18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? I. 5.19. the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. Jer. 17. 15Ezek. 12. 22, 27. 2 Pet. 3. 4 D 19 As if a man did flee from "a lion, Jer. 30.7. and a bear met him; or went into the Joel 2. 2. 115. house, and leaned his hand on the wall, Jer. 48.41 and a serpent bit him. d Prov. 21. 27. Isai. 1. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 21 ¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, 11,-16. Jer. and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 6. 20. Hos. 8.13. e Lev. 26. 31. 1 Or, smell your holy days. 22 'Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace Mic. 6. 6,7 offerings of your fat beasts. ? Isai. 66. 3. 1 Or, thank offerings. Hos. 6. 6. Mic. 6. 8. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment †run down as + Heb. roll. Waters, and righteousness as a mighty 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7Therefore now shall they go cap. tive with the first that go captive, and her wantonness plagued. the banquet of them that stretched them- Before selves shall be removed. CHRIST 787. Hebr. 6. 13, 17. Ezek. 24. 21. 8 The Lord God hath sworn by him- pJer.st. 14. self, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate P. 47. 4. his palaces: therefore will I deliver up ch.8.7. the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there thereof. remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, 'Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, "and he will smite the great house with || breaches, and the little house with clefts. 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye 4. ch.57. have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 But, behold, 'I will raise up against y Jur. 5. 15. you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Ha- &1 Kings math unto the river of the wilderness. 4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed 36. ver.6. unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD Jam. 5. 16. called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord Gon, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob ver. 2, 3. arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God. 7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a a Ezek. 7. 2. b ch. 7. 8. ech. 5. 23. + Heb. shall howl. CHAP. VIII. 1 By a basket of summer fruit is shewed the propinquity of Israel's end. 4 Oppression is reproved. 11 A famine of the word threatened. HUS hath the Lord God shewed summer fruit. 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, "The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple + shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in dch. 6.9, 10. every place; they shall cast them forth †with silence. ↑ Heb. be silent. Before Oppression is reproved. 4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow Up CHRIST the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and +falsifying the balances by deceit? 787. e Pr. 144 Prov. 30. 14 1 Or, ma 15. 16. Neb. 17 H Mic + Heb. p aper silver, yea, certing the 6 That we may buy the poor for and the needy for a pair of shoes; and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely, I will never forget any of their works. decrit, Hus. heh. 26. i ch. 6. 8. A Hes. & 13. 89.9 8 1Shall not the land tremble for this, Hos 4-3 and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. m 9 And it shall come to pass in that | day, saith the Lord GoD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: m ch. 9-5 a Job 5. 14 s 13 it. &, 18 Jer. 15. Mic. 36 • Tob. 2. 6. 10 °And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sack-h cloth upon all loins, and baldness upon 5. every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. 11 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 4 And though they go into captivity Lev. 26. 33. before their enemies, thence will I comEzek. 5. 12. mand the sword, and it shall slay them: f Lev. 17. 10. and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Jer. 44.11. Mic. 1.4 h ch. 8.8. Or, spheres. + Heb. ascen sions. 13 Ps. 104. 3, 1 Or, bundle. k ch. 5. 8.1 ch. 4. 13. g 5 And the Lord GoD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, hand all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 6 It is he that buildeth his ||+istories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the m Jer. 47.4. m Philistines from "Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? n Deut.2.23. Jer. 47-4. ở ch. 1. 5. p ver. 4. 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD 9 Jer. 30.11. are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will &335, destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. Obad. 16, 17. Before CHRIST cir. 587. Isai. 21. 11. & 34-5 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will for their pride, &c. all na sift the house of Israel among Before CHRIST 787. Heb. cause to move. + Heb. stone. Acts 15. 16, 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, 'which say, The evil r ch. 6. 3. shall not overtake nor prevent us. 11 'In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 17. or, wall. tHeb.hedge, 18. 12 t That they may possess the remnant t Obad. 19. of " Edom, and of all the heathen, which Numb. 24. are called by my name, saith the LORD + Heb. upon that doeth this. whom my name is callw Lev. 26.5 13 Behold, the days come, saith the ed. him grapes LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of that soweth seed; and the mountains +Heb.draw shall drop || sweet wine, and all the hills x Joel 3. 18. shall melt. eth forth. | Or, new wine. y Jer. 30. 3. Isai. 61.4. Ezek. 36. 33, & 65. 21. -36. 14' And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their a Isai. 60. 21. land, and they shall no more be pulled Jer. 32.41. up out of their land which I have given Fock3.40. them, saith the LORD thy God. OBADIA H. 1 The destruction of Edom, 3 for their pride, HE vision of Obadiah. Thus saith Ezek. 28. Before CHRIST | men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; cir. 587. +they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding Tthe Lord GoD concerning Edom; in him. a Ezek. 25-12, b We have heard a rumour from the LORD, 1. 3. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 31 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the C d 2 Kings 14 clefts of the rock, whose habitation is d Isai. 14.13, high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 14, 15 Rev. 18. 7. e Job 20. 6. Jer. 19. 16. &51-53Amos 9.2. 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest f Hab. 2.9. among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. g Jer. 49. 9. 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, "would they not leave || some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau searched + Heb. the out! how are his hidden things sought up! smen of thy 7 All the men of thy confederacy have Jer. 38. 22. brought thee even to the border: +the peace. 745 8 1Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? m + Heb. the men of thy bread. k Isai. 19. 11, 9 And thy mighty men, O"Teman, Amos 2. 