the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop 14 sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also 15 make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God. OBADIA H. 1 See Jer. xlix. 7-22. 2 Or, Sela See 2 Kings xiv. 7. THE vision of Obadiah. I Thus saith the Lord GOD 'concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made thee small among the nations thou art greatly despised. The 3 pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though + thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. If 5 thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not steal till they had enough? if grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? How are the things of Esau searched 6 out! how are his hidden treasures sought up! All the men of thy confederacy have brought 7 thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived Or, thy bread thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a 'snare under thee: there is none understanding 'in him. Shall I not in that day, 8 saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of 3 Or, the men Or, driven thee out they make &c. 6 Or, wound 7 Or, of it ΙΟ 1Or, aloof Or, forces made a Edom, and understanding out of the mount 9 of Esau? And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by 10 slaughter. For the violence done to thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be II cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest 'on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his 'substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 12 even thou wast as one of them. But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of 3 Or, the day his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of that he was Judah in the day of their destruction; neither stranger 13 speak proudly in the day of distress. Enter 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, neither lay ye hands on their substance in the day of their calamity. 14 And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those 15 of his that remain in the day of distress. For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy 'dealing shall return upon thine own head. Or, 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, recompence so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and 'swallow down, and shall Or, talk foolishly 17 be as though they had not been. But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall 18 possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them: and there shall not be any remaining to the house 19 of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. And they of the South shall possess the mount of 4 5 1 Or, fortress even &c. Or, which Canaanites, Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines: and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. And the captivity of this 'host of the 20 children of Israel, which are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South. And 21 are among the saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S. even unto Zarephath, and &c. JONAH. 3 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah 2 the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the 4 LORD. But the LORD 'sent out a great wind 1Or, hurled into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and 6 was fast asleep. 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 upon us, that we perish not. 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast 8 lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 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 |