,transcriber's note4     ,text enclosed 
by underscores was italicized in the    
original    book 7italics71 and text    
enclosed by forward slashes was    in   
bold face 7_/bold face_/74     ,a minor 
printing error was corrected 7,gen4 xliv
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,bible  ,a ,series of ,works from the   
,sacred ,scriptures ,presented in       
,modern ,literary ,form  ,,select       
,,masterpieces ,,of ,,biblical          
,,literature  ,edited1 with an          
,introduction and ,notes by  ,,richard  
,g4 ,,moulton1 ,m4,a4 7,,camb471 ,ph4,d4
 7,,penn47  ,professor of ,literature in
 ,english in the ,university of ,chicago
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,,introduction   ,that which we call    
',the ,bible' has the outward appearance
 of a book3 in reality it is--what the  
word 'bible' implies in the original    
,greek--a whole library4 ,more than     
fifty books1 the production of a large  
number of different authors1            
representing periods of time extending  
over many centuries1 are all            
comprehended between the covers of a    
single volume4 ,there is no greater     
monument of the power of printing to    
diffuse thought than this fact1 that the
 whole classic literature of one of the 
world's greatest peoples can be carried 
about in the hand or the pocket4  ,but  
there is another side to the matter4 ,a 
high price has been paid for this feat  
of manufacturing a portable literature3 
no less a price than the effacement from
 the books of the ,bible of their whole 
literary structure4 ,where the          
literature is dramatic1 there are       
7except in one book7 no names of        

speakers nor divisions of speeches2     
there are no titles to essays or poems1 
nor anything to mark where one poem or  
discourse ends and another begins2 not  
only is there nothing to reflect finer  
rhythmic distinctions in poetry1 but 7in
 ,king ,james's version7 there is not   
even a distinction made between poetry  
and prose4 ,it is as if the whole were  
printed 'solid1' like a newspaper       
without the newspaper headings4 ,the    
most familiar ,english literature       
treated in this fashion would lose a    
great part of its literary interest2 the
 writings of the ,hebrews suffer still  
more through our unfamiliarity with many
 of the literary forms in which they are
 cast4 ,even this statement does not    
fully represent the injury done to the  
literature of the ,bible by the         
traditional shape in which it is        
presented to us4 ,between the ,biblical 
writers and our own times have          
intervened ages in which all interest in
 literary beauty was lost1 and          

philosophic activity took the form of   
protracted discussions of brief sayings 
or 'texts4' ,accordingly this solidified
 matter of ,hebrew literature has been  
divided up into single sentences or     
'verses1' numbered mechanically one1    
two1 three1 etc41 and thus the original 
literary form has still further been    
obscured4 ,it is not surprising that to 
most readers the ,bible has become1 not 
a literature1 but simply a storehouse of
 pious 'texts4'  ,if the sacred         
,scriptures then are to be appreciated  
as literature1 it is necessary to       
restore their literary form and         
structure4 ,to do this1 with all the    
assistance that the modern printed page 
gives to the reader1 is the aim of the  
',modern ,reader's ,bible4' ,the present
 volume is intended as an introduction  
to the series1 and1 it is hoped1 to the 
literary study of the ,bible in general1
 by ,select ,masterpieces1 illustrating 
the different types of literature       
represented in ,scripture4  ,it is      

natural to enquire1 ,what are the       
leading literary forms under which the  
sacred writings may be classified8  ,a  
large proportion of the ,bible is       
,history3 the ,history of the ,people of
 ,israel as presented by themselves4    
,how ,israel is chosen from all the     
nations to be the special people of     
,jehovah2 how the invisible ,jehovah is 
at first their only ruler2 how gradually
 the spirit of assimilation to          
surrounding nations leads to a demand   
for visible kings4 ,just as this        
tendency to secular kingship becomes    
strong1 there comes into prominence an  
order of 'prophets'3 the word signifies 
'interpreters1' and the prophets are    
accepted as the interpreters of         
,jehovah's will to ,israel4 ,under such 
rule as that of ,david1 the man after   
,god's own heart1 the work of the       
prophets may fall into the background2  
but where1 as usually happened1 the     
secular government tends to ungodliness1
 the order of prophets stands forth as  

an organised opposition4 ,on lines like 
these the historic narrative of the     
,bible pursues its course2 and with the 
thread of narrative are interwoven legal
 and statistical documents which give it
 support4 ,the ,history ,series of the  
,modern ,reader's ,bible presents the   
sacred narrative divided according to   
its logical divisions4 ,genesis is      
occupied with the formation of the      
chosen nation1 from the first beginnings
 of things to the development of the    
descendants of ,abraham as a patriarchal
 family4 ,the ,exodus narrates the      
migration of the fully formed nation to 
the land of promise2 this is the period 
of constitutional development1 and in   
this part of the history we find massed 
together the whole of the constitutional
 lore of ,israel4 ,the group of books   
constituting ,the ,judges volume        
represents a period of transition3 the  
'judges' of ,israel correspond to the   
'heroes' of other peoples1 and amid a   
succession of these judges the incidents

 of ,israel's history reveal the efforts
 of the people of ,jehovah towards a    
secular government4 ,the ,kings takes up
 the history of the nation from the     
establishment of the dynasty of ,david1 
and covers the struggle between the     
prophetic and the secular parties until 
the time of the fall and captivity4     
,upon the return of the remnant from    
,babylon all opposition to the theocracy
 has ceased2 to the prophets have       
succeeded the 'scribes1' or interpreters
 of the written law1 and ,the           
,chronicles is the ecclesiastical       
history1 not of a ,hebrew nation1 but of
 a ,jewish church4  ,from ,history we   
must1 in literary analysis1 distinguish 
,story3 the one is founded on the sense 
of record and scientific explanation of 
events1 the other appeals to the        
imagination and the emotions4 ,the      
,story literature of most peoples is    
'fiction1' in the sense that its matter 
is invented solely for literary         
purposes4 ,the stories of the ,bible are

 part of the sacred history1 differing  
only in the mode in which the matter is 
presented2 and a long series of these   
stories is scattered through the        
historical books1 with nothing to       
distinguish them1 in the ordinary       
versions1 from the historic context4 ,in
 the volumes of this series the         
distinction is made by titles2 the      
reader can thus1 without difficulty1    
bring to each of these varieties of     
literature the kind of attention it     
requires2 it is further possible1 and   
highly desirable1 for him to make a     
separate study of ,scriptural ,story4   
,history it is not easy to illustrate by
 selections2 but the stories of the     
sacred books are represented in the     
present volume by typical specimens4    
,one book that has a place in the       
historic sequence of the ,bible         
introduces us in reality to a different 
class of literature--,oratory4          
,deuteronomy is made up of the ,orations
 7and ,songs7 of ,moses1 constituting   

his ,farewell to the ,people of ,israel4
 ,it is oratory in the fullest sense of 
the term1 representing the words as they
 may be supposed to come direct from the
 speaker4 ,for the most part however the
 sacred literature of oratory is of a   
different kind2 not exact reports of    
spoken words1 but the substance1 it may 
be1 of several similar speeches worked  
up afresh into a form of written        
discourse4 ,in this wider sense1 the    
oratorical literature of the ,bible is  
of considerable extent2 it includes the 
prophetic discourses1 and reflects the  
fervid contests over first principles of
 righteousness which constituted the    
main life of ,israel4 ,the principal    
varieties of ,biblical oratory are      
illustrated in this volume4  ,philosophy
 has an important place in ,scripture4  
,the word however is not there used to  
describe a division of literature1 but  
the sacred philosophy is called         
'wisdom1'--a term suggestive of its     
close application to matters of human   

life and duty4 ,this ,wisdom literature 
started from the 'proverbs'--simple     
thoughts conveyed in a couplet or       
triplet of verse1 which were collected  
together by ,king ,solomon and other of 
the wise men of ,israel4 ,from these    
proverbs the form of wisdom enlarged to 
verse epigrams and sonnets1 or prose    
maxims and essays1 until we find books  
of wisdom comprehending complete systems
 of thought4 ,to catch the development  
of this ,wisdom literature1 it is       
necessary to take in two books of ',the 
,apocrypha'2 a portion of sacred        
,scripture which in the last century    
used to be bound up with ,bibles1       
standing in its historical position     
between the ,old and ,new ,testaments1  
though now it is usually separated4 ,in 
theology1 which is concerned with       
questions of authority1 the distinction 
between the ,bible and the ,apocrypha is
 fundamental3 the one is accepted as    
authoritative in matters of faith1      
whereas the ,apocryphal books are merely

 recommended for devout reading4 ,but in
 literary study the distinction         
disappears2 and two books of the        
,apocrypha are of the highest literary  
importance1--,ecclesiasticus and ,the   
,wisdom of ,solomon4 ,the ,wisdom series
 of the ,modern ,reader's ,bible        
arranges the representative books of    
,biblical philosophy in the order of its
 logical development4 ,the ,proverbs is 
a ,miscellany of ,sayings and ,poems1   
embodying isolated observations of life4
 ,ecclesiasticus is a ,miscellany       
including longer compositions1 but still
 embodying only isolated observations of
 life4 ,in ,ecclesiastes we find a      
connected series of writings1 in which  
attempt is made to solve the mystery of 
the universe3 but the attempt breaks    
down in despair4 ,the ,wisdom of        
,solomon renews the attempt in the light
 of an immortal life beyond the grave1  
and despair yields to serenity of       
spirit4 ,the four books thus reflect a  
philosophical advance4 ,in ,the ,book of

 ,job--one of the world's literary      
marvels--men's varying attitudes towards
 the mystery of life are represented in 
various speakers1 and drawn together    
into a unity by the movement of a       
dramatic plot4 ,such is the wisdom of   
the sacred ,scriptures viewed as a      
whole2 in the present volume it is only 
possible to illustrate the different    
forms1 whether of poetry or of prose1 in
 which ,biblical philosophy is conveyed4
  ,biblical ,lyrics may be mentioned    
next4 ,originally1 all poetry was spoken
 with musical accompaniment2 when this  
primitive literature began to divide up 
into specialised forms1 ,lyric was the  
literary form which retained most of the
 spirit of music4 ,it includes ,songs   
and ,odes1 in which the very structure  
of the poem is determined by the mode of
 its performance2 ,psalms and           
,lamentations2 the ,traditional ,poetry 
scattered through the historical books2 
again1 considerable portions of         
prophetic literature are found to take a

 lyric form4 ,even in the ordinary      
versions the ,psalms and ,lamentations  
retain something of their poetic        
structure2 the less obvious features of 
lyric rhythm will be illustrated in the 
selections admitted into this volume4   
,of the fundamental divisions of        
literature there yet remains one--the   
,drama4 ,the relation of this to the    
,bible is interesting4 ,it is impossible
 to read the scriptures of the ,old     
,testament without feeling that the     
genius of the ,hebrew people is strongly
 dramatic4 ,yet the natural instrument  
for the expression of dramatic          
creations--the theatre--is not a ,hebrew
 institution4 ,accordingly the dramatic 
instinct1 denied its readiest outlet1 is
 found to leaven all other literary     
forms4 ,we have already noticed dramatic
 wisdom in ,job4 ,dramatic lyrics are   
found1 not only in some of the psalms1  
but on a larger scale in the love songs 
of ,solomon4#a ,but there is a more     
important type of dramatic literature in

 the sacred ,scriptures4 ,the prophets  
of ,israel were not only statesmen and  
preachers1 they were also poets1 and    
from them has come down to us a form of 
spiritual drama to which may be given   
the name ',rhapsody4'  ,footnote #a3    
,this ,lyric ,idyl of ',solomon's       
,song1' together with some narrated     
stories of the same idyllic spirit1 are 
united in a single volume of this series
 under the name of ,biblical ,idyls4    
,these spiritual dramas of the prophets 
are occupied with that fundamental topic
 of ,hebrew thought which is expressed  
by the word 'judgment'3 the eternal     
contest between good and evil1 and the  
,divine overthrow of wrong4 ,they are   
dramas which no actual theatre could    
ever express1 for their action covers   
all space and all time4 ,their          
personages include not only the prophet 
and the nation of ,israel1 but also ,god
 himself and the celestial hosts4 ,the  
working of events towards the judgment  
is brought out before us with the       

general impression of dramatic movement2
 but the means by which this movement is
 realised go beyond the machinery of    
drama3 not only dialogue and monologue1 
but song and even discourse are made to 
bear their part in the total effect4    
,the grand example of rhapsody which    
covers the latter part of our ,book of  
,isaiah can be represented in the       
present volume only by its prelude and  
one of its seven acts or 'visions4' ,but
 some of the shorter1 and hardly less   
splendid1 rhapsodies are given in full2 
and the selections further illustrate   
how a prophecy may set out as a simple  
discourse1 and suddenly rise to the     
level of rhapsodic presentation4  ,i    
believe few people realise what an      
immense addition has been made to the   
literary patrimony of the ,english      
reader by the ,revised ,version of the  
,bible1 and such other presentations of 
the sacred ,scriptures as this ,revised 
,version has made possible4 ,the        
language of ,biblical writers1 and the  

sentences of which their writings are   
made up1 have long been familiar through
 the earlier versions2 the ,revisers1 by
 the attention they have given to       
connectedness of thought1 have carried  
forward translated language into        
translated literature4 ,it is thus open 
to a person of average culture to add to
 his other mental possessions the whole 
expression of itself which a great      
people has made in poetry and prose     
throughout all the periods of its       
development4 ,with the exception of     
humorous writing1 which is foreign to   
the genius of the ancient ,hebrews1 the 
whole range of literary production is   
here illustrated2 and varieties of      
literary form are presented to which    
classic ,greek or modern ,european      
writers furnish no parallel4 ,it is a   
literature numbering among its authors  
some who--by critics entirely outside   
the ranks of theologians--have been     
classed with the greatest names in the  
world's roll of honour4 ,more than this1

 the ,english reader who gives attention
 to the literary side of the ,bible is  
studying what is to him ancestral       
literature4 ,the ,hebrew writers of the 
,old ,testament1 and their followers the
 ,christian ,hebrews of the ,new        
,testament1 have been the inspiration of
 those who have inspired our own        
writers3 their style has largely        
leavened the style of modern ,english1  
their thought has become so closely     
interwoven with ,english thought of the 
last three centuries that it is         
impossible to sever the two4 ,and1 if   
the question be of what is higher than  
literary impressions1 no reader need    
fear that the more sacred uses of the   
,bible will be imperilled by his        
reading1 not with the spirit only1 but  
with the understanding also4            
99 99                                   
99  ,in this1 as in the other volumes of
 this series1 the text of the           
,selections is that of the ,revised     
,version1 the marginal alternatives     

being often substituted for the readings
 in the text4 ,for the use of this      
,revised ,version ,i express my         
obligation to the ,university ,presses  
of ,oxford and ,cambridge4 ,a ,reference
 ,table at the end connects the         
,selections with the volumes of the     
,modern ,reader's ,bible from which they
 are taken1 and with the chapters and   
verses of the ordinary versions4        
,,contents   ,,stories     ,i ,joseph   
and his ,brethren                       
#e   ,,ii ,the ,witness of ,balaam to   
,israel                       #cb  ,,iii
 ,the ,crowning of ,abimelech           
#dc   ,,iv ,samson's ,wedding ,feast    
#di    ,v ,the ,expedition against      
,elisha                         #ec     
,,vi ,the ,dream of the ,tree cut down  
#ee  ,,vii ,belshazzar's ,feast         
#fj  ,,oratory     ,i ,the ,oration of  
,moses at the ,rehearsal of the         
,blessing and the ,curse                
#fg   ,,ii ,a ,discourse on ,immortality
 and the ,covenant         with ,death  

#ge  ,,iii ,isaiah3 ,the ,great         
,arraignment                         #hd
   ,,iv ,isaiah3 ,the ,covenant with    
,death                       #hg    ,v  
,isaiah3 ,the ,utter ,destruction and   
the ,great         ,restoration         
#ij   ,,vi ,ezekiel3 ,the ,sword of the 
,,lord                        #ic  ,,vii
 ,ezekiel3 ,wreck of the ,goodly ,ship  
,tyre                #ih ,,viii         
,prophetic ,sentences 7from ,jeremiah7  
#aja  ,,wisdom     ,wisdom ,brevities   
#ajg    ,essays          i ,wisdom's    
,way with her ,children                 
#aab         ii ,prosperity and         
,adversity are from the ,lord     #aac  
iii ,against ,gossip                    
#aad         iv ,on the ,tongue         
#aae          v ,choice of ,company     
#aaf         vi ,the ,wisdom of         
,business and the ,wisdom of            
,leisure                                
#abj        vii ,life as a ,joy shadowed
 by the ,judgment 7with               a 
,sonnet3 ,the ,coming of the ,evil      

,days7      #abc    ,sonnets          i 
,the ,sluggard                          
#abe         ii ,the ,mourning for the  
,fool                      #abf         
iii ,the ,two ,paths                    
#abf         iv ,the ,creator has made  
,wisdom the ,supreme ,prize  #abg       
v ,watchfulness of ,lips and ,heart     
#abi         vi ,wisdom and the ,fear of
 the ,lord                #acj          
vii ,wisdom and the ,strange ,woman     
#acb  ,,lyrics     ,i ,an ,elegy of a   
,broken ,heart                          
#ada   ,,ii ,the ,creator's ,joy in his 
,creation                    #adc  ,,iii
 ,song of ,moses and ,miriam            
#adi   ,,iv ,deborah's ,song            
#aeb    ,v ,david's ,lament             
#aeh   ,,vi ,david's ,song of ,victory  
#afj  ,,vii ,the ,bride's               
,reminiscences3 a ,lyric ,idyl          
#afe ,,viii ,jeremiah3 ,the ,battle of  
,carchemish                   #afh      
,,ix ,a ,song of ,zion ,redeemed 7from  
the ,isaiahan ,rhapsody7 #agj    ,x     

,isaiah3 ,doom of ,babylon              
#age   ,,xi ,nahum3 ,doom of ,nineveh   
#ahb  ,,rhapsody     ,i ,jeremiah3      
,rhapsody of the ,drought               
#aic   ,,ii ,habakkuk3 ,rhapsody of the 
,chaldeans                  #bjj  ,,iii 
,joel3 ,rhapsody of the ,locust ,plague 
#bji   ,,iv ,jeremiah3 ,the ,hurt of the
 ,daughter of my ,people        7,a     
,rhapsodic ,discourse7                  
#bbb    ,v ,micah3 ,the ,,lord',s       
,controversy before the ,mountains      
7,a ,dramatic ,morceau7                 
#bbf   ,,vi ,prelude to the ,rhapsody of
 ,zion ,redeemed             #bbh  ,,vii
 ,zion ,awakened 7,vision ,,iii of the  
,rhapsody of      ,zion ,redeemed7      
#bca     ,,masterpieces  ,,of           
,,biblical ,,literature     ,,stories   
,i  ,,joseph ,,and ,,his ,,brethren     
,and ,jacob dwelt in the land of his    
father's sojournings1 in the land of    
,canaan4 ,these are the generations of  
,jacob4 ,joseph1 being seventeen years  
old1 was feeding the flock with his     

brethren2 and he was a lad with the sons
 of ,bilhah1 and with the sons of       
,zilpah1 his father's wives3 and ,joseph
 brought the evil report of them unto   
their father4 ,now ,israel loved ,joseph
 more than all his children1 because he 
was the son of his old age3 and he made 
him a coat of many colours4 ,and his    
brethren saw that their father loved him
 more than all his brethren2 and they   
hated him1 and could not speak peaceably
 unto him4 ,and ,joseph dreamed a dream1
 and he told it to his brethren3 and    
they hated him yet the more4 ,and he    
said unto them1 ,hear1 ,i pray you1 this
 dream which ,i have dreamed3 for1      
behold1 we were binding sheaves in the  
field1 and1 lo1 my sheaf arose1 and also
 stood upright2 and1 behold1 your       
sheaves came round about1 and made      
obeisance to my sheaf4 ,and his brethren
 said to him1 ,shalt thou indeed reign  
over us8 or shalt thou indeed have      
dominion over us8 ,and they hated him   
yet the more for his dreams1 and for his

 words4 ,and he dreamed yet another     
dream1 and told it to his brethren1 and 
said1 ,behold1 ,i have dreamed yet a    
dream2 and1 behold1 the sun and the moon
 and eleven stars made obeisance to me4 
,and he told it to his father1 and to   
his brethren2 and his father rebuked    
him1 and said unto him1 ,what is this   
dream that thou hast dreamed8 ,shall ,i 
and thy mother and thy brethren indeed  
come to bow down ourselves to thee to   
the earth8 ,and his brethren envied him2
 but his father kept the saying in mind4
  ,and his brethren went to feed their  
father's flock in ,shechem4 ,and ,israel
 said unto ,joseph1 ,do not thy brethren
 feed the flock in ,shechem8 come1 and  
,i will send thee unto them4 ,and he    
said to him1 ,here am ,i4 ,and he said  
to him1 ,go now1 see whether it be well 
with thy brethren1 and well with the    
flock2 and bring me word again4 ,so he  
sent him out of the vale of ,hebron1 and
 he came to ,shechem4 ,and a certain man
 found him1 and1 behold1 he was         

wandering in a field3 and the man asked 
him1 saying1 ,what seekest thou8 ,and he
 said1 ,i seek my brethren3 tell me1 ,i 
pray thee1 where they are feeding the   
flock4 ,and the man said1 ,they are     
departed hence3 for ,i heard them say1  
,let us go to ,dothan4 ,and ,joseph went
 after his brethren1 and found them in  
,dothan4 ,and they saw him afar off1 and
 before he came near unto them1 they    
conspired against him to slay him4 ,and 
they said one to another1 ,behold1 this 
dreamer cometh4 ,come now therefore1 and
 let us slay him1 and cast him into one 
of the pits1 and we will say1 ,an evil  
beast hath devoured him3 and we shall   
see what will become of his dreams4 ,and
 ,reuben heard it1 and delivered him out
 of their hand2 and said1 ,let us not   
take his life4 ,and ,reuben said unto   
them1 ,shed no blood2 cast him into this
 pit that is in the wilderness1 but lay 
no hand upon him3 that he might deliver 
him out of their hand1 to restore him to
 his father4 ,and it came to pass1 when 

,joseph was come unto his brethren1 that
 they stript ,joseph of his coat1 the   
coat of many colours that was on him2   
and they took him1 and cast him into the
 pit3 and the pit was empty1 there was  
no water in it4 ,and they sat down to   
eat bread3 and they lifted up their eyes
 and looked1 and1 behold1 a travelling  
company of ,ishmaelites came from       
,gilead1 with their camels bearing      
spicery and balm and myrrh1 going to    
carry it down to ,egypt4 ,and ,judah    
said unto his brethren1 ,what profit is 
it if we slay our brother and conceal   
his blood8 ,come1 and let us sell him to
 the ,ishmaelites1 and let not our hand 
be upon him2 for he is our brother1 our 
flesh4 ,and his brethren hearkened unto 
him4 ,and there passed by ,midianites1  
merchantmen2 and they drew and lifted up
 ,joseph out of the pit1 and sold       
,joseph to the ,ishmaelites for twenty  
pieces of silver4 ,and they brought     
,joseph into ,egypt4 ,and ,reuben       
returned unto the pit2 and1 behold1     

,joseph was not in the pit2 and he rent 
his clothes4 ,and he returned unto his  
brethren1 and said1 ,the child is not2  
and ,i1 whither shall ,i go8 ,and they  
took ,joseph's coat1 and killed a       
he-goat1 and dipped the coat in the     
blood2 and they sent the coat of many   
colours1 and they brought it to their   
father2 and said1 ,this have we found3  
know now whether it be thy son's coat or
 not4 ,and he knew it1 and said1 ,it is 
my son's coat2 an evil beast hath       
devoured him2 ,joseph is without doubt  
torn in pieces4 ,and ,jacob rent his    
garments1 and put sackcloth upon his    
loins1 and mourned for his son many     
days4 ,and all his sons and all his     
daughters rose up to comfort him2 but he
 refused to be comforted2 and he said1  
,for ,i will go down to the grave to my 
son mourning4 ,and his father wept for  
him4 ,and the ,midianites sold him into 
,egypt unto ,potiphar1 an officer of    
,pharaoh's1 the captain of the guard4   
,and ,joseph was brought down to ,egypt2

 and ,potiphar1 an officer of           
,pharaoh's1 the captain of the guard1 an
 ,egyptian1 bought him of the hand of   
the ,ishmaelites1 which had brought him 
down thither4 ,and the ,,lord was with  
,joseph and he was a prosperous man2 and
 he was in the house of his master the  
,egyptian4 ,and his master saw that the 
,,lord was with him1 and that the ,,lord
 made all that he did to prosper in his 
hand4 ,and ,joseph found grace in his   
sight1 and he ministered unto him3 and  
he made him overseer over his house1 and
 all that he had he put into his hand4  
,and it came to pass from the time that 
he made him overseer in his house1 and  
over all that he had1 that the ,,lord   
blessed the ,egyptian's house for       
,joseph's sake2 and the blessing of the 
,,lord was upon all that he had1 in the 
house and in the field4 ,and he left all
 that he had in ,joseph's hand2 and he  
knew not aught that was with him1 save  
the bread which he did eat4  ,and       
,joseph was comely and well favoured4   

,and it came to pass after these things1
 that his master's wife cast her eyes   
upon ,joseph2 and she said1 ,lie with   
me4 ,but he refused1 and said unto his  
master's wife1 ,behold1 my master       
knoweth not what is with me in the      
house1 and he hath put all that he hath 
into my hand2 there is none greater in  
this house than ,i2 neither hath he kept
 back any thing from me but thee1       
because thou art his wife3 how then can 
,i do this great wickedness1 and sin    
against ,god8 ,and it came to pass1 as  
she spake to ,joseph day by day1 that he
 hearkened not unto her1 to lie by her1 
or to be with her4 ,and it came to pass 
about this time1 that he went into the  
house to do his work2 and there was none
 of the men of the house there within4  
,and she caught him by his garment1     
saying1 ,lie with me3 and he left his   
garment in her hand1 and fled1 and got  
him out4 ,and it came to pass1 when she 
saw that he had left his garment in her 
hand1 and was fled forth1 that she      

called unto the men of her house1 and   
spake unto them1 saying1 ,see1 he hath  
brought in an ,hebrew unto us to mock   
us2 he came in unto me to lie with me1  
and ,i cried with a loud voice3 and it  
came to pass1 when he heard that ,i     
lifted up my voice and cried1 that he   
left his garment by me1 and fled1 and   
got him out4 ,and she laid up his       
garment by her1 until his master came   
home4 ,and she spake unto him according 
to these words1 saying1 ,the ,hebrew    
servant1 which thou hast brought unto   
us1 came in unto me to mock me3 and it  
came to pass1 as ,i lifted up my voice  
and cried1 that he left his garment by  
me1 and fled out4 ,and it came to pass1 
when his master heard the words of his  
wife1 which she spake unto him1 saying1 
,after this manner did thy servant to   
me2 that his wrath was kindled4 ,and    
,joseph's master took him1 and put him  
into the prison1 the place where the    
king's prisoners were bound3 and he was 
there in the prison4 ,but the ,,lord was

 with ,joseph1 and shewed kindness unto 
him1 and gave him favour in the sight of
 the keeper of the prison4 ,and the     
keeper of the prison committed to       
,joseph's hand all the prisoners that   
were in the prison2 and whatsoever they 
did there1 he was the doer of it4 ,the  
keeper of the prison looked not to any  
thing that was under his hand1 because  
the ,,lord was with him2 and that which 
he did1 the ,,lord made it to prosper4  
,and it came to pass after these things1
 that the butler of the king of ,egypt  
and his baker offended their lord the   
king of ,egypt4 ,and ,pharaoh was wroth 
against his two officers1 against the   
chief of the butlers1 and against the   
chief of the bakers4 ,and he put them in
 ward in the house of the captain of the
 guard1 into the prison1 the place where
 ,joseph was bound4 ,and the captain of 
the guard charged ,joseph with them1 and
 he ministered unto them3 and they      
continued a season in ward4 ,and they   
dreamed a dream both of them1 each man  

his dream1 in one night1 each man       
according to the interpretation of his  
dream1 the butler and the baker of the  
king of ,egypt1 which were bound in the 
prison4 ,and ,joseph came in unto them  
in the morning1 and saw them1 and1      
behold1 they were sad4 ,and he asked    
,pharaoh's officers that were with him  
in ward in his master's house1 saying1  
,wherefore look ye so sadly today8 ,and 
they said unto him1 ,we have dreamed a  
dream1 and there is none that can       
interpret it4 ,and ,joseph said unto    
them1 ,do not interpretations belong to 
,god8 tell it me1 ,i pray you4 ,and the 
chief butler told his dream to ,joseph1 
and said to him1 ,in my dream1 behold1 a
 vine was before me2 and in the vine    
were three branches3 and it was as      
though it budded1 and its blossoms shot 
forth2 and the clusters thereof brought 
forth ripe grapes3 and ,pharaoh's cup   
was in my hand2 and ,i took the grapes1 
and pressed them into ,pharaoh's cup1   
and ,i gave the cup into ,pharaoh's     

hand4 ,and ,joseph said unto him1 ,this 
is the interpretation of it3 the three  
branches are three days2 within yet     
three days shall ,pharaoh lift up thine 
head1 and restore thee unto thine       
office3 and thou shalt give ,pharaoh's  
cup into his hand1 after the former     
manner when thou wast his butler4 ,but  
have me in thy remembrance when it shall
 be well with thee1 and shew kindness1  
,i pray thee1 unto me1 and make mention 
of me unto ,pharaoh1 and bring me out of
 this house3 for indeed ,i was stolen   
away out of the land of the ,hebrews3   
and here also have ,i done nothing that 
they should put me into the dungeon4    
,when the chief baker saw that the      
interpretation was good1 he said unto   
,joseph1 ,i also was in my dream1 and1  
behold1 three baskets of white bread    
were on my head3 and in the uppermost   
basket there was of all manner of       
bakemeats for ,pharaoh2 and the birds   
did eat them out of the basket upon my  
head4 ,and ,joseph answered and said1   

,this is the interpretation thereof3 the
 three baskets are three days2 within   
yet three days shall ,pharaoh lift up   
thy head from off thee1 and shall hang  
thee on a tree2 and the birds shall eat 
thy flesh from off thee4 ,and it came to
 pass the third day1 which was          
,pharaoh's birthday1 that he made a     
feast unto all his servants3 and he     
lifted up the head of the chief butler  
and the head of the chief baker among   
his servants4 ,and he restored the chief
 butler unto his butlership again2 and  
he gave the cup into ,pharaoh's hand3   
but he hanged the chief baker3 as       
,joseph had interpreted to them4 ,yet   
did not the chief butler remember       
,joseph1 but forgat him4  ,and it came  
to pass at the end of two full years1   
that ,pharaoh dreamed3 and1 behold1 he  
stood by the river4 ,and1 behold1 there 
came up out of the river seven kine1    
well favoured and fatfleshed2 and they  
fed in the reed-grass4 ,and1 behold1    
seven other kine came up after them out 

of the river1 ill favoured and          
leanfleshed2 and stood by the other kine
 upon the brink of the river4 ,and the  
ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did   
eat up the seven well favoured and fat  
kine4 ,so ,pharaoh awoke4 ,and he slept 
and dreamed a second time3 and1 behold1 
seven ears of corn came up upon one     
stalk1 rank and good4 ,and1 behold1     
seven ears1 thin and blasted with the   
east wind1 sprung up after them4 ,and   
the thin ears swallowed up the seven    
rank and full ears4 ,and ,pharaoh awoke1
 and1 behold1 it was a dream4 ,and it   
came to pass in the morning that his    
spirit was troubled2 and he sent and    
called for all the magicians of ,egypt1 
and all the wise men thereof3 and       
,pharaoh told them his dream2 but there 
was none that could interpret them unto 
,pharaoh4 ,then spake the chief butler  
unto ,pharaoh1 saying1 ,i do remember my
 faults this day3 ,pharaoh was wroth    
with his servants1 and put me in ward in
 the house of the captain of the guard1 

me and the chief baker3 and we dreamed a
 dream in one night1 ,i and he2 we      
dreamed each man according to the       
interpretation of his dream4 ,and there 
was with us there a young man1 an       
,hebrew1 servant to the captain of the  
guard2 and we told him1 and he          
interpreted to us our dreams2 to each   
man according to his dream he did       
interpret4 ,and it came to pass1 as he  
interpreted to us1 so it was2 me he     
restored unto mine office1 and him he   
hanged4  ,then ,pharaoh sent and called 
,joseph1 and they brought him hastily   
out of the dungeon3 and he shaved       
himself1 and changed his raiment1 and   
came in unto ,pharaoh4 ,and ,pharaoh    
said unto ,joseph1 ,i have dreamed a    
dream1 and there is none that can       
interpret it3 and ,i have heard say of  
thee1 that when thou hearest a dream    
thou canst interpret it4 ,and ,joseph   
answered ,pharaoh1 saying1 ,it is not in
 me3 ,god shall give ,pharaoh an answer 
of peace4 ,and ,pharaoh spake unto      

,joseph1 ,in my dream1 behold1 ,i stood 
upon the brink of the river3 and1       
behold1 there came up out of the river  
seven kine1 fatfleshed and well         
favoured2 and they fed in the           
reed-grass3 and1 behold1 seven other    
kine came up after them1 poor and very  
ill favoured and leanfleshed1 such as ,i
 never saw in all the land of ,egypt for
 badness3 and the lean and ill favoured 
kine did eat up the first seven fat     
kine3 and when they had eaten them up1  
it could not be known that they had     
eaten them2 but they were still ill     
favoured1 as at the beginning4 ,so ,i   
awoke4 ,and ,i saw in my dream1 and1    
behold1 seven ears came up upon one     
stalk1 full and good3 and1 behold1 seven
 ears1 withered1 thin1 and blasted with 
the east wind1 sprung up after them3 and
 the thin ears swallowed up the seven   
good ears3 and ,i told it unto the      
magicians2 but there was none that could
 declare it to me4 ,and ,joseph said    
unto ,pharaoh1 ,the dream of ,pharaoh is

 one3 what ,god is about to do he hath  
declared unto ,pharaoh4 ,the seven good 
kine are seven years2 and the seven good
 ears are seven years3 the dream is one4
 ,and the seven lean and ill favoured   
kine that came up after them are seven  
years1 and also the seven empty ears    
blasted with the east wind2 they shall  
be seven years of famine1 ,that is the  
thing which ,i spake unto ,pharaoh3 what
 ,god is about to do he hath shewed unto
 ,pharaoh4 ,behold1 there come seven    
years of great plenty throughout all the
 land of ,egypt3 and there shall arise  
after them seven years of famine2 and   
all the plenty shall be forgotten in the
 land of ,egypt2 and the famine shall   
consume the land2 and the plenty shall  
not be known in the land by reason of   
that famine which followeth2 for it     
shall be very grievous4 ,and for that   
the dream was doubled unto ,pharaoh     
twice1 it is because the thing is       
established by ,god1 and ,god will      
shortly bring it to pass4 ,now therefore

 let ,pharaoh look out a man discreet   
and wise1 and set him over the land of  
,egypt4 ,let ,pharaoh do this1 and let  
him appoint overseers over the land1 and
 take up the fifth part of the land of  
,egypt in the seven plenteous years4    
,and let them gather all the food of    
these good years that come1 and lay up  
corn under the hand of ,pharaoh for food
 in the cities1 and let them keep it4   
,and the food shall be for a store to   
the land against the seven years of     
famine1 which shall be in the land of   
,egypt2 that the land perish not through
 the famine4  ,and the thing was good in
 the eyes of ,pharaoh1 and in the eyes  
of all his servants4 ,and ,pharaoh said 
unto his servants1 ,can we find such a  
one as this1 a man in whom the spirit of
 ,god is8 ,and ,pharaoh said unto       
,joseph1 ,forasmuch as ,god hath shewed 
thee all this1 there is none so discreet
 and wise as thou3 thou shalt be over my
 house1 and according unto thy word     
shall all my people be ruled3 only in   

the throne will ,i be greater than thou4
 ,and ,pharaoh said unto ,joseph1 ,see1 
,i have set thee over all the land of   
,egypt4 ,and ,pharaoh took off his      
signet ring from his hand1 and put it   
upon ,joseph's hand1 and arrayed him in 
vestures of fine linen1 and put a gold  
chain about his neck2 and he made him to
 ride in the second chariot which he    
had2 and they cried before him1 ,bow the
 knee3 and he set him over all the land 
of ,egypt4 ,and ,pharaoh said unto      
,joseph1 ,i am ,pharaoh1 and without    
thee shall no man lift up his hand or   
his foot in all the land of ,egypt4 ,and
 ,pharaoh called ,joseph's name         
,zaphenath-paneah2 and he gave him to   
wife ,asenath the daughter of           
,poti-phera priest of ,on4 ,and ,joseph 
went out over the land of ,egypt4  ,and 
,joseph was thirty years old when he    
stood before ,pharaoh king of ,egypt4   
,and ,joseph went out from the presence 
of ,pharaoh1 and went throughout all the
 land of ,egypt4 ,and in the seven      

plenteous years the earth brought forth 
by handfuls4 ,and he gathered up all the
 food of the seven years which were in  
the land of ,egypt1 and laid up the food
 in the cities3 the food of the field1  
which was round about every city1 laid  
he up in the same4 ,and ,joseph laid up 
corn as the sand of the sea1 very much1 
until he left numbering2 for it was     
without number4  ,and unto ,joseph were 
born two sons before the year of famine 
came1 which ,asenath the daughter of    
,poti-phera priest of ,on bare unto him4
 ,and ,joseph called the name of the    
first born ',manasseh'3 ,for1 said he1  
,god hath 'made me forget' all my toil1 
and all my father's house4 ,and the name
 of the second called he ',ephraim'3    
,for ,god hath made me 'fruitful' in the
 land of my affliction4  ,and the seven 
years of plenty1 that was in the land of
 ,egypt1 came to an end4 ,and the seven 
years of famine began to come1 according
 as ,joseph had said3 and there was     
famine in all lands2 but in all the land

 of ,egypt there was bread4 ,and when   
all the land of ,egypt was famished1 the
 people cried to ,pharaoh for bread3 and
 ,pharaoh said unto all the ,egyptians1 
,go unto ,joseph2 what he saith to you1 
do4 ,and the famine was over all the    
face of the earth3 and ,joseph opened   
all the storehouses1 and sold unto the  
,egyptians2 and the famine was sore in  
the land of ,egypt4 ,and all countries  
came into ,egypt to ,joseph for to buy  
corn2 because the famine was sore in all
 the earth4  ,now ,jacob saw that there 
was corn in ,egypt1 and ,jacob said unto
 his sons1 ,why do ye look one upon     
another8 ,and he said1 ,behold1 ,i have 
heard that there is corn in ,egypt3 get 
you down thither1 and buy for us from   
thence2 that we may live1 and not die4  
,and ,joseph's ten brethren went down to
 buy corn from ,egypt4 ,but ,benjamin1  
,joseph's brother1 ,jacob sent not with 
his brethren2 for he said1 ,lest        
peradventure mischief befall him4 ,and  
the sons of ,israel came to buy among   

those that came3 for the famine was in  
the land of ,canaan4 ,and ,joseph was   
the governor over the land2 he it was   
that sold to all the people of the land3
 and ,joseph's brethren came1 and bowed 
down themselves to him with their faces 
to the earth4 ,and ,joseph saw his      
brethren1 and he knew them1 but made    
himself strange unto them1 and spake    
roughly with them2 and he said unto     
them1 ,whence come ye8 ,and they said1  
,from the land of ,canaan to buy food4  
,and ,joseph knew his brethren1 but they
 knew not him4 ,and ,joseph remembered  
the dreams which he dreamed of them1 and
 said unto them1 ,ye are spies2 to see  
the nakedness of the land ye are come4  
,and they said unto him1 ,nay1 my lord1 
but to buy food are thy servants come4  
,we are all one man's sons2 we are true 
men1 thy servants are no spies4 ,and he 
said unto them1 ,nay1 but to see the    
nakedness of the land ye are come4 ,and 
they said1 ,we thy servants are twelve  
brethren1 the sons of one man in the    

land of ,canaan2 and1 behold1 the       
youngest is this day with our father1   
and one is not4 ,and ,joseph said unto  
them1 ,that is it that ,i spake unto    
you1 saying1 ,ye are spies3 hereby ye   
shall be proved3 by the life of ,pharaoh
 ye shall not go forth hence1 except    
your youngest brother come hither4 ,send
 one of you1 and let him fetch your     
brother1 and ye shall be bound1 that    
your words may be proved1 whether there 
be truth in you3 or else by the life of 
,pharaoh surely ye are spies4 ,and he   
put them all together into ward three   
days4  ,and ,joseph said unto them the  
third day1 ,this do1 and live2 for ,i   
fear ,god3 if ye be true men1 let one of
 your brethren be bound in your prison  
house2 but go ye1 carry corn for the    
famine of your houses3 and bring your   
youngest brother unto me2 so shall your 
words be verified1 and ye shall not die4
 ,and they did so4 ,and they said one to
 another1 ,we are verily guilty         
concerning our brother1 in that we saw  

the distress of his soul1 when he       
besought us1 and we would not hear2     
therefore is this distress come upon us4
 ,and ,reuben answered them1 saying1    
,spake ,i not unto you1 saying1 ,do not 
sin against the child2 and ye would not 
hear8 therefore also1 behold1 his blood 
is required4 ,and they knew not that    
,joseph understood them2 for there was  
an interpreter between them4 ,and he    
turned himself about from them1 and     
wept2 and he returned to them1 and spake
 to them1 and took ,simeon from among   
them1 and bound him before their eyes4  
,then ,joseph commanded to fill their   
vessels with corn1 and to restore every 
man's money into his sack1 and to give  
them provision for the way3 and thus was
 it done unto them4 ,and they laded     
their asses with their corn1 and        
departed thence4 ,and as one of them    
opened his sack to give his ass         
provender in the lodging place1 he      
espied his money2 and1 behold1 it was in
 the mouth of his sack4 ,and he said    

unto his brethren1 ,my money is         
restored2 and1 lo1 it is even in my     
sack3 and their heart failed them1 and  
they turned trembling one to another1   
saying1 ,what is this that ,god hath    
done unto us8  ,and they came unto      
,jacob their father unto the land of    
,canaan1 and told him all that had      
befallen them3 saying1 ,the man1 the    
lord of the land1 spake roughly with us1
 and took us for spies of the country4  
,and we said unto him1 ,we are true men2
 we are no spies3 we be twelve brethren1
 sons of our father2 one is not1 and the
 youngest is this day with our father in
 the land of ,canaan4 ,and the man1 the 
lord of the land1 said unto us1 ,hereby 
shall ,i know that ye are true men2     
leave one of your brethren with me1 and 
take corn for the famine of your houses1
 and go your way3 and bring your        
youngest brother unto me3 then shall ,i 
know that ye are no spies1 but that ye  
are true men3 so will ,i deliver you    
your brother1 and ye shall traffick in  

the land4 ,and it came to pass as they  
emptied their sacks1 that1 behold1 every
 man's bundle of money was in his sack3 
and when they and their father saw their
 bundles of money1 they were afraid4    
,and ,jacob their father said unto them1
 ,me have ye bereaved of my children3   
,joseph is not1 and ,simeon is not1 and 
ye will take ,benjamin away3 all these  
things are against me4 ,and ,reuben     
spake unto his father1 saying1 ,slay my 
two sons1 if ,i bring him not to thee3  
deliver him into my hand1 and ,i will   
bring him to thee again4 ,and he said1  
,my son shall not go down with you2 for 
his brother is dead1 and he only is     
left3 if mischief befall him by the way 
in the which ye go1 then shall ye bring 
down my gray hairs with sorrow to the   
grave4  ,and the famine was sore in the 
land4 ,and it came to pass1 when they   
had eaten up the corn which they had    
brought out of ,egypt1 their father said
 unto them1 ,go again1 buy us a little  
food4 ,and ,judah spake unto him1       

