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Everywhere Leticia went, she was compared to her siblings. Sadly, it was all too common.
She was not as pretty as her second sister Diana, nor as smart as her third brother
Emil, nor as good with a sword as her fourth brother Xavier, nor as talented with magic
as her youngest sister Irene. However, she was never jealous or envious of her siblings.
In fact, she was proud of them. And yet, she never knew that her family was ashamed of
her. Until the moment her family abandoned her.

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20. 13. e 1 Cor. 7. » or, rule over them. /P3.79.10. ftJudgr.lO. It! ;
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darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining. 11 And " the Lord
uttereth his voice before his army; For his host is very great. For
strong is lie that executeth his word. For ^ the day of the Lord is
great and very terrible. And 'who can abide it ? 12 Yet even now,
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fasting and with weeping and with mourning. 13 And ' rend your
heart, and not your garments. And turn unto the Lord your God ; For
he is " gracious and merciful, Slow * to anger, and of great kindness.
And ^ he repenteth him of the evil. 1* "Who ^ knoweth if he will
return and repent, And leave " a blessing behind him ; A meal-
offering and a drink-offering. Unto the Lord your God 1 lo Blow the
trumpet in Zion, Sanctify '' a fast, call the assembly ; 16 Gather the
people, Sanctify ' the congregation. Assemble the elders. Gather
 B. C. ABOUT 800. U.] JOEL, II, III. [it. C. ABOUT 800. H. Is.
n. 9, 10; Mk. 13. 2» ; ReT.';.12. / Zeph. 1. 14-16i MaU 4. 5. , Ro. 10.
IX h UM.IS\ Ubod. 17, 21; Ito. 11.20. : IJ.IO. 22: Mic. 5. 7: Bo. U.
27. 1- Jer.30.3; £ze. 3U. 25, 28, 20. Zeph. 3. 8: Zee. H. 2—4. ' i. e.
The Ix)I:d 1 Obod. 11: Nah. 3. h>. 15—17; ch. 26 cb.27. il Kl. 10. I:
Job I. iH; Is. 45. 14; Jer.6. 20. 31 The * sun shall be turned into
darkness, And the moon into blood, Before / the great and the
terrible day of the LoRU come. 32 And it shall come to pa-ss (Aof"
whosoever callcth on the name of the LOKD shall be delivered : For
^ in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, As the Loud
hath said. Even among 'the remnant whom the Loia» shall call. 3,
For behold, in those days and in that time. When * I shall restore
the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 Then ' will I gather all the
nations, And will bring them down into the valley of Jehosliaphat*,
And will judge them there, On account of my people and my
heritage Israel, ^Vhom they have scattered among ihe nations ; And
"* they have divided my land ; 3 And they have "cast lots for my
people ; And have given a boy for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine,
that they might drink. * Yea also, what have ye, " Tyre and Zidon, to
do with me, And P all ye regions of Philistiat ? Will ye render against
me a requital ? Or will ye requite against me? Swiftly, speedily, ''will I
return your requital upon your own head. 5 Because ye have taken
my silver and my gold. And have carried into your temples my
goodly precious things : •< And the sons of Judah and the sons of
Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Grecians J ; That ye
might remove them far from their border, 7 Behold, I will raise them
out of the place whither ye have sold them. And I will return your
requital upon your own head. 8 And '' I will sell your sons and your
daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they shall sell
them to * the Sabeans, to a people far off; For the Lord hath spoken
U 8 Proclaim ye this among the nations : Prepare II ' war, rouse up
the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, let them come
up. 10 Beat "your plough-shares* into swords, And your pruning-
hooks into spears ; Let ' the weak say, I am strong. Hasten ye " and
come, all ye nations. And gather yourselves together round about :
Thither cause *thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. 12 Let the
nations rouse themselves. And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat
; For there will I sit "to judge all the nations round about. 3 Put * ye
in the siclde, For ' the harvest is ripe ; Come, tread ye. For
 B.C. ABOUT 7S7. U-] [b. c. about 7i)3. H. AMOS. ishment :
vei9.6, 9 ll.lSiCh 2. 1,4,«. h 1 Ki. 10. 33; l:'..7. i Jer. 49. brazen or
iron the city gate ; me I Ki. 4. 13; Pa. 107. 10. m 2 Ki. 16. 9. n ch. 9.
7. 2 Chr. "21. Ifi, 17 Joel 3. 6. 7 Zeph. I Zee.' 9. Judqments on
neighbouring heathen nations, viz. (3) Syria, (6) PhiCidia, (9) Tyre,
(11) ITdOTn., (13) Ammon, (ch. 2. 1) Jfoafi; also on (4) ^Mf/a/i and
(9) Israel. 1 THE words of Amos, "who was among theherdmen of
'^Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel, " in the days of Uzziah, the
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, the
king of Israel, two years before
 B. C. ABOUT 787. U.] AMOS, II, III. [B.C. ABOUT 793. H. 7
Jer. 16. ly, 20. A Eze. 20. 13, 16, 18, 24. .' Jer. ir. ■.>7; IIos. 8. 14.
ich. 8.46; see Le. 2o. 3: 2 Ki. 4. 1. m Mic. 2. 2,9. nch.5.12i Is. 10. 2.
o Eze. 22. 11. q Ex. 22. 26, 2r: Deu. 24. 12, 1:5. ' or, the mulcted.
