those seven; Pthey are the eyes of CHRIST the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. 619. p2 Chr. 16. 9. Prov. 15. 3. ch. 3 9. q ver. 3. Heb. by the band. Or, empty out of them selreuil in to the gold. ↑ Heb. the gold. Rev. 11. 4. + Heb. cons of oil. ach. 3. 7. Luke 1. 19. 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches, which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the See Jash. 3. two fanointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. CHAPTER V. 11, 13. eb. G. 5. Es. 2. 3. b Mal. 4. 6. 1 Or, every one of this people that at caleth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth 1 By the flying roll is shewed the curse of thieves and swearers. 3 By a woman pressed in an ephah, the final damna tion of Babylon. THE HEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying a roll. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be eut off as on that side according to it. 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and d See Lev. 14. d shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. e Lev. 19. 12. eh. 8. 17. Mal. 3. 5. 45. Or, weighty piece. 5 T Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. 10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? Vision of the four chariots. 11 And he said unto me, To build Before it a house in the land of Shinar: CHRIST and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. A 519. . Jer. 29.5.29. fGen. 10, 10. ND I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were redach. 1. 8. horses; and in the second chariot Rev. 6.4 black horses; b Rev. 6. 5. whitelov. 6. 2. 3 And in the third chariot horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled and bay horses. 4 Then I answered dand said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk Gen. 13. 17. to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. 8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my i spirit in the north coun-Judg. 8.3. try. 9T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose 18. Luke 1. name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, "and he shall build the temple of the LORD: 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne: and Phe shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, John 1. 45. ma ch. 3. 8. ¡Or, branch up from un der Aim. ch. 4.9. Matt. 16. 18. 22. o Is. 22. 24. pPs. 110. 4 Heb. 3. 1. 518. + Heb. to entreat the face of the LORD, 1 Sam. 13.12. ch. 8. 21. Deut. 17. 9. 10, 11. & 33 10. Mal. 2. 7. b Jer. 62. 12. ch. 8. 19. c Is. 58. 5. d Jer. 41. 1. ch. 8. 19. e ch. 1. 12. fSee Rom.14. 6. 1 Or. be not ye they that, f I Or, Are not theso the words. 15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. CHAPTER VII. 1 The captives inquire of fasting. 4 Zechariah reproveth their fasting. 8 Sin the cause of their captivity. AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the Word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, i to pray before the LORD, 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in bthe fifth month, separating myself, as I have doné these so many years? 4 T Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, C 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth d and seventh month, even hand of those seventy years, did ye at all fast funto me, even to me? g Jer. 17. 26. h Is, 58, 6. 7. Jer. 7. 23. Mic. 6. 8. ch. 8. 16. Matt. 23. 23, + Heb. Judge judgment of truth. 1 Ex.22,21,22, Deut. 24.17. Is. 1. 17. Jer. 5. 28. k Pa. 36. 4. Mic, 2. 1. eh. 8. 17. 1 Neh. 9. 29. Jer. 7. 24. Hos. 4. 16. ↑ Heb. they gave a back sliding shoulder. + Ileb. made heavy. m Acta 7. 57. 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7 Should ye not hear the words Which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? 8 T And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And i oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; kand let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and DE 11.19.& pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 36. 20. o Neh. 9. 29, 30. + Heb, by the hand of. p2 Chr. 38.16. Dan. 9. 11. q Prov. 1. 24 -28. Is. 1. 15. Jer. 11. 11. & 14.12. Mic. 3. 4. r Deut. 4. 27. &28. 64. Ex. 38. 19. ob. 2. 6. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets: Ptherefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: 14 But I scattered them with a The restoration of Jerusalem. 618. whirlwind among all the nations Before whom they knew not. Thus the CHRIST land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid "the pleasant land Lev. 20, 2 desolate. 1 CHAPTER VIII. The restoration of Jerusalem. 9 They are encouraged to the building by God's favour to them. 16 Good works are required of them. 18 Joy and enlarge. ment are promised. AGAIN the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Deut. 28. 53. u Dan, & 9. t Heb. (and of desire. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great Nab. 1. 2 jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. beh. 1. 16 dla 1, 21, 28. La. 2.2, 3. 3 Thus saith the LORD; bI am returned unto Zion, and will dwell ceh. 2. 10. in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem d shall be called A city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, The holy mountain.fJer. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand † for very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the cast country, and from the west country: 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: kand they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. 9 T Thus saith the LORD of hosts; m Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 10 For before these days || there was no Phire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 For the seed shall be † prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were "a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye 31. 2 2. 31. + Heb for multitude of days. 1 Or, hard. or, dificult. Gen. 18. 14. Luke 1. 37. & 15. 27. Rom. 4. 21. i I. 11. 11. 12 da 43. 5, & Ea 57. 21. Amos 9. 14 15, + Heb. the Jer 30.23, & 31. 1. 23. 1Jer, 42 Ver. 18. a Bara 5. 1. 2. Hag. 2 18 10r, the hire of man became noth ing. fe pag. 1.6, 3. 10. & 2, 10 92 Chr. 15. 5. r Hos. 2 21,22 P. 67. a. Joy and enlargement promised. Before CHRIST 618. y ver. 9. beh. 7. 9. ver. 19. Eph. 4. 25. ZECHARIAH. let shall be a blessing: fear not, but 15 So again have I thought in these 16 T These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; texecute the Heb. judge judgment of truth and peace in your gates: truth, and the judgment of peace. • Prov. 3.29. ch. 7. 10. deh. 5, 3, 4. Jer. 52. 6. 7. 1Jer.52.12.13. ch. 7.5, 5. 2 Kin. 25 25 Jer. 41. 1, 2 h Jer. 52. 4. i Eath. 8. 17. Ia. 35. 