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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w came|strong="H5954"\w* in the \w magicians|strong="H2749"\w*, the \w astrologers|strong="H0826"\w*, the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3779"\w*, and the \w soothsayers|strong="H1505"\w*: and \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w told|strong="H0560"\w* the \w dream|strong="H2493"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* them; but they did \w not|strong="H3809"\w* make \w known|strong="H3046"\w* unto me the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof.<pb/>


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¶ But \w at|strong="H5705"\w* the \w last|strong="H0318"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* came \w in|strong="H5922"\w* before \w me|strong="H6925"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8036"\w* <i>was</i> \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w*, according to the \w name|strong="H8036"\w* of my \w god|strong="H0426"\w*, and in whom <i>is</i> the \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6922"\w* \w gods|strong="H0426"\w*: and \w before|strong="H6925"\w* him I \w told|strong="H0560"\w* the \w dream|strong="H2493"\w*, <i>saying</i>,


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O \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w*, \w master|strong="H7229"\w* of the \w magicians|strong="H2749"\w*, because \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w know|strong="H3046"\w* that the \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6922"\w* \w gods|strong="H0426"\w* <i>is</i> in thee, and \w no|strong="H3606"\w* \w secret|strong="H7328"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H0598"\w* thee, \w tell|strong="H0560"\w* me the \w visions|strong="H2376"\w* of my \w dream|strong="H2493"\w* that I have \w seen|strong="H2370"\w*, and the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof.


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Thus <i>were</i> the \w visions|strong="H2376"\w* of mine \w head|strong="H7217"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* my \w bed|strong="H4903"\w*; I \w saw|strong="H1934"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H0431"\w* a \w tree|strong="H0363"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H1459"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, and the \w height|strong="H7314"\w* thereof <i>was</i> \w great|strong="H7690"\w*.<n>I saw: Chaldee, I was seeing</n>


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The \w tree|strong="H0363"\w* \w grew|strong="H7236"\w*, and was \w strong|strong="H8631"\w*, and the \w height|strong="H7314"\w* thereof \w reached|strong="H4291"\w* unto \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and the \w sight|strong="H2379"\w* thereof to the \w end|strong="H5491"\w* of \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*:


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The \w leaves|strong="H6074"\w* thereof <i>were</i> \w fair|strong="H8209"\w*, and the \w fruit|strong="H0004"\w* thereof \w much|strong="H7690"\w*, and in it <i>was</i> \w meat|strong="H4203"\w* for \w all|strong="H3606"\w*: the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w* had \w shadow|strong="H2927"\w* \w under|strong="H8460"\w* it, and the \w fowls|strong="H6853"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H1753"\w* in the \w boughs|strong="H6056"\w* thereof, and \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1321"\w* was \w fed|strong="H2110"\w* of \w it|strong="H4481"\w*.


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I \w saw|strong="H1934"\w* in the \w visions|strong="H2376"\w* of my \w head|strong="H7217"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* my \w bed|strong="H4903"\w*, and, \w behold|strong="H0431"\w*, a \w watcher|strong="H5894"\w* and an holy \w one|strong="H6922"\w* came \w down|strong="H5182"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*;


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He \w cried|strong="H7123"\w* \w aloud|strong="H2429"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w thus|strong="H3652"\w*, Hew \w down|strong="H1414"\w* the \w tree|strong="H0363"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H7113"\w* his \w branches|strong="H6056"\w*, shake \w off|strong="H5426"\w* his \w leaves|strong="H6074"\w*, and \w scatter|strong="H0921"\w* his \w fruit|strong="H0004"\w*: let the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* get \w away|strong="H5111"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* under \w it|strong="H8479"\w*, and the \w fowls|strong="H6853"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* his \w branches|strong="H6056"\w*:<n>aloud: Chaldee, with might</n>


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\w Nevertheless|strong="H1297"\w* \w leave|strong="H7662"\w* the \w stump|strong="H6136"\w* of his \w roots|strong="H8330"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, even with a \w band|strong="H0613"\w* of \w iron|strong="H6523"\w* and \w brass|strong="H5174"\w*, in the tender \w grass|strong="H1883"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w*; and let it be \w wet|strong="H6647"\w* with the \w dew|strong="H2920"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and <i>let</i> his \w portion|strong="H2508"\w* <i>be</i> \w with|strong="H5974"\w* the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* in the \w grass|strong="H6211"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*:


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Let his \w heart|strong="H3825"\w* be \w changed|strong="H8133"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0606"\w*, and let a \w beast’s|strong="H2423"\w* \w heart|strong="H3825"\w* be \w given|strong="H3052"\w* unto him; and let \w seven|strong="H7655"\w* \w times|strong="H5732"\w* \w pass|strong="H2499"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* him.


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This \w matter|strong="H6600"\w* <i>is</i> by the \w decree|strong="H1510"\w* of the \w watchers|strong="H5894"\w*, and the \w demand|strong="H7595"\w* by the \w word|strong="H3983"\w* of the holy \w ones|strong="H6922"\w*: \w to|strong="H5705"\w* the \w intent|strong="H1701"\w* that the \w living|strong="H2417"\w* may \w know|strong="H3046"\w* that the most \w High|strong="H5943"\w* \w ruleth|strong="H7990"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* of \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and \w giveth|strong="H5415"\w* it to \w whomsoever|strong="H4479"\w* he \w will|strong="H6634"\w*, and setteth \w up|strong="H6966"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* it the \w basest|strong="H8215"\w* of \w men|strong="H0606"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H1836"\w* \w dream|strong="H2493"\w* \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* have \w seen|strong="H2370"\w*. Now \w thou|strong="H0607"\w*, O \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w*, \w declare|strong="H0560"\w* the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof, forasmuch \w as|strong="H6903"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w wise|strong="H2445"\w* <i>men</i> of my \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* are \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w able|strong="H3202"\w* to make \w known|strong="H3046"\w* unto me the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w*: but \w thou|strong="H0607"\w* <i>art</i> \w able|strong="H3546"\w*; for the \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6922"\w* \w gods|strong="H0426"\w* <i>is</i> in thee.<pb/>


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¶ \w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8036"\w* <i>was</i> \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w*, was \w astonied|strong="H8075"\w* for \w one|strong="H2298"\w* \w hour|strong="H8160"\w*, and his \w thoughts|strong="H7476"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0927"\w* him. The \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w*, let \w not|strong="H0409"\w* the \w dream|strong="H2493"\w*, or the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof, \w trouble|strong="H0927"\w* thee. \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w* \w answered|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H4756"\w*, the \w dream|strong="H2493"\w* <i>be</i> to them that \w hate|strong="H8131"\w* thee, and the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof to thine \w enemies|strong="H6146"\w*.


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The \w tree|strong="H0363"\w* that thou \w sawest|strong="H2370"\w*, which \w grew|strong="H7236"\w*, and was \w strong|strong="H8631"\w*, whose \w height|strong="H7314"\w* \w reached|strong="H4291"\w* unto the \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and the \w sight|strong="H2379"\w* thereof to \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*;


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Whose \w leaves|strong="H6074"\w* <i>were</i> \w fair|strong="H8209"\w*, and the \w fruit|strong="H0004"\w* thereof \w much|strong="H7690"\w*, and in it <i>was</i> \w meat|strong="H4203"\w* for \w all|strong="H3606"\w*; \w under|strong="H8460"\w* which the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H1753"\w*, and upon whose \w branches|strong="H6056"\w* the \w fowls|strong="H6853"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w* had their \w habitation|strong="H7932"\w*:


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It <i>is</i> \w thou|strong="H0607"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, that art \w grown|strong="H7236"\w* and become \w strong|strong="H8631"\w*: for thy \w greatness|strong="H7238"\w* is \w grown|strong="H7236"\w*, and \w reacheth|strong="H4291"\w* unto \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and thy \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* to the \w end|strong="H5491"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*.


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And whereas the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w saw|strong="H2370"\w* a \w watcher|strong="H5894"\w* and an holy \w one|strong="H6922"\w* coming \w down|strong="H5182"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and \w saying|strong="H0560"\w*, \w Hew|strong="H1414"\w* the \w tree|strong="H0363"\w* \w down|strong="H1414"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H2255"\w* it; \w yet|strong="H1297"\w* \w leave|strong="H7662"\w* the \w stump|strong="H6136"\w* of the \w roots|strong="H8330"\w* thereof in the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, even with a \w band|strong="H0613"\w* of \w iron|strong="H6523"\w* and \w brass|strong="H5174"\w*, in the tender \w grass|strong="H1883"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w*; and let it be \w wet|strong="H6647"\w* with the \w dew|strong="H2920"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and <i>let</i> his \w portion|strong="H2508"\w* <i>be</i> \w with|strong="H5974"\w* the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w*, \w till|strong="H5705"\w* \w seven|strong="H7655"\w* \w times|strong="H5732"\w* \w pass|strong="H2499"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* him;


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\w This|strong="H1836"\w* <i>is</i> the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, and \w this|strong="H1932"\w* <i>is</i> the \w decree|strong="H1510"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5943"\w*, which is \w come|strong="H4291"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* my \w lord|strong="H4756"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*:


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That they shall \w drive|strong="H2957"\w* thee \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and thy \w dwelling|strong="H4070"\w* shall \w be|strong="H1934"\w* \w with|strong="H5974"\w* the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w*, and they shall make thee to \w eat|strong="H2939"\w* \w grass|strong="H6211"\w* as \w oxen|strong="H8450"\w*, and they shall \w wet|strong="H6647"\w* thee with the \w dew|strong="H2920"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and \w seven|strong="H7655"\w* \w times|strong="H5732"\w* shall \w pass|strong="H2499"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* thee, \w till|strong="H5705"\w* thou \w know|strong="H3046"\w* that the most \w High|strong="H5943"\w* \w ruleth|strong="H7990"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* of \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and \w giveth|strong="H5415"\w* it to \w whomsoever|strong="H4479"\w* he \w will|strong="H6634"\w*.


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And whereas they \w commanded|strong="H0560"\w* to \w leave|strong="H7662"\w* the \w stump|strong="H6136"\w* of the \w tree|strong="H0363"\w* \w roots|strong="H8330"\w*; thy \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* shall be \w sure|strong="H7011"\w* unto thee, \w after|strong="H4481"\w* that thou shalt have \w known|strong="H3046"\w* that the \w heavens|strong="H8065"\w* do \w rule|strong="H7990"\w*.


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\w Wherefore|strong="H3861"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, let my \w counsel|strong="H4431"\w* be \w acceptable|strong="H8232"\w* unto \w thee|strong="H5922"\w*, and break \w off|strong="H6562"\w* thy \w sins|strong="H2408"\w* by \w righteousness|strong="H6665"\w*, and thine \w iniquities|strong="H5758"\w* by shewing \w mercy|strong="H2604"\w* to the \w poor|strong="H6033"\w*; \w if|strong="H2006"\w* it may \w be|strong="H1934"\w* a \w lengthening|strong="H0754"\w* of thy \w tranquillity|strong="H7963"\w*.<n>a lengthening…: or, an healing of thine error</n><pb/>


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¶ \w All|strong="H3606"\w* this \w came|strong="H4291"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w*.


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At the \w end|strong="H7118"\w* of \w twelve|strong="H8648"\w* \w months|strong="H3393"\w* he \w walked|strong="H1934"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1965"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*.<n>in: or, upon</n>


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The \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, Is \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w this|strong="H1932"\w* \w great|strong="H7229"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*, that \w I|strong="H0576"\w* have \w built|strong="H1124"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1005"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* by the \w might|strong="H8632"\w* of my \w power|strong="H2632"\w*, and for the \w honour|strong="H3367"\w* of my \w majesty|strong="H1923"\w*?


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\w While|strong="H5751"\w* the \w word|strong="H4406"\w* <i>was</i> in the \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6433"\w*, there \w fell|strong="H5308"\w* a \w voice|strong="H7032"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, <i>saying</i>, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w*, to thee it is \w spoken|strong="H0560"\w*; The \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* is \w departed|strong="H5709"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* thee.


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And they shall \w drive|strong="H2957"\w* thee \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and thy \w dwelling|strong="H4070"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w with|strong="H5974"\w* the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* of the \w field|strong="H1251"\w*: they shall make thee to \w eat|strong="H2939"\w* \w grass|strong="H6211"\w* as \w oxen|strong="H8450"\w*, and \w seven|strong="H7655"\w* \w times|strong="H5732"\w* shall \w pass|strong="H2499"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* thee, \w until|strong="H5705"\w* thou \w know|strong="H3046"\w* that the most \w High|strong="H5943"\w* \w ruleth|strong="H7990"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* of \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and \w giveth|strong="H5415"\w* it to \w whomsoever|strong="H4479"\w* he \w will|strong="H6634"\w*.


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The same \w hour|strong="H8160"\w* was the \w thing|strong="H4406"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H5487"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w*: and he was \w driven|strong="H2957"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0399"\w* \w grass|strong="H6211"\w* as \w oxen|strong="H8450"\w*, and his \w body|strong="H1655"\w* was \w wet|strong="H6647"\w* with the \w dew|strong="H2920"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, \w till|strong="H5705"\w* his \w hairs|strong="H8177"\w* were \w grown|strong="H7236"\w* like \w eagles’|strong="H5403"\w* <i>feathers</i>, and his \w nails|strong="H2953"\w* like \w birds’|strong="H6853"\w* <i>claws</i>.<pb/>


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And at the \w end|strong="H7118"\w* of the \w days|strong="H3118"\w* \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5191"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5870"\w* unto \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and mine \w understanding|strong="H4486"\w* \w returned|strong="H8421"\w* unto \w me|strong="H5922"\w*, and I \w blessed|strong="H1289"\w* the most \w High|strong="H5943"\w*, and I \w praised|strong="H7624"\w* and \w honoured|strong="H1922"\w* him that \w liveth|strong="H2417"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*, whose \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* <i>is</i> an \w everlasting|strong="H5957"\w* \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w*, and his \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* <i>is</i> \w from|strong="H5974"\w* \w generation|strong="H1859"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1859"\w*:


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And \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H1753"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w* <i>are</i> \w reputed|strong="H2804"\w* as \w nothing|strong="H3809"\w*: and he \w doeth|strong="H5648"\w* according to his \w will|strong="H6634"\w* in the \w army|strong="H2429"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and <i>among</i> the \w inhabitants|strong="H1753"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*: and \w none|strong="H3809"\w* \w can|strong="H0383"\w* \w stay|strong="H4223"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3028"\w*, or \w say|strong="H0560"\w* unto him, \w What|strong="H4101"\w* \w doest|strong="H5648"\w* thou?


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At the same \w time|strong="H2166"\w* my \w reason|strong="H4486"\w* \w returned|strong="H8421"\w* unto \w me|strong="H5922"\w*; and for the \w glory|strong="H3367"\w* of my \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, mine \w honour|strong="H1923"\w* and \w brightness|strong="H2122"\w* \w returned|strong="H8421"\w* unto \w me|strong="H5922"\w*; and my \w counsellors|strong="H1907"\w* and my \w lords|strong="H7261"\w* \w sought|strong="H1156"\w* unto \w me|strong="H5922"\w*; and I was \w established|strong="H8627"\w* in my \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, and \w excellent|strong="H3493"\w* \w majesty|strong="H7238"\w* was \w added|strong="H3255"\w* unto me.


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\w Now|strong="H3705"\w* \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* \w praise|strong="H7624"\w* and \w extol|strong="H7313"\w* and \w honour|strong="H1922"\w* the \w King|strong="H4430"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, \w all|strong="H3606"\w* whose \w works|strong="H4567"\w* <i>are</i> \w truth|strong="H7187"\w*, and his \w ways|strong="H0735"\w* \w judgment|strong="H1780"\w*: and those that \w walk|strong="H1981"\w* in \w pride|strong="H1467"\w* he is \w able|strong="H3202"\w* to \w abase|strong="H8214"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w made|strong="H5648"\w* a \w great|strong="H7229"\w* \w feast|strong="H3900"\w* to a \w thousand|strong="H0506"\w* of his \w lords|strong="H7261"\w*, and \w drank|strong="H8355"\w* \w wine|strong="H2562"\w* \w before|strong="H6903"\w* the \w thousand|strong="H0506"\w*.


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\w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w*, whiles he \w tasted|strong="H2942"\w* the \w wine|strong="H2562"\w*, \w commanded|strong="H0560"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0858"\w* the \w golden|strong="H1722"\w* and \w silver|strong="H3702"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3984"\w* which his \w father|strong="H0002"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* had \w taken|strong="H5312"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1965"\w* which <i>was</i> in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*; that the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H7261"\w*, his \w wives|strong="H7695"\w*, and his \w concubines|strong="H3904"\w*, might \w drink|strong="H8355"\w* therein.<n>father: or, grandfather</n><n>taken: Chaldee, brought forth</n>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* they \w brought|strong="H0858"\w* the \w golden|strong="H1722"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3984"\w* that were \w taken|strong="H5312"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1965"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1005"\w* of \w God|strong="H0426"\w* which <i>was</i> at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H7261"\w*, his \w wives|strong="H7695"\w*, and his \w concubines|strong="H3904"\w*, \w drank|strong="H8355"\w* in them.


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They \w drank|strong="H8355"\w* \w wine|strong="H2562"\w*, and \w praised|strong="H7624"\w* the \w gods|strong="H0426"\w* of \w gold|strong="H1722"\w*, and of \w silver|strong="H3702"\w*, of \w brass|strong="H5174"\w*, of \w iron|strong="H6523"\w*, of \w wood|strong="H0636"\w*, and of \w stone|strong="H0069"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In the same \w hour|strong="H8160"\w* came \w forth|strong="H5312"\w* \w fingers|strong="H0677"\w* of a \w man’s|strong="H0606"\w* \w hand|strong="H3028"\w*, and \w wrote|strong="H3790"\w* over \w against|strong="H6903"\w* the \w candlestick|strong="H5043"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* the \w plaister|strong="H1528"\w* of the \w wall|strong="H3797"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w palace|strong="H1965"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w saw|strong="H2370"\w* the \w part|strong="H6447"\w* of the \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* that \w wrote|strong="H3790"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w countenance|strong="H2122"\w* was \w changed|strong="H8133"\w*, and his \w thoughts|strong="H7476"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0927"\w* him, so that the \w joints|strong="H7001"\w* of his \w loins|strong="H2783"\w* were \w loosed|strong="H8271"\w*, and his \w knees|strong="H0755"\w* \w smote|strong="H5368"\w* \w one|strong="H1668"\w* against \w another|strong="H1668"\w*.<n>countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses</n><n>was changed: Chaldee, changed it</n><n>joints: or, girdles: Chaldee, bindings, or, knots</n>


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The \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w cried|strong="H7123"\w* \w aloud|strong="H2429"\w* to \w bring|strong="H5954"\w* in the \w astrologers|strong="H0826"\w*, the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3779"\w*, and the \w soothsayers|strong="H1505"\w*. <i>And</i> the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* to the \w wise|strong="H2445"\w* <i>men</i> of \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*, \w Whosoever|strong="H0606"\w* shall \w read|strong="H7123"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w writing|strong="H3792"\w*, and \w shew|strong="H2324"\w* me the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof, shall be \w clothed|strong="H3848"\w* with \w scarlet|strong="H0711"\w*, and <i>have</i> a \w chain|strong="H2002"\w* of \w gold|strong="H1722"\w* \w about|strong="H5922"\w* his \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*, and shall be the \w third|strong="H8523"\w* \w ruler|strong="H7981"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*.<n>aloud: Chaldee, with might</n><n>scarlet: or, purple</n>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w came|strong="H5954"\w* in \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w wise|strong="H2445"\w* <i>men:</i> but they \w could|strong="H3546"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w read|strong="H7123"\w* the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w*, nor make \w known|strong="H3046"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* was \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7690"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0927"\w*, and his \w countenance|strong="H2122"\w* was \w changed|strong="H8133"\w* in \w him|strong="H5922"\w*, and his \w lords|strong="H7261"\w* were \w astonied|strong="H7672"\w*.<n>countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses</n><pb/>


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¶ <i>Now</i> the \w queen|strong="H4433"\w*, by \w reason|strong="H6903"\w* of the \w words|strong="H4406"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* and his \w lords|strong="H7261"\w*, \w came|strong="H5954"\w* into the \w banquet|strong="H4961"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w*: <i>and</i> the \w queen|strong="H4433"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, \w live|strong="H2418"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*: let \w not|strong="H0409"\w* thy \w thoughts|strong="H7476"\w* \w trouble|strong="H0927"\w* thee, nor let thy \w countenance|strong="H2122"\w* be \w changed|strong="H8133"\w*:


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There \w is|strong="H0383"\w* a \w man|strong="H1400"\w* in thy \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, in whom <i>is</i> the \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6922"\w* \w gods|strong="H0426"\w*; and in the \w days|strong="H3118"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0002"\w* \w light|strong="H5094"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H7924"\w* and \w wisdom|strong="H2452"\w*, like the \w wisdom|strong="H2452"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0426"\w*, was \w found|strong="H7912"\w* in him; whom the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0002"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, <i>I say</i>, thy \w father|strong="H0002"\w*, \w made|strong="H6966"\w* \w master|strong="H7229"\w* of the \w magicians|strong="H2749"\w*, \w astrologers|strong="H0826"\w*, \w Chaldeans|strong="H3779"\w*, <i>and</i> \w soothsayers|strong="H1505"\w*;<n>father: or, grandfather</n>


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Forasmuch \w as|strong="H6903"\w* an \w excellent|strong="H3493"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w*, and \w knowledge|strong="H4486"\w*, and \w understanding|strong="H7924"\w*, \w interpreting|strong="H6590"\w* of \w dreams|strong="H2493"\w*, and \w shewing|strong="H0263"\w* of hard \w sentences|strong="H0280"\w*, and \w dissolving|strong="H8271"\w* of \w doubts|strong="H7001"\w*, were \w found|strong="H7912"\w* in the same \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w named|strong="H7761"\w* \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1096"\w*: \w now|strong="H3705"\w* let \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* be \w called|strong="H7123"\w*, and he will \w shew|strong="H2324"\w* the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w*.<n>interpreting: or, of an interpreter</n><n>dissolving: or, of a dissolver</n><n>doubts: Chaldee, knots</n>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* was \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* brought \w in|strong="H5954"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*. <i>And</i> the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* unto \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, <i>Art</i> \w thou|strong="H0607"\w* that \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, which <i>art</i> \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w children|strong="H1123"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1547"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3061"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* my \w father|strong="H0002"\w* \w brought|strong="H0858"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w Jewry|strong="H3061"\w*?<n>father: or, grandfather</n>


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I have even \w heard|strong="H8086"\w* of thee, that the \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0426"\w* <i>is</i> in \w thee|strong="H5922"\w*, and <i>that</i> \w light|strong="H5094"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H7924"\w* and \w excellent|strong="H3493"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2452"\w* is \w found|strong="H7912"\w* in thee.


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And \w now|strong="H3705"\w* the \w wise|strong="H2445"\w* <i>men</i>, the \w astrologers|strong="H0826"\w*, have been \w brought|strong="H5954"\w* in \w before|strong="H6925"\w* me, that they should \w read|strong="H7123"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w writing|strong="H3792"\w*, and make \w known|strong="H3046"\w* unto me the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof: but they \w could|strong="H3546"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w shew|strong="H2324"\w* the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* of the \w thing|strong="H4406"\w*:


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And \w I|strong="H0576"\w* have \w heard|strong="H8086"\w* of \w thee|strong="H5922"\w*, that thou \w canst|strong="H3202"\w* \w make|strong="H6590"\w* \w interpretations|strong="H6591"\w*, and \w dissolve|strong="H8271"\w* \w doubts|strong="H7001"\w*: \w now|strong="H3705"\w* \w if|strong="H2006"\w* thou \w canst|strong="H3202"\w* \w read|strong="H7123"\w* the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w*, and make \w known|strong="H3046"\w* to me the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* thereof, thou shalt be \w clothed|strong="H3848"\w* with \w scarlet|strong="H0711"\w*, and <i>have</i> a \w chain|strong="H2002"\w* of \w gold|strong="H1722"\w* \w about|strong="H5922"\w* thy \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*, and shalt be the \w third|strong="H8531"\w* \w ruler|strong="H7981"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*.<n>make interpretations: Chaldee, interpret, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w answered|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, Let thy \w gifts|strong="H4978"\w* \w be|strong="H1934"\w* to thyself, and \w give|strong="H3052"\w* thy \w rewards|strong="H5023"\w* to \w another|strong="H0321"\w*; \w yet|strong="H1297"\w* I will \w read|strong="H7123"\w* the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, and make \w known|strong="H3046"\w* to him the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w*.<n>rewards: or, fee</n>


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O \w thou|strong="H0607"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, the most \w high|strong="H5943"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w gave|strong="H3052"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0002"\w* a \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, and \w majesty|strong="H7238"\w*, and \w glory|strong="H3367"\w*, and \w honour|strong="H1923"\w*:


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And \w for|strong="H4481"\w* the \w majesty|strong="H7238"\w* that he \w gave|strong="H3052"\w* him, \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w people|strong="H5972"\w*, \w nations|strong="H0524"\w*, and \w languages|strong="H3961"\w*, \w trembled|strong="H1934"\w* and \w feared|strong="H1763"\w* \w before|strong="H4481"\w* \w him|strong="H6925"\w*: whom he \w would|strong="H1934"\w* he \w slew|strong="H1934"\w*; and whom he \w would|strong="H1934"\w* he kept \w alive|strong="H1934"\w*; and whom he \w would|strong="H1934"\w* he set \w up|strong="H1934"\w*; and whom he \w would|strong="H1934"\w* he put \w down|strong="H1934"\w*.


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But when his \w heart|strong="H3825"\w* was lifted \w up|strong="H7313"\w*, and his \w mind|strong="H7308"\w* \w hardened|strong="H8631"\w* in \w pride|strong="H2103"\w*, he was \w deposed|strong="H5182"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* his \w kingly|strong="H4437"\w* \w throne|strong="H3764"\w*, and they \w took|strong="H5709"\w* his \w glory|strong="H3367"\w* from \w him|strong="H4481"\w*:<n>in pride: or, to deal proudly</n><n>deposed: Chaldee, made to come down</n>


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And he was \w driven|strong="H2957"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1123"\w* of \w men|strong="H0606"\w*; and his \w heart|strong="H3825"\w* was \w made|strong="H7739"\w* \w like|strong="H5974"\w* the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w*, and his \w dwelling|strong="H4070"\w* <i>was</i> with the wild \w asses|strong="H6167"\w*: they \w fed|strong="H2939"\w* him with \w grass|strong="H6211"\w* like \w oxen|strong="H8450"\w*, and his \w body|strong="H1655"\w* was \w wet|strong="H6647"\w* with the \w dew|strong="H2920"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*; \w till|strong="H5705"\w* he \w knew|strong="H3046"\w* that the most \w high|strong="H5943"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w ruled|strong="H7990"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* of \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, and <i>that</i> he \w appointeth|strong="H6966"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* it \w whomsoever|strong="H4479"\w* he \w will|strong="H6634"\w*.<n>his heart…: or, he made his heart equal, etc</n>


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And \w thou|strong="H0607"\w* his \w son|strong="H1247"\w*, O \w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w*, hast \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w humbled|strong="H8214"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3825"\w*, \w though|strong="H6903"\w* thou \w knewest|strong="H3046"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w*;


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But hast lifted \w up|strong="H7313"\w* thyself \w against|strong="H5922"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H4756"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*; and they have \w brought|strong="H0858"\w* the \w vessels|strong="H3984"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* thee, and \w thou|strong="H0607"\w*, and thy \w lords|strong="H7261"\w*, thy \w wives|strong="H7695"\w*, and thy \w concubines|strong="H3904"\w*, have \w drunk|strong="H8355"\w* \w wine|strong="H2562"\w* in them; and thou hast \w praised|strong="H7624"\w* the \w gods|strong="H0426"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3702"\w*, and \w gold|strong="H1722"\w*, of \w brass|strong="H5174"\w*, \w iron|strong="H6523"\w*, \w wood|strong="H0636"\w*, and \w stone|strong="H0069"\w*, which \w see|strong="H2370"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* \w hear|strong="H8086"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* \w know|strong="H3046"\w*: and the \w God|strong="H0426"\w* in whose \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* thy \w breath|strong="H5396"\w* <i>is</i>, and whose <i>are</i> \w all|strong="H3606"\w* thy \w ways|strong="H0735"\w*, hast thou \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w glorified|strong="H1922"\w*:


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* was the \w part|strong="H6447"\w* of the \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w him|strong="H6925"\w*; and \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w writing|strong="H3792"\w* was \w written|strong="H7560"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w this|strong="H1836"\w* <i>is</i> the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w* that was \w written|strong="H7560"\w*, \w MENE|strong="H4484"\w*, \w MENE|strong="H4484"\w*, \w TEKEL|strong="H8625"\w*, \w UPHARSIN|strong="H6537"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H1836"\w* <i>is</i> the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* of the \w thing|strong="H4406"\w*: \w MENE|strong="H4484"\w*; \w God|strong="H0426"\w* hath \w numbered|strong="H4483"\w* thy \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, and \w finished|strong="H8000"\w* it.


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\w TEKEL|strong="H8625"\w*; Thou art \w weighed|strong="H8625"\w* in the \w balances|strong="H3977"\w*, and art \w found|strong="H7912"\w* \w wanting|strong="H2627"\w*.