Sum.21. 21 Jos. 24 I Xum. < Thus saith the Loud : For three
transgressions of * Judah, and for four, I will not reverse it ; Because
/they have despised the law of the Lord, And have not kept his
statutes ; And " their lies cause them to err, After ^ which tlieir
fathers walked. ^ And » I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 6 Thus saith the Lord : For three
transgressions of * Israel, and for four, I will not reverse it ; Because
' they sell the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes ;
" Tiiey "' pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
And " turn aside the way of the lowly. And " a man and his father go
in unto the samt maid, To '' profane my holy name. 8 And they
stretch themselves by every altar upon 'pawned garments ; And they
drink mi the house of their God the wine of the condemned *. 9 Yet
I destroyed '" the Amorite from before them, Whose * height was
like the height of the cedars, And he was strong as the oaks ; And *
I destroyed his fruit from above. And his roots from beneath. 10 And
"I brought you up from the land of Egypt; And *led you forty years
in the wilderness, To " possess the land of the Amorite. II And I
raised up of your sons for prophets, And of your young men for '
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel ? saith the Lord.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink, And commanded the
prophets, saying, " Prophesy not. 13 Behold, I press you down. As a
full cart presseth sheaves. 11 Then flight shall perish from the swift ;
And the strong shall not strengthen his force, Neither * shall the
valiant deliver himself ; i-* Neither shall he stand that handleth the
bow. And the swift of foot shall not escape, Neither ' shall the horse-
rider deliver himself: 1 Ex.19. .';, 6 i Deu. lO.!.',; Ps. 147.19, 20. i
Heb. 12. i" And the courageous among the valiant Shall flee away
naked in that day, Saith the Lord. Announcemeia of jiidqments upon
Israel for I>rcvailin(] sins. 3. HEAR this word that the Lord speaketh
concerning you, ye sons of Israel, Concerning the whole family
which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying : " You " only
have I known of all the families of the earth. Therefore ''I will visit
upon you all your iniquities. 3 Will two walk together, Except they be
agreed ^•' ? ■* Doth a lion roar in the forest. When he hath no prey
? Doth a young lion cry out of his den. Unless he hath taken
something ? * Doth a bird fall into a trap upon the earth, Where
there is no gin for him ? Doth a trap rise up from the ground. And
take nothing at all ? " Is a trumpet blown in the city. And the people
not alarmed ? Is "^ there evil in a city, And the Lord hath not done it
? ~ Surely the Lord GOD doeth nothing Without ^ revealing his
secret unto his ser- dGe.G.iSj vants the prophets. 8 The ' lion
roareth, who will not fear ? The Lord God speaketh, /who will not [
/"Jer. a)j9 prophesy ? 3 Publish upon the palaces at Ashdod, And
upon the palaces in the land of Egypt; And say, Assemble yourselves
upon the mountains of Samaria ; And behold the great tumults in
the midst thereof, And the oppressed in the inside thereof ; 10 And "
they know not to do right, saith the Lord, Who store up violence and
robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An ''
adversary shall he even round about the land ; And he shall bring
down thy strength from thee, And thy palaces shall be pillaged. 12
Thus saith the Lord : As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of
the lion Two legs, or a piece of an ear; Ac. 4. 20; ■ 20, 29; Cor. 9.
'ich.6.14: 2Ki.l7.« -Ui 18.9 -11.
 B.C. ABOUT 787. U.] AMOS, III,— V. [b. c. about 793. H. «■
Hos. in. 5-s. 12 Ki. 23. J Jer. 36. 22. mJudg.3. ' or,lords. > P3.89.3o.
: Is.37. 29; Hub. 1. 15. / Hos. 9. 15; 12. 11. g Num.l'S. 3,4. h Deu.
