The seventy weeks foretold. DANIEL. B. C. cir. 538. flight. 16. PiKi. 18. B. C. cir. 534. † Heb. ↑ Heb. weeks of Daniel seeth a glorious vision. pointed was long: and the understood the thing, and had un derstanding of the vision. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three f full weeks. 31 ate not pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as 1 was by the side of the great river, which is fHiddekel; the beginning, being caused to fly f swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and with talked with me, and said, O Dan- weari iel, I am now come forth to giveness, or, fthee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy sup- & 10.10, plications the commandment days. came forth, and I am come to † Heb. shew thee; for thou art great- 36. bread of ly beloved: therefore under- Heb. desires. stand the matter, and consider to make eMt.6.17. the vision. thee skilf Ge.2.14 24 Seventy weeks are deter-ful of under- Jos.5.13 mined upon thy people and upon standh ch.12.6, thy holy city, to finish the transing. gression, and to make an end of † Heb. sins, and to make reconciliation word. ↑ Heb. for iniquity, "and to bring in ever- ch.10.12 one man. 6 His body also was like the lasting righteousness, and to seal ch10.11, Re.1.13. beryl, and his face as the ap up the vision and † prophecy, and 14,15&15 pearance of lightning, and his ↑ Heb. a 6. to anoint the Most Holy. eyes as lamps of fire, and his 25 Know therefore and under-man k Je.10.9. arms and his feet like in colour desires. stand, that from the going forth Ez.1.16. to polished brass, Pand the voice of the commandment to restore mEz.1.14 of his words like the voice of a and to build Jerusalem unto the n Re. 1. multitude. Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street † shall be built again, and the wall, even fin troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city hand the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the Covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of "abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, m and that determined shall be IN 19. of Mat. 24. 15. They begin from the 20th of Artax erxes, 14.34.Ez. 7. 14&19.12 Ez. 1.7. 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and bbehold i a cer tain man clothed in linen, whose loins were i girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, See Nu. Re. 1 15.8o that they fled to hide them selves. 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 4. 6. 92Ki.6.17 Or, to Ac. 9. 7. He. 9.12. ↑ Heb. t Mt.24.15. man of z Ezra 4 desires. 5, 6, 8. upon thy 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 10 And behold, an hand touched me, which † set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands, 11 And he said unto me, O Daunderstand the words that I aniel, a man greatly beloved, speak unto thee, and I stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me I stood trembling. poured upon the desolate. CGe.49.1. CHAPTER XI. B. C. cir. 534. B. C. cir. 534. Heb. Leagues and conflicts between this my lord talk with this my 18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, h ver. 8. Or, I Or, whom she Or, ↑ Heb. desire. 19 i And said, O man greatly i ver. 11. vessels beloved, fear not: peace be un-Ju.6.23. of their to thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? Or, shall war. 8 Is. 8. 8. and now will I return to fight I ver. 13. ch. 9. 26. 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. Or, then shull he be stirred up again. Heb. strengtheneth h himself. m ver. 13, Re. 12. 7. even ver. 7. Heb. at the end of times, years, cl. 4. 16. a ch. 9. 1. & 12. 7. in ch.5.31. the chil b Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Gre cia. the king's of the south and north. for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make † an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail. 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. 9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. 10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. 11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. 12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthenthe chiled by it. dren of robbers. ↑ Heb. the city, of muni tions. 3 And a mighty king shall ing to his will. 4 And when he shall stand up, ch. 8. four winds of heaven; and not to fch. 8.22. his posterity, fnor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides those. 5 T And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; bis dominion shall be a great dominion. land, ch. 41, 45. t Heb. the land of ornament. 12Ch.20.3 Or, Heb. much uprightshall as-ness: or, sociate 6 And in the end of years they them tshall join themselves together; selves. equal 13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come t after certain years with a great army and with much riches. 14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. come, and cast up a mount, and 15 So the king of the north shall take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither this chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. 16 But he that cometh against him i shall do according to his own will, and knone shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and || upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daugh The invasion and ter of women, † corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince † for his own behalf shall cause † the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. 19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, Band not be found. person, DANIEL. ↑ Heb. B. C. cır. 534. ver. 28. ch.8.11. & 12. 11. Or, aston isheth. B. C. cir. 534. tHeb. to corrupt. mch.9.26. for him. Heb. his re Or, proach. ble Ez.26.21. ver. 7. ↑ Heb. to cause to dissem tyranny of the Romans. fore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation shall he do; he shall even return, Cagainst the holy covenant: so and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant, 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33 i And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: kyet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a lit Re 13.5,6 tle help: but many shall cleave Sch. 8. 11, to them with flatteries. Mal.2.7. k He. 11. 35, &c. h.12.10 1Pe. 1. 7. 1Or, by them. ch.8.17, 19.ver.40 ver. 29. ver. 16. one that 20 Then shall stand up in his estate † a raiser of taxes in the Or, glory of the kingdom: but with-in his in few days he shall be destroy-place, ed, neither in tanger, nor in battle. 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22 P And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; "yea, also the prince of the covenant. 23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. 24 He shall enter | peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall f forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. ter to pass over. t Heb. angers. !Or, in his place. 25. &8.25. ch.7.8& 8.9.23, 25. P ver. 10. Or, But in his stead. ch.8.10. 