saying1 ,the man did solemnly protest   
unto us1 saying1 ,ye shall not see my   
face1 except your brother be with you4  
,if thou wilt send our brother with us1 
we will go down and buy thee food3 but  
if thou wilt not send him1 we will not  
go down3 for the man said unto us1 ,ye  
shall not see my face1 except your      
brother be with you4 ,and ,israel said1 
,wherefore dealt ye so ill with me1 as  
to tell the man whether ye had yet a    
brother8 ,and they said1 ,the man asked 
straitly concerning ourselves1 and      
concerning our kindred1 saying1 ,is your
 father yet alive8 have ye another      
brother8 and we told him according to   
the tenor of these words3 could we in   
any wise know that he would say1 ,bring 
your brother down8 ,and ,judah said unto
 ,israel his father1 ,send the lad with 
me1 and we will arise and go2 that we   
may live1 and not die1 both we1 and     
thou1 and also our little ones4 ,i will 
be surety for him2 of my hand shalt thou
 require him3 if ,i bring him not unto  

thee1 and set him before thee1 then let 
me bear the blame for ever3 for except  
we had lingered1 surely we had now      
returned a second time4 ,and their      
father ,israel said unto them1 ,if it be
 so now1 do this2 take of the choice    
fruits of the land in your vessels1 and 
carry down the man a present1 a little  
balm1 and a little honey1 spicery and   
myrrh1 nuts1 and almonds3 and take      
double money in your hand2 and the money
 that was returned in the mouth of your 
sacks carry again in your hand2         
peradventure it was an oversight3 take  
also your brother1 and arise1 go again  
unto the man3 and ,god ,almighty give   
you mercy before the man1 that he may   
release unto you your other brother and 
,benjamin4 ,and if ,i be bereaved of my 
children1 ,i am bereaved4  ,and the men 
took that present1 and they took double 
money in their hand1 and ,benjamin2 and 
rose up1 and went down to ,egypt1 and   
stood before ,joseph4 ,and when ,joseph 
saw ,benjamin with them1 he said to the 

steward of his house1 ,bring the men    
into the house1 and slay1 and make      
ready2 for the men shall dine with me at
 noon4 ,and the man did as ,joseph bade2
 and the man brought the men into       
,joseph's house4 ,and the men were      
afraid1 because they were brought into  
,joseph's house2 and they said1 ,because
 of the money that was returned in our  
sacks at the first time are we brought  
in2 that he may seek occasion against   
us1 and fall upon us1 and take us for   
bondmen1 and our asses4 ,and they came  
near to the steward of ,joseph's house1 
and they spake unto him at the door of  
the house1 and said1 ,oh my lord1 we    
came indeed down at the first time to   
buy food3 and it came to pass1 when we  
came to the lodging place1 that we      
opened our sacks1 and1 behold1 every    
man's money was in the mouth of his     
sack1 our money in full weight3 and we  
have brought it again in our hand4 ,and 
other money have we brought down in our 
hand to buy food3 we know not who put   

our money in our sacks4 ,and he said1   
,peace be to you1 fear not3 your ,god1  
and the ,god of your father1 hath given 
you treasure in your sacks3 ,i had your 
money4 ,and he brought ,simeon out unto 
them4 ,and the man brought the men into 
,joseph's house1 and gave them water1   
and they washed their feet2 and he gave 
their asses provender4  ,and they made  
ready the present against ,joseph came  
at noon3 for they heard that they should
 eat bread there4 ,and when ,joseph came
 home1 they brought him the present     
which was in their hand into the house1 
and bowed down themselves to him to the 
earth4 ,and he asked them of their      
welfare1 and said1 ,is your father well1
 the old man of whom ye spake8 ,is he   
yet alive8 ,and they said1 ,thy servant 
our father is well1 he is yet alive4    
,and they bowed the head1 and made      
obeisance4 ,and he lifted up his eyes1  
and saw ,benjamin his brother1 his      
mother's son1 and said1 ,is this your   
youngest brother1 of whom ye spake unto 

me8 ,and he said1 ,god be gracious unto 
thee1 my son4 ,and ,joseph made haste2  
for his bowels did yearn upon his       
brother3 and he sought where to weep2   
and he entered into his chamber1 and    
wept there4 ,and he washed his face1 and
 came out2 and he refrained himself1 and
 said1 ,set on bread4 ,and they set on  
for him by himself1 and for them by     
themselves1 and for the ,egyptians1     
which did eat with him1 by themselves3  
because the ,egyptians might not eat    
bread with the ,hebrews2 for that is an 
abomination unto the ,egyptians4 ,and   
they sat before him1 the firstborn      
according to his birthright1 and the    
youngest according to his youth3 and the
 men marvelled one with another4 ,and he
 took and sent messes unto them from    
before him3 but ,benjamin's mess was    
five times so much as any of theirs4    
,and they drank and were merry with him4
  ,and he commanded the steward of his  
house1 saying1 ,fill the men's sacks    
with food1 as much as they can carry1   

and put every man's money in his sack's 
mouth4 ,and put my cup1 the silver cup1 
in the sack's mouth of the youngest1 and
 his corn money4 ,and he did according  
to the word that ,joseph had spoken4 ,as
 soon as the morning was light1 the men 
were sent away1 they and their asses4   
,and when they were gone out of the     
city1 and were not yet far off1 ,joseph 
said unto his steward1 ,up1 follow after
 the men2 and when thou dost overtake   
them1 say unto them1 ,wherefore have ye 
rewarded evil for good8 ,is not this it 
in which my lord drinketh1 and whereby  
he indeed divineth8 ye have done evil in
 so doing4 ,and he overtook them1 and he
 spake unto them these words4 ,and they 
said unto him1 ,wherefore speaketh my   
lord such words as these8 ,god forbid   
that thy servants should do such a      
thing4 ,behold1 the money1 which we     
found in our sacks' mouths1 we brought  
again unto thee out of the land of      
,canaan3 how then should we steal out of
 thy lord's house silver or gold8 ,with 

whomsoever of thy servants it be found1 
let him die1 and we also will be my     
lord's bondmen4 ,and he said1 ,now also 
let it be according unto your words3 he 
with whom it is found shall be my       
bondman2 and ye shall be blameless4     
,then they hasted1 and took down every  
man his sack to the ground1 and opened  
every man his sack4 ,and he searched1   
and began at the eldest1 and left at the
 youngest3 and the cup was found in     
,benjamin's sack4 ,then they rent their 
clothes1 and laded every man his ass1   
and returned to the city4  ,and ,judah  
and his brethren came to ,joseph's      
house2 and he was yet there3 and they   
fell before him on the ground4 ,and     
,joseph said unto them1 ,what deed is   
this that ye have done8 know ye not that
 such a man as ,i can indeed divine8    
,and ,judah said1 ,what shall we say    
unto my lord8 what shall we speak8 or   
how shall we clear ourselves8 ,god hath 
found out the iniquity of thy servants3 
behold1 we are my lord's bondmen1 both  

we1 and he also in whose hand the cup is
 found4 ,and he said1 ,god forbid that  
,i should do so3 the man in whose hand  
the cup is found1 he shall be my        
bondman2 but as for you1 get you up in  
peace unto your father4  ,then ,judah   
came near unto him1 and said1 ,oh my    
lord1 let thy servant1 ,i pray thee1    
speak a word in my lord's ears1 and let 
not thine anger burn against thy        
servant3 for thou art even as ,pharaoh4 
,my lord asked his servants1 saying1    
,have ye a father1 or a brother8 ,and we
 said unto my lord1 ,we have a father1  
an old man1 and a child of his old age1 
a little one2 and his brother is dead1  
and he alone is left of his mother1 and 
his father loveth him4 ,and thou saidst 
unto thy servants1 ,bring him down unto 
me1 that ,i may set mine eyes upon him4 
,and we said unto my lord1 ,the lad     
cannot leave his father3 for if he      
should leave his father1 his father     
would die4 ,and thou saidst unto thy    
servants1 ,except your youngest brother 

come down with you1 ye shall see my face
 no more4 ,and it came to pass when we  
came up unto thy servant my father1 we  
told him the words of my lord4 ,and our 
father said1 ,go again1 buy us a little 
food4 ,and we said1 ,we cannot go down3 
if our youngest brother be with us1 then
 will we go down3 for we may not see the
 man's face1 except our youngest brother
 be with us4 ,and thy servant my father 
said unto us1 ,ye know that my wife bare
 me two sons3 and the one went out from 
me1 and ,i said1 ,surely he is torn in  
pieces2 and ,i have not seen him since3 
and if ye take this one also from me1   
and mischief befall him1 ye shall bring 
down my gray hairs with sorrow to the   
grave4 ,now therefore when ,i come to   
thy servant my father1 and the lad be   
not with us2 seeing that his life is    
bound up in the lad's life2 it shall    
come to pass1 when he seeth that the lad
 is not with us1 that he will die3 and  
thy servants shall bring down the gray  
hairs of thy servant our father with    

sorrow to the grave4 ,for thy servant   
became surety for the lad unto my       
father1 saying1 ,if ,i bring him not    
unto thee1 then shall ,i bear the blame 
to my father for ever4 ,now therefore1  
let thy servant1 ,i pray thee1 abide    
instead of the lad a bondman to my lord2
 and let the lad go up with his         
brethren4 ,for how shall ,i go up to my 
father1 and the lad be not with me8 lest
 ,i see the evil that shall come on my  
father4  ,then ,joseph could not refrain
 himself before all them that stood by  
him2 and he cried1 ,cause every man to  
go out from me4 ,and there stood no man 
with him1 while ,joseph made himself    
known unto his brethren4 ,and he wept   
aloud3 and the ,egyptians heard1 and the
 house of ,pharaoh heard4 ,and ,joseph  
said unto his brethren1 ,i am ,joseph2  
doth my father yet live8 ,and his       
brethren could not answer him2 for they 
were troubled at his presence4 ,and     
,joseph said unto his brethren1 ,come   
near to me1 ,i pray you4 ,and they came 

near4 ,and he said1 ,i am ,joseph your  
brother whom ye sold into ,egypt4 ,and  
now be not grieved1 nor angry with      
yourselves1 that ye sold me hither3 for 
,god did send me before you to preserve 
life4 ,for these two years hath the     
famine been in the land3 and there are  
yet five years in the which there shall 
be neither plowing nor harvest4 ,and    
,god sent me before you to preserve you 
a remnant in the earth1 and to save you 
alive by a great deliverance4 ,so now it
 was not you that sent me hither1 but   
,god3 and he hath made me a father to   
,pharaoh1 and lord of all his house1 and
 ruler over all the land of ,egypt4     
,haste ye1 and go up to my father1 and  
say unto him1 ,thus saith thy son       
,joseph1 ,god hath made me lord of all  
,egypt3 come down unto me1 tarry not3   
and thou shalt dwell in the land of     
,goshen1 and thou shalt be near unto me1
 thou1 and thy children1 and thy        
children's children1 and thy flocks1 and
 thy herds1 and all that thou hast3 and 

there will ,i nourish thee2 for there   
are yet five years of famine2 lest thou 
come to poverty1 thou1 and thy          
household1 and all that thou hast4 ,and1
 behold1 your eyes see1 and the eyes of 
my brother ,benjamin1 that it is my     
mouth that speaketh unto you4 ,and ye   
shall tell my father of all my glory in 
,egypt1 and of all that ye have seen2   
and ye shall haste and bring down my    
father hither4 ,and he fell upon his    
brother ,benjamin's neck1 and wept2 and 
,benjamin wept upon his neck4 ,and he   
kissed all his brethren1 and wept upon  
them3 and after that his brethren talked
 with him4  ,and the fame thereof was   
heard in ,pharaoh's house1 saying1      
,joseph's brethren are come3 and it     
pleased ,pharaoh well1 and his servants4
 ,and ,pharaoh said unto ,joseph1 ,say  
unto thy brethren1 ,this do ye2 lade    
your beasts1 and go1 get you unto the   
land of ,canaan2 and take your father   
and your households1 and come unto me3  
and ,i will give you the good of the    

land of ,egypt1 and ye shall eat the fat
 of the land4 ,now thou art commanded1  
this do ye2 take you wagons out of the  
land of ,egypt for your little ones1 and
 for your wives1 and bring your father1 
and come4 ,also regard not your stuff2  
for the good of all the land of ,egypt  
is yours4 ,and the sons of ,israel did  
so3 and ,joseph gave them wagons1       
according to the commandment of         
,pharaoh1 and gave them provision for   
the way4 ,to all of them he gave each   
man changes of raiment2 but to ,benjamin
 he gave three hundred pieces of silver1
 and five changes of raiment4 ,and to   
his father he sent after this manner2   
ten asses laden with the good things of 
,egypt1 and ten she-asses1 laden with   
corn and bread and victual for his      
father by the way4 ,so he sent his      
brethren away1 and they departed3 and he
 said unto them1 ,see that ye fall not  
out by the way4  ,and they went up out  
of ,egypt1 and came into the land of    
,canaan unto ,jacob their father4 ,and  

they told him1 saying1 ,joseph is yet   
alive1 and he is ruler over all the land
 of ,egypt4 ,and his heart fainted1 for 
he believed them not4 ,and they told him
 all the words of ,joseph1 which he had 
said unto them3 and when he saw the     
wagons which ,joseph had sent to carry  
him1 the spirit of ,jacob their father  
revived3 and ,israel said1 ,it is       
enough2 ,joseph my son is yet alive3 ,i 
will go and see him before ,i die4  ,and
 ,israel took his journey with all that 
he had1 and came to ,beer-sheba1 and    
offered sacrifices unto the ,god of his 
father ,isaac4 ,and ,god spake unto     
,israel in the visions of the night1 and
 said1 ,jacob1 ,jacob4 ,and he said1    
,here am ,i4 ,and he said1 ,i am ,god1  
the ,god of thy father3 fear not to go  
down into ,egypt2 for ,i will there make
 of thee a great nation3 ,i will go down
 with thee into ,egypt2 and ,i will also
 surely bring thee up again3 and ,joseph
 shall put his hand upon thine eyes4    
,and ,jacob rose up from ,beer-sheba3   

and the sons of ,israel carried ,jacob  
their father1 and their little ones1 and
 their wives1 in the wagons which       
,pharaoh had sent to carry him4 ,and    
they took their cattle1 and their goods1
 which they had gotten in the land of   
,canaan1 and came into ,egypt1 ,jacob1  
and all his seed with him3 his sons1 and
 his sons' sons with him1 his daughters1
 and his sons' daughters1 and all his   
seed brought he with him into ,egypt4   
,and he sent ,judah before him unto     
,joseph1 to shew the way before him unto
 ,goshen2 and they came into the land of
 ,goshen4 ,and ,joseph made ready his   
chariot1 and went up to meet ,israel his
 father1 to ,goshen2 and he presented   
himself unto him1 and fell on his neck1 
and wept on his neck a good while4 ,and 
,israel said unto ,joseph1 ,now let me  
die1 since ,i have seen thy face1 that  
thou art yet alive4 ,and ,joseph said   
unto his brethren1 and unto his father's
 house1 ,i will go up1 and tell         
,pharaoh1 and will say unto him1 ,my    

brethren1 and my father's house1 which  
were in the land of ,canaan1 are come   
unto me2 and the men are shepherds1 for 
they have been keepers of cattle2 and   
they have brought their flocks1 and     
their herds1 and all that they have4    
,and it shall come to pass1 when        
,pharaoh shall call you1 and shall say1 
,what is your occupation8 that ye shall 
say1 ,thy servants have been keepers of 
cattle from our youth even until now1   
both we1 and our fathers3 that ye may   
dwell in the land of ,goshen2 for every 
shepherd is an abomination unto the     
,egyptians4  ,then ,joseph went in and  
told ,pharaoh1 and said1 ,my father and 
my brethren1 and their flocks1 and their
 herds1 and all that they have1 are come
 out of the land of ,canaan2 and1       
behold1 they are in the land of ,goshen4
 ,and from among his brethren he took   
five men1 and presented them unto       
,pharaoh4 ,and ,pharaoh said unto his   
brethren1 ,what is your occupation8 ,and
 they said unto ,pharaoh1 ,thy servants 

are shepherds1 both we1 and our fathers4
 ,and they said unto ,pharaoh1 ,to      
sojourn in the land are we come2 for    
there is no pasture for thy servants'   
flocks2 for the famine is sore in the   
land of ,canaan3 now1 therefore1 we pray
 thee1 let thy servants dwell in the    
land of ,goshen4 ,and ,pharaoh spake    
unto ,joseph1 saying1 ,thy father and   
thy brethren are come unto thee3 the    
land of ,egypt is before thee2 in the   
best of the land make thy father and thy
 brethren to dwell3 in the land of      
,goshen let them dwell3 and if thou     
knowest any able men among them1 then   
make them rulers over my cattle4 ,and   
,joseph brought in ,jacob his father1   
and set him before ,pharaoh3 and ,jacob 
blessed ,pharaoh4 ,and ,pharaoh said    
unto ,jacob1 ,how many are the days of  
the years of thy life8 ,and ,jacob said 
unto ,pharaoh1 ,the days of the years of
 my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty
 years3 few and evil have been the days 
of the years of my life1 and they have  

not attained unto the days of the years 
of the life of my fathers in the days of
 their pilgrimage4 ,and ,jacob blessed  
,pharaoh1 and went out from the presence
 of ,pharaoh4 ,and ,joseph placed his   
father and his brethren1 and gave them a
 possession in the land of ,egypt1 in   
the best of the land1 in the land of    
,rameses1 as ,pharaoh had commanded4    
,and ,joseph nourished his father1 and  
his brethren1 and all his father's      
household1 with bread1 according to     
their families4     ,,ii  ,,the         
,,witness ,,of ,,balaam ,,to ,,israel   
,and ,balak the son of ,zippor saw all  
that ,israel had done to the ,amorites4 
,and ,moab was sore afraid of the       
people1 because they were many3 and     
,moab was distressed because of the     
children of ,israel4 ,and ,moab said    
unto the elders of ,midian1 ,now shall  
this multitude lick up all that is round
 about us1 as the ox licketh up the     
grass of the field4 ,and ,balak the son 
of ,zippor was king of ,moab at that    

time4 ,and he sent messengers unto      
,balaam the son of ,beor1 to ,pethor1   
which is by the ,river1 to the land of  
the children of his people1 to call him1
 saying1 ,behold1 there is a people come
 out from ,egypt3 behold1 they cover the
 face of the earth1 and they abide over 
against me3 come now therefore1 ,i pray 
thee1 curse me this people2 for they are
 too mighty for me3 peradventure ,i     
shall prevail1 that we may smite them1  
and that ,i may drive them out of the   
land3 for ,i know that he whom thou     
blessest is blessed1 and he whom thou   
cursest is cursed4 ,and the elders of   
,moab and the elders of ,midian departed
 with the rewards of divination in their
 hand2 and they came unto ,balaam1 and  
spake unto him the words of ,balak4 ,and
 he said unto them1 ,lodge here this    
night1 and ,i will bring you word again1
 as the ,,lord shall speak unto me3 and 
the princes of ,moab abode with ,balaam4
 ,and ,god came unto ,balaam1 and said1 
,what men are these with thee8 ,and     

,balaam said unto ,god1 ,balak the son  
of ,zippor1 king of ,moab1 hath sent    
unto me1 saying1 ,behold1 the people    
that is come out of ,egypt1 it covereth 
the face of the earth3 now1 come curse  
me them2 peradventure ,i shall be able  
to fight against them1 and shall drive  
them out4 ,and ,god said unto ,balaam1  
,thou shalt not go with them2 thou shalt
 not curse the people3 for they are     
blessed4 ,and ,balaam rose up in the    
morning1 and said unto the princes of   
,balak1 ,get you into your land3 for the
 ,,lord refuseth to give me leave to go 
with you4  ,and the princes of ,moab    
rose up1 and they went unto ,balak1 and 
said1 ,balaam refuseth to come with us4 
,and ,balak sent yet again princes1     
more1 and more honourable than they4    
,and they came to ,balaam1 and said to  
him1 ,thus saith ,balak1 the son of     
,zippor1 ,let nothing1 ,i pray thee1    
hinder thee from coming unto me3 for ,i 
will promote thee unto very great       
honour1 and whatsoever thou sayest unto 

me ,i will do3 come therefore1 ,i pray  
thee1 curse me this people4 ,and ,balaam
 answered and said unto the servants of 
,balak1 ,if ,balak would give me his    
house full of silver and gold1 ,i cannot
 go beyond the word of the ,,lord my    
,god1 to do less or more4 ,now          
therefore1 ,i pray you1 tarry ye also   
here this night1 that ,i may know what  
the ,,lord will speak unto me more4 ,and
 ,god came unto ,balaam at night1 and   
said unto him1 ,if the men be come to   
call thee1 rise up1 go with them2 but   
only the word which ,i speak unto thee1 
that shalt thou do4  ,and ,balaam rose  
up in the morning1 and saddled his ass1 
and went with the princes of ,moab4 ,and
 ,god's anger was kindled because he    
went3 and the angel of the ,,lord placed
 himself in the way for an adversary    
against him4 ,now he was riding upon his
 ass1 and his two servants were with    
him4 ,and the ass saw the angel of the  
,,lord standing in the way1 with his    
sword drawn in his hand3 and the ass    

turned aside out of the way1 and went   
into the field3 and ,balaam smote the   
ass1 to turn her into the way4 ,then the
 angel of the ,,lord stood in a hollow  
way between the vineyards1 a fence being
 on this side1 and a fence on that side4
 ,and the ass saw the angel of the      
,,lord1 and she thrust herself unto the 
wall1 and crushed ,balaam's foot against
 the wall3 and he smote her again4 ,and 
the angel of the ,,lord went further1   
and stood in a narrow place1 where was  
no way to turn either to the right hand 
or to the left4 ,and the ass saw the    
angel of the ,,lord1 and she lay down   
under ,balaam3 and ,balaam's anger was  
kindled1 and he smote the ass with his  
staff4 ,and the ,,lord opened the mouth 
of the ass1 and she said unto ,balaam1  
,what have ,i done unto thee1 that thou 
hast smitten me these three times8 ,and 
,balaam said unto the ass1 ,because thou
 hast mocked me3 ,i would there were a  
sword in mine hand1 for now ,i had      
killed thee4 ,and the ass said unto     

,balaam1 ,am not ,i thine ass1 upon     
which thou hast ridden all thy life long
 unto this day8 was ,i ever wont to do  
so unto thee8 ,and he said1 ,nay4 ,then 
the ,,lord opened the eyes of ,balaam1  
and he saw the angel of the ,,lord      
standing in the way1 with his sword     
drawn in his hand3 and he bowed his     
head1 and fell on his face4 ,and the    
angel of the ,,lord said unto him1      
,wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass  
these three times8 behold1 ,i am come   
forth for an adversary1 because thy way 
is perverse before me3 and the ass saw  
me1 and turned aside before me these    
three times3 unless she had turned aside
 from me1 surely now ,i had even slain  
thee1 and saved her alive4 ,and ,balaam 
said unto the angel of the ,,lord1 ,i   
have sinned2 for ,i knew not that thou  
stoodest in the way against me3 now     
therefore1 if it displease thee1 ,i will
 get me back again4 ,and the angel of   
the ,,lord said unto ,balaam1 ,go with  
the men3 but only the word that ,i shall

 speak unto thee1 that thou shalt speak4
  ,so ,balaam went with the princes of  
,balak4 ,and when ,balak heard that     
,balaam was come1 he went out to meet   
him unto the city of ,moab1 which is on 
the border of ,arnon1 which is in the   
utmost part of the border4 ,and ,balak  
said unto ,balaam1 ,did ,i not earnestly
 send unto thee to call thee8 wherefore 
camest thou not unto me8 am ,i not able 
indeed to promote thee to honour8 ,and  
,balaam said unto ,balak1 ,lo1 ,i am    
come unto thee3 have ,i now any power at
 all to speak anything8 the word that   
,god putteth in my mouth1 that shall ,i 
speak4  ,and ,balaam went with ,balak1  
and they came unto ,kiriath-huzoth4 ,and
 ,balak sacrificed oxen and sheep1 and  
sent to ,balaam1 and to the princes that
 were with him4 ,and it came to pass in 
the morning1 that ,balak took ,balaam1  
and brought him up into the high places 
of ,baal1 and he saw from thence the    
utmost part of the people4 ,and ,balaam 
said unto ,balak1 ,build me here seven  

altars1 and prepare me here seven       
bullocks and seven rams4 ,and ,balak did
 as ,balaam had spoken2 and ,balak and  
,balaam offered on every altar a bullock
 and a ram4 ,and ,balaam said unto      
,balak1 ,stand by thy burnt offering1   
and ,i will go2 peradventure the ,,lord 
will come to meet me3 and whatsoever he 
sheweth me ,i will tell thee4 ,and he   
went to a bare height4 ,and ,god met    
,balaam3 and he said unto him1 ,i have  
prepared the seven altars1 and ,i have  
offered up a bullock and a ram on every 
altar4 ,and the ,,lord put a word in    
,balaam's mouth1 and said1 ,return unto 
,balak1 and thus thou shalt speak4 ,and 
he returned unto him1 and1 lo1 he stood 
by his burnt offering1 he1 and all the  
princes of ,moab4 ,and he took up his   
parable1 and said3    ,from ,aram hath  
,balak brought me1       ,the king of   
,moab from the mountains of the ,east3  
,come1 curse me ,jacob1       ,and come1
 defy ,israel4   ,how shall ,i curse1   
whom ,god hath not cursed8       ,and   

how shall ,i defy1 whom the ,,lord hath 
not defied8   ,for from the top of the  
rocks ,i see him1       ,and from the   
hills ,i behold him3   ,lo1 it is a     
people that dwell alone1       ,and     
shall not be reckoned among the nations4
   ,who can count the dust of ,jacob1   
,or number the fourth part of ,israel8  
,let me die the death of the righteous1 
,and let my last end be like his6  ,and 
,balak said unto ,balaam1 ,what hast    
thou done unto me8 ,i took thee to curse
 mine enemies1 and1 behold1 thou hast   
blessed them altogether4 ,and he        
answered and said1 ,must ,i not take    
heed to speak that which the ,,lord     
putteth in my mouth8  ,and ,balak said  
unto him1 ,come1 ,i pray thee1 with me  
unto another place1 from whence thou    
mayest see them2 thou shalt see but the 
utmost part of them1 and shalt not see  
them all3 and curse me them from thence4
 ,and he took him into the field of     
,zophim1 to the top of ,pisgah1 and     
built seven altars1 and offered up a    

bullock and a ram on every altar4 ,and  
he said unto ,balak1 ,stand here by thy 
burnt offering1 while ,i meet the ,,lord
 yonder4 ,and the ,,lord met ,balaam1   
and put a word in his mouth1 and said1  
,return unto ,balak1 and thus shalt thou
 speak4 ,and he came to him1 and1 lo1 he
 stood by his burnt offering1 and the   
princes of ,moab with him4 ,and ,balak  
said unto him1 ,what hath the ,,lord    
spoken8 ,and he took up his parable1 and
 said3    ,rise up1 ,balak1 and hear2   
,hearken unto me1 thou son of ,zippor3  
,god is not a man1 that he should lie2  
,neither the son of man1 that he should 
repent3   ,hath he said1 and shall he   
not do it8       ,or hath he spoken1 and
 shall he not make it good8   ,behold1  
,i have received commandment to bless3  
,and he hath blessed1 and ,i cannot     
reverse it4   ,he hath not beheld       
iniquity in ,jacob1       ,neither hath 
he seen perverseness in ,israel3   ,the 
,,lord his ,god is with him1       ,and 
the shout of a king is among them4      

,god bringeth them forth out of ,egypt2 
,he hath as it were the strength of the 
wild-ox4   ,surely there is no          
enchantment against ,jacob1             
,neither is there any divination against
 ,israel3       ,now shall it be said of
 ,jacob and of ,israel1 ,what hath ,god 
wrought6   ,behold1 the people riseth up
 as a lioness1       ,and as a lion doth
 he lift himself up3   ,he shall not lie
 down until he eat of the prey1         
,and drink the blood of the slain4  ,and
 ,balak said unto ,balaam1 ,neither     
curse them at all1 nor bless them at    
all4 ,but ,balaam answered and said unto
 ,balak1 ,told not ,i thee1 saying1 ,all
 that the ,,lord speaketh1 that ,i must 
do8  ,and ,balak said unto ,balaam1     
,come now1 ,i will take thee unto       
another place2 peradventure it will     
please ,god that thou mayest curse me   
them from thence4 ,and ,balak took      
,balaam unto the top of ,peor1 that     
looketh down upon the desert4 ,and      
,balaam said unto ,balak1 ,build me here

 seven altars1 and prepare me here seven
 bullocks and seven rams4 ,and ,balak   
did as ,balaam had said1 and offered up 
a bullock and a ram on every altar4 ,and
 when ,balaam saw that it pleased the   
,,lord to bless ,israel1 he went not1 as
 at the other times1 to meet with       
enchantments1 but he set his face toward
 the wilderness4 ,and ,balaam lifted up 
his eyes1 and he saw ,israel dwelling   
according to their tribes2 and the      
spirit of ,god came upon him4 ,and he   
took up his parable1 and said3          
,balaam the son of ,beor saith1         
,and the man whose eye is opened saith3 
,he saith1 which heareth the words of   
,god1   ,which seeth the vision of the  
,almighty1       ,falling down1 and     
having his eyes open3    ,how goodly are
 thy tents1 ,o ,jacob1       ,thy       
tabernacles1 ,o ,israel6   ,as valleys  
are they spread forth1       ,as gardens
 by the river side1   ,as lign-aloes    
which the ,,lord hath planted1       ,as
 cedar trees beside the waters4   ,water

 shall flow from his buckets1       ,and
 his seed shall be in many waters1      
,and his king shall be higher than      
,agag1       ,and his kingdom shall be  
exalted4   ,god bringeth him forth out  
of ,egypt2       ,he hath as it were the
 strength of the wild-ox3   ,he shall   
eat up the nations his adversaries1     
,and shall break their bones in pieces1 
,and smite them through with his arrows4
   ,he couched1 he lay down as a lion1  
,and as a lioness2 who shall rouse him  
up8   ,blessed be every one that        
blesseth thee1       ,and cursed be     
every one that curseth thee4  ,and      
,balak's anger was kindled against      
,balaam1 and he smote his hands         
together3 and ,balak said unto ,balaam1 
,i called thee to curse mine enemies1   
and1 behold1 thou hast altogether       
blessed them these three times4         
,therefore now flee thou to thy place3  
,i thought to promote thee unto great   
honour2 but1 lo1 the ,,lord hath kept   
thee back from honour4 ,and ,balaam said

 unto ,balak1 ,spake ,i not also to thy 
messengers which thou sentest unto me1  
saying1 ,if ,balak would give me his    
house full of silver and gold1 ,i cannot
 go beyond the word of the ,,lord1 to do
 either good or bad of mine own mind2   
what the ,,lord speaketh1 that will ,i  
speak8 ,and now1 behold1 ,i go unto my  
people3 come1 and ,i will advertise thee
 what this people shall do to thy people
 in the latter days4 ,and he took up his
 parable1 and said3    ,balaam the son  
of ,beor saith1       ,and the man whose
 eye is opened saith3   ,he saith1 which
 heareth the words of ,god1       ,and  
knoweth the knowledge of the ,most      
,high1   ,which seeth the vision of the 
,almighty1       ,falling down1 and     
having his eyes open3    ,i see him1 but
 not now3       ,i behold him1 but not  
nigh3   ,there shall come forth a star  
out of ,jacob1       ,and a sceptre     
shall rise out of ,israel1   ,and shall 
smite through the corners of ,moab1     
,and break down all the sons of tumult4 

,and ,edom shall be a possession1       
,seir also shall be a possession1 which 
were his enemies2       ,while ,israel  
doeth valiantly4   ,and out of ,jacob   
shall one have dominion1       ,and     
shall destroy the remnant from the city4
  ,and he looked on ,amalek1 and took up
 his parable1 and said3    ,amalek was  
the first of the nations2       ,but his
 latter end shall come to destruction4  
,and he looked on the ,kenite1 and took 
up his parable1 and said3    ,strong is 
thy dwelling place1       ,and thy nest 
is set in the rock4   ,nevertheless     
,kain shall be wasted1       ,until     
,asshur shall carry thee away captive4  
,and he took up his parable1 and said3  
,alas1 who shall live when ,god doeth   
this8       ,but ships shall come from  
the coast of ,kittim1   ,and they shall 
afflict ,asshur1 and shall afflict      
,eber1       ,and he also shall come to 
destruction4  ,and ,balaam rose up1 and 
went and returned to his place3 and     
,balak also went his way4     ,,iii     

,,the ,,crowning ,,of ,,abimelech   ,and
 ,jerubbaal the son of ,joash went and  
dwelt in his own house4 ,and ,gideon had
 threescore and ten sons of his body    
begotten3 for he had many wives4 ,and   
his concubine that was in ,sechem1 she  
also bare him a son1 and he called his  
name ,abimelech4 ,and ,gideon the son of
 ,joash died in a good old age1 and was 
buried in the sepulchre of ,joash his   
father1 in ,ophrah of the ,abiezrites4  
,and it came to pass1 as soon as ,gideon
 was dead1 that the children of ,israel 
turned again1 and went a whoring after  
the ,baalim1 and made ,baal-berith their
 god4 ,and the children of ,israel      
remembered not the ,,lord their ,god1   
who had delivered them out of the hand  
of all their enemies on every side3     
neither shewed they kindness to the     
house of ,jerubbaal1 who is ,gideon1    
according to all the goodness which he  
had shewed unto ,israel4  ,and          
,abimelech the son of ,jerubbaal went to
 ,shechem unto his mother's brethren1   

and spake with them1 and with all the   
family of the house of his mother's     
father1 saying1 ,speak1 ,i pray you1 in 
the ears of all the men of ,shechem1    
,whether is better for you1 that all the
 sons of ,jerubbaal1 which are          
threescore and ten persons1 rule over   
you1 or that one rule over you8 remember
 also that ,i am your bone and your     
flesh4 ,and his mother's brethren spake 
of him in the ears of all the men of    
,shechem all these words3 and their     
hearts inclined to follow ,abimelech2   
for they said1 ,he is our brother4 ,and 
they gave him threescore and ten pieces 
of silver out of the house of           
,baal-berith1 wherewith ,abimelech hired
 vain and light fellows1 which followed 
him4 ,and he went unto his father's     
house at ,ophrah1 and slew his brethren 
the sons of ,jerubbaal1 being threescore
 and ten persons1 upon one stone3 but   
,jotham the youngest son of ,jerubbaal  
was left2 for he hid himself4  ,and all 
the men of ,shechem assembled themselves

 together1 and all the house of ,millo1 
and went and made ,abimelech king1 by   
the oak of the pillar that was in       
,shechem4 ,and when they told it to     
,jotham1 he went and stood in the top of
 mount ,gerizim1 and lifted up his      
voice1 and cried1 and said unto them1   
,hearken unto me1 ye men of ,shechem1   
that ,god may hearken unto you4 ,the    
trees went forth on a time to anoint a  
king over them2 and they said unto the  
olive tree1 ,reign thou over us4 ,but   
the olive tree said unto them1 ,should  
,i leave my fatness1 wherewith by me    
they honour ,god and man1 and go to wave
 to and fro over the trees8 ,and the    
trees said to the fig tree1 ,come thou1 
and reign over us4 ,but the fig tree    
said unto them1 ,should ,i leave my     
sweetness1 and my good fruit1 and go to 
wave to and fro over the trees8 ,and the
 trees said unto the vine1 ,come thou1  
and reign over us4 ,and the vine said   
unto them1 ,should ,i leave my wine1    
which cheereth ,god and man1 and go to  

wave to and fro over the trees8 ,then   
said all the trees unto the bramble1    
,come thou1 and reign over us4 ,and the 
bramble said unto the trees1 ,if in     
truth ye anoint me king over you1 then  
come and put your trust in my shadow3   
and if not1 let fire come out of the    
bramble1 and devour the cedars of       
,lebanon4 ,now therefore1 if ye have    
dealt truly and uprightly1 in that ye   
have made ,abimelech king1 and if ye    
have dealt well with ,jerubbaal and his 
house1 and have done unto him according 
to the deserving of his hands2--for my  
father fought for you1 and adventured   
his life1 and delivered you out of the  
hand of ,midian3 and ye are risen up    
against my father's house this day1 and 
have slain his sons1 threescore and ten 
persons1 upon one stone1 and have made  
,abimelech1 the son of his maidservant1 
king over the men of ,shechem1 because  
he is your brother2--if ye then have    
dealt truly and uprightly with          
,jerubbaal and with his house this day1 

then rejoice ye in ,abimelech1 and let  
him also rejoice in you3 but if not1 let
 fire come out from ,abimelech1 and     
devour the men of ,shechem1 and the     
house of ,millo2 and let fire come out  
from the men of ,shechem1 and from the  
house of ,millo1 and devour ,abimelech4 
,and ,jotham ran away1 and fled1 and    
went to ,beer1 and dwelt there1 for fear
 of ,abimelech his brother4  ,and       
,abimelech was prince over ,israel three
 years4 ,and ,god sent an evil spirit   
between ,abimelech and the men of       
,shechem2 and the men of ,shechem dealt 
treacherously with ,abimelech3 that the 
violence done to the threescore and ten 
sons of ,jerubbaal might come1 and that 
their blood might be laid upon          
,abimelech their brother1 which slew    
them1 and upon the men of ,shechem1     
which strengthened his hands to slay his
 brethren4 ,and the men of ,shechem set 
liers in wait for him on the tops of the
 mountains1 and they robbed all that    
came along that way by them3 and it was 

told ,abimelech4  ,and ,gaal the son of 
,ebed came with his brethren1 and went  
over to ,shechem3 and the men of        
,shechem put their trust in him4 ,and   
they went out into the field1 and       
gathered their vineyards1 and trode the 
grapes1 and held festival1 and went into
 the house of their god1 and did eat and
 drink1 and cursed ,abimelech4 ,and     
,gaal the son of ,ebed said1 ,who is    
,abimelech1 and who is ,shechem1 that we
 should serve him8 is not he the son of 
,jerubbaal8 and ,zebul his officer8     
serve ye the men of ,hamor the father of
 ,shechem2 but why should we serve him8 
,and would to ,god this people were     
under my hand6 then would ,i remove     
,abimelech4 ,and he said to ,abimelech1 
,increase thine army1 and come out4 ,and
 when ,zebul the ruler of the city heard
 the words of ,gaal the son of ,ebed1   
his anger was kindled4 ,and he sent     
messengers unto ,abimelech craftily1    
saying1 ,behold1 ,gaal the son of ,ebed 
and his brethren are come to ,shechem2  

and1 behold1 they constrain the city to 
take part against thee4 ,now therefore1 
up by night1 thou and the people that is
 with thee1 and lie in wait in the      
field3 and it shall be1 that in the     
morning1 as soon as the sun is up1 thou 
shalt rise early1 and set upon the city3
 and1 behold1 when he and the people    
that is with him come out against thee1 
then mayest thou do to them as thou     
shalt find occasion4  ,and ,abimelech   
rose up1 and all the people that were   
with him1 by night1 and they laid wait  
against ,shechem in four companies4 ,and
 ,gaal the son of ,ebed went out1 and   
stood in the entering of the gate of the
 city3 and ,abimelech rose up1 and the  
people that were with him1 from the     
ambushment4 ,and when ,gaal saw the     
people1 he said to ,zebul1 ,behold1     
there come people down from the tops of 
the mountains4 ,and ,zebul said unto    
him1 ,thou seest the shadow of the      
mountains as if they were men4 ,and     
,gaal spake again and said1 ,see1 there 

come people down by the middle of the   
land1 and one company cometh by the way 
of the oak of ,meonenim4 ,then said     
,zebul unto him1 ,where is now thy      
mouth1 that thou saidst1 ,who is        
,abimelech1 that we should serve him8 is
 not this the people that thou hast     
despised8 go out now1 ,i pray1 and fight
 with them4 ,and ,gaal went out before  
the men of ,shechem1 and fought with    
,abimelech4 ,and ,abimelech chased him1 
and he fled before him1 and there fell  
many wounded1 even unto the entering of 
the gate4 ,and ,abimelech dwelt at      
,arumah3 and ,zebul drave out ,gaal and 
his brethren1 that they should not dwell
 in ,shechem4 ,and it came to pass on   
the morrow1 that the people went out    
into the field2 and they told           
,abimelech4 ,and he took the people1 and
 divided them into three companies1 and 
laid wait in the field2 and he looked1  
and1 behold1 the people came forth out  
of the city2 and he rose up against     
them1 and smote them4 ,and ,abimelech1  

and the companies that were with him1   
rushed forward1 and stood in the        
entering of the gate of the city3 and   
the two companies rushed upon all that  
were in the field1 and smote them4 ,and 
,abimelech fought against the city all  
that day2 and he took the city1 and slew
 the people that was therein3 and he    
beat down the city1 and sowed it with   
salt4  ,and when all the men of the     
tower of ,shechem heard thereof1 they   
entered into the hold of the house of   
,elberith4 ,and it was told ,abimelech  
that all the men of the tower of        
,shechem were gathered together4 ,and   
,abimelech gat him up to mount ,zalmon1 
he and all the people that were with    
him2 and ,abimelech took an ax in his   
hand1 and cut down a bough from the     
trees1 and took it up1 and laid it on   
his shoulder3 and he said unto the      
people that were with him1 ,what ye have
 seen me do1 make haste1 and do as ,i   
have done4 ,and all the people likewise 
cut down every man his bough1 and       

followed ,abimelech1 and put them to the
 hold1 and set the hold on fire upon    
them2 so that all the men of the tower  
of ,shechem died also1 about a thousand 
men and women4  ,then went ,abimelech to
 ,thebez1 and encamped against ,thebez1 
and took it4 ,but there was a strong    
tower within the city1 and thither fled 
all the men and women1 and all they of  
the city1 and shut themselves in1 and   
gat them up to the roof of the tower4   
,and ,abimelech came unto the tower1 and
 fought against it1 and went hard unto  
the door of the tower to burn it with   
fire4 ,and a certain woman cast an upper
 millstone upon ,abimelech's head1 and  
brake his skull4 ,then he called hastily
 unto the young man his armourbearer1   
and said unto him1 ,draw thy sword1 and 
kill me1 that men say not of me1 ,a     
woman slew him4 ,and his young man      
thrust him through1 and he died4 ,and   
when the men of ,israel saw that        
,abimelech was dead1 they departed every
 man unto his place4 ,thus ,god requited

 the wickedness of ,abimelech1 which he 
did unto his father1 in slaying his     
seventy brethren3 and all the wickedness
 of the men of ,shechem did ,god requite
 upon their heads3 and upon them came   
the curse of ,jotham the son of         
,jerubbaal4     ,,iv  ,,samson',s       
,,wedding ,,feast   ,and ,samson went   
down to ,timnah1 and saw a woman in     
,timnah of the daughters of the         
,philistines4 ,and he came up1 and told 
his father and his mother1 and said1 ,i 
have seen a woman in ,timnah of the     
daughters of the ,philistines3 now      
therefore get her for me to wife4 ,then 
his father and his mother said unto him1
 ,is there never a woman among the      
daughters of thy brethren1 or among all 
my people1 that thou goest to take a    
wife of the uncircumcised ,philistines8 
,and ,samson said unto his father1 ,get 
her for me2 for she pleaseth me well4   
,but his father and his mother knew not 
that it was of the ,,lord2 for he sought
 an occasion against the ,philistines4  