14. 2». i he. 7. 12, 13. k Le. 22. 18,21; r)eu.l2.G. I Le. 2-!. ■Mi IKi,
18.2; 2 Ki. S. 1. II Le. 2G. 19, 20; Jer. 14. 4. So shall the children of
Israel be rescued, That dwell in Samaria, In the corner of a bed, and
on the damask of a couch. ^3 Hear ye, and testify against the house
of Jacob, Saith the Lord God, the God of hosts : 1* That in the day
when I visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I * will also visit
the altars of Beth-el ; And *the horns of the altar shall be cut off,
and shall fall to the ground. 1= And I will smite ^ the winter-house
with "* the summer-house ; And " the Iiouses of ivory shall perish,
And many houses shall have an end, Saith the Lord. 2'he prophecy
continued— Judgments on (1) the women of Satnaria, (2) who shall
be carried into captivity; and (i) on the whole nation, still .persisting
in idolatry, after many chastisements. 4, HEAR this word, ye kine of
"Bashan, That are in the mountain of Samaria : That oppress the
poor, that crush the needy, That say to their masters* Bring thou,
and let us drink. " The ^ Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, That
lo, days are coming upon you, When ye shall be dragged away ' with
hooks, And your remnant with fish-hooks, 3 And ** ye shall go out
at tlie breaches, each straight before her ; And ye shall be cast out
to Harmon, Saith the Loud. 4 Go * to Beth-el, and transgress, At /
Gilgal multiply transgression ; And " bring your sacrifices every
morning. Your '' tithes every three days : 5 And » burn a thank-
offering of leaven. And proclaim ye, publish ye, * free offerings : For
so ye like, ye children of Israel, Saith the Lord God. ^And I, even I,
have given you cleanness of teeth, in all your cities, And ' want of
bread, in all your places. Yet ™ have ye not returned unto me, saith
the Lord. 7 And " I, even I, have withholden the rain from you,
When there were yet three months to the harvest ; And I caused it
to rain upon one city, And caused it not to rain upon another city;
One field was rained upon, And the field whereupon it rained not
withered; 8 And two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink
water. And they were not satisfied. Yet have ye not returned unto
me, Saith the Lord. 3 I " have smitten you with blasting and mildew
; The produce of your gardens and your vineyards. And your fig-
trees and your olive-trees, '' the locust devoured. Yet have ye not
returned unto me, Saith the Lord. i*> I have sent among you
pestilence, ' after the manner of Egypt : Your young men have I
slain with the sword, And have '' taken away your horses ; And I
have made * the stench of your camps to come up unto your
nostrils. Yet have ye not returned unto me, Saith the Lord. 11 1 have
overthrown among you. As 'God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah;
And ye were " as a fire-brand snatched out of the burning. Yet have
ye not returned unto me, Saith the Lord. 12 Therefore thus will I do
unto thee, Israel : And because I will do this unto thee, Prepare '^
to meet thy God, O Israel. 13 For lo. He who formeth the mountains
and createth the wind. And who " declareth unto man what is his
thought. Who ^niaketh morning, darkness, And " treadeth upon the
high places of the earth. The ^ Lord, the God of hosts, is his name.
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desolation; with warnings and calls to repentance. 5. HEAR ye this
word which I take up against you, A " lamentation, 0 house of Israel
! 2 The * virgin of Israel is "^ fallen, She shall no more rise : She is
cast down upon her land. There is none to raise her up. 3 For thus
saith the Lord God : The
 B. C. ABOUT 787. U.J AJVIOS, V, V [b. c. aboct 793. H.
Pleiades; sec Job U. 9 ; M. 31. ; Job 12. m eh.4.13; Jer.13.16. ri ch.
9. fi : Ge. 7. 11 t ch. 2. 6. u see Deu. IG. 19. rch. 2. 7; U.'>9.21. *
or, they wrong. V ch. 6. 10. z Ecc. n. 12; Mic. a Ps! 34.12 6 2Chr.l5.
S. c >ric.r;.ii. dFa.P7.10. t Joel 2. 14; 2Ki. 13.2825: 14. 28 -38. *For
thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel : Seek * ye nie, and live.
"• And seek not /Beth-el, Nor go to Gilgal, And pass not to " Bcer-
sheba. For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And * Beth-el shall
coiue to nought. •' Seek ye the Lord, and live ; Lest he break forth
like fire upon the house of Joseph, And it devour, and ^tliere be
none to quench it in Beth-el. " Ye who *turn judgment to
wormwood, And cast down righteousness to the earth, ^Seek him
who hath made the Seven Stars* and Orion, And ' turneth the
shadow of death into the morning. And '" who darkeneth day to
night : Who " calleth for the waters of the sea, And poureth them
out upon the face of the earth ; The LoRDt is his name ; ^ Who
sendeth forth destruction against the strong. So that the destruction
cometh against the fortress. 10 They " hate him that rebuketh, in
the gate. And '' they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 11 Therefore
because of ' your trampling upon the poor, And ye take from him
tribute of corn ; Ye ""have built houses of hewn stone, But ye shall
not dwell in them ; Ye have planted pleasant vinej-ards, But ye shall
not drink their wine. 1- For * I know your transgressions are
manifold, And your sins mighty. They afflict ' the just, " they take a
bribe. And ' they turn aside the needy in the gate. 12 Therefore "