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\w PERES|strong="H6537"\w*; Thy \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* is \w divided|strong="H6537"\w*, and \w given|strong="H3052"\w* to the \w Medes|strong="H4076"\w* and \w Persians|strong="H6540"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0560"\w* \w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w*, and they \w clothed|strong="H3848"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* with \w scarlet|strong="H0711"\w*, and <i>put</i> a \w chain|strong="H2002"\w* of \w gold|strong="H1722"\w* \w about|strong="H5922"\w* his \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*, and made a \w proclamation|strong="H3745"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5922"\w* him, that he should \w be|strong="H1934"\w* the \w third|strong="H8531"\w* \w ruler|strong="H7990"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In that \w night|strong="H3916"\w* was \w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3779"\w* \w slain|strong="H6992"\w*.


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And \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* the \w Median|strong="H4077"\w* \w took|strong="H6902"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, <i>being</i> about \w threescore|strong="H8361"\w* and \w two|strong="H8648"\w* \w years|strong="H8140"\w* \w old|strong="H1247"\w*.<n>being…: Chaldee, he as the son of, etc</n><n>about: or, now</n><pb/>


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It \w pleased|strong="H6925"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* to \w set|strong="H6966"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3969"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6243"\w* \w princes|strong="H0324"\w*, which should \w be|strong="H1934"\w* over the \w whole|strong="H3606"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*;


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And \w over|strong="H5924"\w* \w these|strong="H4481"\w* \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w presidents|strong="H5632"\w*; of \w whom|strong="H4481"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* <i>was</i> \w first|strong="H2298"\w*: \w that|strong="H0459"\w* the \w princes|strong="H0324"\w* \w might|strong="H1934"\w* \w give|strong="H3052"\w* \w accounts|strong="H2941"\w* unto them, and the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* should \w have|strong="H1934"\w* \w no|strong="H3809"\w* \w damage|strong="H5142"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w preferred|strong="H5330"\w* \w above|strong="H5922"\w* the \w presidents|strong="H5632"\w* and \w princes|strong="H0324"\w*, \w because|strong="H3606"\w* an \w excellent|strong="H3493"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* <i>was</i> in him; and the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w thought|strong="H6246"\w* to \w set|strong="H6966"\w* him \w over|strong="H5922"\w* the \w whole|strong="H3606"\w* \w realm|strong="H4437"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Then|strong="H0116"\w* the \w presidents|strong="H5632"\w* and \w princes|strong="H0324"\w* \w sought|strong="H1934"\w* to \w find|strong="H7912"\w* \w occasion|strong="H5931"\w* against \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w concerning|strong="H6655"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*; \w but|strong="H3606"\w* they \w could|strong="H3202"\w* \w find|strong="H7912"\w* \w none|strong="H3809"\w* \w occasion|strong="H5931"\w* \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* \w fault|strong="H7844"\w*; \w forasmuch|strong="H6903"\w* as he <i>was</i> \w faithful|strong="H0540"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3809"\w* was there \w any|strong="H3606"\w* \w error|strong="H7960"\w* or \w fault|strong="H7844"\w* \w found|strong="H7912"\w* in \w him|strong="H5922"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w these|strong="H0479"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w*, We shall \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w find|strong="H7912"\w* \w any|strong="H3606"\w* \w occasion|strong="H5931"\w* \w against|strong="H5922"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, \w except|strong="H3861"\w* we \w find|strong="H7912"\w* <i>it</i> against him concerning the \w law|strong="H1882"\w* of his \w God|strong="H0426"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w these|strong="H0459"\w* \w presidents|strong="H5632"\w* and \w princes|strong="H0324"\w* assembled \w together|strong="H7284"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w thus|strong="H3652"\w* unto \w him|strong="H5922"\w*, \w King|strong="H4430"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w*, \w live|strong="H2418"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*.<n>assembled…: or, came tumultuously</n>


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\w All|strong="H3606"\w* the \w presidents|strong="H5632"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, the \w governors|strong="H5460"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H0324"\w*, the \w counsellors|strong="H1907"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H6347"\w*, have consulted \w together|strong="H3272"\w* to \w establish|strong="H6966"\w* a \w royal|strong="H4430"\w* \w statute|strong="H7010"\w*, and to make a \w firm|strong="H8631"\w* \w decree|strong="H0633"\w*, that whosoever shall \w ask|strong="H1156"\w* a \w petition|strong="H1159"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w any|strong="H3606"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* or \w man|strong="H0606"\w* \w for|strong="H5705"\w* \w thirty|strong="H8533"\w* \w days|strong="H3118"\w*, \w save|strong="H3861"\w* of \w thee|strong="H4481"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, he shall be \w cast|strong="H7412"\w* into the \w den|strong="H1358"\w* of \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*.<n>decree: or, interdict</n>


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\w Now|strong="H3705"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, \w establish|strong="H6966"\w* the \w decree|strong="H0633"\w*, and \w sign|strong="H7560"\w* the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w*, that it be \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w changed|strong="H8133"\w*, according to the \w law|strong="H1882"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4076"\w* and \w Persians|strong="H6540"\w*, which \w altereth|strong="H5709"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w*.<n>altereth not: Chaldee, passeth not</n>


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\w Wherefore|strong="H3606"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w signed|strong="H7560"\w* the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w* and the \w decree|strong="H0633"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now when \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w knew|strong="H3046"\w* that the \w writing|strong="H3792"\w* was \w signed|strong="H7560"\w*, he \w went|strong="H5954"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1005"\w*; and his \w windows|strong="H3551"\w* being \w open|strong="H6606"\w* in his \w chamber|strong="H5952"\w* \w toward|strong="H5049"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*, he \w kneeled|strong="H1289"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* his \w knees|strong="H1291"\w* \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w times|strong="H2166"\w* a \w day|strong="H3118"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6739"\w*, and gave \w thanks|strong="H3029"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* his \w God|strong="H0426"\w*, \w as|strong="H6903"\w* he \w did|strong="H1934"\w* \w aforetime|strong="H4481"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w these|strong="H0479"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w* \w assembled|strong="H7284"\w*, and \w found|strong="H7912"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w praying|strong="H1156"\w* and making \w supplication|strong="H2604"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* his \w God|strong="H0426"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* they came \w near|strong="H7127"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0560"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5922"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w decree|strong="H0633"\w*; Hast thou \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w signed|strong="H7560"\w* a \w decree|strong="H0633"\w*, that \w every|strong="H3606"\w* \w man|strong="H0606"\w* that shall \w ask|strong="H1156"\w* <i>a petition</i> \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w any|strong="H3606"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* or \w man|strong="H0606"\w* \w within|strong="H5705"\w* \w thirty|strong="H8533"\w* \w days|strong="H3118"\w*, \w save|strong="H3861"\w* of \w thee|strong="H4481"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, shall be \w cast|strong="H7412"\w* into the \w den|strong="H1358"\w* of \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*? The \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w answered|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, The \w thing|strong="H4406"\w* <i>is</i> \w true|strong="H3330"\w*, according to the \w law|strong="H1882"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4076"\w* and \w Persians|strong="H6540"\w*, which \w altereth|strong="H5709"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w answered|strong="H6032"\w* they and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, That \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w children|strong="H1123"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1547"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3061"\w*, \w regardeth|strong="H7761"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w thee|strong="H5922"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, nor the \w decree|strong="H0633"\w* that thou hast \w signed|strong="H7560"\w*, but \w maketh|strong="H1156"\w* his \w petition|strong="H1159"\w* \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w times|strong="H2166"\w* a \w day|strong="H3118"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, when he \w heard|strong="H8086"\w* <i>these</i> \w words|strong="H4406"\w*, was \w sore|strong="H7690"\w* \w displeased|strong="H0888"\w* with himself, and \w set|strong="H7761"\w* <i>his</i> \w heart|strong="H1079"\w* \w on|strong="H5922"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H7804"\w* him: and he \w laboured|strong="H1934"\w* \w till|strong="H5705"\w* the going \w down|strong="H4606"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8122"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5338"\w* him.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w these|strong="H0479"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w* \w assembled|strong="H7284"\w* \w unto|strong="H5922"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3046"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, that the \w law|strong="H1882"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4076"\w* and \w Persians|strong="H6540"\w* <i>is</i>, That \w no|strong="H3606"\w* \w decree|strong="H0633"\w* nor \w statute|strong="H7010"\w* which the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w establisheth|strong="H6966"\w* may be \w changed|strong="H8133"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0560"\w*, and they \w brought|strong="H0858"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7412"\w* <i>him</i> into the \w den|strong="H1358"\w* of \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*. <i>Now</i> the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* unto \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, Thy \w God|strong="H0426"\w* whom \w thou|strong="H0607"\w* \w servest|strong="H6399"\w* \w continually|strong="H8411"\w*, he will \w deliver|strong="H7804"\w* thee.


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And \w a|strong="H2298"\w* \w stone|strong="H0069"\w* was \w brought|strong="H0858"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7761"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* the \w mouth|strong="H6433"\w* of the \w den|strong="H1358"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2857"\w* it with his own \w signet|strong="H5824"\w*, and with the \w signet|strong="H5824"\w* of his \w lords|strong="H7261"\w*; that the \w purpose|strong="H6640"\w* might \w not|strong="H3809"\w* be \w changed|strong="H8133"\w* concerning \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Then|strong="H0116"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w went|strong="H0236"\w* to his \w palace|strong="H1965"\w*, and passed the \w night|strong="H0956"\w* \w fasting|strong="H2908"\w*: \w neither|strong="H3809"\w* were \w instruments|strong="H1761"\w* of musick \w brought|strong="H5954"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* him: and his \w sleep|strong="H8139"\w* \w went|strong="H5075"\w* from \w him|strong="H5922"\w*.<n>instruments…: or, table</n>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w arose|strong="H6966"\w* very \w early|strong="H8238"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H5053"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0236"\w* in \w haste|strong="H0927"\w* unto the \w den|strong="H1358"\w* of \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*.


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And when he \w came|strong="H7127"\w* to the \w den|strong="H1358"\w*, he \w cried|strong="H2200"\w* with a \w lamentable|strong="H6088"\w* \w voice|strong="H7032"\w* unto \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*: <i>and</i> the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w* to \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, O \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, \w servant|strong="H5649"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2417"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w*, is thy \w God|strong="H0426"\w*, whom thou \w servest|strong="H6399"\w* \w continually|strong="H8411"\w*, \w able|strong="H3202"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H7804"\w* thee \w from|strong="H4481"\w* the \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*?


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w said|strong="H4449"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w unto|strong="H5974"\w* the \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, \w live|strong="H2418"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*.


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My \w God|strong="H0426"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* his \w angel|strong="H4398"\w*, and hath \w shut|strong="H5463"\w* the \w lions’|strong="H0744"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6433"\w*, that they have \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w hurt|strong="H2255"\w* me: forasmuch \w as|strong="H3606"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* him \w innocency|strong="H2136"\w* was \w found|strong="H7912"\w* in me; and \w also|strong="H0638"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* thee, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, have I \w done|strong="H5648"\w* \w no|strong="H3809"\w* \w hurt|strong="H2248"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* was the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H7690"\w* \w glad|strong="H2868"\w* for \w him|strong="H5922"\w*, and \w commanded|strong="H0560"\w* that they should \w take|strong="H5267"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w up|strong="H5267"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w den|strong="H1358"\w*. So \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* was taken \w up|strong="H5267"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w den|strong="H1358"\w*, and \w no|strong="H3809"\w* \w manner|strong="H3606"\w* of \w hurt|strong="H2257"\w* was \w found|strong="H7912"\w* upon him, because he \w believed|strong="H0540"\w* in his \w God|strong="H0426"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0560"\w*, and they \w brought|strong="H0858"\w* \w those|strong="H0479"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w* which had \w accused|strong="H0399"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, and they \w cast|strong="H7412"\w* <i>them</i> into the \w den|strong="H1358"\w* of \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*, \w them|strong="H0581"\w*, their \w children|strong="H1123"\w*, and their \w wives|strong="H5389"\w*; and the \w lions|strong="H0744"\w* had the \w mastery|strong="H5705"\w* of them, and \w brake|strong="H1855"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* their \w bones|strong="H1635"\w* in \w pieces|strong="H1855"\w* or \w ever|strong="H3809"\w* they \w came|strong="H4291"\w* at the \w bottom|strong="H0773"\w* of the \w den|strong="H1358"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3790"\w* unto \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w people|strong="H5972"\w*, \w nations|strong="H0524"\w*, and \w languages|strong="H3961"\w*, that \w dwell|strong="H1753"\w* in \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*; \w Peace|strong="H8001"\w* be \w multiplied|strong="H7680"\w* unto you.


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\w I|strong="H4481"\w* \w make|strong="H7761"\w* a \w decree|strong="H2942"\w*, That in \w every|strong="H3606"\w* \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* of my \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* men \w tremble|strong="H1934"\w* and \w fear|strong="H1763"\w* \w before|strong="H4481"\w* the \w God|strong="H0426"\w* of \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*: for he <i>is</i> the \w living|strong="H2417"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w*, and \w stedfast|strong="H7011"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*, and his \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* <i>that</i> which shall \w not|strong="H3809"\w* be \w destroyed|strong="H2255"\w*, and his \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* <i>shall be even</i> \w unto|strong="H5705"\w* the \w end|strong="H5491"\w*.


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He \w delivereth|strong="H7804"\w* and \w rescueth|strong="H5338"\w*, and he \w worketh|strong="H5648"\w* \w signs|strong="H0852"\w* and \w wonders|strong="H8540"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w* and in \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, who hath \w delivered|strong="H7804"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* the \w power|strong="H3028"\w* of the \w lions|strong="H0744"\w*.<n>power: Chaldee, hand</n>


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So \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w prospered|strong="H6744"\w* in the \w reign|strong="H4437"\w* of \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w*, and in the \w reign|strong="H4437"\w* of \w Cyrus|strong="H3567"\w* the \w Persian|strong="H6543"\w*.<pb/>


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In the \w first|strong="H2298"\w* \w year|strong="H8140"\w* of \w Belshazzar|strong="H1113"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w had|strong="H2370"\w* a \w dream|strong="H2493"\w* and \w visions|strong="H2376"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7217"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* his \w bed|strong="H4903"\w*: \w then|strong="H0116"\w* he \w wrote|strong="H3790"\w* the \w dream|strong="H2493"\w*, <i>and</i> \w told|strong="H0560"\w* the \w sum|strong="H7217"\w* of the \w matters|strong="H4406"\w*.<n>had: Chaldee, saw</n><n>matters: or, words</n>


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\w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w spake|strong="H6032"\w* and \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H2370"\w* in my \w vision|strong="H2376"\w* \w by|strong="H5974"\w* \w night|strong="H3916"\w*, and, \w behold|strong="H0718"\w*, the \w four|strong="H0703"\w* \w winds|strong="H7308"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w* \w strove|strong="H1519"\w* upon the \w great|strong="H7229"\w* \w sea|strong="H3221"\w*.


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And \w four|strong="H0703"\w* \w great|strong="H7260"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* came \w up|strong="H5559"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3221"\w*, \w diverse|strong="H8133"\w* \w one|strong="H1668"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w another|strong="H1668"\w*.


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The \w first|strong="H6933"\w* <i>was</i> like a \w lion|strong="H0744"\w*, and had \w eagle’s|strong="H5403"\w* \w wings|strong="H1611"\w*: I \w beheld|strong="H1934"\w* \w till|strong="H5705"\w* the \w wings|strong="H1611"\w* thereof were \w plucked|strong="H4804"\w*, and it was lifted \w up|strong="H5191"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, and made \w stand|strong="H6966"\w* \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7271"\w* as a \w man|strong="H0606"\w*, and a \w man’s|strong="H0606"\w* \w heart|strong="H3825"\w* was \w given|strong="H3052"\w* to it.<n>and it: or, wherewith it</n>


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And \w behold|strong="H0718"\w* \w another|strong="H0317"\w* \w beast|strong="H2423"\w*, a \w second|strong="H8578"\w*, \w like|strong="H1821"\w* to a \w bear|strong="H1678"\w*, and it raised \w up|strong="H6966"\w* itself on \w one|strong="H2298"\w* \w side|strong="H7859"\w*, and <i>it had</i> \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w ribs|strong="H5967"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6433"\w* of it \w between|strong="H0997"\w* the \w teeth|strong="H8128"\w* of it: and they \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w thus|strong="H3652"\w* unto it, \w Arise|strong="H6966"\w*, \w devour|strong="H0399"\w* \w much|strong="H7690"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1321"\w*.<n>it raised…: or, it raised up one dominion</n>


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\w After|strong="H0870"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* I \w beheld|strong="H1934"\w*, and \w lo|strong="H0718"\w* \w another|strong="H0317"\w*, like a \w leopard|strong="H5245"\w*, which had \w upon|strong="H5922"\w* the \w back|strong="H1355"\w* of it \w four|strong="H0703"\w* \w wings|strong="H1611"\w* of a \w fowl|strong="H5776"\w*; the \w beast|strong="H2423"\w* had also \w four|strong="H0703"\w* \w heads|strong="H7217"\w*; and \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* was \w given|strong="H3052"\w* to it.


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\w After|strong="H0870"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* I \w saw|strong="H1934"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3916"\w* \w visions|strong="H2376"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H0718"\w* a \w fourth|strong="H7244"\w* \w beast|strong="H2423"\w*, \w dreadful|strong="H1763"\w* and \w terrible|strong="H0574"\w*, and \w strong|strong="H8624"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H3493"\w*; and it had \w great|strong="H7260"\w* \w iron|strong="H6523"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8128"\w*: it \w devoured|strong="H0399"\w* and brake in \w pieces|strong="H1855"\w*, and \w stamped|strong="H7512"\w* the \w residue|strong="H7606"\w* with the \w feet|strong="H7271"\w* of it: and \w it|strong="H1932"\w* <i>was</i> \w diverse|strong="H8133"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w* that <i>were</i> \w before|strong="H6925"\w* it; and it had \w ten|strong="H6236"\w* \w horns|strong="H7162"\w*.


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I \w considered|strong="H1934"\w* the \w horns|strong="H7162"\w*, and, \w behold|strong="H0431"\w*, there came \w up|strong="H5559"\w* \w among|strong="H0997"\w* them \w another|strong="H0317"\w* \w little|strong="H2192"\w* \w horn|strong="H7162"\w*, \w before|strong="H6925"\w* whom there were \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w first|strong="H6933"\w* \w horns|strong="H7162"\w* plucked up by the \w roots|strong="H6132"\w*: and, \w behold|strong="H0431"\w*, in \w this|strong="H1668"\w* \w horn|strong="H7162"\w* <i>were</i> \w eyes|strong="H5870"\w* like the \w eyes|strong="H5870"\w* of \w man|strong="H0606"\w*, and a \w mouth|strong="H6433"\w* \w speaking|strong="H4449"\w* great \w things|strong="H7260"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ I \w beheld|strong="H1934"\w* \w till|strong="H5705"\w* the \w thrones|strong="H3764"\w* were cast \w down|strong="H7412"\w*, and the \w Ancient|strong="H6268"\w* of \w days|strong="H3118"\w* did \w sit|strong="H3488"\w*, whose \w garment|strong="H3831"\w* <i>was</i> \w white|strong="H2358"\w* as \w snow|strong="H8517"\w*, and the \w hair|strong="H8177"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7217"\w* like the \w pure|strong="H5343"\w* \w wool|strong="H6015"\w*: his \w throne|strong="H3764"\w* <i>was like</i> the \w fiery|strong="H5135"\w* \w flame|strong="H7631"\w*, <i>and</i> his \w wheels|strong="H1535"\w* <i>as</i> \w burning|strong="H1815"\w* \w fire|strong="H5135"\w*.


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A \w fiery|strong="H5135"\w* \w stream|strong="H5103"\w* \w issued|strong="H5047"\w* and came \w forth|strong="H5312"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* him: \w thousand|strong="H0506"\w* \w thousands|strong="H0506"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8120"\w* unto him, and ten \w thousand|strong="H7240"\w* times ten \w thousand|strong="H7240"\w* \w stood|strong="H6966"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* him: the \w judgment|strong="H1780"\w* was \w set|strong="H3488"\w*, and the \w books|strong="H5609"\w* were \w opened|strong="H6606"\w*.


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I \w beheld|strong="H1934"\w* \w then|strong="H0116"\w* \w because|strong="H4481"\w* of the \w voice|strong="H7032"\w* of the \w great|strong="H7260"\w* \w words|strong="H4406"\w* which the \w horn|strong="H7162"\w* \w spake|strong="H4449"\w*: I \w beheld|strong="H1934"\w* <i>even</i> \w till|strong="H5705"\w* the \w beast|strong="H2423"\w* was \w slain|strong="H6992"\w*, and his \w body|strong="H1655"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0007"\w*, and \w given|strong="H3052"\w* to the \w burning|strong="H3346"\w* \w flame|strong="H0785"\w*.


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As concerning the \w rest|strong="H7606"\w* of the \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w*, they had their \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* taken \w away|strong="H5709"\w*: yet their \w lives|strong="H2417"\w* were \w prolonged|strong="H3052"\w* \w for|strong="H5705"\w* a \w season|strong="H2166"\w* and \w time|strong="H5732"\w*.<n>their lives…: Chaldee, a prolonging in life was given them</n>


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I \w saw|strong="H1934"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3916"\w* \w visions|strong="H2376"\w*, and, \w behold|strong="H0718"\w*, <i>one</i> like the \w Son|strong="H1247"\w* of \w man|strong="H0606"\w* \w came|strong="H0858"\w* \w with|strong="H5974"\w* the \w clouds|strong="H6050"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, and \w came|strong="H4291"\w* \w to|strong="H5705"\w* the \w Ancient|strong="H6268"\w* of \w days|strong="H3118"\w*, and they brought him \w near|strong="H7127"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* him.


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And there was \w given|strong="H3052"\w* him \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w*, and \w glory|strong="H3367"\w*, and a \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, that \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w people|strong="H5972"\w*, \w nations|strong="H0524"\w*, and \w languages|strong="H3961"\w*, should \w serve|strong="H6399"\w* him: his \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w* <i>is</i> an \w everlasting|strong="H5957"\w* \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w*, which shall \w not|strong="H3809"\w* pass \w away|strong="H5709"\w*, and his \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* <i>that</i> which shall \w not|strong="H3809"\w* be \w destroyed|strong="H2255"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H3735"\w* in my \w spirit|strong="H7308"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H1459"\w* of <i>my</i> \w body|strong="H5085"\w*, and the \w visions|strong="H2376"\w* of my \w head|strong="H7217"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0927"\w* me.<n>body: Chaldee, sheath</n>


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I came \w near|strong="H7127"\w* \w unto|strong="H5922"\w* \w one|strong="H2298"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* them that stood \w by|strong="H6966"\w*, and \w asked|strong="H1156"\w* \w him|strong="H4481"\w* the \w truth|strong="H3330"\w* of \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w*. So he \w told|strong="H0560"\w* me, and made me \w know|strong="H3046"\w* the \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* of the \w things|strong="H4406"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H0459"\w* \w great|strong="H7260"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2423"\w*, \w which|strong="H0581"\w* are \w four|strong="H0703"\w*, <i>are</i> \w four|strong="H0703"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w*, <i>which</i> shall \w arise|strong="H6966"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*.


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But the \w saints|strong="H6922"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5946"\w* shall \w take|strong="H6902"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, and \w possess|strong="H2631"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* \w for|strong="H5705"\w* \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*, even \w for|strong="H5705"\w* \w ever|strong="H5957"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5957"\w*.<n>most…: Chaldee, high ones, that is, things, or, places</n>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* I \w would|strong="H6634"\w* know the \w truth|strong="H3321"\w* \w of|strong="H5922"\w* the \w fourth|strong="H7244"\w* \w beast|strong="H2423"\w*, which \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w diverse|strong="H8133"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* the others, \w exceeding|strong="H3493"\w* \w dreadful|strong="H1763"\w*, whose \w teeth|strong="H8128"\w* <i>were of</i> \w iron|strong="H6523"\w*, and his \w nails|strong="H2953"\w* <i>of</i> \w brass|strong="H5174"\w*; <i>which</i> \w devoured|strong="H0399"\w*, brake in \w pieces|strong="H1855"\w*, and \w stamped|strong="H7512"\w* the \w residue|strong="H7606"\w* with his \w feet|strong="H7271"\w*;<n>from…: Chaldee, from all those</n>


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And \w of|strong="H5922"\w* the \w ten|strong="H6236"\w* \w horns|strong="H7162"\w* that <i>were</i> in his \w head|strong="H7217"\w*, and <i>of</i> the \w other|strong="H0317"\w* which came \w up|strong="H5559"\w*, and \w before|strong="H4481"\w* whom \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w fell|strong="H5308"\w*; even <i>of</i> that \w horn|strong="H7162"\w* \w that|strong="H1797"\w* had \w eyes|strong="H5870"\w*, and a \w mouth|strong="H6433"\w* that \w spake|strong="H4449"\w* very great \w things|strong="H7260"\w*, whose \w look|strong="H2376"\w* <i>was</i> \w more|strong="H4481"\w* \w stout|strong="H7229"\w* \w than|strong="H4481"\w* his \w fellows|strong="H2273"\w*.


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I \w beheld|strong="H1934"\w*, and the \w same|strong="H1797"\w* \w horn|strong="H7162"\w* \w made|strong="H5648"\w* \w war|strong="H7129"\w* \w with|strong="H5974"\w* the \w saints|strong="H6922"\w*, and \w prevailed|strong="H3202"\w* against them;


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\w Until|strong="H5705"\w* the \w Ancient|strong="H6268"\w* of \w days|strong="H3118"\w* \w came|strong="H0858"\w*, and \w judgment|strong="H1780"\w* was \w given|strong="H3052"\w* to the \w saints|strong="H6922"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5946"\w*; and the \w time|strong="H2166"\w* \w came|strong="H4291"\w* that the \w saints|strong="H6922"\w* \w possessed|strong="H2631"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*.


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\w Thus|strong="H3652"\w* he \w said|strong="H0560"\w*, The \w fourth|strong="H7244"\w* \w beast|strong="H2423"\w* shall \w be|strong="H1934"\w* the \w fourth|strong="H7244"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* upon \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, which shall be \w diverse|strong="H8133"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4437"\w*, and shall \w devour|strong="H0399"\w* the \w whole|strong="H3606"\w* \w earth|strong="H0772"\w*, and shall tread it \w down|strong="H1759"\w*, and break it in \w pieces|strong="H1855"\w*.


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And the \w ten|strong="H6236"\w* \w horns|strong="H7162"\w* out \w of|strong="H4481"\w* this \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* <i>are</i> \w ten|strong="H6236"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w* <i>that</i> shall \w arise|strong="H6966"\w*: and \w another|strong="H0321"\w* shall \w rise|strong="H6966"\w* \w after|strong="H0311"\w* them; and he shall be \w diverse|strong="H8133"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* the \w first|strong="H6933"\w*, and he shall \w subdue|strong="H8214"\w* \w three|strong="H8532"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w*.


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And he shall \w speak|strong="H4449"\w* <i>great</i> \w words|strong="H4406"\w* \w against|strong="H6655"\w* the most \w High|strong="H5943"\w*, and shall wear \w out|strong="H1080"\w* the \w saints|strong="H6922"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5946"\w*, and \w think|strong="H5452"\w* to \w change|strong="H8133"\w* \w times|strong="H2166"\w* and \w laws|strong="H1882"\w*: and they shall be \w given|strong="H3052"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* \w until|strong="H5705"\w* a \w time|strong="H5732"\w* and \w times|strong="H5732"\w* and the \w dividing|strong="H6387"\w* of \w time|strong="H5732"\w*.


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But the \w judgment|strong="H1780"\w* shall \w sit|strong="H3488"\w*, and they shall take \w away|strong="H5709"\w* his \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w*, to \w consume|strong="H8046"\w* and to \w destroy|strong="H0007"\w* <i>it</i> \w unto|strong="H5705"\w* the \w end|strong="H5491"\w*.


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And the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* and \w dominion|strong="H7985"\w*, and the \w greatness|strong="H7238"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* \w under|strong="H8460"\w* the \w whole|strong="H3606"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*, shall be \w given|strong="H3052"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5972"\w* of the \w saints|strong="H6922"\w* of the most \w High|strong="H5946"\w*, whose \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* <i>is</i> an \w everlasting|strong="H5957"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, and \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w dominions|strong="H7985"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H6399"\w* and \w obey|strong="H8086"\w* him.<n>dominions: or, rulers</n>


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\w Hitherto|strong="H5705"\w* <i>is</i> the \w end|strong="H5491"\w* of the \w matter|strong="H4406"\w*. As for \w me|strong="H0576"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, my \w cogitations|strong="H7476"\w* \w much|strong="H7690"\w* \w troubled|strong="H0927"\w* me, and my \w countenance|strong="H2122"\w* \w changed|strong="H8133"\w* in \w me|strong="H5922"\w*: but I \w kept|strong="H5202"\w* the \w matter|strong="H4406"\w* in my \w heart|strong="H3821"\w*.<pb/>


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In the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of the \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Belshazzar|strong="H1112"\w* a \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto me, <i>even unto</i> me \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that which \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto me at the \w first|strong="H8462"\w*.


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And I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* in a \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*; and it came to pass, when I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*, that I <i>was</i> at \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* <i>in</i> the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w province|strong="H4082"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*; and I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* in a \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*, and I was by the \w river|strong="H0180"\w* of \w Ulai|strong="H0195"\w*.


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Then I lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w river|strong="H0180"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* which had <i>two</i> \w horns|strong="H7161"\w*: and the <i>two</i> \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* <i>were</i> \w high|strong="H1364"\w*; but \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w higher|strong="H1364"\w* than the \w other|strong="H8145"\w*, and the \w higher|strong="H1364"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w*.<n>the other: Heb. the second</n>


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I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* \w pushing|strong="H5055"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w northward|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w southward|strong="H5045"\w*; so that no \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* might \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, neither <i>was there any</i> that could \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; but he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to his \w will|strong="H7522"\w*, and became \w great|strong="H1431"\w*.


