Chapter III: Preface: vii

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 1

_INTRODUCTION_

CHAP.

I. THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE 3

II. THE PROPHET IN EARLY ISRAEL 11

1. FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TILL SAMUEL.
2. FROM SAMUEL TO ELISHA.

III. THE EIGHTH CENTURY IN ISRAEL 31

IV. THE INFLUENCE OF ASSYRIA UPON PROPHECY 44

_AMOS_

V. THE BOOK OF AMOS 61

VI. THE MAN AND THE PROPHET 73

1. THE MAN AND HIS DISCIPLINE
(i. 1; iii. 3-8; vii. 14, 15).
2. THE WORD AND ITS ORIGINS
(i. 2; iii. 3-8; and _passim_).
3. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY
(vii.; viii. 1-4).

VII. ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES 121

AMOS i. 3-ii.

VIII. CIVILISATION AND JUDGMENT 141

AMOS iii.-iv. 3.

IX. THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL 156

AMOS iv. 4-vi.

1. FOR WORSHIP, CHASTISEMENT
(iv. 4-13).
2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE (v.).
3. "AT EASE IN ZION" (vi.).
4. A FRAGMENT FROM THE PLAGUE
(vi. 9, 10).

X. DOOM OR DISCIPLINE? 181

AMOS viii. 4-ix.

1. EARTHQUAKE, ECLIPSE AND FAMINE
(viii. 4-14).
2. NEMESIS (ix. 1-6).
3. THE VOICES OF ANOTHER DAWN
(ix. 7-15).

XI. COMMON-SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW 196

AMOS iii. 3-8; iv. 6-13; v. 8, 9;
vi. 12; viii. 8; ix. 5, 6.

_HOSEA_

XII. THE BOOK OF HOSEA 211

XIII. THE PROBLEM THAT AMOS LEFT 227

XIV. THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE 232

HOSEA i.-iii.

XV. THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL 253

HOSEA iv.-xiv.

XVI. A PEOPLE IN DECAY: I. MORALLY 255

HOSEA iv.-vii. 7.

1. THE LORD'S QUARREL WITH ISRAEL
(iv.).
2. PRIESTS AND PRINCES FAIL
(v. 1-14).
3. REPENTANCE FAILS
(v. 15-vii. 2).
4. WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES
(vii. 3-7).

XVII. A PEOPLE IN DECAY: II. POLITICALLY 269

HOSEA vii. 8-x.

1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATION
(vii. 8-viii. 3).
2. ARTIFICIAL KINGS AND ARTIFICIAL
GODS (viii. 4-13).
3. THE EFFECTS OF EXILE
(ix. 1-9).
4. "THE CORRUPTION THAT IS THROUGH
LUST" (ix. 10-17).
5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND
PUPPET-GODS (x.).

XVIII. THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD 290

HOSEA xi.

XIX. THE FINAL ARGUMENT 299

HOSEA xii.-xiv. 1.

1. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FATHER
JACOB (xii.).
2. THE LAST JUDGMENT
(xiii.-xiv. 1).

XX. "I WILL BE AS THE DEW" 308

HOSEA xiv. 2-10.

XXI. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 318

HOSEA _passim_.

XXII. REPENTANCE 333

HOSEA _passim_.

XXIII. THE SIN AGAINST LOVE 346

HOSEA i.-iii.; iv. 11 ff.;
ix. 10 ff.; xi. 8 f.

_MICAH_

XXIV. THE BOOK OF MICAH 357

XXV. MICAH THE MORASTHITE 375

MICAH i.

XXVI. THE PROPHET OF THE POOR 386

MICAH ii., iii.

XXVII. ON TIME'S HORIZON 400

MICAH iv. 1-7.

XXVIII. THE KING TO COME 408

MICAH iv. 8-v.

XXIX. THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION 419

MICAH vi. 1-8.

XXX. THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE 426

MICAH vi. 9-vii. 6.

XXXI. OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS 435

MICAH vii. 7-20.