the prudent keepeth silence in this time, For it is * an evil time. 1*
Seek " good, and not evil, that ye may live; And * so the Lord, the
God of hosts, will be with you, *as ye say. 15 Hate
 B. C. ABOUT 787. U.J AMOS, VI. VII. n Ge. 10. 10; Is. 10,
9, Calno. o 2 Sam.8. 7ch.9.10; Is. 47. 7; Eze. 12. « Job 21. .1.12:
Iiarp. « 1 Chr. 23.5; 2 I ^- 29I Ch. 5. 6 ; Jer.30.15. y Jcr. .'il. 14;
Heb. 6. 13, 17. = ch. 8. 7; Hos. 5. o. a 2 Ki. 17. 5,6;Mic. 1.6,7. 2
Pass ye unto "Calneh, and see, And from thence go ye to ° Hamath,
the great, And go down to P Gath of the Philistines : Are they better
than these kingdoms ? Or their border greater than your border ? 3
Ye who «put far away the evil day, And ''bring near the seat of
violence; * AVho lie upon beds of * ivory, And stretch themselves
upon their couches; And eat lambs out of the flock, And calves from
the midst of the stall ; 5 AVlio « chant to the sound of the viol* And
invent for themselves instruments of music, "like David; 6 Who drink
wine in bowls. And anoint with the choicest ointments ; But they are
not grieved for »= the ruin of Joseph. Therefore now shall they go
captive at the head of the captives, And the shouting of the revellers
shaU cease. s The ^Lord God hath sworn by himself, Saith the Lord,
the God of hosts : I abhor the ' pride of Jacob, And his palaces I
hate ; And « I will deliver up the city and its fulness, 9 And it shall
come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house. That they shall
die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burnetii
him, To bring the bones out of the house ; And he will say unto him
that is in the recesses of the house, Is there yet any with thee ? And
he will say, Xone. Then wUl he say, » Hush ! For we must not call
upon the name of the T/)kd. " For behold, the Lord commandeth,
And "^ he will smite the great house with breaches, And the little
house with clefts. 1" Do horses run upon the rock f Doth one plough
it with oxen For dye have turned judgment into gaU, And the fruit of
righteousness into worm wood; " Ye who rejoice in a thing of nought
; Who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength ? "
For behold, « I raise up against you £ nation, ye house of Israel,
Saith the Lord, the God of hosts • And they shall afflict you, ' ■^M; f
^: i ^J''^ ^*e entering in of Hamath 14.23 ITT„*„ il. . . . . . [b. c.
about 793. H. >ch.e. cch. 3.L5, ai^miirej e 2 Ki. 'is, 29; 17. «; Jer. 5.
15, a Jer. 42, h Deu. S2. 36; Hog 11.8. c Is. 66.16 Two symbolical
visions.representing (1) national calamities arrested at the prophet's
intercession, and (7) a third vision, siqnifying God's trial of his
people, resulting in their condemnation and punishment. 7. THUS
the Lord God showed me ; and beliold, he formed locusts in the be-j
ginning of the shooting up of the aftergrass, and lo it was the after-
grass, after' the king's mowings. 2And it came to pass I when tliey
had made an end of eating the ' grass of the land, that I said : j O
Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob endure ? For " he
is small. 3 The i' Lord repented for this : It shall not be, saith the
Ix)rd. * Thus the Lord God showed me ; and behold, the Lord God
called to contend ' by fire ; and it devoured the great deep and ate
up the field. 5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee. How
shall Jacob endure ? For he is small. ^ The Lord repented for this :
ITiis also shall not be, saith the Lord God. Thus lie showed me ; and
behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a
plumb-line in his hand, s And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what
seest thou ? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord : Behold,
2Ki. 14 23,24. Jer. 18.
 B.C. ABOUT 787. U."] AMOS, VII,— IX. [b. c. about 793. H.
/Is. 3(1.10; Jlic. -L t!. g ^ee Eze. 1U4C. m.mrcd ■ r/ie b ch. 7. 8. c
oh. 5. 23. /Mal.1.13. S see No. 13. l."., l(i. A Dcu. 2.5. .Mk.i'.io, 11.
at Beth-el ; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the place of royalty.
1* Then answered Amos and said to Amaziali : I was no prophet,
neither was I '^ a prophet's son ; but I was * a herdman, and a
gatherer of sycomore fruit; l» and the Lord took me as I followed tlie
flock ; and tlie Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people
Israel. 1*^ And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou /sayest,
Prophesy not against Israel, And " drop nothing against the house of
Isaac : 17 Therefore '> thus saith the Lord ; Thy wife shall be a
harlot* in the city, And thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the
sword ; And thy land shall be divided by line ; And thou shalt die in a
polluted land ; And Israel shall surely go into captivity out of his
land. Fvurth vision, representing the ripeness of the people for
judgment— (%) Admonitions and warnings. 8. THUS the Lord God
showed me ; and l)ehold, a basket of summer fruit. ' And he said,
Amos, what seest thou ? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then
said the Lord unto me : The " end is come upon my people Israel ; I
'' will not again pass over them any more. •■' And " the songs of the
palace shall be bowlings in that day, saith the Lord God: The dead
bodies shall be many. In every place they
 B.C. ABOUT 787, 587. U.] AMOS, IX.— OBADIAH. [b. c.
about 793, 585. H. fLe.2C.Za -sa; £ze.5.12. 0 Jer. 44. k Gt. 1. 7 I ch.
