12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel "served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 13 And by a prophet the LORD Gen. 29. 20, brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. t Gen. 28. 5. Deut. 26. 5. + Heh, with bitternesses. y 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger + most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his SEz. 18. reproach shall his Lord return unto him. † Heb. bloods. 13. & 24. 7, 8. * Ex. 12. 50, 51. & 13. 3. Ps. 77. 20. 1. 63. 11. M.c. 6. 4. 12 Kings 17. 11-18. 1 Dat. 11. 18. CHAPTER XIII. Ephraim's idolatry. 5 Their abuse of God's goodness. | Exhortation to repentance. B. C. about 725. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking + Heb. a time. forth of children. 14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. 15 x 18. 13. 8. Jer. 30, 6. +Heb. the hand. Prov. 22. 3. z 2 Kings 19.3. a Is. 25. 8. Ez. 37. 12. b 1 Cor. 15. 54, 55. e Jer. 15. 6. Rom. 11. 29. d See Gen. 41. 52. & 48. 19. Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her 2 Kings 17. WHEN fod: they shall bell by the stond! Deut. 23. 37. but when he offended in Baal, he died. their own understanding, all of it the An exhortation to repentance. 4 Blessings promised. On the ser: them, Let the men that sacrifice Deut. 2. 7. & 52. 10. + Heb. droughts. Deut. 8. 15. & 32. 10. * Dent. 8. 12, 14. & 32. 15. 1 ch. 8. 14. Lam. 3. 10. ca. 5. 14. ■ Jer, 5. 6. • Sam. 17. 8. Prov. 17. 12. 'rov. 6. 32 e 14 1. Md 1. 9. + Heb. the teist of the feld kiss the calves. 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from 5 I did know thee in the wilder- 7 Therefore I will be unto them as 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. 9 TO Israel, Pthou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom 'thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 'I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim bound up; his sin is hid. is ISRAEL, return unto the LORD b by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us gracious-Or, give ly: so will we render the calves of our lips. 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. good. e Dent. 17. 16. fch. 2. 17. ver. 8. Ps. 10. 14. & 68. 5. Ih Jer. 5. 6. & 4¶ I will heal their backsliding, 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. 14. 7. ch. 11. i Eph. 1. 6. Heb. shall go. 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? PI have p Jer. 31. 18. heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. thy fruit found. From me is a James 1. 17. 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. r Ps. 107. 43. 2 Cor. 2. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 7, 8. JOE L. B. C. about 800. a ch. 2. 2. b Ps. 78. 4. e Deut. 28.58. ch. 2. 25. + Heb. The residue of the palmerworm. d Is. 32. 10. e So Prov. 30. f Rev. 9. 8. g Is, 5. 6. h Is. 22. 12. i Prov. 2. 17. Jer. 3. 4. k ver. 13. ch 2. 14. 1 Jer. 12. 11. & 14. 2. m Is. 24. 7. ver. 12. Or, ashamed. n Jer. 14. 3, 4. o ver. 10. PIs. 24. 11. q ver. 8. Jer. 4. 8. 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? b 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. 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 without number, whose 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 it away; the branches thereof are made white. 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. h B. C. altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the about 800. meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your 2 Chr. 20. S God. 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call ta solemn assembly, gather the elders and "all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. r ver. 9. 4. ch. 2. 15, 16. Or, day of restraint. t Lev. 23, 36. 2 Chr. 20. 13. Jer. 30. 7. y 18. 19. 6, 9. ch. 2. 1. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the See Deut 12 house of our God? 14, 15. 6, 7. & 16. 11, 17 The seed is rotten under their + Heb. grains. clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 18 How do the beasts groan! the Hos. 4. 3. 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 pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. CHAPTER II. Terrible judgments predicted. 12 An exhortation to repent, 15 and to proclaim a fast. 18 Blessings promised thereupon. 28 The outpouring of the Spirit foretold. a BLOW Kings 17. 7. & 18. 5. LOW ye the trumpet in Zion, Or, corset and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; ch. 1. 15. Zeph. 1. 14, Obad. 15. 15. 20. e ver. 5, 11, 25. ch. 1. 6. 2d A day of darkness and of gloom-Am. 5. 18, iness, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. f 1 Ex. 10. 14. + Heb. of gen eration and generation. ch. 1. 19, M. Gen 2 8. & 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as h the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a i Zech. 7. 14. 1S. 10. Is. 51. S. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: "all faces shall gather blackness. 7, They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall 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 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. r 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 his army: for his camp is very great; "for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible, and who can abide it? 12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning : с 13 And rend your heart, and not b 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. e 14 Who knoweth if he will return 2 Kings 19.4. and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Am. 5. 15. Jonah 3, 9. Zeph. 2. 3. • 1. 65. 8. Hag. 2 19. I ch. 1. 9, 13. Num. 10. 3. ver. 1. 1 ch. 1. 14. TEL. 19. 10,22 teh. 1. 14. 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, h sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: k 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, 12 Chr. 20. 