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And as I was \w considering|strong="H0995"\w*, behold, an \w he|strong="H5795"\w* \w goat|strong="H6842"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w west|strong="H4628"\w* on the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* not the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w goat|strong="H6842"\w* <i>had</i> a \w notable|strong="H2380"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* between his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>touched…: or, none touched him in the earth</n><n>a notable…: Heb. a horn of sight</n>


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And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* that \w had|strong="H1167"\w* <i>two</i> \w horns|strong="H7161"\w*, which I had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w river|strong="H0180"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* unto him in the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* of his \w power|strong="H3581"\w*.


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And I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him \w come|strong="H5060"\w* close \w unto|strong="H0681"\w* the \w ram|strong="H0352"\w*, and he was moved with \w choler|strong="H4843"\w* against him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w ram|strong="H0352"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H7665"\w* his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w*: and there was no \w power|strong="H3581"\w* in the \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, but he cast him \w down|strong="H7993"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w stamped|strong="H7429"\w* upon him: and there was none that could \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* the \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Therefore the \w he|strong="H6842"\w* \w goat|strong="H5795"\w* waxed \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*: and when he was \w strong|strong="H6105"\w*, the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* was \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*; and for it came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* notable \w ones|strong="H2380"\w* toward the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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And out of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w little|strong="H4704"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w*, which waxed \w exceeding|strong="H3499"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, toward the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and toward the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, and toward the \w pleasant|strong="H6643"\w* <i>land</i>.


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And it waxed \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, <i>even</i> to the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; and it cast \w down|strong="H5307"\w* <i>some</i> of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* and of the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w stamped|strong="H7429"\w* upon them.<n>to the host: or, against the host</n>


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Yea, he \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* <i>himself</i> even to the \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, and by him the \w daily|strong="H8548"\w* <i>sacrifice</i> was taken \w away|strong="H7311"\w*, and the \w place|strong="H4349"\w* of his \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* was cast \w down|strong="H7993"\w*.<n>to: or, against</n><n>by him: or, from him</n>


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And an \w host|strong="H6635"\w* was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* <i>him</i> against the \w daily|strong="H8548"\w* <i>sacrifice</i> by reason of \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, and it cast \w down|strong="H7993"\w* the \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; and it \w practised|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w prospered|strong="H6743"\w*.<n>an host…: or, the host was given over for the transgression against the daily sacrifice</n><pb/>


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¶ Then I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w saint|strong="H6918"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w saint|strong="H6918"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto that \w certain|strong="H6422"\w* <i>saint</i> which \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, How long <i>shall be</i> the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* <i>concerning</i> the \w daily|strong="H8548"\w* <i>sacrifice</i>, and the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of \w desolation|strong="H8074"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* both the \w sanctuary|strong="H6944"\w* and the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* to be trodden under \w foot|strong="H4823"\w*?<n>that…: or, the numberer of secrets, or, the wonderful numberer: Heb. Palmoni</n><n>of…: or, making desolate</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Unto two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w days|strong="H6153"\w*; then shall the \w sanctuary|strong="H6944"\w* be \w cleansed|strong="H6663"\w*.<n>days: Heb. evening morning</n><n>cleansed: Heb. justified</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when I, <i>even</i> I \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*, and \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for the \w meaning|strong="H0998"\w*, then, behold, there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* before me as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of a \w man|strong="H1397"\w*.


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And I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* between <i>the banks of</i> \w Ulai|strong="H0195"\w*, which \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Gabriel|strong="H1403"\w*, make \w this|strong="H1975"\w* <i>man</i> to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w*.


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So he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w near|strong="H0681"\w* where I \w stood|strong="H5977"\w*: and when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, I was \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: but he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Understand|strong="H0995"\w*, O \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*: for at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* <i>shall be</i> the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*.


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Now as he was \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* with me, I was in a deep \w sleep|strong="H7290"\w* on my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: but he \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* me, and \w set|strong="H5975"\w* me \w upright|strong="H5977"\w*.<n>set…: Heb. made me stand upon my standing</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I will make thee \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what shall be in the last \w end|strong="H0319"\w* of the \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*: for at the time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* <i>shall be</i>.


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The \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* which thou \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* \w having|strong="H1167"\w* <i>two</i> \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* <i>are</i> the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* and \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*.


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And the \w rough|strong="H8163"\w* \w goat|strong="H6842"\w* <i>is</i> the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Grecia|strong="H3120"\w*: and the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* that <i>is</i> between his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>is</i> the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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Now that being \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*, whereas \w four|strong="H0702"\w* stood \w up|strong="H5975"\w* for it, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4438"\w* shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* out of the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, but not in his \w power|strong="H3581"\w*.


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And in the latter \w time|strong="H0319"\w* of their \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, when the \w transgressors|strong="H6586"\w* are come to the \w full|strong="H8552"\w*, a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w fierce|strong="H5794"\w* \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* dark \w sentences|strong="H2420"\w*, shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w*.<n>are…: Heb. are accomplished</n>


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And his \w power|strong="H3581"\w* shall be \w mighty|strong="H6105"\w*, but not by his own \w power|strong="H3581"\w*: and he shall \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w wonderfully|strong="H6381"\w*, and shall \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*, and \w practise|strong="H6213"\w*, and shall \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w* and the \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>holy…: Heb. people of the holy ones</n>


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And through his \w policy|strong="H7922"\w* also he shall cause \w craft|strong="H4820"\w* to \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and he shall \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* <i>himself</i> in his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and by \w peace|strong="H7962"\w* shall \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*: he shall also stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* against the \w Prince|strong="H8269"\w* of \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*; but he shall be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w without|strong="H0657"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>peace: or, prosperity</n>


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And the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w* of the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* and the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* which was \w told|strong="H0559"\w* <i>is</i> \w true|strong="H0571"\w*: wherefore shut thou \w up|strong="H5640"\w* the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*; for it <i>shall be</i> for \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And I \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w* \w fainted|strong="H1961"\w*, and was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* <i>certain</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; afterward I rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w business|strong="H4399"\w*; and I was \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w* at the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w*, but none \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* <i>it</i>.<pb/>


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In the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Darius|strong="H1867"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, of the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*, which was made \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over the \w realm|strong="H4438"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*;<n>which: or, in which he</n>


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In the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* I \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w* \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* by \w books|strong="H5612"\w* the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, whereof the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, that he would \w accomplish|strong="H4390"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in the \w desolations|strong="H2723"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* unto the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* by \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w*, with \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*:<pb/>


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And I \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and made my \w confession|strong="H3034"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0577"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w dreadful|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w keeping|strong="H8104"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* to them that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* him, and to them that \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*;


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We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and have committed \w iniquity|strong="H5753"\w*, and have done \w wickedly|strong="H7561"\w*, and have \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w*, even by \w departing|strong="H5493"\w* from thy \w precepts|strong="H4687"\w* and from thy \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*:


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Neither have we \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, which \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* in thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* to our \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, our \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* <i>belongeth</i> unto thee, but unto us \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w* of \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; to the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>that are</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, and <i>that are</i> far \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, through all the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* whither thou hast \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* them, because of their \w trespass|strong="H4604"\w* that they have \w trespassed|strong="H4603"\w* against thee.<n>belongeth…: or, thou hast</n>


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O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, to us <i>belongeth</i> \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w* of \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, to our \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, to our \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and to our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, because we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee.


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To the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>belong</i> \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* and \w forgivenesses|strong="H5547"\w*, though we have \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against him;


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Neither have we \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, which he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.


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Yea, all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* thy \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, even by \w departing|strong="H5493"\w*, that they might not \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*; therefore the \w curse|strong="H0423"\w* is \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* upon us, and the \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* that <i>is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, because we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against him.


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And he hath \w confirmed|strong="H6965"\w* his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against us, and against our \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* that \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* us, by \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* upon us a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: for under the whole \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* hath not been \w done|strong="H6213"\w* as hath been \w done|strong="H6213"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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As <i>it is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, all this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us: yet made we not our \w prayer|strong="H2470"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that we might \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*, and \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* thy \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.<n>made…: Heb. intreated we not the face of the, etc</n>


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Therefore hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w watched|strong="H8245"\w* upon the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it upon us: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>is</i> \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* in all his \w works|strong="H4639"\w* which he \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w*: for we \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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And now, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that hast \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* with a \w mighty|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and hast \w gotten|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w renown|strong="H8034"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, we have done \w wickedly|strong="H7561"\w*.<n>gotten…: Heb. made thee a name</n><pb/>


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¶ O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, according to all thy \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, I beseech thee, let thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and thy \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* be turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from thy \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, thy \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: because for our \w sins|strong="H2399"\w*, and for the \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* of our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>are become</i> a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* to all <i>that are</i> \w about|strong="H5439"\w* us.


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Now therefore, O our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w*, and cause thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to \w shine|strong="H0215"\w* upon thy \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* that is \w desolate|strong="H8076"\w*, for the \w Lord’s|strong="H0136"\w* sake.


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O my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; \w open|strong="H6491"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* our \w desolations|strong="H8074"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: for we do not \w present|strong="H5307"\w* our \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee for our \w righteousnesses|strong="H6666"\w*, but for thy \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w*.<n>which…: Heb. whereupon thy name is called</n><n>present: Heb. cause to fall</n>


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O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*; O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w* and \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; \w defer|strong="H0309"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w*, for thine own sake, O my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for thy \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And whiles I <i>was</i> \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w praying|strong="H6419"\w*, and \w confessing|strong="H3034"\w* my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* and the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w presenting|strong="H5307"\w* my \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*;


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Yea, whiles I <i>was</i> \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* in \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, even the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gabriel|strong="H1403"\w*, whom I had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* at the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w*, being caused to \w fly|strong="H3286"\w* \w swiftly|strong="H3288"\w*, \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* me about the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w oblation|strong="H4503"\w*.<n>swiftly: Heb. with weariness, or, flight</n>


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And he \w informed|strong="H0995"\w* <i>me</i>, and \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with me, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, I am now come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to give thee \w skill|strong="H7919"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.<n>to…: Heb. to make thee skilful of</n>


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At the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of thy \w supplications|strong="H8469"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* <i>thee;</i> for thou <i>art</i> greatly \w beloved|strong="H2532"\w*: therefore \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w*.<n>commandment: Heb. word</n><n>greatly…: Heb. a man of desires</n>


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\w Seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w* are \w determined|strong="H2852"\w* upon thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and upon thy \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, to \w finish|strong="H3607"\w* the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, and to make an \w end|strong="H8552"\w* of \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*, and to make \w reconciliation|strong="H3722"\w* for \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and to bring \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and to seal \w up|strong="H2856"\w* the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* and \w prophecy|strong="H5030"\w*, and to \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w*.<n>finish: or, restrain</n><n>make an…: or, seal up</n><n>prophecy: Heb. prophet</n>


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\w Know|strong="H3045"\w* therefore and \w understand|strong="H7919"\w*, <i>that</i> from the going \w forth|strong="H4161"\w* of the \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* to \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* and to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w Messiah|strong="H4899"\w* the \w Prince|strong="H5057"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w*, and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w*: the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* shall be \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and the \w wall|strong="H2742"\w*, even in \w troublous|strong="H6695"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w*.<n>be built…: Heb. return and be built</n><n>wall: or, breach, or, ditch</n><n>troublous: Heb. strait of</n>


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w* shall \w Messiah|strong="H4899"\w* be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*, but not for himself: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* that shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* shall \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and the \w sanctuary|strong="H6944"\w*; and the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* thereof <i>shall be</i> with a \w flood|strong="H7858"\w*, and unto the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w desolations|strong="H8074"\w* are \w determined|strong="H2782"\w*.<n>but…: or, and shall have nothing</n><n>desolations…: or, it shall be cut off by desolations</n>


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And he shall \w confirm|strong="H1396"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with \w many|strong="H7227"\w* for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w week|strong="H7620"\w*: and in the \w midst|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w week|strong="H7620"\w* he shall cause the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* and the \w oblation|strong="H4503"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, and for the \w overspreading|strong="H3671"\w* of \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* he shall make <i>it</i> \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, even until the \w consummation|strong="H3617"\w*, and that \w determined|strong="H2782"\w* shall be \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* upon the \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*.<n>the covenant: or, a covenant</n><n>for the…: or, with the abominable armies</n><n>the desolate: or, the desolator</n><pb/>


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In the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* was \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* unto \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* was \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Belteshazzar|strong="H1095"\w*; and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* <i>was</i> \w true|strong="H0571"\w*, but the time \w appointed|strong="H6635"\w* <i>was</i> \w long|strong="H1419"\w*: and he \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, and had \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* of the \w vision|strong="H4758"\w*.<n>long: Heb. great</n>


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* I \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w* was \w mourning|strong="H0056"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w*.<n>full…: Heb. weeks of days</n>


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I \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* no \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, neither \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* nor \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, neither did I \w anoint|strong="H5480"\w* myself at \w all|strong="H5480"\w*, till \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w whole|strong="H3117"\w* \w weeks|strong="H7620"\w* were \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w*.<n>pleasant…: Heb. bread of desires</n>


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And in the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, as I was by the \w side|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w Hiddekel|strong="H2313"\w*;


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Then I lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and behold a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* in \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, whose \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* <i>were</i> \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with fine \w gold|strong="H3800"\w* of \w Uphaz|strong="H0210"\w*:<n>a…: Heb. one man</n>


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His \w body|strong="H1472"\w* also <i>was</i> like the \w beryl|strong="H8658"\w*, and his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* as \w lamps|strong="H3940"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* and his \w feet|strong="H4772"\w* like in \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* to \w polished|strong="H7044"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w words|strong="H1697"\w* like the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*.


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And I \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w* alone \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w vision|strong="H4759"\w*: for the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that were with me \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w vision|strong="H4759"\w*; \w but|strong="H0061"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w quaking|strong="H2731"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon them, so that they \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* themselves.


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Therefore I was left \w alone|strong="H7604"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w vision|strong="H4759"\w*, and there \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* in me: for my \w comeliness|strong="H1935"\w* was \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* in me into \w corruption|strong="H4889"\w*, and I \w retained|strong="H6113"\w* no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*.<n>comeliness: or, vigour</n>


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Yet \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* I the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: and when I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, then was I in a deep \w sleep|strong="H7290"\w* on my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And, behold, an \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* me, which \w set|strong="H5128"\w* me upon my \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* and <i>upon</i> the \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* of my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>set: Heb. moved</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, O \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* greatly \w beloved|strong="H2532"\w*, \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w upright|strong="H5977"\w*: for unto thee am I now \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*. And when he had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* unto me, I \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w trembling|strong="H7460"\w*.<n>greatly…: Heb. of desires</n><n>upright: Heb. upon thy standing</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto me, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not, \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*: for from the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that thou didst \w set|strong="H5414"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w*, and to \w chasten|strong="H6031"\w* thyself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* were \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, and I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* for thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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But the \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* \w withstood|strong="H5975"\w* me \w one|strong="H0259"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: but, lo, \w Michael|strong="H4317"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w chief|strong="H7223"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w help|strong="H5826"\w* me; and I \w remained|strong="H3498"\w* there \w with|strong="H0681"\w* the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*.<n>chief: or, first</n>


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Now I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to make thee \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* what shall \w befall|strong="H7136"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in the \w latter|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: for yet the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* <i>is</i> for <i>many</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And when he had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* such \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto me, I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and I became \w dumb|strong="H0481"\w*.


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And, behold, <i>one</i> like the \w similitude|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*: then I \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* before me, O my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, by the \w vision|strong="H4759"\w* my \w sorrows|strong="H6735"\w* are \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* upon me, and I have \w retained|strong="H6113"\w* no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*.


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For \w how|strong="H1963"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of this my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* with this my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*? for as for me, \w straightway|strong="H6258"\w* there \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* in me, neither is there \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in me.<n>the…: or, this servant of my lord</n>


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Then there came \w again|strong="H3254"\w* and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* me <i>one</i> like the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and he \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* me,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w man|strong="H0376"\w* greatly \w beloved|strong="H2532"\w*, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* <i>be</i> unto thee, be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, yea, be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*. And when he had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto me, I was \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*; for thou hast \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* me.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou wherefore I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee? and now will I \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*: and when I am gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, lo, the \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Grecia|strong="H3120"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0061"\w* I will \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* thee that which is \w noted|strong="H7559"\w* in the \w scripture|strong="H3791"\w* of \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*: and <i>there is</i> \w none|strong="H0259"\w* that \w holdeth|strong="H2388"\w* with me in these things, but \w Michael|strong="H4317"\w* your \w prince|strong="H8269"\w*.<n>holdeth: Heb. strengtheneth himself</n><pb/>


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Also I in the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Darius|strong="H1867"\w* the \w Mede|strong="H4075"\w*, <i>even</i> I, \w stood|strong="H5977"\w* to \w confirm|strong="H2388"\w* and to \w strengthen|strong="H4581"\w* him.


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And now will I \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* thee the \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*. Behold, there shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* yet \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*; and the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* shall be \w far|strong="H6239"\w* \w richer|strong="H6238"\w* than <i>they</i> \w all|strong="H1419"\w*: and by his \w strength|strong="H2393"\w* through his \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* he shall stir \w up|strong="H5782"\w* all against the \w realm|strong="H4438"\w* of \w Grecia|strong="H3120"\w*.


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And a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w*, that shall \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* with \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w dominion|strong="H4474"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to his \w will|strong="H7522"\w*.


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And when he shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w*, his \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* shall be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*, and shall be \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* toward the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w winds|strong="H7307"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; and not to his \w posterity|strong="H0319"\w*, nor according to his \w dominion|strong="H4915"\w* which he \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w*: for his \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* shall be plucked \w up|strong="H5428"\w*, even for \w others|strong="H0312"\w* beside those.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, and <i>one</i> of his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*; and he shall be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* above him, and have \w dominion|strong="H4910"\w*; his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w* <i>shall be</i> a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w dominion|strong="H4474"\w*.


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And in the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w years|strong="H8141"\w* they shall join themselves \w together|strong="H2266"\w*; for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* an \w agreement|strong="H4339"\w*: but she shall not \w retain|strong="H6113"\w* the \w power|strong="H3581"\w* of the \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*; neither shall he \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, nor his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*: but she shall be given \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, and they that \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* her, and he that \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* her, and he that \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* her in <i>these</i> \w times|strong="H6256"\w*.<n>join…: Heb. associate themselves</n><n>an…: Heb. rights</n><n>he that begat…: or, whom she brought forth</n>


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But out of a \w branch|strong="H5342"\w* of her \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* shall <i>one</i> stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* in his \w estate|strong="H3653"\w*, which shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with an \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, and shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w fortress|strong="H4581"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and shall \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* against them, and shall \w prevail|strong="H2388"\w*:<n>in…: or, in his place, or, office</n>


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And shall also \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* \w captives|strong="H7628"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, with their \w princes|strong="H5257"\w*, <i>and</i> with their \w precious|strong="H2532"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and he shall \w continue|strong="H5975"\w* <i>more</i> \w years|strong="H8141"\w* than the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.<n>their precious…: Heb. vessels of their desire</n>


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into <i>his</i> \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, and shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into his own \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.


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But his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* shall be stirred \w up|strong="H1624"\w*, and shall \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* a \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*: and <i>one</i> shall \w certainly|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w*, and pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w*: then shall he \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and be stirred \w up|strong="H1624"\w*, <i>even</i> to his \w fortress|strong="H4581"\w*.<n>shall be…: or, shall war</n><n>return…: or, be stirred up again</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall be moved with \w choler|strong="H4843"\w*, and shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with him, <i>even</i> with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*: and he shall set \w forth|strong="H5975"\w* a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*; but the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* shall be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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<i>And</i> when he hath taken \w away|strong="H5375"\w* the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*, his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* shall be lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w*; and he shall cast \w down|strong="H5307"\w* <i>many</i> ten \w thousands|strong="H7239"\w*: but he shall not be \w strengthened|strong="H5810"\w* <i>by it</i>.


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For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall set \w forth|strong="H5975"\w* a \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* \w greater|strong="H7227"\w* than the \w former|strong="H7223"\w*, and shall \w certainly|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w certain|strong="H6256"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* and with \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w riches|strong="H7399"\w*.<n>after…: Heb. at the end of times, even years</n>


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And in those \w times|strong="H6256"\w* there shall \w many|strong="H7227"\w* stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*: also the \w robbers|strong="H1121"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w exalt|strong="H5375"\w* themselves to \w establish|strong="H5975"\w* the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*; but they shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*.<n>the robbers: Heb. the children of robbers</n>


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and cast \w up|strong="H8210"\w* a \w mount|strong="H5550"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* the most \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*: and the \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall not \w withstand|strong="H5975"\w*, neither his \w chosen|strong="H4005"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, neither <i>shall there be any</i> \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* to \w withstand|strong="H5975"\w*.<n>the most…: Heb. the city of munitions</n><n>his…: Heb. the people of his choices</n>


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But he that \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* against him shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to his own \w will|strong="H7522"\w*, and none shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w glorious|strong="H6643"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which by his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall be \w consumed|strong="H3617"\w*.<n>glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of ornament</n>


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He shall also \w set|strong="H7760"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* with the \w strength|strong="H8633"\w* of his whole \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, and upright \w ones|strong="H3477"\w* with him; thus shall he \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: and he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w corrupting|strong="H7843"\w* her: but she shall not \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* <i>on his side</i>, neither be for him.<n>upright…: or, much uprightness: or, equal conditions</n><n>corrupting: Heb. to corrupt</n>


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After this shall he \w turn|strong="H7760"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* unto the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w*, and shall \w take|strong="H3920"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*: but a \w prince|strong="H7101"\w* for his own behalf shall cause the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* offered by him to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*; \w without|strong="H1115"\w* his own \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* he shall cause <i>it</i> to \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* upon him.<n>for…: Heb. for him</n><n>the reproach…: Heb. his reproach</n>


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Then he shall \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w fort|strong="H4581"\w* of his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: but he shall \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.


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Then shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* in his \w estate|strong="H3653"\w* a \w raiser|strong="H5674"\w* of \w taxes|strong="H5065"\w* <i>in</i> the \w glory|strong="H1925"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*: but within \w few|strong="H0259"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* he shall be \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w*, neither in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, nor in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>estate: or, place</n><n>a…: Heb. one that causeth an exacter to pass over</n><n>anger: Heb. angers</n><pb/>


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And in his \w estate|strong="H3653"\w* shall stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* a vile \w person|strong="H0959"\w*, to whom they shall not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w honour|strong="H1935"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*: but he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in \w peaceably|strong="H7962"\w*, and \w obtain|strong="H2388"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* by \w flatteries|strong="H2519"\w*.<n>estate: or, place</n>


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And with the \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* of a \w flood|strong="H7858"\w* shall they be \w overflown|strong="H7857"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and shall be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*; yea, also the \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.


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And after the \w league|strong="H2266"\w* <i>made</i> with him he shall \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w deceitfully|strong="H4820"\w*: for he shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and shall become \w strong|strong="H6105"\w* with a \w small|strong="H4592"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*.


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He shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* \w peaceably|strong="H7962"\w* even upon the fattest \w places|strong="H4924"\w* of the \w province|strong="H4082"\w*; and he shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that</i> which his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have not \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, nor his \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; he shall \w scatter|strong="H0967"\w* among them the \w prey|strong="H0961"\w*, and \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, and \w riches|strong="H7399"\w*: <i>yea</i>, and he shall \w forecast|strong="H2803"\w* his \w devices|strong="H4284"\w* against the strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w*, even for a \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.<n>peaceably…: or, into the peaceable and fat, etc</n><n>forecast…: Heb. think his thoughts</n>


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And he shall stir \w up|strong="H5782"\w* his \w power|strong="H3581"\w* and his \w courage|strong="H3824"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall be stirred \w up|strong="H1624"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*; but he shall not \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*: for they shall \w forecast|strong="H2803"\w* \w devices|strong="H4284"\w* against him.


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Yea, they that \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* of the portion of his \w meat|strong="H6598"\w* shall \w destroy|strong="H7665"\w* him, and his \w army|strong="H2428"\w* shall \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w*: and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* down \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*.


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And \w both|strong="H8147"\w* these \w kings’|strong="H4428"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* <i>shall be</i> to do \w mischief|strong="H4827"\w*, and they shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* at \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*; but it shall not \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*: for yet the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* <i>shall be</i> at the time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*.<n>hearts: Heb. their hearts</n>


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Then shall he \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w riches|strong="H7399"\w*; and his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* <i>shall be</i> against the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*; and he shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>exploits</i>, and \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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At the time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* he shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* toward the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*; but it shall not be as the \w former|strong="H7223"\w*, or as the \w latter|strong="H0314"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For the \w ships|strong="H6716"\w* of \w Chittim|strong="H3794"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against him: therefore he shall be \w grieved|strong="H3512"\w*, and \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and have \w indignation|strong="H2194"\w* against the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*: so shall he \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; he shall even \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and have \w intelligence|strong="H0995"\w* with them that \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.


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And \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* on his part, and they shall \w pollute|strong="H2490"\w* the \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* of \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*, and shall take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w daily|strong="H8548"\w* <i>sacrifice</i>, and they shall \w place|strong="H5414"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* that maketh \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*.<n>maketh…: or, astonisheth</n>


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And such as do \w wickedly|strong="H7561"\w* against the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* shall he \w corrupt|strong="H2610"\w* by \w flatteries|strong="H2514"\w*: but the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that do \w know|strong="H3045"\w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>exploits</i>.<n>corrupt: or, cause to dissemble</n>


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And they that \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w instruct|strong="H0995"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*: yet they shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and by \w flame|strong="H3852"\w*, by \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, and by \w spoil|strong="H0961"\w*, <i>many</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Now when they shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*, they shall be \w holpen|strong="H5826"\w* with a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w help|strong="H5828"\w*: but \w many|strong="H7227"\w* shall \w cleave|strong="H3867"\w* to them with \w flatteries|strong="H2519"\w*.


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And <i>some</i> of them of \w understanding|strong="H7919"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*, to \w try|strong="H6884"\w* them, and to \w purge|strong="H1305"\w*, and to make <i>them</i> \w white|strong="H3835"\w*, <i>even</i> to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w end|strong="H7093"\w*: because <i>it is</i> yet for a time \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*.<n>try them: or, try by them</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to his \w will|strong="H7522"\w*; and he shall \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* himself, and \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* himself above every \w god|strong="H0410"\w*, and shall \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* marvellous \w things|strong="H6381"\w* against the \w God|strong="H0410"\w* of \w gods|strong="H0410"\w*, and shall \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* till the \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w* be \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w*: for that that is \w determined|strong="H2782"\w* shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Neither shall he \w regard|strong="H0995"\w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, nor the \w desire|strong="H2532"\w* of \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, nor \w regard|strong="H0995"\w* any \w god|strong="H0433"\w*: for he shall \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* himself above all.


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But in his \w estate|strong="H3653"\w* shall he \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* the \w God|strong="H0433"\w* of \w forces|strong="H4581"\w*: and a \w god|strong="H0433"\w* whom his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not shall he \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and with \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, and pleasant \w things|strong="H2532"\w*.<n>in…: or, as for the Almighty God, in his seat he shall honour yea, he shall honour a god, whom, etc</n><n>estate: or, stead</n><n>forces: or, munitions: Heb. Mauzzim, or, God’s protectors</n><n>pleasant: Heb. things desired</n>


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Thus shall he \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the most \w strong|strong="H4581"\w* \w holds|strong="H4013"\w* with a \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w god|strong="H0433"\w*, whom he shall \w acknowledge|strong="H5234"\w* <i>and</i> \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* with \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: and he shall cause them to \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, and shall \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* for \w gain|strong="H4242"\w*.<n>most…: Heb. fortresses of munitions</n><n>gain: Heb. a price</n>


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And at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* shall the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w push|strong="H5055"\w* at him: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* shall come against him like a \w whirlwind|strong="H8175"\w*, with \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and with \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and with \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*; and he shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, and shall \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* and pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*.


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He shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* also into the \w glorious|strong="H6643"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* <i>countries</i> shall be \w overthrown|strong="H3782"\w*: but these shall \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, <i>even</i> \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and the \w chief|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.<n>glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of delight, or, ornament</n>


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He shall stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* also upon the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall not \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*.<n>stretch…: Heb. send forth</n>


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But he shall have \w power|strong="H4910"\w* over the \w treasures|strong="H4362"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and over all the \w precious|strong="H2532"\w* things of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: and the \w Libyans|strong="H3864"\w* and the \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* <i>shall be</i> at his \w steps|strong="H4703"\w*.


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But \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* out of the \w east|strong="H4217"\w* and out of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* shall \w trouble|strong="H0926"\w* him: therefore he shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w*, and utterly to make \w away|strong="H2763"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*.


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And he shall \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* the \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w* of his \w palace|strong="H0643"\w* between the \w seas|strong="H3220"\w* in the \w glorious|strong="H6643"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*; yet he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w end|strong="H7093"\w*, and none shall \w help|strong="H5826"\w* him.<n>glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. mountain of delight of holiness</n><pb/>


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And at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* shall \w Michael|strong="H4317"\w* stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w*, the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* which \w standeth|strong="H5975"\w* for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and there shall \w be|strong="H1961"\w* a \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, such as never was since there was a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* <i>even</i> to that same \w time|strong="H6256"\w*: and at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*, every one that shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w*.