3. 8. n Den. 2. 23; Jer. 47.4. g Jer. 30. 11; Joel 2.32. 3 Or if * they
hide themselves in the top of Carmel, From thence will I search and
take them out. Or if they conceal themselves from my sight iu the
bottom of the sea, Thence will I command the serpent, and it shall
bite them. Or if they go into captivity before their enemies, Thence /
will I command the sword, and it shall slay them. And ^I will set
mine eye upon them for evil, and not for good. '' And the Lord, the
God of hosts. Is he who toucheth the earth, and ^ it melteth ; And
'all that dwell therein mourn. And the whole of it shall rise up like
the river*, And it shall sink down like the Nile of Egypt. •^ It is he
who buildeth his upper chambers in the heavens, And hath founded
his * vault over the earth ; He that ' calleth for the waters of the
sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth : The LOKD is
his name. i" Are ye not as the sons of Ethiopians t unto me. Ye sons
of Israel ? saith the Lord. Have "' not I brought up Israel out of the
land of Egypt, And the Philistines from "Caphtor, And the Syrians
from " Kir ? 8 Behold, ^ the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful
kingdom. And I will destroy it from off the face of the earth ; Saving
that '^ I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saitli the Lobd. 9
For lo, I will command. And '■ I will sift the house of Israel among
all the nations, As com is sifted in a sieve. And not the least grain
shall fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by
the sword, Wlio say, ' The evil shall not overtake or come upon us.
Conclusion — Future restoraticn and blessedness. 11 IN " that day
will I raise up the fallen tabernacle of David, And close up its
breaches ; And I will raise up its ruins. And I will build it, * as in the
days of old; 12 That "^ they may possess the remnant of Edom, And
of all the nations, which are called by my name, Saith the Lord, who
doeth this. 13 Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, When
 B.C. ABOUT 687. U.j OBADIAH. [b. c. about 585. H. : Is.
14. 13 —15; Rev. IS.'. r see paral. Jer. 40. 9, in. or, covcaaiu. Jer. 38.
' Ps. 137.7; E7.e,S.-,. r> Juel 3.19, n Jer. 49. 13. 1720j Mai. 1.4.
Thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, Wliose habitation is on
high ; Who 'saith in his heart, Who shall bring inu down to the
ground ? * Though d thou make thy nest high, like the eagle. And
thouKli tliou 'set it among the stars, Thenco will I bring thee down,
Saith the Lord. If / thieves came to thee, if robbers by nightHow art
thou desolated ! — Would they not steal till they had enough ? If
graijc-gatherers came to thee. Would " they not leave gleanings ? G
How are the things of Esau searched out ! Hoio are his hidden
treasures sought for ! 7 All the men of thy confederacy* Have sent
thee forth to the border ; The '' men at peace with thee Have
deceived thee, and prevailed against thee ; Theij that eat thy bread
have laid a trap imder thee : There is no understanding in him. 8
Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, Even destroy ' the wise out of
Edom, And understanding out of the mountain of Esau ? 9 And thy
mighty men, Teman, shall be dismayed ; To the end that * every one
may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slau ter. 10 For thy *
violence against thy brother Jacob, ahamo shall cover thee, And "'
thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day when thou stoodest on
the other side. In "the day when strangers carried away captive his
force t, And foreigners entered into his gates, And " cast lots upon
Jerusalem, Even thou wast as one of them. 12 But look not thou on
the day of thy brother in the day of his calamity. Nor '' rejoice thou
over the children of Judah in the day of their destniction. Nor open
wide thy mouth in the day of distress. 13 Enter thou not into the
gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Yea, look not thou on
their affliction in the day of their calamity. Nor touch thou their
substance in the day of their calamity. 1* Nor stand in the cross-way,
to cut off his fugitives. Nor deliver up those of his that escape in the
day of distress. I'' For "2 the day of the LOBD is near upon all the
nations ; As •■ thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee. Thy
requital shall return upon thine own head. 1° For as ye have
drunken upon my holy mountain. So shall all the nations drink
continually ; Yea, * they shall drink and they shall swallow down.
And they shall be as though they had not been. 17 But ' upon mount
Zion shall be deliverance, And " it shall be a sanctuary ; And the
house of Jacob "= shall possess their possessions. 15 And the house
of Jacob " shall be a fire. And the house of Joseph a flame ; And tlic
house of Plsau for stubble : And they shall kindle in them, and
devour them ; And there shall be none remaining* of the house of
Esau ; For the Loud hath spoken it. " And thet/ of the South ' shall
possess tlie mountain of Esau, And thni of " the plain, the Philistines
: And * they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of
Samaria, And " Benjamin shall possess Gilead ; -"And the captivity t
of this host of the children of Israel, Who are amovy the Canaanites,
as far as '' Zarephath ; And the captivity of Jerusalem, who are in
Sepharad, Shall * possess the cities of the South. 21 And /saviours
shall come up on mount Zion, To judge the mountain of Esau ; And "
the kingdom shall be the Lord's. / Ezc. ."A 3: Joel 3. 11-14.
