JONAH. B. C. about 862. a 2 Kings 14. 25. || Matt. 12. 39, Jonas. b Gen 10. 11, 12 And he said unto them, P Take NOW the word of the LORD came me up, and cast me forth into the b great tai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that 12. ch. S. 2, city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3. & 4. 11. c Gen. 18. 20, e Josh. 19. 46. f Gen. 4. 16. Job 1. 12. & 2.7. + Heb. cast forth. g Ps. 107. 25. but unto a Jonah the son of Amit- sea; so shall the sea be calm unto e 4 ¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be thought to be broken. + Heb. broken. h So Acts 27. 18, 19, 38. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and h cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone i 1 Sam. 24. 3. down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. k Ps. 107. 28. 1 Joel 2. 14. S 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea and the sea ceased from her raging. B. C. about 862. + Heb. may be silent from us. Or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went. +Heb. digged. P John 11. 50. a Prov. 21. 30. r Deut. 21. 8. s Ps. 115. 3. t Ps. 89.9. u Mark 4. 41. 16 Then the men "feared the LORD exceedingly, and † offered a sacrifice + Heb. sacriunto the LORD, and made vows. ficed a sacrifice unto the LORD, and vowed vows. 17 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And * Jonah was in the belly of the fish + Heb. bowels. three days and three nights. 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God,' if so be that God will think LORD his God out of the fish's upon us, that we perish not. 7 And they said every one to his m Josh. 7. 14, fellow, Come, and let us mcast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 16. 1 Sam. 10. 20, 21. & 14. 41, 42. Prov. 16. 33. Acts 1. 26. n Josh. 7. 19. 1 Sam. 14. 43. o Ps. 146. 6. Acts 17. 24. + Heb. with great fear. 8 Then said they unto him, "Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us? What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou ? 9 And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. 11 ¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that × Matt. 12. 40. & 16. 4. Luke 11.30. 6 I went down to the bottoms of + Heb. cutthe mountains; the earth with her tings off. bars was about me for ever: yet hasth Ps. 16. 10. thou brought up my life" from "cor- || Or, the pit. ruption, O LORD my God. 2 Kings 19. 25. ch. 3. 12. I Ez. 13. 14. m Hos. 2. 5, 12. n Is. 21. 3. & 22.4. Jer. 4. 19. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down ta steep place. 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? k 6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. 7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the m hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will o Is. 20. 2, 3, 4. I lay desolate for she gathered it of the hire of a harlot, and they shall return to the hire of a harlot. p Job 30. 29. Ps. 102. 6. q 2 Kings 18. 13. Is. 8. 7, 8. r 2 Sam. 1. 20. 8 Jer. 6. 26. 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: PI will + Heb. daugh- make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the towls. ters of the owl. || Or, she is grievously sick of her wounds. || That is, Dust. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. || Or, thou that 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, dwellest fair-weep ye not at all: in the house of "Aphrah 'roll thyself in the dust. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant ly. + Heb. inhabitress. t of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of "Žaanan came not forth in the mourning of "| Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing. 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth "waited carefully for good: but "evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. 13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. y 14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses|Or, for. of Achzib shall be a lie to the | || kings of Israel. That is, A lie. z Josh. 15. 44. a Josh. 15. 44. 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of a Mareshah: "he Or, the glory shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. d 16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. of Israel shall come, &c. b 2 Chr. 11. 7. c Job 1. 20. Is. 15. 2. & 22. 12. Jer. 7. 29. & 16. 6. & 47, 5. & 48. 37. d Lam. 4. 5. a Hos. 7. 6. b Ps. 36. 4. OE to them a that devise in- about 730. iquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. d c Gen. 31. 29. 2 And they covet fields, and taked Is. 5. 8. them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a || Or, defraud. man and his house, even a man and his heritage. e Jer. 8. 3. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against e this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is f Am. 5. 13. evil. f i 4 ¶ In that day shall one & take up a parable against you, and hlament twith a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people : how hath he removed it from me! Il turning away he hath divided our fields. Eph. 5. 16. Hab. 2. 6. h 2 Sam. 1. 17. + Heb. with a lamentation i ch. 1. 15. Il Or, instead of restoring. Israel's restoration. k MICAH. 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. 6 1Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. 7 TO thou that art named The house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh † uprightly? 8 Even + of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The " women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your mrest: because it is "polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. 12 TPI will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of e Ez. 11. 3, 7. pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. Ez. 8. 18. Zech. 7. 13. Zion's future glory. B. C. 710. e Is. 56. 10, 11. Ez. 13. 10. & 22. 25. 5 T Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare fch. 2. 11. war against him : Matt. 7. 15. Ez. 13. 18, 19. a vision. + Heb. from divining. 6 h Therefore night shall be unto you, † that ye shall not have a vision; and + Heb. from it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the h 18. 8. 20, 22. day shall be dark over them. i Ez. 13. 23. Zech. 13. 4. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, i Am. 8. 9. and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their † lips; for + Heb. upper there is no answer of God. k lip. k Ps. 74. 9. Am. 8. 11. 8 ¶ But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare 1 Is. 58. 1. unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with at blood, and Jerusalem with ini- + Heb. bloods. quity. q 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. Γ n Ez. 22. 27. Hab. 2. 12. Zeph. 3. 3. o Is. 1. 23. Ez. 22. 12. Hos. 4. 18. ch. 7. 3. +Heb. saying. P Jer. 6. 13. q Is. 48. 2. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the t mountain of the house as the hight ch. 4. 2. places of the forest. s Ps. 79. 1. a Is. 2. 2, &c. Ez. 17. 22, 23. b ls. 2. 4. 3 ¶ And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into "pruninghooks: nation shall not Or, scythes. lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. с 4 d But they shall sit every man Joel 3. 10. c Ps. 72. 7. d 1 Kings 4. 25. Zech. 3. 10. |