Transcriber’s notes This e-text includes Greek characters, Hebrew characters, uncommon diacritics, and punctuation that will only display in UTF-8 (Unicode) text readers: e.g. Μαλαχιας, מלאכיה, “malĕ’akhi”. If any of these characters do not display properly, make sure that your text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. A small number of obvious typos have been corrected. The spelling and punctuation of the book have not been changed. The footnotes have been renumbered from 1 to 1,560. Each footnote can be found at the end of the chapter in which it is flagged. It is clear from the context that some Hebrew letters are missing from Section 2 of Chapter VI of the book. These letters, enclosed in square brackets, have been restored. An expression such as A^{B} is used in this text to represent A followed by B as a superscript. For example, Xⁿ could be represented by X^{n}. (The only letters that can be used as superscripts in UTF-8 are lower-case i and n.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D. _Editor of “The Expositor”_ THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE PROPHETS VOL. II.—ZEPHANIAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, OBADIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH I.—VIII., “MALACHI,” JOEL, “ZECHARIAH” IX.—XIV. AND JONAH BY GEORGE ADAM SMITH, D.D., LL.D. NEW YORK A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON 51 EAST TENTH STREET 1898 THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE. _Crown 8vo, cloth, price $1.50 each vol._ FIRST SERIES, 1887-8. Colossians. By A. MACLAREN, D.D. St. Mark. By Very Rev. the Bishop of Derry. Genesis. By Prof. MARCUS DODS, D.D. 1 Samuel. By Prof. W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D. 2 Samuel. By the same Author. Hebrews. By Principal T. C. EDWARDS, D.D. SECOND SERIES, 1888-9. Galatians. By Prof. G. G. FINDLAY, B.A. The Pastoral Epistles. By Rev A. PLUMMER, D.D. Isaiah I.—XXXIX. By Prof. G. A. SMITH, D.D. Vol. I. The Book of Revelation. By Prof. W. MILLIGAN, D.D. 1 Corinthians By Prof. MARCUS DODS, D.D. The Epistles of St. John. By Most Rev. the Archbishop of Armagh. THIRD SERIES, 1889-90. Judges and Ruth. By R. A. WATSON, M.A., D.D. Jeremiah. By Rev. C. J. BALL, M.A. Isaiah XL.—LXVI. By Prof. G. A. SMITH, D.D. Vol. II. St. Matthew. By Rev. J. MONRO GIBSON, D.D. Exodus. By Right Rev. the Bishop of Derry. St. Luke. By Rev. H. BURTON, M.A. FOURTH SERIES, 1890-91. Ecclesiastes. By Rev. SAMUEL COX, D.D. St. James and St. Jude. By Rev. A. PLUMMER, D.D.