,now at that time the ,philistines had  
rule over ,israel4 ,then went ,samson   
down1 and his father and his mother1 to 
,timnah1 and came to the vineyards of   
,timnah3 and1 behold1 a young lion      
roared against him4 ,and the spirit of  
the ,,lord came mightily upon him1 and  
he rent him as he would have rent a kid1
 and he had nothing in his hand3 but he 
told not his father or his mother what  
he had done4 ,and he went down and      
talked with the woman2 and she pleased  
,samson well4 ,and after a while he     
returned to take her1 and he turned     
aside to see the carcase of the lion3   
and1 behold1 there was a swarm of bees  
in the body of the lion1 and honey4 ,and
 he took it into his hands1 and went on1
 eating as he went1 and he came to his  
father and mother1 and gave unto them1  
and they did eat3 but he told them not  
that he had taken the honey out of the  
body of the lion4 ,and his father went  
down unto the woman3 and ,samson made   
there a feast3 for so used the young men

 to do4 ,and it came to pass1 when they 
saw him1 that they brought thirty       
companions to be with him4 ,and ,samson 
said unto them1 ,let me now put forth a 
riddle unto you3 if ye can declare it me
 within the seven days of the feast1 and
 find it out1 then ,i will give you     
thirty linen garments and thirty changes
 of raiment3 but if ye cannot declare it
 me1 then shall ye give me thirty linen 
garments and thirty changes of raiment4 
,and they said unto him1 ,put forth thy 
riddle1 that we may hear it4 ,and he    
said unto them1    ,out of the eater    
came forth meat1   ,and out of the      
strong came forth sweetness4  ,and they 
could not in three days declare the     
riddle4 ,and it came to pass on the     
seventh day1 that they said unto        
,samson's wife1 ,entice thy husband1    
that he may declare unto us the riddle1 
lest we burn thee and thy father's house
 with fire3 have ye called us to        
impoverish us8 is it not so8 ,and       
,samson's wife wept before him1 and     

said1 ,thou dost but hate me1 and lovest
 me not3 thou hast put forth a riddle   
unto the children of my people1 and hast
 not told it me4 ,and he said unto her1 
,behold1 ,i have not told it my father  
nor my mother1 and shall ,i tell thee8  
,and she wept before him the seven days1
 while their feast lasted3 and it came  
to pass on the seventh day1 that he told
 her1 because she pressed him sore3 and 
she told the riddle to the children of  
her people4 ,and the men of the city    
said unto him on the seventh day before 
the sun went down3    ,what is sweeter  
than honey8   ,and what is stronger than
 a lion8  ,and he said unto them3    ,if
 ye had not plowed with my heifer1   ,ye
 had not found out my riddle4  ,and the 
spirit of the ,,lord came mightily upon 
him1 and he went down to ,ashkelon1 and 
smote thirty men of them1 and took their
 spoil1 and gave the changes of raiment 
unto them that declared the riddle4 ,and
 his anger was kindled1 and he went up  
to his father's house4 ,but ,samson's   

wife was given to his companion1 whom he
 had used as his friend4  ,but it came  
to pass after a while1 in the time of   
wheat harvest1 that ,samson visited his 
wife with a kid2 and he said1 ,i will go
 in to my wife into the chamber4 ,but   
her father would not suffer him to go   
in4 ,and her father said1 ,i verily     
thought that thou hadst utterly hated   
her2 therefore ,i gave her to thy       
companion3 is not her younger sister    
fairer than she8 take her1 ,i pray thee1
 instead of her4 ,and ,samson said unto 
them1 ,this time shall ,i be blameless  
in regard of the ,philistines1 when ,i  
do them a mischief4 ,and ,samson went   
and caught three hundred foxes1 and took
 firebrands1 and turned tail to tail1   
and put a firebrand in the midst between
 every two tails4 ,and when he had set  
the brands on fire1 he let them go into 
the standing corn of the ,philistines1  
and burnt up both the shocks and the    
standing corn1 and also the oliveyards4 
,then the ,philistines said1 ,who hath  

done this8 ,and they said1 ,samson1 the 
son in law of the ,timnite1 because he  
hath taken his wife1 and given her to   
his companion4 ,and the ,philistines    
came up1 and burnt her and her father   
with fire4 ,and ,samson said unto them1 
,if ye do after this manner1 surely ,i  
will be avenged of you1 and after that  
,i will cease4 ,and he smote them hip   
and thigh with a great slaughter3 and he
 went down and dwelt in the cleft of the
 rock of ,etam4     ,v  ,,the           
,,expedition ,,against ,,elisha   ,now  
the king of ,syria warred against       
,israel3 and he took counsel with his   
servants1 saying1 ,in such and such a   
place shall be my camp4 ,and the man of 
,god sent unto the king of ,israel1     
saying1 ,beware that thou pass not such 
a place2 for thither the ,syrians are   
coming down4 ,and the king of ,israel   
sent to the place which the man of ,god 
told him and warned him of2 and he saved
 himself there1 not once nor twice4 ,and
 the heart of the king of ,syria was    

sore troubled for this thing2 and he    
called his servants1 and said unto them1
 ,will ye not shew me which of us is for
 the king of ,israel8 ,and one of his   
servants said1 ,nay1 my lord1 ,o king3  
but ,elisha1 the prophet that is in     
,israel1 telleth the king of ,israel the
 words that thou speakest in thy        
bedchamber4 ,and he said1 ,go and see   
where he is1 that ,i may send and fetch 
him4 ,and it was told him1 saying1      
,behold1 he is in ,dothan4 ,therefore   
sent he thither horses1 and chariots1   
and a great host3 and they came by      
night1 and compassed the city about4    
,and when the servant of the man of ,god
 was risen early1 and gone forth1       
behold1 an host with horses and chariots
 was round about the city4 ,and his     
servant said unto him1 ,alas1 my master6
 how shall we do8 ,and he answered1     
,fear not3 for they that be with us are 
more than they that be with them4 ,and  
,elisha prayed1 and said1 ,,lord1 ,i    
pray thee1 open his eyes1 that he may   

see4 ,and the ,,lord opened the eyes of 
the young man2 and he saw3 and1 behold1 
the mountain was full of horses and     
chariots of fire round about ,elisha4   
,and when they came down to him1 ,elisha
 prayed unto the ,,lord1 and said1      
,smite this people1 ,i pray thee1 with  
blindness4 ,and he smote them with      
blindness according to the word of      
,elisha4 ,and ,elisha said unto them1   
,this is not the way1 neither is this   
the city3 follow me1 and ,i will bring  
you to the man whom ye seek4 ,and he led
 them to ,samaria4 ,and it came to pass1
 when they were come into ,samaria1 that
 ,elisha said1 ,,lord1 open the eyes of 
these men1 that they may see4 ,and the  
,,lord opened their eyes1 and they saw2 
and1 behold1 they were in the midst of  
,samaria4 ,and the king of ,israel said 
unto ,elisha1 when he saw them1 ,my     
father1 shall ,i smite them8 shall ,i   
smite them8 ,and he answered1 ,thou     
shalt not smite them3 wouldest thou     
smite those whom thou hast taken captive

 with thy sword and with thy bow8 set   
bread and water before them1 that they  
may eat and drink1 and go to their      
master4 ,and he prepared great provision
 for them3 and when they had eaten and  
drunk1 he sent them away1 and they went 
to their master4 ,and the bands of      
,syria came no more into the land of    
,israel4     ,,vi  ,,the ,,dream ,,of   
,,the ,,tree ,,cut ,,down               
',nebuchadnezzar the king1 unto all the 
peoples1 nations1 and languages1 that   
dwell in all the earth3 peace be        
multiplied unto you4 ,it hath seemed    
good unto me to shew the signs and      
wonders that the ,most ,high ,god hath  
wrought toward me4 ,how great are his   
signs6 and how mighty are his wonders6  
his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1  
and his dominion is from generation to  
generation4  ',i ,nebuchadnezzar was at 
rest in mine house1 and flourishing in  
my palace4 ,i saw a dream which made me 
afraid2 and the thoughts upon my bed and
 the visions of my head troubled me4    

,therefore made ,i a decree to bring in 
all the wise men of ,babylon before me1 
that they might make known unto me the  
interpretation of the dream4 ,then came 
in the magicians1 the enchanters1 the   
,chaldeans1 and the soothsayers3 and ,i 
told the dream before them2 but they did
 not make known unto me the             
interpretation thereof4 ,but at the last
 ,daniel came in before me1 whose name  
was ,belteshazzar1 according to the name
 of my god1 and in whom is the spirit of
 the holy gods3 and ,i told the dream   
before him1 saying1 ,o ,belteshazzar1   
master of the magicians1 because ,i know
 that the spirit of the holy gods is in 
thee1 and no secret troubleth thee1 tell
 me the visions of my dream that ,i have
 seen1 and the interpretation thereof4  
',thus were the visions of my head upon 
my bed3 ,i saw1 and behold a tree in the
 midst of the earth1 and the height     
thereof was great4 ,the tree grew1 and  
was strong1 and the height thereof      
reached unto heaven and the sight       

thereof to the end of all the earth4    
,the leaves thereof were fair1 and the  
fruit thereof much1 and in it was meat  
for all3 the beasts of the field had    
shadow under it1 and the fowls of the   
heaven dwelt in the branches thereof1   
and all flesh was fed of it4 ,i saw in  
the visions of my head upon my bed1 and1
 behold1 a watcher and an holy one came 
down from heaven4 ,he cried aloud1 and  
said thus3 ,hew down the tree1 and cut  
off his branches1 shake off his leaves1 
and scatter his fruit3 let the beasts   
get away from under it1 and the fowls   
from his branches4 ,nevertheless leave  
the stump of his roots in the earth1    
even with a band of iron and brass1 in  
the tender grass of the field2 and let  
it be wet with the dew of heaven1 and   
let his portion be with the beasts in   
the grass of the earth3 let his heart be
 changed from man's1 and let a beast's  
heart be given unto him2 and let seven  
times pass over him4 ,the sentence is by
 the decree of the watchers1 and the    

demand by the word of the holy ones3 to 
the intent that the living may know that
 the ,most ,high ruleth in the kingdom  
of men1 and giveth it to whomsoever he  
will1 and setteth up over it the lowest 
of men4 ,this dream ,i king             
,nebuchadnezzar have seen3 and thou1 ,o 
,belteshazzar1 declare the              
interpretation1 forasmuch as all the    
wise men of my kingdom are not able to  
make known unto me the interpretation2  
but thou art able1 for the spirit of the
 holy gods is in thee4  ',then ,daniel1 
whose name was ,belteshazzar1 was       
astonied for a while1 and his thoughts  
troubled him4 ,the king answered and    
said1 ,belteshazzar1 let not the dream1 
or the interpretation1 trouble thee4    
,belteshazzar answered and said1 ,my    
lord1 the dream be to them that hate    
thee1 and the interpretation thereof to 
thine adversaries4 ,the tree that thou  
sawest1 which grew1 and was strong1     
whose height reached unto the heaven1   
and the sight thereof to all the earth2 

whose leaves were fair1 and the fruit   
thereof much1 and in it was meat for    
all2 under which the beasts of the field
 dwelt1 and upon whose branches the     
fowls of the heaven had their           
habitation2 it is thou1 ,o king1 that   
art grown and become strong3 for thy    
greatness is grown1 and reacheth unto   
heaven1 and thy dominion to the end of  
the earth4 ,and whereas the king saw a  
watcher and an holy one coming down from
 heaven1 and saying1 ,hew down the tree1
 and destroy it2 nevertheless leave the 
stump of the roots thereof in the earth1
 even with a band of iron and brass1 in 
the tender grass of the field2 and let  
it be wet with the dew of heaven1 and   
let his portion be with the beasts of   
the field1 till seven times pass over   
him2 this is the interpretation1 ,o     
king1 and it is the decree of the ,most 
,high1 which is come upon my lord the   
king3 that thou shalt be driven from    
men1 and thy dwelling shall be with the 
beasts of the field1 and thou shalt be  

made to eat grass as oxen1 and shalt be 
wet with the dew of heaven1 and seven   
times shall pass over thee2 till thou   
know that the ,most ,high ruleth in the 
kingdom of men1 and giveth it to        
whomsoever he will4 ,and whereas they   
commanded to leave the stump of the tree
 roots2 thy kingdom shall be sure unto  
thee1 after that thou shalt have known  
that the heavens do rule4 ,wherefore1 ,o
 king1 let my counsel be acceptable unto
 thee1 and break off thy sins by        
righteousness1 and thine iniquities by  
shewing mercy to the poor2 if there may 
be a lengthening of thy tranquillity4   
',all this came upon the king           
,nebuchadnezzar4 ,at the end of twelve  
months he was walking in the royal      
palace of ,babylon4 ,the king spake and 
said1 ,is not this great ,babylon1 which
 ,i have built for the royal dwelling   
place1 by the might of my power and for 
the glory of my majesty8 ,while the word
 was in the king's mouth1 there fell a  
voice from heaven1 saying3 ,o king      

,nebuchadnezzar1 to thee it is spoken3  
the kingdom is departed from thee4 ,and 
thou shalt be driven from men1 and thy  
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the
 field2 thou shalt be made to eat grass 
as oxen1 and seven times shall pass over
 thee2 until thou know that the ,most   
,high ruleth in the kingdom of men1 and 
giveth it to whomsoever he will4 ,the   
same hour was the thing fulfilled upon  
,nebuchadnezzar3 and he was driven from 
men1 and did eat grass as oxen1 and his 
body was wet with the dew of heaven1    
till his hair was grown like eagles'    
feathers1 and his nails like birds'     
claws4 ,and at the end of the days ,i   
,nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto
 heaven1 and mine understanding returned
 unto me1 and ,i blessed the ,most      
,high1 and ,i praised and honoured him  
that liveth for ever2 for his dominion  
is an everlasting dominion1 and his     
kingdom from generation to generation3  
and all the inhabitants of the earth are
 reputed as nothing3 and he doeth       

according to his will in the army of    
heaven1 and among the inhabitants of the
 earth3 and none can stay his hand1 or  
say unto him1 ,what doest thou8 ,at the 
same time mine understanding returned   
unto me2 and for the glory of my        
kingdom1 my majesty and brightness      
returned unto me2 and my counsellors and
 my lords sought unto me2 and ,i was    
established in my kingdom1 and excellent
 greatness was added unto me4  ',now ,i 
,nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and    
honour the ,king of heaven2 for all his 
works are truth1 and his ways judgement3
 and those that walk in pride he is able
 to abase4'     ,,vii  ,,belshazzar',s  
,,feast   ,belshazzar the king made a   
great feast to a thousand of his lords1 
and drank wine before the thousand4     
,belshazzar1 whiles he tasted the wine1 
commanded to bring the golden and silver
 vessels which ,nebuchadnezzar his      
father had taken out of the temple which
 was in ,jerusalem2 that the king and   
his lords1 his wives and his concubines1

 might drink therein4 ,then they brought
 the golden vessels that were taken out 
of the temple of the house of ,god which
 was at ,jerusalem2 and the king and his
 lords1 his wives and his concubines1   
drank in them4 ,they drank wine1 and    
praised the gods of gold1 and of silver1
 of brass1 of iron1 of wood1 and of     
stone4 ,in the same hour came forth the 
fingers of a man's hand1 and wrote over 
against the candlestick upon the        
plaister of the wall of the king's      
palace3 and the king saw the part of the
 hand that wrote4 ,then the king's      
countenance was changed in him1 and his 
thoughts troubled him2 and the joints of
 his loins were loosed1 and his knees   
smote one against another4 ,the king    
cried aloud to bring in the enchanters1 
the ,chaldeans1 and the soothsayers4    
,the king spake and said to the wise men
 of ,babylon1 ,whosoever shall read this
 writing1 and shew me the interpretation
 thereof1 shall be clothed with purple1 
and have a chain of gold about his neck1

 and shall rule as one of three in the  
kingdom4 ,then came in all the king's   
wise men3 but they could not read the   
writing1 nor make known to the king the 
interpretation4 ,then was king          
,belshazzar greatly troubled1 and his   
countenance was changed in him1 and his 
lords were perplexed4  ,now the queen by
 reason of the words of the king and his
 lords came into the banquet house3 the 
queen spake and said3 ,o king1 live for 
ever2 let not thy thoughts trouble thee1
 nor let thy countenance be changed3    
there is a man in thy kingdom1 in whom  
is the spirit of the holy gods2 and in  
the days of thy father light and        
understanding and wisdom1 like the      
wisdom of the gods1 was found in him3   
and the king ,nebuchadnezzar thy father1
 the king1 ,i say1 thy father1 made him 
master of the magicians1 enchanters1    
,chaldeans1 and soothsayers2 forasmuch  
as an excellent spirit1 and knowledge1  
and understanding1 interpreting of      
dreams1 and shewing of dark sentences1  

and dissolving of doubts1 were found in 
the same ,daniel1 whom the king named   
,belteshazzar4 ,now let ,daniel be      
called1 and he will shew the            
interpretation4  ,then was ,daniel      
brought in before the king4 ,the king   
spake and said unto ,daniel1 ,art thou  
that ,daniel1 which art of the children 
of the captivity of ,judah1 whom the    
king my father brought out of ,judah8 ,i
 have heard of thee1 that the spirit of 
the gods is in thee1 and that light and 
understanding and excellent wisdom is   
found in thee4 ,and now the wise men1   
the enchanters1 have been brought in    
before me1 that they should read this   
writing1 and make known unto me the     
interpretation thereof3 but they could  
not shew the interpretation of the      
thing4 ,but ,i have heard of thee1 that 
thou canst give interpretations1 and    
dissolve doubts3 now if thou canst read 
the writing1 and make known to me the   
interpretation thereof1 thou shalt be   
clothed with purple1 and have a chain of

 gold about thy neck1 and shalt rule as 
one of three in the kingdom4 ,then      
,daniel answered and said before the    
king3 ,let thy gifts be to thyself1 and 
give thy rewards to another2            
nevertheless ,i will read the writing   
unto the king1 and make known to him the
 interpretation4 ,o thou king1 the ,most
 ,high ,god gave ,nebuchadnezzar thy    
father the kingdom1 and greatness1 and  
glory1 and majesty3 and because of the  
greatness that he gave him1 all the     
peoples1 nations1 and languages trembled
 and feared before him3 whom he would he
 slew1 and whom he would he kept alive2 
and whom he would he raised up1 and whom
 he would he put down4 ,but when his    
heart was lifted up1 and his spirit was 
hardened that he dealt proudly1 he was  
deposed from his kingly throne1 and they
 took his glory from him3 and he was    
driven from the sons of men2 and his    
heart was made like the beasts1 and his 
dwelling was with the wild asses2 he was
 fed with grass like oxen1 and his body 

was wet with the dew of heaven3 until he
 knew that the ,most ,high ,god ruleth  
in the kingdom of men1 and that he      
setteth up over it whomsoever he will4  
,and thou his son1 ,o ,belshazzar1 hast 
not humbled thine heart1 though thou    
knewest all this3 but hast lifted up    
thyself against the ,lord of heaven2 and
 they have brought the vessels of his   
house before thee1 and thou and thy     
lords1 thy wives and thy concubines1    
have drunk wine in them2 and thou hast  
praised the gods of silver1 and gold1 of
 brass1 iron1 wood1 and stone1 which see
 not1 nor hear1 nor know3 and the ,god  
in whose hand thy breath is1 and whose  
are all thy ways1 hast thou not         
glorified3 then was the part of the hand
 sent from before him1 and this writing 
was inscribed4 ,and this is the writing 
that was inscribed#b3    ,m   ,u   ,p   
,e   ,l   ,h   ,n   ,e   ,a   ,e   ,k   
,r   ,m   ,e   ,s   ,e   ,t   ,i   ,n   
,e   ,n  ,footnote #b3 ,daniel reads    
down1 up1 down3 instead of across4      

,this is the interpretation of the      
thing3     ,,mene    ,god hath          
,,numbered thy kingdom3   ,and brought  
it to an end6    ,,tekel    ,thou art   
,,weighed in the balances3   ,and art   
found wanting6    ,,peres    ,thy       
kingdom is ,,divided3   ,and given to   
the ,medes and ,persians6  ,then        
commanded ,belshazzar1 and they clothed 
,daniel with purple1 and put a chain of 
gold about his neck1 and made           
proclamation concerning him1 that he    
should rule as one of three in the      
kingdom4 ,in that night ,belshazzar the 
,chaldean king was slain4 ,and ,darius  
the ,mede received the kingdom1 being   
about threescore and two years old4     
,,oratory  ,i  ,,the ,,oration ,,of     
,,moses  ,,at ,,the ,,rehearsal ,,of    
,,the ,,blessing ,,and ,,the ,,curse    
,and it shall come to pass1 if thou     
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice 
of the ,,lord thy ,god1 to observe to do
 all his commandments which ,i command  
thee this day1 that the ,,lord thy ,god 

will set thee on high above all the     
nations of the earth3 and all these     
blessings shall come upon thee1 and     
overtake thee1 if thou shalt hearken    
unto the voice of the ,,lord thy ,god4  
,blessed shalt thou be in the city1 and 
blessed shalt thou be in the field4     
,blessed shall be the fruit of thy body1
 and the fruit of thy ground1 and the   
fruit of thy cattle1 the increase of thy
 kine1 and the young of thy flock4      
,blessed shall be thy basket and thy    
kneadingtrough4 ,blessed shalt thou be  
when thou comest in1 and blessed shalt  
thou be when thou goest out4 ,the ,,lord
 shall cause thine enemies that rise up 
against thee to be smitten before thee3 
they shall come out against thee one    
way1 and shall flee before thee seven   
ways4 ,the ,,lord shall command the     
blessing upon thee in thy barns1 and in 
all that thou puttest thine hand unto2  
and he shall bless thee in the land     
which the ,,lord thy ,god giveth thee4  
,the ,,lord shall establish thee for an 

holy people unto himself1 as he hath    
sworn unto thee2 if thou shalt keep the 
commandments of the ,,lord thy ,god1 and
 walk in his ways4 ,and all the peoples 
of the earth shall see that thou art    
called by the name of the ,,lord2 and   
they shall be afraid of thee4 ,and the  
,,lord shall make thee plenteous for    
good1 in the fruit of thy body1 and in  
the fruit of thy cattle1 and in the     
fruit of thy ground1 in the land which  
the ,,lord sware unto thy fathers to    
give thee4 ,the ,,lord shall open unto  
thee his good treasury the heaven to    
give the rain of thy land in its season1
 and to bless all the work of thine     
hand3 and thou shalt lend unto many     
nations1 and thou shalt not borrow4 ,and
 the ,,lord shall make thee the head1   
and not the tail2 and thou shalt be     
above only1 and thou shalt not be       
beneath2 if thou shalt hearken unto the 
commandments of the ,,lord thy ,god1    
which ,i command thee this day1 to      
observe and to do them2 and shalt not   

turn aside from any of the words which  
,i command you this day1 to the right   
hand1 or to the left1 to go after other 
gods to serve them4  ,but it shall come 
to pass1 if thou wilt not hearken unto  
the voice of the ,,lord thy ,god1 to    
observe to do all his commandments and  
his statutes which ,i command thee this 
day2 that all these curses shall come   
upon thee1 and overtake thee4 ,cursed   
shalt thou be in the city1 and cursed   
shalt thou be in the field4 ,cursed     
shall be thy basket and thy             
kneadingtrough4 ,cursed shall be the    
fruit of thy body1 and the fruit of thy 
ground1 the increase of thy kine1 and   
the young of thy flock4 ,cursed shalt   
thou be when thou comest in1 and cursed 
shalt thou be when thou goest out4 ,the 
,,lord shall send upon thee cursing1    
discomfiture1 and rebuke1 in all that   
thou puttest thine hand unto for to do1 
until thou be destroyed1 and until thou 
perish quickly2 because of the evil of  
thy doings1 whereby thou hast forsaken  

me4 ,the ,,lord shall make the          
pestilence cleave unto thee1 until he   
have consumed thee from off the land1   
whither thou goest in to possess it4    
,the ,,lord shall smite thee with       
consumption1 and with fever1 and with   
inflammation1 and with fiery heat1 and  
with the sword1 and with blasting1 and  
with mildew2 and they shall pursue thee 
until thou perish4 ,and thy heaven that 
is over thy head shall be brass1 and the
 earth that is under thee shall be iron4
 ,the ,,lord shall make the rain of thy 
land powder and dust3 from heaven shall 
it come down upon thee1 until thou be   
destroyed4 ,the ,,lord shall cause thee 
to be smitten before thine enemies3 thou
 shalt go out one way against them1 and 
shalt flee seven ways before them3 and  
thou shalt be tossed to and fro among   
all the kingdoms of the earth4 ,and thy 
carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of 
the air1 and unto the beasts of the     
earth1 and there shall be none to fray  
them away4 ,the ,,lord shall smite thee 

with the boil of ,egypt1 and with the   
emerods1 and with the scurvy1 and with  
the itch1 whereof thou canst not be     
healed4 ,the ,,lord shall smite thee    
with madness1 and with blindness1 and   
with astonishment of heart3 and thou    
shalt grope at noonday1 as the blind    
gropeth in darkness1 and thou shalt not 
prosper in thy ways3 and thou shalt be  
only oppressed and spoiled alway1 and   
there shall be none to save thee4 ,thou 
shalt betroth a wife1 and another man   
shall lie with her3 thou shalt build an 
house1 and thou shalt not dwell therein3
 thou shalt plant a vineyard1 and shalt 
not use the fruit thereof4 ,thine ox    
shall be slain before thine eyes1 and   
thou shalt not eat thereof3 thine ass   
shalt be violently taken away from      
before thy face1 and shall not be       
restored to thee3 thy sheep shall be    
given unto thine enemies1 and thou shalt
 have none to save thee4 ,thy sons and  
thy daughters shall be given unto       
another people1 and thine eyes shall    

look1 and fail with longing for them all
 the day3 and there shall be nought in  
the power of thine hand4 ,the fruit of  
thy ground1 and all thy labours1 shall a
 nation which thou knowest not eat up2  
and thou shalt be only oppressed and    
crushed alway3 so that thou shalt be mad
 for the sight of thine eyes which thou 
shalt see4 ,the ,,lord shall smite thee 
in the knees1 and in the legs1 with a   
sore boil1 whereof thou canst not be    
healed1 from the sole of thy foot unto  
the crown of thy head4 ,the ,,lord shall
 bring thee1 and thy king which thou    
shalt set over thee1 unto a nation which
 thou hast not known1 thou nor thy      
fathers2 and there shalt thou serve     
other gods1 wood and stone4 ,and thou   
shalt become an astonishment1 a proverb1
 and a byword1 among all the peoples    
whither the ,,lord shall lead thee away4
 ,thou shalt carry much seed out into   
the field1 and shalt gather little in2  
for the locust shall consume it4 ,thou  
shalt plant vineyards and dress them1   

but thou shalt neither drink of the     
wine1 nor gather the grapes2 for the    
worm shall eat them4 ,thou shalt have   
olive trees throughout all thy borders1 
but thou shalt not anoint thyself with  
the oil2 for thine olive shall cast its 
fruit4 ,thou shalt beget sons and       
daughters1 but they shall not be thine2 
for they shall go into captivity4 ,all  
thy trees and the fruit of thy ground   
shall the locust possess4 ,the stranger 
that is in the midst of thee shall mount
 up above thee higher and higher2 and   
thou shalt come down lower and lower4   
,he shall lend to thee1 and thou shalt  
not lend to him3 he shall be the head1  
and thou shalt be the tail4  ,and all   
these curses shall come upon thee1 and  
shall pursue thee1 and overtake thee1   
till thou be destroyed2 because thou    
hearkenedst not unto the voice of the   
,,lord thy ,god1 to keep his            
commandments and his statutes which he  
commanded thee3 and they shall be upon  
thee for a sign1 and for a wonder1 and  

upon thy seed for ever4 ,because thou   
servedst not the ,,lord thy ,god with   
joyfulness1 and with gladness of heart1 
by reason of the abundance of all       
things3 therefore shalt thou serve thine
 enemies which the ,,lord shall send    
against thee1 in hunger1 and in thirst1 
and in nakedness1 and in want of all    
things3 and he shall put a yoke of iron 
upon thy neck1 until he have destroyed  
thee4 ,the ,,lord shall bring a nation  
against thee from far1 from the end of  
the earth1 as the eagle flieth2 a nation
 whose tongue thou shalt not understand2
 a nation of fierce countenance1 which  
shall not regard the person of the old1 
nor shew favour to the young3 and he    
shall eat the fruit of thy cattle1 and  
the fruit of thy ground1 until thou be  
destroyed3 which also shall not leave   
thee corn1 wine1 or oil1 the increase of
 thy kine1 or the young of thy flock1   
until he have caused thee to perish4    
,and he shall besiege thee in all thy   
gates1 until thy high and fenced walls  

come down1 wherein thou trustedst1      
throughout all thy land3 and he shall   
besiege thee in all thy gates throughout
 all thy land1 which the ,,lord thy ,god
 hath given thee4 ,and thou shalt eat   
the fruit of thine own body1 the flesh  
of thy sons and of thy daughters which  
the ,,lord thy ,god hath given thee2 in 
the siege and in the straitness1        
wherewith thine enemies shall straiten  
thee4 ,the man that is tender among you1
 and very delicate1 his eye shall be    
evil toward his brother1 and toward the 
wife of his bosom1 and toward the       
remnant of his children which he hath   
remaining3 so that he will not give to  
any of them of the flesh of his children
 whom he shall eat1 because he hath     
nothing left him2 in the siege and in   
the straitness1 wherewith thine enemy   
shall straiten thee in all thy gates4   
,the tender and delicate woman among    
you1 which would not adventure to set   
the sole of her foot upon the ground for
 delicateness and tenderness1 her eye   

shall be evil toward the husband of her 
bosom1 and toward her son1 and toward   
her daughter2 and toward her young one  
that cometh out from between her feet1  
and toward her children which she shall 
bear2 for she shall eat them for want of
 all things secretly3 in the siege and  
in the straitness1 wherewith thine enemy
 shall straiten thee in thy gates4  ,if 
thou wilt not observe to do all the     
words of this law that are written in   
this book1 that thou mayest fear this   
glorious and fearful name1 ,,the ,,lord 
,,thy ,,god2 then the ,,lord will make  
thy plagues wonderful1 and the plagues  
of thy seed1 even great plagues1 and of 
long continuance1 and sore sicknesses1  
and of long continuance4 ,and he will   
bring upon thee again all the diseases  
of ,egypt1 which thou wast afraid of2   
and they shall cleave unto thee4 ,also  
every sickness1 and every plague1 which 
is not written in the book of this law1 
them will the ,,lord bring upon thee    
until thou be destroyed4 ,and ye shall  

be left few in number1 whereas ye were  
as the stars of heaven for multitude2   
because thou didst not hearken unto the 
voice of the ,,lord thy ,god4 ,and it   
shall come to pass1 that as the ,,lord  
rejoiced over you to do you good1 and to
 multiply you2 so the ,,lord will       
rejoice over you to cause you to perish1
 and to destroy you2 and ye shall be    
plucked from off the land whither thou  
goest in to possess it4 ,and the ,,lord 
shall scatter thee among all peoples1   
from the one end of the earth even unto 
the other end of the earth2 and there   
thou shalt serve other gods1 which thou 
hast not known1 thou nor thy fathers1   
even wood and stone4 ,and among these   
nations shalt thou find no ease1 and    
there shall be no rest for the sole of  
thy foot3 but the ,,lord shall give thee
 there a trembling heart1 and failing of
 eyes1 and pining of soul3 and thy life 
shall hang in doubt before thee2 and    
thou shalt fear night and day1 and shalt
 have none assurance of thy life3 in the

 morning thou shalt say1 ,would ,god it 
were even6 and at even thou shalt say1  
,would ,god it were morning6 for the    
fear of thine heart which thou shalt    
fear1 and for the sight of thine eyes   
which thou shalt see4 ,and the ,,lord   
shall bring thee into ,egypt again with 
ships1 by the way whereof ,i said unto  
thee1 ,thou shalt see it no more again3 
and there ye shall sell yourselves unto 
your enemies for bondmen and for        
bondwomen3 and no man shall buy you4    
,,ii  ,a ,,discourse ,,on  ,,immortality
 ,,and ,,the ,,covenant ,,with ,,death  
,court not death in the error of your   
life2 ,neither draw upon yourselves     
destruction by the works of your hands4 
,because ,god made not death3 neither   
delighteth he when the living perish4   
,for he created all things that they    
might have being2 and the generative    
powers of the world are healthsome1 and 
there is no poison of destruction in    
them1 nor hath ,hades royal dominion    
upon earth3 for righteousness is        

immortal4 ,but ungodly men by their     
hands and their words called death unto 
them2 deeming him a friend they consumed
 away1 and they made a covenant with him
 because they are worthy to be of his   
portion4  ,for they said within         
themselves1 reasoning not aright3 ,short
 and sorrowful is our life2 and there is
 no healing when a man cometh to his    
end1 and none was ever known that gave  
release from ,hades4 ,because by mere   
chance were we born1 and hereafter we   
shall be as though we had never been2   
because the breath in our nostrils is   
smoke1 and while our heart beateth      
reason is a spark1 which being          
extinguished1 the body shall be turned  
into ashes1 and the spirit shall be     
dispersed as thin air4 ,and our name    
shall be forgotten in time1 and no man  
shall remember our works2 and our life  
shall pass away as the traces of a      
cloud1 and shall be scattered as is a   
mist1 when it is chased by the beams of 
the sun1 and overcome by the heat       

thereof4 ,for our allotted time is the  
passing of a shadow1 and our end        
retreateth not2 because it is fast      
sealed1 and none turneth it back4 ,come 
therefore and let us enjoy the good     
things that now are2 and let us use the 
creation with all our soul as youth's   
possession4 ,let us fill ourselves with 
costly wine and perfumes1 and let no    
flower of spring pass us by2 let us     
crown ourselves with rosebuds before    
they be withered2 let none of us go     
without his share in our proud revelry2 
everywhere let us leave tokens of our   
mirth3 because this is our portion1 and 
our lot is this4 ,let us oppress the    
righteous poor3 let us not spare the    
widow1 nor reverence the hairs of the   
old man gray for length of years1 but   
let our strength be to us a law of      
righteousness2 for that which is weak is
 found to be of no service4 ,but let us 
lie in wait for the righteous man1      
because he is of disservice to us1 and  
is contrary to our works1 and upbraideth

 us with sins against the law1 and      
layeth to our charge sins against our   
discipline4 ,he professeth to have      
knowledge of ,god1 and nameth himself   
servant of the ,lord4 ,he became to us a
 reproof of our thoughts4 ,he is        
grievous unto us even to behold1 because
 his life is unlike other men's1 and his
 paths are of strange fashion4 ,we were 
accounted of him as base metal1 and he  
abstaineth from our ways as from        
uncleannesses4 ,the latter end of the   
righteous he calleth happy2 and he      
vaunteth that ,god is his father4 ,let  
us see if his words be true1 and let us 
try what shall befall in the ending of  
his life3 for if the righteous man is   
,god's son1 he will uphold him1 and he  
will deliver him out of the hand of his 
adversaries4 ,with outrage and torture  
let us put him to the test1 that we may 
learn his gentleness1 and may prove his 
patience under wrong4 ,let us condemn   
him to a shameful death2 for he shall be
 visited according to his words4  ,thus 

reasoned they1 and they were led astray4
 ,for their wickedness blinded them2 and
 they knew not the mysteries of ,god1   
neither hoped they for wages of         
holiness1 nor did they judge that there 
is a prize for blameless souls4 ,because
 ,god created man for incorruption1 and 
made him an image of his own proper     
being2 but by the envy of the devil     
death entered into the world1 and they  
that are of his portion make trial      
thereof4  ,but the souls of the         
righteous are in the hand of ,god1 and  
no torment shall touch them4 ,in the    
eyes of the foolish they seemed to have 
died2 and their departure was accounted 
to be their hurt1 and their journeying  
away from us to be their ruin3 but they 
are in peace4 ,for even if in the sight 
of men they be punished1 their hope is  
full of immortality2 and having borne a 
little chastening1 they shall receive   
great good4 ,because ,god made trial of 
them1 and found them worthy of himself2 
as gold in the furnace he proved them1  

and as a whole burnt offering he        
accepted them4 ,and in the time of their
 visitation they shall shine forth1 and 
as sparks among stubble they shall run  
to and fro4 ,they shall judge nations1  
and have dominion over peoples2 and the 
,lord shall reign over them for         
evermore4 ,they that trust on him shall 
understand truth1 and the faithful shall
 abide with him in love3 because grace  
and mercy are to his chosen4  ,but the  
ungodly shall be requited even as they  
reasoned1 they which lightly regarded   
the righteous man1 and revolted from the
 ,lord3 for he that setteth at nought   
wisdom and discipline is miserable4 ,and
 void is their hope and their toils     
unprofitable1 and useless are their     
works4 ,their wives are foolish1 and    
wicked are their children2 accursed is  
their begetting4#c ,for good labours    
have fruit of great renown2 and the root
 of understanding cannot fail4 ,but     
children of adulterers shall not come to
 maturity1 and the seed of an unlawful  

bed shall vanish away4 ,for if they live
 long they shall be held in no account1 
and at the last their old age shall be  
without honour2 and if they die quickly 
they shall have no hope1 nor in the day 
of decision shall they have consolation4
 ,for the end of an unrighteous         
generation is alway grievous4 ,better   
than this is childlessness with virtue4 
,for in the memory of virtue is         
immortality1 because it is recognised   
both before ,god and before men2 when it
 is present men imitate it1 and they    
long after it when it is departed2 and  
throughout all time it marcheth crowned 
in triumph1 victorious in the strife for
 the prizes that are undefiled4 ,but the
 multiplying brood of the ungodly shall 
be of no profit1 and with bastard slips 
they shall not strike deep root1 nor    
shall they establish a sure hold4 ,for  
even if these put forth boughs and      
flourish for a season1 yet1 standing    
unsure1 they shall be shaken by the     
wind1 and by the violence of winds they 

shall be rooted out4 ,their branches    
shall be broken off before they come to 
maturity2 and their fruit shall be      
useless1 never ripe to eat1 and fit for 
nothing4 ,for children unlawfully       
begotten are witnesses of wickedness    
against parents when ,god searcheth them
 out4  ,footnote #c3 ,because happy is  
the barren that is indefiled1 she who   
hath not conceived in transgression2 she
 shall have fruit when ,god visiteth    
souls4 ,and happy is the eunuch which   
hath wrought no lawless deed with his   
hands1 nor imagined wicked things       
against the ,lord2 for there shall be   
given him for his faithfulness a        
peculiar favour1 and a lot in the       
sanctuary of the ,lord more delightsome 
than wife or children4  ,but a righteous
 man1 though he die before his time1    
shall be at rest4 ,for honourable old   
age is not that which standeth in length
 of time1 nor is its measure given by   
number of years3 but understanding is   
gray hairs unto men1 and an unspotted   

life is ripe old age4 ,being found well 
pleasing unto ,god he was beloved of    
him1 and while living among sinners he  
was translated4 ,he was caught away lest
 wickedness should change his           
understanding1 or guile deceive his     
soul2 for the bewitching of naughtiness 
bedimmeth the things which are good1 and
 the giddy whirl of desire perverteth an
 innocent mind4 ,being made perfect in a
 little while he fulfilled long years3  
for his soul was pleasing unto the      
,lord2 therefore hasted he out of the   
midst of wickedness4  ,but as for the   
peoples1 seeing and understanding not1  
neither laying this to heart1 that grace
 and mercy are with his chosen1 and that
 he visiteth his holy ones3#d they shall
 see1 and they shall despise2 but them  
the ,lord shall laugh to scorn4 ,and    
after this they shall become a          
dishonoured carcase1 and a reproach     
among the dead for ever4 ,because he    
shall dash them speechless to the       
ground1 and shall shake them from the   

foundations1 and they shall lie utterly 
waste1 and they shall be in anguish1 and
 their memory shall perish4 ,they shall 
come1 when their sins are reckoned up1  
with coward fear2 and their lawless     
deeds shall convict them to their face4 
,then shall the righteous man stand in  
great boldness before the face of them  
that afflicted him1 and them that make  
his labours of no account4 ,when they   
see it1 they shall be troubled with     
terrible fear1 and shall be amazed at   
the marvel of ,god's salvation4         
,footnote #d3 ,but a righteous man that 
is dead shall condemn the ungodly that  
are living1 and youth that is quickly   
perfected the many years of an          
unrighteous man's old age2 for the      
ungodly shall see a wise man's end1 and 
shall not understand what the ,lord     
purposed concerning him1 and for what he
 safely kept him4  ,they shall say      
within themselves1 repenting1 and for   
distress of spirit shall they groan3    
,this was he whom aforetime we had in   

derision1 and made a parable of         
reproach2 we fools accounted his life   
madness and his end without honour4 ,how
 was he numbered among sons of ,god8 and
 how is his lot among saints8 ,verily we
 went astray from the way of truth2 and 
the light of righteousness shined not   
for us1 and the sun rose not for us4 ,we
 took our fill of the paths of          
lawlessness and destruction1 and we     
journeyed through trackless deserts2 but
 the way of the ,lord we knew not4 ,what
 did our arrogancy profit us8 and what  
good have riches and vaunting brought   
us8 ,those things all passed away as a  
shadow1 and as a message that runneth   
by2 as a ship passing through the       
billowy water1 whereof1 when it is gone 
by1 there is no trace to be found1      
neither pathway of its keel in the      
billows2 or as when a bird flieth       
through the air1 no token of her passage
 is found1 but the lightwind1 lashed    
with the stroke of her pinions1 and rent
 asunder with the violent rush of the   

moving wings1 is passed through1 and    
afterwards no sign of her coming is     
found therein2 or as when an arrow is   
shot at a mark1 the air disparted       
closeth up again immediately1 so that   
men know not where it passed through3 so
 we also1 as soon as we were born1      
ceased to be2 and of virtue we had no   
sign to shew1 but in our wickedness we  
were utterly consumed4  ,because the    
hope of the ungodly man is as chaff     
carried by the wind1 and as foam        
vanishing before a tempest2 and is      
scattered as smoke is scattered by the  
wind2 and passeth by as the remembrance 
of a guest that tarrieth but a day4 ,but
 the righteous live for ever1 and in the
 ,lord is their reward1 and the care for
 them with the ,most ,high4 ,therefore  
shall they receive the crown of royal   
dignity and the diadem of beauty from   
the ,lord's hand2 because with his right
 hand shall he cover them1 and with his 
arm shall he shield them4 ,he shall take
 his jealousy as complete armour1 and   

shall make the whole creation his       
weapons for vengeance on his enemies2 he
 shall put on righteousness as a        
breastplate1 and shall array himself    
with judgement unfeigned as with a      
helmet3 he shall take holiness as an    
invincible shield1 and he shall sharpen 
stern wrath for a sword4 ,and the world 
shall go forth with him to fight against
 his insensate foes4 ,shafts of         
lightning shall fly with true aim1 and  
from the clouds1 as from a well-drawn   
bow1 shall they leap to the mark2 and as
 from an engine of war shall be hurled  
hailstones full of wrath2 the water of  
the sea shall be angered against them1  
and rivers shall sternly overwhelm them2
 a mighty blast shall encounter them1   
and as a tempest shall it winnow them   
away4 ,and so shall lawlessness make all
 the land desolate1 and their evil-doing
 shall overturn the thrones of princes4 
,hear therefore1 ye kings1 and          
understand2 learn1 ye judges of the ends
 of the earth2 give ear1 ye that have   

dominion over much people1 and make your
 boast in multitudes of nations4        
,because your dominion was given you    
from the ,lord1 and your sovereignty    
from the ,most ,high1 who shall search  
out your works1 and shall make          
inquisition of your counsels2 because   
being officers of his kingdom ye did not
 judge aright1 neither kept ye law1 nor 
walked after the counsel of ,god4       
,awfully and swiftly shall he come upon 
you1 because a stern judgement befalleth
 them that be in high place3 for the man
 of low estate may be pardoned in mercy1
 but mighty men shall be searched out   
mightily4 ,for the ,sovereign ,lord of  
all will not refrain himself for any    
man's person1 neither will he reverence 
greatness1 because it is he that made   
both small and great4 ,and alike he     
taketh thought for all2 but strict is   
the scrutiny that cometh upon the       
powerful4 ,unto you1 therefore1 ,o      
princes1 are my words1 that ye may learn
 wisdom and fall not from the right way4