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And \w many|strong="H7227"\w* of them that \w sleep|strong="H3463"\w* in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* shall \w awake|strong="H6974"\w*, some to \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, and some to \w shame|strong="H2781"\w* <i>and</i> \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w contempt|strong="H1860"\w*.


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And they that be \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* shall \w shine|strong="H2094"\w* as the \w brightness|strong="H2096"\w* of the \w firmament|strong="H7549"\w*; and they that turn \w many|strong="H7227"\w* to \w righteousness|strong="H6663"\w* as the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*.<n>wise: or, teachers</n>


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But thou, O \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*, shut \w up|strong="H5640"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w seal|strong="H2856"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, <i>even</i> to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w end|strong="H7093"\w*: \w many|strong="H7227"\w* shall run to and \w fro|strong="H7751"\w*, and \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* shall be \w increased|strong="H7235"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then I \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w*, the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* on this \w side|strong="H2008"\w* of the \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w river|strong="H2975"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* on that side of the \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w river|strong="H2975"\w*.<n>bank: Heb. lip</n><n>bank: Heb. lip</n>


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And <i>one</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* in \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w upon|strong="H4605"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w river|strong="H2975"\w*, How long <i>shall it be to</i> the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of these \w wonders|strong="H6382"\w*?<n>upon…: or, from above</n>


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And I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* in \w linen|strong="H0906"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w upon|strong="H4605"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w river|strong="H2975"\w*, when he held \w up|strong="H7311"\w* his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and his left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w* unto \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* by him that \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* that <i>it shall be</i> for a \w time|strong="H4150"\w*, \w times|strong="H4150"\w*, and an \w half|strong="H2677"\w*; and when he shall have \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w* to \w scatter|strong="H5310"\w* the \w power|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, all these <i>things</i> shall be \w finished|strong="H3615"\w*.<n>a time…: or, part</n>


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And I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, but I \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* not: then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, O my \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, what <i>shall be</i> the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* of these <i>things</i>?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go thy \w way|strong="H3212"\w*, \w Daniel|strong="H1840"\w*: for the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* <i>are</i> closed \w up|strong="H5640"\w* and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* till the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w end|strong="H7093"\w*.


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\w Many|strong="H7227"\w* shall be \w purified|strong="H1305"\w*, and made \w white|strong="H3835"\w*, and \w tried|strong="H6884"\w*; but the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall do \w wickedly|strong="H7561"\w*: and none of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w understand|strong="H0995"\w*; but the \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* shall \w understand|strong="H0995"\w*.


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And from the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>that</i> the \w daily|strong="H8548"\w* <i>sacrifice</i> shall be taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* that maketh \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* set \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, <i>there shall be</i> a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>the abomination: Heb. to set up the abomination</n><n>maketh…: or, astonisheth</n>


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\w Blessed|strong="H0835"\w* <i>is</i> he that \w waiteth|strong="H2442"\w*, and \w cometh|strong="H5060"\w* to the \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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But go thou thy \w way|strong="H3212"\w* till the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* <i>be:</i> for thou shalt \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* in thy \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* at the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of the \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>for thou: or, and thou, etc</n>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that came unto \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Beeri|strong="H0882"\w*, in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Hezekiah|strong="H3169"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of the \w word|strong="H1696"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* by \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* unto thee a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* and \w children|strong="H3206"\w* of \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w*: for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* hath committed \w great|strong="H2181"\w* \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w*, <i>departing</i> \w from|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Gomer|strong="H1586"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Diblaim|strong="H1691"\w*; which \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; for yet a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* <i>while</i>, and I will \w avenge|strong="H6485"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, and will cause to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>avenge: Heb. visit</n>


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And it shall come to pass at that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And she conceived \w again|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*. And <i>God</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* her \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*: for I will no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; but I will \w utterly|strong="H5375"\w* take them \w away|strong="H5375"\w*.<n>Lo-ruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy</n><n>no…: Heb. not add any more to</n><n>but…: or, that I should altogether pardon them</n>


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But I will have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* them by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and will not \w save|strong="H3467"\w* them by \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, nor by \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, nor by \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, by \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, nor by \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now when she had \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* \w Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*, she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* <i>God</i>, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Lo-ammi|strong="H3818"\w*: for ye <i>are</i> not my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and I will not be your <i>God</i>.<n>Lo-ammi: that is, Not my people</n><pb/>


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¶ Yet the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, which cannot be \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* nor \w numbered|strong="H5608"\w*; and it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where it was \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye <i>are</i> not my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>there</i> it shall be \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, <i>Ye are</i> the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.<n>in…: or, instead of that</n>


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Then shall the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* themselves \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and they shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>shall be</i> the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* ye unto your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w Ammi|strong="H5971"\w*; and to your \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w*, \w Ru-hamah|strong="H7355"\w*. <n>Ammi: that is, My people</n><n>Ru-hamah: that is, Having obtained mercy</n>


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\w Plead|strong="H7378"\w* with your \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w plead|strong="H7378"\w*: for she <i>is</i> not my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, neither <i>am</i> I her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*: let her therefore put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* her \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* out of her \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, and her \w adulteries|strong="H5005"\w* from between her \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*;


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Lest I \w strip|strong="H6584"\w* her \w naked|strong="H6174"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3322"\w* her as in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that she was \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, and \w make|strong="H7760"\w* her as a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7896"\w* her like a \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* her with \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*.


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And I will not have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon her \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; for they <i>be</i> the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w*.


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For their \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* hath played the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*: she that \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w* them hath done \w shamefully|strong="H3001"\w*: for she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* my \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, that \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>me</i> my \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and my \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, my \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* and my \w flax|strong="H6593"\w*, mine \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* and my \w drink|strong="H8250"\w*.<n>drink: Heb. drinks</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore, behold, I will \w hedge|strong="H7753"\w* up thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* with \w thorns|strong="H5518"\w*, and \w make|strong="H1443"\w* a \w wall|strong="H1447"\w*, that she shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* her \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*.<n>make…: Heb. wall a wall</n>


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And she shall \w follow|strong="H7291"\w* after her \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, but she shall not \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* them; and she shall \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* them, but shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>them:</i> then shall she \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to my \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*; for then <i>was it</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* with me than \w now|strong="H6258"\w*.


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For she did not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, and \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, and \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* her \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, <i>which</i> they \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.<n>wine: Heb. new wine</n><n>which…: or, wherewith they made Baal</n>


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Therefore will I \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* thereof, and my \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* in the \w season|strong="H4150"\w* thereof, and will \w recover|strong="H5337"\w* my \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* and my \w flax|strong="H6593"\w* <i>given</i> to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* her \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*.<n>recover: or, take away</n>


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And now will I \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* her \w lewdness|strong="H5040"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of her \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, and \w none|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* her out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany</n>


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I will also cause all her \w mirth|strong="H4885"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, her feast \w days|strong="H2282"\w*, her new \w moons|strong="H2320"\w*, and her \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*, and all her solemn \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*.


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And I will \w destroy|strong="H8074"\w* her \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* and her fig \w trees|strong="H8384"\w*, whereof she hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, These <i>are</i> my \w rewards|strong="H0866"\w* that my \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w* have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me: and I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* them a \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, and the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* them.<n>destroy: Heb. make desolate</n>


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And I will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* upon her the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, wherein she burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to them, and she \w decked|strong="H5710"\w* herself with her \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* and her \w jewels|strong="H2484"\w*, and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, and \w forgat|strong="H7911"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore, behold, I will \w allure|strong="H6601"\w* her, and \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* her into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w comfortably|strong="H3820"\w* unto her.<n>comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart</n>


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And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* her her \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* from thence, and the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w* for a \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*: and she shall \w sing|strong="H6030"\w* there, as in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of her \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, and as in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when she came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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And it shall be at that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>that</i> thou shalt \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me \w Ishi|strong="H0376"\w*; and shalt \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me no more \w Baali|strong="H1180"\w*.<n>Ishi: that is, My husband</n><n>Baali: that is, My lord</n>


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For I will take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* out of her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and they shall no more be \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* by their \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* will I \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* for them with the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and with the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and <i>with</i> the creeping \w things|strong="H7431"\w* of the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*: and I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* out of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and will make them to lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*.


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And I will \w betroth|strong="H0781"\w* thee unto me for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*; yea, I will \w betroth|strong="H0781"\w* thee unto me in \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and in \w lovingkindness|strong="H2617"\w*, and in \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w*.


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I will even \w betroth|strong="H0781"\w* thee unto me in \w faithfulness|strong="H0530"\w*: and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, I will \w hear|strong="H6030"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I will \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and they shall \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*;


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And the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, and the \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and the \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*; and they shall \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.


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And I will \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* her unto me in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and I will have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon her that had not obtained \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*; and I will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to <i>them which were</i> not my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Thou <i>art</i> my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Thou art</i> my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* yet, \w love|strong="H0157"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w beloved|strong="H0157"\w* of <i>her</i> \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, yet an \w adulteress|strong="H5003"\w*, according to the \w love|strong="H0160"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* toward the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, who \w look|strong="H6437"\w* to \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w flagons|strong="H0809"\w* of \w wine|strong="H6025"\w*.<n>of wine: Heb. of grapes</n>


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So I \w bought|strong="H3739"\w* her to me for \w fifteen|strong="H6240"\w* <i>pieces</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and <i>for</i> an \w homer|strong="H2563"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and an half \w homer|strong="H3963"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*:<n>half…: Heb. lethech</n>


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Thou shalt \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* for me \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; thou shalt not play the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, and thou shalt not \w be|strong="H1961"\w* for <i>another</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: so <i>will</i> I also <i>be</i> for thee.


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For the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* without a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and without a \w prince|strong="H8269"\w*, and without a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, and without an \w image|strong="H4676"\w*, and without an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and <i>without</i> \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*:<n>image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar</n>


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\w Afterward|strong="H0310"\w* shall the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* their \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and shall \w fear|strong="H6342"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* and his \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* in the \w latter|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath a \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* with the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, because <i>there is</i> no \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, nor \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, nor \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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By \w swearing|strong="H0422"\w*, and \w lying|strong="H3584"\w*, and \w killing|strong="H7523"\w*, and \w stealing|strong="H1589"\w*, and committing \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*, they break \w out|strong="H6555"\w*, and \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w toucheth|strong="H5060"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n>


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Therefore shall the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, and every one that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* therein shall \w languish|strong="H0535"\w*, with the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and with the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; yea, the \w fishes|strong="H1709"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* also shall be taken \w away|strong="H0622"\w*.


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Yet let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w strive|strong="H7378"\w*, nor \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* \w another|strong="H0376"\w*: for thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>are</i> as they that \w strive|strong="H7378"\w* with the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.


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Therefore shalt thou \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* also shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* with thee in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and I will \w destroy|strong="H1820"\w* thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.<n>destroy: Heb. cut off</n><pb/>


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¶ My \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are \w destroyed|strong="H1820"\w* for lack of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: because thou hast \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, I will also \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* thee, that thou shalt be no \w priest|strong="H3547"\w* to me: seeing thou hast \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I will also \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>destroyed: Heb. cut off</n>


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As they were \w increased|strong="H7230"\w*, so they \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against me: <i>therefore</i> will I \w change|strong="H4171"\w* their \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* into \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*.


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They eat \w up|strong="H0398"\w* the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and they \w set|strong="H5375"\w* their \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* on their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.<n>set…: Heb. lift up their soul to</n>


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And there shall be, like \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, like \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: and I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* them for their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w reward|strong="H7725"\w* them their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n><n>reward: Heb. cause to return</n>


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For they shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and not have \w enough|strong="H7646"\w*: they shall commit \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w*, and shall not \w increase|strong="H6555"\w*: because they have left \w off|strong="H5800"\w* to take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Whoredom|strong="H2184"\w* and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* and new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ My \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* counsel at their \w stocks|strong="H6086"\w*, and their \w staff|strong="H4731"\w* \w declareth|strong="H5046"\w* unto them: for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* hath caused <i>them</i> to \w err|strong="H8582"\w*, and they have gone a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* from under their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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They \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* upon the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, under \w oaks|strong="H0437"\w* and \w poplars|strong="H3839"\w* and \w elms|strong="H0424"\w*, because the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* thereof <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: therefore your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall commit \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w*, and your \w spouses|strong="H3618"\w* shall commit \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*.


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I will not \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* when they commit \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w*, nor your \w spouses|strong="H3618"\w* when they commit \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*: for themselves are \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* with \w whores|strong="H2181"\w*, and they \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* with \w harlots|strong="H6948"\w*: therefore the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that</i> doth not \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3832"\w*.<n>I will not: or, Shall I not</n><n>fall: or, be punished</n><pb/>


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¶ Though thou, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, play the \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, <i>yet</i> let not \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w offend|strong="H0816"\w*; and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* not ye unto \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, neither go ye \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*, nor \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*.


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For \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* slideth \w back|strong="H5637"\w* as a \w backsliding|strong="H5637"\w* \w heifer|strong="H6510"\w*: now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* them as a \w lamb|strong="H3532"\w* in a large \w place|strong="H4800"\w*.


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>is</i> \w joined|strong="H2266"\w* to \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*: let him \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*.


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Their \w drink|strong="H5435"\w* is \w sour|strong="H5493"\w*: they have committed \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w* \w continually|strong="H2181"\w*: her \w rulers|strong="H4043"\w* <i>with</i> \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* do \w love|strong="H0157"\w*, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w* ye.<n>sour: Heb. gone</n><n>rulers: Heb. shields</n>


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The \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* hath bound her \w up|strong="H6887"\w* in her \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, and they shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* because of their \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye this, O \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; and \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*, ye \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and give ye \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* <i>is</i> toward you, because ye have been a \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* on \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, and a \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* upon \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*.


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And the \w revolters|strong="H7846"\w* are \w profound|strong="H6009"\w* to make \w slaughter|strong="H7819"\w*, though I <i>have been</i> a \w rebuker|strong="H4148"\w* of them all.<n>though: or, and</n><n>a rebuker: Heb. a correction</n>


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I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is not \w hid|strong="H3582"\w* from me: for now, O \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, thou committest \w whoredom|strong="H2181"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*.


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They will not \w frame|strong="H5414"\w* their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* to \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* unto their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of them, and they have not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>They will…: or, Their doings will not suffer them</n><n>frame: Heb. give</n>


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And the \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* doth \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* to his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: therefore shall \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* in their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* also shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* with them.


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They shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with their \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and with their \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; but they shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>him;</i> he hath \w withdrawn|strong="H2502"\w* himself from them.


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They have dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for they have \w begotten|strong="H3205"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: now shall a \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* them with their \w portions|strong="H2506"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye the \w cornet|strong="H7782"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w trumpet|strong="H2689"\w* in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*: cry \w aloud|strong="H7321"\w* <i>at</i> \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, O \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*: among the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have I made \w known|strong="H3045"\w* that which shall surely \w be|strong="H0539"\w*.


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The \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* were like them that \w remove|strong="H5253"\w* the \w bound|strong="H1366"\w*: <i>therefore</i> I will pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* upon them like \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>is</i> \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w* <i>and</i> \w broken|strong="H7533"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, because he \w willingly|strong="H2974"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H6673"\w*.


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Therefore <i>will</i> I <i>be</i> unto \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* as a \w moth|strong="H6211"\w*, and to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* as \w rottenness|strong="H7538"\w*.<n>rottenness: or, a worm</n>


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When \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* his \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>saw</i> his \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*, then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* to the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jareb|strong="H3377"\w*: yet \w could|strong="H3201"\w* he not \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* you, nor \w cure|strong="H1455"\w* you of your \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*.<n>king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead</n>


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For I <i>will be</i> unto \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* as a \w lion|strong="H7826"\w*, and as a young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: I, <i>even</i> I, will \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* and go \w away|strong="H3212"\w*; I will take \w away|strong="H5375"\w*, and none shall \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* <i>him</i>.<pb/>


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¶ I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* <i>and</i> \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to my \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, till they acknowledge their \w offence|strong="H0816"\w*, and \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: in their \w affliction|strong="H6862"\w* they will seek me \w early|strong="H7836"\w*.<n>acknowledge…: Heb. be guilty</n><pb/>


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\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for he hath \w torn|strong="H2963"\w*, and he will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* us; he hath \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w*, and he will bind us \w up|strong="H2280"\w*.


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After two \w days|strong="H3117"\w* will he \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* us: in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he will raise us \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and we shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*.


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Then shall we \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, <i>if</i> we \w follow|strong="H7291"\w* on to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: his going \w forth|strong="H4161"\w* is \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* as the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w*; and he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto us as the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, as the \w latter|strong="H4456"\w* <i>and</i> former \w rain|strong="H3384"\w* unto the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ O \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, what shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto thee? O \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, what shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto thee? for your \w goodness|strong="H2617"\w* <i>is</i> as a \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, and as the \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* it goeth \w away|strong="H1980"\w*.<n>goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness</n>


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Therefore have I \w hewed|strong="H2672"\w* <i>them</i> by the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; I have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* them by the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: and thy \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* <i>are as</i> the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* <i>that</i> goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc</n>


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For I \w desired|strong="H2654"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, and not \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*; and the \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* more than burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*.


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But they like \w men|strong="H0120"\w* have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*: there have they dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* against me.<n>men: or, Adam</n>


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\w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* <i>is</i> a \w city|strong="H7151"\w* of them that \w work|strong="H6466"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, <i>and is</i> \w polluted|strong="H6121"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.<n>polluted: or, cunning for</n>


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And as \w troops|strong="H1416"\w* of robbers \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* for a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, <i>so</i> the \w company|strong="H2267"\w* of \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by \w consent|strong="H7926"\w*: for they \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* \w lewdness|strong="H2154"\w*.<n>by…: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem</n><n>lewdness: or, enormity</n>


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I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* an horrible \w thing|strong="H8186"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: there <i>is</i> the \w whoredom|strong="H2184"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*.


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Also, O \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, he hath \w set|strong="H7896"\w* an \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* for thee, when I \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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When I would have \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, then the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* was \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w*, and the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: for they \w commit|strong="H6466"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*; and the \w thief|strong="H1590"\w* cometh \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w troop|strong="H1416"\w* of robbers \w spoileth|strong="H6584"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*.<n>wickedness: Heb. evils</n><n>spoileth: Heb. strippeth</n>


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And they \w consider|strong="H0559"\w* not in their \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* <i>that</i> I \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* all their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: now their own \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* have beset them \w about|strong="H5437"\w*; they are before my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>consider…: Heb. say not to</n>


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They make the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* with their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* with their \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*.


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They <i>are</i> all \w adulterers|strong="H5003"\w*, as an \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w heated|strong="H1197"\w* by the \w baker|strong="H0644"\w*, <i>who</i> \w ceaseth|strong="H7673"\w* from \w raising|strong="H5782"\w* after he hath \w kneaded|strong="H3888"\w* the \w dough|strong="H1217"\w*, until it be \w leavened|strong="H2556"\w*.<n>who…: or, the raiser will cease</n><n>raising: or, waking</n>


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In the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of our \w king|strong="H4428"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* have made <i>him</i> \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* with \w bottles|strong="H2534"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; he stretched \w out|strong="H4900"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* with \w scorners|strong="H3945"\w*.<n>bottles…: or, heat through wine</n>


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For they have made \w ready|strong="H7126"\w* their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* like an \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*, whiles they lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*: their \w baker|strong="H0644"\w* \w sleepeth|strong="H3463"\w* all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* it \w burneth|strong="H1197"\w* as a \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>made…: or, applied</n>


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They are all \w hot|strong="H2552"\w* as an \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*, and have \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* their \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*; all their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*: <i>there is</i> none among them that \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* unto me.<pb/>


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, he hath \w mixed|strong="H1101"\w* himself among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* is a \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* not \w turned|strong="H2015"\w*.


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\w Strangers|strong="H2114"\w* have \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, and he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> not: yea, gray \w hairs|strong="H7872"\w* are here and \w there|strong="H2236"\w* upon him, yet he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* not.<n>here…: Heb. sprinkled</n>


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And the \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w testifieth|strong="H6030"\w* to his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: and they do not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, nor \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* him for all this.<pb/>


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¶ \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* also is like a \w silly|strong="H6601"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* without \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: they \w call|strong="H7121"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, they \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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When they shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, I will \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* my \w net|strong="H7568"\w* upon them; I will bring them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* as the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; I will \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* them, as their \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8088"\w*.


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\w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto them! for they have \w fled|strong="H5074"\w* from me: \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* unto them! because they have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me: though I have \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* them, yet they have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* against me.<n>destruction: Heb. spoil</n>


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And they have not \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto me with their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, when they \w howled|strong="H3213"\w* upon their \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*: they \w assemble|strong="H1481"\w* themselves for \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* and \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, <i>and</i> they \w rebel|strong="H5493"\w* against me.


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Though I have \w bound|strong="H3256"\w* <i>and</i> \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* their \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*, yet do they \w imagine|strong="H2803"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* against me.<n>have…: or, chastened</n>


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They \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, <i>but</i> not to the most \w High|strong="H5920"\w*: they are like a \w deceitful|strong="H7423"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*: their \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* for the \w rage|strong="H2195"\w* of their \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*: \w this|strong="H2097"\w* <i>shall be</i> their \w derision|strong="H3933"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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<i>Set</i> the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* to thy \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w*. <i>He shall come</i> as an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, because they have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, and \w trespassed|strong="H6586"\w* against my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.<n>thy: Heb. the roof of thy</n>


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\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto me, My \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, we \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thee.


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\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath cast \w off|strong="H2186"\w* <i>the thing that is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* shall \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* him.


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They have set up \w kings|strong="H4427"\w*, but not by me: they have made \w princes|strong="H7786"\w*, and I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> not: of their \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and their \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* have they \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*, that they may be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thy \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*, O \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, hath \w cast|strong="H2186"\w* <i>thee</i> off; mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against them: how long <i>will it be</i> \w ere|strong="H3808"\w* they \w attain|strong="H3201"\w* to \w innocency|strong="H5356"\w*?


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For from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> it also: the \w workman|strong="H2796"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* it; therefore it <i>is</i> not \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: but the \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* shall be broken in \w pieces|strong="H7616"\w*.


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For they have \w sown|strong="H2232"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and they shall \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* the \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*: it hath no \w stalk|strong="H7054"\w*: the \w bud|strong="H6780"\w* shall \w yield|strong="H6213"\w* no \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*: \w if|strong="H0194"\w* so be it \w yield|strong="H6213"\w*, the \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* shall swallow it \w up|strong="H1104"\w*.<n>stalk: or, standing corn</n><pb/>


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\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w*: now shall they be among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* as a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* wherein <i>is</i> no \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*.


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For they are gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, a wild \w ass|strong="H6501"\w* \w alone|strong="H0909"\w* by himself: \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* hath \w hired|strong="H8566"\w* \w lovers|strong="H0158"\w*.<n>lovers: Heb. loves</n>


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Yea, though they have \w hired|strong="H8566"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, now will I \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* them, and they shall \w sorrow|strong="H2490"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* for the \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*.<n>sorrow: or, begin</n><n>a…: or, in a little while</n>


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Because \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* hath made \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* shall be unto him to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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I have \w written|strong="H3789"\w* to him the great \w things|strong="H7230"\w* of my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, <i>but</i> they were \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* as a strange \w thing|strong="H2114"\w*.


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They \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* <i>for</i> the \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* of mine \w offerings|strong="H1890"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>it; but</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w accepteth|strong="H7521"\w* them not; now will he \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*: they shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<n>They sacrifice…: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc</n>


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For \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* his \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w buildeth|strong="H1129"\w* \w temples|strong="H1964"\w*; and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*: but I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon his \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* thereof.<pb/>


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\w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* not, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, for \w joy|strong="H1524"\w*, as <i>other</i> \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: for thou hast gone a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* from thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thou hast \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* a \w reward|strong="H0868"\w* upon every \w cornfloor|strong="H1637"\w*.<n>upon: or, in, etc</n>


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The \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* and the \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w* shall not \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* them, and the new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3584"\w* in her.<n>winepress: or, winefat</n>


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They shall not \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; but \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and they shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* <i>things</i> in \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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They shall not \w offer|strong="H5258"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* <i>offerings</i> to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, neither shall they be \w pleasing|strong="H6149"\w* unto him: their \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* <i>shall be</i> unto them as the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w mourners|strong="H0205"\w*; all that \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thereof shall be \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w*: for their \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* for their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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What will ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w solemn|strong="H4150"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*?


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For, lo, they are \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* because of \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w*: \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall gather them \w up|strong="H6908"\w*, \w Memphis|strong="H4644"\w* shall \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* them: the \w pleasant|strong="H4261"\w* <i>places</i> for their \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w nettles|strong="H7057"\w* shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* them: \w thorns|strong="H2336"\w* <i>shall be</i> in their \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w*.<n>destruction: Heb. spoil</n><n>the…: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire</n><pb/>


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The \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w recompence|strong="H7966"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w*; \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it:</i> the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* <i>is</i> a \w fool|strong="H0191"\w*, the \w spiritual|strong="H7307"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>is</i> \w mad|strong="H7696"\w*, for the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w hatred|strong="H4895"\w*.<n>spiritual…: Heb. man of the spirit</n>


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The \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>was</i> with my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: <i>but</i> the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* <i>is</i> a \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* of a \w fowler|strong="H3352"\w* in all his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, <i>and</i> \w hatred|strong="H4895"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>in the: or, against the</n>


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They have \w deeply|strong="H6009"\w* \w corrupted|strong="H7843"\w* <i>themselves</i>, as in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: <i>therefore</i> he will \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, he will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.


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I \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* like \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*; I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* as the \w firstripe|strong="H1063"\w* in the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* at her first \w time|strong="H7225"\w*: <i>but</i> they \w went|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Baal-peor|strong="H1187"\w*, and \w separated|strong="H5144"\w* themselves unto <i>that</i> \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*; and <i>their</i> \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* were according as they \w loved|strong="H0157"\w*.<pb/>


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<i>As for</i> \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, their \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* shall fly \w away|strong="H5774"\w* like a \w bird|strong="H5775"\w*, from the \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, and from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, and from the \w conception|strong="H2032"\w*.


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Though they bring \w up|strong="H1431"\w* their \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, yet will I \w bereave|strong="H7921"\w* them, <i>that there shall</i> not <i>be</i> a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* <i>left:</i> yea, \w woe|strong="H0188"\w* also to them when I \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from them!


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, as I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Tyrus|strong="H6865"\w*, <i>is</i> \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* in a pleasant \w place|strong="H5116"\w*: but \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* his \w children|strong="H1121"\w* to the \w murderer|strong="H2026"\w*.


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\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* them, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: what wilt thou \w give|strong="H5414"\w*? \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them a \w miscarrying|strong="H7921"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* and \w dry|strong="H6784"\w* \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*.<n>miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit</n>


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All their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*: for there I \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* them: for the \w wickedness|strong="H7455"\w* of their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* I will drive them \w out|strong="H1644"\w* of mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, I will \w love|strong="H0160"\w* them no \w more|strong="H3254"\w*: all their \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* <i>are</i> \w revolters|strong="H5637"\w*.


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* is \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w*, their \w root|strong="H8328"\w* is dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, they shall \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* no \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*: yea, though they bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*, yet will I \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* <i>even</i> the \w beloved|strong="H4261"\w* <i>fruit</i> of their \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*.<n>the…: Heb. the desires</n>


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My \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will cast them \w away|strong="H3988"\w*, because they did not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto him: and they shall be \w wanderers|strong="H5074"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>is</i> an \w empty|strong="H1238"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, he bringeth \w forth|strong="H7737"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* unto himself: according to the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* he hath \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*; according to the \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* of his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* they have made \w goodly|strong="H2895"\w* \w images|strong="H4676"\w*.<n>an…: or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth</n><n>images: Heb. statues, or, standing images</n>


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Their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w divided|strong="H2505"\w*; now shall they be found \w faulty|strong="H0816"\w*: he shall break \w down|strong="H6202"\w* their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, he shall \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w* their \w images|strong="H4676"\w*.<n>Their heart…: or, He hath divided their heart</n><n>break…: Heb. behead</n><n>images: Heb. statues, or, standing images</n>


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For now they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We have no \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, because we \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; what then should a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to us?


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They have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w swearing|strong="H0422"\w* \w falsely|strong="H7723"\w* in \w making|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*: thus \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* springeth \w up|strong="H6524"\w* as \w hemlock|strong="H7219"\w* in the \w furrows|strong="H8525"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.


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The \w inhabitants|strong="H7934"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* shall \w fear|strong="H1481"\w* because of the \w calves|strong="H5697"\w* of \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* thereof shall \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w* over it, and the \w priests|strong="H3649"\w* thereof <i>that</i> \w rejoiced|strong="H1523"\w* on it, for the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* thereof, because it is \w departed|strong="H1540"\w* from it.<n>the priests…: or, Chemarim</n>


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It shall be also \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* unto \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* <i>for</i> a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jareb|strong="H3377"\w*: \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w shame|strong="H1317"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of his own \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.


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<i>As for</i> \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, her \w king|strong="H4428"\w* is cut \w off|strong="H1820"\w* as the \w foam|strong="H7110"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>the water: Heb. the face of the water</n>


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The high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* also of \w Aven|strong="H0206"\w*, the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, shall be \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*: the \w thorn|strong="H6975"\w* and the \w thistle|strong="H1863"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* on their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*; and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w Cover|strong="H3680"\w* us; and to the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w Fall|strong="H5307"\w* on us.<pb/>


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O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thou hast \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* from the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: there they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*: the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w iniquity|strong="H5932"\w* did not \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* them.