 B.C. ABOUT 862. U.] [a c. ABOUT 800. H. 6 Ge. 10. 11. c
ch. 3. 3. J? Ge. 3. 8 ; 4.16: Ps. 1S9. 7interior, or hold, of the ehip. m
Jofl. 7. lO-l'J; 1 Sam. 14. 38-43. 1 Pro. 16, 33. JONAH. Jonah's
missnm from the. land of Israel to the heathen citij, Nineveh— &)
His disobedience and (i) punishment. 1, NOW the word of the Lord
came unto " Jonah the son of Animittai, saying : 2 Arise, go to ''
Nineveh, the "^ great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is
come up before me. ^ But Jonah
 IJ.C. ABOUT 862, 7oO, 730. U.] JONAH, II— IV.— MICAH, I.
[b.c. about 800, 740. H. cZeph. 2. m-1.-.. d Mt. 12. 41; Lk. 11.32.
]Jcr.ie.8; Eze. at. 11-16,19. 10 And tlie Lord commanded the fisli,
and it vomited out Jonah upon tlie dry land. Jonah'n renewed
munrion to A'/jwwA— (5) Tlu' humiliation and repentance of Oic king
and people— (10) God's rcvernal of his sentence. 3. AND the word
of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go
unto Zsineveli, the great city, and " preach unto it the preaching that
I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to
the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was ^ an exceedingly great city,
of three days' journey. * And Jonah began to enter into the city one
day's journey ; and he cried and said : Yet forty days, and * Nineveh
shall be overthrown. 5 And the people of Nineveh ^ believed in God,
and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of
them even to the least of them. *< And the matter came unto the
king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne, and * laid his robe
from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and /sat on the ashes.
^And "he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Nineveh, by
the decree of the king and his nobles, saying : Let neither man nor
beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing ; let them not feed, nor drink
water; * hut let man and beast be covered witli sackcloth ; and let
them cry mightily unto God. And * let them turn every one from his
evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. * Who
'knoweth hiU God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce
anger, th;it we perish not ? 1' And * God saw their works, that they
turned from their evil way; and 'God repented of the evil that he had
said that he would do unto them ; and he did it not. Jonah's
discontent at the sparing of Xineveli— (6) The means employed b;/
God to reprove and instruct him. 4. AND it displeased Jonah
exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2 And he prayed imto the Lord
and said : I pray thee, 0 Lord, was not this my saying, when I was
yet in my country ? Therefore " I fled before unto Tarshish. For I
knew that thou art *a gracious, and merciful God, slow to anger and
of great kindness, and " repenting thee of the evil. 3 And now. Lord,
'' take, I beseech thee, my life from me ; for it is better for me to die
than to live. * But the Lord said : Doest thou well to be angry ? ^
And Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city;
and there he made him a booth, and sat under it in the shade, till he
might see what would become of the city. ^ And the Lord God
prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might
be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his trouble. So Jonah
was exceedingly glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm
when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, so that
it withered. « And it came to pass, when the sun shone forth, that
God prepared a sultry east wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of
Jonah, that he fainted, and wished himself dead*, and said : It is
better for me to die than to live. 3 And God said to Jonah : Doest
thou well to be angry for the gourd- And he said : I do well to be
angry, unto death. 10 Then said the I/jrd : thou hast pity on the
gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow ;
which came up in a night and perished in a night : " and should not
I have pity on Nineveh, " that great city, wherein are more than
sixscore thousand persons / that cannot discern be tween their right
hand and their left hand, and much " cattle ? MICAH 1. THE word of
the Lord that came to " Micah the Morasthite, in the days of Jothara,
Ahaz, and Hezekiab, the kings of Judah, which he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem. Judgments on Israel anrl Judah (5) for their
idolatr;/—((i) Samaria shall be totally di'strnyed; and Uie denotation
shall reach to the very gates if Jerusalem. 2 HEAR, all ye peoples !
Hearken, "O earth, and all that therein is ! And let the Lord God ''be
a witness against you. The Lord from 'his holy temple. ' For behold,
 B. c. ABOUT 750, 730. U.] MICAH, I, II. [b. c. about 740. H.
h 1 Ki. 12. 32; Hos. 7.1. t 2 Ki. IS. 3,4: Jer. 32.35. fcch.3.12: H03.
13. 16. t Eze. 13. 14. m Le. 26. .■;0: Uos. S. 6. n Ho9. 2. 12, 13. o
Is. 22. 4; Jer. 4. 19. p Is. 20. 2 - Is. 1. ."i, 6: Jer.30. 12— 1«. Acco
(i.e. Weeping) weep not. Dustplace. ( Jer. 1.". 22 : Nah. Z i. e.