13.1 gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. m 1 Cor. 7. 5. m 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch Ex. 32 11,12 and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give Deat. 9. 26 Promise of the Spirit. not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 20 But I will remove far off from See Ex. 10. you "the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east Ez. 47. 18. sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. 21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice for the LORD will do great things. + Heb. he hath magnified to do. z ch. 1. 18, 20. a Zech. 8. 12. See ch. 1. 19. b Is. 41. 16. & 61. 10. Hab. 3. 18. Zech. 10. 7. Or, a teach er of right eousness. + Heb. accord ing to right cousness. c Lev. 26. 4. Deut. 11. 14. & 28. 12. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow d James 5. 7. with wine and oil. Jer. 31. 7. Mic. 4. 7. & 5. 3, 7, 8. Rom. 9. 27. & 11.5, 7. a Jer. 30. 3. Ez. 38. 14. b Zech. 14. 2, 3, 4. c 2 Chr. 20. 26. ver. 12. d Is. 66. 16. Ez. 38. 22. e Obad. 11. Nah. 3. 10. f Am. 1. 6, 9. g Ez. 25. 15, 16, 17. + Heb. de- + Heb. the sons of the Grecians. b Is. 43. 5, 6. & 49. 12. Jer. 23. 8. i Ez. 23. 42. * Jer. 6. 20, I See Is. 8. 9, 10. Jer. 46, 3, 4. Ez. 38. 7. + Heb. Sanctify. CHAPTER III. God's judgments upon the enemies of his people. 18 NOR, behold, in those days, and the enemies of his people. mighty men, let all the men of war B. C. about 800. Or, seythea, m See l× 2.4. Mic. 4.3. a Zech. 128 over. 2 || Or, the LORD shall bring down PP. 103, 20, Is. 13. 3. 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Je- a ver. 2 hoshaphat: for there will I sit to 'judge all the heathen round about. 13 Put ye in the sickle, for Fin that time, when I shall bring harvest is ripe: come, get you down, again the captivity of Judah and Je- 2 I will also gather all nations, and 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, 'O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head; 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: I the r PB. 96. 15. & 98. 9. & 110.4 Is. 2. 4. A 13. Mic. 4.1 • Matt. 13 Rev. 14. 15, 18. t Jer, 51. 33 Hos. 6. 11. for the "press is full, the fats over- 15 The sun and the moon shall 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no 'strangers pass through her any more. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall g drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19' Egypt shall be a desolation, and m Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, | 1 Is. 19. 1, &C. for the violence against the children 8 And I will sell your sons and your of Judah, because they have shed indaughters into the hand of the chil-nocent blood in their land. dren of Judah, and they shall sell 20 But Judah shall dwell" for ever, them to the Sabeans, to a people and Jerusalem from generation to gen- 18.4.4. k far off: for the LORD hath spoken eration. 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: P for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. h Is. 30, 25. Nam 21. m Jer. 49. *7. I Or, abide 1 Or, even I the LORD that delicth in Zion P Ez. 48. $5 ver. 17. Rev. 21. 3. 804 A MO S. 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of 2 Kings 16. Syria shall go into captivity "unto Kir, saith the LORD. 11 Or, Bethedea 9. a ch. 9. 7. 92 Chr. 23. 18. Is. 14. 29. Jer. 47. 4, 5. Ez. 25, 15. Zeph. 24. ¡Or, carried them away with an en tire captio sty, 2 Cur. 21. 16, 17. Joel 3. 6. P ver. 9. 4 Jer. 47. 1. Zeph. 2. 4. Zech. 9. 5, 6. . Ps. 31. 14. t Jer. 47. 4. Ez. 25. 16. * [s. 23. 1. Jer. 47. 4. Ez. 25, & 1 27, & 28. Joel 3. 4, 5. I ver. 6. y ver. 4, 7, &c. + Heb. the covenant of brethren, 2 ! Kings 5. m 6 T Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, P to deliver them up to Edom: 74 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant 'from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. 9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of "Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: Sua. 5. 11. 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. 1. & 9. 11 14. 11 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three. B. C. 787. transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did + Heb. cor cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. 13 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child, of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: rupted his compassions. z 18. 21. 11. & 34. 5. Jer. 49. 8, &c. Ez. 25. 12, 13, 14. & 35. 2, &c. Joel 3, 19. Obad. 1, &c. Mal. 1. 4. a Gen. 27. 41. Deut. 23. 7. Mal. 1. 2. b2 Chr. 28. 17. c Ez. 35, 5. Or, divided the mount- d Obad. 9, 10. e Jer. 49. 1, 2. Ez. 25. 2. Zeph. 2. 9. 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in Hos. 13. 16. the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind : g Jer. 49. 1. h Deut. 3. 11. 2 Sam. 12. 26. Jer. 49. 2. Ez. 25. 5. 15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes togeth-i ch. 2. 2. er, saith the LORD. k Jer. 49. 3. a Is. 15, & 16. Jer. 48. Ez. 25. 8. Zeph. THUS saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into b2 Kings 3. lime: 2. 8. 27. • Jer. 48. 41. 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the 4 ch. 1. 14. sound of the trumpet: d 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. 4 T Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 'because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments. and their lies caused them to err, "after the which their fathers have walked : • Num. 24. 17. Jer. 48, 7. Lev. 26. 14, 15. Neh. 1. 7. Dan. 9. 11. Is. 28. 15. Jer. 16. 19, 20, h Ez. 20. 13, 16, 18, 24, 30. i Jer. 17. 27. 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces Hos. 8. 14. of Jerusalem. 6¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, |