11, 25. tHeb. as for the Almigh Fulfilled ty God, cir. 171. in his ch.8.25. seat he shall ho nour. Or, into the yea, he peace- shall hoable and nour a fut, &c. god, † Heb. whom, think his &c. 27 And both these kings' thearts + Heb. shall be to do mischief, and they their shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for "yet the end shall be at the time appointed. 28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward Fulfilled Heh. the south; but it shall not be cir. 168. as the former, or as the latter. b Nu. 24. 30 TbFor the ships of Chittim 24. Je. 2. shall come against him: there- 10. 2 ver. 25. ver. 16, or, ornadelight, ment. 18.11.14. 36 And the king 4 shall do ac cording to his will; and he shall 'exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper 'till the indignation be ac complished: for that that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, "nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 38 But in his estate shall he honour the god of † forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and † pleasant things. 39 Thus shall he do in the f most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, band shall overflow and pass over. glorions land, and many coun 41 He shall enter also into the tries shall be overthrown but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall t stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and Heb. send forth. The general resurrection. the land of Egypt shall not es cape. CHAPTER 1. B. C. B. C. 43 But he shall have power over Or, Or, from Heb. tain of moun 44 But tidings out of the east goodly. and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and delight utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the taber-ness. nacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain: 'yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. CHAPTER XII. Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles, 1. Daniel is informed of the times. above. r De. 32. 40.Re.10. 5,6. of holi- 13, 21. Mat24.21 Lu. 21. Daniel heareth the times. 5 T Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. 6 And one said to Pthe man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed 32. Ps.56. Y ver. 4. what shall be the end of these time a 3 ch.8.24 then said chael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: band there shall be a time of trouble, Ho. 14.9. such as never was since there Re. 9. 20. was a nation even to that same & 22. 11. time: and at that time thy peo-Mat. 25. bch.11.33 ple shall be delivered, every 46.Jolin 35.John? one that shall be found dwritten 5. 28. 29. 17.&8.47. in the book. Ac.24.15.& 18. 37. Ro. 9. 21. & 11. 31. 2 And many of them that sleep 3 And they that be wise, 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried: but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand." 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13 But dgo thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, fand stand in thy lot at the end of the days. Hosea, to shew God's judgment for cir. 785. cir. 785 THE word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms; for bthe land hath committed great whoredom, departing froin the LORD 11. That is, f2 Ki. 17. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will favenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, dand will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And it shall come to pass at thatday,thatI will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God So ch. 3. 6, 23. said unto him, Call her name ↑ Heb. Lo-ruhamah: ffor I will no 16. Ps.73. not add b De. 31. I will more have mercy upon the 27. Je. 2. any house of Israel; but I will ut 13. Ez.23. more to.terly take them away. 13, &c. Or, that I should ultogether pardon them, 1. Idolatry of the people threatened. 75But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and bwill not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah,she conceived, and bare a son. Not my people. 9 Then said God, Call his name iGe.32.12 Lo-ammi: for ye are not my Ro.9. 27, people, and I will not be your 28. God. 10 Yet i the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; kand it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 "Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. 29. k Ro. 9. 25, 26. 1 Ki.12. 1Pe.2.10. 32. Amos 8. 5. † Heb. make desolate. | Or, instead of that. Ich. 2.23. m Jn. 1. 12. 1Jn.3. t ver. 5. 5. 5. 1. u. 30 12, 13. Is. Is. 11.x Ez. 23. 12.13. Je. 3. 18. Ez. 34. 23. & 37. 16, 40, 42. Y Ez. 20. 35. 24. That is, Or, My peo- friendly. bEx.15.1. That is, 22,26. Ez. 22, 60. 16, 37, 39. dEz. 16.4. Ez19.13 My husband. That is, My lord. Ex. 23. 13. Jos. CHAPTER II. ple. † Heb. The idolatry of the people, 1. 6 God's That is, to her judgments against them. 14 His having heart. promises of reconciliation with them. obtained z Jos. 7. SAY ye unto your brethren, mercy. 26. Is. 65. Ammi; and to your sisters, a Is. 50.1. 10. Ruhamah. bEz16.25 a Je. 2. 2. 2 Plead with your mother,plead; c Je. 13. Ez. 16. 8, for "she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her bwhoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was dhorn, and make her as a wil-John derness, and set her like a dry 41. land, and slay her with fthirst. h Is. 1.21. 23. 7. Ps. 4 And I will not have mercy Je. 3. 1,6 16.4. Zee. upon her children; for they be 8,9.Ez.16 13. 2. the children of whoredoms. 15,16,&c d Job 5. 5 hFor their mother hath play. iver.8,12. ed the harlot: she that conceived Je. 44.17. 6.-9.Ez. them hath done shamefully: for † Heb. she said, I will go after my lov- drinks. ers, ithat give me my bread and k Job 3. my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my fdrink. 6 T Therefore, behold, k I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shallo Ez. 16. 12. she say, I will go and return to 17, 18, 19. my first husband; for then was† Heb. it better with me than now. 8 For she did not " know that wine. "J gave her corn, and twine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9 Therefore, will I return, and ch. 8. 4. Ptake away my corn in the time P ver. 3 God's promises of reconciliation thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. 10 And now will I discover her flewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. 11 I will also cause all het mirth to cease, her feast days baths, and all her solemn feasts her new-moons, and her sab 12 And I will destroy hei vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and "I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. days of Baalim, wherein she 13 And I will visit upon her the burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. 14 T Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into y the wilderness, and speak t comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and bas in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name 18 And in that day will make ad covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the and I will break the bow and creeping things of the ground: the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to flie down safely. 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou. shalt know the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; land I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. |