10. Or, solemn, Christ's coming foretold. the sea; and she shall be devoured 31 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear: Before CHRIST about 487. Jer, 47, 1, & Zeph. 24. in Amos 1. 8. 7 And I will take away his blood+ Heb, blooda out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jeb8 And "I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and "no op-I, 60. 18. pressor shall pass through them any Ea. 28. 24. more: for now Phave I seen with pEx. 3. 7. mine eyes. 17 And let none of you imagine 18 And the word of the LORD of 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It or, set times. shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: k ver. 16. 1 Ia. 2. 3. Mie. 4. 1, 2 10r, continually. ↑ Heb. going. + Heb. 10 en treat the face of the Loan ch. 7. 2. m Is. 60.3, &c. &CB. 23. 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, n 14,3.6.& 4.1. that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go 01 Cor. 14.25. with you: for we have heard that God is with you. about 487. CHAPTER IX. 1 God defendeth his church. 9 Zion is ex- a Jer. 23. 33. The burden of the word of b Amos 1. 3. • 2 Chr. 20.12. P. 145, 15. d Jer. 49. 23. .Is. 23. Es. 28. & 27. &28. Amos 1.9. f1 Kin. 17. 9. Ex. 28. 21. Obad, 20. Es. 28.3, &e. h Job 27. 16, Es, 28, 4, 5. iT. 23. 1. ka. 26. 17. a P. 34.7. eh. 2.5. IL 62. 11. ch, 2. 10. Matt. 21. 5. John 12. 15. 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of 10 And I will cut off the chariot 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. 12 T Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah for me, 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them; and they shall devour, and 2 And d Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for d they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 17 For fhow great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her shall make the young men || cheer-Or, grow, or, out, and he will smite k her power inful, and new wine the maids." speak. God is to be sought unto. Before CHRIST about 487. a Jer. 14. 22. b Deut. 11. 14. e Job 29. 23. Joel 2. 23. | Or, lightnings. Jer. 10. 13. d Jer. 10. 8. Hab. 2. 18. + Heb. teraphim, Judg. 17. 5. ⚫ Job 13. 4. Or, answered that, fe. f Ea. 34. 5. CHAPTER X. ZECHARIAH. 1 God is to be sought unto, and not idols. 5 As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them. ASK ye of the LORD brain cin the time of the latter rain; the Loe shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. 2 For the dtidols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, fbecause there was 110 shepherd. 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and It punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts h hath + Heb. visited Visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. upon. h Luke 1. 68. i Cant. 1. 9. k Num. 21.17. 4 Out of him came forth k the corner, out of him I the nail, out of him 1 Sam. 14.38. the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. Is. 19.13. 1 Is. 22. 23. m P. 18. 42. Or, they shall make the rid ers on horses ashamed. n Jer. 3. 18. Ea, 37, 21. o Hos. 1. 7. pch. 13. 9. q P. 101. 15. ch. 9. 15. r Is. 5. 96. ■Is. 49. 19. Es. 36, 37. t Hos. 2. 23. 5 T And they shall be as mighty men, which m tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and P will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the u Deut. 30. 1. people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. Ia. 11.11.16. Hoa. 11. 11. JL. 49. 20. aLa, 11. 15, 16. a L. 14, 25. b Ex. 30. 13. e Mic. 4. 5. 10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. 1 The destruction of Jerusalem. 8 The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected. 10 The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ. 15 The type and curse of a foolish shepherd. PEN thy doors, O Lebanon, eh. 10. 10. that the fire may devour thy cedars. ¡Or, gallants. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; b for the forest of the vint-bla. 32. 19. age is come down. 3 T There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, 50 poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called | Bands; and I fed the flock. Or, the de fenced forest. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: ithat that dieth, let it dic; Jer. 15. 2 & and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh t of another. 10 T And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 And I said unto them, tIf ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of sil The restoring of Judah. ZECHARIAH. The repentance of Jerusalem. Before me, Take unto thee yet the inCHRIST struments of a foolish shepherd. about 487. a Ea. 34.2,3,4 Jer. 13. L. Ea. 36. & John 10 22. 13. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor 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 CHAPTER XII. lem. Or, dumber, or, poison. Or, and also against Ju be which shall be in Jerusalem. d ver. 4. R, 8, 13. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. all the nations that come against Je- Before CHRIST about 487. k Jer. 31.9.& 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bit-m Jer. 6. 28. terness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 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, 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; John 19. 34, 37. Rev. 1. 7. Amos 8. 10. Acts 2. 37. 2 Kin.23.29. 2 Chr. 35. 24. Matt 24.30. Rev. 1. 7. Heb. fam ilien, Jami lies. 2 Sam. 5. 14. Luke 3. 31. apart, and their wives use of the 14 All the families that remain, CHAPTER XIII. 1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusa- IN 3 dAnd in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for TN that day there shall be bach. 12. 3. all people: all that burden them-fountain opened to the house of selves with it shall be cut in pieces, David and to the inhabitants of Jeruthough all the people of the earth salem for sin and for tuncleanness. siege against be gathered together against it. 21 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 caused the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass, that d2 Pet. 2. 1. 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 shallDeut. 13., thrust him through when he proph- && 18, 20. esieth. 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: 14.4, 6, 8, 9, and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. • Matt. 21. 44. is strength to meand to the inhabitants, fel 3, 16. Obad, 18 h Joel 3. 10. Or, abject. Heb. fallen. Hag. 2. 22. vez, 3, 6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the 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 David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD de- 6 And one shall say unto him, What Es. 31. 23. k John 10.30. & 14. 10, 11. Phil. 2. 6. Mark 14. 27. |