a threatened to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry. [B. C. 760.] 1 9 For "they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired 'lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. r 4 5 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. X 13 "They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD the trumpet to thy mouth. He accepteth them not; now will he rememIl come as an eagle against the house ber their iniquity, and visit their sins: LORD, because they have trans-they shall return to Egypt. my covenant, and trespassed against b C a 14 For Israel hath forgotten "his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multipled fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. CHAPTER IX. The distress and captivity of Israel for their idolatry. [B. c. 760.] a REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as other people for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. 1 2 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. e d 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and 'they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. k 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 for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. Ez. 26. 7. z Deut. 28. 68. ch. 9. 3, 6. & 11. 5, a Deut. 32, 18. 29. 23. Eph. 2. 10. c 1 Kings 12. 31. d Jer. 17. 27. Am. 2. 5. CHAP. IX. Or, in, dc. 2 Or, wine fat. b Jer. 41, 17. ch. 2. 12. c ch. 2. 9. 12. d Lev. 25. 23. a ch. 4. 12. & 5. 4. 7. Jer. 2. 7. & 16. 18. f Ez. 4. 13. Dan. 1. 8. 2 Kings 17. 6. ch. 11. 11. I Lev. 17. 11. 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? n 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, P the 'spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. Judgments 23 Their heart is divided; no they be found faulty: he shall brea their altars, he shall spoil their imag 3 For now they shall say, We king, because we feared not the LORD then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken words, sv falsely in making a covenant: tha fas ment springeth up as hemlock in rows of the field. t b P's. 81. 12. Ez. 20. 8. Am. 4. 5. h ver. 16. Heb. the desires, Ez. 24. 21. g Sec Ez. 26, & 27, & 28. Heb. that casteth the fruit. m Is. 1. 23. n ver. 13. God's goodness to Israet, HOSEA, XI, XII. and their ingratitude. and they shall say to the mountains, Cover | them by their arms; but they knew not us; and to the hills, Fall on us. that I healed them. WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from em they sacrificed unto Baalim, and rned incense to graven images. d 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that 'take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. h 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking Ephraim and Judah reproved for their sins, and exhorted to repent Is. 2. 19. Luke 23. 30. Rev. 6. 16. & 9. 6. r ch. 9. 9. ut. 28. 63. s See Judg. 20. Or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, Heb. the beauty of her neck. u Jer. 16. 16. eir two habitations. ch. 8. 10. x Jer. 50. 11. Mic. 4. 13. y Prov. 11. 18. 23. 46, 47. ch. 8. 7. Gal.-6. 7, 8. a Job 4. 8. Prov. 22, 8. b ch. 13. 16. 7.4.8. d ch. 13. 16. Heb. the evil of your evil. Kings 18. 34. & 19. 13. 1% 71. ance. o Jer. 9. 7. q Deut. 32. Mal. 3. 6. ch. 7. 11. most holy. [B. c. 725.] e Deut. 1. 31. & 32. 10, 11, 12. Is. 46. 3. 1 Heb, lift up. h Ps. 78. 25. ch. 2. 8. k 2 Kings 17. 13, 14. 1 ch. 10. 6. m Jer. 3. 6, 2 Heb. together they exalted not. n ch. 7. 16. the womb, and by his strength he had WHEN Ephraim spake trembl power with God: 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel "served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. exalted himself in Israel; but he offended in Baal, he died. b 1 2 And now they sin more and and have made them molten im their silver, and idols according to th understanding, all of it the work craftsmen: they say of them, Let 't that sacrifice kiss the calves. 7 Therefore I will be unto the lion as a leopard by the way will serve them: 8 I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will re caul of their heart, and there will I them like a lion: the wild beast sla them. 4 9 TO Israel, thou hast destroyed th 5 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought but in me is thine help. CHAP. XII.a ch. 8. 7. 6. & 57. 9. 2 Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely. g Gen. 28. 12, 19. & 35. 9, 10, 15. k Ps. 37. 7. c Is. 30. e Gen. 25. 26. f Gen. 32. 24, &c. i ch. 14. 1. Mic. 6. 8. Or, Canaan. See Ez. 16, 3. Or, all my labours suffice Heb. which. p 2 Kings r ch. 4. 15. & 9. 15. b 2 Kings 17. 4. ch. 5. 13. & 7. 11. 1 Heb. visit upon. d eh. 4. 1. Mic. 6. 2. h Ex. 3. 15. 1 Prov. 11.1. Am. 8. 5. m Zech. 11. 5. Rev. 3. 17. me not he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin. n ch. 13. 4. o Lev. 23. 42, 43. Neh. 8. 17. Zech. 14. 16. 17. 13. Heb. by the hand. q ch. 5. 1. & 6. 8. Am. 4. 4. & 5. 5. s ch. 8. 11. & 10. 1. • Or, deceive. in my The iniquity of Ephraim is bound s sin is hid. The sorrows of a travailing woman me upon him: he is an unwise son; should not stay long in the place of aking forth of children. I will ransom them from 7 the power grave; I will redeem them from O death, I will be thy plagues; O I will be thy destruction: repentall be hid from mine eyes. Though he be fruitful among his n, an east wind shall come, the wind LORD shall come up from the wilderad his spring shall become dry, and ntain shall be dried up: he shall spoil asure of all pleasant vessels. Samaria shall become desolate; 'for th rebelled against her God: they all by the sword: their infants shall ed in pieces, and their women with hall be ripped up. CHAPTER XIV. tion to repentance. 4 Blessings promised. [B. c. 725.] 81 Sam. 8, 5, 19. 38 ch. 10. 3. ver. 4.. t 1 Sam. 8. 7. & 2. 23. & 16. 1. ch. 10. 3. u Deut. 32. 34. Job 14. 17. x Is. 13. 8. Jer. 30. 6. Heb. the hand. y Prov. 22. 3. a Is. 25. 8. Ez. 37. 12. b 1 Cor. 15. 54, 55. c Jer. d See Gen. 41. 52. & 48, 19. e Jer, 4. 11. Ez. 17. Hleb, vessels of desire, Nah. 2. 9. f 2 Kings 17. g 2 Kings 8. 12. & 15. 16. 1s. 13. 16. ch. 10. 14, 15. Am. 1. 3. 11. 29.7 ch. 4. 19. 10. b a Exhortation to repentance. ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine 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 calves of our lips. e 3d 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. h 4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them 'freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and 'his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and "his smell as Lebanon. n 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 5 6 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. r 8 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. |