16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in B. C. 587. the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the 1 young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor 2 feed that that standeth still; but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth dthe flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, or, bear. 3 families, families. c 2 Sa.5.14. d Jno.10.12, 13. Encouraging prospects. 11 In that day shall there be a "great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon." 12 And the land shall mourn 3 every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; c 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be 4 or, Simeon, and their wives apart; the family of 4*Shiclean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. CHAP. XII. HE burden of the word of the LORD as LXX. e Pr.9.12. THE stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of 6 trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah, and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. Re.1.5. 7.13,14. 5 separation for unclean 7 g ness. or, slumber, or, and also or, poison. against Ju dah shall he be which siege against shall be in Jerusalem. Ex.23.13. Ps. 16.4. h Is.2.18,20. i Mat.21.44. 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will Lu.11.20. smite every horse with astonishment, and & Eze.38.4. his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blind De.13.6,9. Mi.3.6,7. 8 or, There is strength to me and to the inhabitants, Joel 3.16. 9 garment of hair. 6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the 10 lie. wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of Ph.2.6. David, and the glory of the inhabitants of o Mat.26.31. Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is 11 feeble P among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. N that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.5 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my " fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold "is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God. CHAP. XIV. BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. a Encouraging prospects. 1 or, thou also, 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. b 14 And1 Judah also shall fight 2 at Jeru 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before b Eze.38.21. Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and 2 or, against. salem; and the wealth of all the heathen there shall be a very great valley: and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 4 c Eze.39.10, 4 17. when he round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the the valley of ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the 3 or, my. mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. e 6 6. And it shall come to pass in that day, that 5 the light shall not be clear, nor dark. 7 7 But it shall be one day, which shall the moun place he sep- arated. Am.1.1. e Jude 14.15. 5 That is, it 16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles, g 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: dark in oth- come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, 10 that have no rain, there shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen, that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19 This shall be the "punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells 14 of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem, and in Judah, shall be Holiness unto the LORD of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and' in that day there shall be no more the Canaanitem in the house" of the LORD Ep.2.19.22. of hosts. 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there k Re.21.4. shall be no more k utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall 15 be safely inhabited. 12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh or, abide. MALACHI. The sins MALACHI, II. of the people. B. C. 397. might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. a Lu.6.46. De.33.8-10. 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if " then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, Nu.25. 12,13. where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, Ŏ priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised c c.3.7,8,13. thy name? b 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, d and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priests' lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the h messenger of the LORD of hosts. 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the pJno.4,21,23. holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in Is.60.3.5. 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. P 12 But ye have profaned it, in that yes say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Re.8.3. or, ought to Is.66.19,20. s Ezr.9.1,2. or, him that waketh, and u Ps.78.34.37. 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!9 and ye have snuffed at it, saithor, whereas weeping, and with crying out, insomuch ye might that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. the LORD of hosts: and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the 14 But cursed be the deceiver, 10 which 10 or, in whose LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the 11 residue of the spirit. And where12 seed of God. fore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your 13 or, unfaith- spirit, and let none deal 13 treacherously against the wife of his youth. 11 or, excel- AND now, Oye priests, this command- 1 Co.7.14. ment is for you. fully. z De.28.15, &c. hate her, 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even 14 or, if he send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will 16 corrupt your seed, and spread 17 dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts, and 18 shall take you away with it. put her away, 16 or, reprove. 17 scatter. 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant away to it. 704 20 12 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that 14 he hateth 15 putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words: yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? Evangelical CHAP. III. a MALACHI, IV. B. C. 397. BEHOLD, I will perd thy way a La.1.7. and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. d 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. Pa.73.11,12. Zep.1.12. Lu.2.27. observation. Mat.25.10. 2 in black. Re.6.17. el Co.3.13-15. 3 built. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and puri- Ps.95.9. fier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an of-1.2.5. fering in righteousness. Ep.5.19. i Re.20.12. 4 treasure. k Is.62.3. 4 Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former or, ancient. years. j Tit.2.14. 1 Pe.2.9. 5 And I will come near to you to judg-5 or, special ment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. 6 m He.13.4. 6 or, defraud. m Ja.5.4. Ps.58.11. predictions. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD: yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his 1 ordinance, and that we have walked 2 mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are 3 set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my 5 jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not. proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun" of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. 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