The church triumphant.

B. C.

710.

B. C.

710.

CHAPTER VII.

doth much keep the, &c. Ki. 16.

25, 26. rPs.42. 3. Ho.5.11 10. &709. YI Ki. 16. 10. & 115. 30, &c. & 2. Joel 2. 25. 26. 2Ki.21.3. 1Ki.9.8. Je.19.8. IOr, astonish

The church, complaining of her small number, 1, 3 and the general corrup-21. tion, 5 putteth her confidence not in inan, but in God. 8 She triumpheth over her enemies. 14 God comforteth her by promises, 16 by confusion of the enemies, 18 and by his mercies.

17.

ch.4.11. tHeb.she

shall be

for a treading down. 2 Sa. 22. 13. Zec. Am. 9.

10. 5.

Lam 5. 1. tHeb.the 11, &c. gather Is.11.16. inys of summer.& 19. 23, &c.& 27.

18. 17. 6. & 24. 13. bls. 28.

13.Ho. 11.

WO is me! for I am ast when ment. they have gathered the "Is. 25. 8. summer fruits, as the grape-Je.51.51. gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: b my soul desired the first ripe fruit. out of the earth: and there is 2 Titel good man is perished none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 31 That they may do evil with Ps. 12. both hands earnestly, the prince &14.1,3. asketh, and the judge asketh Is.57.1. for a reward; and the great man, Or, been. he uttereth t his mischievous godly,or, YJe.21.24 desire: so they wrap it up. merciful ch.3.12. 4 The best of them is as a bri-Hab. Or, Rule er: the most upright is sharper Ho.4.18. than a thorn-hedge: the day of fls. 1.23.

11.

4.

Or,

Ho.9.10. even to.

1.

Or, Af ter that

it hath

Ps. 28. 9. ch. 5. 4. 18.37.24. Ps.68.22 & 78. 12. bls.26.11.

ch. 3. 11.

plexity.

the mis

5 Th Trust ye not in a friend,

chief of

Job 21.

put ye not confidence in a guide:

his soul.

5. & 29.9.

keep the doors of thy mouth from

82 Sa. 23.

dP's. 72.9.

her that lieth in thy bosom.

6.7. Ez.2.

6. See Is.

Is. 49. 23. Ps.18.45

55. 13.

| Or,

hJe. 9.4.

iEz.22.7.

Mt.10.21, 35,36. Lu.

6 For ithe son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her motherin-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear

me.

871 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: "when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, "the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9 "I will bear the indignation of

creeping things. Je. 33. 9. Ex 15.11 12. 53. & hEx.34 6, 21.16.2Ti. 7.Je.50.20 3.2, 3. ich.4.7.& Is. 8. 17. 5. 3,7,8. IPr.24.17. kPs. 103. L.4.21.9.18.57.10 24.Pr.24. ILu.1.72,

Pe. 37. Je. 3. 5.

73.

16. "Ps.27.1. Ps. 105. La.3.29. 9, 10.

God comforteth her the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: Phe will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

10 Then she that is mine ene my shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, "Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now t shall she be trodden down t as the mire of the streets. 11 In the day that thy "walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree he far removed. 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee fromAssyria and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13 Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, y for the fruit of their doings.

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, let them feed in Bashan and which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: Gilead, as in the days of old.

15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

17 They shall lick the ddust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: fthey shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that bpardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression the retaineth not his anger for of ithe remnant of his heritage? ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, mwhich thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the the days of old.

book of the vision of Nahum 13.

the Elkoshite.

B. C.

God's goodness to his people. adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

cir. 713.

3 The LORD is d slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

dEx.346,

18.10.12.

7 Ne.9.17

Ps. 103.8.

Or, the

Jon. 4. 2.

Job 9. 4.

Ps. 18.7,

&c. &97.

of Israel.

2. Hab.3.

48 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flow-9. er of Lebanon languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and Ithe earth is burned at his pres: ence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? and "who can tabide in the fierceness of his anger? "his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and Phe knoweth them that trust in him.

89 But, with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 "What do ye imagine against the LORD? "he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10 For while they be folden together as thorns," and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vinebranches. 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad Iways: fthey shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the † defence shall be prepared.

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

7 And Huzzab shall be I led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of f doves, tabering upon their breasts.

8 But Nineveh is of old like a Or, dis-pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste and the heart melteth, and h the knees smite together, i and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

have

been ut

11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, ta wicked counsellor. 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though would they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be fcut down, when he shall pass through. peace, so Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I b break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be Bown out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: CI passed will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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

CHAPTER II.

the

cause them to turn.

Or, and their in

away. 72 Ki.19. 35, 37.

Heb.

shorn.

mi Ez. 29. 3. &.38.3. & 39. L. ch. 3. 5. n2 Ki.18.

bloods.

37.

11 Where is the dwelling of Ithe lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

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.

13 mBehold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I 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.

The miserable ruin of Nineveh.
ΤΟ

is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and bthe noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. and the lightning of the spear.

Flame of

the sword,

3 The horseman lifteth up both f the bright sword, and the glit- cir. 713. tering spear: and there is a multitude 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 2.3.

Is. 47.9, 12.Re.18.

B. C. cir. 713.

"Re.6.13.

the iniquity of the land. thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

12 All thy strong holds shall be like "fig-trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the Je.50.37 eater.

13 Behold, "thy people in the

voured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5 d Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and "I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, fand 1 will shew 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 ha gazing-stock.