16. shall be dismayed, to the end that every n Jer. 49.7one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 101 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and Pthou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers | carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast one of them. The salvation and Before CHRIST JONAH. cir.. victory of Jacsé 13 Thou shouldest not have enteredness; and the house of Jacob shall pos- Refer er. 57. into the gate of my people in the day of sess their possessions. their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not 18 And the house of Jacob shall be b have looked on their affliction in the day a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, Zech of their calamity, nor have laid hands on and the house of Esau for stubble, and Or, forces their substance in the day of their ca- they shall kindle in them, and devour lamity; them; and there shall not be any remain14 Neither shouldest thou have stooding of the house of Esau; for the LORD in the crossway, to cut off those of his hath spoken it. that did escape; neither shouldest thou Or shut have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. up, Ps. 31.8. u Ezek. 30. 3. Joel 3. 14. 15 "For the day of the LORD is near Ezek. 35. upon all the heathen: *as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 15. Hab.2.8. cir. 585. Jer. 25. 28, 29. & 49. 12. Joel 3. 17, 1 Pet. 4. 17. Or, upp a Amos 9. 8. z Joel 2. 32. Or, they that escape. Or, it shall be holy. Joel 3. 17. Before CHRIST eir. 862. a 2 Kings 14. 25. I Called, Matt. 12. 39, 16 'For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall || swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and || there shall be holi CHAP. I. c * 1 Kings 17. 9., 10. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain Zeph. 1. the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, 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 Ésau; Lake - 15and the "kingdom shall be the LORD's. JONA H. b Gen. 10.11, ness is come up before me. 12. ch. 3. 2, 3. & 4.11. 21. Ezra 9. 4. Rev. 18. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto TarGen. 18.20, shish from the presence of the LORD, and 6. Jam went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with 2 Chron. 2. them unto Tarshish 'from the presence 5. d eh. 4. 2. eJosh. 19.46. 16. Acts 9. 36. f Gen. 4. 16. Job 1. 12. & 2.7. of the LORD. 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty Heb. cast tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. g Ps. 107. 25. forth. h 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and be broken, cried every man unto his god, and cast 18, 14, 38.7 forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah iSumm. 24.3. was gone down 'into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. k 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O P. 107. 28. sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, 1if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. I Joel 2. 14. Rev. 11.15. & 19.6. Before CHRIST upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy coun- cir. 862. try? and of what people art thou? 9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear || the LORD, the God OEHO of heaven, which hath made the sea and ⚫ P.1456 the dry land. Acts 17.24 10 Then were the men texceedingly + Heb w 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 || †wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, "Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall went the sea be calm unto you: for I know that J for my sake this great tempest is upon you. ged. 13 Nevertheless the men trowed hard Hér to bring it to the land; but they could འ ལས བྱ བྱ 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 lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, 'hast done as 18 3 it pleased thee. 8. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea Lake S ceased from her raging. + Heb 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and † offered a sacrifice unto som the LORD, and made vows. 17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And f 岁 Jonah's prayer. CHRIST CHAP. II. III. IV. His repining reproved. Before cir. 862. Before Jonah was in the belly of the fish | decree of the king and his nobles, say- CHRIST x Matt. 12. 40. & 16. 4. Luke 11.30. Heb. towels. a Ps. 120. 1. & 130. 1. & CHAP. II. 1 The prayer of Jonah, 10 He is delivered HEN Jonah prayed unto the LORD b 2 And said, I cried || by reason of 142. 1, Lam. mine affliction unto the LORD, and he 3.55, 56. heard me; out of the belly of || hell cried Or, out of ine aflic I, and thou heardest my voice. tion. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the Or, the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the grave, floods compassed me about: all thy bilP. 88. 6. lows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy P. 31. 22. sight; yet I will look again 'toward thy holy temple. + Heb. heart. this Ps. 42. 7. (1 Kings 8. Pr. 69. 1. Lam. 3, 54 + Heb. cuttings off. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me 10 And God saw their works, that Jer. 18.8. 1 Jonah, repining at God's mercy, 4 is re- round about, the weeds were wrapped and he was very angry. about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought h Ps. 16. 10. up my life from corruption, O LORD Or, the pit. God. my h 7 When my soul fainted within me I iP. 18. 6. remembered the LORD: 'and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities Jer. 10.8.& forsake their own mercy. k 2 Kings 17. 15. Ps. 31. 6. 16.19. 1 Ps. 50. 14, 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with 23&116.17, the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that "Salvation is of the 2. Hebr. 13. that I have vowed. 18. Hos. 14. 15. in P. 3. 8. ↑ Fleb. of God: So Gen. 30. 8. P.. 36. 6. & 80. 10. 18. 22. LORD. 10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, 1 Jonah, sent again, preacheth to the Nine- A ND the word of the LORD came un- 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Ni- 4 And Jonah began to enter into the a See Deut. city a day's journey, and "he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I be- 1 Kings 1 seech thee, my life from me; for dit is better for me to die than to live. 4¶ Then said the LORD, ||Doest thou well to be angry? 5 So Jonah went 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. 1 Or, Art thou greatly angry? Or, palmecrist. Heb. Kika 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So on. Jonah + was exceeding glad of the gourd. Joiced with 7 But God prepared a worm when the great joy. morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. + Heb. re 1 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement Or, silent. east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, "It is better ever. 3. for me to die than to live. thou greatly greatly 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou that well to be angry for the gourd? And he angry said, Ido well to be angry, even unto death. am 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast angry. had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: Or, spared. the son of the night. Heb. was 3.2, 3. ch.1.2. & 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that cannot g Deut. 1.39. that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons b Ps. 36. 6. discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much "cattle? & 145-9 |