An exhortation to repentance. Before 17 And I will bring distress upon worship him, every one from his men, that they shall walk like blind place, even all the isles of the CHRIST men, because they have sinned heathen. against the LORD: and b their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 d Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for the shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. CHAPTER II. 1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 The 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass bas the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of e2 Kin. 23.26. the LORD's anger come upon you. b Job 21. 18. d Pa. 105. 4. Amos 5. 6. Ps. 76, 9, fJoel 2. 14. Amos 5. 15. Jonah 3. 9. Jer. 47. 4, 5. Es, 25. 15. Amos 1. 6, 7, 8. Zeel. 9. 5, 6. h Jer. 6. 4. & 15. 8. i Es. 25. 16. k Josh, 13. 3. 3d Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meckness: fit may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger. 4 For & Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod hat the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe unto the inhabitants of ithe sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you: Ok Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, 18oe Is. 17. 2 land folds for flocks. ver. 14 m Is. 11. 11. Mio. 4. 7. & 5, 7, 8. 7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses Hag. 1. 12&of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. ver. 9. 1 Or, when, fe. Ex. 4.31. Luke 1. 08. o Pa. 126. 1. Jer. 3. 1. ch. 3. 20. pJer. 49. 27. Es. 25. 8. q Ea, 25, 3, 0. r Jer. 49. 1. ala, 15. Jer. 48. E. 25, 9. Amos 2. 1. Amos 1. 13. u Gen. 19. 25. Deut, 29, 23. 34. 13. 1. 13. 19. & Jer. 19. 18. & 50. 40. Ever. 7. 7 16. 6. Jer. 49. 29. + Heb. make lean. Mal. 1. 11. John 4. 21. 8 TPI have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, "even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 10 This shall they have Y for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall 12 Tb Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and d destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all fthe beasts of the nations: both the 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 h cedar work. about 630. a Gen. 10, & Is. 18. 1. & 20. 4. Jer. 45. E. 30.9. ePa. 17. 13. dIs. 10. 12. Ea. 31. 3. Nah. 1.1. & 2.10.&3. 15, 18. ever. f 1 13.21, 22 Or, pelican. 134.11.14 Or, p or, chapiters. Or, when he hath unce ared h Jer. 22. 14 ila. 47. 8. k Rev. 18. 7. 15 This is the rejoicing city i that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! 1 Job 27. 23. every one that passeth by her I shall hiss, and m wag his hand. CHAPTER III. 14 sharp reprooj of Jerusalem for divers sins. 8 An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel, 14 and to rejoice for their salvation by God. Lam. 2. 15. Es. 27. 38. m Nah, 3. 19. W polluted, to the oppressing city! VOE to ther that is filthy and 10r. + Heb. erasy 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trust-Jer. 22. 21. ed not in the LORD; she drew not bJer. 5. 3. near to her God. 1Or. instruction Es. 22. 27. Mie, 3.9, 10, 11. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are devening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. d Hab. L. & 32 Lam. 2 14. Deut. 34 ver. 15, 17. 4 Her prophets are light and Jer. 23. II, treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done f violence to the law. 56 The just LORD his in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: tevery morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. 6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: 10, rers. their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. See Mia 3.11. ↑ Heb. morning by morning. 1 Jer. 2, 3, & 6. 15. &&12 The people incited HAGGAL Before all call upon the name of the LORD, | CHRIST to serve him with one † consent. about 630, ↑ Hob. shoulder. Pa. 63. 31. Ta. 18. 1.7.& 60.4.&e Mal. I. IL. Acto X. 27. Jer. 7. 4. t Heb. in my holy. • la 11 32 James 2. 5. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13 The remnant of Israel "shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion: Mic.4.47. shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O'daughter of Jerusalem. u Is. 60. 21. x I. 63.8. Rev. 11. 5. y Es. 34. 28. sis. 12 G. & 61. 1. Zech, 2, 10.& 9. S Before about 520. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine to build the temple. enemy: the King of Israel, even the "17 The LORD thy God in the midst 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the soleinn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Before CHRIST about 090. John 1. 49. b Es. 48.35. ver. 5, 17. Rev. 7. 15, & 21.3.4 la 25. 3. 4. Heb. 12. 12 [Or, faint. ever. 15. fDeut. 30, 9. 1.62.5.& 65, 19. Jer. 22. 41. + Heb. he will be silent. Lam. 2. 6. 1 Heb. the burden upon it was re 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that hhalteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every 34. 16. land where they have been put to shame. 20 At that time i will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. HAGGAI. CHAPTER I. CHRIST 1 Haggai reproveth the people for neg lecting the building of the house. 7 He inciteth them to the building. 12 He promiseth God's assistance to them being forward. Esra ?. 24. &B. 1. Zech. 1. 1. IN TN the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto b Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of d Josedech, the high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 41 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell Ps. 132.3,&. in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? 