deception. !l or, a And the valleys are cleft ; As was before the fire,
As waters poured down a 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 ? 6 Therefore I will
make Samaria ^' as a heap of the field. As the plantings of a
vineyard : And I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,
And I will i lay bare her foundations. 7 And ™ all her graven images
shall be broken to pieces, And all "her harlot-gifts shall be burned
with the fire, And all her idols will I make a desolation ; For from a
harlot's hire hath she gathered. And to a harlot's hire shall they
return. 8 Therefore ° let me wail and howl, Let me ^ go stripped
and naked : I ' will make a wailing, like the wild dogs, And
mourning, like the ostriches. 9 For *" her wounds are incurable ; For
it cometh unto Judah, He * cometh unto the gate of my people,
even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye not in Gath, Weep ye not at all * :
In Bethleaphra t roll thyself in dust. II Pass away, thou inhabitant of
Saphir, Naked ' in thy shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan cometh not
out. The wailing of Beth-ezel taketh from you its resting-place. 12
For the inhabitant of Maroth "waited anxiously for good ; For ' evil
cometh down from the Lord, Unto the gate of Jerusalem. 13 Thou
inhabitant of " Lachish, Bind the chariot to the swift beast. She was
the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion ; For in thee the
transgressions of Israel were found. 1* Therefore shalt thou give
parting gifts to Moresheth-gath : The houses of * Achzib { shall be a
deceitful brook To the kings of Israel. 15 Again will I bring an heir II
unto thee. 0 inhabitant of Mareshah : The glory of Israel shall come
to "Adul1am. ic Make thee * bald and clip thee. For the children of
thy delights ; Enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, For "^ they are
gone into captivity from thee. Woes on powerful oppreseorg,whoge
punishment shall correspond to their ginr—{6) The nation's ruin
throur/h rejection of truth, and love of falsehood— 0-2) Promise of
the future restoration of a remnant. 2. WOE to them that devise
iniquity, And " that work evil upon their beds ! When the morning is
light, they practise it. Because ^it is in the power of their hand ; 2
And ' they covet fields, and take them by violence. And houses, and
take them away ; And they oppress a man and his house. Even a
man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith the Lokd . Behold,
against
 B.C. ABorT 730, 710. U.] MICAH, n,— IV. [U. C. ABOUT
740. H. r Dau. 2. 44, i< Eze. 31. 23,24; John 10. c Ex. U. 21 ; Is.52.
a Deu. I. Hi, 17: .Jcr. 5. 4, seers shall be a.shamed. And the diviners
confounded ; Yea they shall all '^ cover their lips, Because ' there is
no answer of God. 8 But *" I am indeed filled with power, with the
spirit of the Lord, And with judgment and might ; To " declare unto
Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin. ^ Hear this, I pray
you, Yc heads of the house of Jacob, And ye princes of the house of
Israel ! Who abhor judgment, And pervert all that is right ; I''
Building "up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 Tlieir ^
heads judge for reward. And * their priests teach for hire, And their
prophets divine for money. Yet '' they lean upon the Lord, and say. Is
not the Lord among us ? Evil * shall not come upon us. '-Therefore
for your sake, Zion shall be ' ploughed as a field. And "Jerusalem
shall become heaps, And the mountain of the House, as the high
places of a forest. Promise of God's glorious kingdom of
righteousness and peace— (0) The Juluie restoration of the kingdom
of David, (9) after Israel's humiliation, captivity, and conflicts mth
enemies, 4, BUT " in the last days it shall come to pass, That the
mountain of the house of the Lord Shall be established on the top of
the mountains ; And shall be exalted above the hills ; And peoples
will flow unto it. 2 And ''many nations will go, and say : Come, and
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, And to the house of the
God of Jacob ; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in
his paths. For '^ the law * shall go forth from Zion, And the word of
the Lord from Jerusalem. 3 And
 710. U.] MICAH, IV, Y. >7U.M.U; Eze. 34. •25, 28. [b. c.
about 740. H. Sam, Chr. 33. U. n Mk. 11. 10;Lk.l. 32, 3a. > Jer.S.19.
?< cli. 7. 10; Ubad. 12. xla.r>5.S; Ko.U.33. Rev. 14. J 4— 20.
sle.41.15. copper. o ch. -,. 8, 9; Uan. 2 44. 6 Jos.fi.l9; Is. 23. IS; 60.
a, 9. And ''none shall make afraid : For the mouth of the Lord of
hosts hath spoken it. ^ For all the nations walk. Every one in the
name of his god ; But we '' walk in tlie name of the Lord, Our God,
for ever and ever. " In that day, saith the Lord, Will I i assemble her
that halteth; And ^ I will gather her that is driven out, And her that
I have afflicted : "^ And I will make her that halted a remnant. And
her that was removed far off, a strong nation. And the Lord ^ shall
reign over them in mount Zion, From henceforth, even for ever. 8
And thou, O tower of the flock, The "hill of the daughter of Zion,
Unto thee shall it come, even the " former dominion. The kingdom
shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. S Now " why dost thou cry
out aloud ? Is ^ there no king in thee ? Is thy ' counsellor perished ?
For pangs have taken thee. Like a woman in travail. 10 Be in pain
and bring forth, Thou daughter of Zion, Like a woman in travail. For
now shalt thou go forth out of the city. And thou shalt dwell in the
field. And ''thou shalt go to Babylon ; There * shalt thou be
delivered. There the Lord will redeem thee From the hand of thine
enemies. 11 And now « many nations are gathered against thee.
