{"product_id":"2940148938149","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 41: Sophonias","description":"THE PROPHECY OF SOPHONIAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOPHONIAS, whose name, saith St. Jerome, signifies The Watchman of the\u003cbr\u003eLord, or The hidden of the Lord, prophesied in the beginning of the\u003cbr\u003ereign of Josias. He was a native of Sarabatha, and of the tribe of\u003cbr\u003eSimeon, according to the more general opinion. He prophesied the\u003cbr\u003epunishments of the Jews, for their idolatry and other crimes; also the\u003cbr\u003epunishments that were to come on divers nations; the coming of Christ,\u003cbr\u003ethe conversion of the Gentiles, the blindness of the Jews, and their\u003cbr\u003econversion towards the end of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophonias Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor divers enormous sins, the kingdom of Juda is threatened with severe\u003cbr\u003ejudgment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. The word of the Lord that came to Sophonias the son of Chusi, the\u003cbr\u003eson of Godolias, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezechias, in the days of\u003cbr\u003eJosias, the son of Amon king of Juda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of\u003cbr\u003ethe land, saith the Lord:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathering, I will gather, etc... That is, I will assuredly take away,\u003cbr\u003eand wholly consume, either by captivity, or death, both men and beasts\u003cbr\u003eout of this land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. I will gather man, and beast, I will gather the birds of the air,\u003cbr\u003eand the fishes of the sea: and the ungodly shall meet with ruin: and I\u003cbr\u003ewill destroy men from off the face of the land, saith the Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. And I will stretch out my hand upon Juda, and upon all the\u003cbr\u003einhabitants of Jerusalem: and I will destroy out of this place the\u003cbr\u003eremnant of Baal, and the names of the wardens of the temples with the\u003cbr\u003epriests:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wardens, etc... Viz., of the temples of the idols. AEdituos, in\u003cbr\u003eHebrew, the Chemarims, that is, such as kindle the fires, or burn\u003cbr\u003eincense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses,\u003cbr\u003eand them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelchom... The idol of the Ammonites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that\u003cbr\u003ehave not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. Be silent before the face of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord\u003cbr\u003eis near, for the Lord hath prepared a victim, he hath sanctified his\u003cbr\u003eguests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. And it shall come to pass in the day of the victim of the Lord,\u003cbr\u003ethat I will visit upon the princes, and upon the king's sons, and upon\u003cbr\u003eall such as are clothed with strange apparel:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. And I will visit in that day upon every one that entereth\u003cbr\u003earrogantly over the threshold: them that fill the house of the Lord\u003cbr\u003etheir God with iniquity and deceit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the noise of a cry\u003cbr\u003efrom the fish gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great\u003cbr\u003edestruction from the hills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Second... A part of the city so called.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. Howl, ye inhabitants of the Morter. All the people of Chanaan is\u003cbr\u003ehush, all are cut off that were wrapped up in silver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Morter... Maktesh. A valley in or near Jerusalem. Ibid. The people\u003cbr\u003eof Chanaan... So he calls the Jews, from their following the wicked ways\u003cbr\u003eof the Chanaanites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on\u003cbr\u003etheir lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor\u003cbr\u003ewill he do evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSettled on their lees... That is, the wealthy, and such as live at their\u003cbr\u003eease, resting upon their riches, like wine upon the lees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. And their strength shall become a booty, and their houses as a\u003cbr\u003edesert: and they shall build houses, and shall not dwell in them: and\u003cbr\u003ethey shall plant vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and exceeding swift:\u003cbr\u003ethe voice of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man shall there\u003cbr\u003emeet with tribulation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. That day is a day of wrath, a day of tribulation and distress, a\u003cbr\u003eday of calamity and misery, a day of darkness and obscurity, a day of\u003cbr\u003eclouds and whirlwinds,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and\u003cbr\u003eagainst the high bulwarks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. And I will distress men, and they shall walk like blind men,\u003cbr\u003ebecause they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be\u003cbr\u003epoured out as earth, and their bodies as dung.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them\u003cbr\u003ein the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by\u003cbr\u003ethe fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy destruction of\u003cbr\u003eall them that dwell in the land.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067903656176,"sku":"2940148938149","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148938149_p0.jpg?v=1763710440","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148938149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}