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<i>It is</i> in my \w desire|strong="H0185"\w* that I should \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* them; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* against them, when they shall \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* themselves in their \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w furrows|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>when…: or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations</n>


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And \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>is as</i> an \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* <i>that is</i> \w taught|strong="H3925"\w*, <i>and</i> \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* to tread \w out|strong="H1758"\w* <i>the corn;</i> but I passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* upon her \w fair|strong="H2898"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*: I will make \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w*; \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall \w plow|strong="H2790"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall break his \w clods|strong="H7702"\w*.<n>her…: Heb. the beauty of her neck</n>


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\w Sow|strong="H2232"\w* to yourselves in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w in|strong="H6310"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*; break \w up|strong="H5214"\w* your fallow \w ground|strong="H5215"\w*: for <i>it is</i> \w time|strong="H6256"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, till he \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w rain|strong="H3384"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* upon you.


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Ye have \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*, ye have \w reaped|strong="H7114"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*; ye have \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*: because thou didst \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, in the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thy mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.


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Therefore shall a \w tumult|strong="H7588"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* among thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and all thy \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* shall be \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*, as \w Shalman|strong="H8020"\w* \w spoiled|strong="H7701"\w* \w Beth-arbel|strong="H1009"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* was dashed in \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w* upon <i>her</i> \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H3602"\w* shall \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto you \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of your \w great|strong="H7451"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: in a \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* shall the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w utterly|strong="H1820"\w* be cut \w off|strong="H1820"\w*.<n>your…: Heb. the evil of your evil</n><pb/>


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When \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> a \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, then I \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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<i>As</i> they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* them, so they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* from \w them|strong="H6440"\w*: they \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* unto \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, and burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*.


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I \w taught|strong="H8637"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* also to \w go|strong="H8637"\w*, \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* them by their \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*; but they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that I \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* them.


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I \w drew|strong="H4900"\w* them with \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, with \w bands|strong="H5688"\w* of \w love|strong="H0160"\w*: and I was to them as they that take \w off|strong="H7311"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* on their \w jaws|strong="H3895"\w*, and I \w laid|strong="H5186"\w* \w meat|strong="H0398"\w* unto them.<n>take off: Heb. lift up</n><pb/>


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¶ He shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, but the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* shall be his \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, because they \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w abide|strong="H2342"\w* on his \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and shall \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* his \w branches|strong="H0905"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* <i>them</i>, because of their own \w counsels|strong="H4156"\w*.


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And my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are \w bent|strong="H8511"\w* to \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w* from me: though they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* them to the most \w High|strong="H5920"\w*, none at \w all|strong="H3162"\w* would \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* <i>him</i>.<n>none…: Heb. together they exalted not</n><pb/>


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How shall I give thee \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*? <i>how</i> shall I \w deliver|strong="H4042"\w* thee, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? how shall I \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee as \w Admah|strong="H0126"\w*? <i>how</i> shall I \w set|strong="H7760"\w* thee as \w Zeboim|strong="H6636"\w*? mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* within me, my \w repentings|strong="H5150"\w* are \w kindled|strong="H3648"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.


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I will not \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* the \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* of mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, I will not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: for I <i>am</i> \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and not \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee: and I will not \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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They shall \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: he shall \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* like a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*: when he shall \w roar|strong="H7580"\w*, then the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w tremble|strong="H2729"\w* from the \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.


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They shall \w tremble|strong="H2729"\w* as a \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and as a \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*: and I will \w place|strong="H3427"\w* them in their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w compasseth|strong="H5437"\w* me about with \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*: but \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* yet \w ruleth|strong="H7300"\w* with \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and is \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* with the \w saints|strong="H6918"\w*.<n>saints: or, most holy</n><pb/>


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w feedeth|strong="H7462"\w* on \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and \w followeth|strong="H7291"\w* after the east \w wind|strong="H6921"\w*: he \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w increaseth|strong="H7235"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* and \w desolation|strong="H7701"\w*; and they do \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with the \w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* is \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath also a \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* with \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* according to his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*; according to his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* will he \w recompense|strong="H7725"\w* him.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n><pb/>


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¶ He took his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* by the \w heel|strong="H6117"\w* in the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, and by his \w strength|strong="H0202"\w* he had \w power|strong="H8280"\w* with \w God|strong="H0430"\w*:<n>had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely</n>


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Yea, he had \w power|strong="H7786"\w* over the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w prevailed|strong="H3201"\w*: he \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and made \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* unto him: he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him <i>in</i> \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and there he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* with us;


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Even the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> his \w memorial|strong="H2143"\w*.


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Therefore \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* thou to thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* on thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>He is</i> a \w merchant|strong="H3667"\w*, the \w balances|strong="H3976"\w* of \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w* <i>are</i> in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: he \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* to \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w*.<n>a merchant: or, Canaan</n><n>oppress: or, deceive</n>


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And \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Yet I am become \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*, I have found me \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w substance|strong="H0202"\w*: <i>in</i> all my \w labours|strong="H3018"\w* they shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* none \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* in me that <i>were</i> \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.<n>in all…: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin</n><n>that: Heb. which</n>


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And I <i>that am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* will yet make thee to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w*, as in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the solemn \w feast|strong="H4150"\w*.


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I have also \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and I have \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w visions|strong="H2377"\w*, and used \w similitudes|strong="H1819"\w*, by the \w ministry|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.<n>ministry: Heb. hand</n>


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<i>Is there</i> \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* <i>in</i> \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*? surely they are \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*: they \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w bullocks|strong="H7794"\w* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; yea, their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* <i>are</i> as \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w* in the \w furrows|strong="H8525"\w* of the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.


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And \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* into the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* for a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and for a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* he \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* <i>sheep</i>.


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And by a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and by a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* was he \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w*.


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* provoked <i>him</i> to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* most \w bitterly|strong="H8563"\w*: therefore shall he \w leave|strong="H5203"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* upon him, and his \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* shall his \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto him.<n>most…: Heb. with bitternesses</n><n>blood: Heb. bloods</n><pb/>


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When \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w trembling|strong="H7578"\w*, he \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* himself in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; but when he \w offended|strong="H0816"\w* in \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And now they \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* more and \w more|strong="H3254"\w*, and have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w* of their \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, <i>and</i> \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* according to their own \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*, all of it the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w*: they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* of them, Let the \w men|strong="H0120"\w* that \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* the \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*.<n>they sin…: Heb. they add to sin</n><n>the men…: or, the sacrificers of men</n>


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Therefore they shall be as the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, and as the \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* that passeth \w away|strong="H1980"\w*, as the \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* <i>that</i> is driven with the \w whirlwind|strong="H5590"\w* out of the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, and as the \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* out of the \w chimney|strong="H0699"\w*.


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Yet I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* no \w god|strong="H0430"\w* but \w me|strong="H2108"\w*: for <i>there is</i> no \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w* beside \w me|strong="H1115"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ I did \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thee in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of great \w drought|strong="H8514"\w*.<n>great…: Heb. droughts</n>


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According to their \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*, so were they \w filled|strong="H7646"\w*; they were \w filled|strong="H7646"\w*, and their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* was \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w*; therefore have they \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* me.


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Therefore I will be unto them as a \w lion|strong="H7826"\w*: as a \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* will I \w observe|strong="H7789"\w* <i>them:</i>


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I will \w meet|strong="H6298"\w* them as a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* <i>that is</i> \w bereaved|strong="H7909"\w* <i>of her whelps</i>, and will \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* the \w caul|strong="H5458"\w* of their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and there will I \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* them like a \w lion|strong="H3833"\w*: the \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* shall \w tear|strong="H1234"\w* them.<n>wild…: Heb. beast of the field</n><pb/>


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¶ O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thou hast \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* thyself; but in me <i>is</i> thine \w help|strong="H5828"\w*.<n>is…: Heb. in thy help</n>


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I \w will|strong="H0165"\w* be thy \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: \w where|strong="H0645"\w* <i>is any other</i> that may \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee in all thy \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*? and thy \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* of whom thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*?<n>I will…: rather, Where is thy king?</n>


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I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>him</i> away in my \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.


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The \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>is</i> bound \w up|strong="H6887"\w*; his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* <i>is</i> \w hid|strong="H6845"\w*.


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The \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* of a travailing \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him: he <i>is</i> an \w unwise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; for he should not \w stay|strong="H5975"\w* \w long|strong="H6256"\w* in <i>the place of</i> the breaking \w forth|strong="H4866"\w* of \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>long: Heb. a time</n>


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I will \w ransom|strong="H6299"\w* them from the \w power|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*; I will \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* them from \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: O \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, I \w will|strong="H0165"\w* be thy \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w*; O \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*, I \w will|strong="H0165"\w* be thy \w destruction|strong="H6987"\w*: \w repentance|strong="H5164"\w* shall be \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* from mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>power: Heb. hand</n><pb/>


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¶ Though he be \w fruitful|strong="H6500"\w* among <i>his</i> \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, an east \w wind|strong="H6921"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and his \w spring|strong="H4726"\w* shall become \w dry|strong="H0954"\w*, and his \w fountain|strong="H4599"\w* shall be dried \w up|strong="H2717"\w*: he shall \w spoil|strong="H8154"\w* the \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w* of all \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*.<n>pleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire</n>


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\w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* shall become \w desolate|strong="H0816"\w*; for she hath \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* against her \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: they shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: their \w infants|strong="H5768"\w* shall be dashed in \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w*, and their women with \w child|strong="H2030"\w* shall be ripped \w up|strong="H1234"\w*.<pb/>


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O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; for thou hast \w fallen|strong="H3782"\w* by thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* with you \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Take \w away|strong="H5375"\w* all \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* <i>us</i> \w graciously|strong="H2896"\w*: so will we \w render|strong="H7999"\w* the \w calves|strong="H6499"\w* of our \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.<n>receive…: or, give good</n>


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\w Asshur|strong="H0804"\w* shall not \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us; we will not \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*: neither will we \w say|strong="H0559"\w* any more to the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, <i>Ye are</i> our \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: for in thee the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* findeth \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ I will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* their \w backsliding|strong="H4878"\w*, I will \w love|strong="H0157"\w* them \w freely|strong="H5071"\w*: for mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from him.


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I will be as the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* unto \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: he shall \w grow|strong="H6524"\w* as the \w lily|strong="H7799"\w*, and cast \w forth|strong="H5221"\w* his \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* as \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.<n>grow: or, blossom</n><n>cast…: Heb. strike</n>


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His \w branches|strong="H3127"\w* shall \w spread|strong="H3212"\w*, and his \w beauty|strong="H1935"\w* shall be as the olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, and his \w smell|strong="H7381"\w* as \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.<n>spread: Heb. go</n>


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They that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* under his \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*; they shall \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* <i>as</i> the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, and \w grow|strong="H6524"\w* as the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*: the \w scent|strong="H2143"\w* thereof <i>shall be</i> as the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.<n>grow: or, blossom</n><n>scent: or, memorial</n><pb/>


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\w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>shall say</i>, What have I to do any more with \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*? I have \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* <i>him</i>, and \w observed|strong="H7789"\w* him: I <i>am</i> like a \w green|strong="H7488"\w* fir \w tree|strong="H1265"\w*. From me is thy \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.


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Who <i>is</i> \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, and he shall \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* these <i>things</i>? \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w*, and he shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* them? for the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>are</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, and the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in them: but the \w transgressors|strong="H6586"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* therein.


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that came to \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pethuel|strong="H6602"\w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* this, ye old \w men|strong="H2205"\w*, and give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, all ye \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. Hath this been in your \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, or \w even|strong="H0518"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*?


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\w Tell|strong="H5608"\w* ye your \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of it, and <i>let</i> your \w children|strong="H1121"\w* <i>tell</i> their \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.


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That which the \w palmerworm|strong="H1501"\w* hath \w left|strong="H3499"\w* hath the \w locust|strong="H0697"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*; and that which the \w locust|strong="H0697"\w* hath \w left|strong="H3499"\w* hath the \w cankerworm|strong="H3218"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*; and that which the \w cankerworm|strong="H3218"\w* hath \w left|strong="H3499"\w* hath the \w caterpiller|strong="H2625"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*.<n>That which the palmerworm…: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm</n>


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\w Awake|strong="H6974"\w*, ye \w drunkards|strong="H7910"\w*, and \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*; and \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, all ye \w drinkers|strong="H8354"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, because of the new \w wine|strong="H6071"\w*; for it is cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from your \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.


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For a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w strong|strong="H6099"\w*, and without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, whose \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* <i>are</i> the \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and he hath the cheek \w teeth|strong="H4973"\w* of a great \w lion|strong="H3833"\w*.


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He hath \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* my \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w*, and \w barked|strong="H7111"\w* my fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*: he hath made it \w clean|strong="H2834"\w* \w bare|strong="H2834"\w*, and cast <i>it</i> \w away|strong="H7993"\w*; the \w branches|strong="H8299"\w* thereof are made \w white|strong="H3835"\w*.<n>barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Lament|strong="H0421"\w* like a \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* for the \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* of her \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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The meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* and the drink \w offering|strong="H5262"\w* is cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w*, \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*.


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The \w field|strong="H7704"\w* is \w wasted|strong="H7703"\w*, the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w*; for the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* is \w wasted|strong="H7703"\w*: the new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* is dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, the \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*.


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Be ye \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w*, O ye \w husbandmen|strong="H0406"\w*; \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, O ye \w vinedressers|strong="H3755"\w*, for the \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* and for the \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*; because the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* is \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*.


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The \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* is dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, and the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*; the \w pomegranate|strong="H7416"\w* tree, the palm \w tree|strong="H8558"\w* also, and the apple \w tree|strong="H8598"\w*, <i>even</i> all the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, are \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*: because \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* is withered \w away|strong="H3001"\w* from the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.


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\w Gird|strong="H2296"\w* yourselves, and \w lament|strong="H5594"\w*, ye \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, ye \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*: \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, lie all \w night|strong="H3885"\w* in \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, ye \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w* of my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for the meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* and the drink \w offering|strong="H5262"\w* is \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* ye a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, \w call|strong="H7121"\w* a solemn \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*, \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* <i>and</i> all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* <i>into</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,<n>solemn…: or, day of restraint</n>


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\w Alas|strong="H0162"\w* for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*! for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> at \w hand|strong="H7138"\w*, and as a \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* from the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* shall it \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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Is not the \w meat|strong="H0400"\w* cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* before our \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, <i>yea</i>, \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H1524"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?


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The \w seed|strong="H6507"\w* is \w rotten|strong="H5685"\w* under their \w clods|strong="H4053"\w*, the \w garners|strong="H0214"\w* are laid \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, the \w barns|strong="H4460"\w* are broken \w down|strong="H2040"\w*; for the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* is \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*.<n>seed: Heb. grains</n>


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How do the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* \w groan|strong="H0584"\w*! the \w herds|strong="H5739"\w* of \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* are \w perplexed|strong="H0943"\w*, because they have no \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w*; yea, the \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* of \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* are made \w desolate|strong="H0816"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to thee will I \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*: for the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and the \w flame|strong="H3852"\w* hath \w burned|strong="H3857"\w* all the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.<n>pastures: or, habitations</n>


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The \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w cry|strong="H6165"\w* also unto thee: for the \w rivers|strong="H0650"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* are dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, and the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* hath \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and sound an \w alarm|strong="H7321"\w* in my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: let all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*: for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, for <i>it is</i> nigh at \w hand|strong="H7138"\w*;<n>trumpet: or, cornet</n>


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A \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* and of \w gloominess|strong="H0653"\w*, a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* and of thick \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*, as the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*: a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and a \w strong|strong="H6099"\w*; there hath not \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* the like, neither shall be any \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* it, <i>even</i> to the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of \w many|strong="H1755"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*.<n>of many…: Heb. of generation and generation</n>


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A \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them; and \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* them a \w flame|strong="H3852"\w* \w burneth|strong="H3857"\w*: the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* <i>is</i> as the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* them a \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*; yea, and nothing shall \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* them.


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The \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of them <i>is</i> as the \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; and as \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, so shall they \w run|strong="H7323"\w*.


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Like the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* on the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* shall they \w leap|strong="H7540"\w*, like the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* that \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* the \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*, as a \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* set in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w array|strong="H6186"\w*.


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Before their \w face|strong="H6440"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be much \w pained|strong="H2342"\w*: all \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* shall \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w blackness|strong="H6289"\w*.<n>blackness: Heb. pot</n>


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They shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* like mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*; they shall \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* like \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*; and they shall \w march|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* on his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and they shall not \w break|strong="H5670"\w* their \w ranks|strong="H0734"\w*:


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Neither shall \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w thrust|strong="H1766"\w* \w another|strong="H0251"\w*; they shall \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H1397"\w* in his \w path|strong="H4546"\w*: and <i>when</i> they \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w sword|strong="H7973"\w*, they shall not be \w wounded|strong="H1214"\w*.<n>sword: or, dart</n>


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They shall run to and \w fro|strong="H8264"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; they shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, they shall climb \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*; they shall enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* like a \w thief|strong="H1590"\w*.


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The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w quake|strong="H7264"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them; the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* shall \w tremble|strong="H7493"\w*: the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* and the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* shall be \w dark|strong="H6937"\w*, and the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* shall \w withdraw|strong="H0622"\w* their \w shining|strong="H5051"\w*:


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w utter|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w army|strong="H2428"\w*: for his \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* <i>is</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*: for <i>he is</i> \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* that \w executeth|strong="H6213"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*; and who can \w abide|strong="H3557"\w* it?<pb/>


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¶ Therefore also now, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* ye <i>even</i> to me with all your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and with \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*, and with \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, and with \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w*:


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And \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and not your \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for he <i>is</i> \w gracious|strong="H2587"\w* and \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w*, \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*, and \w repenteth|strong="H5162"\w* him of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.


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Who \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* <i>if</i> he will \w return|strong="H7725"\w* and \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*, and \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him; <i>even</i> a meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* and a drink \w offering|strong="H5262"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, \w call|strong="H7121"\w* a solemn \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*:


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\w Gather|strong="H0622"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w*, \w assemble|strong="H6908"\w* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* the \w children|strong="H5768"\w*, and those that \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* the \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*: let the \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of his \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*, and the \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* out of her \w closet|strong="H2646"\w*.


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Let the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* between the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* and the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and let them \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Spare|strong="H2347"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* not thine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* to \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*, that the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* should rule \w over|strong="H4910"\w* them: wherefore should they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Where <i>is</i> their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?<n>rule over: or, use a byword against</n><pb/>


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¶ Then will the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* for his \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w pity|strong="H2550"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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Yea, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Behold, I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* you \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, and \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, and ye shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* therewith: and I will no more \w make|strong="H5414"\w* you a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*:


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But I will remove far \w off|strong="H7368"\w* from you the \w northern|strong="H6830"\w* <i>army</i>, and will \w drive|strong="H5080"\w* him into a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w barren|strong="H6723"\w* and \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, with his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H6931"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and his hinder \w part|strong="H5490"\w* toward the \w utmost|strong="H0314"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and his \w stink|strong="H0889"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and his ill \w savour|strong="H6709"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, because he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* great \w things|strong="H1431"\w*.<n>hath…: Heb. hath magnified to do</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not, O \w land|strong="H0127"\w*; be \w glad|strong="H1523"\w* and \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* great \w things|strong="H1431"\w*.<n>will…: Heb. hath magnified to do</n>


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Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, ye \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: for the \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* do \w spring|strong="H1876"\w*, for the \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w beareth|strong="H5375"\w* her \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*, the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* and the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* do \w yield|strong="H5414"\w* their \w strength|strong="H2428"\w*.


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Be \w glad|strong="H1523"\w* then, ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for he hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* you the former \w rain|strong="H4175"\w* \w moderately|strong="H6666"\w*, and he will cause to come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* for you the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, the former \w rain|strong="H4175"\w*, and the latter \w rain|strong="H4456"\w* in the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* <i>month</i>.<n>the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousness</n><n>moderately: Heb. according to righteousness</n>


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And the \w floors|strong="H1637"\w* shall be \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w*, and the \w fats|strong="H3342"\w* shall \w overflow|strong="H7783"\w* with \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* and \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*.


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And I will \w restore|strong="H7999"\w* to you the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* that the \w locust|strong="H0697"\w* hath \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*, the \w cankerworm|strong="H3218"\w*, and the \w caterpiller|strong="H2625"\w*, and the \w palmerworm|strong="H1501"\w*, my \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* which I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* among you.


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And ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* in \w plenty|strong="H0398"\w*, and be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, and \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that hath \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w wondrously|strong="H6381"\w* with you: and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w never|strong="H5769"\w* be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*.


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And ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and <i>that</i> I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and none else: and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w never|strong="H5769"\w* be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it shall come to pass \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w*, <i>that</i> I will pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* upon all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*; and your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*, your old \w men|strong="H2205"\w* shall \w dream|strong="H2492"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, your young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w visions|strong="H2384"\w*:


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And also upon the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* and upon the \w handmaids|strong="H8198"\w* in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* will I pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.


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And I will \w shew|strong="H5414"\w* \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w* in the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* and in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w pillars|strong="H8490"\w* of \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*.


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The \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* shall be \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* into \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and the \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> whosoever shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*: for in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall be \w deliverance|strong="H6413"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, and in the \w remnant|strong="H8300"\w* whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w*.<pb/>


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For, behold, in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and in that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, when I shall bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,


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I will also \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and will bring them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, and will \w plead|strong="H8199"\w* with them there for my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and <i>for</i> my \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom they have \w scattered|strong="H6340"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w parted|strong="H2505"\w* my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And they have \w cast|strong="H3032"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* for my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; and have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* a \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* for an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, and \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* a \w girl|strong="H3207"\w* for \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, that they might \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, and \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and all the \w coasts|strong="H1552"\w* of \w Palestine|strong="H6429"\w*? will ye \w render|strong="H7999"\w* me a \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w*? and if ye \w recompense|strong="H1580"\w* me, \w swiftly|strong="H7031"\w* <i>and</i> \w speedily|strong="H4120"\w* will I \w return|strong="H7725"\w* your \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w* upon your own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*;


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Because ye have \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* my \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and my \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and have \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* into your \w temples|strong="H1964"\w* my \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w* pleasant \w things|strong="H4261"\w*:<n>pleasant: Heb. desirable</n>


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* also of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* have ye \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* unto the \w Grecians|strong="H3125"\w*, that ye might remove them \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from their \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.<n>the Grecians: Heb. the sons of the Grecians</n>


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Behold, I will \w raise|strong="H5782"\w* them out of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* whither ye have \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them, and will \w return|strong="H7725"\w* your \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w* upon your own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*:


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And I will \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and they shall \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* them to the \w Sabeans|strong="H7615"\w*, to a \w people|strong="H1471"\w* far \w off|strong="H7350"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.<pb/>


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¶ \w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* ye this among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*; \w Prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, wake \w up|strong="H5782"\w* the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, let all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* draw \w near|strong="H5066"\w*; let them come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*:<n>Prepare: Heb. Sanctify</n>


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\w Beat|strong="H3807"\w* your \w plowshares|strong="H0855"\w* into \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, and your \w pruninghooks|strong="H4211"\w* into \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*: let the \w weak|strong="H2523"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> \w strong|strong="H1368"\w*.<n>pruninghooks: or, scythes</n>


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\w Assemble|strong="H5789"\w* yourselves, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, all ye \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and gather yourselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*: thither cause thy mighty \w ones|strong="H1368"\w* to come \w down|strong="H5181"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>cause…: or, the  [[ LORD]][[* shall bring down]]</n>


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Let the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* be \w wakened|strong="H5782"\w*, and come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*: for there will I \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* all the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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\w Put|strong="H7971"\w* ye in the \w sickle|strong="H4038"\w*, for the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* is \w ripe|strong="H1310"\w*: \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, get you \w down|strong="H3381"\w*; for the \w press|strong="H1660"\w* is \w full|strong="H4390"\w*, the \w fats|strong="H3342"\w* \w overflow|strong="H7783"\w*; for their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H7227"\w*.


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\w Multitudes|strong="H1995"\w*, \w multitudes|strong="H1995"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w decision|strong="H2742"\w*: for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w decision|strong="H2742"\w*.<n>decision: or, concision, or, threshing</n>


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The \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* and the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* shall be \w darkened|strong="H6937"\w*, and the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* shall \w withdraw|strong="H0622"\w* their \w shining|strong="H5051"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* also shall \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* out of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and \w utter|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w shake|strong="H7493"\w*: but the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>will be</i> the \w hope|strong="H4268"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour</n>


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So shall ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H7931"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: then shall \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* be \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*, and there shall no \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* her any more.<n>holy: Heb. holiness</n><pb/>


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¶ And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>that</i> the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* shall drop \w down|strong="H5197"\w* new \w wine|strong="H6071"\w*, and the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* shall \w flow|strong="H3212"\w* with \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, and all the \w rivers|strong="H0650"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall \w flow|strong="H3212"\w* with \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and a \w fountain|strong="H4599"\w* shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and shall \w water|strong="H8248"\w* the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Shittim|strong="H7851"\w*.<n>flow: Heb. go</n>


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\w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall be a \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*, and \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* shall be a \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, for the \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* <i>against</i> the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, because they have \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* in their \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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But \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.<n>dwell: or, abide</n>


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For I will \w cleanse|strong="H5352"\w* their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* <i>that</i> I have not \w cleansed|strong="H5352"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w dwelleth|strong="H7931"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.<n>for the…: or, even I the  [[ LORD]][[* that]]</n>


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The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, who was among the \w herdmen|strong="H5349"\w* of \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w*, which he \w saw|strong="H2372"\w* concerning \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* from \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and \w utter|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and the \w habitations|strong="H4999"\w* of the \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* shall \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, and the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* shall \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they have \w threshed|strong="H1758"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* with threshing \w instruments|strong="H2742"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*:<n>and…: or, yea, for four</n><n>turn…: or, convert it, or, let it be quiet</n>


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But I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, which shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*.


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I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* also the \w bar|strong="H1280"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* from the \w plain|strong="H1237"\w* of \w Aven|strong="H0206"\w*, and him that \w holdeth|strong="H8551"\w* the \w sceptre|strong="H7626"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* shall go into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* unto \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>the plain…: or, Bikathaven</n><n>the house…: or, Beth-eden</n><pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they carried away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* the \w whole|strong="H8003"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w*, to deliver <i>them</i> \w up|strong="H5462"\w* to \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*:<n>away captive…: or, them away with an entire</n>


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But I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, which shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* thereof:


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And I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* from \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*, and him that \w holdeth|strong="H8551"\w* the \w sceptre|strong="H7626"\w* from \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w*, and I will \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*: and the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Tyrus|strong="H6865"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they delivered \w up|strong="H5462"\w* the \w whole|strong="H8003"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* to \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* not the \w brotherly|strong="H0251"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*:<n>the brotherly…: Heb. the covenant of brethren</n>


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But I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Tyrus|strong="H6865"\w*, which shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* thereof.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because he did \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and did cast \w off|strong="H7843"\w* all \w pity|strong="H7356"\w*, and his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* did \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* \w perpetually|strong="H5703"\w*, and he \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w*:<n>did cast…: Heb. corrupted his compassions</n>


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But I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*, which shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* of \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they have ripped \w up|strong="H1234"\w* the women with \w child|strong="H2030"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, that they might \w enlarge|strong="H7337"\w* their \w border|strong="H1366"\w*:<n>ripped…: or, divided the mountains</n>


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But I will \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* thereof, with \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, with a \w tempest|strong="H5591"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*:


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And their \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, he and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because he \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* into \w lime|strong="H7875"\w*:


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But I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* of \w Kerioth|strong="H7152"\w*: and \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* with \w tumult|strong="H7588"\w*, with \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w*, <i>and</i> with the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*:


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And I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* thereof, and will \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* thereof with him, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they have \w despised|strong="H3988"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H2706"\w*, and their \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* caused them to \w err|strong="H8582"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the which their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*:


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But I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w*, I will not turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* for \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* for a pair of \w shoes|strong="H5275"\w*;


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That \w pant|strong="H7602"\w* after the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* on the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, and turn \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w meek|strong="H6035"\w*: and a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* in unto the <i>same</i> \w maid|strong="H5291"\w*, to \w profane|strong="H2490"\w* my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:<n>maid: or, young woman</n>


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And they lay <i>themselves</i> \w down|strong="H5186"\w* upon \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* laid to \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* every \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and they \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* of the \w condemned|strong="H6064"\w* <i>in</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted</n><pb/>


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¶ Yet \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* I the \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, whose \w height|strong="H1363"\w* <i>was</i> like the \w height|strong="H1363"\w* of the \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*, and he <i>was</i> \w strong|strong="H2634"\w* as the \w oaks|strong="H0437"\w*; yet I \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* his \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* from \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, and his \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* from beneath.


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Also I brought you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w led|strong="H3212"\w* you \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Amorite|strong="H0567"\w*.


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And I raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* of your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* for \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and of your young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* for \w Nazarites|strong="H5139"\w*. <i>Is it</i> not even thus, O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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But ye gave the \w Nazarites|strong="H5139"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*; and \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* not.


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Behold, I am \w pressed|strong="H5781"\w* under you, as a \w cart|strong="H5699"\w* is \w pressed|strong="H5781"\w* <i>that is</i> \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w sheaves|strong="H5995"\w*.<n>I am…: or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth</n>


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Therefore the \w flight|strong="H4498"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* from the \w swift|strong="H7031"\w*, and the \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* shall not \w strengthen|strong="H0553"\w* his \w force|strong="H3581"\w*, neither shall the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w*:<n>himself: Heb. his soul, or, life</n>


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Neither shall he \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* that \w handleth|strong="H8610"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*; and <i>he that is</i> \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* of \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* shall not \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* <i>himself:</i> neither shall he that \w rideth|strong="H7392"\w* the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w*.