 ,for they that have kept holily the    
things that are holy shall themselves be
 hallowed2 and they that have been      
taught them shall find what to answer4  
,set your desire therefore on my words2 
long for them1 and ye shall be trained  
by their discipline4     ,,iii          
,,isaiah',s ,,discourse  ,,the ,,great  
,,arraignment   ,hear1 ,o heavens1 and  
give ear1 ,o earth1 for the ,,lord hath 
spoken3 ,i have nourished and brought up
 children1 and they have rebelled       
against me4  ,the ox knoweth his owner1 
and the ass his master's crib3 but      
,israel doth not know1 my people doth   
not consider4 ,ah sinful nation1 a      
people laden with iniquity1 a seed of   
evil-doers1 children that deal          
corruptly3 they have forsaken the       
,,lord1 they have despised the ,holy    
,one of ,israel1 they are estranged and 
gone backward4 ,why will ye be still    
stricken1 that ye revolt more and more8 
,the whole head is sick1 and the whole  
heart faint4 ,from the sole of the foot 

even unto the head there is no soundness
 in it2 but wounds1 and bruises1 and    
festering sores3 they have not been     
closed1 neither bound up1 neither       
mollified with oil4 ,your country is    
desolate2 your cities are burned with   
fire2 your land1 strangers devour it in 
your presence1 and it is desolate1 as   
overthrown by strangers4 ,and the       
daughter of ,zion is left as a booth in 
a vineyard1 as a lodge in a garden of   
cucumbers1 as a besieged city4 ,except  
the ,,lord of hosts had left unto us a  
very small remnant1 we should have been 
as ,sodom1 we should have been like unto
 ,gomorrah4  ,hear the word of the      
,,lord1 ye rulers of ,sodom2 give ear   
unto the law of our ,god1 ye people of  
,gomorrah4 ,to what purpose is the      
multitude of your sacrifices unto me8   
saith the ,,lord3 ,i am full of the     
burnt offerings of rams1 and the fat of 
fed beasts2 and ,i delight not in the   
blood of bullocks1 or of lambs1 or of   
he-goats4 ,when ye come to appear before

 me1 who hath required this at your     
hand1 to trample my courts8 ,bring no   
more vain oblations2 incense is an      
abomination unto me2 new moon and       
sabbath1 the calling of assemblies1--,i 
cannot away with iniquity and the solemn
 meeting4 ,your new moons and your      
appointed feasts my soul hateth3 they   
are a trouble unto me2 ,i am weary to   
bear them4 ,and when ye spread forth    
your hands1 ,i will hide mine eyes from 
you3 yea1 when ye make many prayers1 ,i 
will not hear3 your hands are full of   
blood4  ,wash you1 make you clean2 put  
away the evil of your doings from before
 mine eyes2 cease to do evil3 learn to  
do well2 seek judgement1 relieve the    
oppressed1 judge the fatherless1 plead  
for the widow4 ,come now1 and let us    
reason together1 saith the ,,lord3      
though your sins be as scarlet1 they    
shall be as white as snow2 though they  
be red like crimson1 they shall be as   
wool4 ,if ye be willing and obedient1 ye
 shall eat the good of the land3 but if 

ye refuse and rebel1 ye shall be        
devoured with the sword3 for the mouth  
of the ,,lord hath spoken it4  ,how is  
the faithful city become an harlot6 she 
that was full of judgement6             
righteousness lodged in her1 but now    
murderers4 ,thy silver is become dross1 
thy wine mixed with water4 ,thy princes 
are rebellious1 and companions of       
thieves2 every one loveth gifts1 and    
followeth after rewards3 they judge not 
the fatherless1 neither doth the cause  
of the widow come unto them4 ,therefore 
saith the ,lord1 the ,,lord of hosts1   
the ,mighty ,one of ,israel1 ,ah1 ,i    
will ease me of mine adversaries1 and   
avenge me of mine enemies3 and ,i will  
turn my hand upon thee1 and throughly   
purge away thy dross1 and will take away
 all thy alloy3 and ,i will restore thy 
judges as at the first1 and thy         
counsellors as at the beginning3        
afterward thou shalt be called ,the city
 of righteousness1 the faithful city4   
,zion shall be redeemed with judgement1 

and her converts with righteousness4    
,but the destruction of the             
transgressors and the sinners shall be  
together1 and they that forsake the     
,,lord shall be consumed4 ,for they     
shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye   
have desired1 and ye shall be confounded
 for the gardens that ye have chosen4   
,for ye shall be as an oak whose leaf   
fadeth1 and as a garden that hath no    
water4 ,and the strong shall be as tow1 
and his work as a spark2 and they shall 
both burn together1 and none shall      
quench them4     ,,iv  ,,isaiah',s      
,,discourse  ,,the ,,covenant ,,with    
,,death   ,woe to the crown of pride of 
the drunkards of ,ephraim1 and to the   
fading flower of his glorious beauty1   
which is on the head of the fat valley  
of them that are overcome with wine6    
,behold1 the ,lord hath a mighty and    
strong one2 as a tempest of hail1 a     
destroying storm1 as a tempest of mighty
 waters overflowing1 shall he cast down 
to the earth with the hand4 ,the crown  

of pride of the drunkards of ,ephraim   
shall be trodden under foot3 and the    
fading flower of his glorious beauty1   
which is on the head of the fat valley1 
shall be as the firstripe fig before the
 summer2 which when he that looketh upon
 it seeth1 while it is yet in his hand  
he eateth it up4  ,in that day shall the
 ,,lord of hosts be for a crown of      
glory1 and for a diadem of beauty1 unto 
the residue of his people3 and for a    
spirit of judgement to him that sitteth 
in judgement1 and for strength to them  
that turn back the battle at the gate4  
,but these also have erred through wine1
 and through strong drink are gone      
astray2 the priest and the prophet have 
erred through strong drink1 they are    
swallowed up of wine1 they are gone     
astray through strong drink2 they err in
 vision1 they stumble in judgement4 ,for
 all tables are full of vomit and       
filthiness1 so that there is no place   
clean4--',whom will he teach knowledge8 
and whom will he make to understand the 

message8 them that are weaned from the  
milk1 and drawn from the breasts8 ,for  
it is precept upon precept1 precept upon
 precept2 line upon line1 line upon     
line2 here a little1 there a            
little4'--,nay1 but by men of strange   
lips and with another tongue will he    
speak to this people3 to whom he said1  
,this is the rest1 give ye rest to him  
that is weary2 and this is the          
refreshing3 yet they would not hear4    
,therefore shall the word of the ,,lord 
be unto them precept upon precept1      
precept upon precept2 line upon line1   
line upon line2 here a little1 there a  
little2 that they may go1 and fall      
backward1 and be broken1 and snared1 and
 taken4 ,wherefore hear the word of the 
,,lord1 ye scornful men1 that rule this 
people which is in ,jerusalem3 ,because 
ye have said1 ,we have made a covenant  
with death1 and with hell are we at     
agreement2 when the overflowing scourge 
shall pass through1 it shall not come   
unto us2 for we have made lies our      

refuge1 and under falsehood have we hid 
ourselves3 therefore thus saith the     
,,lord ,god1 ,behold1 ,i lay in ,zion   
for a foundation a stone1 a tried stone1
 a precious corner stone of sure        
foundation3 he that believeth shall not 
make haste4 ,and ,i will make judgement 
the line1 and righteousness the plummet3
 and the hail shall sweep away the      
refuge of lies1 and the waters shall    
overflow the hiding place4 ,and your    
covenant with death shall be            
disannulled1 and your agreement with    
hell shall not stand2 when the          
overflowing scourge shall pass through1 
then ye shall be trodden down by it4 ,as
 often as it passeth through1 it shall  
take you2 for morning by morning shall  
it pass through1 by day and by night3   
and it shall be nought but terror to    
understand the message4 ,for the bed is 
shorter than that a man can stretch     
himself on it2 and the covering narrower
 than that he can wrap himself in it4   
,for the ,,lord shall rise up as in     

mount ,perazim1 he shall be wroth as in 
the valley of ,gibeon2 that he may do   
his work1 his strange work1 and bring to
 pass his act1 his strange act4 ,now    
therefore be ye not scorners1 lest your 
bands be made strong3 for a             
consummation1 and that determined1 have 
,i heard from the ,lord1 the ,,lord of  
hosts1 upon the whole earth4  ,give ye  
ear1 and hear my voice2 hearken1 and    
hear my speech4 ,doth the plowman plow  
continually to sow8 doth he continually 
open and break the clods of his ground8 
,when he hath made plain the face       
thereof1 doth he not cast abroad the    
fitches1 and scatter the cummin1 and put
 in the wheat in rows and the barley in 
the appointed place and the spelt in the
 border thereof8 ,for his ,god doth     
instruct him aright1 and doth teach him4
 ,for the fitches are not threshed with 
a sharp threshing instrument1 neither is
 a cart wheel turned about upon the     
cummin2 but the fitches are beaten out  
with a staff1 and the cummin with a rod4

 ,is bread corn crushed8 ,nay1 he will  
not ever be threshing it1 and driving   
his cart wheels and his horses over it2 
he doth not crush it4 ,this also cometh 
forth from the ,,lord of hosts1 which is
 wonderful in counsel1 and excellent in 
wisdom4     ,v  ,,isaiah',s ,,discourse 
,,the ,,utter ,,destruction ,,and ,,the 
,,great ,,restoration   #a  ,come near1 
ye nations1 to hear2 and hearken1 ye    
peoples3 let the earth hear1 and the    
fulness thereof2 the world1 and all     
things that come forth of it4 ,for the  
,,lord hath indignation against all the 
nations1 and fury against all their     
host3 he hath utterly destroyed them1 he
 hath delivered them to the slaughter4  
,their slain also shall be cast out1 and
 the stink of their carcases shall come 
up1 and the mountains shall be melted   
with their blood4 ,and all the host of  
heaven shall be dissolved1 and the      
heavens shall be rolled together as a   
scroll3 and all their host shall fade   
away1 as the leaf fadeth from off the   

vine1 and as a fading leaf from the fig 
tree4 ,for my sword hath drunk its fill 
in heaven3 behold1 it shall come down   
upon ,edom1 and upon the people of my   
curse1 to judgement4 ,the sword of the  
,,lord is filled with blood1 it is made 
fat with fatness1 with the blood of     
lambs and goats1 with the fat of the    
kidneys of rams3 for the ,,lord hath a  
sacrifice in ,bozrah1 and a great       
slaughter in the land of ,edom4 ,and the
 wild-oxen shall come down with them1   
and the bullocks with the bulls2 and    
their land shall be drunken with blood1 
and their dust made fat with fatness4   
,for it is the day of the ,,lord',s     
vengeance1 the year of recompence in the
 controversy of ,zion4 ,and the streams 
thereof shall be turned into pitch1 and 
the dust thereof into brimstone1 and the
 land thereof shall become burning      
pitch4 ,it shall not be quenched night  
nor day2 the smoke thereof shall go up  
for ever3 from generation to generation 
it shall lie waste2 none shall pass     

through it for ever and ever4 ,but the  
pelican and the porcupine shall possess 
it2 and the owl and the raven shall     
dwell therein3 and he shall stretch over
 it the line of confusion1 and the      
plummet of emptiness4 ,they shall call  
the nobles thereof to the kingdom1 but  
none shall be there2 and all her princes
 shall be nothing4 ,and thorns shall    
come up in her palaces1 nettles and     
thistles in the fortresses thereof3 and 
it shall be an habitation of jackals1 a 
court for ostriches4 ,and the wild      
beasts of the desert shall meet with the
 wolves1 and the satyr shall cry to his 
fellow2 yea1 the night-monster shall    
settle there1 and shall find her a place
 of rest4 ,there shall the arrowsnake   
make her nest1 and lay1 and hatch1 and  
gather under her shadow3 yea1 there     
shall the kites be gathered1 every one  
with her mate4    ,seek ye out of the   
book of the ,,lord1 and read3       ,no 
one of these shall be missing1          
,none shall want her mate3   ,for my    

mouth it hath commanded1       ,and his 
spirit it hath gathered them4  ,and he  
hath cast the lot for them1 and his hand
 hath divided it unto them by line3 they
 shall possess it for ever1 from        
generation to generation shall they     
dwell therein4  #b  ,the wilderness and 
the solitary place shall be glad2 and   
the desert shall rejoice1 and blossom as
 the rose4 ,it shall blossom abundantly1
 and rejoice even with joy and singing2 
the glory of ,lebanon shall be given    
unto it1 the excellency of ,carmel and  
,sharon3 they shall see the glory of the
 ,,lord1 the excellency of our ,god4    
,strengthen ye the weak hands1          
,and confirm the feeble knees2   ,say to
 them that are of a fearful heart1 ,be  
strong1 fear not3       ,behold1 your   
,god will come with vengeance1   ,with  
the recompence of ,god he will come and 
save you4  ,then the eyes of the blind  
shall be opened1 and the ears of the    
deaf shall be unstopped4 ,then shall the
 lame man leap as an hart1 and the      

tongue of the dumb shall sing3 for in   
the wilderness shall waters break out1  
and streams in the desert4 ,and the     
glowing sand shall become a pool1 and   
the thirsty ground springs of water3 in 
the habitation of jackals1 where they   
lay1 shall be grass with reeds and      
rushes4 ,and an highway shall be there1 
and a way1 and it shall be called ,the  
way of holiness2 the unclean shall not  
pass over it2 but it shall be for those3
 the wayfaring men1 yea fools1 shall not
 err therein4 ,no lion shall be there1  
nor shall any ravenous beast go up      
thereon1 they shall not be found there2 
but the redeemed shall walk there3 and  
the ransomed of the ,,lord shall return1
 and come with singing unto ,zion2 and  
everlasting joy shall be upon their     
heads3 they shall obtain gladness and   
joy1 and sorrow and sighing shall flee  
away4     ,,vi  ,,ezekiel',s ,,discourse
  ,,the ,,sword ,,of ,,the ,,lord   #a  
,and the word of the ,,lord came unto   
me1 saying1 ,son of man1 set thy face   

toward ,jerusalem1 and drop thy word    
toward the sanctuaries1 and prophesy    
against the land of ,israel2 and say to 
the land of ,israel1 ,thus saith the    
,,lord3 ,behold1 ,i am against thee1 and
 will draw forth my ,,sword out of its  
sheath1 and will cut off from thee the  
righteous and the wicked4 ,seeing then  
that ,i will cut off from thee the      
righteous and the wicked1 therefore     
shall my sword go forth out of its      
sheath against all flesh from the south 
to the north3 and all flesh shall know  
that ,i the ,,lord have drawn forth my  
sword out of its sheath2 it shall not   
return any more4 ,sigh therefore1 thou  
son of man2 with the breaking of thy    
loins and with bitterness shalt thou    
sigh before their eyes4 ,and it shall   
be1 when they say unto thee1 ,wherefore 
sighest thou8 that thou shalt say1      
,because of the tidings1 for it cometh3 
and every heart shall melt1 and all     
hands shall be feeble1 and every spirit 
shall faint1 and all knees shall be weak

 as water3 behold1 it cometh1 and it    
shall be done1 saith the ,lord ,,god4   
#b  ,and the word of the ,,lord came    
unto me1 saying1 ,son of man1 prophesy1 
and say1 ,thus saith the ,,lord3 ,say1  
,a sword1       ,a sword1   ,it is      
sharpened1       ,and also furbished3   
,it is sharpened that it may make a     
slaughter2       ,it is furbished that  
it may be as lightning6  ',shall we then
 make mirth8 ,the ,rod of my son1 it    
contemneth every tree4'    ,and it is   
given to be furbished     ,that it may  
be handled3   ,the sword1 it is         
sharpened1 yea it is furbished1     ,to 
give it into the hand of the slayer4    
,cry and howl1 son of man3 for it is    
upon my people1 it is upon all the      
princes of ,israel3 they are delivered  
over to the sword with my people3 smite 
therefore upon thy thigh4 ,for there is 
a trial2 and what if even the ,rod that 
contemneth shall be no more8 saith the  
,lord ,,god4 ,thou therefore1 son of    
man1 prophesy1 and smite thine hands    

together4    ,and let the sword be      
doubled the third time2     ,the sword  
of the deadly wounded3     ,it is the   
sword of the great one that is deadly   
wounded   ,which compasseth them about4 
,i have set the point of the sword      
against all their gates1     ,that their
 heart may melt1     ,and their         
stumblings be multiplied3   ,ah6 it is  
made as lightning6   ,it is pointed for 
slaughter--     ,gather thee together1  
go to the right2     ,set thyself in    
array1 go to the left--   ,whithersoever
 thy face is set4  ,i will also smite   
mine hands together1 and ,i will satisfy
 my fury3 ,i the ,,lord have spoken it4 
#c  ,the word of the ,,lord came unto me
 again1 saying1 ,also1 thou son of man1 
appoint thee two ways that the sword of 
the king of ,babylon may come2 they     
twain shall come forth out of one land3 
and mark out a place1 mark it out at the
 head of the way to the city4 ,thou     
shall appoint a way1 for the sword to   
come to ,rabbah of the children of      

,ammon1 and to ,judah in ,jerusalem the 
defenced4 ,for the king of ,babylon     
stood at the parting of the way1 at the 
head of the two ways1 to use divination3
 he shook the arrows to and fro1 he     
consulted the teraphim1 he looked in the
 liver4 ,in his right hand was the      
divination for ,jerusalem1 to set       
battering rams1 to open the mouth in the
 slaughter1 to lift up the voice with   
shouting1 to set battering rams against 
the gates1 to cast up mounts1 to build  
forts4 ,and it shall be unto them as a  
vain divination in their sight1 which   
have sworn oaths unto them3 but he      
bringeth iniquity to remembrance1 that  
they may be taken4 ,therefore thus saith
 the ,lord ,,god3 ,because ye have made 
your iniquity to be remembered1 in that 
your transgressions are discovered1 so  
that in all your doings your sins do    
appear2 because that ye are come to     
remembrance1 ye shall be taken with the 
hand4 ,and thou1 ,o deadly wounded      
wicked one1 the prince of ,israel1 whose

 day is come1 in the time of the        
iniquity of the end2 thus saith the     
,lord ,,god3 ,remove the mitre1 and take
 off the crown3 this shall be no more   
the same3 exalt that which is low1 and  
abase that which is high4 ,i will       
overturn1 overturn1 overturn it3 this   
also shall be no more1 until he come    
whose right it is2 and ,i will give it  
him4  #d  ,and thou1 son of man1        
prophesy1 and say1 ,thus saith the ,lord
 ,,god concerning the children of       
,ammon1 and concerning their reproach2  
and say thou3    ',a sword1 a sword is  
drawn1     ,for the slaughter it is     
furbished3   ,to cause it to devour1    
,that it may be as lightning3'  whiles  
they see vanity unto thee1 whiles they  
divine lies unto thee1 to lay thee upon 
the necks of the wicked that are deadly 
wounded1 whose day is come1 in the time 
of the punishment of the end4 7,cause it
 to return into its sheath47 ,in the    
place where thou wast created1 in the   
land of thy birth1 will ,i judge thee4  

,and ,i will pour out mine indignation  
upon thee2 ,i will blow upon thee with  
the fire of my wrath3 and ,i will       
deliver thee into the hand of brutish   
men1 skilful to destroy4 ,thou shalt be 
for fuel to the fire2 thy blood shall be
 in the midst of the land2 thou shalt be
 no more remembered3 for ,i the ,,lord  
have spoken it4     ,,vii  ,,ezekiel',s 
,,discourse  ,,wreck ,,of ,,the ,,goodly
 ,,ship ,,tyre   ,the word of the ,,lord
 came again unto me1 saying1 ,and thou1 
son of man1 take up a lamentation for   
,tyre2 and say unto ,tyre1 ,o thou that 
dwellest at the entry of the sea1 which 
art the merchant of the peoples unto    
many isles3 thus saith the ,lord ,,god3 
,thou1 ,o ,tyre1 hast said1 ,i am       
perfect in beauty4 ,thy borders are in  
the heart of the seas1 thy builders have
 perfected thy beauty4 ,they have made  
all thy planks of fir trees from ,senir3
 they have taken cedars from ,lebanon to
 make a mast for thee4 ,of the oaks of  
,bashan have they made thine oars2 they 

have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in
 boxwood1 from the isles of ,kittim4 ,of
 fine linen with broidered work from    
,egypt was thy sail1 that it might be to
 thee for an ensign2 blue and purple    
from the isles of ,elishah was thine    
awning4 ,the inhabitants of ,zidon and  
,arvad were thy rowers3 thy wise men1 ,o
 ,tyre1 were in thee1 they were thy     
pilots4 ,the ancients of ,gebal and the 
wise men thereof were in thee thy       
calkers3 all the ships of the sea with  
their mariners were in thee to occupy   
thy merchandise4 ,persia and ,lud and   
,put were in thine army1 thy men of war3
 they hanged the shield and helmet in   
thee2 they set forth thy comeliness4    
,the men of ,arvad with thine army were 
upon thy walls round about1 and the     
,gammadim were in thy towers3 they      
hanged their shields upon thy walls     
round about2 they have perfected thy    
beauty4 ,tarshish was thy merchant by   
reason of the multitude of all kinds of 
riches2 with silver1 iron1 tin1 and     

lead1 they traded for thy wares4 ,javan1
 ,tubal1 and ,meshech1 they were thy    
traffickers3 they traded the persons of 
men and vessels of brass for thy        
merchandise4 ,they of the house of      
,togarmah traded for thy wares with     
horses and war-horses and mules4 ,the   
men of ,dedan were thy traffickers3 many
 isles were the mart of thine hand3 they
 brought thee in exchange horns of ivory
 and ebony4 ,syria was thy merchant by  
reason of the multitude of thy          
handyworks3 they traded for thy wares   
with emeralds1 purple1 and broidered    
work1 and fine linen1 and coral1 and    
rubies4 ,judah1 and the land of ,israel1
 they were thy traffickers3 they traded 
for thy merchandise wheat of ,minnith1  
and pannag1 and honey1 and oil1 and     
balm4 ,damascus was thy merchant for the
 multitude of thy handyworks1 by reason 
of the multitude of all kinds of riches2
 with the wine of ,helbon1 and white    
wool4 ,vedan and ,javan traded with yarn
 for thy wares3 bright iron1 cassia1 and

 calamus1 were among thy merchandise4   
,dedan was thy trafficker in precious   
cloths for riding4 ,arabia1 and all the 
princes of ,kedar1 they were the        
merchants of thy hand2 in lambs1 and    
rams1 and goats1 in these were they thy 
merchants4 ,the traffickers of ,sheba   
and ,raamah1 they were thy traffickers3 
they traded for thy wares with chief of 
all spices1 and with all precious       
stones1 and gold4 ,haran and ,canneh and
 ,eden1 the traffickers of ,sheba1      
,asshur and ,chilmad1 were thy          
traffickers4 ,these were thy traffickers
 in choice wares1 in wrappings of blue  
and broidered work1 and in chests of    
rich apparel1 bound with cords and made 
of cedar1 among thy merchandise4 ,the   
ships of ,tarshish were thy caravans for
 thy merchandise3 and thou wast         
replenished1 and made very glorious in  
the heart of the seas4  ,thy rowers have
 brought thee into great waters3 the    
east wind hath broken thee in the heart 
of the seas4 ,thy riches1 and thy wares1

 thy merchandise1 thy mariners1 and thy 
pilots1 thy calkers1 and the occupiers  
of thy merchandise1 and all thy men of  
war1 that are in thee1 with all thy     
company which is in the midst of thee1  
shall fall into the heart of the seas in
 the day of thy ruin4 ,at the sound of  
the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall 
shake4 ,and all that handle the oar1 the
 mariners1 and all the pilots of the    
sea1 shall come down from their ships1  
they shall stand upon the land1 and     
shall cause their voice to be heard over
 thee1 and shall cry bitterly1 and shall
 cast up dust upon their heads1 they    
shall wallow themselves in the ashes3   
and they shall make themselves bald for 
thee1 and gird them with sackcloth1 and 
they shall weep for thee in bitterness  
of soul with bitter mourning4 ,and in   
their wailing they shall take up a      
lamentation for thee1 and lament over   
thee1 saying1 ',who is there like ,tyre1
 like her that is brought to silence in 
the midst of the sea8' ,when thy wares  

went forth out of the seas1 thou        
filledst many peoples2 thou didst enrich
 the kings of the earth with the        
multitude of thy riches and of thy      
merchandise4 ,in the time that thou wast
 broken by the seas in the depths of the
 waters1 thy merchandise and all thy    
company did fall in the midst of thee4  
,all the inhabitants of the isles are   
astonished at thee1 and their kings are 
horribly afraid1 they are troubled in   
their countenance4 ,the merchants among 
the peoples hiss at thee2 thou art      
become a terror1 and thou shalt never be
 any more4     ,,viii  ,,prophetic      
,,sentences   ,thus saith the ,,lord3   
,let not the wise man glory in his      
wisdom1 neither let the mighty man glory
 in his might1 let not the rich man     
glory in his riches3 but let him that   
glorieth glory in this1 that he         
understandeth1 and knoweth me1 that ,i  
am the ,,lord which exercise            
lovingkindness1 judgement1 and          
righteousness1 in the earth3 for in     

these things ,i delight1 saith the      
,,lord4                                 
99 99                                   
99  ,there is none like unto thee1 ,o   
,,lord2 thou art great1 and thy name is 
great in might4 ,who would not fear     
thee1 ,o ,king of the nations8 for to   
thee doth it appertain3 forasmuch as    
among all the wise men of the nations1  
and in all their royal estate1 there is 
none like unto thee1 but they are       
together brutish and foolish4           
99 99                                   
99  ,thus saith the ,,lord3 ,cursed is  
the man that trusteth in man1 and maketh
 flesh his arm1 and whose heart         
departeth from the ,,lord4 ,for he shall
 be like the heath in the desert1 and   
shall not see when good cometh2 but     
shall inhabit the parched places in the 
wilderness1 a salt land and not         
inhabited4  ,blessed is the man that    
trusteth in the ,,lord1 and whose hope  
the ,,lord is4 ,for he shall be as a    
tree planted by the waters1 and that    

spreadeth out his roots by the river1   
and shall not fear when heat cometh1 but
 his leaf shall be green2 and shall not 
be careful in the year of drought1      
neither shall cease from yielding fruit4
                                   99 99
                                   99   
,the ,new ,covenant  ,behold1 the days  
come1 saith the ,,lord1 that ,i will    
make a new covenant with the house of   
,israel1 and with the house of ,judah3  
not according to the covenant that ,i   
made with their fathers in the day that 
,i took them by the hand to bring them  
out of the land of ,egypt2 which my     
covenant they brake1 although ,i was an 
husband unto them1 saith the ,,lord4    
,but this is the covenant that ,i will  
make with the house of ,israel after    
those days1 saith the ,,lord2 ,i will   
put my law in their inward parts1 and in
 their heart will ,i write it2 and ,i   
will be their ,god1 and they shall be my
 people3 and they shall teach no more   
every man his neighbour1 and every man  

his brother1 saying1 ,know the ,,lord3  
for they shall all know me1 from the    
least of them unto the greatest of them1
 saith the ,,lord3 for ,i will forgive  
their iniquity1 and their sin will ,i   
remember no more4      ,,wisdom         
,,wisdom ,,brevities     ,the liberal   
soul shall be made fat3   ,and he that  
watereth shall be watered also himself4 
99 99                       99    ,where
 no oxen are1 the crib is clean3   ,but 
much increase is by the strength of the 
ox4                       99 99         
99    ,he that is slow to anger is      
better than the mighty2   ,and he that  
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a 
city4                       99 99       
99    ,it is naught1 it is naught1 saith
 the buyer3   ,but when he is gone his  
way1 then he boasteth4                  
99 99                       99    ,the  
words of a whisperer are as dainty      
morsels1   ,and they go down into the   
innermost parts of the belly4           
99 99                       99    ,boast

 not thyself of tomorrow2   ,for thou   
knowest not what a day may bring forth4 
99 99                       99          
,as vinegar to the teeth1       ,and as 
smoke to the eyes1   ,so is the sluggard
 to them that send him4                 
99 99                       99    ,all  
the brethren of the poor do hate him3   
,how much more do his friends go far    
from him6       ,he pursueth them with  
words1 but they are gone4               
99 99                       99    ,the  
getting of treasures by a lying tongue  
,is a vapour driven to and fro2         
,they that seek them seek death4        
99 99                       99          
,as one that taketh off a garment in    
cold weather1       ,and as vinegar upon
 nitre1   ,so is he that singeth songs  
to an heavy heart4                      
99 99                       99          
,wrath is cruel1       ,and anger is    
outrageous3   ,but who is able to stand 
before jealousy8                        
99 99                       99          

,the fining pot is for silver1          
,and the furnace for gold3   ,and a man 
is tried by his praise4                 
99 99                       99          
,transitoriness of ,riches  ,an ,epigram
    ,weary not thyself to be rich2      
,cease from thine own wisdom2   ,wilt   
thou set thine eyes upon that which is  
not8     ,for riches certainly make     
themselves wings1     ,like an eagle    
that flieth toward heaven4              
99 99                       99          
,hospitality of the ,evil ,eye  ,an     
,epigram    ,eat thou not the bread of  
him that hath an evil eye1              
,neither desire thou his dainties2      
,for as one that reckoneth within       
himself1 so is he3       ,eat and drink1
 saith he to thee2       ,but his heart 
is not with thee4       ,the morsel     
which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit  
up1       ,and lose thy sweet words4    
99 99                       99 ,a ,maxim
    ,my son1 if thou comest to serve the
 ,lord1   ,prepare thy soul for         

temptation4  ,set thy heart aright1 and 
constantly endure1 and make not haste in
 time of calamity4 ,cleave unto him1 and
 depart not1 that thou mayest be        
increased at thy latter end4 ,accept    
whatsoever is brought upon thee1 and be 
longsuffering when thou passest into    
humiliation4 ,for gold is tried in the  
fire1 and acceptable men in the furnace 
of humiliation4 ,put thy trust in him1  
and he will help thee3 order thy ways   
aright1 and set thy hope on him4        
99 99                                   
99  ,three ,temperance ,maxims    ,go   
not after thy lusts2   ,and refrain     
thyself from thine appetites4  ,if thou 
give fully to thy soul the delight of   
her desire1 she will make thee the      
laughingstock of thine enemies4    ,make
 not merry in much luxury2   ,neither be
 tied to the expense thereof4  ,be not  
made a beggar by banqueting upon        
borrowing1 when thou hast nothing in thy
 purse4 ,a workman that is a drunkard   
shall not become rich4    ,he that      

despiseth small things   ,shall fall by 
little and little4  ,wine and women will
 make men of understanding to fall away3
 and he that cleaveth to harlots will be
 the more reckless4 ,moths and worms    
shall have him to heritage2 and a       
reckless soul shall be taken away4      
,,essays  i  ,wisdom's ,way with her    
,children   ,wisdom exalteth her sons1  
and taketh hold of them that seek her4  
,he that loveth her loveth life2 and    
they that seek to her early shall be    
filled with gladness4 ,he that holdeth  
her fast shall inherit glory2 and where 
he entereth1 the ,lord will bless4 ,they
 that do her service shall minister to  
the ,holy ,one2 and them that love her  
the ,lord doth love4 ,he that giveth ear
 unto her shall judge the nations2 and  
he that giveth heed unto her shall dwell
 securely4 ,if he trust her1 he shall   
inherit her2 and his generations shall  
have her in possession4 ,for at the     
first she will walk with him in crooked 
ways1 and will bring fear and dread upon

 him1 and torment him with her          
discipline1 until she may trust his     
soul1 and try him by her judgements3    
then will she return again the straight 
way unto him1 and will gladden him1 and 
reveal to him her secrets4 ,if he go    
astray1 she will forsake him1 and give  
him over to his fall4     ii            
,prosperity and ,adversity are from the 
,lord   ,there is one that toileth1 and 
laboureth1 and maketh haste1 and is so  
much the more behind4 ,there is one that
 is sluggish1 and hath need of help1    
lacking in strength1 and that aboundeth 
in poverty2 and the eyes of the ,lord   
looked upon him for good1 and he set him
 up from his low estate1 and lifted up  
his head2 and many marvelled at him4    
,good things and evil1 life and death1  
poverty and riches1 are from the ,lord4 
,the gift of the ,lord remaineth with   
the godly1 and his good pleasure shall  
prosper for ever4 ,there is that waxeth 
rich by his wariness and pinching1 and  
this is the portion of his reward3 when 

he saith1 ,i have found rest1 and now   
will ,i eat of my goods--yet he knoweth 
not what time shall pass1 and he shall  
leave them to others1 and die4 ,be      
stedfast in thy covenant1 and be        
conversant therein1 and wax old in thy  
work4 ,marvel not at the works of a     
sinner1 but trust the ,lord1 and abide  
in thy labour2 for it is an easy thing  
in the sight of the ,lord swiftly on the
 sudden to make a poor man rich4 ,the   
blessing of the ,lord is in the reward  
of the godly2 and in an hour that cometh
 swiftly he maketh his blessing to      
flourish4 ,say not1 ,what use is there  
of me8 ,and what from henceforth shall  
my good things be8 ,say not1 ,i have    
sufficient1 and from henceforth what    
harm shall happen unto me8 ,in the day  
of good things there is a forgetfulness 
of evil things2 and in the day of evil  
things a man will not remember things   
that are good4 ,for it is an easy thing 
in the sight of the ,lord to reward a   
man in the day of death according to his

 ways4 ,the affliction of an hour       
causeth forgetfulness of delight2 and in
 the last end of a man is the revelation
 of his deeds4 ,call no man blessed     
before his death2 and a man shall be    
known in his children4     iii  ,against
 ,gossip   ,he that is hasty to trust is
 lightminded2 and he that sinneth shall 
offend against his own soul4 ,he that   
maketh merry in his heart shall be      
condemned3 and he that hateth talk hath 
the less wickedness4 ,never repeat what 
is told thee1 and thou shalt fare never 
the worse4 ,whether it be of friend or  
foe1 tell it not2 and unless it is a sin
 to thee1 reveal it not3 for he hath    
heard thee1 and observed thee1 and when 
the time cometh he will hate thee4 ,hast
 thou heard a word8 let it die with     
thee3 be of good courage1 it will not   
burst thee4 ,a fool will travail in pain
 with a word1 as a woman in labour with 
a child4 ,as an arrow that sticketh in  
the flesh of the thigh1 so is a word in 
a fool's belly4 ,reprove a friend3 it   

may be he did it not1 and if he did     
something1 that he may do it no more4   
,reprove thy neighbour3 it may be he    
said it not1 and if he hath said it1    
that he may not say it again4 ,reprove a
 friend1 for many times there is        
slander2 and trust not every word4      
,there is one that slippeth1 and not    
from the heart2 and who is he that hath 
not sinned with his tongue8 ,reprove thy
 neighbour before thou threaten him2 and
 give place to the law of the ,most     
,high4     iv  ,on the ,tongue   ,if    
thou blow a spark1 it shall burn2 and if
 thou spit upon it1 it shall be         
quenched3 and both these shall come out 
of thy mouth4 ,curse the whisperer and  
double-tongued3 for he hath destroyed   
many that were at peace4 ,a third       
person's tongue hath shaken many1 and   
dispersed them from nation to nation2   
and it hath pulled down strong cities1  
and overthrown the houses of great men4 
,a third person's tongue hath cast out  
brave women1 and deprived them of their 

labours4 ,he that hearkeneth unto it    
shall not find rest1 nor shall he dwell 
quietly4 ,the stroke of a whip maketh a 
mark in the flesh2 but the stroke of a  
tongue will break bones4 ,many have     
fallen by the edge of the sword2 yet not
 so many as they that have fallen       
because of the tongue4 ,happy is he that
 is sheltered from it1 that hath not    
passed through the wrath thereof2 that  
hath not drawn its yoke1 and hath not   
been bound with its bands4 ,for the yoke
 thereof is a yoke of iron1 and the     
bands thereof are bands of brass4 ,the  
death thereof is an evil death2 and     
,hades were better than it4 ,it shall   
not have rule over godly men2 and they  
shall not be burned in its flame4 ,they 
that forsake the ,lord shall fall into  
it2 and it shall burn among them1 and   
shall not be quenched3 it shall be sent 
forth upon them as a lion1 and as a     
leopard it shall destroy them4 ,look    
that thou hedge thy possession about    
with thorns2 bind up thy silver and thy 

gold2 and make a balance and a weight   
for thy words2 and make a door and a bar
 for thy mouth4 ,take heed lest thou    
slip therein2 lest thou fall before one 
that lieth in wait4     v  ,choice of   
,company   ,bring not every man into    
thine house2 for many are the plots of  
the deceitful man4 ,as a decoy partridge
 in a cage1 so is the heart of a proud  
man2 and as one that is a spy1 he       
looketh upon thy falling4 ,for he lieth 
in wait to turn things that are good    
into evil2 and in things that are       
praiseworthy he will lay blame4 ,from a 
spark of fire a heap of many coals is   
kindled2 and a sinful man lieth in wait 
for blood4 ,take heed of an evil-doer1  
for he contriveth wicked things2 lest   
haply he bring upon thee blame for ever4
 ,receive a stranger into thine house1  
and he will distract thee with brawls1  
and estrange thee from thine own4  ,if  
thou do good1 know to whom thou doest   
it2 and thy good deeds shall have       
thanks4 ,do good to a godly man1 and    

thou shalt find a recompense2 and if not
 from him1 yet from the ,most ,high4    
,there shall no good come to him that   
continueth to do evil1 nor to him that  
giveth no alms4 ,give to the godly man  
and help not the sinner4 ,do good to one
 that is lowly1 and give not to an      
ungodly man2 keep back his bread1 and   
give it not to him1 lest he overmaster  
thee thereby2 for thou shalt receive    
twice as much evil for all the good thou
 shalt have done unto him4 ,for the     
,most ,high also hateth sinners1 and    
will repay vengeance unto the ungodly4  
,give to the good man1 and help not the 
sinner4  ,a man's friend will not be    
fully tried in prosperity2 and his enemy
 will not be hidden in adversity4 ,in a 
man's prosperity his enemies are        
grieved2 and in his adversity even his  
friend will be separated from him4      
,never trust thine enemy1 for like as   
the brass rusteth1 so is his wickedness3
 though he humble himself1 and go       
crouching1 yet take good heed1 and      

beware of him1 and thou shalt be unto   
him as one that hath wiped a mirror1 and
 thou shalt know that he hath not       
utterly rusted it4 ,set him not by thee1
 lest he overthrow thee and stand in thy
 place2 let him not sit on thy right    
hand1 lest he seek to take thy seat1 and
 at the last thou acknowledge my words1 
and be pricked with my sayings4 ,who    
will pity a charmer that is bitten with 
a serpent8 or any that come nigh wild   
beasts8 ,even so who will pity him that 
goeth to a sinner1 and is mingled with  
him in his sins8 ,for a while he will   
abide with thee1 and if thou give way1  
he will not hold out4 ,and the enemy    
will speak sweetly with his lips1 and in
 his heart take counsel how to overthrow
 thee into a pit2 the enemy will weep   
with his eyes1 and if he find           
opportunity1 he will not be satiated    
with blood4 ,if adversity meet thee1    
thou shalt find him there before thee2  
and as though he would help thee1 he    
will trip up thy heel4 ,he will shake   

his head1 and clap his hands1 and       
whisper much1 and change his            
countenance4  ,he that toucheth pitch   
shall be defiled2 and he that hath      
fellowship with a proud man shall become
 like unto him4 ,take not up a burden   
above thy strength2 and have no         
fellowship with one that is mightier and
 richer than thyself4 ,what fellowship  
shall the earthen pot have with the     
kettle8 this shall smite1 and that shall
 be dashed in pieces4 ,the rich man     
doeth a wrong1 and he threateneth       
withal3 the poor is wronged1 and he     
shall entreat withal4 ,if thou be       
profitable1 he will make merchandise of 
thee2 and if thou be in want1 he will   
forsake thee4 ,if thou have substance1  
he will live with thee2 and he will make
 thee bare1 and will not be sorry4 ,hath
 he had need of thee8 then he will      
deceive thee1 and smile upon thee1 and  
give thee hope3 he will speak thee fair1
 and say1 ,what needest thou8 and he    
will shame thee by his meats1 until he  

have made thee bare twice or thrice4    
,and at the last he will laugh thee to  
scorn2 afterward will he see thee1 and  
will forsake thee1 and shake his head at
 thee4 ,beware that thou be not         
deceived1 and brought low in thy mirth4 
,if a mighty man invite thee1 be        
retiring1 and so much the more will he  
invite thee4 ,press not upon him1 lest  
thou be thrust back2 and stand not far  
off1 lest thou be forgotten4 ,affect not
 to speak with him as an equal1 and     
believe not his many words3 for with    
much talk will he try thee1 and in a    
smiling manner will search thee out4 ,he
 that keepeth not to himself words      
spoken is unmerciful2 and he will not   
spare to hurt and to bind4 ,keep them to
 thyself1 and take earnest heed1 for    
thou walkest in peril of thy falling4   
,every living creature loveth his like1 
and every man loveth his neighbour4 ,all
 flesh consorteth according to kind1 and
 a man will cleave to his like4 ,what   
fellowship shall the wolf have with the 

lamb8 so is the sinner unto the godly4  
,what peace is there between the hyena  
and the dog8 and what peace between the 
rich man and the poor8 ,wild asses are  
the prey of lions in the wilderness2 so 
poor men are pasture for the rich4      
,lowliness is an abomination to a proud 
man2 so a poor man is an abomination to 
the rich4 ,a rich man when he is shaken 
is held up of his friends2 but one of   
low degree being down is thrust away    
also by his friends4 ,when a rich man is
 fallen1 there are many helpers2 he     
speaketh things not to be spoken1 and   
men justify him3 a man of low degree    
falleth1 and men rebuke him withal2 he  
uttereth wisdom1 and no place is allowed
 him4 ,a rich man speaketh1 and all keep
 silence2 and what he saith they extol  
to the clouds3 a poor man speaketh1 and 
they say1 ,who is this8 and if he       
stumble1 they will help to overthrow    
him4 ,riches are good that have no sin2 
and poverty is evil in the mouth of the 
ungodly4     vi  ,the ,wisdom of        

