The distress and captivity of Israel

Before CHRIST about 760.

h ch. 3. 4.

h

HOSEA.

about 760. m Is. 1. 23.

for their impiety and idolatry. 4 They shall not offer wine | ings I will drive them out of Before offerings to the LORD, neither mine house, I will love them CHRIST shall they be pleasing unto him: no more: mall their princes are k their sacrifices shall be unto revolters. them as the bread of mourners; k Deut. 26.14. all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

i Jer. 6. 20. ch. 8. 13.

1 Lev. 17. 11.

6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: It the pleasant silver shall places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Or, their

be desired,
the nettle,
&c.

† Heb.
the desire.
• Is. 5. 6. &
32. 13. & 34.
13.

ch. 10. 8.
P Ez. 13. 3,
&c.
Mic. 2. 11.
Zeph. 3. 4.
Heb. man
of the spirit.

Jer. 6. 17. &

31. 6.
Ez. 3. 17. &
33.7.

1 Or, against.

TIs. 31. 6. ch. 10. 9.

Judg. 19. 22. t ch. 8. 13.

u Is. 28. 4.
Mic. 7. 1.
* See ch.2.15.
y Num. 25.3.
Ps. 106, 28.

Z ch. 4. 14.
a Jer. 11. 13.
See Judg. 6.
32.

b Ps. 81. 12.
Ez. 20. 8,
Amos 4.5.

© Job 27. 14.

62.

e Deut. 31.17.

7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, Pthe † 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.

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9 They have deeply corrupted
themselves, as in the days of Gib-
cah: therefore he will remem-
ber their iniquity, he will visit
their sins.

10 I found Israel like grapes in
the wilderness; I saw your fa-
thers as "the first ripe in the fig
tree at her first time: but they
went to y Baal-peor, and zsepa-
rated themselves a unto that
shame; band their abominations
were according as they loved.
11 As for Ephraim, their glory
shall fly away like a bird, from
the birth, and from the womb,
and from the conception.

12 Though they bring up their
d Deut. 28.41, children, yet dwill I bereave
them, that there shall not be a
man left: yea, e woe also to them
2 Kings 17.18. when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus,
is planted in a pleasant place:
Sehbut Ephraim shall bring forth
his children to the murderer.

cl.. 5. 6.

f See 1 Sam. 28. 15, 16,

& 27, & 28.

h ver. 16.

cl. 13. 16.

14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them tmiscarrying womb and dry breasts.

keh. 4. 15. & 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their do

1 ch. 1. 6.

n ver. 13.

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, n though they bring forth, yet will I slay even tthe beloved fruit of their Heb. womb.

17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

the desires, Ez. 24. 21.

• Deut. 28.64,

65

about 740. Nah. 2. 2.

CHAPTER X. Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry. [SRAEL is alan empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the mul-Or, a ne titude of his fruit bhe hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they beh. 8. 11. & have made goodly timages.

emptying the fruit which it giveth.

12. 11. ech. 8. 4. † Heb. statues, or standing

2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, images. he shall spoil their images.

e

! Or, He hath divided their heart.

3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared Kings 18. not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

21.

Matt. 6. 24. ↑ Heb. behead.

e

11.5.
Mic. 4. 9.
ver. 7.

4 They have spoken words, & swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up fas hemlock in the fur-fSee Deut. rows of the field.

29. 18.
Amos 5.7. &
6. 12.
Acts 8. 23.
Heb. 12. 15.

1 Kings 12.

28, 29. el. 8. 5, 6.

heh. 4. 15.

Chemarim,
2 Kings 23.5.

Zeph. 1. 4.

5 The inhabitants of Samaria
shall fear because of the calves
of hBeth-aven: for the people
thereof shall mourn over it, and
the priests thereof that rejoiced
on it, for the glory thereof, be-Or,
cause it is departed from it.
6 It shall be also carried unto
Assyria for a present to kking
Jareb: Ephraim shall receive
shame, and Israel shall be
ashamed of his own counsel.
7 m As for Samaria, her king
is cut off as the foam upon the
water.

of"

i 1 Sam. 4. 21,

ch. 9. 11. k ch. 5. 13.

1 ch. 11. 6.

m ver. 3, 15. Heb. the face of the water.

ch. 4. 15. Deut. 9. 21.