11.

Hab. 2.

16. Mal.2.9. h He. 10.

33.

iRe.18.10 k Je.15.5.

1 Am.6.2. Or,

7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee nourish ishall flee from thee and say, ing. Nineveh is laid waste: kwhot Heb. will bemoan her; whence shall No Amon. I seek comforters for thee? 8 Art thou better than | tpo-m Je. 46. pulous No, that was situate 25,26. Ez. among the rivers, that had the 30. 14.waters round about it, whose 16. 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 thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: "her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11 Thou also shalt be "drunken:

† Heb. in thy help.

Joell.4.

gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy 'bars.

14 Draw thee waters for the 30. siege, "fortify thy strong holds: "ch. 2. 1. go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm: make thyselfmany as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm || spoileth, and flieth away.

Or, spreadeth him

self. Y Re. 9.7. 2 Ex. 15. 16.Ps.76.

6.

Je.50.18 Ez. 31. 3,

&c.

Or,

valiant

ones.

16.

wrink

La.2.19. P Joel 3. 3. Ob. 11. 4 Je. 25. 17,27. cl. 1. 10.

ling.

19 There is no thealing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: dall that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy 14. 8,&c. wickedness passed continually?

Mi. 1.9. dLa.2.15. Zeph. 2. 15.Seels.

Judgment upon the Chaldeans

B. C.

cir. 626.

B. C. cir. 626. Or, the h Mi. 2.4.

supping Or. up of Ho,he. their fa-18.33.1. ces, &c. or, their k ver. 17. faces shall took toward the

† Heb. bloods.

lence 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 Tb Art thou not from ever-t Heb. gaineth lasting, O LORD my God, mine the oppo- an evil Holy One? We shall not die. O sition of gain. LORD, thou hast ordained them their fam Je. 49. for judgment; and, O mighty ces to. 16 Ob. 4. God, thou hast established them for correction.

east.

ward the east. 8 Da. 5.4. hPs.90.2.

5. 19.

Je.22.13. Or,

↑ Heb. the hand palm of

Or. ing. fasten

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest 93.2 La piece, or, thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

i 2Ki. 19. 13. Is. 10. 5,6,7 Ez

25. Ps.17.

30. 25.

† Heb.
rock.
De. 32. 4.
† Heb.

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the 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 drag: therefore they re-grievjoice and are glad.

1 Or, w tness against

it.

"Je.22.13 Ez. 24. 9. Mi. 3. 10.

Na. 3. 1.

founded k Ps. 5. 5. † Heb. Or, bloods. Je.51.58

ance.

16 Therefore they sacrifice un-1 Je. 12.1. to their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

CHAPTER II.

Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an an swer, is shewed that he must wait by faith, 1. 5 The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness, 9 for covetousness, 12 for cruelty. 15 for drunkenness, 18 and for idolatry.

I WILL "stand upon my watch,

Or, in vain.

Or, by Je. 16, knowing 16.Am.4. the glory. 2. 1 Or, of the

flue net. LORD. De.8.17 PIs.11.9.

Is. 10. 13. & 37. 24, 25.

1 Or, dainty. † Heb.

9 Ho.7.5.

Ge.9.22. | Or,

more

with

fat. shame Is 21.8.

11.

Hebd bPs.85.8. Or,

and set me upon the tower, fenced band will watch to see what he place. will say unto me, and what I shall answer it when I am reproved.

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 Ford 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
the fiust shall live by his faith.
5 Yea also, because he trans-
gresseth 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
How much more. Pr. 27. 20.

in me.

Or, when I am arqued with

for covetousness, cruelty, &c all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

6 Shall not all these btake up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 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 be for booties unto them?

8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; *because of men's t blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Wo to him that 1 coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may m set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the 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 | beam out of the timber shall answer it.

12 T Wo to him that buildeth a town with "f blood, and establisheth acity 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 very vanity?

14 For the earth shall be filled with the Pknowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters

cover the sea.

than with glory.

t ver. 8.

10.&46.2.

2.

† Heb. Heb. the fush upon my ioner of reproof, his fash or ar guing. YPs.115.5 13.8.1.& 1C0.12.2. 2 Ps. 135.

30. 8.

ion.

d Da. 10. 17. 14&11.27 Ps.11.4. † Heb.

35.

37.

He. 10. be silent

all the f.Jn.3.36. earth

Ro. 1. 17. before He.10.38. b Zeph.1. Or, 7. Zec. 2. & 30. 16. 13.

Ga. 3. 11. him,

CHAPTER 1.

God's severe judgment against Judah for divers sins.

B. C.

B. C.

cir. 630. cir. 630. + Heb. FulfilBy tak-led, ingaway cir. 624. I will 2 Ki.23.4. make an 5.

will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the dHo.10.5. name of dthe Chemarims with † Heb. 2 Ki. 23. the priests; the face 12.Je. 19.) 5 And them that worship the of the f 1 Ki.18. host of heaven upon the houseand. Ho. 4. 3. 21. 2 Ki. tops; fand them that worship Ez.7.19. 17. 33, 41. and that swear by the LORD, 7.Mat.13. Ho. 4. 15. 6 And i them that are turned & 14.3,4, 51s. 48. 1. and that swear bby Malchain; Or, to back from the LORD; and those the LORD. hJos.23.7. 1 Ki. 11. 33. i Is. 1. 4. Je. 2. 13 17. & 15.6.

41.

13.