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with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with at very great and mighty army; but he a Is.11.14,15. shall not stand for they shall forecast 1 send forth. devices against him. 2 their hearts. 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of b c.8.19. his meat shall destroy him, and his army ver.29,35,40. shall overflow; and many shall fall down 3 or, goodly. Heb. moun27 And both these kings' 2 hearts shall tain of debe to do mischief, and they shall speak lies light of hoat one table; but it shall not prosper: b for liness. yet the end shall be at the time appointed. 2Th.2.8. 28 Then shall he return into his land d c.10.13,21. with great riches; and his heart shall be Jude 9. against the holy covenant; and he shall e Nu.24.24. do exploits, and return to his own land. f Mat.24.21. 29 At the time appointed he shall re-g Fulfilled, turn, and come toward the south: but it 168,169. shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 30 For the ships e of Chittim shall come 2Mac.4 & 5. against him; therefore he shall be grieved, h Je.30.7. and return, and have indignation against Ro.11.26. the holy covenant: so shall he dog he i Re.13.8. shall even return, and have intelligence k Mat.25.46. with them that forsake the holy cove Is.66.24. pant. 4 or, astonish 31 And arms shall stand on his part, eth. and they shall pollute the sanctuary of 5 or, teachers. strength, and shall take away the daily m Mat.13.43. sacrifice, and they shall place the abomi- 6 or, cause to nation that 4 maketh desolate. dissemble.

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32 And such as do wickedly against the n 1Co.15.41, covenant shall he 6 corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by cap. tivity, and by spoil, many days.

o Re. 10.4. 7 lip. P 2Ch.32.31. or, by them. or, from above.

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34 Now when they shall fall, they shall Hab.2.3. be holpen with a little help: but many Is.14.13,14. shall cleave to them with flatteries. Re. 13.5,6. 35 And some of them of understandings Re.10.5-7. shall fall, top try 8them, and to purge, 1 or, part. and to make them white, even to the time t c.9.27. of the end: because, it is yet for a time u 2Th.2.4. appointed. q 2 as for the almighty God, in his seat he shall honour, yea he shall honour a God, &c. 3 or, stead.

36 And the king shall do according to his will; and r 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 accomplished: for that that is determined t shall be done.

37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor 4 Mauzzim, regard any god: for he shall magnify or, God's pronimself above all. u tectors; or, munitions. 5 things desired, Is.44.9. fortresses of munitions. v Re.22.11. a price.

38 But 2 in his 3 estate shall he honour the God of 4 forces; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

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39 Thus shall he do in the 6 most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, 8 to set up the and shall divide the land for gain. abomina

40 And at the time of the end shall the tion. king of the south push at him: and the 9 or, astonishking of the north shall come against him eth. like w a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 41 He shall enter also into the 1 glorious x land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out

w Zec.9.14. land of delight, or, or nament, or, goodly land. r ver. 16,45. 2 or, and.

Promised Appearance of Michael. of his hand, even a Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious 3 holy mountain; yet c he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. CHAP. XII.

AND at that time shall Michael d stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and f there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy h people shall be delivered every one that shall be found written i in the book.

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some te everlasting life, k and some to I shame and everlasting contempt.

3 And they that be 5 wise shall m shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars n for ever and ever.

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut o up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the Thank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was 9 upon the waters ef the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he s held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but u the wicked shail 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 8 the abomination that 9 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 go thou thy way till the end be, for 2 thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

THEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet, db 1Co.6.16. love a woman beloved of her friend, e ver.1.5,6. yet an adulteress, e according to the love or, be pu of the LORD toward the children of Israel, nished. who look to other gods, and love flagons d c.1.2. of 2 wine. e Je.3.1,20. f Am.4.4.

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an 3 half homer of barley:

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g Zep.1.5. 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide 2 grapes. for me many days; thou shalt not play 3 lethech. the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without h a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without 6 an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim.

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek i the LORD their God, and David k their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. I CHAP. IV.

gone. 5 shields, Ps.47.9. h Je. 15.4,5. c. 10.3.

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a standing or statue, or pillar, Is.19.19,20. c.5.15. Eze.34.23,24

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HEAR the word of the LORD, ye chil-1 Is.2.2.3.

dren of Israel: for the LORD hath am Is.29.15. controversy n with the inhabitants of the 7 or, and. land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, correction. nor knowledge o of God, in the land. In Mi.6.2. 2 By swearing, and lying, and p killing, o Je.4.22,28. and stealing, and committing adultery, p Is.59.7. they break out, and 2blood toucheth blood. 9 or, their 3 Therefore r shall the land mourn, and doings will every ones that dwelleth therein shall not suffer anguish, with the beasts of the field, them. and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the give. fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for this people are as they that r Am.5.16. strive t with the priest. s Zep.1.3.