1 Kings 12.30. P ch. 9. 6.

8 The high places also Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: Pthe thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say 18. 2. 19. to the mountains, 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.

Luke 23. 30. Rev. 6, 16. & 9.6.

ch. 9. 9.

See Judg.20.

Israel's ingratitude.

Before

CHRIST

about 740.

t Deut. 28.63.

HOSEA.

him.

Before

about 740. m Jer. 3. 6, &c. & 8. 5. ch. 4. 16.

Ephraim and Judah reproved. 10 It is in my desire that Im backsliding from me: a though should chastise them; and "the they called them to the Most CHRIST people shall be gathered against High, tnone at all would exalt them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 11 And Ephraim is as xa heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah habitations. shall plough, and Jacob shall break his clods.

u Jer. 16. 16.
Ez. 23. 46, 47.
ch. 8. 10.
Or, when
I shall bind
them for
their two
transgres
sions, or,
in their two

x Jer. 50. 11. MIC. 4. 13.

† Heb.

the beauty of her neck.

12 y Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break y Prov. 11. 18. up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

z Jer. 4. 3.

a Job 4. 8.
Prov. 22. 8.
ch. 8. 7.
Gal. 6. 7, 8.

ch. 13. 16.

C2 Kings 18. 34. & 19. 13. d cli. 13. 16.

† Heb.
the evil of
your evil.

ver. 7.

about 740. ach. 2. 15.

b Matt. 2. 15. © Ex. 4. 22, 23. d2 Kings 17. 16.

ch. 2. 13. & 13. 2.

e Deut. 1. 31.

12.

13 a Ye have ploughed 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 your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

CHAPTER XI.

1 The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his
benefits. 5 His judgment. 8 God's mercy
toward them.

HEN Israel was a child,

ch. 7. 16. Heb. to.

8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as P Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repent- P Gen. 14. 8. ings are kindled together.

9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

10 They shall walk after the LORD: she shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

gether they exalted not. • Jer. 9. 7. ch. 6. 4.

WHEN was covenant with the As

b called my son out of Egypt.
2 As they called them, so they
went from them: they sacri-
ficed unto Baalim, and burned
incense to graven images.

3 e I taught Ephraim also to go, & 32. 10, 11, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

Is. 46. 3.

f Ex. 15. 26.

4 I drew them with cords of a 8 Lev. 26. 13. man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and hI laid meat unto them. 5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Ask2 Kings 17. syrian shall be his king, cause they refused to return. 6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his taries to Sal branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. 7 And my people are bent to

13, 14.

about 728. They be came tribu

manasser.

1 ch. 10. 6.

syrians, and oil is carried into
Egypt.

2 The LORD hath also a con-
troversy with Judah, and will
tpunish Jacob according to his
ways; according to his doings
will he recompense him.

b2 Kings 17.4.

ch. 5. 13. & 7.11.

1s. 30. 6. &

57.9.

3 He took his brother by
the heel in the womb, and by his
strength he had power with Heb. was
God:

4 Yea, he had power over the
angel, and prevailed: he wept,
and made supplication unto
him: he found him in & Beth-el,
and there he spake with us;
5 Even the LORD God of hosts;
the LORD is his hmemorial.
6 Therefore turn thou to thy
God: keep mercy and judgment,
wait on thy God contin-

and

ually.

a prince, or, behaved himself princely.

Gen. 32. 24, 1

&c.

Gen. 28. 12,

19. & 35. 9, 10, 15.

h Ex. 3. 15.

i ch. 14. 1.

Mic. 6. 8.

k Ps. 37. 7.

Canaan:
See Ez. 16.3.

1 Prov. 11. 1.
Amos 8. 5.

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A prom-
ise of God's blessing.
ISRAEL, a return unto the about 725.

Is. 43. 1. & from the land of Egypt, and thou LORD thy God; for thou "ch. 12.6

© Deut. 28.38.
ch. 2. 25.
† Heb. The
residue of
the palmer
worm.

d Is. 32. 10.

eSo Prov. 30. 25, 26, 27. ch.2.2, 11, 25. f Rev. 9. 8.

5 Is. 5. 6.
† Heb. laid
my fig tree
for a bark
ing.

CHAPTER I.

JOEL.

1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God,
exhorteth to observe them, 8 and to mourn.
14 He prescribeth a just for complaint.

THE

HE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. a Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

it away; the branches thereof
are made white.

Before CHRIST about 800.

