A paraphrasticall explication of the twelve minor prophets. Viz. Hoseah. Joel. Amos. Obadiah. Jonah. Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi. / By Da. Stokes. D.D.

CHAP. VIII.

1. SEt the trumpet to thy mouth: he shall come as an Eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my Covenant, and trespassed against my Law.

2 Israel shall cry unto me, my God, we know thee.

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the ene∣my 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 they may be cut off.

5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off, mine an∣ger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

6 For from Israel was it also, the workman made it, therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria

be broken in pieces.

7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlewinde: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yeild no meal: if so be it yeild, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up, now shall they be among the Gentiles, as a vessel where∣in is no pleasure.

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild asse a∣lone by himself: Ephraim hath hired louers.

10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the King of Princos.

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sinne.

12 I have written to him the great things of my Law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sinnes: they shall re∣turn to Egypt.

14 For Israel hath for∣gotten his Maker, and buildeth Temples; and Iu∣dah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.