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geneva@Hosea:2:15 @ And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley (note:)Which was a plentiful valley, and in which they had great comfort when they came out of the wilderness, as in (Jos_7:26), and is called the door of hope, because it was a departing from death and an entry into life.(:note) of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall She will then praise God as she did when she was delivered out of Egypt. sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Hosea:7:4 @ They [are] all adulterers, as an (note:)He compares the rage of the people to a burning oven which the baker heats, until his dough is leavened and raised.(:note) oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

geneva@Hosea:9:4 @ They shall not offer (note:)All their doings both with regard to administration and religion, will be rejected as polluted things.(:note) wine [offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices [shall be] unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread The meat offering which they offered for themselves. for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

geneva@Hosea:10:4 @ They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making (note:)In promising to be faithful toward God.(:note) a covenant: thus In this way their integrity and fidelity which they pretended, was nothing but bitterness and grief. judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

geneva@Joel:2:14 @ Who knoweth [if] he will (note:)He speaks this to stir up their slothfulness, and not that he doubted of God's mercies, if they did repent. For the way in which God repents, {{See Jer_18:8}}(:note) return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

geneva@Jonah:2:6 @ I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my (note:)You have delivered me from the belly of the fish and all these dangers, as it were raising me from death to life.(:note) life from corruption, O LORD my God.

geneva@Micah:2:9 @ The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away (note:)That is, their substance and living, which is God's blessing, and as it were part of his glory.(:note) my glory for ever.

geneva@Micah:3:5 @ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that (note:)They devour all their substance, and then flatter them, promising that all will go well. But if someone does not feed them, then they invent all ways to do evil.(:note) bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

geneva@Micah:6:16 @ For the (note:)You have received all the corruption and idolatry with which the ten tribes were infected under Omri and Ahab his son: and to excuse your doings, you allege the King's authority by his statutes, and also wisdom and policy in so doing, but you will not escape punishment. But as I have shown you great favour, and taken you for my people, so will your plagues be according as your sins; (Luk_12:47).(:note) statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

geneva@Nahum:3:2 @ The noise of a whip, (note:)He shows how the Chaldeans will hasten, and how courageous their horses will be in beating the ground when they come against the Assyrians.(:note) and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

geneva@Nahum:3:6 @ And I will cast filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gasing stocke.

geneva@Habakkuk:3:19 @ The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and he will make me to walk upon my high places. (note:)The chief singer upon the instruments of music, will have occasion to praise God for this great deliverance of his Church.(:note) To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

geneva@Zephaniah:2:14 @ And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the (note:)Read (Isa_34:11)(:note) cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

geneva@Zephaniah:3:1 @ Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing (note:)That is, Jerusalem.(:note) city!

geneva@Zephaniah:3:17 @ The LORD thy God in the midst of thee [is] mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in (note:)Signifying, that God delights to show his love and great affection toward his Church.(:note) his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

geneva@Haggai:2:9 @ The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give (note:)Meaning all spiritual blessings and felicity purchased by Christ; (Phi_4:7).(:note) peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Haggai:2:19 @ Is the (note:)He exhorts them to have patience, and to remain until the harvest came, and then they would see God's blessings.(:note) seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].

geneva@Zechariah:1:17 @ Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet (note:)The abundance will be so great, that the places of storage will not be able to contain these blessings that God will send, but will even break because of fullness.(:note) be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

geneva@Zechariah:8:2 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was (note:)I loved my city with a singular love, so that I could not endure that any should do her any injury.(:note) jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

geneva@Zechariah:8:13 @ And it shal come to passe, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Iudah, and house of Israel, so wil I deliuer you, & ye shalbe a blessing: feare not, but let your hands be strong.

geneva@Zechariah:11:5 @ Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves (note:)Their governors destroy them without any remorse of conscience, or yet thinking that they do evil.(:note) not guilty: and they that sell them say, He notes the hypocrites, who always have the name of God in their mouths, though in their life and doings they deny God, attributing their gain to God's blessings, which comes from the wealth of their brethren. Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

geneva@Zechariah:13:8 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, (note:)The greatest part will have no portion of these blessings, and yet they that will enjoy them will be tried with great afflictions, so that is will be known that only God's power and his mercies preserve them.(:note) two parts in it shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left in it.

geneva@Malachi:1:11 @ For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] (note:)God shows that their ingratitude and neglect of his true service will be the cause of the calling of the Gentiles: and here the Prophet that was under the Law, used words that the people would understand, and by the altar and sacrifice he means the spiritual service of God, which should be under the Gospel, when an end would be made to all these legal ceremonies by Christ's sacrifice alone.(:note) great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:2:2 @ If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory (note:)To serve me according to my word.(:note) unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your That is, the abundance of God's benefits. blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.

geneva@Malachi:3:10 @ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, (note:)Not having respect how much you need, but I will give you in all abundance, so that you will lack place to put my blessings in.(:note) that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].