12 8am. 7.2. + Hob. Set your heart on your sayo. giám. 3. 40. Ver. 7. h Deut. 28.38, Mie. 6.14.15. Hos. 4. 10. ch. 2. 16. 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; † Consider your ways. 6 Ye have hsown much, and bring in little; ye cat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm: and he that Carneth wages, carneth wages to put it into a bag t with holes. 1 Zech. 8 10. 7 T Thus saith the LORD of hosts; +eb.piereed Consider your ways, through. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring proach, Mie. 4. 6. 7. ↑ Heb. I will set them for + Heb. of aprain. their shame. I. 11. 12. & 27.12.& 56.8. Es. 28. 25. & 81.13,437.21. Amos 9. 14. Before wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be CHRIST glorified, saith the LORD. about 520. 9kYe looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did | blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore in the heaven over youm Lev. 28. 19. is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. 12 TP Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 'governor of Judah, and Deut, 28, 23, 1 Kin. 8. 35. 1 Kin. 17.1. 2 Kings 8. 1. ch.2 17. pera 5, 2. Matt. 28. 20. Rom. 8. 31. 2 Chr. 36, 22. Ezra 1. 1. seb. 2, 2L ZECHARIAH. Before CHRIST about 620. Esra 4. 24. Hag. 1. 1. Ezra 5. 1. TN the eighth month, "in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD bunto Zechariah, the son Matt. 23. 3. of Berechiah, the son of iddo the prophet, saying, + Hob, with displeasure. 2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. 8 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn Jer. 25. 4. &ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 35, 15. Mie. 7. 19 Mal. 3. 7. Luke 15. 20. James 4. 8. 42 Chr. 36.15. 16. .I.. 31. 6. Jer. 3. 12. & 18. 11. fla, 55. 1. Or, overtake, Tam. 1. 18. &2. 17. about 519. h Josh. 5. 13. Rev. 6. 4. 1 ch. 6. 2-7. 1Or, bay. k Hob, 1, 14 1 Ps. 103. 20, 21. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, dunto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold ba man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there ired horses, speckled, and white, 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation "these threescore and ten years? Before CHRIST about 619. Ps. 102, 13, ■ Jor, 25, 11. ob. 8. 2 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I am Pjealous for Jerusalem Joel 2. 18. and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and la. 47. 6. they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD: I am returned to Jerusalem with I. 12. 1. & mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Je-ch, 2. 1, 2, rusalem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and "shall yet choose Jerusalem. The redemption of Zion. Before CHRIST 519. d Is. 26. 1. fIs. 48. 20. & 52. 11. 50. 8. & 51.0, 45. Deut. 28. 64. h Rev. 18. 4. Is. 11. 15. & 19. 16. 1 ch. 4. 9. Is. 12. 6. & 54.1. o Is. 2. 2, 3. & ZECHARIAH. walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her da wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. GT Ho, ho, come forth, and flce from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. 7 h Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. 9 For, behold, I will k shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and 1ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. 10 T Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD Pin that day, and shall be my people: and I will Deut. 32. 9. dwell in the midst of thee, and thou t ch. 1. 17. u Hab. 2, 20. Zeph. 1. 7. x Pa. 68. 5. Is. 57. 15. Heb. the habitation of his holiness, shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and tshall choose Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Deut. 28. 15. LORD: for he is raised up out of this holy habitation. Is. 63. 15. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair b mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if Christ the Branch promised. thou wilt i keep my | charge, then thou shalt also kjudge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee † places to walk among these that I stand by. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth "my servant the "BRANCH. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; Pupon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. 11. Ea. 84. 23, 21. o I. 4. 2. & 11. 1 Luke 1. 78. p Pa. 118. 22. Is. 28. 16. 31. 34. & 50, 20, Mie. 7. 18, 19, ch. 13, La. 30. 16. Mic. 4. 4. 1 CHAPTER IV. Before CHRIST Lev. 8. 35. 1 Kings 2. 3. Es. 41. 16. 1Or, onli sance. Deut. 17. Mal. 2. 7. + Heb. walks. leh. 4. 14. & 6. 5. m P. 71. 7. Is. 8. 18. & 20 && + Heb. men of wonder, or, sign, as Es. 12. 11. & 24. 24. n Is. 42. 1. & 49.3, 5 & 52, 13, & 53. Jer. 23. 5. & 33. 15. ch. 6. 19 q'ch. 4. 10. Rev. 5. 6. Jer. oh. 2. 11. 1 Kin. 4, 25. By the golden candlestick is foreshewed the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation. 11 By the two olive trees the two anointed ones. ND the angel that talked with A me came again, and waked me, b as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, ach. 2 & b Dan, & 18 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, t with a bowl upon the top of it, d and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, Ex. 25. 37. which are upon the top thereof: 8 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 7 Who art thou, 50 great mount-Jer. 51. 25. ain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt Matt. 21. 21. become a plain: and he shall bring forth h the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel k have laid the foundation of this house: 45. 16. his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the "LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with |