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And <i>he that is</i> \w courageous|strong="H0533"\w* among the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* shall flee \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>courageous: Heb. strong of his heart</n><pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* against you, O \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, against the whole \w family|strong="H4940"\w* which I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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You only have I \w known|strong="H3045"\w* of all the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*: therefore I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* you for all your \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n>


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Can \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w except|strong="H1115"\w* they be \w agreed|strong="H3259"\w*?


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Will a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* in the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, when he hath no \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*? will a young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* cry \w out|strong="H5414"\w* of his \w den|strong="H4585"\w*, if he have \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1115"\w*?<n>cry: Heb. give forth his voice</n>


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Can a \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* in a \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, where no \w gin|strong="H4170"\w* <i>is</i> for him? shall <i>one</i> take \w up|strong="H5927"\w* a \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*, and have \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* nothing at \w all|strong="H3920"\w*?


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Shall a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* be \w blown|strong="H8628"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* not be \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*? shall there be \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath not \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>?<n>be afraid: or, run together?</n><n>the  [[ LORD]][[*…: or, shall not the ]][[ LORD]][[* do somewhat?]]</n>


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Surely the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w*, but he \w revealeth|strong="H1540"\w* his \w secret|strong="H5475"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.


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The \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* hath \w roared|strong="H7580"\w*, who will \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*? the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, who can but \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ \w Publish|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* at \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*, and in the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Assemble|strong="H0622"\w* yourselves upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w tumults|strong="H4103"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* thereof, and the \w oppressed|strong="H6217"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* thereof.<n>oppressed: or, oppressions</n>


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For they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H5229"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, who \w store|strong="H0686"\w* up \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* and \w robbery|strong="H7701"\w* in their \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*.<n>robbery: or, spoil</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; An \w adversary|strong="H6862"\w* <i>there shall be</i> even round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and he shall bring \w down|strong="H3381"\w* thy \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* from thee, and thy \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* shall be \w spoiled|strong="H0962"\w*.


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; As the \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* taketh \w out|strong="H5337"\w* of the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w legs|strong="H3767"\w*, or a \w piece|strong="H0915"\w* of an \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*; so shall the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be taken \w out|strong="H5337"\w* that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* in the \w corner|strong="H6285"\w* of a \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and in \w Damascus|strong="H1833"\w* <i>in</i> a \w couch|strong="H6210"\w*.<n>taketh: Heb. delivereth</n><n>in Damascus…: or, on the bed’s feet</n>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye, and \w testify|strong="H5749"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*,


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That in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I shall \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* the \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* upon him I will also \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: and the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>visit: or, punish Israel for</n>


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And I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w winter|strong="H2779"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with the \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, and the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* shall have an \w end|strong="H5486"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, ye \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* of \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, that <i>are</i> in the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, which \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, which \w crush|strong="H7533"\w* the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*, which \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to their \w masters|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w*, and let us \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by his \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w*, that, lo, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon you, that he will take you \w away|strong="H5375"\w* with \w hooks|strong="H6793"\w*, and your \w posterity|strong="H0319"\w* with \w fishhooks|strong="H1729"\w*.


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And ye shall go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* at the \w breaches|strong="H6556"\w*, \w every|strong="H0802"\w* <i>cow at that which is</i> before her; and ye shall \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* <i>them</i> into the \w palace|strong="H2038"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>cast…: or, cast away the things of the palace</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and \w transgress|strong="H6586"\w*; at \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6586"\w*; and \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* your \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* every \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, <i>and</i> your \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* after \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*:<n>three…: Heb. three years of days</n>


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And \w offer|strong="H6999"\w* a sacrifice of \w thanksgiving|strong="H8426"\w* with \w leaven|strong="H2557"\w*, and \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* <i>and</i> \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* the free \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w*: for \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w liketh|strong="H0157"\w* you, O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<n>offer: Heb. offer by burning</n><n>this…: Heb. so ye love</n><pb/>


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¶ And I also have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* you \w cleanness|strong="H5356"\w* of \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* in all your \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w want|strong="H2640"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in all your \w places|strong="H4725"\w*: yet have ye not \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And also I have \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w* the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* from you, when <i>there were</i> yet \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* to the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*: and I caused it to \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* upon \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and caused it not to \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* upon \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* was \w rained|strong="H4305"\w* upon, and the \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* whereupon it \w rained|strong="H4305"\w* not \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*.


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So \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>or</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w* unto \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; but they were not \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*: yet have ye not \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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I have \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* you with \w blasting|strong="H7711"\w* and \w mildew|strong="H3420"\w*: when your \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* and your \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* and your fig \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* and your olive \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w*, the \w palmerworm|strong="H1501"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* <i>them:</i> yet have ye not \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>when…: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm</n>


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I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* among you the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* after the \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: your young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* have I \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and have taken \w away|strong="H7628"\w* your \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; and I have made the \w stink|strong="H0889"\w* of your \w camps|strong="H4264"\w* to come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto your \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*: yet have ye not \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>after…: or, in the way</n><n>and have…: Heb. with the captivity of your horses</n>


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I have \w overthrown|strong="H2015"\w* <i>some</i> of you, as \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w overthrew|strong="H4114"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*, and ye were as a \w firebrand|strong="H0181"\w* plucked \w out|strong="H5337"\w* of the \w burning|strong="H8316"\w*: yet have ye not \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Therefore thus will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto thee, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: <i>and</i> \w because|strong="H6118"\w* I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this unto thee, \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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For, lo, he that \w formeth|strong="H3335"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w createth|strong="H1254"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and \w declareth|strong="H5046"\w* unto \w man|strong="H0120"\w* what <i>is</i> his \w thought|strong="H7808"\w*, that \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* \w darkness|strong="H5890"\w*, and \w treadeth|strong="H1869"\w* upon the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<n>wind: or, spirit</n><pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which I take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* against you, <i>even</i> a \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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The \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*; she shall no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*: she is \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* upon her \w land|strong="H0127"\w*; <i>there is</i> none to raise her \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*; The \w city|strong="H5892"\w* that went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* <i>by</i> a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* shall \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, and that which went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* <i>by</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* shall \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Seek|strong="H1875"\w* ye me, and ye shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*:


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But \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* not \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, nor \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* not to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*: for \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H1540"\w* go into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w*, and \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* shall come to \w nought|strong="H0205"\w*.


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\w Seek|strong="H1875"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and ye shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; lest he break \w out|strong="H6743"\w* like \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* <i>it</i>, and <i>there be</i> none to \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* <i>it</i> in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.


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Ye who \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* to \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w*, and leave \w off|strong="H3240"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*,


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<i>Seek him</i> that \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* the seven \w stars|strong="H3598"\w* and \w Orion|strong="H3685"\w*, and \w turneth|strong="H2015"\w* the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w* into the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and maketh the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w dark|strong="H2821"\w* with \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: that \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* for the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and poureth them \w out|strong="H8210"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:


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That \w strengtheneth|strong="H1082"\w* the \w spoiled|strong="H7701"\w* against the \w strong|strong="H5794"\w*, so that the \w spoiled|strong="H7701"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against the \w fortress|strong="H4013"\w*.<n>spoiled: Heb. spoil</n>


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They \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* him that \w rebuketh|strong="H3198"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and they \w abhor|strong="H8581"\w* him that \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H8549"\w*.


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\w Forasmuch|strong="H3282"\w* therefore as your \w treading|strong="H1318"\w* <i>is</i> upon the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, and ye \w take|strong="H3947"\w* from him \w burdens|strong="H4864"\w* of \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w*: ye have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of hewn \w stone|strong="H1496"\w*, but ye shall not \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in them; ye have \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H2531"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, but ye shall not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* of them.<n>pleasant…: Heb. vineyards of desire</n>


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For I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* your \w manifold|strong="H7227"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* and your \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*: they \w afflict|strong="H6887"\w* the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*, they \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w bribe|strong="H3724"\w*, and they turn \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* <i>from their right</i>.<n>a bribe: or, a ransom</n>


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Therefore the \w prudent|strong="H7919"\w* shall keep \w silence|strong="H1826"\w* in that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*; for it <i>is</i> an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.


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\w Seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and not \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, that ye may \w live|strong="H2421"\w*: and so the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, shall be with you, as ye have \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w*.


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\w Hate|strong="H8130"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w love|strong="H0157"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and \w establish|strong="H3322"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: it may be that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* will be \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* unto the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.<pb/>


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Therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* thus; \w Wailing|strong="H4553"\w* <i>shall be</i> in all \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*; and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* in all the \w highways|strong="H2351"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H1930"\w*! \w alas|strong="H1930"\w*! and they shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* the \w husbandman|strong="H0406"\w* to \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*, and such as are \w skilful|strong="H3045"\w* of \w lamentation|strong="H5092"\w* to \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w*.


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And in all \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w*: for I will \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H7130"\w* thee, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto you that \w desire|strong="H0183"\w* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*! to what \w end|strong="H4100"\w* <i>is</i> it for you? the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and not \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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As if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* did \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w met|strong="H6293"\w* him; or \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w leaned|strong="H5564"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and a \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w* \w bit|strong="H5391"\w* him.


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<i>Shall</i> not the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>be</i> \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and not \w light|strong="H0216"\w*? even very \w dark|strong="H0651"\w*, and no \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* in it?<pb/>


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¶ I \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*, I \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* your feast \w days|strong="H2282"\w*, and I will not \w smell|strong="H7306"\w* in your solemn \w assemblies|strong="H6116"\w*.<n>in…: or, your holy days</n>


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Though ye \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* me burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and your meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, I will not \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* <i>them:</i> neither will I \w regard|strong="H5027"\w* the peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* of your fat \w beasts|strong="H4806"\w*.<n>peace…: or, thank offerings</n>


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Take thou \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from me the \w noise|strong="H1995"\w* of thy \w songs|strong="H7892"\w*; for I will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w melody|strong="H2172"\w* of thy \w viols|strong="H5035"\w*.


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But let \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* run \w down|strong="H1556"\w* as \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* as a \w mighty|strong="H0386"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w*.<n>run: Heb. roll</n>


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Have ye \w offered|strong="H5066"\w* unto me \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* and \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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But ye have \w borne|strong="H5375"\w* the \w tabernacle|strong="H5522"\w* of your \w Moloch|strong="H4428"\w* and \w Chiun|strong="H3594"\w* your \w images|strong="H6754"\w*, the \w star|strong="H3556"\w* of your \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, which ye \w made|strong="H6213"\w* to yourselves.<n>the tabernacle…: or, Siccuth your king</n>


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Therefore will I cause you to go into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* \w beyond|strong="H1973"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>is</i> The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to them <i>that are</i> at \w ease|strong="H7600"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>which are</i> \w named|strong="H5344"\w* \w chief|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, to whom the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*!<n>are at…: or, are secure</n><n>chief: or, firstfruits</n>


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\w Pass|strong="H5674"\w* ye unto \w Calneh|strong="H3641"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; and from thence \w go|strong="H3212"\w* ye to \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* the \w great|strong="H7227"\w*: then go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: <i>be they</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than these \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*? or their \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w greater|strong="H7227"\w* than your \w border|strong="H1366"\w*?


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Ye that put far \w away|strong="H5077"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and cause the \w seat|strong="H7675"\w* of \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* to come \w near|strong="H5066"\w*;<n>seat: or, habitation</n>


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That \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* upon \w beds|strong="H4296"\w* of \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w*, and \w stretch|strong="H5628"\w* themselves upon their \w couches|strong="H6210"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* out of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, and the \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w stall|strong="H4770"\w*;<n>stretch…: or, abound with superfluities</n>


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That \w chant|strong="H6527"\w* to the \w sound|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w viol|strong="H5035"\w*, <i>and</i> \w invent|strong="H2803"\w* to themselves \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of \w musick|strong="H7892"\w*, like \w David|strong="H1732"\w*;<n>chant: or, quaver</n>


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That \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*, and \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* themselves with the \w chief|strong="H7225"\w* \w ointments|strong="H8081"\w*: but they are not \w grieved|strong="H2470"\w* for the \w affliction|strong="H7667"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.<n>wine…: or, in bowls of wine</n><n>affliction: Heb. breach</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore now shall they go \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* with the \w first|strong="H7218"\w* that go \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*, and the \w banquet|strong="H4797"\w* of them that \w stretched|strong="H5628"\w* themselves shall be \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by \w himself|strong="H5315"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, I \w abhor|strong="H8374"\w* the \w excellency|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* his \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*: therefore will I deliver \w up|strong="H5462"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with all that is \w therein|strong="H4393"\w*.<n>that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</n>


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And it shall come to pass, if there \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that they shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And a \w man’s uncle|strong="H1730"\w* shall take him \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and he that \w burneth|strong="H5635"\w* him, to bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him that <i>is</i> by the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>Is there</i> yet <i>any</i> with thee? and he shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w No|strong="H0657"\w*. Then shall he \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Hold thy \w tongue|strong="H2013"\w*: for we may not make \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>we…: or, they will not, or, have not</n>


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For, behold, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commandeth|strong="H6680"\w*, and he will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w breaches|strong="H7447"\w*, and the \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w clefts|strong="H1233"\w*.<n>breaches: or, droppings</n><pb/>


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¶ Shall \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* upon the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*? will <i>one</i> \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* <i>there</i> with \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*? for ye have \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* into \w gall|strong="H7219"\w*, and the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* into \w hemlock|strong="H3939"\w*:


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Ye which \w rejoice|strong="H8056"\w* in a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* of \w nought|strong="H3808"\w*, which \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Have we not \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* to us \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* by our own \w strength|strong="H2392"\w*?


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But, behold, I will raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against you a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; and they shall \w afflict|strong="H3905"\w* you from the entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Hemath|strong="H2574"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H6160"\w*.<n>river: or, valley</n><pb/>


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Thus hath the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* unto me; and, behold, he \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w grasshoppers|strong="H1462"\w* in the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of the shooting \w up|strong="H5927"\w* of the latter \w growth|strong="H3954"\w*; and, lo, <i>it was</i> the latter \w growth|strong="H3954"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mowings|strong="H1488"\w*.<n>grasshoppers: or, green worms</n>


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And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when they had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, then I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*, I beseech thee: by whom shall \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*? for he <i>is</i> \w small|strong="H6996"\w*.<n>by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* for this: It shall not be, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus hath the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* unto me: and, behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* by \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and it \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w*, and did eat \w up|strong="H0398"\w* a \w part|strong="H2506"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, \w cease|strong="H2308"\w*, I beseech thee: by whom shall \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*? for he <i>is</i> \w small|strong="H6996"\w*.<n>by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* for this: This also shall not be, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus he \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me: and, behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* upon a \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* <i>made</i> by a \w plumbline|strong="H0594"\w*, with a \w plumbline|strong="H0594"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, what \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou? And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, A \w plumbline|strong="H0594"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, Behold, I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a \w plumbline|strong="H0594"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: I will not \w again|strong="H3254"\w* pass \w by|strong="H5674"\w* them any more:


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And the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of \w Isaac|strong="H3446"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, and the \w sanctuaries|strong="H4720"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be laid \w waste|strong="H2717"\w*; and I will \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w* hath \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against thee in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w bear|strong="H3557"\w* all his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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For thus \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H1540"\w* be led away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* out of their own \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.


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Also \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, O thou \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, flee thee \w away|strong="H1272"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and there \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* there:


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But \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* not \w again|strong="H3254"\w* any more at \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: for it <i>is</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chapel|strong="H4720"\w*, and it <i>is</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4467"\w* \w court|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>chapel: or, sanctuary</n><n>king’s court: Heb. house of the kingdom</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*, I <i>was</i> no \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, neither <i>was</i> I a \w prophet’s|strong="H5030"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; but I <i>was</i> an \w herdman|strong="H0951"\w*, and a \w gatherer|strong="H1103"\w* of sycomore \w fruit|strong="H8256"\w*:<n>sycomore…: or, wild figs</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* me as I \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* unto my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>as…: Heb. from behind</n><pb/>


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¶ Now therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: Thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* not against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w drop|strong="H5197"\w* not <i>thy word</i> against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Isaac|strong="H3446"\w*.


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Thy \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* shall be an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and thy \w land|strong="H0127"\w* shall be \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* by \w line|strong="H2256"\w*; and thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* a \w polluted|strong="H2931"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*: and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w surely|strong="H1540"\w* go into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* forth of his \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.<pb/>


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Thus hath the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* unto me: and behold a \w basket|strong="H3619"\w* of summer \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Amos|strong="H5986"\w*, what \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou? And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, A \w basket|strong="H3619"\w* of summer \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto me, The \w end|strong="H7093"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; I will not \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* by them any more.


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And the \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* shall be \w howlings|strong="H3213"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*: <i>there shall be</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w* dead \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w* in every \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; they shall cast <i>them</i> \w forth|strong="H7993"\w* with \w silence|strong="H2013"\w*.<n>shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl</n><n>with…: Heb. be silent</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* this, O ye that swallow \w up|strong="H7602"\w* the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*, even to \w make|strong="H7673"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to \w fail|strong="H7673"\w*,


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\w Saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When will the new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* be \w gone|strong="H5674"\w*, that we may \w sell|strong="H7666"\w* \w corn|strong="H7668"\w*? and the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, that we may set \w forth|strong="H6605"\w* \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w*, making the \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* \w small|strong="H6994"\w*, and the \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, and \w falsifying|strong="H5791"\w* the \w balances|strong="H3976"\w* by \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*?<n>new…: or, month</n><n>set…: Heb. open</n><n>falsifying…: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit</n>


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That we may \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* for \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* for a pair of \w shoes|strong="H5275"\w*; <i>yea</i>, and \w sell|strong="H7666"\w* the \w refuse|strong="H4651"\w* of the \w wheat|strong="H1250"\w*?


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by the \w excellency|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, Surely I will \w never|strong="H5331"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* any of their \w works|strong="H4639"\w*.


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Shall not the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w* for this, and every one \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w* that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* therein? and it shall rise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* wholly as a \w flood|strong="H2975"\w*; and it shall be cast \w out|strong="H1644"\w* and \w drowned|strong="H8257"\w*, as <i>by</i> the \w flood|strong="H0216"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, that I will cause the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* to go \w down|strong="H0935"\w* at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, and I will \w darken|strong="H2821"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* in the \w clear|strong="H0216"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*:


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And I will \w turn|strong="H2015"\w* your \w feasts|strong="H2282"\w* into \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*, and all your \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* into \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w*; and I will bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* upon all \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w baldness|strong="H7144"\w* upon every \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* it as the \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* of an \w only|strong="H3173"\w* <i>son</i>, and the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* thereof as a \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, that I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, not a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, nor a \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w* for \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, but of \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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And they shall \w wander|strong="H5128"\w* from \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* to \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* even to the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, they shall run to and \w fro|strong="H7751"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>it</i>.


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In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* and young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w faint|strong="H5968"\w* for \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*.


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They that \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the \w sin|strong="H0819"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, O \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*; and, The \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*; even they shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and never rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* again.<n>manner: Heb. way</n><pb/>


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I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* the lintel of the \w door|strong="H3730"\w*, that the \w posts|strong="H5592"\w* may \w shake|strong="H7493"\w*: and \w cut|strong="H1214"\w* them in the \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, all of them; and I will \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* the \w last|strong="H0319"\w* of them with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: he that \w fleeth|strong="H5127"\w* of them shall not flee \w away|strong="H5127"\w*, and he that \w escapeth|strong="H6412"\w* of them shall not be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*.<n>lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop</n><n>cut…: or, wound them</n>


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Though they \w dig|strong="H2864"\w* into \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*, thence shall mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* them; though they climb \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, thence will I bring them \w down|strong="H3381"\w*:


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And though they \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* themselves in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, I will \w search|strong="H2664"\w* and take them \w out|strong="H3947"\w* thence; and though they be \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* from my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* in the \w bottom|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, thence will I \w command|strong="H6680"\w* the \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*, and he shall \w bite|strong="H5391"\w* them:


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And though they \w go|strong="H3212"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, thence will I \w command|strong="H6680"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and it shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* them: and I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon them for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and not for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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And the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* <i>is</i> he that \w toucheth|strong="H5060"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and it shall \w melt|strong="H4127"\w*, and all that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein shall \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*: and it shall rise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* wholly like a \w flood|strong="H2975"\w*; and shall be \w drowned|strong="H8257"\w*, as <i>by</i> the \w flood|strong="H2975"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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<i>It is</i> he that \w buildeth|strong="H1129"\w* his \w stories|strong="H4609"\w* in the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and hath \w founded|strong="H3245"\w* his \w troop|strong="H0092"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; he that \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* for the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and poureth them \w out|strong="H8210"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<n>stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensions</n><n>troop: or, bundle</n>


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<i>Are</i> ye not as \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* unto me, O \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Have not I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*? and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* from \w Caphtor|strong="H3731"\w*, and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* from \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w*?


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Behold, the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* <i>are</i> upon the \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, and I will \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* it from off the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*; \w saving|strong="H0657"\w* that I will not \w utterly|strong="H8045"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For, lo, I will \w command|strong="H6680"\w*, and I will \w sift|strong="H5128"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* among all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, like as <i>corn</i> is \w sifted|strong="H5128"\w* in a \w sieve|strong="H3531"\w*, yet shall not the least \w grain|strong="H6872"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>sift: Heb. cause to move</n><n>grain: Heb. stone</n>


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All the \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, which \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* shall not \w overtake|strong="H5066"\w* nor \w prevent|strong="H6923"\w* us.<pb/>


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¶ In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* will I raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w tabernacle|strong="H5521"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* that is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*, and close \w up|strong="H1443"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H6556"\w* thereof; and I will raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* his \w ruins|strong="H2034"\w*, and I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* it as in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*:<n>close: Heb. hedge, or, wall</n>


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That they may \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and of all the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, which are \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* this.<n>which…: Heb. upon whom my name is called</n>


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Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that the \w plowman|strong="H2790"\w* shall \w overtake|strong="H5066"\w* the \w reaper|strong="H7114"\w*, and the \w treader|strong="H1869"\w* of \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* him that \w soweth|strong="H4900"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*; and the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* shall \w drop|strong="H5197"\w* sweet \w wine|strong="H6071"\w*, and all the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* shall \w melt|strong="H4127"\w*.<n>soweth: Heb. draweth forth</n><n>sweet: or, new</n>


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And I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and they shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w waste|strong="H8074"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w inhabit|strong="H3427"\w* <i>them;</i> and they shall \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* thereof; they shall also \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of them.


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And I will \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* them upon their \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, and they shall no more be pulled \w up|strong="H5428"\w* out of their \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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The \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* of \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*. Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* concerning \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; We have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and an \w ambassador|strong="H6735"\w* is \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* ye, and let us rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against her in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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Behold, I have \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w small|strong="H6996"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*: thou art \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w despised|strong="H0959"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w pride|strong="H2087"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* hath \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* thee, thou that \w dwellest|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w clefts|strong="H2288"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, whose \w habitation|strong="H3427"\w* <i>is</i> \w high|strong="H4791"\w*; that \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, Who shall bring me \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*?


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Though thou \w exalt|strong="H1361"\w* <i>thyself</i> as the \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*, and though thou \w set|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* among the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*, thence will I bring thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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If \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to thee, if \w robbers|strong="H7703"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, (how art thou cut \w off|strong="H1820"\w*!) would they not have \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* till they had \w enough|strong="H1767"\w*? if the \w grapegatherers|strong="H1219"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to thee, would they not \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* <i>some</i> \w grapes|strong="H5955"\w*?<n>some…: or, gleanings?</n>


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How are <i>the things</i> of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* searched \w out|strong="H2664"\w*! <i>how</i> are his \w hidden|strong="H4710"\w* things sought \w up|strong="H1158"\w*!


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All the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of thy \w confederacy|strong="H1285"\w* have \w brought|strong="H7971"\w* thee <i>even</i> to the \w border|strong="H1366"\w*: the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that were at \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* with thee have \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* thee, <i>and</i> \w prevailed|strong="H3201"\w* against thee; <i>they that eat</i> thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* have \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* a \w wound|strong="H4204"\w* under thee: <i>there is</i> none \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* in him.<n>that were…: Heb. of thy peace</n><n>they…: Heb. the men of thy bread</n><n>in him: or, of it</n>


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Shall I not in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, even \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>men</i> out of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* out of the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*?


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And thy \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* <i>men</i>, O \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*, shall be \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, to the end that every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* may be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* by \w slaughter|strong="H6993"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For <i>thy</i> \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* against thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w shame|strong="H0955"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* thee, and thou shalt be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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In the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that thou \w stoodest|strong="H5975"\w* on the other side, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that the \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* carried away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* his \w forces|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w foreigners|strong="H5237"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H3032"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, even thou <i>wast</i> as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them.<n>captive…: or, his substance</n>


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But thou shouldest not have \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* on the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that he became a \w stranger|strong="H5235"\w*; neither shouldest thou have \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* over the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w destruction|strong="H0006"\w*; neither shouldest thou have \w spoken|strong="H6310"\w* \w proudly|strong="H1431"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*.<n>spoken…: Heb. magnified thy mouth</n>


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Thou shouldest not have \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*; yea, thou shouldest not have \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* on their \w affliction|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*, nor have \w laid|strong="H7971"\w* <i>hands</i> on their \w substance|strong="H2428"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*;<n>substance: or, forces</n>


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Neither shouldest thou have \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w crossway|strong="H6563"\w*, to cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* those of his that did \w escape|strong="H6412"\w*; neither shouldest thou have delivered \w up|strong="H5462"\w* those of his that did \w remain|strong="H8300"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*.<n>delivered up: or, shut up</n>


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For the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w* upon all the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*: as thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, it shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto thee: thy \w reward|strong="H1576"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* upon thine own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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For as ye have \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* upon my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, <i>so</i> shall all the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*, yea, they shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and they shall swallow \w down|strong="H3886"\w*, and they shall be as though they had \w not|strong="H3808"\w* been.<n>swallow…: or, sup up</n><pb/>


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¶ But upon \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* shall be \w deliverance|strong="H6413"\w*, and there shall be \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w*; and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* their \w possessions|strong="H4180"\w*.<n>deliverance: or, they that escape</n><n>there…: or, it shall be holy</n>


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And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall be a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* a \w flame|strong="H3852"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* for \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*, and they shall \w kindle|strong="H1814"\w* in them, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* them; and there shall not be <i>any</i> \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.


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And <i>they of</i> the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*; and <i>they of</i> the \w plain|strong="H8219"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and they shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* <i>shall possess</i> \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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And the \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* of this \w host|strong="H2426"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>shall possess</i> that of the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, <i>even</i> unto \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w*; and the \w captivity|strong="H1546"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which <i>is</i> in \w Sepharad|strong="H5614"\w*, shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*.<n>which…: or, shall possess that which is in</n>


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And \w saviours|strong="H3467"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* on \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*; and the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* shall be the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Now the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amittai|strong="H0573"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>Jonah: Gr. Jonas</n>


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, that \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* against it; for their \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me.


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But \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* unto \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w*; and he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* a \w ship|strong="H0591"\w* \w going|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*: so he \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* the \w fare|strong="H7939"\w* thereof, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into it, to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* with them unto \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* sent \w out|strong="H2904"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* into the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and there was a \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w tempest|strong="H5591"\w* in the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, so that the \w ship|strong="H0591"\w* was \w like|strong="H2803"\w* to be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*.<n>sent out: Heb. cast forth</n><n>was like…: Heb. thought to be broken</n>


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Then the \w mariners|strong="H4419"\w* were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, and cast \w forth|strong="H2904"\w* the \w wares|strong="H3627"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w ship|strong="H0591"\w* into the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, to \w lighten|strong="H7043"\w* <i>it</i> of them. But \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* was gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w ship|strong="H5600"\w*; and he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w*, and was fast \w asleep|strong="H7290"\w*.


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So the \w shipmaster|strong="H7227"\w* \w came|strong="H7126"\w* to him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What meanest thou, O \w sleeper|strong="H7290"\w*? \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w call|strong="H7121"\w* upon thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, if so be that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w think|strong="H6245"\w* upon us, that we \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* not.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* for whose \w cause|strong="H7945"\w* this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> upon us. So they \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*, and the \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they unto him, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* us, we pray thee, for whose cause this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> upon us; What <i>is</i> thine \w occupation|strong="H4399"\w*? and \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? what <i>is</i> thy \w country|strong="H0776"\w*? and of what \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>art</i> thou?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I <i>am</i> an \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w*; and I \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, which hath \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* and the \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* <i>land</i>.<n>the  [[ LORD]][[*: or, ]][[ JEHOVAH]][[*]]</n>


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Then were the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1419"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this? For the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that he \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, because he had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them.<n>exceedingly…: Heb. with great fear</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they unto him, What shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto thee, that the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* may be \w calm|strong="H8367"\w* unto us? for the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w wrought|strong="H1980"\w*, and was \w tempestuous|strong="H5590"\w*.<n>may…: Heb. may be silent from us</n><n>wrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Take me \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and cast me \w forth|strong="H2904"\w* into the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; so shall the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* be \w calm|strong="H8367"\w* unto you: for I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that for my \w sake|strong="H7945"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w tempest|strong="H5591"\w* <i>is</i> upon you.


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Nevertheless the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* rowed \w hard|strong="H2864"\w* to \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* <i>it</i> to the \w land|strong="H3004"\w*; but they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not: for the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w wrought|strong="H1980"\w*, and was \w tempestuous|strong="H5590"\w* against them.<n>rowed: Heb. digged</n><n>wrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went</n>


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Wherefore they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We beseech \w thee|strong="H0577"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, we beseech thee, let us not \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* for this \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* not upon us \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: for thou, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* as it \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* thee.