That say : Let her be profaned. And "let our eye look upon Zion. 12
But * as for them, they know not the thoughts of the Lord, Neither
understand they his counsel. For *'lie will gather them, As the
sheaves into the threshing-floor. 13 Arise and ' thresh, thou daughter
of Zion! For I will make thy horn iron. And I will make thy hoofs
brass*. And "thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples. And I will b
devote their gain unto the Lord, And their substance, unto the Lord
of the whole earth. 5. Now gather thyself in troops, thou daughter of
troops ! He layeth siege against us : They " smite the judge of
Israel, With a rod upon the cheek. The promUcd MessiaJi-(2) Uis
person and work, and (i) the security, power, and holiness of his
everlasting kingdom. 2 AND thou, "Bethlehem Ephratah, Though
thou be small''^ among ^ the thousands of Judah, Out of thee shall
go forth for me He tJiat is to be <= ruler in Israel, "Wliose ; Hos.
 'b.c. 710. U.] MICAH, V,— VII. [b. c. a:«)vt 740. H. q Is. 2.
6. Zee. 13. d Ex. 20. 2; Am. 2. 10. eDeu.T.S; ^ Sam. 7. g Num. ch.
22 to ch.2.-.; 31. IG: Deu. 23. 4, 5 ; Joa. 24. 9, 111. A Nura.2S. 8am
. S. 1" And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Loud, That " I
will cut ofl' thy horses out of the midst of thee. And I will destroy thy
chariots. 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, And throw down
all thy strong-holds. 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand,
And thou shalt have no ' soothsayers. 1' Thy ''graven images also
will I cut off, And thy statues out of the midst of thee ; And thou
shalt no more bow do^vn to the work of thy hands. 1* And I will
pluck up thine Asherim"*' out of the midst of thee ; And I will
destroy thy cities. 15 And * I will execute vengeance, in anger and
fury, Upon the nations which have not liearkened. God's controversy
with his people— (G) They would appease his Just anger by costly
sacrifices; but (^) he demamls rather, inoral virtues arid humble
piety— Rebukes of prevailing sins, (10) fraud, (12) violence and (16)
idolatry. 6. HEAE ye now what the Lord saith : Arise, contend thou
before the mountains, And let the hills hear thy voice. ' Hear, " ye
mountains, the Lord's controversy. And ye strong foundations of the
earth ! For * the Lord hath a controversy with his people, And he will
plead with Israel. 3 My people, " what have I done unto thee? And
wherein have I wearied thee ? Testify against me. * For
 B.C. 710. U.] MICAH, VII. [l3. C. ABOUT 740. H. * or. the
land. d Ps. 14. 1 k Eze. 12. 22—24 ; Hos. 9. 7. p Ps. 4. S. q Pro. 24.
17; Eze. 3o. 15. 10; Ps.37. r Ps. 137. There is no cluster to eat, My
soul ilesircth ** the first-ripe fruit. " The 'good man is perished out
of the earth*. And For the son "* despiseth the father. The daughter
riseth up against the mother, The daughter-in-law against her
mother-inlaw ; A " man's enemies are the men of his own house. "
But " I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation
; My ^ God will hear me. * Eejoice ^ not thou against me, mine
enemy ! When *■ I fall, I shall arise, When I sit in darkness, "the
Lord is a light unto rae. 9 I ' will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against him. Until he plead my cause, and
execute judgment for me. He " will bring me forth to the light, I shall
behold his righteousness. 1" And she that is * mine enemy shall see,
And shame shall cover her who said unto me, ^ Where is the Lord
thy God ? Mine eyes shall look upon her. Now shall she be trodden
down, As ^the mire of the streets. 11 A day cometh for building "
thy walls ; In that day shall the decree* be far removed ; 12 1)1 that
day * they shall come even unto thee, From Assyria, and the cities
of Egypt, And from Egypt even to the river t, And from sea to sea.
And from mountain to mountain. 13 And the land t shall be desolate,
Because of them that dwell therein ; For 'the fruit of their doings.
1** Feed '' thy people with thy staff, The ' flock of thy heritage /
dwelling apart. In the forest, in the midst of " Carmel, let them feed.
In Bashan and Gilead ; As in the days of old. 15 As in ^ the days of
thy coming out of the land of Egypt, Will I show unto him marvellous
things, i** The nations * shall see. And shall be ashamed of all their
might ; They *^shall lay the hand upon the mouth. Their ears shall
be deaf; 1'' They shall ^ lick dust like a serpent, They shall come
trembling out of their holes. Like worms of the earth ; They shall be
afraid of the Lord our God, And shall fear "'because of thee. 18 Who
" is a God like unto thee. Who " pardoneth iniquity. And passeth over
the transgression of the remnant of his heritage ! He ^ retaineth not
his anger for ever ; For he delighteth in mercy. 19 He ' will again
have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities ; And '" thou