H

b Ho.4.1.

c Je.2.5,31. d De.4.20. e Nu.XXII

2

XXV.

sons of a year. g Ps.51.16. h 2Ki.3.27. 3 belly. De. 10.12.

EAR ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou 1 before the mountains, a and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, Ŏ mountains, the fJu.5.11. LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for b the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 30 my people, what c have I done; unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4 For I brought d thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5 0 my people, remember now what Balak e king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness ƒ of the LORD.

6

6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come k Pr.20.10,23. before him with burnt-offerings, 8 or, be pure. with calves 2 of a year old?

7 Willy the LORD be pleased with Z Ho.5.9. thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I m De.28.38give my first-born h for my transgression, the fruit of my 3 body for 9 or, he doth the sin of my soul? much keep

8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what i doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to 4 walk humbly with thy God?

9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and 5 the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 T6 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the 7 scant measure that is abominable? k 11 Shall I 8 count them pure the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

thee.

40.

n 1Ki. 16.25

30.

10 or, aston

ishment.

(CHAP. 7.) the gather

ings of

summer.

Tie church complaineth.

14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and liverest' will I give up to the thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou de

sword.

70 is me! for I am as 1 when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings a of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

2 The 2 good man is perished b out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every

man his brother with a net.

3 T That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince reward; and the great man, he asketh, and the judge asketh for a

uttereth 3 his mischievous desire : so they wrap it up.

4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

5 T Trust c ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

6 For the son dishonoureth the

father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughterin-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7 Therefore d I will took unto the LORD: 1 will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

8 Rejoice not against me. O mine enemy when e I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light ƒ unto me.

9 I will bear g the indignation of against him, until he plead my the LORD, because I have sinned cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth ♬ to

The armies of God.

The ruin of Nineveh.

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.

c Is.52.7.

15 Behold c upon the mountains 9 Belial. the feet of him that bringeth good d Is.29.7,8. tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, 8 keep thy solemn feasts,] perform thy vows: for 9 the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly d cut off.

CHAPTER II.

(CHAP. 2.)

or, The disperser, or, hammer.

Judah and Israel being punished, 2 or, pride. God sendeth fearful armies against their enemies.

E 1 that dasheth in pieces is Hcome up before thy face: keep

the munition, watch the way, make

3 dyed.
4 or, fiery.

5 their show.

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 no more be heard. CHAPTER III.

1 The miserable ruin of Nineveh : 8 No power able to resist God: 15 Their sudden destruction.

Wall full of lies and robbery;

70 a to the 1 bloody city! it is

the prey departeth not;

2 The noise of a whip, and the and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

2 For the LORD hath turned away the 2 excellency of Jacob, as the 2

1 covering,

or,

coverer.

3 The horseman lifteth up both the 2 bright sword and the glitter

tiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are 3 in scarlet: the chariots shall be with 4 flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

one

4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle against another in the broad ways: 5 they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

5 He shall recount his 6 worthies: | 12 or, cause they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the 7 defence shall be prepared.

6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be 8 dissolved.

13 or, and

their infinite store.

14 vessels of desire.

7 And 9 Huzzab shall be 10 led away captive, she shall be brought | a Zep.2. 13. up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

8 But Nineveh is 11 of old like a pool of water; yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall 12 look back.

9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; 13 for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the 14 pleasant furniture.

10 She is empty, a 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.

of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored 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 3 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 was infinite; Put and Lubim were 4 thy helpers.

10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed b in pieces at the top of all the streets and they cast lots c for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

my.

Habakkuk compiaineth.

Fearful vengeance shown.

f Je.51.30.

Ps. 147.13. h Joel 2.25.

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 5 or, spread-place is not known where they are. 18 Thy shepherds slumber, i ọ king of Assyria: k thy 6 nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

ones.

&c.

? 1Ki.22.17. 1 wrinkling. m Re. 18.2,3.

19 There is no 7 healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: afl that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee for upon whom m hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

CHAPTER I.

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THE

the prophet did see. 20 LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou a wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence 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 1 wrong judgment proceedeth.

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for b 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 c Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the 2 breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not their's. 7 They are terrible and dreadful : 3 their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

c Fulfilled. 2Ch.36.6. a breadths.

9 They shall come all for violence: 5 their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

12 T Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine_Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty 6 God, thou hast 7 established them for correction.

their faces, 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on 8 iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the 9 creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their 10 drag therefore they rejoice and are glad.

| 16 Therefore d they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drags; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat 11 plenteous.

17 Shall they therefore empty their

The judgment upon the

CHAPTER II.

(CHAP. 2.)

The judgment upon the Chaldeans 1 fenced for their sins.

I

WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the 1 tower, and a will watch to see what he will say 2 unto me, and what I shall answer 3 when I am proved.

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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 b the just shall live by his faith.

5 T4 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:

place.

a Ps.85.8.

12

3

or, piece, or, fastening. 10 or, witne

against. 11 Lloods.

12 or, in vain. 13 or, by knowing the.

6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 5 Wo to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt bed Phi.3. 19. for booties unto them?

8 Because c thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's 6 blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

9 T Wo to him that 7 coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the 8 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 9 beam out of the timber shall 10 answer it. 12 T Wo to him that buildeth a town with 11 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 veryvanity? 14 For the earthall be filled 13 with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea

14

or, more with shame

than with.

e Je.25.27-29. 15 fashioner of his fashion. Ps. 11.14. be silent all

16

1

2

the carth.

(CHAP. 3.) or, accord. ing to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew,

report, or, Shigionoth.

hearing.

3 or, preserve

alive.

a Jno. 10.10. 4 the south.

5 or, bright beams out of his side. 6 or, diseases, De.32.24.

b Mi.5.2. Ethiopia. 8 or, under affliction, or, vanity.

Chaldeans for their sins.

15 T 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 14 with shame & for glory drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cupe of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spueing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the 15 maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

19 Wo unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, It is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: ƒ 16 let all the earth keep silence before him.

CHAPTER III.

1 Habakkuk's prayer. 3 He trembleth at God's majesty. 7 The stability of his faith.

A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet 1 upon Shigionoth. 20 LORD, I have heard thy 2 speech, and was afraid: O LORD, 3 revive a thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember

mercy.

3 God came from 4 Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his

praise.

4 And his brightness was as the light; he had 5 horns coming out of his hand and there was the hiding of his power.

5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning 6 coals went forth at his feet.

6 He stood, and measured, the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways b are everlasting.

7 I saw the tents of 7 Cushan 8 in affliction and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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