there stood other two, the one lon the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the 'brink of the 6 river on that side. And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of 7 these wonders? And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and 'an' half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces! the power of the holy people, all these things 8 shall be finished. And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these

9 things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are 'shut up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall purify themselves, and Imake themselves white, and be refined'; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand: but they that be wise 11 shall understand. And from the time that the continual burnt offer ing shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two 12 hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and 13 thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and 'shalt stand in thy lot, at the end of the days.

the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to 5 cease. And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And the LORD said unto him, Call her name "Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that! I

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Ishould in any wise! pardon them. 7 °But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horse8 men. "Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare 9 a son. And the LORD said, Call his name "Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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SYet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the 11) sons of the living God. And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land: for great shall be the day of 21 Jezreel. Say ye unto your brethren, 10 Ammi; and to your sisters, 11Ruha

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she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: 'and' let her put away her whoredoms from her face', and her adulteries from between her 3 breasts; lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and (4) slay her with thirst; yea, upon her

children will I have no mercy; for 5 they be children of whoredom. For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, 6 mine oil and my 1drink. "Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a fence against her, that she shall not find 7 her paths. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was 8 it better with me than now. "For she did not know that I gave her 'the corn, and the wine, and 'the' oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for (9 Baal. Therefore will I take 'back' my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her na10 kedness. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of 11) mine hand. I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her 'feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her 12 solemn assemblies. And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. (13 And I will visit upon her the days

of the Baalim, unto which she Iburned incense; when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and 15 speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall 101make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me "Ishi; and shalt call me no more 12Baali. 17 °For I will take away the names of 'the' Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be 13mentioned' 18 by their name. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land', and will make them 19 to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgement, and in loving20 kindness, and in mercies. I will even

betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: 21 and thou shalt know the LORD. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith the LORD, I will 'answer the heavens, and they shall 22 answer the earth; and the earth shall answer the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall answer 23 14Jezreel. And I will sow her unto me in the 15earth; and I will have mercy upon 16her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to "them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

31) And the LORD said unto me, Go

yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, leven as! the LORD 'loveth' the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, 2 and 19love 'cakes of raisins. So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and lan' homer of barley, 3 and 'an 20half homer of barley: and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be

any man's wife: so will I also be (4 toward thee. For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without "pillar', and 5 without ephod or teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come with fear unto the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

41 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in 2 the land. There is nought but swearing and breaking faith', and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood (3 toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea (also shall be taken away. Yet let no

man strive, 'neither let any man' reprove; for thy people are as they that 5) strive with the priest. And thou shalt 'stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall 'stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy 6) mother. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou

12 away the understanding. My people ask counsel at their stock', and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of 'whoredom' hath caused them to err, and they have gone a (13 whoring from under their God. They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and 'terebinths', because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters commit whoredom, and your brides! 14 commit adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your "brides when they commit adultery; for 'they' themselves go apart with whores, and they sacrifice with the "harlots: 'and' the people that doth not understand 15 shall be overthrown. Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah "offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, 16) nor swear, As the LORD liveth. °For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a 'stubborn heifer: now will the LORD feed them as a lamb in 17 a large place. Ephraim is joined to (18) idols; let him alone. Their drink is

become sour: they commit' whoredom continually; her rulers dearly! 19 love shame. The wind hath 'wrapped' her up in its 10wings; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will (7) forget thy children. As they were 'multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into (8 shame. They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on 9 their iniquity. And 'it' shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and will reward 10 them their doings. And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase because they have left off to 11 take heed to the LORD. °Whoredom and wine and new wine take

en, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for 12unto you 'pertaineth the judgement; 'for ye have been a snare 'at' Mizpah, and a 2 net spread upon Tabor. And the revolters are gone deep 18in making! slaughter; but I am a rebuker of (3 them all. I know Ephraim, and Is

rael is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed' whore4) dom, Israel is defiled. 15Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredom is 16 within them, and 5) they know not the LORD. And the 17pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim

9 Heb. shields.

10 Or, Iskirts

12 Or, lagainst you is the judgement

13 Or, in corruption

14 Heb. a rebuke.

15 Or, They will not frame their doings

16 Or, in the midst of

17 Or, lexcellency

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Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: 'sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, 9 O Benjamin. °Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely 10 be. The princes of Judah 'are' like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them 11 like water. Ephraim is oppressed,

The is crushed' in judgement; because he was content to walk after the 12 command. Therefore 'am' I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of 13 Judah as rottenness. When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to 'Assyria', and sent to 'king Jareb: 'but he is not able to heal you, 'neither shall he cure you of your wound. 14) °For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off', and 'there' 15 shall be none to deliver. I will go and return to my place, till they Sacknowledge their offence, and seek my face in their affliction they will seek me earnestly!.

61 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he 2 will bind us up. After two days will he revive us on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live (3 before him. And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your 10goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that! 5 goeth early away. "Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth and thy judgements are as *6 the light that goeth forth. °For I 'desire 10mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than 7 burnt offerings. But they like 1851 Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacher8 ously against me. "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is 9 Istained' with blood. 014And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way Itoward Shechem: yea', they have 10) committed lewdness. In the house of Israel I have seen lan' horrible thing: there whoredom is found in1 * 11 Ephraim, Israel is defiled. Also, O Judah, 'there is anꞌ harvest 'appointed' for thee, when I bring again the captivity of my people.

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When I would heal' Israel, then 'is' the iniquity of Ephraim discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood: and the thief lentereth' in, and the troop of robbers 2) 15spoileth without. And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they 3 are before my face. They make the king glad with their wickedness, and 4 the princes with their lies. They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; 'hel ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of (5 the dough until it be leavened. On the day of our king the princes 16made 17themselves sick with the "heat' of wine; he stretched out his hand 6 with scorners. For they have 18made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: 19their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burn1 eth as a flaming fire. They are all hot as an oven, and devour their

14 Or, And as robbers\lying in wait, so &c.

15 Or, maketh a raidī

16 According to many ancient versions, began to be heated with wine. 17 Or, him 18 Heb. brought near. 19 According to some ancient versions, their anger.

judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth 8 unto me. Ephraim, he 'mixeth' himself among the 'peoples'; Ephraim is 9 a cake not turned. Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are 1here and there upon him, and he knoweth 10 it not. And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto the LORD their God, nor sought him, for all 11 this. And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding': they call 'unto Egypt, they go to Assyria. 12 °When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven: I will chastise them, as their congre13 gation hath heard. Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! 'for they have Itrespassed against me: though I Iwould redeem them, yet they have (14 spoken lies against me. And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: : they assemble themselves for corn and wine, they rebel against me. 15 Though I have taught and strength

ened their arms, yet do they imagine 16 mischief against me. They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue : this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. 81) Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he 'cometh against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed 2) against my law. They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know 3 thee. Israel hath cast off that 'which

is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4 °They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that 5) they may be cut off. He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is

1 Heb. sprinkled.

Or, excellency

3 Heb. heart.

Or, when the report cometh_to their congregation

According to some ancient authorities, they cut themselves. Or, chastened them!

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kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 °For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, 'and' it is 'no' God: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be (7 broken in pieces. For they sow! the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn'; the blade' shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swal8 low it up. Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations' as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9 °For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: 10 Ephraim hath hired 10lovers. though they hirel among the nations, now will I gather them; and they 11 begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the 12king of princes. * 11 °Because Ephraim hath multiplied' altars to sin, altars have been unto 12 him to sin. 181 Though I write for him my law 'in ten thousand precepts', they are counted as a strange thing. 13) As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return 14 to Egypt. For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and 'builded 14palaces1; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the 15 castles! thereof.

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Rejoice not, O Israel, 16for joy, like the peoples'; "for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved hire upon every cornfloor. (2 The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the 3 new wine shall fail her. They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in As4 syria. "They shall not 'pour out! wine offerings to the LORD, 18 neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat there

13 Or, I wrote for him the ten thou sand things of my law, but they &c. 15 Or, palaces

14 Or, temples

10 Or, lunto exultation

17 Or, that

18 Or, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: their bread! shall be unto them &c.