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So they took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, and cast him \w forth|strong="H2904"\w* into the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: and the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w ceased|strong="H5975"\w* from her \w raging|strong="H2197"\w*.<n>ceased: Heb. stood</n>


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Then the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1419"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w made|strong="H5087"\w* \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*.<n>offered…: Heb. sacrifice unto the  [[ LORD]][[*, and vowed vows]]</n><pb/>


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¶ Now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w prepared|strong="H4487"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* to swallow \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*. And \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* was in the \w belly|strong="H4578"\w* of the \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*.<n>belly: Heb. bowels</n><pb/>


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Then \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w* out of the \w fish’s|strong="H1710"\w* \w belly|strong="H4578"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* by reason of mine \w affliction|strong="H6869"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and he \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* me; out of the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* of \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* \w cried|strong="H7768"\w* I, <i>and</i> thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.<n>by…: or, out of mine affliction</n><n>hell: or, the grave</n>


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For thou hadst \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* me into the \w deep|strong="H4688"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H3824"\w* of the \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*; and the \w floods|strong="H5104"\w* \w compassed|strong="H5437"\w* me about: all thy \w billows|strong="H4867"\w* and thy \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* me.<n>midst: Heb. heart</n>


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Then I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I am cast \w out|strong="H1644"\w* of thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*; yet I will \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* toward thy \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.


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The \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* compassed me \w about|strong="H0661"\w*, <i>even</i> to the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: the \w depth|strong="H8415"\w* closed me round \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, the \w weeds|strong="H5488"\w* were wrapped \w about|strong="H2280"\w* my \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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I went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w bottoms|strong="H7095"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*; the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* with her \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* <i>was</i> about me for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: yet hast thou brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* my \w life|strong="H2416"\w* from \w corruption|strong="H7845"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>bottoms: Heb. cuttings off</n><n>corruption: or, the pit</n>


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When my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w fainted|strong="H5848"\w* within me I \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and my \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, into thine \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.


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They that \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* \w lying|strong="H7723"\w* \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* their own \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*.


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But I will \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto thee with the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w thanksgiving|strong="H8426"\w*; I will \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* <i>that</i> that I have \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w*. \w Salvation|strong="H3444"\w* <i>is</i> of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*, and it vomited \w out|strong="H6958"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* upon the \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* <i>land</i>.<pb/>


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And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* time, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* unto \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, that \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w preach|strong="H7121"\w* unto it the \w preaching|strong="H7150"\w* that I \w bid|strong="H1696"\w* thee.


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So \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Now \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* was an \w exceeding|strong="H0430"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H4109"\w*.<n>exceeding: Heb. of God</n>


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And \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w day’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H4109"\w*, and he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Yet \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* shall be \w overthrown|strong="H2015"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So the \w people|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w put|strong="H3847"\w* on \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, from the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* of them even to the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* of them.


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For \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, and he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and he \w laid|strong="H5674"\w* his \w robe|strong="H0155"\w* from him, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* <i>him</i> with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.


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And he caused <i>it</i> to be \w proclaimed|strong="H2199"\w* and \w published|strong="H0559"\w* through \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* by the \w decree|strong="H2940"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w nobles|strong="H1419"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let neither \w man|strong="H0120"\w* nor \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, \w herd|strong="H1241"\w* nor \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w*: let them not \w feed|strong="H7462"\w*, nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*:<n>published: Heb. said</n><n>nobles: Heb. great men</n>


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But let \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* be \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w mightily|strong="H2394"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: yea, let them \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and from the \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* that <i>is</i> in their \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.


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Who can \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* <i>if</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* and \w repent|strong="H5162"\w*, and turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* from his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, that we \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* not?<pb/>


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¶ And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* their \w works|strong="H4639"\w*, that they \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* from their \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, that he had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* that he would \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them; and he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> not.<pb/>


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But it \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1419"\w*, and he was very \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*.


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And he \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w pray|strong="H0577"\w* thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>was</i> not this my \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, when I was yet in my \w country|strong="H0127"\w*? Therefore I \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w before|strong="H6923"\w* unto \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*: for I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that thou <i>art</i> a \w gracious|strong="H2587"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w*, \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*, and \w repentest|strong="H5162"\w* thee of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.


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Therefore now, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w*, I beseech thee, my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* from me; for <i>it is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for me to \w die|strong="H4194"\w* than to \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Doest thou \w well|strong="H3190"\w* to be \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*?<n>Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?</n><pb/>


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So \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on the east \w side|strong="H6924"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and there \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him a \w booth|strong="H5521"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* under it in the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*, till he might \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what would become of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w prepared|strong="H4487"\w* a \w gourd|strong="H7021"\w*, and made <i>it</i> to come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* over \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, that it might be a \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* over his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* him from his \w grief|strong="H7451"\w*. So \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* was \w exceeding|strong="H1419"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* of the \w gourd|strong="H7021"\w*.<n>gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon</n><n>was…: Heb. rejoiced with great joy</n>


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But \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w prepared|strong="H4487"\w* a \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* when the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* \w rose|strong="H5927"\w* the next \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, and it \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w gourd|strong="H7021"\w* that it \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* did \w arise|strong="H2224"\w*, that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w prepared|strong="H4487"\w* a \w vehement|strong="H2759"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*; and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, that he \w fainted|strong="H5968"\w*, and \w wished|strong="H7592"\w* in \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* to \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for me to \w die|strong="H4194"\w* than to \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.<n>vehement: or, silent</n>


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And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, Doest thou \w well|strong="H3190"\w* to be \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* for the \w gourd|strong="H7021"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I do \w well|strong="H3190"\w* to be \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*, <i>even</i> unto \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.<n>Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?</n><n>I do well…: or, I am greatly angry</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Thou hast had \w pity|strong="H2347"\w* on the \w gourd|strong="H7021"\w*, for the which thou hast not \w laboured|strong="H5998"\w*, neither madest it \w grow|strong="H1431"\w*; which came up in a \w night|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w perished|strong="H0006"\w* in a \w night|strong="H1121"\w*:<n>had pity: or, spared</n><n>came…: Heb. was the son of the night</n>


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And should not I \w spare|strong="H2347"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, that \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, wherein \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* than \w sixscore|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H7239"\w* \w persons|strong="H0120"\w* that cannot \w discern|strong="H3045"\w* between their right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and their left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w*; and <i>also</i> \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w cattle|strong="H0929"\w*?


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that came to \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* the \w Morasthite|strong="H4183"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Hezekiah|strong="H3169"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which he \w saw|strong="H2372"\w* concerning \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, all ye \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*, O \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and all that \w therein|strong="H4393"\w* is: and let the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* be \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* against you, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* from his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.<n>all ye…: Heb. ye people, all of them</n><n>all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof</n>


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For, behold, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* cometh \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* upon the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* shall be \w molten|strong="H4549"\w* under him, and the \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w* shall be \w cleft|strong="H1234"\w*, as \w wax|strong="H1749"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, <i>and</i> as the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* <i>that are</i> \w poured|strong="H5064"\w* down a steep \w place|strong="H4174"\w*.<n>a steep…: Heb. a descent</n>


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For the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* <i>is</i> all this, and for the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. What <i>is</i> the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*? <i>is it</i> not \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*? and what <i>are</i> the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? <i>are they</i> not \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?


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Therefore I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* as an \w heap|strong="H5856"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, <i>and</i> as \w plantings|strong="H4302"\w* of a \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*: and I will pour \w down|strong="H5064"\w* the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* thereof into the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, and I will \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* the \w foundations|strong="H3247"\w* thereof.


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And all the graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w* thereof shall be beaten to \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w*, and all the \w hires|strong="H0868"\w* thereof shall be \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and all the \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* thereof will I \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*: for she \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* <i>it</i> of the \w hire|strong="H0868"\w* of an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, and they shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w hire|strong="H0868"\w* of an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*.<pb/>


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Therefore I will \w wail|strong="H5594"\w* and \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w stripped|strong="H7758"\w* and \w naked|strong="H6174"\w*: I will \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w* like the \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*, and \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* as the \w owls|strong="H1323"\w*.<n>owls: Heb. daughters of the owl</n>


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For her \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* <i>is</i> \w incurable|strong="H0605"\w*; for it is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; he is \w come|strong="H5060"\w* unto the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>her…: or, she is grievously sick of her wounds</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Declare|strong="H5046"\w* ye <i>it</i> not at \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* ye not at \w all|strong="H1058"\w*: in the house of \w Aphrah|strong="H1036"\w* \w roll|strong="H6428"\w* thyself in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.<n>Aphrah: that is, Dust</n>


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Pass ye \w away|strong="H5674"\w*, thou \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Saphir|strong="H8208"\w*, having thy \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* \w naked|strong="H6181"\w*: the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Zaanan|strong="H6630"\w* came not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in the \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w* of \w Beth-ezel|strong="H1018"\w*; he shall \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* of you his \w standing|strong="H5979"\w*.<n>thou…: or, thou that dwellest fairly</n><n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n><n>Zaanan: or, The country of flocks</n><n>Beth-ezel: or, A place near</n>


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For the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Maroth|strong="H4796"\w* waited \w carefully|strong="H2342"\w* for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: but \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n><n>waited…: or, was grieved</n>


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O thou \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w bind|strong="H7573"\w* the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* to the swift \w beast|strong="H7409"\w*: she <i>is</i> the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* to the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: for the \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in thee.<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n>


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Therefore shalt thou \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w presents|strong="H7964"\w* to \w Moresheth-gath|strong="H4182"\w*: the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Achzib|strong="H0392"\w* <i>shall be</i> a \w lie|strong="H0391"\w* to the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>to…: or, for Moresheth-gath</n><n>Achzib: that is, A lie</n>


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Yet will I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* an \w heir|strong="H3423"\w* unto thee, O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w*: he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w* the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress</n><n>he…: or, the glory of Israel shall, etc</n>


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Make thee \w bald|strong="H7139"\w*, and \w poll|strong="H1494"\w* thee for thy \w delicate|strong="H8588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; \w enlarge|strong="H7337"\w* thy \w baldness|strong="H7144"\w* as the \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*; for they are gone into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* from thee.<pb/>


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\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to them that \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, and \w work|strong="H6466"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon their \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*! when the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* is \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, they \w practise|strong="H6213"\w* it, because it \w is|strong="H3426"\w* in the \w power|strong="H0410"\w* of their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And they \w covet|strong="H2530"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and take <i>them</i> by \w violence|strong="H1497"\w*; and \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, and take <i>them</i> \w away|strong="H5375"\w*: so they \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* and his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, even a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and his \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w*.<n>oppress: or, defraud</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, against this \w family|strong="H4940"\w* do I \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, from which ye shall not \w remove|strong="H4185"\w* your \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*; neither shall ye \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w haughtily|strong="H7317"\w*: for this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>is</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall <i>one</i> take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w parable|strong="H4912"\w* against you, and \w lament|strong="H5091"\w* with a \w doleful|strong="H5093"\w* \w lamentation|strong="H5092"\w*, <i>and</i> \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We be \w utterly|strong="H7703"\w* \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*: he hath \w changed|strong="H4171"\w* the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: how hath he \w removed|strong="H4185"\w* <i>it</i> from me! turning \w away|strong="H7725"\w* he hath \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* our \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.<n>a doleful…: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations</n><n>turning…: or, instead of restoring</n>


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Therefore thou shalt have none that shall \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w cord|strong="H2256"\w* by \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* in the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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\w Prophesy|strong="H5197"\w* ye not, <i>say they to them that</i> \w prophesy|strong="H5197"\w*: they shall not \w prophesy|strong="H5197"\w* to them, <i>that</i> they shall not \w take|strong="H5253"\w* \w shame|strong="H3639"\w*.<n>Prophesy ye…: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ O <i>thou that art</i> \w named|strong="H0559"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, is the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w straitened|strong="H7114"\w*? <i>are</i> these his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*? do not my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* do \w good|strong="H3190"\w* to him that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H3477"\w*?<n>straitened: or, shortened?</n><n>uprightly: Heb. upright?</n>


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Even of \w late|strong="H0865"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* is risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* as an \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*: ye pull \w off|strong="H6584"\w* the \w robe|strong="H0145"\w* \w with|strong="H4136"\w* the \w garment|strong="H8008"\w* from them that \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* by \w securely|strong="H0983"\w* as men \w averse|strong="H7725"\w* from \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>of late: Heb. yesterday</n><n>with the: Heb. over against a</n>


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The \w women|strong="H0802"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have ye cast \w out|strong="H1644"\w* from their \w pleasant|strong="H8588"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*; from their \w children|strong="H5768"\w* have ye taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w glory|strong="H1926"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<n>women: or, wives</n>


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* ye, and \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*; for this <i>is</i> not <i>your</i> \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*: because it is \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w*, it shall \w destroy|strong="H2254"\w* <i>you</i>, even with a \w sore|strong="H4834"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2256"\w*.


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\w If|strong="H3863"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* in the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* and \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w* do \w lie|strong="H3576"\w*, <i>saying</i>, I will \w prophesy|strong="H5197"\w* unto thee of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* and of strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*; he shall even be the \w prophet|strong="H5197"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>walking…: or, walk with the wind, and lie falsely</n><pb/>


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¶ I will \w surely|strong="H0622"\w* \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w*, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, all of thee; I will \w surely|strong="H6908"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; I will \w put|strong="H7760"\w* them \w together|strong="H3162"\w* as the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* of \w Bozrah|strong="H1223"\w*, as the \w flock|strong="H5739"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of their \w fold|strong="H1699"\w*: they shall make great \w noise|strong="H1949"\w* by reason of <i>the multitude of</i> \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.


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The \w breaker|strong="H6555"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them: they have broken \w up|strong="H6555"\w*, and have passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and are gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by it: and their \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* on the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of them.<pb/>


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, I pray you, O \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and ye \w princes|strong="H7101"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; <i>Is it</i> not for you to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*?


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Who \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and \w love|strong="H0157"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*; who pluck \w off|strong="H1497"\w* their \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* from off them, and their \w flesh|strong="H7607"\w* from off their \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*;


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Who also \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H7607"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w flay|strong="H6584"\w* their \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* from off them; and they \w break|strong="H6476"\w* their \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, and chop them in \w pieces|strong="H6566"\w*, as for the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, and as \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w caldron|strong="H7037"\w*.


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Then shall they \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but he will not \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* them: he will even \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from them at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, as they have behaved themselves \w ill|strong="H7489"\w* in their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* concerning the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that make my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w err|strong="H8582"\w*, that \w bite|strong="H5391"\w* with their \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and he that \w putteth|strong="H5414"\w* not into their \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w*, they even \w prepare|strong="H6942"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against him.


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Therefore \w night|strong="H3915"\w* <i>shall be</i> unto you, that ye shall not have a \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*; and it shall be \w dark|strong="H2821"\w* unto you, that ye shall not \w divine|strong="H7080"\w*; and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* shall go \w down|strong="H0935"\w* over the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall be \w dark|strong="H6937"\w* over them.<n>that…: vision: Heb. from a vision</n><n>that…: divine: Heb. from divining</n>


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Then shall the \w seers|strong="H2374"\w* be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, and the \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w* \w confounded|strong="H2659"\w*: yea, they shall all \w cover|strong="H5844"\w* their \w lips|strong="H8222"\w*; for <i>there is</i> no \w answer|strong="H4617"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>lips: Heb. upper lip</n><pb/>


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¶ But \w truly|strong="H0199"\w* I am \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w power|strong="H3581"\w* by the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and of \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, to \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* unto \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* his \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, and to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* this, I pray you, ye \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w princes|strong="H7101"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that \w abhor|strong="H8581"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w pervert|strong="H6140"\w* all \w equity|strong="H3477"\w*.


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They build \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*.<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n>


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The \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* thereof \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* for \w reward|strong="H7810"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* thereof \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* for \w hire|strong="H4242"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* thereof \w divine|strong="H7080"\w* for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*: yet will they \w lean|strong="H8172"\w* upon the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* us? none \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* can \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us.<n>and say: Heb. saying</n>


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Therefore shall \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* for your \w sake|strong="H1558"\w* be \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* <i>as</i> a \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall become \w heaps|strong="H5856"\w*, and the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* as the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.<pb/>


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But in the \w last|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and it shall be \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* above the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*; and \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w flow|strong="H5102"\w* unto it.


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And \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w come|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*; and he will \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* us of his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and we will \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w paths|strong="H0734"\w*: for the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he shall \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* among \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*; and they shall \w beat|strong="H3807"\w* their \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* into \w plowshares|strong="H0855"\w*, and their \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* into \w pruninghooks|strong="H4211"\w*: \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* shall not lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* against \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, neither shall they \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* any more.<n>pruninghooks: or, scythes</n>


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But they shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* under his \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* and under his fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*; and none shall make <i>them</i> \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*: for the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.


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For all \w people|strong="H5971"\w* will \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, and we will \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*.


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In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, will I \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* her that \w halteth|strong="H6760"\w*, and I will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* her that is driven \w out|strong="H5080"\w*, and her that I have \w afflicted|strong="H7489"\w*;


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And I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* her that \w halted|strong="H6760"\w* a \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*, and her that was cast far \w off|strong="H1972"\w* a \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over them in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* from henceforth, even \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And thou, O \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*, the strong \w hold|strong="H6076"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, unto thee shall it \w come|strong="H0857"\w*, even the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*; the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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Now why dost thou \w cry|strong="H7321"\w* out \w aloud|strong="H7452"\w*? <i>is there</i> no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in thee? is thy \w counsellor|strong="H3289"\w* \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*? for \w pangs|strong="H2427"\w* have \w taken|strong="H2388"\w* thee as a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*.


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Be in \w pain|strong="H2342"\w*, and labour to bring \w forth|strong="H1518"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, like a woman in \w travail|strong="H3205"\w*: for now shalt thou go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H7151"\w*, and thou shalt \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and thou shalt \w go|strong="H0935"\w* <i>even</i> to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*; there shalt thou be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*; there the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* thee from the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now also \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* are \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* against thee, that \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Let her be \w defiled|strong="H2610"\w*, and let our \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H2372"\w* upon \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.


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But they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, neither \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* they his \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*: for he shall \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* them as the \w sheaves|strong="H5995"\w* into the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*.


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w thresh|strong="H1758"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: for I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thine \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w hoofs|strong="H6541"\w* \w brass|strong="H5154"\w*: and thou shalt beat in \w pieces|strong="H1854"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and I will \w consecrate|strong="H2763"\w* their \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and their \w substance|strong="H2428"\w* unto the \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w* of the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w gather|strong="H1413"\w* thyself in \w troops|strong="H1416"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w troops|strong="H1416"\w*: he hath \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* against us: they shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with a \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* upon the \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w*.


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But thou, \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* \w Ephratah|strong="H0672"\w*, <i>though</i> thou be \w little|strong="H6810"\w* among the \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>yet</i> out of thee shall he come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto me <i>that is</i> to be \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; whose goings \w forth|strong="H4163"\w* <i>have been</i> from of \w old|strong="H6924"\w*, from \w everlasting|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity</n>


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Therefore will he give them \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, until the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>that</i> she which \w travaileth|strong="H3205"\w* hath brought \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*: then the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* and \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* in the \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in the \w majesty|strong="H1347"\w* of the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and they shall \w abide|strong="H3427"\w*: for now shall he be \w great|strong="H1431"\w* unto the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>feed: or, rule</n>


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And this <i>man</i> shall be the \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, when the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into our \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: and when he shall \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* in our \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*, then shall we \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* against him \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w principal|strong="H5257"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.<n>principal: Heb. princes of</n>


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And they shall \w waste|strong="H7462"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Nimrod|strong="H5248"\w* in the \w entrances|strong="H6607"\w* thereof: thus shall he \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* <i>us</i> from the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w*, when he \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* into our \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and when he \w treadeth|strong="H1869"\w* within our \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*.<n>waste: Heb. eat up</n><n>in the…: or, with her own naked swords</n><pb/>


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And the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall be in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as a \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as the \w showers|strong="H7241"\w* upon the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w*, that \w tarrieth|strong="H6960"\w* not for \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, nor \w waiteth|strong="H3176"\w* for the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall be among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* among the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, as a young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* among the \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* of \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*: who, if he go \w through|strong="H5674"\w*, both treadeth \w down|strong="H7429"\w*, and teareth in \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*, and none can \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w*.<n>sheep: or, goats</n>


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Thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* shall be lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w* upon thine \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, and all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee, and I will \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* thy \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*:


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And I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w cities|strong="H6145"\w* of thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and throw \w down|strong="H2040"\w* all thy strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w*:


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And I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w witchcrafts|strong="H3785"\w* out of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and thou shalt have no <i>more</i> \w soothsayers|strong="H6049"\w*:


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Thy graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w* also will I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*, and thy standing \w images|strong="H4676"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee; and thou shalt no more \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of thine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>standing…: or, statues</n>


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And I will pluck \w up|strong="H5428"\w* thy \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee: so will I \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* thy \w cities|strong="H6145"\w*.<n>cities: or, enemies</n>


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And I will \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w* in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* and \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, such as they have not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye now what the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*; \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* thou before the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and let the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.<n>before: or, with</n>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye, O \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w*, and ye \w strong|strong="H0386"\w* \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath a \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* with his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and he will \w plead|strong="H3198"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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O my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto thee? and wherein have I \w wearied|strong="H3811"\w* thee? \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* against me.


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For I brought thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* thee out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, and \w Miriam|strong="H4813"\w*.


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O my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* now what \w Balak|strong="H1111"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w*, and what \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him from \w Shittim|strong="H7851"\w* unto \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; that ye may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Wherewith shall I come \w before|strong="H6923"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> \w bow|strong="H3721"\w* myself before the \w high|strong="H4791"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? shall I come \w before|strong="H6923"\w* him with burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, with \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* of a \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*?<n>of a…: Heb. sons of a year?</n>


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Will the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be \w pleased|strong="H7521"\w* with \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* of \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*, <i>or</i> with ten \w thousands|strong="H7233"\w* of \w rivers|strong="H5158"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*? shall I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* my \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* <i>for</i> my \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of my \w body|strong="H0990"\w* <i>for</i> the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*?<n>body: Heb. belly</n>


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He hath \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* thee, O \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, what <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and what doth the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w require|strong="H1875"\w* of thee, but to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*, and to \w love|strong="H0160"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, and to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w humbly|strong="H6800"\w* with thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?<n>walk…: Heb. humble thyself to walk</n><pb/>


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The  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w crieth|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and <i>the man of</i> \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w rod|strong="H4294"\w*, and who hath \w appointed|strong="H3259"\w* it.<n>the man…: or, thy name shall see that which is</n><pb/>


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¶ Are \w there|strong="H0786"\w* yet the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and the \w scant|strong="H7332"\w* \w measure|strong="H0374"\w* <i>that is</i> \w abominable|strong="H2194"\w*?<n>Are…: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etc</n><n>scant…: Heb. measure of leanness</n>


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Shall I count <i>them</i> \w pure|strong="H2135"\w* with the \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w balances|strong="H3976"\w*, and with the \w bag|strong="H3599"\w* of \w deceitful|strong="H4820"\w* \w weights|strong="H0068"\w*?<n>count…: or, be pure with, etc</n>


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For the rich \w men|strong="H6223"\w* thereof are \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, and their \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* <i>is</i> \w deceitful|strong="H7423"\w* in their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.


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Therefore also will I make <i>thee</i> \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* in \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* thee, in making <i>thee</i> \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* because of thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.


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Thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, but not be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*; and thy casting \w down|strong="H3445"\w* <i>shall be</i> in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee; and thou shalt take \w hold|strong="H5253"\w*, but shalt not \w deliver|strong="H6403"\w*; and <i>that</i> which thou \w deliverest|strong="H6403"\w* will I give \w up|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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Thou shalt \w sow|strong="H2232"\w*, but thou shalt not \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*; thou shalt \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* the \w olives|strong="H2132"\w*, but thou shalt not \w anoint|strong="H5480"\w* thee with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*; and sweet \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, but shalt not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ For the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* are \w kept|strong="H8104"\w*, and all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and ye \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in their \w counsels|strong="H4156"\w*; that I should \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof an \w hissing|strong="H8322"\w*: therefore ye shall \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>For the…: or, For he doth much keep the, etc</n><n>desolation: or, astonishment</n><pb/>


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\w Woe|strong="H0480"\w* is me! for I am as when they have \w gathered|strong="H0625"\w* the summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w*, as the \w grapegleanings|strong="H5955"\w* of the \w vintage|strong="H1210"\w*: <i>there is</i> no \w cluster|strong="H0811"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desired|strong="H0183"\w* the firstripe \w fruit|strong="H1063"\w*.<n>when…: Heb. the gatherings of summer</n>


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The \w good|strong="H2623"\w* <i>man</i> is \w perished|strong="H0006"\w* out of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and <i>there is</i> none \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* among \w men|strong="H0120"\w*: they all lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; they \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* with a \w net|strong="H2764"\w*.<n>good: or, godly, or, merciful</n><pb/>


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¶ That they may do \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* with both \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H3190"\w*, the \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* \w asketh|strong="H7592"\w*, and the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* <i>asketh</i> for a \w reward|strong="H7966"\w*; and the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>man</i>, he \w uttereth|strong="H1696"\w* his \w mischievous|strong="H1942"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w*: so they wrap it \w up|strong="H5686"\w*.<n>his…: Heb. the mischief of his soul</n>


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The \w best|strong="H2896"\w* of them <i>is</i> as a \w brier|strong="H2312"\w*: the most \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* <i>is sharper</i> than a thorn \w hedge|strong="H4534"\w*: the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* <i>and</i> thy \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*; now shall be their \w perplexity|strong="H3998"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Trust|strong="H0539"\w* ye not in a \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, put ye not \w confidence|strong="H0982"\w* in a \w guide|strong="H0441"\w*: \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* from her that \w lieth|strong="H7901"\w* in thy \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*.


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For the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w dishonoureth|strong="H5034"\w* the \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* riseth \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against her \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, the daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w* against her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w*; a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* <i>are</i> the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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Therefore I will \w look|strong="H6822"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; I will \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* for the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*: my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* me.<pb/>


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¶ \w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* not against me, O mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*: when I \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, I shall \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*; when I \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>shall be</i> a \w light|strong="H0216"\w* unto me.


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I will \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w indignation|strong="H2197"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, because I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against him, until he \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* my \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, and \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* for me: he will bring me \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, <i>and</i> I shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.


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Then <i>she that is</i> mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w shame|strong="H0955"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* her which \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Where is the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* her: now shall she be trodden \w down|strong="H4823"\w* as the \w mire|strong="H2916"\w* of the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.<n>Then…: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame</n><n>shall she…: Heb. she shall be for a treading down</n>


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<i>In</i> the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that thy \w walls|strong="H1447"\w* are to be \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, <i>in</i> that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w decree|strong="H2706"\w* be far \w removed|strong="H7368"\w*.


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<i>In</i> that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>also</i> he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* even to thee from \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and <i>from</i> the \w fortified|strong="H4693"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and from the \w fortress|strong="H4693"\w* even to the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, and from \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* to \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and <i>from</i> \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* to \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.<n>and from the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities</n>


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Notwithstanding the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* because of them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein, for the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.<n>Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Feed|strong="H7462"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with thy \w rod|strong="H7626"\w*, the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* of thine \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w*, which \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w solitarily|strong="H0910"\w* <i>in</i> the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*: let them \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* <i>in</i> \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, as in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*.<n>Feed: or, Rule</n>


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According to the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* will I \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* unto him \w marvellous|strong="H6381"\w* <i>things</i>.<pb/>


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¶ The \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* and be \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w* at all their \w might|strong="H1369"\w*: they shall \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* <i>their</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon <i>their</i> \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, their \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* shall be \w deaf|strong="H2790"\w*.


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They shall \w lick|strong="H3897"\w* the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* like a \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*, they shall \w move|strong="H7264"\w* out of their \w holes|strong="H4526"\w* like \w worms|strong="H2119"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: they shall be \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and shall \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* because of thee.<n>worms: or, creeping things</n>


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Who <i>is</i> a \w God|strong="H0410"\w* like unto thee, that \w pardoneth|strong="H5375"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and passeth \w by|strong="H5674"\w* the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of his \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w*? he \w retaineth|strong="H2388"\w* not his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*, because he \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* <i>in</i> \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*.


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He will turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, he will have \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* upon us; he will \w subdue|strong="H3533"\w* our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*; and thou wilt \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* all their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* into the \w depths|strong="H4688"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.


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Thou wilt \w perform|strong="H5414"\w* the \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* to \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* to \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, which thou hast \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* from the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H6924"\w*.


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The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*. The \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* of \w Nahum|strong="H5151"\w* the \w Elkoshite|strong="H0512"\w*.<pb/>


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\w God|strong="H0410"\w* <i>is</i> \w jealous|strong="H7072"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w revengeth|strong="H5358"\w*; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w revengeth|strong="H5358"\w*, and <i>is</i> \w furious|strong="H1167"\w*; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will take \w vengeance|strong="H5358"\w* on his \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, and he \w reserveth|strong="H5201"\w* <i>wrath</i> for his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<n>God…: or, The  [[ LORD]][[* is a jealous God, and a revenger, etc]]</n><n>is furious: Heb. that hath fury</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* in \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, and will not at \w all|strong="H5352"\w* \w acquit|strong="H5352"\w* <i>the wicked:</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* in the \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w* and in the \w storm|strong="H8183"\w*, and the \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* <i>are</i> the \w dust|strong="H0080"\w* of his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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He \w rebuketh|strong="H1605"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and maketh it \w dry|strong="H2717"\w*, and drieth \w up|strong="H3001"\w* all the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*: \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*, and \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and the \w flower|strong="H6525"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*.