INDEX OF PASSAGES AND TEXTS 439

CHRONOLOGY OF THE DOUBLE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, _c._ 940-639 B.C.

*** _c._ = _circa_: it refers only to the accession of the kings of Judah and Israel; the years are exact so far as they concern the Assyrian data. A date opposite the mere name of a king signifies the year of his accession.

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| JUDAH. | ISRAEL. | THE | SYRIA, ETC. | ASSYRIA. |
| | |PROPHETS.| | |
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940_c._|Disruption of the Kingdom. | | | |
|Rehoboam. |Jeroboam I. | | | |
| |Establishment of | | | |
| | calf images in | | | |
| | N. Israel. | | | |
923_c._|Abijam. | | | | |
920_c._|Asa. | | | | |
918_c._| ... |Nadab. | | | |
915_c._| ... |Baasha. | | | |
891_c._| ... |Elah. | | | |
888_c._| ... |Zimri. Omri. | | | |
876_c._| ... |Ahab. |} | Revolt of Mesha of Moab: the | |
874_c._|Jehoshaphat. | ... |} Elijah.| Moabite Stone (_circa_ 860).| |
854 | ... |First contact of |} | Israel and Syria with | Assyria at the Battle | 854
| | |} | | of Ḳarḳar. |
853_c._| ... |Ahaziah. |}} | | |
852_c._| ... |Joram. | } | | |
.... | ... | Invades Moab w. | } | | |
| | Judah and Edom. | } | | |
850 | ... | ... | } ... | }Campaigns in all these 3 yrs| by Shalmaneser II. of |{850
849_c._|Jehoram. | ... | } ... | } Assyria against Dadidri or | Hadadezer of Damascus.|{849
846 | ... | ... | } ... | }Revolt of Edom from Judah | ... |{846
844_c._|Ahaziah. | | } | (2 Kings viii. 20 ff.). | |
842_c._|Athaliah. |Jehu. | }Elisha.| ... | Tribute from Jehu. | 842
... | ... | ... | } ... | War of Hazael with | Assyria. | ...
839 | ... | ... | } ... | War of Hazael with | Assyria. | 839
836_c._|Joash. | ... | } ... | }Hazael subdues Gilead (Amos | ... |{836
814_c._| ... |Jehoahaz. | } ... | } i. 3); attacks Gath, but is| ... |{814
| ... | ... | } ... | } bought off from Jerusalem. | |{
812 | ... | ... | } ... | ... | Ac. of Ramman-Nirari. | 812
806 | ... | ... | } ... | Arpad, campaign against, by | Assyria. | 806
803 | ... | ... | } ... | Damascus, under Meri, besieged and taken by Assyria. | 803
... | ... | ... | } ... | A year of pestilence. | ... | ...
798_c._| ... |Joash. | } | | |
797_c._|Amaziah. | | | | |
783_c._| ... |Jeroboam II. | ... | ... | Shalmaneser III. | 783
778_c._|Uzziah | | | | |
| (Azariah). | | | | |
775 | ... |}Jeroboam | ... | ... | Expedition to |
| |}re-conquers | | | Cedar Country. | 775
773 | ... |}Moab, Gilead, | ... | Damascus, campaign against, | by Assyria. | 773
772 | ... |}and part of | ... | Hadrach, campaign against, | by Assyria. | 772
765 | ... |}Aram. | ... | A pestilence. | Ac. of Assur-dan-il. | 765
| | | | Hadrach, campaign against, | by Assyria. |
763 |Total eclipse of the sun on June 15th | visible in Syria and at | Nineveh. | 763
759 | ... | ... | } ... | A pestilence in Western Asia.| ... | 759
755 | ... | ... | } ... | Hadrach suffers attack from | Assyria. | 755
754 | ... | ... | } Amos. | Arpad suffers attack from | Assyria. | 754
753 | ... | ... | } ... | ... | Ac. of Assur-Nirari. | 753
745 | ... | ... | } ... | ... | Accession of |