,business and the ,wisdom of ,leisure   
,the wisdom of the scribe cometh by     
opportunity of leisure2 and he that hath
 little business shall become wise4 ,how
 shall he become wise that holdeth the  
plow1 that glorieth in the shaft of the 
goad1 that driveth oxen1 and is occupied
 in their labours1 and whose discourse  
is of the stock of bulls8 ,he will set  
his heart upon turning his furrows2 and 
his wakefulness is to give his heifers  
their fodder4 ,so is every artificer and
 workmaster1 that passeth his time by   
night as by day2 they that cut gravings 
of signets1 and his diligence is to make
 great variety2 he will set his heart to
 preserve likeness in his portraiture1  
and will be wakeful to finish his work4 
,so is the smith sitting by the anvil1  
and considering the unwrought iron2 the 
vapour of the fire will waste his flesh1
 and in the heat of the furnace will he 
wrestle with his work2 the noise of the 
hammer will be ever in his ear1 and his 
eyes are upon the pattern of the vessel2

 he will set his heart upon perfecting  
his works1 and he will be wakeful to    
adorn them perfectly4 ,so is the potter 
sitting at his work1 and turning the    
wheel about with his feet1 who is alway 
anxiously set at his work1 and all his  
handywork is by number2 he will fashion 
the clay with his arm1 and will bend its
 strength in front of his feet2 he will 
apply his heart to finish the glazing1  
and he will be wakeful to make clean the
 furnace4 ,all these put their trust in 
their hands2 and each becometh wise in  
his own work4 ,without these shall not a
 city be inhabited1 and men shall not   
sojourn nor walk up and down therein4   
,they shall not be sought for in the    
council of the people1 and in the       
assembly they shall not mount on high1  
they shall not sit on the seat of the   
judge1 and they shall not understand the
 covenant of judgement2 neither shall   
they declare instruction and judgement1 
and where parables are they shall not be
 found4 ,but they will maintain the     

fabric of the world2 and in the         
handywork of their craft is their       
prayer4  ,not so he that hath applied   
his soul1 and meditateth in the law of  
the ,most ,high4 ,he will seek out the  
wisdom of all of the ancients1 and will 
be occupied in prophecies4 ,he will keep
 the discourse of the men of renown1 and
 will enter in amidst the subtilties of 
parables4 ,he will seek out the hidden  
meaning of proverbs1 and be conversant  
in the dark sayings of parables4 ,he    
will serve among great men1 and appear  
before him that ruleth4 ,he will travel 
through the land of strange nations2 for
 he hath tried good things and evil     
among men4 ,he will apply his heart to  
resort early to the ,lord that made him1
 and will make supplication before the  
,most ,high1 and will open his mouth in 
prayer1 and will make supplication for  
his sins4 ,if the great ,lord will1 he  
shall be filled with the spirit of      
understanding3 he shall pour forth the  
words of his wisdom1 and in prayer give 

thanks unto the ,lord4 ,he shall direct 
his counsel and knowledge1 and in his   
secrets shall he meditate4 ,he shall    
shew forth the instruction which he hath
 been taught1 and shall glory in the law
 of the covenant of the ,lord4 ,many    
shall commend his understanding1 and so 
long as the world endureth1 it shall not
 be blotted out2 his memorial shall not 
depart1 and his name shall live from    
generation to generation2 nations shall 
declare his wisdom1 and the congregation
 shall tell out his praise4 ,if he      
continue1 he shall leave a greater name 
than a thousand3 and if he die1 he      
addeth thereto4     vii  ,life as a ,joy
 shadowed by the ,judgment  ,an ,essay  
with a ,sonnet   ,truly the light is    
sweet1 and a pleasant thing it is for   
the eyes to behold the sun4 ,yea1 if a  
man live many years1 let him rejoice in 
them all2 and remember the days of      
darkness1 for they shall be many4 ,all  
that cometh is vanity4 ,rejoice1 ,o     
young man1 in thy youth2 and let thy    

heart cheer thee in the days of thy     
youth1 and walk in the ways of thine    
heart1 and in the sight of thine eyes3  
but know thou1 that for all these things
 ,god will bring thee into judgement4   
,therefore remove sorrow from thy heart1
 and put away evil from thy flesh3 for  
youth and the prime of life are vanity4 
,the ,coming of the ,evil ,days         
,remember also thy ,creator in the days 
of thy youth3      ,or ever the evil    
days come1     ,and the years draw nigh1
       ,when thou shalt say1 ,i have no 
pleasure in them3      ,or ever the sun4
       ,and the light1       ,and the   
moon1       ,and the stars1     ,be     
darkened1     ,and the clouds return    
after the rain3     ,in the days when   
the keepers of the house shall tremble1 
,and the strong men shall bow           
themselves1     ,and the grinders cease 
because they are few1     ,and those    
that look out of the windows be         
darkened1     ,and the doors shall be   
shut in the street2      ,when the sound

 of the grinding is low1     ,and one   
shall rise up at the voice of a bird1   
,and all the daughters of music shall be
 brought low2      ,yea1 they shall be  
afraid of that which is high4     ,and  
terrors shall be in the way2      ,and  
the almond tree shall blossom1     ,and 
the grasshopper shall be a burden1      
,and the caperberry shall burst3        
,because man goeth to his long home1    
,and the mourners go about the streets3 
,or ever the silver cord be loosed1     
,or the golden bowl be broken1     ,or  
the pitcher be broken at the fountain1  
,or the wheel broken at the cistern3    
,and the dust return to the earth1      
,as it was2   ,and the spirit return    
unto ,god     ,who gave it4             
,,sonnets#e  ,footnote #e3 ,for the     
difference of form between the ,hebrew  
and the modern sonnet see ,notes1 page  
#bee4  i  ,the ,sluggard     ,go to the 
ant1 thou ,sluggard2   ,consider her    
ways1 and be wise3     ,which having no 
chief1     ,overseer1     ,or ruler1    

,provideth her meat in the summer1      
,and gathereth her food in the harvest4 
,how long wilt thou sleep1 ,o ,sluggard8
   ,when wilt thou arise out of thy     
sleep8     ,yet a little sleep1     ,a  
little slumber1     ,a little folding of
 the hands to sleep--   ,so shall thy   
poverty come as a robber1   ,and thy    
want as an armed man6     ii  ,the      
,mourning for the ,fool     ,weep for   
the dead1     ,for light hath failed    
him2   ,and weep for a fool1     ,for   
understanding hath failed him3    ,weep 
more sweetly for the dead1     ,because 
he hath found rest2     ,but the life of
 the fool   ,is worse than death4       
,seven days are the days of mourning for
 the dead3 ,but for a fool and an       
ungodly man1 all the days of his life4  
iii  ,the ,two ,paths     ,hear1 ,o my  
son1 and receive my sayings2   ,and the 
years of thy life shall be many4   ,i   
have taught thee in the way of wisdom2  
,i have led thee in paths of            
uprightness4   ,when thou goest1 thy    

steps shall not be straitened2   ,and if
 thou runnest1 thou shalt not stumble4  
,take fast hold of instruction2         
,let her not go3       ,keep her2       
,for she is thy life4    ,enter not into
 the path of the wicked1   ,and walk not
 in the way of evil men4       ,avoid   
it1       ,pass not by it2       ,turn  
from it1       ,and pass on4   ,for they
 sleep not1 except they have done       
mischief2   ,and their sleep is taken   
away1 unless they cause some to fall4   
,for they eat the bread of wickedness1  
,and drink the wine of violence4    ,but
 the path of the righteous is as the    
light of dawn1     ,that shineth more   
and more unto the perfect day4   ,the   
way of the wicked is as darkness3       
,they know not at what they stumble4    
iv  ,the ,creator has made ,wisdom the  
,supreme ,prize     ,my son1 despise not
 the chastening of the ,,lord2          
,neither be weary of his reproof3   ,for
 whom the ,,lord loveth he reproveth2   
,even as a father the son in whom he    

delighteth4        ,happy is the man    
that findeth wisdom1       ,and the man 
that getteth understanding4       ,for  
the merchandise of it is better than the
 merchandise of silver1       ,and the  
gain thereof than fine gold4       ,she 
is more precious than rubies3       ,and
 none of the things thou canst desire   
are to be compared unto her4            
,length of days is in her right hand2   
,in her left hand are riches and honour4
       ,her ways are ways of            
pleasantness1       ,and all her paths  
are peace4       ,she is a tree of life 
to them that lay hold upon her3         
,and happy is every one that retaineth  
her4    ,the ,,lord by wisdom founded   
the earth2   ,by understanding he       
established the heavens4   ,by his      
knowledge the depths were broken up1    
,and the skies drop down the dew4     v 
,watchfulness of ,lips and ,heart       
,who shall set a watch over my mouth1   
,and a seal of shrewdness upon my lips1 
,that ,i fall not from it1   ,and that  

my tongue destroy me not8            ,o 
,lord1 ,father and ,master of my life1  
,abandon me not to their counsel3       
,suffer me not to fall by them4    ,who 
will set scourges over my thought1      
,and a discipline of wisdom over mine   
heart8   ,that they spare me not for    
mine ignorances1     ,and my heart pass 
not by their sins3   ,that mine         
ignorances be not multiplied1     ,and  
my sins abound not2   ,and ,i shall fall
 before mine adversaries1     ,and mine 
enemy rejoice over me8            ,o    
,lord1 ,father and ,god of my life1     
,give me not a proud look1       ,and   
turn away concupiscence from me4        
,let not greediness and chambering      
overtake me1       ,and give me not over
 to a shameless mind4     vi  ,wisdom   
and the ,fear of the ,lord     ,all     
wisdom cometh from the ,lord1   ,and is 
with him for ever4           ,the sand  
of the seas1       ,and the drops of    
rain1     ,and the days of eternity1 who
 shall number8           ,the height of 

the heaven1       ,and the breadth of   
the earth1 and the deep1     ,and       
wisdom1 who shall search them out8      
,wisdom hath been created before all    
things1   ,and the understanding of     
prudence from everlasting4    ,to whom  
hath the root of wisdom been revealed8  
,and who hath known her shrewd counsels8
           ,there is one wise1          
,greatly to be feared1     ,the ,lord   
sitting upon his throne3           ,he  
created her1       ,and saw1 and        
numbered her1     ,and poured her out   
upon all his works4   ,she is with all  
flesh according to his gift2   ,and he  
gave her freely to them that love him4  
,the fear of the ,lord     ,is glory and
 exultation1     ,and gladness1 and a   
crown of rejoicing4    ,the fear of the 
,lord     ,shall delight the heart1     
,and shall give gladness1 and joy1 and  
length of days4    ,whoso feareth the   
,lord1     ,it shall go well with him at
 the last1     ,and in the day of his   
death he shall be blessed4    ,to fear  

the ,lord     ,is the beginning of      
wisdom2     ,and it was created together
 with the faithful in the womb4         
,with men she laid an eternal           
foundation2     ,and with their seed    
shall she be had in trust4    ,to fear  
the ,lord     ,is the fulness of wisdom2
     ,and she satiateth men with her    
fruits4     ,she shall fill all her     
house with desirable things1   ,and her 
garners with her produce4    ,the fear  
of the ,lord     ,is the crown of       
wisdom1     ,making peace and perfect   
health to flourish4     ,he both saw and
 numbered her2     ,he rained down skill
 and knowledge of understanding1        
,and exalted the honour of them that    
hold her fast4    ,to fear the ,lord    
,is the root of wisdom2     ,and her    
branches are length of days4     vii    
,wisdom and the ,strange ,woman   #a    
,my son1 keep my words1     ,and lay up 
my commandments with thee4   ,keep my   
commandments1 and live2     ,and my law1
 as the apple of thine eye4   ,bind them

 upon thy fingers2     ,write them upon 
the table of thine heart4   ,say unto   
,wisdom1 ,thou art my sister2     ,and  
call ,understanding thy kinswoman3      
,that they may keep thee from the       
,strange ,woman1     ,from the stranger 
which flattereth with her words4  #b    
,for at the window of my house   ,i     
looked forth through my lattice2   ,and 
,i beheld among the simple ones1   ,i   
discerned among the youths1     ,a young
 man1     ,void of understanding1       
,passing through the street near her    
corner1   ,and he went the way to her   
house2   ,in the twilight1 in the       
evening of the day1   ,in the blackness 
of night and the darkness2     ,and     
behold1 there met him a ,woman     ,with
 the attire of an harlot1 and wily of   
heart4    ,she is clamorous and wilful2 
,her feet abide not in her house2   ,now
 she is in the streets1 now in the broad
 places1   ,and lieth in wait at every  
corner4     ,so she caught him1 and     
kissed him1     ,with an impudent face  

she said unto him3    ,sacrifices of    
peace offerings are with me2   ,this day
 have ,i paid my vows2     ,therefore   
came ,i forth to meet thee1             
,diligently to seek thy face1     ,and  
,i have found thee4   ,i have spread my 
couch with carpets of tapestry1   ,with 
striped cloths of the yarn of ,egypt2   
,i have perfumed my bed   ,with myrrh1  
aloes1 and cinnamon4     ,come1 let us  
take our fill of love       ,until the  
morning2     ,let us solace ourselves   
with loves2   ,for the goodman is not at
 home1   ,he is gone a long journey3    
,he hath taken a bag of money with him2 
,he will come home at the full moon4    
,with her much fair speech she causeth  
him to yield1   ,with the flattering of 
her lips she forceth him away4      ,he 
goeth after her straightway1   ,as an ox
 goeth to the slaughter1   ,or as one in
 fetters to the correction of the fool2 
,till an arrow strike through his liver2
   ,as a bird hasteth to the snare1     
,and knoweth not that it is for his     

life4  #c    ,now therefore1 my sons1   
hearken unto me1     ,and attend to the 
words of my mouth4   ,let not thine     
heart decline to her ways1     ,go not  
astray in her paths4   ,for she hath    
cast down many wounded3     ,yea1 all   
her slain are a mighty host4   ,her     
house is the way to ,sheol1     ,going  
down to the chambers of death4  #d      
,doth not ,wisdom cry1   ,and           
,understanding put forth her voice8     
,in the top of high places by the way1  
,where the paths meet1     ,she         
standeth2   ,beside the gates1 at the   
entry of the city1   ,at the coming in  
at the doors1     ,she crieth aloud3    
,unto you1 ,o men1 ,i call2   ,and my   
voice is to the sons of men4   ,o ye    
simple1 understand subtilty2   ,and ye  
fools1 be ye of an understanding heart4 
,hear1 for ,i will speak excellent      
things2   ,and the opening of my lips   
shall be right things4     ,for my mouth
 shall utter truth2     ,and wickedness 
is an abomination to my lips4    ,all   

the words of my mouth are righteousness2
   ,there is nothing crooked or perverse
 in them4   ,they are all plain to him  
that understandeth1   ,and right to them
 that find knowledge   ,receive my      
instruction1 and not silver2   ,and     
knowledge rather than choice gold4      
,for wisdom is better than rubies2      
,and all the things that may be desired 
are not to be compared unto her4  #e    
,i ,wisdom have made subtilty my        
dwelling1   ,and find out knowledge and 
discretion4    ,the fear of the ,,lord  
is to hate evil2     ,pride and         
arrogancy1     ,and the evil way1       
,and the froward mouth1 do ,i hate4     
,counsel is mine1     ,and sound        
knowledge2     ,i am understanding1     
,i have might4    ,by me kings reign1   
,and princes decree justice2     ,by me 
princes rule1     ,and nobles1 even all 
the judges of the earth4    ,i love them
 that love me2   ,and those that seek me
 diligently shall find me4    ,riches   
and honour are with me2     ,durable    

riches and righteousness2     ,my fruit 
is better than gold1 yea1 than fine     
gold2     ,and my revenue than choice   
silver4    ,i walk in the way of        
righteousness1     ,in the midst of the 
paths of judgement3     ,that ,i may    
cause those that love me to inherit     
substance1     ,and that ,i may fill    
their treasuries4  #f    ,the ,,lord    
formed me in the beginning of his way1  
,before his works of old4    ,i was set 
up from everlasting1 from the beginning1
     ,or ever the earth was4     ,when  
there were no depths1 ,i was brought    
forth1     ,when there were no fountains
 abounding with water4    ,before the   
mountains were settled1     ,before the 
hills1 was ,i brought forth3     ,while 
as yet he had not made the earth1       
,nor the fields1     ,nor the beginning 
of the dust of the world4    ,when he   
established the heavens1 ,i was there3  
,when he set a circle upon the face of  
the deep3     ,when he made firm the    
skies above3     ,when the fountains of 

the deep became strong3     ,when he    
gave to the sea its bound1     ,that the
 waters should not transgress his       
commandment3    ,when he marked out the 
foundations of the earth1     ,then ,i  
was by him1     ,as a master workman1   
,and ,i was daily his delight1          
,sporting always before him2            
,sporting in his habitable earth2       
,and my delight was with the sons of    
men4  #g    ,now therefore1 my sons1    
hearken unto me3     ,for blessed are   
they that keep my ways4   ,hear         
instruction1 and be wise1     ,and      
refuse it not4   ,blessed is the man    
that heareth me1 watching daily at my   
gates1     ,waiting at the posts of my  
doors4   ,for whoso findeth me findeth  
life1     ,and shall obtain favour of   
the ,,lord2   ,but he that sinneth      
against me wrongeth his own soul2       
,all they that hate me love death4      
,,lyrics  ,i  ,,an ,,elegy ,,of ,a      
,,broken ,,heart   #a    ,let the day   
perish wherein ,i was born2   ,and the  

night which said1 ,there is a man child 
conceived6      ,let that day be        
darkness2     ,let not ,god regard it   
from above1     ,neither let the light  
shine upon it6     ,let darkness and the
 shadow of death claim it for their own2
     ,let a cloud dwell upon it2        
,let all that maketh black the day      
terrify it6      ,as for that night1 let
 thick darkness seize upon it2     ,let 
it not rejoice among the days of the    
year2     ,let it not come into the     
number of the months6     ,lo1 let that 
night be barren2     ,let no joyful     
voice come therein6     ,let them curse 
it that curse the day1     ,who are     
ready to rouse up leviathan6     ,let   
the stars of the twilight thereof be    
dark6     ,let it look for light1 but   
have none2     ,neither let it behold   
the eyelids of the morning3    ,because 
it shut not up the doors of my mother's 
womb1   ,nor hid trouble from mine eyes6
  #b    ,why died ,i not from the womb8 
,why did ,i not give up the ghost when  

,i came out of the belly8   ,why did the
 knees receive me8     ,or why the      
breasts1 that ,i should suck8    ,for   
now should ,i have lien down and been   
quiet2   ,i should have slept2 then had 
,i been at rest1     ,with kings and    
counsellors of the earth1     ,which    
built solitary piles for themselves2    
,or with princes that had gold1     ,who
 filled their houses with silver2   ,or 
as an hidden untimely birth ,i had not  
been2   ,as infants which never saw     
light4     ,there the wicked cease from 
troubling2     ,and there the weary be  
at rest4     ,there the prisoners are at
 ease together2     ,they hear not the  
voice of the taskmaster4     ,the small 
and great are there2     ,and the       
servant is free from his master4        
,wherefore is light given to him that is
 in misery1   ,and life unto the bitter 
in soul8     ,which long for death1 but 
it cometh not2     ,and dig for it more 
than for hid treasures2     ,which      
rejoice exceedingly1     ,and are glad  

when they can find the grave4   ,why is 
light given to a man whose way is hid1  
,and whom ,god hath hedged in8     ,for 
my sighing cometh before ,i eat1        
,and my roarings are poured out like    
water4     ,for the thing which ,i fear 
cometh upon me1     ,and that which ,i  
am afraid of cometh unto me4     ,i am  
not at ease1 neither am ,i quiet1       
,neither have ,i rest3 but trouble      
cometh6     ,,ii  ,,the ,,creator',s    
,,joy ,,in ,,his ,,creation     ,where  
wast thou when ,i laid the foundations  
of the earth8       ----,declare1 if    
thou hast understanding----   ,who      
determined the measures thereof1 if thou
 knowest8   ,or who stretched the line  
upon it8   ,whereupon were the          
foundations thereof fastened8   ,or who 
laid the corner stone thereof2          
,when the morning stars sang together1  
,and all the sons of ,god shouted for   
joy8   ,or who shut up the sea with     
doors1   ,when it brake forth1 and      
issued out of the womb2       ,when ,i  

made the cloud the garment thereof1     
,and thick darkness a swaddling band for
 it1       ,and prescribed for it my    
decree1       ,and set bars and doors1  
,and said1 ,hitherto shalt thou come1   
but no further2       ,and here shall   
thy proud waves be stayed8   ,hast thou 
commanded the morning since thy days    
began1   ,and caused the dayspring to   
know its place2       ,that it might    
take hold of the ends of the earth1     
,and the wicked be shaken out of it8    
,it is changed as clay under the seal2  
,and all things stand forth as a        
garment3       ,and from the wicked     
their light is withholden1       ,and   
the high arm is broken4   ,hast thou    
entered into the springs of the sea8    
,or hast thou walked in the recesses of 
the deep8   ,have the gates of death    
been revealed unto thee8   ,or hast thou
 seen the gates of the shadow of death8 
,hast thou comprehended the breadth of  
the earth8       ----,declare1 if thou  
knowest it all----   ,where is the way  

to the dwelling of light1   ,and as for 
darkness1 where is the place thereof2   
,that thou shouldest take it to the     
bound thereof1   ,and that thou         
shouldest discern the paths to the house
 thereof8       ----,doubtless1 thou    
knowest1 for thou wast then born1       
,and the number of thy days is          
great6----   ,hast thou entered the     
treasuries of the snow1   ,or hast thou 
seen the treasuries of the hail1        
,which ,i have reserved against the time
 of trouble1       ,against the day of  
battle and war8   ,by what way is the   
light parted1   ,or the east wind       
scattered upon the earth8   ,who hath   
cleft a channel for the waterflood1     
,or a way for the lightning of the      
thunder2       ,to cause it to rain on a
 land where no man is2       ,on the    
wilderness1 wherein there is no man2    
,to satisfy the waste and desolate      
ground2       ,and to cause the tender  
grass to spring forth8   ,hath the rain 
a father8   ,or who hath begotten the   

drops of dew8   ,out of whose womb came 
the ice8   ,and the hoary frost of      
heaven1 who hath gendered it8       ,the
 waters are hidden as with stone1       
,and the face of the deep is frozen4    
,canst thou bind the cluster of the     
,pleiades1   ,or loose the bands of     
,orion8   ,canst thou lead forth the    
signs of the ,zodiac in their season8   
,or canst thou guide the ,bear with her 
train8   ,knowest thou the ordinances of
 the heavens8   ,canst thou establish   
the dominion thereof in the earth8      
,canst thou lift up thy voice to the    
clouds1   ,that abundance of waters may 
cover thee8   ,canst thou send forth    
lightnings1 that they may go1   ,and say
 unto thee1 ,here we are8   ,who hath   
put wisdom in the inward parts8   ,or   
who hath given understanding to the     
mind8   ,who can number the clouds by   
wisdom8   ,or who can pour out the      
bottles of heaven1       ,when the dust 
runneth into a mass1       ,and the     
clods cleave fast together8   ,wilt thou

 hunt the prey for the lioness8   ,or   
satisfy the appetite of the young lions1
       ,when they couch in their dens1  
,and abide in the covert to lie in wait8
   ,who provideth for the raven his     
food1       ,when his young ones cry    
unto ,god1       ,and wander for lack of
 meat8   ,knowest thou the time when the
 wild goats of the rock bring forth8    
,or canst thou mark when the hinds do   
calve8   ,canst thou number the months  
that they fulfil8   ,or knowest thou the
 time when they bring forth8       ,they
 bow themselves1 they bring forth their 
young1       ,they cast out their       
sorrows4       ,their young ones are in 
good liking1       ,they grow up in the 
open field2       ,they go forth1 and   
return not again4   ,who hath sent out  
the wild ass free8   ,or who hath loosed
 the bands of the wild ass8       ,whose
 house ,i have made the wilderness1     
,and the salt land his dwelling place2  
,he scorneth the tumult of the city1    
,neither heareth he the shoutings of the

 driver4       ,the range of the        
mountains is his pasture1       ,and he 
searcheth after every green thing4      
,will the wild-ox be content to serve   
thee8   ,or will he abide by thy crib8  
,canst thou bind the wild-ox with his   
band in the furrow8   ,or will he harrow
 the valleys after thee8   ,wilt thou   
trust him1 because his strength is      
great8   ,or wilt thou leave to him thy 
labour8   ,wilt thou confide in him1    
that he will bring home thy seed1   ,and
 gather the corn of thy threshing-floor8
   ,the wing of the ostrich rejoiceth2  
,but are her pinions and feathers       
kindly8       ,for she leaveth her eggs 
on the earth1       ,and warmeth them in
 the dust1       ,and forgetteth that   
the foot may crush them1       ,or that 
the wild beast may trample them4        
,she is hardened against her young ones1
 as if they were not hers3       ,though
 her labour be in vain1 she is without  
fear2       ,because ,god hath deprived 
her of wisdom1       ,neither hath he   

imparted to her understanding4          
,what time she lifteth up herself on    
high1       ,she scorneth the horse and 
his rider4   ,hast thou given the horse 
his might8   ,hast thou clothed his neck
 with the quivering mane8   ,hast thou  
made him to leap as a locust8       ,the
 glory of his snorting is terrible4     
,he paweth in the valley1 and rejoiceth 
in his strength3       ,he goeth out to 
meet the armed men4       ,he mocketh at
 fear and is not dismayed2              
,neither turneth he back from the sword4
       ,the quiver rattleth against him1
       ,the flashing spear and the      
javelin4       ,he swalloweth the ground
 with fierceness and rage2              
,neither standeth he still at the voice 
of the trumpet4       ,as oft as the    
trumpet soundeth he saith1 ,aha6        
,and he smelleth the battle afar off1   
,the thunder of the captains1 and the   
shouting4   ,doth the hawk soar by thy  
wisdom1   ,and stretch her wings toward 
the south8   ,doth the eagle mount up at

 thy command1   ,and make her nest on   
high8       ,she dwelleth on the rock1  
and hath her lodging there1       ,upon 
the crag of the rock and the strong     
hold4       ,from thence she spieth out 
the prey2       ,her eyes behold it afar
 off4       ,her young ones also suck up
 blood3       ,and where the slain are1 
there is she4     ,,iii  ,,song ,,of    
,,moses ,,and ,,miriam   ,,tutti    ,i  
will sing unto the ,,lord1 for he hath  
triumphed gloriously3       ,the horse  
and his rider hath he thrown into the   
sea4   ,the ,,lord is my strength and   
song1       ,and he is become my        
salvation3   ,this is my ,god1 and ,i   
will praise him2       ,my father's     
,god1 and ,i will exalt him4  #a  ,,men 
,the ,,lord is a man of war3       ,the 
,,lord is his name4   ,pharaoh's        
chariots and his host hath he cast into 
the sea3       ,and his chosen captains 
are sunk in the ,red ,sea4   ,the deeps 
cover them3       ,they went down into  
the depths like a stone4  ,,women       

,sing ye to the ,,lord1 for he hath     
triumphed gloriously3       ,the horse  
and his rider hath he thrown into the   
sea4  #b  ,,men    ,thy right hand1 ,o  
,,lord1 is glorious in power1       ,thy
 right hand1 ,o ,,lord1 dasheth in      
pieces the enemy4   ,and in the         
greatness of thine excellency thou      
overthrowest them that         rise up  
against thee3       ,thou sendest forth 
thy wrath1 it consumeth them as stubble4
   ,and with the blast of thy nostrils  
the waters were piled up1       ,the    
floods stood upright as an heap2        
,the deeps were congealed in the heart  
of the sea4   ,the enemy said1 ,i will  
pursue1 ,i will overtake1 ,i will divide
 the spoil3       ,my lust shall be     
satisfied upon them2       ,i will draw 
my sword1 my hand shall destroy them4   
,thou didst blow with thy wind1 the sea 
covered them3       ,they sank as lead  
in the mighty waters4   ,,women    ,sing
 ye to the ,,lord1 for he hath triumphed
 gloriously3       ,the horse and his   

rider hath he thrown into the sea4  #c  
,,men    ,who is like unto thee1 ,o     
,,lord1 among the gods8       ,who is   
like thee1 glorious in holiness1        
,fearful in praises1 doing wonders8     
,thou stretchedst out thy right hand1   
,the earth swallowed them4   ,thou in   
thy mercy hast led the people which thou
 hast redeemed3       ,thou hast guided 
them in thy strength to thy holy        
habitation4   ,the peoples have heard1  
they tremble3       ,pangs have taken   
hold on the inhabitants of ,philistia4  
,then were the dukes of ,edom amazed2   
,the mighty men of ,moab1 trembling     
taketh hold upon them3   ,all the       
inhabitants of ,canaan are melted away4 
,terror and dread falleth upon them2    
,by the greatness of thine arm they are 
as still as a stone2       ,till thy    
people pass over1 ,o ,,lord1       ,till
 the people pass over which thou hast   
purchased4   ,thou shalt bring them in1 
and plant them in the mountain of thine 
inheritance1       ,the place1 ,o       

,,lord1 which thou hast made for thee to
 dwell in1       ,the sanctuary1 ,o     
,,lord1 which thy hands have            
established4   ,the ,,lord shall reign  
for ever and ever4  ,,women        ,sing
 ye to the ,,lord1 for he hath triumphed
 gloriously3       ,the horse and his   
rider hath he thrown into the sea4      
,,iv  ,,deborah',s ,,song     ,men4     
,for that the leaders took the lead in  
,israel--    ,women4  ,for that the     
people offered themselves willingly--   
,tutti4      ,bless ye the ,,lord6      
,,prelude    ,men4    ,hear1 ,o ye      
kings--    ,women4      ,give ear1 ,o ye
 princes--    ,men4    ,i1 even ,i1 will
 sing unto the ,,lord--    ,women4      
,i will sing praise to the ,,lord1 the  
,god of ,israel4    ,tutti4  ,lord1 when
 thou wentest forth out of ,seir1       
,when thou marchedst out of the field of
 ,edom1             ,the earth trembled1
 the heavens also dropped1              
,yea1 the clouds dropped water4         
,the mountains flowed down at the       

presence of the ,,lord1                 
,even yon ,sinai at the presence of the 
,,lord1 the ,god                   of   
,israel4   #a4 ,,the ,,desolation       
,men4    ,in the days of ,shamgar the   
son of ,anath1                 ,in the  
days of ,jael1             ,the highways
 were unoccupied1                 ,and  
the travellers walked through byways2   
,the rulers ceased in ,israel1          
,they ceased--    ,women4  ,until that  
,i1 ,deborah1 arose1                    
,that ,i arose a mother in ,israel4     
,they chose new gods2                   
,then was war in the gates3             
,was there a shield or spear seen       
,among forty thousand in ,israel8       
,men4    ,my heart is toward the        
governors of ,israel--    ,women4  ,ye  
that offered yourselves willingly among 
the people--    ,tutti4      ,bless ye  
the ,,lord6    ,men4    ,tell of it1 ye 
that ride on white asses1               
,ye that sit on rich carpets1           
,and ye that walk by the way3--         

,women4  ,far from the noise of archers1
                 ,in the places of      
drawing water3--    ,tutti4  ,there     
shall they rehearse the righteous acts  
of the ,,lord1                 ,even the
 righteous acts of his rule in ,israel4 
#b4 ,,the ,,muster    ,tutti4  ,then the
 people of the ,,lord went down to the  
gates--    7,men4   ,awake1 awake1      
,deborah1                 ,awake1 awake1
 utter a song3--    ,women4  ,arise1    
,barak1                 ,and lead thy   
captivity captive1 thou son of          
,abinoam47    ,tutti4  ,then came down a
 remnant of the nobles1                 
,the people of the ,,lord came down for 
me against the mighty4    ,women4  ,out 
of ,ephraim came down they whose root is
 in ,amalek--    ,men4        ,after    
thee1 ,benjamin1 among thy peoples--    
,women4  ,out of ,machir came down      
governors--    ,men4        ,and out of 
,zebulun they that handle the marshal's 
staff    ,women4  ,and the princes of   
,issachar were with ,deborah--    ,men4 

,as was ,issachar1 so was ,barak3       
,tutti4      ,into the valley they      
rushed forth at his feet4    ,men4      
,by the watercourses of ,reuben         
,there were great resolves of heart4    
,women4  ,why satest thou among the     
sheepfolds1                 ,to hear the
 pipings for the flocks8    ,men4    ,at
 the watercourses of ,reuben            
,there were great searchings of heart6  
,women4  ,gilead abode beyond ,jordan-- 
,men4        ,and ,dan1 why did he      
remain in ships8--    ,women4  ,asher   
sat still at the haven of the sea1      
,and abode by his creeks4    ,men4      
,zebulun was a people that jeoparded    
their lives                   unto the  
death1                 ,and ,naphtali   
upon the high places of the field4   #c4
 ,,the ,,battle ,,and ,,rout    ,strophe
    ,men4    ,the kings came and fought2
                 ,then fought the kings 
of ,canaan1             ,in ,taanach by 
the waters of ,megiddo3--               
,they took no gain of money6            

,antistrophe    ,women4  ,they fought   
from heaven1                 ,the stars 
in their courses fought against ,sisera4
             ,the river ,kishon swept   
them away1--                 ,that      
ancient river1 the river ,kishon6       
,strophe    ,men4    ,o my soul1 march  
on with strength6                 ,then 
did the horsehoofs stamp             ,by
 reason of the pransings1               
,the pransings of their strong ones4    
,antistrophe    ,women4  ,curse ye      
,meroz1 said the angel of the ,,lord1   
,curse ye bitterly the inhabitants      
thereof2             ,because they came 
not to the help of the ,,lord1          
,to the help of the ,,lord against the  
mighty6   #d4 ,,the ,,retribution       
,strophe    ,men4    ,blessed above     
women shall ,jael be1 the wife of ,heber
                   the ,kenite1         
,blessed shall she be above women in the
 tent6             ,he asked water1 and 
she gave him milk2                 ,she 
brought him butter in a lordly dish4    

,she put her hand to the nail1          
,and her right hand to the workman's    
hammer2             ,and with the hammer
 she smote ,sisera4             ,she    
smote through his head1                 
,yea1 she pierced and struck through his
 temples4             ,at her feet he   
bowed1 he fell1 he lay3             ,at 
her feet he bowed1 he fell3             
,where he bowed1 there he fell down     
dead6    ,antistrophe    ,women4        
,through the window she looked forth1   
and cried1                 ,the mother  
of ,sisera1 through the lattice1        
,why is his chariot so long in coming8  
,why tarry the wheels of his chariots8  
,her wise ladies answered her1          
,yea1 she returned answer to herself1   
,have they not found1            ,have  
they not divided the spoil8             
,a damsel1 two damsels to every man2    
,to ,sisera a spoil of divers colours1  
,a spoil of divers colours of           
embroidery1                ,of divers   
colours of embroidery on both           

sides1 on the necks of the spoil6       
,tutti4 ,so let all thine enemies       
perish1 ,o ,,lord3                ,but  
let them that love him be as the sun    
when he goeth forth in his might6     ,v
  ,,david',s ,,lament       ,thy glory1 
,o ,israel1     ,is slain upon thy high 
places6       ,how are the mighty--     
,fallen6    ,tell it not in ,gath1      
,publish it not in the streets of       
,ashkelon2     ,lest the daughters of   
the ,philistines rejoice1     ,lest the 
daughters of the uncircumcised triumph4 
,ye mountains of ,gilboa1 let there be  
no dew nor rain upon you1   ,neither    
fields of offerings3     ,for there the 
shield of the mighty was vilely cast    
away1     ,the shield of ,saul1 as of   
one not anointed with oil4    ,from the 
blood of the slain1   ,from the fat of  
the mighty1     ,the bow of ,jonathan   
turned not back1     ,and the sword of  
,saul returned not empty4   ,saul and   
,jonathan were lovely and pleasant in   
their lives1   ,and in their death they 

were not divided2     ,they were swifter
 than eagles1     ,they were stronger   
than lions4    ,ye daughters of ,israel1
   ,weep over ,saul1     ,who clothed   
you in scarlet delicately1     ,who put 
ornaments of gold upon your apparel4    
,how are the mighty--     ,fallen in the
 midst of the battle6       ,o          
,jonathan1       ,slain upon thy high   
places1    ,i am distressed for thee1 my
 brother ,jonathan3   ,very pleasant    
hast thou been unto me3     ,thy love to
 me was wonderful1     ,passing the love
 of women4      ,how are the mighty--   
,fallen6     ,and the weapons of war--  
,perished6     ,,vi  ,,david',s ,,song  
,,of ,,victory     ,the ,,lord is my    
rock1 and my fortress1 and my deliverer1
 even mine2       ,the ,god of my rock1 
in him will ,i trust2   ,my shield1 and 
the horn of my salvation1 my high tower1
 and my refuge2       ,my saviour1 thou 
savest me from violence4   ,i will call 
upon the ,,lord1 who is worthy to be    
praised3       ,so shall ,i be saved    

from mine enemies4    ,for the waves of 
death compassed me1       ,the floods of
 ungodliness made me afraid4   ,the     
cords of ,sheol were round about me3    
,the snares of death came upon me4   ,in
 my distress ,i called upon the ,,lord1 
,yea1 ,i called unto my ,god3   ,and he 
heard my voice out of his temple1       
,and my cry came into his ears4   ,then 
the earth shook and trembled1       ,the
 foundations of heaven moved       ,and 
were shaken1 because he was wroth4      
,there went up a smoke out of his       
nostrils1       ,and fire out of his    
mouth devoured3       ,coals were       
kindled by it4   ,he bowed the heavens  
also1 and came down2       ,and thick   
darkness was under his feet4   ,and he  
rode upon a cherub1 and did fly3        
,yea1 he was seen upon the wings of the 
wind4   ,and he made darkness pavilions 
round about him1       ,gathering of    
waters1 thick clouds of the skies4   ,at
 the brightness before him coals of fire
 were kindled       ,the ,,lord         

thundered from heaven1       ,and the   
,most ,high uttered his voice4   ,and he
 sent out arrows1 and scattered them2   
,lightning1 and discomfited them4       
,then the channels of the sea appeared1 
,the foundations of the world were laid 
bare1   ,by the rebuke of the ,,lord1   
,at the blast of the breath of his      
nostrils   ,he sent from on high1 he    
took me2       ,he drew me out of many  
waters2   ,he delivered me from my      
strong enemy1       ,from them that     
hated me2       ,for they were too      
mighty for me4   ,they came upon me in  
the day of my calamity3       ,but the  
,,lord was my stay4   ,he brought me    
forth also into a large place3       ,he
 delivered me1 because he delighted in  
me4   ,the ,,lord rewarded me according 
to my righteousness3       ,according to
 the cleanness of my hands hath he      
recompensed me4   ,for ,i have kept the 
ways of the ,,lord1       ,and have not 
wickedly departed from my ,god4   ,for  
all his judgements were before me3      

,and as for his statutes1 ,i did not    
depart from them4   ,i was also perfect 
toward him1       ,and ,i kept myself   
from mine iniquity4   ,therefore hath   
the ,,lord recompensed me according to  
my righteousness2       ,according to my
 cleanness in his eyesight4   ,with the 
merciful thou wilt shew thyself         
merciful1       ,with the perfect man   
thou wilt shew thyself perfect2   ,with 
the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure2   
,and with the perverse thou wilt shew   
thyself froward4   ,and the afflicted   
people thou wilt save3       ,but thine 
eyes are upon the haughty1       ,that  
thou mayest bring them down4    ,for    
thou art my lamp1 ,o ,,lord3       ,and 
the ,,lord will lighten my darkness4    
,for by thee ,i run upon a troop3       
,by my ,god do ,i leap over a wall4     
,as for ,god1 his way is perfect3   ,the
 word of the ,,lord is tried2       ,he 
is a shield unto all them that trust in 
him4   ,for who is ,god1 save the       
,,lord8       ,and who is a rock1 save  

our ,god8   ,god is my strong fortress3 
,and he guideth the perfect in his way4 
,he maketh his feet like hinds' feet3   
,and setteth me upon my high places4    
,he teacheth my hands to war2       ,so 
that mine arms do bend a bow of brass4  
,thou hast also given me the shield of  
thy salvation3       ,and thy gentleness
 hath made me great4   ,thou hast       
enlarged my steps under me1       ,and  
my feet have not slipped4   ,i have     
pursued mine enemies1   ,and destroyed  
them2       ,neither did ,i turn again  
till they were consumed4   ,and ,i have 
consumed them1   ,and smitten them      
through that they cannot arise3         
,yea1 they are fallen under my feet4    
,for thou hast girded me with strength  
unto the battle3       ,thou hast       
subdued under me those that rose up     
against me4   ,thou hast also made mine 
enemies turn their backs unto me1       
,that ,i might cut off them that hate   
me4   ,they looked1 but there was none  
to save2       ,even unto the ,,lord1   

but he answered them not4   ,then did ,i
 beat them small as the dust of the     
earth1       ,i did stamp them as the   
mire of the streets1 and did spread     
them abroad4   ,thou also hast delivered
 me from the strivings of my people2    
,thou hast kept me to be the head of the
 nations3       ,a people whom ,i have  
not known shall serve me4   ,the        
strangers shall submit themselves unto  
me3       ,as soon as they hear of me1  
they shall obey me4   ,the strangers    
shall fade away1       ,and shall come  
trembling out of their close places4    
,the ,,lord liveth2 and blessed be my   
rock2       ,and exalted be the ,god of 
the rock of my salvation3   ,even the   
,god that executeth vengeance for me1   
,and bringeth down peoples under me1    
,and that bringeth me forth from mine   
enemies3       ,yea1 thou liftest me up 
above them that rise up against me3     
,thou deliverest me from the violent    
man4   ,therefore ,i will give thanks   
unto thee1 ,o ,,lord1 among the nations1

       ,and will sing praises unto thy  
name4   ,great deliverance giveth he to 
his king3   ,and sheweth lovingkindness 
to his anointed1       ,to ,david and to
 his seed1 for evermore4     ,,vii      
,,the ,,bride',s ,,reminiscences  ,a    
,lyric ,idyl  ,the ,interrupted ,visit  
,,the ,,bride    ,the voice of my       
beloved6 behold he cometh1              
,leaping upon the mountains1            
,skipping upon the hills4   ,my beloved 
is like a roe or a young hart3          
,behold1 he standeth behind our wall1   
,he looketh in at the windows1   ,he    
sheweth himself through the lattice4    
,my beloved spake1 and said unto me3    
,rise up1 my love1 my fair one1         
,and come away4    ,for1 lo1 the winter 
is past1       ,the rain is over and    
gone2   ,the flowers appear on the      
earth2       ,the time of the singing of
 birds is come1       ,and the voice of 
the turtle is heard in our land2   ,the 
fig tree ripeneth her green figs1       
,and the vines are in blossom1          

,they give forth their fragrance4       
,arise1 my love1 my fair one1       ,and
 come away4    ,o my dove1 that art in  
the clefts of the rock1       ,in the   
covert of the steep place1   ,let me see
 thy countenance1       ,let me hear thy
 voice2    ,for sweet is thy voice1     
,and thy countenance is comely4         
,,voices ,,of ,,the ,,brothers 7heard   
interrupting7    ,take us the foxes1    
,the little foxes that spoil the        
vineyards2       ,for our vineyards are 
in blossom4                             
99 99                                   
99    ,my beloved is mine1 and ,i am    
his3       ,he feedeth his flock among  
the lilies4   ,until the day break1 and 
the shadows flee away1       ,turn1 my  
beloved1 and be thou like a roe or a    
young hart       ,upon the mountains of 
separation4  ,the ,happy ,dream    ,by  
night1 on my bed1 ,i sought him whom my 
soul loveth3       ,i sought him1 but ,i
 found him not4   ,i said1 ,i will rise 
now1 and go about the city1       ,in   

the streets and in the broad ways1   ,i 
will seek him whom my soul loveth3      
,i sought him1 but ,i found him not4    
,the watchmen that go about the city    
found me3       ,to whom ,i said1 ,saw  
ye him whom my soul loveth8   ,it was   
but a little that ,i passed from them1  
,when ,i found him whom my soul loveth3 
,i held him1 and would not let him go1  
,until ,i had brought him into my       
mother's house1       ,and into the     
chamber of her that conceived me4       
99 99                       99    ,i    
adjure you1 ,o daughters of ,jerusalem1 
,by the roes1 and by the hinds of the   
field1   ,that ye stir not up1 nor      
awaken love1       ,until it please4    
,,viii  ,,the ,,battle ,,of ,,carchemish
   #a    ,order ye the buckler and      
shield1 and draw near to battle2        
,harness the horses1 and get up ye      
horsemen1 and stand forth with your     
helmets2   ,furbish the spears1 put on  
the coats of mail4    ,wherefore have ,i
 seen it8 they are dismayed1   ,and are 

turned backward1 and their mighty ones  
are beaten down1   ,and are fled apace1 
and look not back4    ,terror is on     
every side1 saith the ,,lord1   ,let not
 the swift flee away1 nor the mighty man
 escape3   ,in the north by the river   
,euphrates have they stumbled and       
fallen4  #b    ,who is this that riseth 
up like the ,nile1       ,whose waters  
toss themselves like the rivers8        
,egypt riseth up like the ,nile1        
,and his waters toss themselves like the
 rivers2   ,and he saith1 ,i will rise  
up1 ,i will cover the earth2       ,i   
will destroy the city and the           
inhabitants thereof4    ,go up1 ye      
horses2 and rage1 ye chariots2 and let  
the mighty men go forth3   ,cush and    
,put1 that handle the shield2   ,and the
 ,ludim1 that handle and bend the bow4  
,for that day is a day of the ,lord1 the
 ,,lord of hosts1       ,a day of       
vengeance1 that he may avenge him of his
 adversaries3   ,and the sword shall    
devour and be satiate1       ,and shall 

drink its fill of their blood3   ,for   
the ,lord1 the ,,lord of hosts hath a   
sacrifice       ,in the north country by
 the river ,euphrates4  #c    ,go up    
into ,gilead1 and take balm1 ,o virgin  
daughter of ,egypt3   ,in vain dost thou
 use many medicines2   ,there is no     
healing for thee4    ,the nations have  
heard of thy shame1 and the earth is    
full of thy cry3   ,for the mighty man  
hath stumbled against the mighty1       
,they are fallen both of them together4 
,,ix  ,a ,,song ,,of ,,zion ,,redeemed  
#a    ,arise1 shine2 for thy light is   
come1   ,and the glory of the ,,lord is 
risen upon thee4    ,for behold1        
darkness shall cover the earth1     ,and
 gross darkness the peoples3   ,but the 
,,lord shall arise upon thee1     ,and  
his glory shall be seen upon thee4  #b  
,and nations shall come to thy light1   
,and kings to the brightness of thy     
rising4    ,lift up thine eyes round    
about1 and see3     ,they all gather    
themselves together1 they come to thee3 

