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me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish, so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it to go to Tarshish. But the Lord sent down a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his God, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship, and he lay and was fast asleep.

So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What meanest thou O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not, and they said every one to his fellow, Come and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is come upon us. So they cast lots and the lot fell upon Jonah. Then said they, Tell us who thou art. And he said, I am an Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of Heaven. Then were the men afraid, and said, Why hast thou done this? For he had told them, he had fled from the presence of the Lord. And they said, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm? And he said, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea, so shall the sea be calm, for I know that for my sake this great tempest is come upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to land, but they could not. So they took up Jonah, and cast him into the Sea, and the Sea ceased from her raging. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah ; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord out of the fish's belly. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon dry land.

And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah a second time, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great City, of three day's journey in compass round about. And Jonah cried, and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the People of Nineveh. believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and God repented of the evil, that he said that he would do unto them, and he did it not.

CHAPTER 100.

PROPHECIES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL BY SHALMANESER.

THE PROPHET JOEL.

THE word of the Lord that came to Joel, Hear this ye old men, and give ear all ye inhabitants of the Land. Tell ye your Children of it, and their Children, another generation. Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the Land tremble, for the day of the Lord cometh, it is nigh at hand. A day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains, a great People and a strong, a fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the Land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate Wilderness. They shall run like mighty men, they shall climb the wall like men of war ; for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, who can abide it? Therefore also now saith the Lord, Turn ye even to me, with all your heart, and with fasting,

and with weeping, and with mourning. Turn unto God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

CHAPTER 101.

THE PROPHET AMOS.

THE words of Amos who was among the herdmen of Tokoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, and in the days of Jeroboam, King of Israel.Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O Children of Israel, against 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 punish you for all your iniquities. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks. I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning, yet have ye not returned unto me saith the Lord. The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is forsaken upon her Land, there is none to raise her up. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the Earth, seek the Lord and ye shall live. Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, that turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; for I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins; seek good and not evil, and the Lord, the God of Hosts shall be with you. But ye have borne the Tabernacle of Moloch, and Chiun, your images; the star of your God, which ye made to yourselves; therefore will I cause you to GO INTO CAPTIVITY, beyond Damascus, saith

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the Lord. The Lord God hath sworn by himself, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his Palaces, therefore will I DELIVER UP THE CITY, with all that is therein. Behold the eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy its form off the face of the Earth, saving that I will NOT UTTERLY DESTROY the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

CHAPTER 102.

THE PROPHET HOSEA.

THE word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, King of Israel,— 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 the Land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the Land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of Heaven. They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. Israel is swallowed up. They are gone up to Assyria, as the wild ass alone by himself:For Israel hath forgotten his Maker. They shall not dwell in the Lord's Land, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. As for Samaria, her King is cut off, as the foam upon the water. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. He shall not return into the Land of Egypt, THE ASSYRIAN SHALL BE HIS KING. Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah yet ruleth with God,

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and is faithful with the Saints.

SAMARIA SHALL

BECOME DESOLATE, for she hath rebelled against her God, they shall fall by the sword, and their infants shall be dashed in pieces.

CHAPTER 103.

OF THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM AND CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH, BY THE CHALDEES.

THE PROPHET MICAH.

THE word of the Lord that came to Micah, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear all ye People, hearken O Earth, and let the Lord be witness against you, the Lord from his Holy Temple. For the transgressions of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel, I will make Samaria as an 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. And the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and the idols thereof will I lay desolate. I will make a wailing as the dragons, and mourning as the owls; for her wound is incurable, for IT IS COME UNTO JUDAH, he is comè unto the gate of my People, even to Jerusalem.

CHAPTER 104.

THE PROPHET HABAKKUK.

THE burden which Habakkuk the Prophet did see. Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously, for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. For lo, I raise up THE CHALDEANS, that bitter and hasty

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