| | | } | | Tiglath-Pileser III. | 745
743 | ... |Zechariah, son of|} ... | } | | 743
| |Jeroboam (6 mo.).|} ... | } ... | |
| |Shallum (1 mo.). |} ... | } Arpad besieged, and after | two or three years |
| |Menahem. |} Hosea. | } | taken by Assyria. |
742 | ... | ... |} ... | } | | 742
741 | ... | ... |}} ... | } | | 741
740 |"The yr King | ... |}} | | |
736? |Uzziah died."| |}} | | |
|Jotham sole ruler. |}} | | |
738 | ... |Menahem is |}} | mentioned as tributary to | Assyria. | 738
737_c._| |Pekahiah. |}} | | |
736_c._|Ahaz. |Pekah, the | } | | |
| |Gileadite. | } | [(Isa. vii.).| |
735 |Ahaz is attacked both by Pekah | } | and by Rezin of Damascus | ... | 735
734 | ... |Captivity of Gil-| } | | etc., by Assyria |
| | ead, Galilee, | } | | (Isa. viii., ix.). | 734
733 | ... | ... | } ... |Damascus besieged and taken by| Assyria. | 733
732 |Ahaz pays homage | } | at Damascus to the King of | Assyria. | 732
731 | ... | ... | } ... | ... |Tiglath-Pileser becomes| 731
730_c._| ... |Hoshea. | } | | King of Babylon under|
| | | } | | the name of Pul. |
727_c._|Hezekiah. | ... | }Isaiah.| ... | Shalmaneser IV. | 727
725 | ... |Siege of Samaria | } | | begins. |
722 | ... |Fall of Samaria. | } ... | ... | Sargon takes Samaria. | 722
or 1 | | | } | | | or 1
720 | ... | ... |}} ... | Gaza overthrown by Sargon as he marches past Judah | 720
or 19 | | |}} | and defeats Egypt at Raphia. |or 19
715 | ... |Samaria peopled |}} | |by subjugated tribes | 715
| | |}} | | deported from Assyria.|
711 | ... | ... |}} ... | Ashdod taken by | Sargon. | 711
709 | ... | ... |}} ... | ... |Sargon takes Babylon | 709
| | |}} | | from Merodach-Baladan.|
705 | ... | ... |}} | ... | Death of Sargon. | 705
| | |}} | | Ac. of Sennacherib. |
704 | ... | ... |}} ... | ... War | with Merodach-Baladan.| 704
701 |Invasion of Judah |}} | and of all Syria | by Sennacherib. | 701
|Deliverance of Jerusalem. |}} | Siege of Ekron. Battle of | |
| | |} Micah. | Eltekeh. | |
695 |Manasseh. | ... |} | | |
_c._[2]| | | | | |
681 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Sennacherib murdered. | 681
| | | | | Asarhaddon succeeds. |
678 | ... | ... | ... | Phœnicia subdued by | Asarhaddon. | 678
676 |Manasseh |tributary to | | | Assyria. | 676
671 | ... | ... | ... | Tyre taken by | Asarhaddon on his | 671
| | | | march to Egypt, and conquest of Memphis. |
668 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Assurbanipal. | 668
666 |Manasseh |and the | | other Syrian kings | tributary to Assyria. | 666
641_c._|Amon. | ... | ... | Tyre assists | Assurbanipal against | 641
| | | | the Phœnician Arvad. | |
639_c._|Josiah. | | | | |
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FOOTNOTE:

[2] This date is very uncertain. It may have been 690, or according to some 685.

_INTRODUCTION_

Καὶ τῶν ιβ' προφητῶν τὰ ὀστᾶ
ἀναθάλοι ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν,
Παρεκάλεσαν δὲ τὸν Ἰακώβ
καὶ ἐλυτρώσαντο αὐτοὺς ἐυ πίστει ἐλπίδος.

_And of the Twelve Prophets may the bones_
_Flourish again from their place,_
_For they comforted Jacob_
_And redeemed them by the assurance of hope._
ECCLESIASTICUS xlix. 10.