,thy sons shall come from far1     ,and 
thy daughters shall be carried in the   
arms4    ,then thou shalt see and be    
lightened1     ,and thine heart shall   
tremble and be enlarged2   ,because the 
abundance of the sea shall be turned    
unto thee1     ,the wealth of the       
nations shall come unto thee4    ,the   
multitude of camels shall cover thee1   
,the dromedaries of ,midian and ,ephah2 
,they all shall come from ,sheba1 they  
shall bring gold and frankincense1      
,and shall proclaim the praises of the  
,,lord4    ,all the flocks of ,kedar    
shall be gathered together unto thee1   
,the rams of ,nebaioth shall minister   
unto thee2   ,they shall come up with   
acceptance on mine altar1     ,and ,i   
will beautify the house of my glory4  #c
    ,who are these that fly as a cloud1 
,and as the doves to their windows8     
,surely the isles shall wait for me1    
,and the ships of ,tarshish first1   ,to
 bring thy sons from far1     ,their    
silver and their gold with them1   ,for 

the name of the ,,lord thy ,god1   ,and 
for the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 because  
he hath glorified thee4   ,and strangers
 shall build up thy walls1     ,and     
their kings shall minister unto thee3   
,for in my wrath ,i smote thee1     ,but
 in my favour have ,i had mercy on thee4
    ,thy gates also shall be open       
continually1     ,they shall not be shut
 day nor night2   ,that men may bring   
unto thee the wealth of the nations1    
,and their kings led with them3   ,for  
that nation and kingdom that will not   
serve thee shall perish2     ,yea1 those
 nations shall be utterly wasted4       
,the glory of ,lebanon shall come unto  
thee1     ,the fir tree1 the pine1 and  
the box tree together2   ,to beautify   
the place of my sanctuary1     ,and ,i  
will make the place of my feet glorious4
    ,and the sons of them that afflicted
 thee     ,shall come bending unto thee2
   ,and all they that despised thee     
,shall bow themselves down at the soles 
of thy feet4  #d    ,and they shall call

 thee the ,city of the ,,lord1   ,the   
,zion of the ,holy ,one of ,israel4     
,whereas thou hast been forsaken and    
hated1     ,so that no man passed       
through thee1   ,i will make thee an    
eternal excellency1     ,a joy of many  
generations4    ,thou shalt also suck   
the milk of the nations1     ,and shalt 
suck the breast of kings3   ,and thou   
shalt know that ,i the ,,lord am thy    
saviour1     ,and thy redeemer1 the     
,mighty ,one of ,jacob4    ,for brass ,i
 will bring gold1     ,and for iron ,i  
will bring silver1   ,and for wood      
brass1     ,and for stones iron4    ,i  
will also make thy officers peace1      
,and thine exactors righteousness2      
,violence shall no more be heard in thy 
land1     ,desolation nor destruction   
within thy borders2   ,but thou shalt   
call thy walls ,salvation1     ,and thy 
gates ,praise4  #e    ,the sun shall be 
no more thy light by day1   ,neither for
 brightness shall the moon give light   
unto thee3   ,but the ,,lord shall be   

unto thee an everlasting light1     ,and
 thy ,god thy glory4   ,thy sun shall no
 more go down1   ,neither shall thy moon
 withdraw itself3   ,for the ,,lord     
shall be thine everlasting light1       
,and the days of thy mourning shall be  
ended4    ,thy people also shall be all 
righteous1   ,they shall inherit the    
land for ever2   ,the branch of my      
planting1   ,the work of my hands1      
,that ,i may be glorified4   ,the little
 one shall become a thousand1   ,and the
 small one a strong nation3       ,i the
 ,,lord will hasten it in its time4     
,x  ,,isaiah',s  ,,doom ,,of ,,babylon  
,set ye up an ensign upon the bare      
mountain1 lift up the voice unto them1  
wave the hand1 that they may go into the
 gates of the nobles4 ,i have commanded 
my consecrated ones1 yea1 ,i have called
 my mighty men for mine anger1 even them
 that exult in my majesty4    ,the noise
 of a multitude in the mountains1       
,like as of a great people6       ,the  
noise of a tumult       ,of the kingdoms

 of the nations gathered together6      
,the ,,lord of ,,hosts       ,mustereth 
the ,,host for the battle2       ,they  
come from a far country1       ,from the
 uttermost part of heaven3    ,even the 
,,lord1 and the weapons of his          
indignation1       ,to destroy the whole
 land4       ,howl ye1 for the ,day of  
the ,,lord is at hand3       ,as        
destruction from the ,almighty shall it 
come4  ,therefore shall all hands be    
feeble1 and every heart of man shall    
melt3 and they shall be dismayed2 pangs 
and sorrows shall take hold of them2    
they shall be in pain as a woman in     
travail2 they shall be amazed one at    
another2 their faces shall be faces of  
flame4    ,behold1 the ,day of the      
,,lord cometh1       ,cruel1 with wrath 
and fierce anger2       ,to make the    
land a desolation1       ,and to destroy
 the sinners thereof out of it4  ,for   
the stars of heaven and the             
constellations thereof shall not give   
their light3 the sun shall be darkened  

in his going forth1 and the moon shall  
not cause her light to shine4 ,and ,i   
will punish the world for their evil1   
and the wicked for their iniquity2 and  
,i will cause the arrogancy of the proud
 to cease1 and will lay low the         
haughtiness of the terrible4 ,i will    
make a man more rare than fine gold1    
even a man than the pure gold of ,ophir4
 ,therefore ,i will make the heavens to 
tremble1 and the earth shall be shaken  
out of her place1 in the wrath of the   
,,lord of hosts1 and in the day of his  
fierce anger4 ,and it shall come to     
pass1 that as the chased roe1 and as    
sheep that no man gathereth1 they shall 
turn every man to his own people1 and   
shall flee every man to his own land4   
,every one that is found shall be thrust
 through2 and every one that is taken   
shall fall by the sword4 ,their infants 
also shall be dashed in pieces before   
their eyes2 their houses shall be       
spoiled1 and their wives ravished4      
,behold1 ,i will stir up the ,medes     

against them1 which shall not regard    
silver1 and as for gold1 they shall not 
delight in it4 ,and their bows shall    
dash the young men in pieces2 and they  
shall have no pity on the fruit of the  
womb2 their eye shall not spare         
children4    ,and ,,babylon1       ,the 
glory of kingdoms1       ,the beauty of 
the ,chaldeans' pride1       ,shall be  
as when ,god overthrew ,sodom and       
,gomorrah4    ,it shall never be        
inhabited1       ,neither shall it be   
dwelt in from generation to generation2 
,neither shall the ,arabian pitch tent  
there2       ,neither shall shepherds   
make their flocks to lie down there4    
,but wild beasts of the desert shall lie
 there2       ,and their houses shall be
 full of doleful creatures2       ,and  
ostriches shall dwell there1       ,and 
satyrs shall dance there4    ,and wolves
 shall cry in their castles1       ,and 
jackals in the pleasant palaces3        
,and her time is near to come1          
,and her days shall not be prolonged4   

,for the ,,lord will have compassion on 
,jacob1 and will yet choose ,israel1 and
 set them in their own land3 and the    
stranger shall join himself with them1  
and they shall cleave to the house of   
,jacob4 ,and the peoples shall take     
them1 and bring them to their place3 and
 the house of ,israel shall possess them
 in the land of the ,,lord for servants 
and for handmaids2 and they shall take  
them captive1 whose captives they were2 
and they shall rule over their          
oppressors4 ,and it shall come to pass  
in the day that the ,,lord shall give   
thee rest from thy sorrow1 and from thy 
trouble1 and from the hard service      
wherein thou wast made to serve1 that   
thou shalt take up this parable against 
the king of ,babylon1 and say3    ,how  
hath the oppressor ceased6     ,the     
golden city ceased6   ,the ,,lord hath  
broken the staff of the wicked1     ,the
 sceptre of the rulers2   ,he that smote
 the peoples in wrath with a continual  
stroke1     ,that ruled the nations in  

anger1   ,is persecuted1     ,and none  
hindereth6   ,the whole earth is at     
rest1 and is quiet3     ,they break     
forth into singing3   ,yea1 the fir     
trees rejoice at thee1     ,and the     
cedars of ,lebanon3   ',since thou art  
laid down1     ,no feller is come up    
against us4'      ,hell from beneath is 
moved for thee1       ,to meet thee at  
thy coming3     ,it stirreth up the dead
 for thee1       ,even all the chief    
ones of the earth2     ,it hath raised  
up from their thrones all the kings of  
the nations1       ,all they shall      
answer and say unto thee3     ',art thou
 also become weak as we8       ,art thou
 become like unto us8'     ,thy pomp is 
brought down to hell1       ,and the    
noise of thy viols3     ,the worm is    
spread under thee1       ,and worms     
cover thee4      ,how art thou fallen   
from heaven1       ,o ,day ,star1 son of
 the morning     ,how art thou cut down 
to the ground1       ,which didst lay   
low the nations6     ,and thou saidst in

 thine heart1 ',i will ascend into      
heaven1       ,i will exalt my throne   
above the stars of ,god2     ,and ,i    
will sit upon the mount of congregation1
       ,in the uttermost parts of the   
north3     ,i will ascend above the     
heights of the clouds2       ,i will be 
like the ,most ,high4'     ,yet thou    
shalt be brought down to hell1       ,to
 the uttermost parts of the pit4        
,they that see thee shall narrowly look 
upon thee1     ,they shall consider     
thee3   ',is this the man that made the 
earth to tremble1     ,that did shake   
kingdoms2   ,that made the world as a   
wilderness1 and overthrew the cities    
thereof1     ,that let not loose his    
prisoners to their home8'   ,all the    
kings of the nations1 all of them1 sleep
 in glory1     ,every one in his own    
house3   ,but thou art cast forth away  
from thy sepulchre1     ,like an        
abominable branch1   ,as the raiment of 
those that are slain1     ,that are     
thrust through with the sword1   ,that  

go down to the stones of the pit2       
,as a carcase trodden under foot4  ,thou
 shalt not be joined with them in       
burial1 because thou hast destroyed thy 
land1 thou hast slain thy people2 the   
seed of evil-doers shall not be named   
for ever4 ,prepare ye slaughter for his 
children for the iniquity of their      
fathers2 that they rise not up1 and     
possess the earth1 and fill the face of 
the world with cities4 ,and ,i will rise
 up against them1 saith the ,,lord of   
hosts1 and cut off from ,babylon name   
and remnant1 and son and son's son1     
saith the ,,lord4 ,i will also make it a
 possession for the porcupine1 and pools
 of water3 and ,i will sweep it with the
 besom of destruction1 saith the ,,lord 
of hosts4     ,,xi  ,,nahum',s ,,doom   
,,of ,,nineveh   #a  ,the ,,lord is a   
jealous ,god and avengeth2 the ,,lord   
avengeth and is full of wrath2 the      
,,lord taketh vengeance on his          
adversaries1 and he reserveth wrath for 
his enemies4 ,the ,,lord is slow to     

anger1 and great in power1 and will by  
no means clear the guilty3 the ,,lord   
hath his way in the whirlwind and in the
 storm1 and the clouds are the dust of  
his feet4 ,he rebuketh the sea1 and     
maketh it dry1 and drieth up all the    
rivers3 ,bashan languisheth1 and        
,carmel1 and the flower of ,lebanon     
languisheth4 ,the mountains quake at    
him1 and the hills melt2 and the earth  
is upheaved at his presence1 yea1 the   
world1 and all that dwell therein4 ,who 
can stand before his indignation8 and   
who can abide in the fierceness of his  
anger8 his fury is poured out like fire1
 and the rocks are broken asunder by    
him4  ,the ,,lord is good1 a strong hold
 in the day of trouble2 and he knoweth  
them that put their trust in him4  ,but 
with an overrunning flood he will make a
 full end of the place thereof1 and will
 pursue his enemies into darkness4  #b  
,what do ye imagine against the ,,lord8 
he will make a full end3 affliction     
shall not rise up the second time4 ,for 

though they be like tangled thorns1 and 
be drenched as it were in their drink1  
they shall be devoured utterly as dry   
stubble4 ,there is one gone forth out of
 thee1 that imagineth evil against the  
,,lord1 that counselleth wickedness4    
,thus saith the ,,lord3 ,though they be 
in full strength1 and likewise many1    
even so shall they be cut down1 and he  
shall pass away4  ,though ,i have       
afflicted thee1 ,i will afflict thee no 
more4 ,and now will ,i break his yoke   
from off thee1 and will burst thy bonds 
in sunder4  ,and the ,,lord hath given  
commandment concerning thee1 that no    
more of thy name be sown2 out of the    
house of thy gods will ,i cut off the   
graven image and the molten image2 ,i   
will make thy grave2 for thou art vile4 
#c  ,behold1 upon the mountains the feet
 of him that bringeth good tidings1 that
 publisheth peace6 ,keep thy feasts1 ,o 
,judah1 perform thy vows3 for the wicked
 one shall no more pass through thee2 he
 is utterly cut off4    ,he that dasheth

 in pieces is come up before thy face3  
,keep the munition2 watch the way2      
,make thy loins strong1     ,fortify thy
 power mightily4  ,for the ,,lord       
bringeth again the excellency of ,jacob1
 as the excellency of ,israel3 for the  
emptiers have emptied them out1 and     
marred their vine branches4    ,the     
shield of his mighty men is made red3   
,the valiant men are in scarlet3   ,the 
chariots flash with steel in the day of 
his preparation1     ,and the spears are
 shaken terribly4    ,the chariots rage 
in the streets1     ,they justle one    
against another in the broad ways3      
,the appearance of them is like torches1
     ,they run like the lightnings4     
,he remembereth his worthies3     ,they 
stumble in their march2   ,they make    
haste to the wall thereof1     ,and the 
mantelet is prepared4    ,the gates of  
the rivers are opened1 and the palace is
 dissolved3     ,and ,huzzab is         
uncovered2 she is carried away2   ,and  
her handmaids mourn as with the voice of

 doves1     ,tabering upon their        
breasts4    ,but ,nineveh hath been from
 of old like a pool of water2     ,yet  
they flee away3   ',stand1 stand'--     
,but none looketh back4    ,take ye the 
spoil of silver1     ,take the spoil of 
gold2   ,for there is none end of the   
store1     ,the glory of all pleasant   
furniture4    ,she is empty1 and void1  
and waste3     ,and the heart melteth1  
and the knees smite together2   ,and    
anguish is in all loins1     ,and the   
faces of them all are waxed pale4  #d   
,where is the den of the lions1     ,and
 the feeding place of the young lions1  
,where the lion and the lioness walked1 
,the lion's whelp1 and none made them   
afraid8    ,the lion did tear in pieces 
enough for his whelps1     ,and         
strangled for his lionesses2   ,and     
filled his caves with prey1     ,and his
 dens with ravin4  #e  ,behold1 ,i am   
against thee1 saith the ,,lord of hosts1
 and ,i will burn her chariots in the   
smoke1 and the sword shall devour thy   

young lions3 and ,i will cut off thy    
prey from the earth1 and the voice of   
thy messengers shall no more be heard4  
,woe to the bloody city6   ,it is all   
full of lies and rapine2   ,the prey    
departeth not4    ,the noise of the     
whip1 and the noise of the rattling of  
wheels2   ,and pransing horses1 and     
jumping chariots2   ,the horseman       
mounting1 and the flashing sword1 and   
the glittering spear2    ,and a         
multitude of slain1 and a great heap of 
carcases3   ,and there is none end of   
the corpses2   ,they stumble upon their 
corpses3    ,because of the multitude of
 the whoredoms of the well-favoured     
harlot1   ,the mistress of witchcrafts1 
that selleth nations through her        
whoredoms1   ,and families through her  
witchcrafts4  ,behold1 ,i am against    
thee1 saith the ,,lord of hosts1 and ,i 
will discover thy skirts upon thy face2 
and ,i will shew the nations thy        
nakedness1 and the kingdoms thy shame4  
,and ,i will cast abominable filth upon 

thee1 and make thee vile1 and will set  
thee as a gazingstock4 ,and it shall    
come to pass1 that all they that look   
upon thee shall flee from thee1 and say3
  #f    ,nineveh is laid waste3 who will
 bemoan her8   ,whence shall ,i seek    
comforters for thee8    ,art thou better
 than ,no-amon1 that was situate among  
the rivers1     ,that had the waters    
round about her2   ,whose rampart was   
the sea1     ,and her wall was of the   
sea8    ,ethiopia and ,egypt were her   
strength1 and it was infinite2     ,put 
and ,lubim were thy helpers3   ,yet was 
she carried away1 she went into         
captivity3     ,her young children also 
were dashed in pieces at the top of all 
the       streets2    ,and they cast    
lots for her honourable men1     ,and   
all her great men were bound in chains3 
,thou also shalt be drunken1 thou shalt 
be hid2     ,thou also shalt seek a     
strong hold because of the enemy4       
,all thy fortresses shall be like fig   
trees with the firstripe figs3   ,if    

they be shaken1   ,they fall into the   
mouth of the eater4    ,behold1 thy     
people in the midst of thee are women2  
,the gates of thy land are set wide open
 unto thine enemies2   ,the fire hath   
devoured thy bars4    ,draw the water   
for the siege2     ,strengthen thy      
fortresses3   ,go into the clay1 and    
tread the mortar1 make strong the       
brickkiln3     ,there shall the fire    
devour thee2 the sword shall cut thee   
off4    ,it shall devour thee like the  
cankerworm3     ,make thyself many as   
the cankerworm1 make thyself many as the
 locust2   ,thou hast multiplied thy    
merchants above the stars of heaven3    
,the cankerworm spreadeth himself1 and  
flieth away4    ,thy crowned are as the 
locusts1 and thy marshals as the swarms 
of     grasshoppers1     ,which camp in 
the hedges in the cold day1   ,but when 
the sun ariseth they flee away1     ,and
 their place is not known where they    
are4  #g    ,thy shepherds slumber1 ,o  
king of ,assyria1     ,thy worthies are 

at rest3   ,thy people are scattered    
upon the mountains1     ,and there is   
none to gather them4    ,there is no    
assuaging of thy hurt2     ,thy wound is
 grievous3   ,all that hear the bruit of
 thee clap the hands over thee3     ,for
 upon whom hath not thy wickedness      
passed continually8     ,,rhapsody  ,,or
  ,,prophetic ,,drama  ,,jeremiah',s    
,,rhapsody ,,of ,,the ,,drought   ,judah
 mourneth1 and the gates thereof        
languish2 they sit in black upon the    
ground2 and the cry of ,jerusalem is    
gone up4  ,and their nobles send their  
little ones to the waters3 they come to 
the pits1 and find no water2 they return
 with their vessels empty3 they are     
ashamed and confounded1 and cover their 
heads4  ,because of the ground which is 
chapt1 for that no rain hath been in the
 land1 the plowmen are ashamed1 they    
cover their heads4  ,yea1 the hind also 
in the field calveth1 and forsaketh her 
young1 because there is no grass4 ,and  
the wild asses stand on the bare        

heights1 they pant for air like jackals2
 their eyes fail1 because there is no   
herbage4  ,,repentent ,,israel  ,though 
our iniquities testify against us1 work 
thou for thy name's sake1 ,o ,,lord3 for
 our backslidings are many2 we have     
sinned against thee4 ,o thou hope of    
,israel1 the saviour thereof in the time
 of trouble1 why shouldest thou be as a 
sojourner in the land1 and as a         
wayfaring man that turneth aside to     
tarry for a night8 ,why shouldest thou  
be as a man astonied1 as a mighty man   
that cannot save8 yet thou1 ,o ,,lord1  
art in the midst of us1 and we are      
called by thy name3 leave us not4  ,,the
 ,,prophet  ,thus saith the ,,lord unto 
this people1 ,even so have they loved to
 wander2 they have not refrained their  
feet3 therefore the ,,lord doth not     
accept them2 now will he remember their 
iniquity1 and visit their sins4  ,,the  
,,lord 7to the ,prophet7  ,pray not for 
this people for their good4 ,when they  
fast1 ,i will not hear their cry2 and   

when they offer burnt offering and      
oblation1 ,i will not accept them3 but  
,i will consume them by the sword1 and  
by the famine1 and by the pestilence4   
,,the ,,prophet  ,ah1 ,lord ,,god6      
behold1 the prophets say unto them1 ,ye 
shall not see the sword1 neither shall  
ye have famine2 but ,i will give you    
assured peace in this place4  ,,the     
,,lord  ,the prophets prophesy lies in  
my name3 ,i sent them not1 neither have 
,i commanded them1 neither spake ,i unto
 them2 they prophesy unto you a lying   
vision1 and divination1 and a thing of  
nought1 and the deceit of their own     
heart4 ,therefore thus saith the ,,lord 
concerning the prophets that prophesy in
 my name1 and ,i sent them not1 yet they
 say1 ,sword and famine shall not be in 
this land3 ,by sword and famine shall   
those prophets be consumed4 ,and the    
people to whom they prophesy shall be   
cast out in the streets of ,jerusalem   
because of the famine and the sword2 and
 they shall have none to bury them1     

them1 their wives1 nor their sons1 nor  
their daughters3 for ,i will pour their 
wickedness upon them4 ,and thou shalt   
say this word unto them1 ',let mine eyes
 run down with tears night and day1 and 
let them not cease2 for the virgin      
daughter of my people is broken with a  
great breach1 with a very grievous      
wound4 ,if ,i go forth into the field1  
then behold the slain with the sword6   
and if ,i enter into the city1 then     
behold them that are sick with famine6  
for both the prophet and the priest go  
about in the land and have no           
knowledge4'  ,,repentent ,,israel  ,hast
 thou utterly rejected ,judah8 hath thy 
soul loathed ,zion8 why hast thou       
smitten us1 and there is no healing for 
us8 ,we looked for peace1 but no good   
came2 and for a time of healing1 and    
behold dismay6 ,we acknowledge1 ,o      
,,lord1 our wickedness1 and the iniquity
 of our fathers3 for we have sinned     
against thee4 ,do not abhor us1 for thy 
name's sake2 do not disgrace the throne 

of thy glory3 remember1 break not thy   
covenant with us4 ,are there any among  
the vanities of the heathen that can    
cause rain8 or can the heavens give     
showers8 art not thou he1 ,o ,,lord our 
,god8 therefore we will wait upon thee2 
for thou hast made all these things4    
,,the ,,lord 7to the ,prophet7  ,though 
,moses and ,samuel stood before me1 yet 
my mind could not be toward this people3
 cast them out of my sight1 and let them
 go forth4 ,and it shall come to pass1  
when they say unto thee1 ,whither shall 
we go forth8 then thou shalt tell them1 
,thus saith the ,,lord3 ,such as are for
 death1 to death2 and such as are for   
the sword1 to the sword2 and such as are
 for the famine1 to the famine2 and such
 as are for captivity1 to captivity4    
,and ,i will appoint over them four     
kinds1 saith the ,lord3 the sword to    
slay1 and the dogs to tear1 and the     
fowls of the heaven1 and the beasts of  
the earth1 to devour and to destroy4    
,and ,i will cause them to be tossed to 

and fro among all the kingdoms of the   
earth1 because of ,manasseh the son of  
,hezekiah king of ,judah1 for that which
 he did in ,jerusalem4 ,for who shall   
have pity upon thee1 ,o ,jerusalem8 or  
who shall bemoan thee8 or who shall turn
 aside to ask of thy welfare8 ,thou hast
 rejected me1 saith the ,,lord1 thou art
 gone backward3 therefore have ,i       
stretched out my hand against thee1 and 
destroyed thee2 ,i am weary with        
repenting4 ,and ,i have fanned them with
 a fan in the gates of the land2 ,i have
 bereaved them of children1 ,i have     
destroyed my people2 they have not      
returned from their ways4 ,their widows 
are increased to me above the sand of   
the seas3 ,i have brought upon them     
against the mother of the young men a   
spoiler at noonday3 ,i have caused      
anguish and terrors to fall upon her    
suddenly4 ,she that hath borne seven    
languisheth2 she hath given up the      
ghost2 her sun is gone down while it was
 yet day2 she hath been ashamed and     

confounded3 and the residue of them will
 ,i deliver to the sword before their   
enemies1 saith the ,,lord4  ,,the       
,,prophet  ,woe is me1 my mother1 that  
thou hast borne me a man of strife and a
 man of contention to the whole earth6  
,i have not lent on usury1 neither have 
men lent to me on usury2 yet every one  
of them doth curse me4  ,,the ,,lord 7to
 the ,prophet7  ,verily ,i will         
strengthen thee for good2 verily ,i will
 cause the enemy to make supplication   
unto thee in the time of evil and in the
 time of affliction4  ,,the ,,lord 7to  
the ,people7  ,can one break iron1 even 
iron from the north1 and brass8 ,thy    
substance and thy treasures will ,i give
 for a spoil without price1 and that for
 all thy sins1 even in all thy borders4 
,and ,i will make thee to serve thine   
enemies in a land which thou knowest    
not3 for a fire is kindled in mine      
anger1 which shall burn upon you4       
,,repentent ,,israel  ,o ,,lord1 thou   
knowest3 remember me1 and visit me1 and 

avenge me of my persecutors3 take me not
 away in thy longsuffering3 know that   
for thy sake ,i have suffered reproach4 
,thy words were found1 and ,i did eat   
them2 and thy words were unto me a joy  
and the rejoicing of mine heart3 for ,i 
am called by thy name1 ,o ,,lord ,god of
 hosts4 ,i sat not in the assembly of   
them that make merry1 nor rejoiced3 ,i  
sat alone because of thy hand2 for thou 
hast filled me with indignation4 ,why is
 my pain perpetual1 and my wound        
incurable1 which refuseth to be healed8 
wilt thou indeed be unto me as a        
deceitful brook1 as waters that fail8   
,,the ,,lord  ,therefore thus saith the 
,,lord3 ,if thou return1 then will ,i   
bring thee again1 that thou mayest stand
 before me2 and if thou take forth the  
precious from the vile1 thou shalt be as
 my mouth3 they shall return unto thee1 
but thou shalt not return unto them4    
,,epilogue 7to the ,prophet7  ,and ,i   
will make thee unto this people a fenced
 brasen wall2 and they shall fight      

against thee1 but they shall not prevail
 against thee3 for ,i am with thee to   
save thee and to deliver thee1 saith the
 ,,lord4 ,and ,i will deliver thee out  
of the hand of the wicked1 and ,i will  
redeem thee out of the hand of the      
terrible4     ,,habakkuk',s ,,rhapsody  
,,of ,,the ,,chaldeans   i  ,the        
,mystery  ,,the ,,prophet  ,o ,,lord1   
how long shall ,i cry1 and thou wilt not
 hear8 ,i cry out unto thee of violence1
 and thou wilt not save4 ,why dost thou 
shew me iniquity1 and cause me to look  
upon perverseness8 for spoiling and     
violence are before me3 and there is    
strife1 and contention riseth up4       
,therefore the law is slacked1 and      
judgement doth never go forth3 for the  
wicked doth compass about the righteous2
 therefore judgement goeth forth        
perverted4  ,,the ,,lord  ,behold ye    
among the nations1 and regard1 and      
wonder marvellously3 for ,i work a work 
in your days1 which ye will not believe 
though it be told you4 ,for1 lo1 ,i     

raise up the ,chaldeans1 that bitter and
 hasty nation2 which march through the  
breadth of the earth1 to possess        
dwelling places that are not theirs4    
,they are terrible and dreadful3 their  
judgement and their dignity proceed from
 themselves4 ,their horses also are     
swifter than leopards1 and are more     
fierce than the evening wolves2 and     
their horsemen bear themselves proudly3 
yea1 their horsemen come from far2 they 
fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour4 
,they come all of them for violence2    
their faces are set eagerly as the east 
wind2 and they gather captives as the   
sand4 ,yea1 he scoffeth at kings1 and   
princes are a derision unto him3 he     
derideth every strong hold2 for he      
heapeth up dust1 and taketh it4 ,then   
shall he sweep by as a wind1 and shall  
pass over1 and be guilty3 even he whose 
might is his god4  ,,the ,,prophet  ,art
 not thou from everlasting1 ,o ,,lord my
 ,god1 mine ,holy ,one8 thou diest not4 
,o ,,lord1 thou hast ordained him for   

judgement2 and thou1 ,o ,rock1 hast     
established him for correction4 ,thou   
that art of purer eyes than to behold   
evil1 and that canst not look on        
perverseness1 wherefore lookest thou    
upon them that deal treacherously1 and  
holdest thy peace when the wicked       
swalloweth up the man that is more      
righteous than he2 and makest men as the
 fishes of the sea1 as the creeping     
things1 that have no ruler over them8   
,he taketh up all of them with the      
angle1 he catcheth them in his net1 and 
gathereth them in his drag3 therefore he
 rejoiceth and is glad4 ,therefore he   
sacrificeth unto his net1 and burneth   
incense unto his drag2 because by them  
his portion is fat1 and his meat        
plenteous4 ,shall he therefore empty his
 net1 and not spare to slay the nations 
continually8  ii  ,the ,solution  ,,the 
,,prophet  ,i will stand upon my watch1 
and set me upon the tower1 and will look
 forth to see what he will speak by me1 
and what ,i shall answer concerning my  

complaint4  ,,the ,,lord  ,write the    
vision1 and make it plain upon tables1  
that he may run that readeth it4 ,for   
the vision is yet for the appointed     
time1 and it hasteth toward the end1 and
 shall not lie3 though it tarry1 wait   
for it2 because it will surely come1 it 
will not delay4 ,behold1 his soul is    
puffed up1 it is not upright in him3 but
 the just shall live in his             
faithfulness4 ,yea1 moreover1 wine is a 
treacherous dealer1 a haughty man1 and  
that keepeth not at home2 who enlargeth 
his desire as hell1 and he is as death1 
and cannot be satisfied1 but gathereth  
unto him all nations1 and heapeth unto  
him all peoples4 ,shall not all these   
take up a parable against him1 and a    
taunting proverb against him1 and say3  
,doom of the ,chaldeans  #a    ,woe to  
him that increaseth that which is not   
his1     --,how long8--   ,and that     
ladeth himself with pledges6  ,shall    
they not rise up suddenly that shall    
exact usury of thee1 and awake that     

shall vex thee1 and thou shalt be for   
booties unto them8 ,because thou hast   
spoiled many nations1 all the remnant of
 the peoples shall spoil thee2 because  
of men's blood1 and for the violence    
done to the land1 to the city1 and to   
all that dwell therein4  #b    ,woe to  
him that getteth an evil gain for his   
house1   ,that he may set his nest on   
high1   ,that he may be delivered from  
the hand of evil6  ,thou hast consulted 
shame to thy house by cutting off many  
peoples1 and hast sinned against thy    
soul4 ,for the stone shall cry out of   
the wall1 and the beam out of the timber
 shall answer it4  #c    ,woe to him    
that buildeth a town with blood1   ,and 
stablisheth a city by iniquity6         
,behold1 is it not of the ,,lord of     
hosts that the peoples labour for the   
fire1 and the nations weary themselves  
for vanity8 ,for the earth shall be     
filled with the knowledge of the glory  
of the ,,lord1 as the waters cover the  
sea4  #d    ,woe unto him that giveth   

his neighbour drink1     ,that addest   
thy venom thereto1   ,and makest him    
drunken also1     ,that thou mayest look
 on their nakedness6  ,thou art filled  
with shame for glory3 drink thou also1  
and be as one uncircumcised4 ,the cup of
 the ,,lord',s right hand shall be      
turned unto thee1 and foul shame shall  
be upon thy glory4 ,for the violence    
done to ,lebanon shall cover thee1 and  
the destruction of the beasts which made
 them afraid2 because of men's blood1   
and for the violence done to the land1  
to the city1 and to all that dwell      
therein4  #e  ,what profiteth the graven
 image1 that the maker thereof hath     
graven it2 the molten image1 and the    
teacher of lies1 that the maker of his  
work trusteth therein1 to make dumb     
idols8--    ,woe unto him that saith to 
the wood1 ,awake2   ,to the dumb stone1 
,arise6  ,shall this teach8 ,behold1 it 
is laid over with gold and silver1 and  
there is no breath at all in the midst  
of it4 ,but the ,,lord is in his holy   

temple3 let all the earth keep silence  
before him6  iii  ,jehovah come to      
,judgment    ,prelude    ,o ,,lord1 ,i  
have heard the report of thee1 and am   
afraid3   ,o ,,lord1 revive thy work in 
the midst of the years1   ,in the midst 
of the years make it known3   ,in wrath 
remember mercy6    ,strophe    ,god     
cometh from ,teman1   ,and the ,holy    
,one from ,mount ,paran4   ,his glory   
covereth the heavens1   ,and the earth  
is full of his praise4   ,and his       
brightness is as the light2   ,he hath  
rays coming forth from his hand2   ,and 
there is the hiding of his power4       
,before him goeth the pestilence1   ,and
 fiery bolts go forth at his feet4   ,he
 standeth and shaketh the earth2   ,he  
beholdeth1 and driveth asunder the      
nations3   ,and the eternal mountains   
are scattered1   ,the everlasting hills 
do bow2   ,his ways are everlasting4    
,i see the tents of ,cushan in          
affliction2   ,the curtains of the land 
of ,midian do tremble4    ,antistrophe  

,is the ,,lord displeased against the   
rivers8   ,is thine anger against the   
rivers1 or thy wrath against the sea1   
,that thou dost ride upon thine horses1 
,upon thy chariots of salvation8   ,thy 
bow is made quite bare1   ,sworn are the
 chastisements of thy word4   ,thou dost
 cleave the earth with rivers2   ,the   
mountains see thee and are afraid2      
,the tempest of waters passeth by2      
,the deep uttereth his voice1   ,and    
lifteth up his hands on high2   ,the sun
 and moon stand still in their          
habitation   ,at the light of thine     
arrows as they go1   ,at the shining of 
thy glittering spear4   ,thou dost march
 through the land in indignation1       
,thou dost thresh the nations in anger4 
,epode    ,thou art come for the        
salvation of thy people1   ,for the     
salvation of thine anointed3   ,thou    
dost smite off the head from the house  
of the wicked1   ,laying bare the       
foundation even unto the neck4   ,thou  
dost pierce with his own staves the head

 of his warriors3   7,they came as a    
whirlwind to scatter me1   ,their       
rejoicing was as to devour the poor     
secretly37   ,thou dost tread the sea   
with thine horses1 the surge of mighty  
waters4    ,postlude    ,i heard1 and my
 belly trembled1   ,my lips quivered at 
the voice2   ,rottenness entered into my
 bones1 and ,i trembled in my place3    
,that ,i should rest waiting for the day
 of trouble1   ,when he that shall      
invade them in troops cometh up against 
the people4   ,for though the fig tree  
shall not blossom1   ,neither shall     
fruit be in the vines2   ,the labour of 
the olive shall fail1   ,and the fields 
shall yield no meat2   ,the flock shall 
be cut off from the fold1   ,and there  
shall be no herd in the stalls3   ,yet  
,i will rejoice in the ,,lord1   ,i will
 joy in the ,god of my salvation4       
,jehovah1 the ,lord1 is my strength1    
,and he maketh my feet like hinds' feet1
   ,and will make me to walk upon mine  
high places4     ,,joel',s ,,rhapsody   

,,of ,,the ,,locust ,,plague   i  ,the  
,land ,desolate and ,mourning  ,,old    
,,men    ,hear this1 ye old men1   ,and 
give ear1 all ye inhabitants of the     
land6   ,hath this been in your days1   
,or in the days of your fathers8   ,tell
 ye your children of it1   ,and let your
 children tell their children1   ,and   
their children another generation4      
,that which the palmerworm hath left    
,hath the locust eaten2   ,and that     
which the locust hath left   ,hath the  
cankerworm eaten2   ,and that which the 
cankerworm hath left   ,hath the        
caterpillar eaten4  ,,revellers         
,awake1 ye drunkards1 and weep1   ,and  
howl1 all ye drinkers of wine1          
,because of the sweet wine2   ,for it is
 cut off from your mouth6   ,for a      
nation is come up upon my land1         
,strong1 and without number2   ,his     
teeth are the teeth of a lion1   ,and he
 hath the jaw teeth of a great lion4    
,he hath laid my vine waste1   ,and     
barked my fig tree3   ,he hath made it  

clean bare1 and cast it away2   ,the    
branches thereof are made white4        
,,priests    ,lament like a virgin      
,girded with sackcloth for the husband  
of her youth6   ,the meal offering and  
the drink offering   ,is cut off from   
the house of the ,,lord3   ,the priests1
 the ,,lord',s ministers1 mourn4   ,the 
field is wasted1   ,the land mourneth2  
,for the corn is wasted1   ,the new wine
 is dried up1   ,the oil languisheth4   
,,husbandmen    ,be ashamed1 ,o ye      
husbandmen1   ,howl1 ,o ye vinedressers1
   ,for the wheat1 and for the barley2  
,for the harvest of the field is        
perished6   ,the vine is withered1      
,and the fig tree languisheth2   ,the   
pomegranate tree1   ,the palm tree also1
 and the apple tree1   ,even all the    
trees of the field are withered3   ,for 
joy is withered away from the sons of   
men4  ,,priests    ,gird yourselves1 and
 lament1 ye priests2   ,howl1 ye        
ministers of the altar2   ,come1 lie all
 night in sackcloth1   ,ye ministers of 

my ,god3   ,for the meal offering and   
the drink offering   ,is withholden from
 the house of your ,god6  ,,the ,,whole 
,,people  ,sanctify a fast1 call a      
solemn assembly1 gather the old men and 
all the inhabitants of the land unto the
 house of the ,,lord your ,god1 and cry 
unto the ,,lord3    ,alas for the day6  
for the day of the ,,lord is at hand6   
,and as destruction from the ,almighty  
shall it come4     ,is not the meat cut 
off before our eyes1     ,yea1 joy and  
gladness from the house of our ,god8    
,the seeds rot under their clods3       
,the garners are laid desolate1     ,the
 barns are broken down2     ,for the    
corn is withered4    ,how do the beasts 
groan6     ,the herds of cattle are     
perplexed1     ,because they have no    
pasture2     ,yea1 the flocks of sheep  
are made desolate4    ,o ,,lord1 to thee
 do ,i cry3     ,for the fire hath      
devoured the pastures of the wilderness1
     ,and the flame hath burned all the 
trees of the field4   ,yea1 the beasts  

of the field pant unto thee3     ,for   
the water brooks are dried up1     ,and 
the fire hath devoured the pastures of  
the wilderness4  ii  ,the ,judgment     
,advancing    ,blow ye the trumpet in   
,zion1   ,and sound an alarm in my holy 
mountain2   ,let all the inhabitants of 
the land tremble6  ,for the ,day of the 
,,lord cometh1 for it is nigh at hand2 a
 day of darkness and gloominess1 a day  
of clouds and thick darkness1 as the    
dawn spread upon the mountains2 a great 
people and a strong1 there hath not been
 ever the like1 neither shall be any    
more after them1 even to the years of   
many generations6    ,a fire devoureth  
before them2   ,and behind them a flame 
burneth3   ,the land is as the garden of
 ,eden before them1   ,and behind them a
 desolate wilderness6  ,yea1 and none   
hath escaped them4 ,the appearance of   
them is as the appearance of horses2 and
 as horsemen1 so do they run4 ,like the 
noise of chariots on the tops of the    
mountains do they leap1 like the noise  

of a flame of fire that devoureth the   
stubble1 as a strong people set in      
battle array4    ,at their presence the 
peoples are in anguish3   ,all faces are
 waxed pale3   ,they run like mighty    
men2   ,they climb the wall like men of 
war2   ,and they march every one on his 
ways4  ,and they break not their ranks3 
neither doth one thrust another2 they   
march every one in his path3 and they   
burst through the weapons1 and break not
 off their course4    ,they leap upon   
the city2   ,they run upon the wall2    
,they climb up into the houses2   ,they 
enter in at the windows like a thief4   
,the earth quaketh before them2   ,the  
heavens tremble3   ,the sun and the moon
 are darkened1   ,and the stars withdraw
 their shining4  ,and the ,,lord        
uttereth his voice before his army2 for 
his camp is very great2 for he is strong
 that executeth his word3 for the ,day  
of the ,,lord is great and very         
terrible2 and who can abide it8  iii    
,repentance at the ,last ,moment  ,,the 

