61.2.

2 or, the
grave,
Is. 14.9.

c Ps.34.6.
d Ps.88.5-8.

3 heart.

4 Then ƒ I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again to-e Ps.42.7. wart g thy holy temple. f Ps.31.32. 5 The waters compassed me g1Ki.8.38,39. abouth even to the soul: the deptlih Ps.69.1. closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6 I went down to the 4 bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever; yet i hast thou brought up my life from 5 corruption, O LORD my God.

La.3.54. 4 cuttings

off.

i Is.38.17.

5

or, the pit.

k Ps. 18.6. 1Sa. 12.21. 2Ki. 17, 15. Ps.50.14,

7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came k in unto thee, intom thine holy temple.

8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9 But I will sacrifice m unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

10 T And n the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

CHAPTER III.

Jonah, sent_again, preacheth to the Ninevites, etc.

AND the word of the LORD came

unto Jonah the second time,

23. Ro. 12.1. He. 13. 15. n Is.50.2.

1

4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey; and he cried, and said, a Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 So the people of Nineveh be- [4 T lieved God, and proclaimed a fast,

ist.

rejoiced with great joy. or, silent.

Jonah is reproved.

and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and 2 published through Nineveh, (by the decree of the king and his 3 nobles,) saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd not flock, taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water.

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth,b and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

10 T And God saw c their works, that they turnedd from their evil way: and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. CHAPTER IV.

BU

Jonah, repining at God's mercy, is reproved by the type of a gourd. UT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for a it is better for me to die than to live. 4 T Then said the LORD, 1 Doest thou well to be angry?

5 So Jonah when out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

6 And the LORD God prepared a 2 gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a sha| dow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah 3 was exceeding glad of the gourd.

7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a 4 vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonal, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Micah showeth God's wrath. 9 And God said to Jonah, 5 Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. 10 Then said the LORD, thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which 8 came 7 or, spared.

|

against Jacob for idolatry: 10 He a Je.26.18. exhorteth to mourning.

THE

1

c Ps.50.7.

2 Hear, 1 all ye people; hearken,b O earth, and 2 all that therein is: 3 descent. and let the Lord GOD be witness cd La.5. 16.

against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

4 daughters of the owl. or, she is greviously sick of her wounds.

4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the e 2Ki. 18.13. fire, and as the waters that are 6 that is, poured down a 3 steep place.

T

dust.

5 Ford the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Sama- est fairly. ria? and what are the high places 8 inhabitress. of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? 9 or, the 6 Therefore I will make Samaria country of as an heap of the field, and as flocks. plantings of a vineyard: and I will 10 or, a place pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

7 And all the graven images there- grieved. of shall be beaten to pieces, and all 12 or, for. the hires thereof shall be burned 13 that is, with the fire, and all the idols a lie. thereof will I lay desolate for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the 4 owls.

9 For 5 her wound is incurable;

14 or, the glory of Israel shall come. f.La.4.5.18.

(CHAP. 2.)

á Ho.7.6.

1 or, defraud.

10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of 6 Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

11 Pass ye away, 7 thou 8 inhabitant of Saphir, liaving thy shame naked: the inhabitant of 9 Zanaan came not forth in the mourning of 10 Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth 11 waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

14 Therefore shalt thou give presents 12 to Moresheth-gath: the house of 13 Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: 14 he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

16 Make thee bald, and poll_thee for thy delicate ƒ children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. CHAPTER II.

1 Against oppression. 7 A reproof of injustice and idolatry. 12 A promise of restoring Jacob.

A lamentation.

4 T In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a 2 doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my peo-c ple how hath he removed it from me! 3 turning away he hath divided our fields.

5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord c by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

6 4 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

7 TO thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD 5 straitened? are these d his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh 6 uprightly ? e 8 Even 7 of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe 8 with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

9 The 9 women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest; because it is polluted,f it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Ho.9.3.

4 Drop, Eze.20.46. or, Prophesy not as they prophesy. 5 or, shortened.

d Is.59.1,2.

6

upright.

e Ho. 14.9. yesterday.

8 over against.

9

or,

wives.

f Le, 18.25,28. 10 or, walk

with the

wind, and lie falsely.

