For with the fire of mine anger shall all the earth be devoured.

9 Then will I again bestow upon the nations pure lips, So that they shall all of them call upon the name of Jehovah,

And serve him with one consent.

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia

My suppliants, the sons of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.

11 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed

For all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against

me;

For I will take away from the midst of thee thy proud

exulters,

And thou shalt no more exalt thyself upon my holy moun

tain.

12 I will leave in the midst of thee a humble and lowly people, Who trust in the name of Jehovah.

13 The residue of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak false

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hood;

Neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; Therefore shall they feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Sing, O daughter of Zion!

Shout, O Israel!

Rejoice and exult with all thy heart,

O daughter of Jerusalem!

15 Jehovah hath taken away thy punishments ;

He hath removed thine enemies.

The king of Israel, Jehovah, is in the midst of thee;
Thou shalt see evil no more.

16 In that day shall it be said to Jerusalem, Fear not!
And to Zion, Let not thy hands hang down!

17 Jehovah thy God will be in the midst of thee; The mighty one will save thee.

He will rejoice over thee with gladness;

He will pardon thee in his love;

He will exult over thee with singing.

18 I will gather them that mourn, far from the solemn as

sembly,

They were far from thee; the reproach was a burden up

on thee.

19 Behold, at that time I will destroy all that afflict thee; And I will save the halting, and gather the scattered, And I will make them a praise and a name

In every land where they have been put to shame. 20 At that time I will bring you back,

And at that time I will gather you;

For I will make you a name and a praise among all the

nations of the earth,

When I bring back your captives before your eyes, saith Jehovah.

HABAKKUK.

INSCRIPTION.

1 THE prophecy which was revealed to the prophet Habakkuk.

The power, tyranny, and fall of the Chaldæans. The prophet's expostulation, prayer, and hopes in relation to the oppression of the Jews by them. God manifests himself for the deliverance of the Jews. CH. I.— III.

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How long, O Jehovah, do I cry, and thou dost not hear! How long do I complain to thee of violence, and thou dost

not save!

3 Why dost thou suffer me to see iniquity, And why dost thou look upon wickedness? For spoiling and violence are before me; There is contention, and strife exalteth itself. 4 Therefore the law faileth,

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And judgment is not pronounced according to truth;
For the wicked encompasseth the righteous,
Therefore wrong judgment is pronounced.

Jehovah.

Behold ye among the nations, and look! Yea, wonder, and be astonished!

For I do a work in your days

Which ye will not believe though it be told you.

6 For behold, I raise up the Chaldæans,

A fierce and swift people,

Which go over the breadth of the earth,

To take possession of dwelling-places that are not their own. 7 They are terrible and dreadful;

From themselves go forth their law and their dignity. 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,

And fiercer than evening wolves.
Their horsemen leap proudly;

Their horsemen come from far;

They fly like an eagle, hastening to devour.

9 All of them come for violence;

The multitude of their faces is directed forwards,
And they gather captives as sand.

10 They also scoff at kings,

And princes are to them a laughing-stock;

They deride every stronghold,

For they heap up earth and take it.

11 Then their spirit is uplifted, and they transgress, and be

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Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah, my God, my
Holy One?

We shall not die!

Thou, O Jehovah, hast appointed them for judgment;
Thou, O Rock, hast ordained them for chastisement.

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil,

And canst not look on wickedness;

Why then dost thou look on transgressors,

And art silent, when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he?

14 And why makest thou men as the fishes of the sea, As the reptiles that have no ruler?

15 They take up all of them with the hook,

They catch them in their net,

And gather them in their drag;
Therefore they rejoice and exult.
16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their drag;
Because by them their portion is fat,
And their food plenteous.

17 Shall they therefore empty the net,

And slay the nations continually without mercy?

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I WILL stand on my watch-tower,
And set myself on the bulwark,

And watch to see what he will say to me,
And what I shall answer to my expostulation.

Jehovah.

And Jehovah answered me, and said,

Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets,
That he may run that readeth it.

3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time,

But it hasteneth to the end; it shall not deceive;
If it tarry, wait for it;

For it shall surely come; it shall not long delay.

4 Behold, the soul of him that is puffed up shall not be at

ease;

But the just shall live by his faithfulness.

5 Behold, the man of wine is outrageous;
The proud man remaineth not at rest;
He enlargeth his desire as the grave;
He is as death, and cannot be satisfied;
He gathereth to himself all the nations,
And collecteth to himself all the kingdoms.

6 Shall not all of them utter a song against him,

Yea, songs of reproach and derision concerning him? And say, Woe to him that heapeth up that which belongeth not to him!

For how long a time?

That ladeth himself with goods taken in pledge!

7 Shall not they suddenly rise up that will oppress thee, And awake, that will harass thee?

Yea, thou shalt be their booty.

8 Because thou hast plundered many kingdoms,

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All the residue of the nations shall plunder thee:

For the blood of men, and for violence against the land, Against the city and all its inhabitants.

Woe to him that procureth unjust gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high,

That he may be delivered from the evil hand! 10 Thou hast devised shame for thine house;