,,lord  ,yet even now1 saith the ,,lord1
 turn ye unto me with all your heart1   
and with fasting1 and with weeping1 and 
with mourning3 and rend your heart1 and 
not your garments1 and turn unto the    
,,lord your ,god3 for he is gracious and
 full of compassion1 slow to anger1 and 
plenteous in mercy1 and repenteth him of
 the evil4  ,,the ,,people  ,who knoweth
 whether he will not turn and repent1   
and leave a blessing behind him1 even a 
meal offering and a drink offering unto 
the ,,lord your ,god8    ,blow the      
trumpet in ,zion1   ,sanctify a fast1   
,call a solemn assembly3   ,gather the  
people1   ,sanctify the congregation1   
,assemble the old men1   ,gather the    
children1 and those that suck the       
breasts3   ,let the bridegroom go forth 
of his chamber1   ,and the bride out of 
her closet4  ,let the priests1 the      
ministers of the ,,lord1 weep between   
the porch and the altar1 and let them   
say3  ,,priests    ,spare thy people1 ,o
 ,,lord1     ,and give not thine        

heritage to reproach1     ,that the     
nations should use a byword against     
them1     ,wherefore should they say    
among the peoples1       ,where is their
 ,god8  iv  ,relief and ,restoration    
,then was the ,,lord jealous for his    
land1 and had pity on his people4  ,,the
 ,,lord  ,behold1 ,i will send you corn1
 and wine1 and oil1 and ye shall be     
satisfied therewith3 and ,i will no more
 make you a reproach among the nations3 
but ,i will remove far off from you the 
northern army1 and will drive him into a
 land barren and desolate1 his forepart 
into the eastern sea1 and his hinder    
part into the western sea2 and his stink
 shall come up1 and his ill savour shall
 come up1 because he hath done great    
things4  ,fear not1 ,o land1 be glad and
 rejoice2 for the ,,lord hath done great
 things4 ,be not afraid1 ye beasts of   
the field2 for the pastures of the      
wilderness do spring1 for the tree      
beareth her fruit1 the fig tree and the 
vine do yield their strength4 ,be glad  

then1 ye children of ,zion1 and rejoice 
in the ,,lord your ,god3 for he giveth  
you the former rain in just measure1 and
 he causeth to come down for you the    
rain1 the former rain and the latter    
rain1 in the first month4 ,and the      
floors shall be full of wheat1 and the  
fats shall overflow with wine and oil4  
,and ,i will restore to you the years   
that the locust hath eaten1 the         
cankerworm1 and the caterpillar1 and the
 palmerworm1 my great army which ,i sent
 among you4 ,and ye shall eat in plenty 
and be satisfied1 and shall praise the  
name of the ,,lord your ,god1 that hath 
dealt wondrously with you3 and my people
 shall never be ashamed4 ,and ye shall  
know that ,i am in the midst of ,israel1
 and that ,i am the ,,lord your ,god1   
and there is none else3 and my people   
shall never be ashamed4  v  ,afterward  
,,the ,,lord  ,and it shall come to pass
 afterward1 that ,i will pour out my    
spirit upon all flesh2 and your sons and
 your daughters shall prophesy1 your old

 men shall dream dreams1 your young men 
shall see visions3 and also upon the    
servants and upon the handmaids in those
 days will ,i pour out my spirit4  ,and 
,i will shew wonders in the heavens and 
in the earth1 blood1 and fire1 and      
pillars of smoke4 ,the sun shall be     
turned into darkness1 and the moon into 
blood1 before the great and terrible day
 of the ,,lord come4 ,and it shall come 
to pass1 that whosoever shall call on   
the name of the ,,lord shall be         
delivered3 for in mount ,zion and in    
,jerusalem there shall be those that    
escape1 as the ,,lord hath said1 and in 
the remnant whom the ,,lord doth call4  
,for1 behold1 in those days1 and in that
 time1 when ,i shall bring again the    
captivity of ,judah and ,jerusalem1 ,i  
will gather all nations1 and will bring 
them down into the ,valley of           
,jehoshaphat#f2 and ,i will plead with  
them there for my people and for my     
heritage ,israel1 whom they have        
scattered among the nations1 and parted 

my land4 ,and they have cast lots for my
 people3 and have given a boy for an    
harlot1 and sold a girl for wine1 that  
they might drink4 ,yea1 and what are ye 
to me1 ,o ,tyre1 and ,zidon1 and all the
 regions of ,philistia8 will ye render  
me a recompence8 and if ye recompense   
me1 swiftly and speedily will ,i return 
your recompence upon your own head4     
,forasmuch as ye have taken my silver   
and my gold1 and have carried into your 
temples my goodly pleasant things2 the  
children also of ,judah and the children
 of ,jerusalem have ye sold unto the    
sons of the ,grecians1 that ye might    
remove them far from their border3      
behold1 ,i will stir them up out of the 
place whither ye have sold them1 and    
will return your recompence upon your   
own head2 and ,i will sell your sons and
 your daughters into the hand of the    
children of ,judah1 and they shall sell 
them to the men of ,sheba1 to a nation  
far off3 for the ,,lord hath spoken it4 
,footnote #f3 ,the ,,lord',s ,decision4 

vi  ,advance to the ,valley of ,decision
  ,,the ,,lord  ,proclaim ye this among 
the nations2 prepare war3 stir up the   
mighty men2 let all the men of war draw 
near1 let them come up4 ,beat your      
plowshares into swords1 and your        
pruninghooks into spears3 let the weak  
say1 ,i am strong4  ,,voices  ,haste ye1
 and come1 all ye nations round about1  
and gather yourselves together4 ,thither
 cause thy mighty ones to come down1 ,o 
,,lord4  ,,the ,,lord  ,let the nations 
bestir themselves1 and come up to the   
,valley of ',jehoshaphat'3 for there    
will ,i 'sit to judge' all the nations  
round about4  ,,the ,,lord 7to his      
,hosts7  ,put ye in the sickle1 for the 
harvest is ripe3 come1 tread ye2 for the
 winepress is full1 the fats overflow2  
for their wickedness is great4  ,,the   
,,prophetic ,,spectator  ,multitudes1   
multitudes in the ,valley of ,decision6 
for the ,day of the ,,lord is near in   
the ,valley of ,decision4 ,the sun and  
the moon are darkened1 and the stars    

withdraw their shining4 ,and the ,,lord 
shall roar from ,zion1 and utter his    
voice from ,jerusalem2 and the heavens  
and the earth shall shake3 but the      
,,lord will be a refuge unto his people1
 and a strong hold to the children of   
,israel4  vii  ,the ,holy ,mountain and 
,eternal ,peace  ,,the ,,lord  ,so shall
 ye know that ,i am the ,,lord your     
,god1 dwelling in ,zion my holy         
mountain3 then shall ,jerusalem be holy1
 and there shall no strangers pass      
through her any more4 ,and it shall come
 to pass in that day1 that the mountains
 shall drop down sweet wine1 and the    
hills shall flow with milk1 and all the 
brooks of ,judah shall flow with waters2
 and a fountain shall come forth of the 
house of the ,,lord1 and shall water the
 ,valley of ,acacias4 ,egypt shall be a 
desolation1 and ,edom shall be a        
desolate wilderness1 for the violence   
done to the children of ,judah1 because 
they have shed innocent blood in their  
land4 ,but ,judah shall be inhabited for

 ever1 and ,jerusalem from generation to
 generation4 ,and ,i will cleanse their 
blood that ,i have not cleansed3 for the
 ,,lord dwelleth in ,zion4     ,,the    
,,hurt ,,of ,,the ,,daughter ,,of ,,my  
,,people  ,a ,rhapsodic ,discourse of   
,jeremiah   ,thus saith the ,,lord3     
,shall men fall1 and not rise up again8 
shall one turn away1 and not return8    
,why then is this people of ,jerusalem  
slidden back by a perpetual backsliding8
 they hold fast deceit1 they refuse to  
return4 ,i hearkened and heard1 but they
 spake not aright3 no man repenteth him 
of his wickedness1 saying1 ,what have ,i
 done8 every one turneth to his course1 
as a horse that rusheth headlong in the 
battle4 ,yea1 the stork in the heaven   
knoweth her appointed times2 and the    
turtle and the swallow and the crane    
observe the time of their coming2 but my
 people know not the ordinance of the   
,,lord4 ,how do ye say1 ,we are wise1   
and the law of the ,,lord is with us8   
,but1 behold1 the false pen of the      

scribes hath wrought falsely4 ,the wise 
men are ashamed1 they are dismayed and  
taken3 lo1 they have rejected the word  
of the ,,lord2 and what manner of wisdom
 is in them8 ,therefore will ,i give    
their wives unto others1 and their      
fields to them that shall possess them3 
for every one from the least even unto  
the greatest is given to covetousness1  
from the prophet even unto the priest   
every one dealeth falsely4 ,and they    
have healed the hurt of the daughter of 
my people lightly1 saying1 ,peace1      
peace2 when there is no peace4 ,were    
they ashamed when they had committed    
abomination8 nay1 they were not at all  
ashamed1 neither could they blush3      
therefore shall they fall among them    
that fall3 in the time of their         
visitation they shall be cast down1     
saith the ,,lord4 ,i will utterly       
consume them1 saith the ,,lord3 there   
shall be no grapes on the vine1 nor figs
 on the fig tree1 and the leaf shall    
fade2 and the things that ,i have given 

them shall pass away from them4  ,,the  
,,people  ,why do we sit still8 assemble
 yourselves1 and let us enter into the  
defenced cities1 and let us be silent   
there3 for the ,,lord our ,god hath put 
us to silence1 and given us water of    
gall to drink1 because we have sinned   
against the ,,lord4 ,we looked for      
peace1 but no good came2 and for a time 
of healing1 and behold dismay6 ,the     
snorting of his horses is heard from    
,dan3 at the sound of the neighing of   
his strong ones the whole land          
trembleth2 for they are come1 and have  
devoured the land and all that is in it2
 the city and those that dwell therein4 
,,the ,,lord  ,for1 behold1 ,i will send
 serpents1 basilisks1 among you1 which  
will not be charmed2 and they shall bite
 you1 saith the ,,lord4  ,,the ,,prophet
  ,oh that ,i could comfort myself      
against sorrow6 my heart is faint within
 me4 ,behold1 the voice of the cry of   
the daughter of my people from a land   
that is very far off--  ,,the ,,people  

,is not the ,,lord in ,zion8 is not her 
,king in her8  ,,the ,,lord  ,why have  
they provoked me to anger with their    
graven images1 and with strange         
vanities8  ,,the ,,people  ,the harvest 
is past1 the summer is ended1 and we are
 not saved6  ,,the ,,prophet  ,for the  
hurt of the daughter of my people am ,i 
hurt3 ,i am black2 astonishment hath    
taken hold on me4 ,is there no balm in  
,gilead8 is there no physician there8   
why then is not the health of the       
daughter of my people recovered8 ,oh    
that my head were waters1 and mine eyes 
a fountain of tears1 that ,i might weep 
day and night for the slain of the      
daughter of my people6 ,oh that ,i had  
in the wilderness a lodging place of    
wayfaring men2 that ,i might leave my   
people and go from them6 for they be all
 adulterers1 an assembly of treacherous 
men4 ,and they bend their tongue as it  
were their bow for falsehood2 and they  
are grown strong in the land1 but not   
for truth4  ,,the ,,lord  ,for they     

proceed from evil to evil1 and they know
 not me1 saith the ,,lord4 ,take ye heed
 every one of his neighbour1 and trust  
ye not in any brother3 for every brother
 will utterly supplant1 and every       
neighbour will go about with slanders4  
,and they will deceive every one his    
neighbour1 and will not speak the truth3
 they have taught their tongue to speak 
lies2 they weary themselves to commit   
iniquity4 ,thine habitation is in the   
midst of deceit2 through deceit they    
refuse to know me1 saith the ,,lord4    
,therefore thus saith the ,,lord of     
hosts1 ,behold1 ,i will melt them1 and  
try them2 for how else should ,i do1    
because of the daughter of my people8   
,their tongue is a deadly arrow2 it     
speaketh deceit3 one speaketh peaceably 
to his neighbour with his mouth1 but in 
his heart he layeth wait for him4 ,shall
 ,i not visit them for these things8    
saith the ,,lord3 shall not my soul be  
avenged on such a nation as this8       
,,the ,,lord',s ,,controversy ,,before  

,,the ,,mountains  ,a ,dramatic ,morceau
 of ,micah   ,,the ,,lord  ,arise1      
contend thou before the mountains1 and  
let the hills hear thy voice4 ,hear1 ,o 
ye mountains1 the ,,lord',s controversy1
 and ye enduring foundations of the     
earth3 for the ,,lord hath a controversy
 with his people1 and he will plead with
 ,israel4  ,o my people1 what have ,i   
done unto thee8 and wherein have ,i     
wearied thee8 testify against me4 ,for  
,i brought thee up out of the land of   
,egypt1 and redeemed thee out of the    
house of bondage2 and ,i sent before    
thee ,moses1 ,aaron1 and ,miriam4 ,o my 
people1 remember now what ,balak king of
 ,moab consulted1 and what ,balaam the  
son of ,beor answered him2 remember from
 ,shittim unto ,gilgal1 that ye may know
 the righteous acts of the ,,lord4      
,,the ,,people  ,wherewith shall ,i come
 before the ,,lord1 and bow myself      
before the high ,god8 shall ,i come     
before him with burnt offerings1 with   
calves of a year old8 ,will the ,,lord  

be pleased with thousands of rams1 or   
with ten thousands of rivers of oil8    
,shall ,i give my firstborn for my      
transgression1 the fruit of my body for 
the sin of my soul8  ,,the ,,mountains  
,he hath shewed thee1 ,o man1 what is   
good2 and what doth the ,,lord require  
of thee1 but to do justly1 and to love  
mercy1 and to walk humbly with thy ,god8
     ,a ,,cry ,,of ,,comfort ,,for      
,,jerusalem  ,prelude to the ,rhapsody  
of ',zion ,redeemed'   ,,jehovah        
,comfort ye1 comfort ye my people1 saith
 your ,god4 ,speak ye comfortably to    
,jerusalem1 and cry unto her1 that her  
warfare is accomplished1 that her       
iniquity is pardoned2 that she hath     
received of the ,,lord',s hand double   
for all her sins4  ,voices carry on the 
tidings across the desert to ,jerusalem 
,a ,,voice ,,of ,,one ,,crying          
,prepare ye in the wilderness the way of
 the ,,lord1     ,make straight in the  
desert a high way for our ,god4   ,every
 valley shall be exalted1     ,and every

 mountain and hill shall be made low3   
,and the crooked shall be made straight1
     ,and the rough places plain3   ,and
 the glory of the ,,lord shall be       
revealed1     ,and all flesh shall see  
it together3   ,for the mouth of the    
,,lord hath spoken it4  ,a ,,second     
,,voice 7in the distance7    ,cry6  ,a  
,,despairing ,,voice      ,what shall ,i
 cry8   ,all flesh is grass1   ,and all 
the goodliness thereof is as the flower 
of the field3     ,the grass withereth1 
,the flower fadeth1     ,because the    
breath of the ,,lord bloweth upon it3   
,surely the people is grass6  ,,the     
,,second ,,voice      ,the grass        
withereth1     ,the flower fadeth3      
,but the word of our ,god shall stand   
for ever4  ,,fourth ,,voice 7still more 
distant7    ,o thou that tellest good   
tidings to ,zion1     ,get thee up into 
the high mountain2   ,o thou that       
tellest good tidings to ,jerusalem1     
,lift up thy voice with strength2       
,lift it up1 be not afraid2     ,say    

unto the cities of ,judah1 ,behold your 
,god6  ,,fifth ,,voice    ,behold1 the  
,lord ,,god will come as a mighty one1  
,and his arm shall rule for him3        
,behold1 his reward is with him1   ,and 
his recompence before him4     ,he shall
 feed his flock like a shepherd1     ,he
 shall gather the lambs in his arm1     
,and carry them in his bosom1     ,and  
shall gently lead those that give suck4 
,,zion ,,awakened  7,being ,vision ,,iii
 of the ,rhapsody of ',zion ,redeemed'7 
,appeals to ,zion  ,,jehovah  ,hearken  
to me1 ye that follow after             
righteousness1 ye that seek the ,,lord3 
look unto the rock whence ye were hewn1 
and to the hole of the pit whence ye    
were digged4 ,look unto ,abraham your   
father1 and unto ,sarah that bare you3  
for when he was but one ,i called him1  
and ,i blessed him1 and made him many4  
,for the ,,lord hath comforted ,zion3 he
 hath comforted all her waste places1   
and hath made her wilderness like ,eden1
 and her desert like the garden of the  

,,lord2 joy and gladness shall be found 
therein1 thanksgiving1 and the voice of 
melody4  7,no response7  ,,jehovah      
,attend unto me1 ,o my people2 and give 
ear unto me1 ,o my nation2 for a law    
shall go forth from me1 and ,i will make
 my judgement to rest for a light of the
 peoples4 ,my righteousness is near1 my 
salvation is gone forth1 and mine arms  
shall judge the peoples2 the isles shall
 wait for me1 and on mine arm shall they
 trust4  ,lift up your eyes to the      
heavens1 and look upon the earth        
beneath3 for the heavens shall vanish   
away like smoke1 and the earth shall wax
 old like a garment1 and they that dwell
 therein shall die in like manner3 but  
my salvation shall be for ever1 and my  
righteousness shall not be abolished4   
7,no response7  ,,jehovah  ,hearken unto
 me1 ye that know righteousness1 the    
people in whose heart is my law2 fear ye
 not the reproach of men1 neither be ye 
dismayed at their revilings4  ,for the  
moth shall eat them up like a garment1  

and the worm shall eat them like wool3  
but my righteousness shall be for ever1 
and my salvation unto all generations4  
7,no response7  ,,the ,,celestial       
,,hosts    ,awake1 awake1 put on        
strength1 ,o arm of the ,,lord2         
,awake1 as in the days of old1   ,the   
generations of ancient times6   ,art    
thou not it that cut ,rahab in pieces1  
,that pierced the dragon8   ,art thou   
not it which dried up the sea1     ,the 
waters of the great deep2     ,that made
 the depths of the sea   ,a way for the 
redeemed to pass over8    ,and the      
ransomed of the ,,lord shall return1    
,and come with singing unto ,zion2      
,and everlasting joy shall be upon their
 heads3   ,they shall obtain gladness   
and joy1     ,and sorrow and sighing    
shall flee away4  ,,jehovah  ,i1 even   
,i1 am he that comforteth you3 who art  
thou1 that thou art afraid of man that  
shall die1 and of the son of man which  
shall be made as grass2 and hast        
forgotten the ,,lord thy ,maker1 that   

stretched forth the heavens1 and laid   
the foundations of the earth2 and       
fearest continually all the day because 
of the fury of the oppressor1 when he   
maketh ready to destroy8 ,and where is  
the fury of the oppressor8 ,the captive 
exile shall speedily be loosed2 and he  
shall not die and go down into the pit1 
neither shall his bread fail4  ,for ,i  
am the ,,lord thy ,god1 which stilleth  
the sea1 when the waves thereof roar3   
the ,,lord of hosts is his name4 ,and ,i
 have put my words in thy mouth1 and    
have covered thee in the shadow of mine 
hand1 that ,i may plant the heavens1 and
 lay the foundations of the earth1 and  
say unto ,zion1 ,thou art my people4    
7,no response7  ,,the ,,celestial       
,,hosts    ,awake1 awake1 stand up1 ,o  
,jerusalem1   ,which hast drunk at the  
hand of the ,,lord the cup of his fury2 
,thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup  
of staggering1 and drained it4    ,there
 is none to guide her     ,among all the
 sons whom she hath brought forth2      

,neither is there any that taketh her by
 the hand     ,of all the sons that she 
hath brought up4    ,these two things   
are befallen thee2     ,who shall bemoan
 thee8   ,desolation and destruction1   
,and the famine1 and the sword1     ,how
 shall ,i comfort thee8    ,thy sons    
have fainted1   ,they lie at the top of 
all the streets1     ,as an antelope in 
a net2   ,they are full of the fury of  
the ,,lord1     ,the rebuke of thy ,god4
  ,,jehovah  ,therefore hear now this1  
thou afflicted1 and drunken1 but not    
with wine3 ,thus saith thy ,lord1 the   
,,lord1 and thy ,god that pleadeth the  
cause of his people3 ,behold1 ,i have   
taken out of thine hand the cup of      
staggering1 even the bowl of the cup of 
my fury2 thou shalt no more drink it    
again3 and ,i will put it into the hand 
of them that afflict thee2 which have   
said to thy soul1 ,bow down1 that we may
 go over3 and thou hast laid thy back as
 the ground1 and as the street1 to them 
that go over4  7,no response7  ,,the    

,,celestial ,,hosts    ,awake1 awake1   
put on thy strength1 ,o ,zion2   ,put on
 thy beautiful garments1 ,o ,jerusalem1 
the holy city3   ,for henceforth there  
shall no more come into thee the        
uncircumcised and the unclean4    ,shake
 thyself from the dust2   ,arise1 sit   
thee down1 ,o ,jerusalem3   ,loose      
thyself from the bands of thy neck1 ,o  
captive daughter of ,zion4  ,,jehovah   
,for thus saith the ,,lord1 ,ye were    
sold for nought1 and ye shall be        
redeemed without money4 ,for thus saith 
the ,lord ,,god1 ,my people went down at
 the first into ,egypt to sojourn there3
 and the ,assyrian oppressed them       
without cause4 ,now therefore1 what do  
,i here1 saith the ,,lord1 seeing that  
my people is taken away for nought8     
,they that rule over them do howl1 saith
 the ,,lord1 and my name continually all
 the day is blasphemed4 ,therefore my   
people shall know my name3 therefore    
they shall know in that day that ,i am  
he that doth speak3 ,behold it is ,i6   

ii  ,the ,awakening  ,,chorus ,,of      
,,watchmen    ,how beautiful upon the   
mountains are the feet of him     ,that 
bringeth good tidings1 that publisheth  
peace1     ,that bringeth good tidings  
of good1 that publisheth salvation3     
,that saith unto ,zion1 ,thy ,god       
reigneth6    ,the voice of thy          
,watchmen6 they lift up the voice1      
,together do they sing1     ,for they   
shall see1 eye to eye1   ,how the ,,lord
 returneth to ,zion4    ,break forth    
into joy1 sing together1     ,ye waste  
places of ,jerusalem3   ,for the ,,lord 
hath comforted his people1     ,he hath 
redeemed ,jerusalem4    ,the ,,lord hath
 made bare his holy arm     ,in the eyes
 of all the nations2   ,and all the ends
 of the earth     ,shall see the        
salvation of our ,god4    ,depart ye1   
depart ye1 go ye out from thence1       
,touch no unclean thing2   ,go ye out of
 the midst of her2     ,be ye clean1 ye 
that bear the vessels of the ,,lord4    
,for ye shall not go out in haste1      

,neither shall ye go by flight2   ,for  
the ,,lord will go before you1     ,and 
the ,god of ,israel will be your        
rearward4     ,,notes  ,the ,metrical   
,system of ,biblical ,verse   ,in the   
strictest sense the term 'metrical' is  
not applicable to ,biblical verse1 since
 this is constituted1 not by any        
numbering of syllables1 but by the      
parallelism of whole clauses4    ,the   
,,lord of ,hosts is with us1   ,the ,god
 of ,jacob is our refuge4  ,this is     
verse1 not in virtue of any particular  
number of syllables in the lines1 but   
because the second line is felt to run  
parallel with the first4 ,this principle
 of parallelism of clauses underlies the
 whole of versification in ,scriptural  
literature4 ,as however the different   
modes of combination and variation of   
these parallel lines in ,biblical poetry
 correspond1 to a large extent1 with    
those of metrical lines in other        
languages1 it is convenient to speak of 
the principles governing them as a      

'metrical system4'  ,one consequence    
however of the difference between       
,biblical and other verse should always 
be borne in mind4 ,the parallelism of   
clauses1 which makes the foundation of  
,hebrew verse1 is also a thing proper to
 oratorical prose in all languages4     
,accordingly in ,hebrew prose and verse 
overlap3 the extremes of either 7e4g4   
,psalms and ,chronicles7 are strongly   
contrasted1 but there is a middle style 
which can be presented in either form4  
,hence there is nothing strange in the  
fact that the same passage of ,scripture
 may be presented by one editor as prose
 and by another as verse1 according to  
the purpose of each arrangement4 ,for   
example3 the ,oration on ,immortality   
7page #ge71 which for a specimen of     
oratory is here arranged as prose1 is   
printed as verse in the ,revised        
,version of the ,apocrypha4  #a4 ,the   
simplest type of parallelism in         
,biblical literature may be called      
',antique ,rhythm4' ,it is the metre of 

most of the traditional poetry preserved
 in the historic books of ,scripture4   
,its unit consists in a couplet1 of     
which either member may be strengthened 
by a parallel line1 but not both4       
,let me die the death of the righteous4 
,and let my last end be like his6    ,he
 saith1 which heareth the words of ,god1
   ,which seeth the vision of the       
,almighty1     ,falling down1 and having
 his eyes open4    ,he shall eat up the 
nations his adversaries1     ,and shall 
break their bones in pieces1     ,and   
smite them through with his arrows4     
,such a unit may be called a 'strain4'  
,it will be seen in the examples that   
the first strain is a simple couplet1   
the second has its first line           
strengthened1 the last has its second   
line strengthened4 ,this power of       
occasionally strengthening either line  
of a couplet by an additional line gives
 the ,antique ,rhythm a flexibility     
suited to spontaneous composition4 ,a   
similar device is found in connection   

with the traditional ballad poetry of   
,england1 of which such collections as  
,the ,percy ,reliques are accidentally  
preserved specimens4 ,while the regular 
metre of such ballads is a four-line    
stanza1 yet a few poems1 such as the    
,ballad of ,sir ,cauline1 show some     
stanzas with individual lines           
strengthened3    ,fair ,christabel1 that
 lady mild1     ,was had forth of her   
tower2   ,but ever she droopeth in her  
mind1   ,as nipt by an ungentle wind    
,doth some pale lily flower4  ,the      
poetry of the historic books mostly     
takes the form of aggregations of such  
'strains' of ,antique ,rhythm1 with no  
further structure4 ,occasionally such a 
poem will fall into verse paragraphs or 
'strophes' to be distinguished from the 
antistrophic system presently to be     
described3 an example is ,david's ,song 
of ,victory 7see note on page #bff74    
,for a combination of ,antique ,rhythm  
and the ,antistrophic system1 see note  
to vii on page #bfg4  #b4 ,the metre of 

,wisdom verse is highly elaborate3 we   
find here1 not only the parallelism of  
successive clauses1 but the 'high       
parallelism' which correlates all parts 
of a whole poem with one another4 ,two  
types may be distinguished3 the ,stanza 
structure and the ,antistrophic         
structure4  ,stanzas are familiar to the
 ,english reader3 in ,biblical poetry   
groups of three lines1 or four lines1   
etc41 recur in succession3 a simple     
example is the ,chorus of ,watchmen 7on 
page #bcf74  ,the ,antistrophic system  
is familiar to students of ,greek1 as   
the metrical form of tragic choral odes4
 ,in this case the stanzas run in pairs1
 strophe and antistrophe1 the theory    
being that the antistrophe exactly      
repeats the metrical form of its        
strophe2 if another strophe follows the 
form may altogether change1 but the     
changed form will be repeated in the    
corresponding antistrophe4 ,this may be 
expressed by the formula a a'1 b b'1 c  
c'1 etc4 ,besides the pair of strophes  

there may be an introduction1 or        
conclusion1 or both4 ,no4 i of the      
,sonnets 7on page #abe7 is an example of
 a poem consisting simply of strophe and
 antistrophe2 ,no4 iii 7page #abf7 has  
also a conclusion4#g  ,footnote #g3 ,the
 term strophe is the ,greek for         
'turning'3 the system is derived from   
the dance performance of ,greek odes1   
according to which the chorus danced    
from the altar to the end of the        
orchestra in one stanza1 then 'turned1' 
and retraced their steps for the        
antistrophe or 'answering' stanza4 ,the 
term strophe has come to be used also   
for verse paragraphs where there is no  
antistrophic arrangement4 7,see page    
#bff1 note on vi47  ,both in the case of
 the ,stanza structure and the          
,antistrophic structure there are       
various modifications and               
elaborations--duplication1 inversion1   
interruption1 etc43 these it will be    
sufficient to explain in connection with
 the examples in which they are found4  

#c4 ,the metre of ,lyrics is in the main
 the same as that of ,wisdom poetry4    
,but in the strictest kinds of lyrics   
the structure is further determined by  
the musical performance4 ,a lyric may be
 a solo1 or the matter may be arranged  
for 'antiphonal' performance between    
different performers1 e4g4 choruses of  
,men and of ,women4 ,antiphonal and     
antistrophic structure go easily        
together3 see ,deborah's ,song1 page    
#aeb4 ,the musical performance also     
introduces the 'refrain1' a passage     
recurring 7with or without changes for  
musical effect73 for example see ,the   
,song of ,moses and ,miriam 7page #adi74
  #d4 ,a characteristic metrical system 
in ,biblical verse is the ',doom form4' 
,here the thread of the poem is in what1
 for form and spirit1 may be called     
prose2 but this prose is interrupted at 
intervals by lyric verse1 celebrating or
 realising what the prose brings        
forward4 ,this is chiefly found in      
prophecies of 'doom1' or denunciation of

 the foes of ,israel 7hence the name73  
the prose is a ,divine word of          
denunciation1 the lyrics are mostly     
impersonal celebrations of what the     
,divine speaker says4 ,the form is      
easily collected from examples2 see     
pages #age-aha4  ,,story  ,story as a   
form of literature differs from ,history
 by its appeal to the imagination and   
emotions1 whereas ,history addresses    
itself to our sense of record and       
scientific explanation4 ,it is of no    
consequence whether the matter of the   
story be historic fact or invention2 in 
the one case the writer selects1 in the 
other case he frames1 such details as   
will have the desired effect in         
presenting the story to the mind of the 
reader4 ,the stories of the ,bible are  
scattered through the history1 of which 
they form a part2 thus a reader of the  
,bible in its ordinary versions may be  
required at any moment to alter the     
character of his attention without      
anything to warn him of the change4 ,in 

the ,modern ,reader's ,bible 7volumes   
,genesis1 ,the ,exodus1 ,the ,judges1   
,the ,kings7 the stories are separated  
from the surrounding matter by titles4  
,selections of these stories enter into 
the present volume4  _/i4 ,joseph and   
his ,brethren4_/ ,this is one of the    
most elaborate and artistically         
beautiful stories in all literature4 ,it
 emphasises an important place in the   
,biblical history1 ,joseph being a link 
between the ,children of ,israel and the
 world empire of ,egypt4 ,among elements
 of story beauty note the personality of
 ,joseph1 its attractiveness wherever he
 goes and its gradual maturing4 ,note   
also the sketches of varied life which  
make a background to the story as it    
moves along--glimpses of shepherd life1 
of caravan trading1 of palace life in   
,egypt4 ,but the main interest will be  
the 'plot'--the technical term for the  
harmony that binds the different parts  
of a story into one whole4 ,in the      
present case there are three 'motives'  

underlying the plot4 7#a7 ,what has been
 called the 'oracular action'3 the      
interest of mystic dream oracles        
gradually becoming clear as the oracles 
are fulfilled4 7#b7 ,the development of 
an ironic situation--,joseph recognising
 his brethren but not recognised by     
them3 once developed this situation is  
prolonged to the utmost by the hero's   
conflict of feelings1 between resentment
 and family affection4 7#c7 ,beneath all
 other motives is the providential      
overruling of human events for high     
purposes 7compare page #bg74  _/ii4 ,the
 ,witness of ,balaam4_/ ,the place of   
this story in the main history is       
indicated by its title3 the ',exodus' is
 the period of development for ,israel  
from a family to a nation1 and towards  
the close of the period ,balaam1 an     
outsider1 bears witness in spite of     
himself to the growing numbers of the   
nation and to its glorious future4--,in 
literary form it is a 'mixed epic' or   
'canti-fable'3 a story in prose that    

breaks into verse at appropriate places4
 7,compare the expression took up his   
parable3 the parable is an undefined    
term for a more specialised literary    
form occurring in the course of more    
general literature1 such as a fable in  
the midst of a discourse1 or a poem in  
the midst of prose47--,its interest     
rests partly upon the conception of the 
',blessing and the ,curse'3 there is the
 superstitious idea of the efficacy of  
these in the minds of ,balak and his    
people1 while the true ,blessing comes  
from the prophetic vision accorded to   
,balaam by ,god4 ,compare ',the ,stolen 
,blessing' in the ,genesis volume4 ,in  
character ,balaam is a sincere          
worshipper of ,jehovah outside the ranks
 of ,jehovah's people1 who however from 
interested motives conforms to the      
heathen world around him as far as he   
can4 ,outside this story the general    
history shows him as yielding at last to
 material interest and acting as tempter
 to ,israel3 compare ,revelation1       

chapter ii4 #ad4--,the third paragraph  
7page #cd7 is the famous story of       
,balaam's ,ass4 ,it is the opinion of   
some that this is a fable interwoven    
with the main story3 it is in favour of 
this view that the following paragraph1 
,so ,balaam went with the princes of    
,balak1 etc41 seems the natural         
continuation of the second paragraph2   
while the princes of ,balak are ignored 
in the story of the ,ass4  _/iii4 ,the  
,crowning of ,abimelech4_/ ,this        
occupies an important place in the      
general history4 ,originally ,israel is 
ruled only by the invisible ,jehovah2   
gradually the secularising forces around
 lead to the institution of visible     
kings4 ,this story is the first attempt 
at crowning a king1 the work of a       
faction1 with civil war and ruin as a   
result4--,it is a story of war and      
adventure4 ,compare the ,raid on        
,michmash1 or ,the ,feud of ,saul and   
,david in the ,judges volume4--,its     
interest also rests upon the bitter     

fable of ,jotham in scorn of kingship3  
the fable has the effect of a curse     
since it is literally fulfilled4  _/iv4 
,samson's ,wedding ,feast4_/ ,this      
illustrates a variety of story called   
',idyl'3 the word is almost equivalent  
to 'trifle1' and the term is applied to 
incidents of love or domestic life in   
contradistinction to graver matters of  
history4 ,three ,idyl ,stories 7,ruth1  
,esther1 ,tobit7 are contained in the   
,biblical ,idyls volume of this         
series4--,characteristic of such a story
 is the game of riddles2 the original   
riddle1 answer1 and rejoinder are all in
 single couplets4--,it is not a pure    
idyl2 feats of hero strength form       
another interest1 as with other stories 
of ,samson4  _/v-vii4_/ ,these are      
,prophetic ,stories4 ,as the            
secularising tendency in ,israel towards
 visible kings prevails against the     
original conception of a spiritual rule 
by an invisible ,god there arises an    
order of 'prophets1' who stand forth as 

representatives of the invisible        
,jehovah1 and are thus often in         
opposition to the external government4  
,so in the history of ,the ,kings       
stories of these prophets1 with their   
miraculous powers1 take the place of the
 stories of heroes and their feats in   
earlier parts of the history4 ,during   
the captivity in ,babylon1 ,daniel in a 
similar way represents the ,hebrew ,god 
against the king and hierarchy of       
,babylon4  _/vii4 ,page #fc4_/ ,i have  
followed a tradition that the mystic    
writing on the wall was interpreted by  
,daniel reading downward instead of     
across or rather1 down1 up1 down3 the   
form of writing known as boustrophedon1 
that is1 the way an ox turns in a       
furrow4 ,if the handwriting was in an   
unknown alphabet ,daniel must have said 
so1 or why should his interpretation be 
accepted at once8 ,but if the characters
 were those to which the beholders were 
accustomed1 but arranged in an          
unthought-of direction1 it is easy to   

realise the puzzle of the audience and  
the instantaneous acceptance of the     
solution4   ,,oratory  _/i4 ,the        
,oration of ,moses at the ,rehearsal of 
the ,blessing and the ,curse4_/ ,the    
,book of ,deuteronomy1 from which this  
is taken1 is a collection of the        
,orations and ,songs of ,moses1         
constituting his ,farewell to the       
,people of ,israel4 ,the general subject
 both of the oratory and song is the    
,covenant between ,jehovah and his      
people1 now for the first time committed
 to writing1 and entrusted by the       
retiring leader of ,israel to the       
,levites and ,elders4 ,the third of     
these orations is connected with a      
ceremonial occasion4 ,an ordinance has  
been made for the ceremony of ',the     
,blessing and the ,curse' to be an      
institution of the promised land3       
representatives of the ,blessing are to 
stand on one mountain and               
representatives of the ,curse on the    
opposite slope1 the whole ritual        

solemnly enforcing the sanctity of the  
,covenant4 ,at present however the      
people are on the wilderness side of    
,jordan2 accordingly ,moses arranges a  
,rehearsal of this ceremony1 on ground  
resembling the valley between ,ebal and 
,gerizim4 ,this rehearsal is allowed to 
proceed to a certain point when ,moses  
stops it1 and takes the subject of the  
blessings and curses into his own hands4
 ,hence the abrupt commencement of this 
oration4--,as elements of oratorical    
beauty note 7#a7 the interweaving and   
parallelism of sentences1 7#b7 the      
terrific crescendo and climax of        
denunciation4 ,the oration must be      
spoken to get the full effect4  _/ii4   
,immortality and the ,covenant with     
,death4_/ ,this is an example of the    
,written ,address1 ,oratory that is not 
intended to be spoken4 ,it is one of a  
series of imaginary addresses by ,king  
,solomon to the other rulers of the     
nations1 constituting a work entitled   
',the ,wisdom of ,solomon' 7in volume #c

 of the present series74--,the author's 
style is distinguished by a peculiar    
order of thought1 according to which    
some of the leading points of his       
argument take the form of digressions4  
,the thought of this discourse is that  
death is no part of the natural order of
 the universe1 but is introduced into   
the world by the wickedness of men4 ,the
 author imagines a monologue of the     
wicked1 led by despair of aught beyond  
the grave to a life of luxury and       
oppression4 ,another imaginary monologue
 expresses the feelings of the same     
wicked men as they awaken from death to 
the life beyond4 ,but as a digression   
between these two monologues the author 
places his reflections on the 'hopes of 
the ungodly1' that is1 the substitutes  
in earlier thought for the grand        
conception of a life beyond death4      
,these substitutes are 7#a7 the living  
over again in posterity1 7#b7 long life 
in this world4 ,with regard to the first
 he argues that the brood of the ungodly

 is unstable and accursed3 better is    
childlessness with virtue4 ,as to the   
hopes of long life1 he argues that the  
old age of the wicked is without honour2
 whereas a life cut short may be a life 
perfected4  _/iii-vii4_/ ,these are     
,prophetic ,discourses4 ,considered as  
part of the literature of ,oratory these
 ,prophetic ,discourses hold an         
intermediate position between the spoken
 and the written address4 ,what appears 
as a discourse in the books of the      
prophets is probably not the exact      
report of a speech1 but the substance of
 a speech1 or of several similar        
speeches1 worked up again into the style
 of a written address4  _/iii4 ,the     
,great ,arraignment4_/ ,this discourse  
of ,isaiah takes the form of a theme    
7,god's arraignment of his people as    
rebels7 treated in four paragraphs3 the 
prophet's remonstrance--repentance by   
oblations--repentance of                
life--corruption redeemed with judgment4
  _/iv4 ,the ,covenant with ,death4_/   

,the phrase ,covenant with ,death in the
 title of this discourse of ,isaiah has 
a different meaning from the same phrase
 in the title of another discourse 7ii74
 ,in the latter it meant a supposed     
invitation to ,death to come as a       
friend1 by those who were 'of his       
portion'2 in the present case it means  
an agreement with ,death to pass by the 
supposed speaker while he visits        
others4--,this discourse illustrates    
what is a characteristic feature of     
,hebrew literature--the 'pendulum       
structure1' by which the thought        
alternates in successive paragraphs     
between one and the other of two        
contrasting themes1 in this case between
 ,judgment and ,salvation4 ,the prophet 
is writing for the southern kingdom of  
,judah4 ,commencing with the rival      
kingdom of northern ,israel he denounces
 drunken ,ephraim1 and how its crown of 
pride shall be trodden down 7,judgment74
 ,but 7,salvation7 there shall be a     
crown of glory for the residue4 ,now he 

proceeds to ,judgment upon ,judah3 the  
drunken rulers who trust to a refuge of 
lies1 which the overflowing scourge     
shall sweep away4 ,but there is         
,salvation for the patient4 ,this       
comfort is imparted in agricultural     
images3 the cruel plowing does not go on
 for ever1 the gentle sowing comes2     
there are sharp threshing instruments   
for the guilty1 the gentle threshing    
with the rod for the precious cummin2   
and even the threshing is not to crush1 
but to make corn fit for bread4  _/v4   
,the ,utter ,destruction and the ,great 
,restoration4_/ ,a discourse made by    
companion pictures linked together by   
two parallel passages1 each a           
parenthetic quintet1 interrupting the   
pictorial description1 which is         
afterwards resumed1 with words          
emphasising the prophecy as a whole3    
,seek ye out of the book of the ,,lord  
and read how all these woes shall come  
to pass 444 ,strengthen ye the weak     
hands with these glorious               

promises4--,note that ,edom is only     
mentioned as typical of the foes of     
,israel in general1 the pictures being  
of universal destruction and            
restoration4 ,there is a similar use of 
,egypt and ,edom as types of all the    
foes of ,israel in another discourse    
7page #bbj74  _/vi4 ,the ,sword of the  
,,lord4_/ ,this is an illustration of a 
very peculiar form of discourse1 which  
is without parallel in modern           
literature4 ,ezekiel is the great       
representative of ',emblem ,prophecy1'  
that is1 discourses which have for texts
 some symbolic action or piece of dumb  
show4 ,but in extreme examples of       
,emblem ,prophecy1 like the present1    
symbolism pervades the whole of the     
discourse3 attitude1 gesture1 visible   
emblem1 sustained dumb show1 song1 are  
all mingled together and combined with  
oratory4--,the discourse falls into four
 parts4 7#a7 ,at the opening1 the       
prophet sets his face toward ,jerusalem3
 there is no symbolic action beyond     

this4 7#b7 ,but as the address          
progresses1 he suddenly draws forth a   
sword3 this is the sword of the ,lord   
which is to go forth out of its sheath  
against all flesh1 and it will not      
return any more4 ,suddenly1 the dramatic
 speaker has identified himself with the
 victims of this ,divine sword3 ,sigh   
therefore1 thou son of man1 with the    
breaking of thy loins1 etc4 ,now the    
theme of the sword is resumed1 and with 
it mingles what is evidently some       
military strain or folk-lore song1 of   
which the augmenting lines suggest the  
gathering spirit of combat3 ,a sword1 a 
sword1 it is sharpened1 and also        
furbished1 etc4 ,for a single moment the
 other side is presented--a people      
careless and secure3 the ,rod of my son 
they say it contemneth every tree4 ,but 
the impending destruction continues to  
gather force3 ,and it is given to be    
furbished that it may be handled1 etc4  
,there is a sudden change1 and cries and
 howls proclaim how the sword has fallen

 upon the people1 and the ,rod that     
contemneth is no more4 ,the emblematic  
movement seems to become more and more  
rapid through three verses of the song3 
,and let the sword be doubled the third 
time1 etc44--7#c7 ,a total change here  
ensues4 ,the sword now becomes          
emblematic of the sword of ,babylon2 and
 the imaginary picture is that of the   
conqueror arriving at the junction of   
the ways and deciding by his omens to   
proceed against ,jerusalem4--7#d7 ,once 
more there is a total change3 the sword 
now stands for ,israel's enemies1 the   
children of ,ammon1 and the verse       
conveys their boasting4 ,but suddenly   
the prophetic speaker plunges the sword 
into its sheath3 so is symbolically     
introduced the fate of ,ammon to return 
to the land of his birth and perish     
there4  _/vii4 ,wreck of the ,goodly    
,ship ,tyre4_/ ,this illustrates a      
characteristic of ,ezekiel's style by   
which1 in place of visible symbolism1   
illustrated by the last example1 a      

single image is sustained through the   
whole of a discourse4 ,in the present   
case it is the image of a ship4 ,tyre   
was the great maritime city of          
antiquity3 its grandeur is conveyed     
under the image of a ship which all the 
nations of the known world combine to   
build and load2 the judgment is the     
wrecking of this goodly ship4  _/viii4_/
 ,amongst other things the prophetic    
books contain ',sentences1' that is1    
brief sayings of prophets1 each like an 
epigram1 complete in itself4 ,these no  
doubt passed from mouth to mouth like   
proverbs1 and were collected by the     
prophets4 ,the examples in this section 
are from the ,book of ,jeremiah4        
,,wisdom  ',wisdom' is the name given to
 the department of ,biblical literature 
which corresponds to ,philosophy in     
modern literature4 ,it is however always
 philosophy in application to human life
 and conduct4  ,the starting-point of   
,wisdom literature is the _/,unit       
,proverb_/1 which is a unit of thought  

in a unit of form4 ,the unit of form is 
the couplet or triplet of verse3 see    
above1 page #bdb4 ,examples are given on
 pages #ajg-i4 ,it will be seen that    
this ,unit ,proverb is a meeting-point  
of prose and verse literature3 its form 
is verse1 its matter 7philosophy7       
belongs to the literature of prose4     
,accordingly it is natural that the more
 extended forms of ,wisdom literature   
should take two directions3 one on the  
side of verse1 the other on the side of 
prose4  _/,epigrams_/ and _/,maxims_/3  
examples of these are found on pages    
#aji-aa4 ,the ,epigram is a verse       
saying1 of a few lines in length1 in    
which two lines 7not necessarily        
consecutive7 are capable of standing by 
themselves as a unit proverb4 ,in the   
examples given the two lines in each    
epigram that stand out on the left may  
be read as a proverb complete in itself4
 ,such a germ proverb is the text of the
 epigram1 the remaining lines serve to  
expand this text4 ,the corresponding    

prose form is the ,maxim1 a unit proverb
 text with a brief prose comment4       
_/,essays4_/ ,a more extended form of   
,wisdom literature1 on the side of      
prose1 is the ,essay4 ,the word has     
various uses3 the ,scriptural essays are
 not of the modern type 7like those of  
,macaulay or ,emerson71 but of the      
antique type like the essays of ,bacon4 
,the title of an essay suggests a theme1
 on which the rest is a prose comment4  
7,pages #aab-bd47  ,verse compositions  
consisting of comments upon themes are  
in this series called _/,sonnets_/4 ,in 
general literature the idea underlying  
the ,sonnet is the adaptation of the    
matter to the outer form1 as if a poet's
 thought were poured into special       
moulds4 ,in ,english and ,italian       
sonnets there is only one such form or  
mould--a sequence of #ad lines divided  
according to a particular plan2 the     
matter of these sonnets must be         
condensed or expanded to suit this plan4
 ,the nearest approach to this in       