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5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, t De.17.12. and the prophet also shall fall with thee in u Is.1.15. the night, and I will 3 destroy thy mother. v Is.48.8. 6 My people are 3 destroyed for w lack 3 cut off. of Knowledge: because thou hast rejected w Is.5.13. knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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7 As y they were increased, so they sin-y De.32.15. ned against me: therefore z will I change their glory into shame.

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z Mal.2.9. a Am.3.7. lift up their soul to. bEze.14.3,7. 5 visit upon. 6 cause to return.

8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they 4 set their heart b on their iniquity. 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will 5 punish them for their ways, and 6 reward them their doings. 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commi! whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. 7or, a worm. 11 Whoredom, c and wine, d and new c Pr.31.3. wine, take away the heart. d Is.28.7. or, the king of Jareb, or, the king that should plead.

12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, & burn incense upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: e therefore e Am.7.17. your daughters shall commit whoredom, 9 be guilty. and your spouses shall commit adultery.f Ps.78.34. 14 I will not punish your daughters 1 or, shall I when they commit whoredom, nor your not. spouses ey commit adultery:

Threatenings of Judgment. for themselves are separated b with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots therefore the people that doth not understand c shall fall.

15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, f neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, the LORD g liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a back sliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

18 Their drink is 4 sour: they have committed whoredom continually: ber rulers 5 with shame do love, Give ye.

19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

CHAP. V.

HEAR ye this,O priests; and hearken,ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

2 And the revolters are profound m to make slaughter, though I have been a 8 rebuker of them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

49 They will not 1 frame q their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

7 They have dealt treacherouslyv against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9 Ephraim shall be desolate z in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known a that which shall surely be.

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 7

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king 8 Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away,and none shall rescuehim. 15 I will go and return to my place, till they 9 acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their f affliction they I will seek me early.

CHAP. VI.

COME, and let us return unto the LORD for he hath torn, and he will heal is

Threatenings of Judgment. and a they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

4 They shall not offer wine-offerings to the LORD, neither b 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 c for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

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a Eze.4.13. or, Chemarim, 2Ki.23.5. Zep.1.4. b Is.1.11-15. c Am.8.11,12. Jno.6.51.

5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?d Je.2.37. 6 For, lo, they are gone because 3 of de- 2 face of the struction: Egypt shall gather them up, waters. Memphis shall burythem: 4 the 5 pleasant e 1Ki.12.30. places for their silver, nettles shall possess 3 spoil. them; thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 4 or, their 7 The days of visitation are come, the silver shall days of recompence are come; Israel be desired, shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the the nettle. spiritual 6 man is mad, for the multitude 5 desire. of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. If Re.6.16. 8 The watchman g of Ephraim was 6 man of the with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred 8 in the house of his God." 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: h therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

spirit. g Je.6.17. 7 or, I shall bind them for their two transgressions,or, 10 I i found Israel like grapes in the in their two wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first habitations, ripe in the fig-tree at her first time: but 8 or, against. they went to Baal-peor j and separated 9 the beauty themselves unto that shame; & their abo- of her neck. minations were according as they loved.kh Ju.19.22. 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall flee i De.32.10. away like a bird, from the birth, and j Nu.25.3. from the womb, and from the conception. k Je.5.31. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them I De.31.17. when I depart from them! m Eze.27.2, 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus,m is planted &c. in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall the evil of bring forth his children to the murderer. your evil, 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou Ro.7.13. give? give them a 2 miscarrying womb in Mat.2.15. and dry breasts. 2 that casteth 15 All their wickedness is in o Gilgal; the fruit. for there I hated them: for the wicked-o c.12.11. ness of their doings I will drive them p Is.46.3. out of mine house, q I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the 4 beloved fruit of their womb.

The Divine Goodness to Israel. and 1 the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. d

7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off a the foam upon the 2 water.

8 The high places also of Aven, the esit of Israel shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and f they shall say to the moun tains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah; there they stood the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

10 It is in my desire that I should chas tise them; and the people shall be gather ed against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

11 And Ephraim is as an heiler that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn, but I passed over upon 9 her fair neck: 1 will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because of 1 your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.

CHAP. XI.

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Ps.78.60. 3 lift up. 17 My God will cast them away, because 4 desires, they did not hearken unto him: and they Eze.24.21. shall be wanderers r among the nations. rDe.28.64,65.

CHAP. X.

ISRAEL is 5 an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath in creased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall 9 breakdown their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We t have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgnient springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth. s Je.2.28.

5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear 1Sa.5.4. ecause of the calves of Beth-aven: fort c.13.11. e people thereof shall mourn over it, u Mal.3.6.