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the hus-Is. 22. 12. band of her youth.

i Prov. 2. 17. Jer. 3. 4.

k ver. 13. cl. 2. 14.

9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, the Jer. 12.11.& land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: mthe new wine is dried Is. 24. 7. up, the oil languisheth.

14. 2.

ver. 12. 1 Or.

ashamed.

11 Be ye ashamed, O ye hus-
bandmen; howl, O ye vinedress-!" Jer. 14. 3, 4.
ers, for the wheat and for the!
barley; because the harvest of
the field is perished.

4 That which the palmer-
worm hath left hath the locust
eaten; and that which the locust 12 The vine is dried up, and ver. 10.
hath left hath the cankerworm the fig tree languisheth; the
eaten; and that which the cank- | pomegranate tree, the palm tree
erworm hath left hath the cater- also, and the apple tree, even all
pillar caten.
the trees of the field, are with-
ered: because Pjoy is withered PIs. 24. 11.
away from the sons of men.

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and
weep; and howl, all ye drinkers
of wine, because of the new
wine; for it is cut off from
your mouth.

6 For a nation is come up
upon my land, strong, and with-
out number, fwhose teeth are
the teeth of a lion, and he hath
the cheek teeth of
a great
lion.
7 He hath laid my vine waste,
and barked my fig tree: he
hath made it clean bare, and cast

Jer, 48. 33,
See Ps. 4. 7.
Is. 9.3.

ver. 8.

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye min- Jer. 4. 8. isters of the altar: come, lie all; night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offer-ver. 9. ing and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

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14 Sanctify ye a fast, call ta solemn assembly, gather the elders and "all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the

$2 Chr. 20. 3,

4.

ch. 2. 15, 16.

Lev. 23. 36. Or, day of "2 Chr. 20. 13.

restraint.

LORD your God, and cry unto CHRIST the LORD,

about 800.

* Jer. 30.7. 1s. 13. 6, 9. ch. 2. 1.

z See Deut.
12.6.7. & 16.
11, 14, 15.
↑ Heb.
grains.

a Hos. 4.3.

b Ps. 50, 15. © Jer. 9. 10. cl. 2. 3.

15 Alas for the day! for y the
day of the LORD is at hand, and
as a destruction from the Al-
mighty shall it come.

16 Is not the meat cut off be-
fore our eyes, yea, zjoy and glad-
ness from the house of our God?
17 The seed is rotten under
their clods, the garners are laid
desolate, the barns are broken
down; for the corn is withered.
18 How do a the beasts groan!!
the herds of cattle are perplexed,
because they have no pasture;
yea, the flocks of sheep are made
desolate.

19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the Ipastures of the wilderness, and habitations. the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Or.

d Job 38, 41. Ps. 14. 21. & 145. 15. el Kings 17. 7. & 18. 5.

a Jer. 4. 5.

ver. 15.

1 Or, cornet.

b Num. 10. 5,

9.

ch. 1. 15. Obad. 15.

Zeph. 1. 14,

15.

Amos 5. 18,

20.

e ch. 1. 6.
ver. 5, 11, 25.
f Ex. 10. 14.

† Heb. of generation

and genera

tion.

8 ch. 1. 19, 20.

He exhorteth to repentance.

6 Before their face the people | Before shall be much pained: all faces CHRIST shall gather + blackness.

¡ about 800. n Jer. 8. 21. Lain. 4. 8. Nah. 2. 10.

7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall † Heb. pot. march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall | Or, dart. not be wounded.

9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows Plike a thief.

10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before this army: for his camp is very great: "for he is strong that executeth his word: "Jer. 50.34. for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and y who can abide it?

12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to mez with all your heart, and with

Bzion, and sound malam fasting, and with weeping, wind

in my holy mountain: let all
the inhabitants of the land trem-
ble: for the day of the LORD
cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2 dA day of darkness and of
gloominess, a day of clouds and
of thick darkness, as the morn-
ing spread upon the mountains:
e a great people and a strong;
fthere hath not been ever the
like, neither shall be any more
after it, even to the years of
many generations.

3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame h Gen. 2. 8. & burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

13 And a rend your heart, and Ps. 34. 18. & not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.'

14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave ea blessing behind him; even fa meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? 158 Blow the trumpet in Zion, hsanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

16 Gather the people, isanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: mlet the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.