,scriptural literature is the ,fixed or 
,number ,sonnet3 the opening of this    
suggests a number scheme1 to which the  
rest conforms4    ,there be three things
 which are too wonderful for me1   ,yea1
 four which ,i know not3     ,the way of
 an ,eagle in the air2     ,the way of a
 ,serpent upon a rock2     ,the way of a
 ,ship in the midst of the sea2   ,and  
the way of a ,man with a ,maid4  ,the   
examples quoted in the present volume   
are different4 ,they may be called      
',free ,sonnets'3 the moulding in these 
is to nothing more restricted than 'high
 parallelism1' that is1 not the         
parallelism binding successive lines    
into a stanza1 but the bond which may   
correlate the most distant parts of a   
poem into a single scheme4 ,the scheme  
of parallelism for each sonnet will be  
given in a separate note4  ,essays      
_/ii4_/ ,this essay touches upon what   
was the great difficulty to early       
,hebrew thinkers3 the visible prosperity
 of the wicked1 which seemed to them    

contrary to their conception of         
'judgment' or righteous providence4 ,the
 author in this essay endeavours to meet
 the difficulty by two thoughts3 7#a7   
how a change of fate at the very end of 
life may make all the difference2 7#b7  
how the punishment may come in the next 
generation4--,a resemblance will be     
noted at one point to a parable of the  
,new ,testament4  _/v4_/ ,an essay on   
the ,choice of ,company1 in five        
paragraphs3 ,the danger of unknown      
company in a house--the good only are   
proper objects of charity--friendship   
not trustworthy until tested by         
adversity--the humble can only be       
defiled by contact with the proud--like 
will to like1 and riches cannot consort 
with poverty4  _/vi4_/ ,this essay is   
founded upon the old conception of      
society by which the educated formed a  
separate class--here called 'the        
scribes4' ,translated into modern ideas 
of life the argument would be that no   
life in any social station must be      

without leisure1 and on such leisure    
self-culture depends4  _/vii4_/ ,this   
section makes a transitional stage to   
the next division of our selections1 as 
it consists of an ,essay containing a   
,sonnet4  ,the argument of the whole is 
that ,life is a thing of joy1 tempered  
by the sense of responsibility4 ,the    
latter idea is conveyed by the word     
'judgment1' which throughout the ,old   
,testament stands for the irreconcilable
 antagonism between good and evil1 and  
the certain overthrow of evil3 the      
recognition of this makes action        
responsible4 ,with this limitation1 the 
author urges that the very shortness of 
life and youth is so much incentive to  
make joyful what days are allowed4  ,the
 scheme of high parallelism see above1  
page #bef in this sonnet is the         
'pendulum structure'3 the alternation of
 successive lines between two thoughts  
is conveyed to the eye by the indenting 
of the lines4 ,the middle lines put     
symbolic descriptions of old age2 the   

lines indented on the left drop the     
symbolism and speak in plain terms4 ,the
 lines indented on the right are        
subordinate clauses4  ,the matter of the
 sonnet is a tour-de-force of symbolism1
 under which are veiled the symptoms of 
senile decay followed by death4 ,it is  
very likely that some of the symbols may
 be lost2 but it is not difficult to    
see1 without straining1 a possible      
interpretation for each2 and some of    
them have passed into traditional use4  
,the poetic beauty of the passage is    
marvellous4  ,or ever the sun1 and the  
light 444 be darkened3 in view of the   
opening words of the preceding essay1   
which take the 'light' and 'sun' as     
symbols of the whole happiness of       
conscious existence1 it is clear that   
the darkening of this light is the      
gradual failing of the joy of           
living4--,and the clouds return after   
the rain3 an exquisite symbol1 closely  
akin to the last4 ,in youth we may      
overstrain and disturb our health1 but  

we soon rally2 these are storms that    
quickly clear up4 ,in age the rallying  
power is gone3 the clouds return after  
the rain4--,the keepers of the house    
shall tremble3 ,cheyne understands of   
the hands and arms1 the trembling of    
which is a natural accompaniment of old 
age4--,the strong men shall bow         
themselves3 the stooping frame2 the     
plural is merely by attraction to       
'keepers4'--,the grinders cease because 
they are few3 obviously of the          
teeth4--,those that look out of the     
windows be darkened3 the eyes becoming  
dim4--,the doors shall be shut in the   
street3 the general connection of ideas 
makes it inevitable that the            
'folding-doors' should be the jaws2     
clenched jaws are so marked a feature in
 the skull that it is not difficult to  
associate them with the picture of old  
age4--,when the sound of the grinding is
 low1 and one shall rise up at the voice
 of a bird1 and all the daughters of    
music shall be brought low3 these must  

be taken together3 appetite1 speech1 and
 sleep are all feeble4 ,grinding must be
 interpreted as grinders in the previous
 part of the sonnet3 the loud or low    
sound of such grinding may fitly typify 
the eagerness of appetite or the        
reverse4 ,the early waking or short     
sleeping of old age is well known4 ,the 
daughters of music are the tones of the 
voice4--,they shall be afraid of that   
which is high1 and terrors shall be in  
the way3 the gait of old age is1 through
 physical feebleness1 much what the gait
 of a person terrified is for other     
reasons4--,the almond tree shall        
blossom1 and the grasshopper shall be a 
burden1 and the caperberry shall burst3 
the three are linked together as being  
images from natural objects1 not because
 of their symbolising similar things4   
,the blossoming of the almond tree      
probably refers to the sparse white     
hairs of age4 ,the name of this tree in 
,hebrew is founded on the fact that it  
is the first to blossom2 though not     

strictly white1 its blossoms may be     
called whitish3 the whitish blossoms1   
solitary while all is bare around1 just 
yield the image required4 ,the          
grasshopper is evidently a symbol for a 
small object1 which is nevertheless     
heavy to feeble age4 ,the caperberry    
shall burst3 the last stage of its      
decay3 the failing powers at last give  
way4 ,and then follows the dropping of  
the symbolism3 ,man goeth to his long   
home4  ,so far we have had symbols for  
failure of powers2 now for actual death 
and dissolution4 ,or ever the silver    
cord be loosed1 or the golden bowl be   
broken3 a symbol from the house-lamp of 
gold1 suspended by a silver cord1       
suddenly slipping its cord and breaking1
 its light becoming extinguished4 ,for  
bowl in this sense compare ,zechariah1  
chapter iv4 #b1 #c4--,or the pitcher be 
broken at the fountain1 or the wheel    
broken at the cistern3 these are        
exquisite symbols for the sudden and    
violent cessation of every-day          

functions4 ,compare the popular proverb3
 ,the pitcher goes to the well once too 
often4--,and the spirit return unto ,god
 who gave it3 this by analogy with the  
previous line must be interpreted to    
mean no more than that the man becomes  
just what he was before he was born4    
,sonnets  _/i4 ,the ,sluggard4_/ ,the   
metrical scheme of this sonnet is       
simple3 a strophe balanced by an        
antistrophe4 ,see above1 page #bdd4     
_/ii4 ,the ,mourning for the ,fool4_/   
,metrical scheme3 a brief strophe and   
antistrophe and conclusion4  _/iii4 ,the
 ,two ,paths4_/ ,strophe1 the way of    
wisdom2 antistrophe1 the path of the    
wicked2 conclusion1 union of the two in 
a common image4  _/iv4 ,the ,creator has
 made ,wisdom the ,supreme ,prize4_/    
,the metrical scheme of this sonnet is  
an example of 'antistrophic inversion'3 
that is1 two strophes followed by their 
antistrophes1 but the antistrophe to the
 second strophe precedes the antistrophe
 to the first4 ,this is sometimes       

expressed by the formula a b b a2 or    
7reckoning the number of lines in each  
strophe7 #d1 #f2 #f1 #d4 ,the printing  
makes this clear to the eye4--,the unity
 of thought in the sonnet is the        
conception of ,wisdom as a prize4 ,the  
middle strophe and antistrophe describe 
the richness of this prize2 the opening 
strophe makes 'chastening' the cost at  
which it is obtained by the individual  
from the ,lord2 and the corresponding   
antistrophe 7at the end7 explains the   
reason for this costliness--wisdom was  
the instrument by which the whole       
universe was created4  _/v4             
,watchfulness of ,lips and ,heart4_/ ,a 
,prayer in sonnet form4 ,the metrical   
scheme is an illustration of            
'duplication' applied to antistrophic   
structure3 a quatrain question 7strophe 
#a7 has a couplet answer 7strophe #b72  
then the quatrain is duplicated into an 
octet 7antistrophe #a71 and the answer  
is duplicated into a quatrain           
7antistrophe #b74 ,the lines of         

invocation are not counted in strophe   
and antistrophe #b4  _/vi4 ,wisdom and  
the ,fear of the ,lord4_/ ,this is one  
of the most elaborate sonnets3 its      
metrical scheme combines antistrophic   
and stanza structure 7above1 page #bdc74
 ,there is first a strophe with its     
antistrophe2 then a series of stanzas2  
but these stanzas illustrate the        
metrical device of 'augmenting1' for    
they increase1 as the thought gathers   
strength1 from #c lines to #e lines and 
#f lines4  _/vii4 ,wisdom and the       
,strange ,woman4_/ ,this is at once the 
foremost of wisdom poems in its thought1
 and the most elaborate in sonnet       
structure3 here1 as always1 the         
structure is an exact reflection of the 
thought4  ,the metrical scheme shows    
stanza structure throughout4 ,the poem  
falls into seven sections4 ,in sections 
#a1 #c1 #d1 #g1 which contain the thread
 of argument1 we find octet and ten-line
 stanzas4 ,section #b1 which breaks off 
from the argument to give a picture of  

temptation1 changes to sextet stanzas4  
,sections #e and #f1 the monologue of   
,wisdom1 are cast in quatrains1 but as  
the monologue crescendoes to its climax 
the quatrains 'augment' to #e1 #f1 #g   
lines4 ,there is further the artistic   
device of 'interruption'3 the regular   
flow of stanzas is broken at critical   
points by single couplets 7like musical 
rhythm interrupted by recitative72 again
 in section #b the actual speech of the 
temptress is an irregular mass of lines 
outside the stanza structure1 and this  
break in the flow of lines has a fine   
effect4  ,the thought of the poem is in 
the highest degree grand and bold4      
,scriptural philosophy loves to         
celebrate under the name ',wisdom' the  
union of all things1 whether of the     
external universe or of the spiritual   
life1 in one ,divine harmony4 ,in this  
poem this ,wisdom is to be personified1 
and to proclaim her attractions4 ,but   
the poet prepares the way by contrast   
with the spirit of temptation1 also     

personified in female form practising   
her allurements4 ,this is displayed in a
 boldly drawn picture2 and then the     
poet1 with the words ,doth not ,wisdom  
cry8 suddenly turns round and presents  
',wisdom' as the temptress to good4     
,,lyrics  _/i-ii4_/ ,these two          
selections are from the ,book of ,job4  
,this consists of matter mainly         
philosophic worked up into an elaborate 
poem in which all literary forms--epic1 
lyric1 drama1 rhetoric1 etc4--are       
blended in a way unparalleled in modern 
literature4 ,hence the form of these two
 pieces is intermediate between wisdom  
sonnets and the lyrical poems that      
follow4  _/i4 ,an ,elegy of a ,broken   
,heart4_/ ,in the ,book of ,job this    
intervenes between the ,story ,prologue1
 which is prose1 and the main body of   
the poem1 which takes a dramatic form4  
,job breaks the silence to dilate1 with 
lyrical elaboration1 upon the situation 
of utter ruin which is to be the        
starting-point of the dramatic          

discussion4 ,hence the title of the     
section in the whole poem of ,job is    
',job's ,curse'3 but it admits of being 
separated from the action of the drama  
as an independent poem1 with some such  
title as ,i have given it4--,in metrical
 scheme it falls into two sections4     
,section #a is an example of            
'interruption' 7compare note to vii of  
the sonnets74 ,it will be seen that the 
last two lines continue the sentence    
begun by the first two lines1 making    
with them a quatrain3 between come      
masses of parallel lines interrupting   
with a tour-de-force of execration4     
,section #b is made up of introductory  
quatrain1 strophe1 and antistrophe4     
_/ii4 ,the ,creator's ,joy in his       
,creation4_/ ,this selection from ,job  
is a part of the ',divine               
,intervention1' which may be read as a  
complete poem4 ,that drama introduces   
the ,voice of ,god out of the whirlwind 
as taking a part in the dialogue4 ,the  
link between the ,divine ,intervention  

as a whole and the general argument is  
the impossibility of any mortal grasping
 the mysteries of the universe1 which   
mysteries enfold the glories of nature  
as well as the dark ways of providence  
which ,job and his friends have been    
discussing4 ,as a part of this general  
thought the portion here cited works out
 the idea of the ,creator's joy in his  
creation--a joyous sympathy with the    
infinities of great and small throughout
 the universe4 ,it might be an expansion
 of the words in the story of the       
creation3 ,and ,god saw everything that 
he had made1 and1 behold1 it was very   
good4--,the metrical scheme of this poem
 is a variation of the 'pendulum        
structure4' ,page #bea4 ,it may be      
called a 'triple pendulum1' or          
alternation between three notes3 one    
note is made by the startling questions 
of nature mysteries1 another 7lines     
indented to the right7 exquisitely      
pictures the details of these wonders of
 nature1 while for a third 7lines still 

more to the right7 there is a word of   
challenge to ,job to answer4  _/iii-v4_/
 ,these three selections are lyrics in  
the strictest sense4 ,originally all    
poetry is of the form technically called
 ',ballad-,dance1' that is1 verse       
combined with musical accompaniment and 
dancing4 ,when this primitive poetry    
branches out into other forms1 lyric is 
the form which retains most of the      
musical element4 ,the poems here cited  
are lyrics in the strict sense that     
their structure is determined by the    
mode of their musical performance4 ,this
 is seen by the 'antiphonal'            
distribution of the matter1 for example1
 between choruses of men and women1 and 
by the recurrence of passages           
7'refrains'74  _/iii4 ,song of ,moses   
and ,miriam4_/ ,this is arranged for a  
,chorus of ,men1 taking the successive  
sections of the song1 and a ,chorus of  
,women1 singing the refrain4 ,the metre 
is ,antique ,rhythm 7above1 page #bdb73 
the successive strophes augment with the

 growing fulness of the theme4 ,the     
first strophe 7after the prelude7 simply
 states the fact of the deliverance2 the
 second pictures it in detail1 the third
 meditates on the consequences to the   
furthest future4  _/iv4 ,deborah's      
,song4_/ ,this also is arranged for a   
,chorus of ,men1 led by ,barak1 and a   
,chorus of ,women1 led by ,deborah4 ,it 
is in ,antique ,rhythm 7above1 page     
#bdb74 ,its structure is antiphonal as  
between ,men1 ,women1 and the two       
combined4 ,the structure is further     
elaborated by 'interruption' passages   
printed in italics1 where the singers   
encourage one another4  ,to appreciate  
the matter of the song it should be     
compared with the description of the    
incident in plain historic prose        
7,judges1 chapter iv74 ,it is not       
difficult to make out from this         
narrative 7#a7 that ,heber the ,kenite1 
,jael's husband1 was acting as a spy    
against his allies of ,israel1 and      
betraying their movements to the tyrant4

 ,jael's act was treachery in           
retaliation for the treachery on the    
other side by her husband4 ,this        
explains the exultation over her deed in
 ,deborah's ,song4 7#b7 ,this treachery 
of ,heber had upset the plans of        
,deborah and ,barak3 helpless against   
the iron chariots1 their only hope had  
been to assemble secretly on the heights
 of ,kedesh and attempt a surprise4 ,but
 while the army of ,sisera1 warned by   
,heber1 were awaiting them on the plains
 of ,esdraelon1 a sudden thunder storm  
with rain 7commemorated in the ,song7   
converted the whole plain into a morass4
 ,the army of ,barak fell on the foe    
while their horses were struggling in   
the mud1 and extirpated them at a blow4 
_/,v4 ,david's ,lament4_/ ,this simple  
elegy is cast in quatrain stanzas4 ,its 
only elaboration is an augmenting       
refrain4 ,this beautiful refrain seems  
to rest for its effect upon the bringing
 together of two ideas1 like a crescendo
 and decrescendo in music3 ,how are the 

mighty fallen6 ,this fragmentary refrain
 as it appears at the beginning is      
enlarged at the passage from the section
 on ,saul to that on ,jonathan1 and     
still further enlarged at the close of  
the whole4  _/vi4 ,david's ,song of     
,victory4_/ ,this is in ,antique        
,rhythm3 its structure is 'strophic'    
7above1 page #bdc74 ,there is an        
introduction and conclusion1 and three  
unequal strophes3 the first pictures the
 deliverance1 the second meditates on   
the principle involved 7deliverance of  
the righteous71 the third extends the   
confidence thus produced to the whole   
past and future4 ,the most notable      
artistic effect is the sudden change at 
the prayer of the afflicted one3 all    
nature is convulsed as the ,almighty    
rushes to the rescue4  _/vii4 ,the      
,bride's ,reminiscences4_/ ,this is     
introduced as an example of the ,lyric  
,idyl4 ,the term 'idyl' has been        
explained above 7page #bdh1 note to iv73
 such idyls may be either narrated as   

stories1 or brought out lyrically or    
dramatically1 as in the present case4   
,it is one of a series of lyric idyls   
making up the poem of ,solomon's ,song4 
,the story underlying this poem has been
 variously interpreted2 the             
interpretation followed in this series  
7,biblical ,idyls volume7 is that ,king 
,solomon1 visiting his vineyards on     
,mount ,lebanon1 has come by surprise   
upon a beautiful ,shulammite maiden4 ,as
 she flies from the royal suite he seeks
 her in shepherd disguise and wins her  
love1 then he brings her as queen to his
 palace4 ,the present selection is ,idyl
 ,,ii of the series1 and contains two of
 the ,bride's ,reminiscences of this    
courtship4 ,the first is of a visit by  
the disguised king on a fair spring     
morning1 and how the lovers were        
interrupted by the harsh voices of the  
,bride's ,brothers crying out that the  
foxes were in the vineyards4 ,the second
 is a dream of losing and finding her   
lover4 ,the passages in italics are not 

spoken by the ,bride1 but are the poet's
 interludes1 dividing the different     
sections of the poem4--,metrical scheme4
 ,the idyls are a combination of        
,antique ,rhythm and ,antistrophic      
structure3 but the parallelism of       
strophe and antistrophe must be reckoned
 in strains1 not in lines 7see above1   
page #bdb73 thus we have four strains   
balanced by four1 then two by two2 then 
7in the ,dream7 three by three4 ,the    
refrains are outside the metrical       
scheme4  _/viii1 ix4_/ ,these are songs 
from the books of the prophets4  _/viii4
 ,the ,battle of ,carchemish4_/ ,this is
 a ,war ,ballad1 in triplet stanzas with
 'duplication4' ,the battle celebrated  
was a turning-point in history1 settling
 for ever the supremacy of the          
,babylonian over the ,egyptian empire3  
these were the two world empires between
 which parties in the nation of ,israel 
fluctuated1 the whole strength of       
,jeremiah and the prophetic party being 
thrown against ,egypt4  _/ix4_/ ,this   

_/,song of ,zion ,redeemed_/ forms a    
section of the ,isaiahan ',rhapsody of  
,zion ,redeemed' chapters xl-lxvi4 ,it  
is in stanzas of #d1 or occasionally #f 
and #h lines1 the flow interrupted by   
couplets1 especially at the beginning of
 the sections4 ,compare above1 page     
#bfb1 note to _/vii_/ 7,sonnets74  _/x1 
xi4_/ ,these are illustrations of a     
characteristic feature of ,biblical     
poetry--the ',doom form4' ,see above1   
page #bde4  _/x4 ,isaiah's ,doom of     
,babylon4_/ ,the structure is made up of
 the ,divine word of the overthrow of   
,babylon prose passages interrupted at  
intervals by impersonal songs1 realising
 or celebrating what the ,divine word   
brings forward4 ,the last of these verse
 interruptions is a fully developed ,ode
 on ,fallen ,babylon4 ,the structural   
form of this ode is antistrophic        
inversion 7#g1 #f2 #f1 #g71 like that of
 ,no4 _/iv_/ of the ,sonnets 7above1    
page #bfj74 ,another effect in this ode 
is the ,taunt or ,dirge ,song4--,my     

consecrated ones 444 them that exult in 
my majesty4 ,the ,divine voice is heard 
calling to ,god's 'hosts1' the idea     
suggested by the title ',jehovah        
,sabaoth4' ,compare ,joel1 chapter iii4 
#aa and #ac2 ,psalm ciii4 #bj1 #ba4--;,i
 will sit upon the mount of congregation
 in the uttermost parts of the north3   
the north is regularly in ,scripture the
 quarter from which ,divine judgment is 
looked for 7e4g4 ,ezekiel1 chapter i4   
#d2 ,jeremiah vi4 i2 ,job xxxvii4 #bb74 
_/xi4 ,nahum's ,doom of ,nineveh4_/     
,this is a ,doom ,prophecy directed     
against ,nineveh1 partly in the         
structure called above 'doom form1'     
partly in other forms4 ,it falls into   
seven sections4 ,sections #a and #b are 
meditations in pendulum form 7above1    
page #bea71 the paragraphs alternating  
between judgment and salvation4 ,section
 #c is in doom form3 the ,divine        
announcement of doom is interrupted by  
lyric realisation of the sudden attack  
upon ,nineveh in the midst of its       

careless security4 ,section #d is a     
brief lyric triumph over ,nineveh       
overthrown4 ,section #e resumes the doom
 form3 the ,divine denunciation         
interrupted by lyric realisation of     
,nineveh in its pride4 ,with section #f 
this passes into a ,taunt ,song 7as in  
example _/x_/74 ,the seventh section is 
a brief lyric meditation upon ,nineveh  
overthrown and desolate4     ,,rhapsody 
,this has been explained in the         
,introduction 7pages xii-xiii7 as a term
 applied to a highly characteristic form
 of prophetic literature1 amounting to  
spiritual drama3 actual dramatic        
dialogue and action being combined with 
other literary modes of expression to   
produce the general effect of dramatic  
realisation and movement4 ,some of the  
examples 7,i-,,iii7 are complete        
rhapsodies2 ,,iv is a discourse that    
becomes rhapsodic at its conclusion2 ,v 
is a rhapsodic morceau1 a single thought
 cast in this literary form2 ,,vi and   
,,vii are integral portions of one of   

the long rhapsodies4  _/,i4 ,rhapsody of
 the ,drought4_/ ,this is a simple and  
clear example of rhapsodic writing4 ,it 
opens with scenic description of the    
drought2 the rest is dialogue between   
,god1 ,repentant ,israel1 and the       
,prophet4 ,the action of the rhapsody   
consists in the gradual effect of       
intercession3 ,god at first refuses so  
much as to answer the sinful ,people1   
and speaks only through the ,prophet2 at
 last he answers the ,people directly1  
but only to threaten2 finally he shows  
mercy to the repentant remnant4  _/,,ii4
 ,habakkuk's ,rhapsody of the           
,chaldeans4_/ ,this is a thoroughly     
typical and a splendid specimen of the  
rhapsody as a form of literature1 7#a7  
,the historic situation is the          
appearance of the ,chaldeans as a       
conquering power trampling down         
surrounding nations4 ,this suggests the 
thought of judgment upon unpunished sin 
in ,israel4 ,but the ,prophet feels a   
difficulty3 how can a righteous ,god use

 a godless people as an instrument for  
the punishment of wickedness that is    
less than its own8 ,the elaboration of  
this spiritual problem1 in dramatic     
dialogue between ,god and the ,prophet1 
makes the first section of the          
rhapsody4--7#b7 ,the ,divine solution of
 this problem comes under the image of  
intoxication3 the haughty career of the 
,chaldean is no more than the drunkard's
 reeling which precedes his fall4 ,but  
as the idea of the fall of the ,chaldean
 is reached there is a sudden change    
from dialogue to the doom form4 ,this   
,doom of the ,chaldeans has five stanzas
 of the usual combination between prose 
and verse3 the prose is ,divine         
denunciation1 the verse passages are the
 imagined triumphing of the down-trodden
 nations over their fallen oppressor4   
,four of the stanzas express the fall of
 the ,chaldean in four images3 his      
uninterrupted career has been a heaping 
up of usury1 but the exactor shall come2
 it has been building a house of refuge1

 but shame has been built into its      
walls2 it has been building a huge city 
only to make a bigger bonfire to the    
glory of the avenging ,god2 it has been 
giving drink to behold shame1 but the   
drink of shame shall be given to the    
oppressor4 ,the fifth stanza goes to the
 root of the matter3 the ,chaldean has  
trusted to senseless idols3 ,jehovah is 
the true teacher4--7#c7 ,so far the     
overthrow of the ,chaldeans has been    
presented as a thing of the distant     
future2 in the third section it is      
realised as visibly present3 thus the   
movement of the rhapsody has been       
steadily advancing from the first       
forming of a problem to the climax of   
its solution4 ,the literary form now    
changes to that of an ,ode1 realising   
the idea of ,jehovah come to judgment4  
,the prelude and postlude express the   
,prophet's feelings at the vision he    
hears and sees2 the body of the ode     
realises the theophany itself4 ,strophe1
 ,all nature convulsed as ,god comes2   

antistrophe1 ,is it against nature that 
the coming is directed8 conclusion1     
,nay1 but ,god comes to deliver his     
people4 ,compare ,psalm cxiv4  _/,page  
#bje4_/ ,i have heard the report of     
thee4 ,this report1 and so the voice in 
the second line of the postlude1 refer  
to the voice supposed to sing what makes
 the body of the ode4 ,this is the voice
 of ,israel1 heard in the vision        
describing the advent of ,jehovah4--,o  
,,lord revive thy work in the midst of  
the years3 compare on page #bjb though  
it tarry1 wait for it3 the ,prophet     
prays ,god to interpose before it is too
 late4  _/,page #bjg4_/ ,i trembled in  
my place1 etc4 ,the ,prophet has a      
strange mingling of different feelings3 
terror at the vision of ,jehovah's      
advent1 though it be for his            
deliverance1 and confidence1 as a result
 of this vision1 in the midst of        
desolation4  _/,,iii4 ,joel's ,rhapsody 
of the ,locust ,plague4_/ ,this rhapsody
 may be founded on an historic plague of

 locusts1 but the notion is idealised   
into mystic forces of destruction4      
,nothing else in the historic situation 
has any bearing on the rhapsody1 it is  
ideal all through3 desolation because of
 sin1 and 'judgment1' in the double     
sense of first a judgment on ,israel    
that is turned by repentance to         
purification1 then a judgment as between
 ,israel and the nations4 ,as arranged  
in the text the movement of this        
rhapsody explains itself4  _/,,vi4_/    
,this selection is the ,prelude to the  
elaborate ',rhapsody of ,zion ,redeemed'
 ,isaiah volume1 pages #abg-bji4 ,like  
the overture of many modern musical     
compositions1 this ,prelude is a lyric  
anticipation or foreshadowing of the    
whole work4 ,a word of comfort for      
,jerusalem is spoken by ,god1 and       
,voices are heard carrying the glad     
tidings on the way towards ,jerusalem4  
,the words spoken by these voices are   
anticipations of subsequent parts of the
 rhapsody4  _/,,vii4_/ ,this selection  

is the third ,act or ',vision' of the   
same rhapsody4 ,it brings out in        
dramatic realisation the ,awakening of  
,zion4 ,successive appeals are made by  
,jehovah to ,zion without response4 ,the
 ,celestial ,hosts join in the appeal3  
still without response from ,zion4 ,at  
last the awakening of ,zion is brought  
out by the ,chorus of ,zion's ,watchmen 
recognising the advent of the messengers
 who bring the glad tidings 7compare the
 ,prelude71 and calling upon the city to
 awake and rejoice4     ,,reference     
,,table  ,the ,volumes of the ,modern   
,reader's ,bible referred to in the     
,table are as follows3      ,wisdom     
,series3 four volumes       ,the        
,proverbs       ,ecclesiasticus         
,ecclesiastes and ,the ,wisdom of       
,solomon       ,the ,book of ,job       
,deuteronomy      ,biblical ,idyls      
,history ,series3 five volumes          
,genesis       ,the ,exodus       ,the  
,judges       ,the ,kings       ,the    
,chronicles      ,prophecy ,series3 four

 volumes       ,isaiah       ,jeremiah  
,ezekiel       ,daniel and the ,minor   
,prophets  ,,reference ,,table  ,to     
connect the ,selections with the        
,volumes of the ,modern ,reader's ,bible
 and with the ,chapters and ,verses of  
the ,ordinary ,versions  ,modern        
,reader's                               
,authorised or ,revised     ,bible      
,version  ,volume          ,page        
,book           ,chapter ,verse         
,,story  ,genesis         #ajg  ,i      
,joseph and his ,brethren   ,genesis    
,,xxxvii  #a ,the ,exodus      #bej     
,,ii ,the ,witness of ,balaam           
to ,israel                 ,numbers     
,,xxii    #b ,the ,judges      #aje     
,,iii ,the ,crowning of                 
,abimelech                 ,judges      
,,viii    #bi ,the ,judges      #abb    
,,iv ,samson's ,wedding ,feast   ,judges
          ,,xiv     #a ,the ,kings      
#ahi  ,v ,the ,expedition against       
,elisha                    ,,ii ,kings  
,,vi      #h ,minor ,prophets  #ae      

,,vi ,the ,dream of the ,tree           
cut down                  ,daniel       
,,iv      #a ,minor ,prophets  #bj      
,,vii ,belshazzar's ,feast      ,daniel 
,v       #a                             
,,oratory  ,deuteronomy     #ia   ,i    
,the ,oration of ,moses at              
the ,rehearsal of the                   
,blessing and the ,curse    ,deuteronomy
     ,,xxviii  #a ,ecclesiastes1   #ga  
,,ii ,a ,discourse on   etc4            
,immortality and the       ,wisdom      
,covenant with ,death       of ,solomon 
,i       #ab ,isaiah          #g        
,,iii ,isaiah3 ,the ,great              
,arraignment               ,isaiah      
,i       #b ,isaiah          #ic   ,,iv 
,isaiah3 ,the ,covenant                 
with ,death                ,isaiah      
,,xxviii  #a ,isaiah          #aji  ,v  
,isaiah3 ,the ,utter                    
,destruction and the ,great             
,restoration               ,isaiah      
,,xxxiv   #a ,ezekiel         #gi   ,,vi
 ,ezekiel3 ,the ,sword of               

the ,lord                  ,ezekiel     
,,xxi     #a ,ezekiel         #ajd      
,,vii ,ezekiel3 ,wreck of the   ,ezekiel
         ,,xxvii   #a                   
,goodly ,ship ,tyre1                    
,,viii ,prophetic ,sentences ,jeremiah  
#da   ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,let       
not the wise              ,jeremiah     
,,ix      #bc ,jeremiah        #dc      
,there is none like unto                
thee                      ,jeremiah     
,x       #f ,jeremiah        #ga   ,thus
 saith the ,lord3                       
,cursed                    ,jeremiah    
,,xvii    #e ,jeremiah        #abg      
,behold1 the days come       ,jeremiah  
,,xxxi    #ca                           
,,wisdom                     ,wisdom    
,brevities  ,proverbs        #dh   ,the 
liberal soul            ,proverbs       
,,xi      #be ,proverbs        #ei      
,where no oxen are           ,proverbs  
,,xiv     #d ,proverbs        #ge   ,he 
that is slow to anger    ,proverbs      
,,xvi     #cb ,proverbs        #ia   ,it

 is naught                ,proverbs     
,,xx      #ad ,proverbs        #acb     
,the words of a whisperer    ,proverbs  
,,xxvi    #bb ,proverbs        #acc     
,boast not thyself           ,proverbs  
,,xxvii   #a ,proverbs        #dc   ,as 
vinegar to the teeth     ,proverbs      
,x       #bf ,proverbs        #he   ,all
 the brethren            ,proverbs      
,,xix     #g ,proverbs        #id   ,the
 getting of treasures    ,proverbs      
,,xxi     #f ,proverbs        #abh  ,as 
one that taketh off      ,proverbs      
,,xxv     #bj ,proverbs        #acd     
,wrath is cruel              ,proverbs  
,,xxvii   #d ,proverbs        #acf  ,the
 fining pot              ,proverbs      
,,xxvii   #ba ,proverbs        #ajh     
,epigram3 ,transitoriness               
of ,riches1                ,proverbs    
,,xxiii   #d ,proverbs        #aji      
,epigram3 ,hospitality of               
the ,evil ,eye              ,proverbs   
,,xxiii   #f ,ecclesiasticus  #af       
,maxim3 ,my son1 if thou                

comest                                  
,ecclesiasticus  ,,ii      #a           
,ecclesiasticus  #eg   ,three           
,temperance ,maxims     ,ecclesiasticus 
,,xviii   #cj                           
,essays  ,ecclesiasticus  #bb   i       
,wisdom's ,way with her                 
,children                               
,ecclesiasticus  ,,iv      #aa          
,ecclesiasticus  #dj   ii ,prosperity   
and                        ,adversity   
are from                        the     
,lord                  ,ecclesiasticus  
,,xi      #aa ,ecclesiasticus  #eh   iii
 ,against ,gossip                       
,ecclesiasticus  ,,xix     #d           
,ecclesiasticus  #id   iv ,on the       
,tongue            ,ecclesiasticus      
,,xxviii  #ab ,ecclesiasticus  #db   v  
,choice of ,company                     
,ecclesiasticus  ,,xi      #bi          
,ecclesiasticus  #abi  vi ,the ,wisdom  
of ,business                        and 
the ,wisdom of                          
,leisure                                

,ecclesiasticus  ,,xxxviii #bd          
,ecclesiastes1   etc4          #ee   vii
 ,life as a ,joy                        
shadowed by the ,judgment  ,ecclesiastes
    ,,xi      #g                        
,sonnets  ,proverbs        #bc   i  ,the
 ,sluggard             ,proverbs        
,,vi      #f ,ecclesiasticus  #gj   ii  
,mourning for the ,fool                 
,ecclesiasticus  ,,xxii    #aa ,proverbs
        #ah   iii ,the ,two ,paths      
,proverbs        ,,iv      #aj ,proverbs
        #ac   iv ,the ,creator has made 
,wisdom the ,supreme                    
,prize                 ,proverbs        
,,iii     #aa ,ecclesiasticus  #gb   v  
,watchfulness of ,lips                  
and ,heart                              
,ecclesiasticus  ,,xxii    #bg          
,ecclesiasticus  #ac   vi ,wisdom and   
the ,fear                        of the 
,lord               ,ecclesiasticus  ,i 
#a ,proverbs        #bg   vii ,wisdom   
and the                        ,strange 
,woman             ,proverbs            

,,vii     #a                            
,,lyrics  ,job             #ae   ,i ,an 
,elegy of a ,broken                     
,heart                     ,job         
,,iii     #c ,job             #ajg  ,,ii
 ,the ,creator's ,joy in                
his ,creation              ,job         
,,xxxviii #d ,the ,exodus      #dc      
,,iii ,the ,song of ,moses              
and ,miriam                ,exodus      
,,xv      #a ,the ,judges      #hh      
,,iv ,deborah's ,song           ,judges 
,v       #b ,the ,judges      #bdd  ,v  
,david's ,lament            ,,ii ,samuel
       ,i       #ai ,the ,kings         
#fg   ,,vi ,david's ,song of ,victory   
,,ii ,samuel       ,,xxii    #b ,bib4   
,idyls      #ac   ,,vii ,the ,bride's   
,reminiscences             ,song of     
,songs   ,,ii      #h ,jeremiah         
#age  ,,viii ,jeremiah3 ,the ,battle    
of ,carchemish             ,jeremiah    
,,xlvi    #c ,isaiah          #aij  ,,ix
 ,a ,song of ,zion ,redeemed  ,isaiah   
,,lx      #a ,isaiah          #di   ,x  

,isaiah3 ,doom of ,babylon   ,isaiah    
,,xiii    #b ,minor ,prophets  #adg     
,,xi ,nahum3 ,doom of ,nineveh   ,nahum 
,i       #b                             
,,rhapsody  ,jeremiah        #fa   ,i   
,rhapsody of the ,drought   ,jeremiah   
,,xiv     #b ,minor ,prophets  #aeg     
,,ii ,rhapsody of the                   
,chaldeans                 ,habakkuk    
,i       #b ,minor ,prophets  #gg       
,,iii ,rhapsody of the                  
,locust ,plague             ,joel       
,i       #b ,jeremiah        #ce   ,,iv 
,the ,hurt of the ,daughter             
of my ,people              ,jeremiah    
,,viii    #d ,minor ,prophets  #adj  ,v 
,the ,lord's ,controversy               
before the ,mountains      ,micah       
,,vi      #a ,isaiah          #aca  ,,vi
 ,prelude to the ,rhapsody              
of ,zion ,redeemed          ,isaiah     
,,xl      #a ,isaiah          #afe      
,,vii ,zion ,awakened           ,isaiah 
,,li      #a     ,small #ahmo4 ,cloth   
extra1 #ej cents each2 ,leather1 #fj    

cents4  ,the ,modern ,reader's ,bible4  
,a ,series of ,books from the ,sacred   
,scriptures1 presented in ,modern       
,literary ,form1  ,,by  ,,richard ,g4   
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7,penn471  ,professor of ,literature in 
,english in the ,university of ,chicago4
  ,,press ,,comments4  ,the ,outlook1   
,new ,york4  ,the effect of these       
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of readers1 a surprise and delight2 they
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and they will appreciate for the first  
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from the hands of those who have treated
 it without reference to its literary   
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,review4  ,unquestionably here is a task
 worth carrying out3 and it is to be    
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helpfulness4 ,both the introduction and 
the notes are distinct contributions to 
the better understanding and higher     
appreciation of the literary character1 
features and beauties of the ,biblical  
books treated4  ,,the ,,macmillan       
,,company  #ff ,,fifth ,,avenue1 ,,new  
,,york  ,,wisdom ,,series  ,,in ,,four  
,,volumes  ,,the ,,proverbs       ,a    
,miscellany of ,sayings and ,poems      
embodying ,isolated ,observations       
of ,life4  ,,ecclesiasticus       ,a    
,miscellany including longer            
compositions1 still embodying only      
,isolated ,observations of ,life4       

,,ecclesiastes--,,wisdom ,,of ,,solomon 
,each is a ,series of ,connected        
,writings embodying1 from different     
standpoints1 a ,solution of the ,whole  
,mystery of ,life4  ,,the ,,book ,,of   
,,job       ,a ,dramatic ,poem in which 
are embodied ,varying ,solutions of the 
,mystery of ,life4  ,,deuteronomy       
,the ,orations and ,songs of ,moses1    
constituting his ,farewell to the       
,people of ,israel4  ,,biblical ,,idyls 
,the ,lyric ,idyl of ,solomon's ,song1  
and the ,epic ,idyls of ,ruth1          
,esther1 and ,tobit4  ,,the ,,psalms    
7,two ,volumes7       ,containing the   
whole of ,the ,psalms and also the ,book
 of      ,lamentations4  ,,select       
,,masterpieces ,,of ,,biblical          
,,literature  ,,history ,,series  ,,in  
,,five ,,volumes  ,,genesis       ,bible
 ,history1 ,part ,i3 ,formation of the  
,chosen ,nation4  ,,the ,,exodus        
,bible ,history1 ,part ,,ii3 ,migration 
of the ,chosen ,nation to the ,land     
of ,promise4--,book of ,exodus1 with    

,leviticus and ,numbers4  ,,the ,,judges
       ,bible ,history1 ,part ,,iii3    
,the ,chosen ,nation in its ,efforts    
towards      ,secular                   
,government4--,books of ,joshua1        
,judges1 ,i ,samuel4  ,,the ,,kings     
,bible ,history1 ,part ,,iv3 ,the       
,chosen ,nation under a ,secular        
,government side by side with a         
,theocracy4--,books of ,,ii ,samuel1 ,i 
and ,,ii ,kings4  ,,the ,,chronicles    
,ecclesiastical ,history of the ,chosen 
,nation4--,books of ,chronicles1        
,ezra1 ,nehemiah4  ,,prophecy ,,series  
,,in ,,four ,,volumes  ,,isaiah         
,the vision of ,isaiah1 the ,son of     
,amoz1 which he saw concerning          
,judah and ,jerusalem in the days of    
,uzziah1 ,jotham1 ,ahaz1 and            
,hezekiah1 ,kings of ,judah4  ,,ezekiel 
,the prophetic works of ,ezekiel4       
,,jeremiah       ,the words of          
,jeremiah1 the ,son of ,hilkiah1 to whom
 the ,word of the      ,lord came in the
 days of ,josiah1 ,jehoiakim1 and       

,zedekiah1 ,kings of      ,judah4       
,,daniel ,,and ,,the ,,minor ,,prophets 
,containing ,the ,book of ,daniel1 ,the 
,prophecy of ,hosea1 ,the ,prophecy     
of ,joel1 ,the ,book of ,amos1 ,the     
,vision of ,obadiah1 ,the ,book of      
,jonah1 ,the ,prophecy of ,micah1 ,the  
,oracle ,concerning ,nineveh and the    
,book of ,nahum1 ,the ,oracle which     
,habakkuk did see1 ,the ,prophecy of    
,zephaniah1 ,the ,book of ,haggai1 ,the 
,book of ,zechariah1 and other          
anonymous prophecies4  ,,new ,,testament
 ,,series  ,,in ,,four ,,volumes  ,,st4 
,,matthew1 ,,st4 ,,mark1 and the        
,,general ,,epistles       ,containing  
,the ,gospel according to ,st4 ,matthew1
 ,the ,gospel      according to ,st4    
,mark1 an ,epistle to the ,hebrews1 ,the
 ,epistle of      ,st4 ,james1 ,the     
,epistles of ,st4 ,peter1 and ,the      
,epistle of ,st4 ,jude4  ,,st4 ,,luke   
and ,,st4 ,,paul 7,two ,volumes7        
,containing ,the ,gospel of ,st4 ,luke1 
,the ,acts of the ,apostles1 with       

the ,pauline ,epistles introduced at the
 several points of the      history to  
which they are usually referred4 ,an    
opportunity will      thus be afforded  
of studying1 without the interruption of
 comment      or discussion1 the        
continuous ,history of the ,new         
,testament ,church      as presented by 
itself4  ,,st4 ,,john       ,containing 
the ,gospel1 ,epistles1 and ,revelation 
of ,st4 ,john4   ,,the ,,macmillan      
,,company  #ff ,,fifth ,,avenue1 ,,new  
,,york