5 Is.52.12.

vision.

&c.

(CHAP. 3,) 11 If a man 10 walking in the a Pr. 1.28. spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, Ib Eze. 13.10, will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even 1 from a be the prophet of this people. 12 I will surely assemble, O Ja- 2 from dicob, all of thee; I will surely gavining. ther the remnant of Israel; I will c Le. 13.45. put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

3

upper lip. d Ps.74.9. Am.8.11. e Mar.3.17.

13 The breaker is come up before f Is.58.1. them they have broken up, and g Je.22. 13. have passed through the gate, and bloods. are gone out by it; and their kingh Mal. 1.10. shall pass before them, and g the LORD on the head of them.

CHAPTER III.

1 The cruelty of the princes. 5 The falsehood of the prophets. 8 The security of them both.

ND I said, Hear, I pray you, O ye

1Pe.5.2.

5 saying.

i Mat.3.9. Ro.2.17,&c.

k Ps.79.1.

7 Ps. 107.34.

Falsehood of the prophets.

3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, put a he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets b that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him :

6 Therefore night shall be unto you, 1 that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, 2 that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover c their 3 lips; ford there is no answer of God.

8 But truly I am full of power e by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare ƒ unto Jacob his transgresf sion, and to Israel his sin.

9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They g build up Zion with 4 blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for h hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, 5 and say, Is i not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and k Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

CHAPTER IV.

1 The establishment of Christ's kingdom: 3 The peace, restoration, kingdom, and victory of the church.

BUT a in the last days it shall imoun

tain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the b top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and the people

2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from b Ps.72.16. off them, and their flesh from off |c Ho.6.3. their bones;

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801

The glory of the church.

the law shall go forth of Zion, and the

word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3 ¶ And he shall judge among 1 or, scythes. many people, and rebuke strong d Ps.72.7. nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plough-e Ki.4.25. shares, and their spears into 1 pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up ƒ Je.2.11. a sword against nation, neither dg Zec. 10. 12. shall they learn war any more.

4 But e they shall sit every man under his vine, and under his figtree; and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

5 For all ƒ people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we g will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

Zec.3.10.

Col.2.6.

h Eze.34.13.

17.

Zep.3.19.

2 F's.38.17. He. 12. 12, 13.

La.2.16.

ter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, s Ob.12. even the first dominion; n the t Is.55.8. kingdom shall come to the daugh

ter of Jerusalem.

Je.29.11. Ro. 11.33,

34.

9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is o there no king in thee? u Lu.3.17. is thy counsellor perished? for v Is.41. 15,16. pangs have taken thee as a wow De.33.25. man in travail. x Da.2.44.

10 Be in pain, and labour to bring p forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there q shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. 11 T Now r also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look s upon Zion.

(CHAP. 5.) a Mat.27.30.

b Mat.2.6. c Ge.49.10.

the days of eternity. d Pr.8.22,23.

2

Jno.1.1. Col.1.17.

or, rule.

12 But they know not t the e Zec.9.10. thoughts of the LORD, neither un- Ep.2.14. derstand they his counsel: for he 3 princes of. shall gather u them as the sheaves 4 eat up. into the floor. sor, with her 13 Arise and thresh, v O daughter own naked of Zion: for I will make thine horn swords. iron, and I will make thy hoofs ƒ Lu. 1.74.

brass: w and thou shalt beat in

pieces z many people: and I will g De.32.2. consecrate their gain unto the 6 or, goats.

LORD, and their substance unto h I8.2.6,8. the LORD of the whole earth.

Re.22.15.

i Zec. 13.2.

or, statues.

The birth of Christ.

NOW gather thyself in troops, C daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us they shall smite a the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

2 But b thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler c in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from 1 everlasting.d

3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 T And he shall stand and 2 feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide : for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

5 And this man shall be the e peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds,and eight 3principal men. 6 And they shall 4 waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod 5 in the entrances thereof: thus shall he ƒ deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, as ag dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

8 And the remnant of Jacob

shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of 6 sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers : h

13 Thy graven images also i will I cut off, and thy 7 standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.