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The \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w quake|strong="H7493"\w* at him, and the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w melt|strong="H4127"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w burned|strong="H5375"\w* at his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, yea, the \w world|strong="H8398"\w*, and all that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein.


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Who can \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*? and who can \w abide|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* of his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*? his \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* is poured \w out|strong="H5413"\w* like \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and the \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* are thrown \w down|strong="H5422"\w* by him.<n>abide: Heb. stand up</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, a strong \w hold|strong="H4581"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*; and he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* them that \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in him.<n>strong hold: or, strength</n>


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But with an \w overrunning|strong="H5674"\w* \w flood|strong="H7858"\w* he will \w make|strong="H6213"\w* an utter \w end|strong="H3617"\w* of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* thereof, and \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* shall \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<pb/>


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What do ye \w imagine|strong="H2803"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? he will \w make|strong="H6213"\w* an utter \w end|strong="H3617"\w*: \w affliction|strong="H6869"\w* shall not rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the second \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.


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For while <i>they be</i> folden \w together|strong="H5440"\w* <i>as</i> \w thorns|strong="H5518"\w*, and while they are \w drunken|strong="H5433"\w* <i>as</i> \w drunkards|strong="H5435"\w*, they shall be \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* as \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w* \w fully|strong="H4392"\w* \w dry|strong="H3002"\w*.


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There is <i>one</i> come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of thee, that \w imagineth|strong="H2803"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, a \w wicked|strong="H1100"\w* \w counsellor|strong="H3289"\w*.<n>a wicked…: Heb. a counsellor of Belial</n>


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Though <i>they be</i> \w quiet|strong="H8003"\w*, and likewise \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, yet thus shall they be cut \w down|strong="H1494"\w*, when he shall pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w*. Though I have \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* thee, I will \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* thee no more.<n>Though…: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away</n><n>cut down: Heb. shorn</n>


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For now will I \w break|strong="H7665"\w* his \w yoke|strong="H4132"\w* from off thee, and will \w burst|strong="H5423"\w* thy \w bonds|strong="H4147"\w* in \w sunder|strong="H5423"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath given a \w commandment|strong="H6680"\w* concerning thee, <i>that</i> no more of thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* be \w sown|strong="H2232"\w*: out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* will I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* and the molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*; for thou art \w vile|strong="H7043"\w*.


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Behold upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of him that bringeth good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, that \w publisheth|strong="H8085"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*! O \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w keep|strong="H2287"\w* thy solemn \w feasts|strong="H2282"\w*, \w perform|strong="H7999"\w* thy \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*: for the \w wicked|strong="H1100"\w* shall no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* thee; he is utterly cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.<n>keep…: Heb. feast</n><n>the wicked: Heb. Belial</n><pb/>


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He that dasheth in \w pieces|strong="H6327"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* before thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* the \w munition|strong="H4694"\w*, \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, make <i>thy</i> \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w fortify|strong="H0553"\w* <i>thy</i> \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w mightily|strong="H3966"\w*.<n>He…: or, The disperser, or, hammer</n>


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For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w* the \w excellency|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, as the \w excellency|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for the \w emptiers|strong="H1238"\w* have emptied them \w out|strong="H1238"\w*, and \w marred|strong="H7843"\w* their vine \w branches|strong="H2156"\w*.<n>the excellency of Jacob…: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, etc</n>


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The \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of his mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* is made \w red|strong="H0119"\w*, the \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>are</i> in \w scarlet|strong="H8529"\w*: the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* <i>shall be</i> with \w flaming|strong="H0784"\w* \w torches|strong="H6393"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w preparation|strong="H3559"\w*, and the fir \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* shall be terribly \w shaken|strong="H7477"\w*.<n>in scarlet: or, dyed scarlet</n><n>flaming: or, fiery</n>


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The \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* shall \w rage|strong="H1984"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, they shall justle one against \w another|strong="H8264"\w* in the broad \w ways|strong="H7339"\w*: they shall \w seem|strong="H4758"\w* like \w torches|strong="H3940"\w*, they shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* like the \w lightnings|strong="H1300"\w*.<n>they: Heb. their show</n>


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He shall \w recount|strong="H2142"\w* his \w worthies|strong="H0117"\w*: they shall \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* in their \w walk|strong="H1979"\w*; they shall make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w* to the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* thereof, and the \w defence|strong="H5526"\w* shall be \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*.<n>worthies: or, gallants</n><n>defence: Heb. covering, or, coverer</n>


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The \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* shall be \w opened|strong="H6605"\w*, and the \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* shall be \w dissolved|strong="H4127"\w*.<n>dissolved: or, molten</n>


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And \w Huzzab|strong="H5324"\w* shall be led away \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*, she shall be brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and her \w maids|strong="H0519"\w* shall \w lead|strong="H5090"\w* <i>her</i> as with the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w doves|strong="H3123"\w*, \w tabering|strong="H8608"\w* upon their \w breasts|strong="H3824"\w*.<n>Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made</n><n>led…: or, discovered</n>


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But \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* <i>is</i> of \w old|strong="H3117"\w* like a \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: yet they shall flee \w away|strong="H5127"\w*. \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, <i>shall they cry;</i> but none shall look \w back|strong="H6437"\w*.<n>of old: or, from the days that she hath been</n><n>look back: or, cause them to turn</n>


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Take ye the \w spoil|strong="H0962"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, take the \w spoil|strong="H0962"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: for <i>there is</i> none \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w store|strong="H8498"\w* <i>and</i> \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* out of all the \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w furniture|strong="H3627"\w*.<n>for…: or, and their infinite store, etc</n><n>pleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire</n>


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She is \w empty|strong="H0950"\w*, and \w void|strong="H4003"\w*, and \w waste|strong="H1110"\w*: and the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w melteth|strong="H4549"\w*, and the \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* smite \w together|strong="H6375"\w*, and much \w pain|strong="H2479"\w* <i>is</i> in all \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and the \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* of them all \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w blackness|strong="H6289"\w*.<pb/>


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Where <i>is</i> the \w dwelling|strong="H4583"\w* of the \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, and the \w feedingplace|strong="H4829"\w* of the young \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*, where the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, <i>even</i> the old \w lion|strong="H3833"\w*, \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w lion’s|strong="H0738"\w* \w whelp|strong="H1482"\w*, and none made <i>them</i> \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*?


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The \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* did tear in \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w* \w enough|strong="H1767"\w* for his \w whelps|strong="H1484"\w*, and \w strangled|strong="H2614"\w* for his \w lionesses|strong="H3833"\w*, and \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* his \w holes|strong="H2356"\w* with \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*, and his \w dens|strong="H4585"\w* with \w ravin|strong="H2966"\w*.


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, and I will \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* her \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* in the \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*, and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* thy young \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*: and I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w prey|strong="H2964"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of thy \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* shall no more be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to the \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*! it <i>is</i> all \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w lies|strong="H3585"\w* <i>and</i> \w robbery|strong="H6563"\w*; the \w prey|strong="H2964"\w* \w departeth|strong="H4185"\w* not;<n>bloody…: Heb. city of bloods</n>


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The \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w whip|strong="H7752"\w*, and the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w rattling|strong="H7494"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*, and of the \w pransing|strong="H1725"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and of the \w jumping|strong="H7540"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*.


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The \w horseman|strong="H6571"\w* lifteth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* both the \w bright|strong="H3851"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and the \w glittering|strong="H1300"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*: and <i>there is</i> a \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H3514"\w* number of \w carcases|strong="H6297"\w*; and <i>there is</i> none \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of <i>their</i> \w corpses|strong="H1472"\w*; they \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* upon their \w corpses|strong="H1472"\w*:<n>the bright…: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear</n>


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Because of the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of the \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* of the \w wellfavoured|strong="H2896"\w* \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, the \w mistress|strong="H1172"\w* of \w witchcrafts|strong="H3785"\w*, that \w selleth|strong="H4376"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* through her \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w*, and \w families|strong="H4940"\w* through her \w witchcrafts|strong="H3785"\w*.


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Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; and I will \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* thy \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* upon thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and I will \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* thy \w nakedness|strong="H4626"\w*, and the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* thy \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*.


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And I will \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* abominable \w filth|strong="H8251"\w* upon thee, and make thee \w vile|strong="H5034"\w*, and will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* thee as a \w gazingstock|strong="H7210"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> all they that \w look|strong="H7200"\w* upon thee shall \w flee|strong="H5074"\w* from thee, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* is laid \w waste|strong="H7703"\w*: who will \w bemoan|strong="H5110"\w* her? \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* shall I \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* for thee?<pb/>


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Art thou \w better|strong="H3190"\w* than \w populous|strong="H0527"\w* \w No|strong="H4996"\w*, that was \w situate|strong="H3427"\w* among the \w rivers|strong="H2975"\w*, <i>that had</i> the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* it, whose \w rampart|strong="H2426"\w* <i>was</i> the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, <i>and</i> her \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* <i>was</i> from the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*?<n>populous…: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon</n>


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\w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* and \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* <i>were</i> her \w strength|strong="H6109"\w*, and <i>it was</i> \w infinite|strong="H0369"\w*; \w Put|strong="H6316"\w* and \w Lubim|strong="H3864"\w* were thy \w helpers|strong="H5833"\w*.<n>thy helpers: Heb. in thy help</n>


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Yet <i>was</i> she carried \w away|strong="H1473"\w*, she \w went|strong="H1980"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*: her young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* also were dashed in \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w* at the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of all the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*: and they \w cast|strong="H3032"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* for her honourable \w men|strong="H3513"\w*, and all her great \w men|strong="H1419"\w* were \w bound|strong="H7576"\w* in \w chains|strong="H2131"\w*.


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Thou also shalt be \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*: thou shalt be \w hid|strong="H5956"\w*, thou also shalt \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* because of the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*.


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All thy strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w* <i>shall be like</i> fig \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* with the firstripe \w figs|strong="H1061"\w*: if they be \w shaken|strong="H5128"\w*, they shall even \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w eater|strong="H0398"\w*.


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Behold, thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee <i>are</i> \w women|strong="H0802"\w*: the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be set \w wide|strong="H6605"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* unto thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*: the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* thy \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.


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\w Draw|strong="H7579"\w* thee \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* for the \w siege|strong="H4692"\w*, \w fortify|strong="H2388"\w* thy strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w*: \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into \w clay|strong="H2916"\w*, and \w tread|strong="H7429"\w* the \w morter|strong="H2563"\w*, make \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* the \w brickkiln|strong="H4404"\w*.


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There shall the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* thee; the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall cut thee \w off|strong="H3772"\w*, it shall eat thee \w up|strong="H0398"\w* like the \w cankerworm|strong="H3218"\w*: make thyself \w many|strong="H3513"\w* as the \w cankerworm|strong="H3218"\w*, make thyself \w many|strong="H3513"\w* as the \w locusts|strong="H0697"\w*.


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Thou hast \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* thy \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w* above the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: the \w cankerworm|strong="H3218"\w* \w spoileth|strong="H6584"\w*, and flieth \w away|strong="H5774"\w*.<n>spoileth: or, spreadeth himself</n>


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Thy \w crowned|strong="H4502"\w* <i>are</i> as the \w locusts|strong="H0697"\w*, and thy \w captains|strong="H2951"\w* as the great \w grasshoppers|strong="H1462"\w*, which \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w hedges|strong="H1448"\w* in the \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>but</i> when the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w ariseth|strong="H2224"\w* they flee \w away|strong="H5074"\w*, and their \w place|strong="H4725"\w* is not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0335"\w* they <i>are</i>.


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Thy \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w slumber|strong="H5123"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*: thy \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* <i>in the dust:</i> thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* is \w scattered|strong="H6335"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and no man \w gathereth|strong="H6908"\w* <i>them</i>.<n>nobles: or, valiant ones</n>


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<i>There is</i> no \w healing|strong="H3545"\w* of thy \w bruise|strong="H7667"\w*; thy \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* is \w grievous|strong="H2470"\w*: all that \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w bruit|strong="H8088"\w* of thee shall \w clap|strong="H8628"\w* the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* over thee: for upon whom hath not thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*?<n>healing: Heb. wrinkling</n>


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The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* which \w Habakkuk|strong="H2265"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* did \w see|strong="H2372"\w*.


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, how long shall I \w cry|strong="H7768"\w*, and thou wilt not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*! <i>even</i> cry \w out|strong="H2199"\w* unto thee <i>of</i> \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*, and thou wilt not \w save|strong="H3467"\w*!


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Why dost thou \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* me \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, and cause <i>me</i> to \w behold|strong="H5027"\w* \w grievance|strong="H5999"\w*? for \w spoiling|strong="H7701"\w* and \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* <i>are</i> before me: and there are <i>that</i> raise \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* and \w contention|strong="H4066"\w*.


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Therefore the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* is \w slacked|strong="H6313"\w*, and \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* doth \w never|strong="H5331"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: for the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* doth \w compass|strong="H3803"\w* about the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; therefore \w wrong|strong="H6127"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w proceedeth|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>wrong: or, wrested</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Behold|strong="H7200"\w* ye among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w regard|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w wonder|strong="H8539"\w* \w marvellously|strong="H8539"\w*: for <i>I</i> will \w work|strong="H6466"\w* a \w work|strong="H6467"\w* in your \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>which</i> ye will not \w believe|strong="H0539"\w*, though it be \w told|strong="H5608"\w* <i>you</i>.


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For, lo, I raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, <i>that</i> \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* and \w hasty|strong="H4116"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, which shall \w march|strong="H1980"\w* through the \w breadth|strong="H4800"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w dwellingplaces|strong="H4908"\w* <i>that are</i> not theirs.<n>breadth: Heb. breadths</n>


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They <i>are</i> \w terrible|strong="H0366"\w* and \w dreadful|strong="H3372"\w*: their \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and their \w dignity|strong="H7613"\w* shall \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* of themselves.<n>their judgment…: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these</n>


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Their \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* also are \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than the \w leopards|strong="H5246"\w*, and are more \w fierce|strong="H2300"\w* than the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w wolves|strong="H2061"\w*: and their \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* shall \w spread|strong="H6335"\w* themselves, and their \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*; they shall \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* as the \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* <i>that</i> \w hasteth|strong="H2363"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.<n>fierce: Heb. sharp</n>


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They shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* all for \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*: their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* shall sup \w up|strong="H4041"\w* <i>as</i> the east \w wind|strong="H6921"\w*, and they shall \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*.<n>their…: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east</n>


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And they shall \w scoff|strong="H7046"\w* at the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H7336"\w* shall be a \w scorn|strong="H4890"\w* unto them: they shall \w deride|strong="H7832"\w* every strong \w hold|strong="H4013"\w*; for they shall \w heap|strong="H6651"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it.


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Then shall <i>his</i> \w mind|strong="H7307"\w* \w change|strong="H2498"\w*, and he shall pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w offend|strong="H0816"\w*, <i>imputing</i> \w this|strong="H2098"\w* his \w power|strong="H3581"\w* unto his \w god|strong="H0433"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>Art</i> thou not from \w everlasting|strong="H6924"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, mine Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w*? we shall not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thou hast \w ordained|strong="H7760"\w* them for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*; and, O mighty \w God|strong="H6697"\w*, thou hast \w established|strong="H3245"\w* them for \w correction|strong="H3198"\w*.<n>mighty…: Heb. rock</n><n>established: Heb. founded</n>


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<i>Thou art</i> of \w purer|strong="H2889"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* than to \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w canst|strong="H3201"\w* not \w look|strong="H5027"\w* on \w iniquity|strong="H5999"\w*: wherefore \w lookest|strong="H5027"\w* thou upon them that deal \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*, <i>and</i> holdest thy \w tongue|strong="H2790"\w* when the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H1104"\w* <i>the man that is</i> more \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* than he?<n>iniquity: or, grievance</n>


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And \w makest|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w* as the \w fishes|strong="H1709"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, as the creeping \w things|strong="H7431"\w*, <i>that have</i> no \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* over them?<n>creeping: or, moving</n>


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They take \w up|strong="H5927"\w* all of them with the \w angle|strong="H2443"\w*, they \w catch|strong="H1641"\w* them in their \w net|strong="H2764"\w*, and \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* them in their \w drag|strong="H4365"\w*: therefore they \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* and are \w glad|strong="H1523"\w*.<n>drag: or, flue net</n>


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Therefore they \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto their \w net|strong="H2764"\w*, and burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto their \w drag|strong="H4365"\w*; because by \w them|strong="H1992"\w* their \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* <i>is</i> \w fat|strong="H8082"\w*, and their \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* \w plenteous|strong="H1277"\w*.<n>plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat</n>


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Shall they therefore \w empty|strong="H7324"\w* their \w net|strong="H2764"\w*, and not \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* to \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*?<pb/>


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I will \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* upon my \w watch|strong="H4931"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3320"\w* me upon the \w tower|strong="H4692"\w*, and will \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what he will \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto me, and what I shall \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* when I am \w reproved|strong="H8433"\w*.<n>tower: Heb. fenced place</n><n>unto me: or, in me</n><n>when…: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* me, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Write|strong="H3789"\w* the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*, and make <i>it</i> \w plain|strong="H0874"\w* upon \w tables|strong="H3871"\w*, that he may \w run|strong="H7323"\w* that \w readeth|strong="H7121"\w* it.


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For the \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* <i>is</i> yet for an appointed \w time|strong="H4150"\w*, but at the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* it shall \w speak|strong="H6315"\w*, and not \w lie|strong="H3576"\w*: though it \w tarry|strong="H4102"\w*, \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* for it; because it will \w surely|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, it will not \w tarry|strong="H0309"\w*.


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Behold, his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* <i>which</i> is lifted \w up|strong="H6075"\w* is not \w upright|strong="H3474"\w* in him: but the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w* by his \w faith|strong="H0530"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Yea also, because he \w transgresseth|strong="H0898"\w* by \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, <i>he is</i> a \w proud|strong="H3093"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*, neither keepeth at \w home|strong="H5115"\w*, who \w enlargeth|strong="H7337"\w* his \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* as \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*, and <i>is</i> as \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, and cannot be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, but \w gathereth|strong="H0622"\w* unto him all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w heapeth|strong="H6908"\w* unto him all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:<n>Yea…: or, How much more</n>


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Shall not all these take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w parable|strong="H4912"\w* against him, and a \w taunting|strong="H4426"\w* \w proverb|strong="H2420"\w* against him, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to him that \w increaseth|strong="H7235"\w* <i>that which is</i> not his! how long? and to him that \w ladeth|strong="H3513"\w* himself with thick \w clay|strong="H5671"\w*!<n>Woe…: or, Ho, he</n>


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Shall they not rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6621"\w* that shall \w bite|strong="H5391"\w* thee, and \w awake|strong="H3364"\w* that shall \w vex|strong="H2111"\w* thee, and thou shalt be for \w booties|strong="H4933"\w* unto them?


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Because thou hast \w spoiled|strong="H7997"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, all the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w spoil|strong="H7997"\w* thee; because of \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and <i>for</i> the \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, of the \w city|strong="H7151"\w*, and of all that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein.<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to him that \w coveteth|strong="H1214"\w* an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that he may \w set|strong="H7760"\w* his \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, that he may be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* from the \w power|strong="H3709"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*!<n>coveteth…: or, gaineth and evil gain</n><n>power…: Heb. palm of the hand</n>


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Thou hast \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* to thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* by cutting \w off|strong="H7096"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and hast \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* <i>against</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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For the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* shall cry \w out|strong="H2199"\w* of the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and the beam \w out|strong="H3714"\w* of the \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* shall \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* it.<n>beam: or, piece, or, fastening</n><n>answer it: or, witness against it</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to him that \w buildeth|strong="H1129"\w* a \w town|strong="H5892"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and \w stablisheth|strong="H3559"\w* a \w city|strong="H7151"\w* by \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*!<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n>


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Behold, <i>is it</i> not of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w labour|strong="H3021"\w* in the \w very|strong="H1767"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H3816"\w* shall \w weary|strong="H3286"\w* themselves for \w very|strong="H1767"\w* \w vanity|strong="H7385"\w*?<n>for…: or, in vain?</n>


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For the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with the \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* of the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.<n>with…: or, by knowing the glory</n><pb/>


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¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto him that giveth his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, that \w puttest|strong="H5596"\w* thy \w bottle|strong="H2573"\w* to <i>him</i>, and makest <i>him</i> \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w* also, that thou mayest \w look|strong="H5027"\w* on their \w nakedness|strong="H4589"\w*!


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Thou art \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* with \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* for \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* thou also, and let thy foreskin be \w uncovered|strong="H6188"\w*: the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* shall be \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* unto thee, and shameful \w spewing|strong="H7022"\w* <i>shall be</i> on thy \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.<n>with…: or, more with shame than with glory</n>


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For the \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* thee, and the \w spoil|strong="H7701"\w* of \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, <i>which</i> made them \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w*, because of \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and for the \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, of the \w city|strong="H7151"\w*, and of all that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein.<pb/>


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¶ What \w profiteth|strong="H3276"\w* the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* that the \w maker|strong="H3335"\w* thereof hath \w graven|strong="H6458"\w* it; the molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*, and a \w teacher|strong="H3384"\w* of \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, that the \w maker|strong="H3335"\w* of his \w work|strong="H3336"\w* \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* therein, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w dumb|strong="H0483"\w* \w idols|strong="H0457"\w*?<n>maker of…: Heb. fashioner of his fashion</n>


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\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto him that \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w Awake|strong="H6974"\w*; to the \w dumb|strong="H1748"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H5782"\w*, it shall \w teach|strong="H3384"\w*! Behold, it <i>is</i> \w laid|strong="H8610"\w* over with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and <i>there is</i> no \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* at all in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of it.


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But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> in his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*: let all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* keep \w silence|strong="H2013"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.<n>let…: Heb. be silent all the earth before him</n><pb/>


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A \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of \w Habakkuk|strong="H2265"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* upon \w Shigionoth|strong="H7692"\w*.<n>upon…: or, according to variable songs, or, tunes, called in Hebrew, Shigionoth</n>


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w speech|strong="H8088"\w*, <i>and</i> was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*: O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* thy \w work|strong="H6467"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* make \w known|strong="H3045"\w*; in \w wrath|strong="H7267"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*.<n>speech: Heb. report, or, hearing</n><n>revive: or, preserve alive</n><pb/>


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\w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*, and the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*. \w Selah|strong="H5542"\w*. His \w glory|strong="H1935"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of his \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.<n>Teman: or, the south</n>


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And <i>his</i> \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* was as the \w light|strong="H0216"\w*; he had \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* <i>coming</i> out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and there <i>was</i> the \w hiding|strong="H2253"\w* of his \w power|strong="H5797"\w*.<n>horns…: or, bright beams out of his side</n>


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\w Before|strong="H6440"\w* him \w went|strong="H3212"\w* the \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, and burning \w coals|strong="H7565"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<n>coals: or, diseases</n>


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He \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w measured|strong="H4128"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: he \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w*, and drove \w asunder|strong="H5425"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; and the \w everlasting|strong="H5703"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2042"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*, the \w perpetual|strong="H5769"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* did \w bow|strong="H7817"\w*: his \w ways|strong="H1979"\w* <i>are</i> \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w*.


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I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* of \w Cushan|strong="H3572"\w* in \w affliction|strong="H0205"\w*: <i>and</i> the \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* did \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*.<n>Cushan: or, Ethiopia</n><n>in…: or, under affliction, or, vanity</n>


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Was the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w displeased|strong="H2734"\w* against the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*? <i>was</i> thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* against the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*? <i>was</i> thy \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* against the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, that thou didst \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon thine \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* <i>and</i> thy \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*?<n>of…: or, were salvation?</n>


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Thy \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* was made \w quite|strong="H6181"\w* \w naked|strong="H5783"\w*, <i>according</i> to the \w oaths|strong="H7621"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*, <i>even thy</i> \w word|strong="H0562"\w*. \w Selah|strong="H5542"\w*. Thou didst \w cleave|strong="H1234"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* with \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*.<n>earth…: or, rivers of the earth</n>


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The \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* thee, <i>and</i> they \w trembled|strong="H2342"\w*: the \w overflowing|strong="H2230"\w* of the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*: the \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w uttered|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, <i>and</i> lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on \w high|strong="H7315"\w*.


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The \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* <i>and</i> \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w* in their \w habitation|strong="H2073"\w*: at the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of thine \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* they \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, <i>and</i> at the \w shining|strong="H5051"\w* of thy \w glittering|strong="H1300"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*.<n>at the light…: or, thine arrows walked in the light</n>


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Thou didst march \w through|strong="H6805"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* in \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*, thou didst \w thresh|strong="H1758"\w* the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.


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Thou wentest \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* for the \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> for \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w* with thine \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*; thou \w woundedst|strong="H4272"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, by \w discovering|strong="H6168"\w* the \w foundation|strong="H3247"\w* unto the \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*. \w Selah|strong="H5542"\w*.<n>by…: Heb. making naked</n>


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Thou didst strike \w through|strong="H5344"\w* with his \w staves|strong="H4294"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of his \w villages|strong="H6518"\w*: they came out as a \w whirlwind|strong="H5590"\w* to \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* me: their \w rejoicing|strong="H5951"\w* <i>was</i> as to \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w secretly|strong="H4565"\w*.<n>came…: Heb. were tempestuous</n>


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Thou didst \w walk|strong="H1869"\w* through the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* with thine \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, <i>through</i> the \w heap|strong="H2563"\w* of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>heap: or, mud</n><pb/>


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When I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, my \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* \w trembled|strong="H7264"\w*; my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w quivered|strong="H6750"\w* at the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: \w rottenness|strong="H7538"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, and I \w trembled|strong="H7264"\w* in myself, that I might \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*: when he cometh \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he will invade them with his \w troops|strong="H1464"\w*.<n>invade…: or, cut them in pieces</n><pb/>


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¶ Although the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* shall not \w blossom|strong="H6524"\w*, neither <i>shall</i> \w fruit|strong="H2981"\w* <i>be</i> in the \w vines|strong="H1612"\w*; the \w labour|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3584"\w*, and the \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* shall \w yield|strong="H6213"\w* no \w meat|strong="H0400"\w*; the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H1504"\w* from the \w fold|strong="H4356"\w*, and <i>there shall be</i> no \w herd|strong="H1241"\w* in the \w stalls|strong="H7517"\w*:<n>fail: Heb. lie</n>


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Yet I will \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I will \w joy|strong="H1523"\w* in the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w God|strong="H0136"\w* <i>is</i> my \w strength|strong="H2428"\w*, and he will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* like \w hinds’|strong="H0355"\w* <i>feet</i>, and he will make me to \w walk|strong="H1869"\w* upon mine high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*. To the chief \w singer|strong="H5329"\w* on my stringed \w instruments|strong="H5058"\w*.<n>chief…: or, overseer</n><n>stringed…: Heb. Neginoth</n>


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The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which came unto \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Cushi|strong="H3570"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hizkiah|strong="H2396"\w*, in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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I will \w utterly|strong="H0622"\w* \w consume|strong="H5486"\w* all <i>things</i> from off the \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>I will…: Heb. By taking away I will make an end</n><n>the land: Heb. the face of the land</n>


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I will \w consume|strong="H5486"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* and \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*; I will \w consume|strong="H5486"\w* the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and the \w fishes|strong="H1709"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and the \w stumblingblocks|strong="H4384"\w* with the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*; and I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* from \w off|strong="H6440"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>stumblingblocks: or, idols</n>


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I will also stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and upon all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* from this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w Chemarims|strong="H3649"\w* with the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*;


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And them that \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* upon the \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w*; and them that \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* <i>and</i> that \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and that \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by \w Malcham|strong="H4428"\w*;<n>by the…: or, to the  [[ LORD]][[*]]</n>


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And them that are turned \w back|strong="H5472"\w* \w from|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and <i>those</i> that have not \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, nor \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* for him.<pb/>


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Hold thy \w peace|strong="H2013"\w* at the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*: for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> at \w hand|strong="H7138"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, he hath \w bid|strong="H6942"\w* his \w guests|strong="H7121"\w*.<n>bid: Heb. sanctified, or, prepared</n>


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And it shall come to pass in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, that I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and all such as are \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w apparel|strong="H4403"\w*.<n>punish: Heb. visit upon</n>


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In the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* also will I \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* all those that \w leap|strong="H1801"\w* on the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w*, which \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* their \w masters’|strong="H0113"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* with \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* and \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>that there shall be</i> the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* from the \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and an \w howling|strong="H3215"\w* from the \w second|strong="H4932"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w crashing|strong="H7667"\w* from the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*.


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\w Howl|strong="H3213"\w*, ye \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Maktesh|strong="H4389"\w*, for all the \w merchant|strong="H3667"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are cut \w down|strong="H1820"\w*; all they that \w bear|strong="H5187"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* are cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, <i>that</i> I will \w search|strong="H2664"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with \w candles|strong="H5216"\w*, and \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that are \w settled|strong="H7087"\w* on their \w lees|strong="H8105"\w*: that \w say|strong="H0559"\w* in their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will not do \w good|strong="H3190"\w*, neither will he do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*.<n>settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened</n>


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Therefore their \w goods|strong="H2428"\w* shall become a \w booty|strong="H4933"\w*, and their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* a \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*: they shall also \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, but not \w inhabit|strong="H3427"\w* <i>them;</i> and they shall \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, but not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* thereof.<pb/>


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The \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, <i>it is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, and \w hasteth|strong="H4118"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: the mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H6873"\w* there \w bitterly|strong="H4751"\w*.


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That \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*, a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w* and \w distress|strong="H4691"\w*, a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w wasteness|strong="H7722"\w* and \w desolation|strong="H4875"\w*, a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* and \w gloominess|strong="H0653"\w*, a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* and thick \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*,


