The golden candlestick, &c. Chap.v,vi. The four charioes, &c. Before and † feven pipes to the feven lamps, which were upon the top thereof : Thrift 519. Oi, seven feve pipes to the nips, &c. Ver, 11. CV. 11. 42. Hof. I. 70 Os, army. er. s L. 24. 3 And two olive-trees by it, one upon the right fide of the bowl, and the other upon the left fide thereof. 4 So I answered and fpake to the angel that talked with me, faying, What are thefe, my lord ? 5 Then the angel that talked with me, answered, and faid unto me, Knoweft thou not what these be? And Í faid, No, my lord. 6 Then he answered and fpake unto me, faying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, faying, Not by ‡ might, nor by power, but by my spirit, faith the LORD of hofts. f 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? atth. 21.11. before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain, and he shall bring forth the head-ftone thereEzra 3.11,13. of 8 with fhoutings, crying, Grace, grace zra 3. 10, zra 6; 15. 6. 15. a. 48, 16. ap. 2. 8. unto it. 8 Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel h have laid the foundation of this houfe, his hands i fhall Chap. 2.9, 11. alfo finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath fent me unto you. 10 For who hath defpifed the day of m fth the fe fmall things?* for they shall rejoyce, and fhall fee the † plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with thofe feven, they are the of the LORD, which run to and fro eyes Ch 16.9. through the whole earth. Hag. 2. 3. eyes of the e. RD shall re eb. Aone of V. 15.3. ap. 3. 9.. er. 3. Dx, empty out of n 11 Then anfwered I, and faid unto him, What are thefe two olive-trees upon the right fide of the candlestick, and upon the left fide thereof? 12 And I answered again, and faid unto him, What be these two olive-branches, ebby the hand. Which through the two golden pipes amfelves oylin empty † the golden oyl out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and faid, Knowcb, the gold, eft thou not what these be? And I faid, No, my lord. 7 And behold, there was lift up at ta- for, weighty lent of lead: and this is a woman that fit-pic. teth in the midft of the ephah. 8 And he faid, This is wickedness; and he caft it into the midft of the ephah, and he caft the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9 Then lift 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 ftork) and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. to Then faid I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do thefe bear the ephah ? с 11 And he faid unto me, To build it Jer. 29.9, 28. an house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be eftablished, and fet there upon her own base. A CHAP. VI. 1 The vifion of the four chariots. 9 By the crowns of fofbua, is fhewed the temple and kingdom of Chrift the Branch. Nd I turned, and lift up mine eyes and looked, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of brafs. 2 In the first chariot' were red horfes, chap. 1. 1. and in the second chariot black horfes, a 1 Rev. 6. 4. 3 And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot grifled and * bay *Or, frong. horses.. b 4 Then I anfwered, and faid unto the Chap. 5.10. angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and faid unto me, Thefe are the four † fpirits of the for, winds. heavens, which go forth from standing be- 1 Kings 22. fore the Lord of all the earth. 6 The black horfes which are therein, go forth into the north-country, and the white go forth after them; and the grifled go forth toward the fouth-country. 7 And the bay went forth, and fought to go, that they might walk to and fro through the earth and he faid, Get ye hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. 8 Then cried he upon me, and fpake ungo toward to me, faying, Behold, these that the north-country have quieted my spirit in the north-country. 9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, Io Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which. are come from Babylon, and come thou the fame day, and go into the house of Jofiah the fon of Zephaniah; II Then take filver and gold, and make CHAP. VII. 1 The captives enquire of fafting. 4 Zecha riah reproveth their fafting. 8 Sin the caufe of their captivity. Nd it came to pass in the fourth year 518. A of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chifleu; 2 When they had fent unto the house of God, Sherezer, and Regem-melech, and *Heb. to intreat their men * to pray before the LORD, the face of the LORD. Ter. 52. 12. Chap. 8. 19. b Ifa. 58. 5. a 3 And to fpeak unto the priests which were in the houfe of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, faying, Should I weep in the fifth month, feparating my felf as I have done these fo many years ? 4 Then came the word of the LORD of hoits unto me, faying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, b fafted and to the pricfts, faying, When ye fafted Chap. 8. 19. and mourned in the fifth and feventh month, d even those seventy years, did ye at all fait unto me, even to me? d Chap. 1. 12. See Rom. 14. 6. e 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did + Or, be no ye drink, † did not ye eat for your felves, and drink for your felves ? they that, &c. + Or, Are not thefe the words. *Heb.by the 7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prohand of, &c. phets, when Jerufalem was inhabited, and in profperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? 8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, faying, f 9 Thus fpeaketh the LORD of hofts, faying, Execute true judgment, and fhew mercy and compaffions every man to his brother. II But they refused to hearken, and ‡ pulled away the fhoulder, and ftopped Heb. they gave their ears, that they should not hear. a backfliding fhoulder. *Heb. made heavy. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant-stone, left they should hear the law, and 8 And I will bring them, and they fhallow of the fa dwell in the midst of Jerufalem, and they See Pfal. so, I. fhall be my people, and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness. 9 Thus faith the LORD of hosts, Let your hands be ftrong, ye that hear in thefe days these words by the mouth of & the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hofts was laid, that the temple might be built. 10 For before thefe days there was no *Or, the hire of hhire for man, nor any hire for beaft, nei- man became ne ther was there any peace to him that went out, or came in, becaufe of the affliction : for I fet all men, every one against his neighbour. II But now I will not be unto the refidue of this people, as in the former days, faith the LORD of hosts. & 2. 15. Joel 2. 22. 12 For the feed shall be † profperous, Hof. 2. 21, 22 the vine fhall give her fruit, and the Hag. 2.19. ground fhall give her increase, and the hea- tHeb. of peace. vens fhall give their dew, and I will caufe the remnant of this people to poffefs all these things. 13 And Enlargement promifed. Chap. ix, X. The coming of Christ. x. 7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from *Heb, loods. between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he shall be for our God, and he fhall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekror as a Jebufite. h A h 8 And I will encamp about mine houfe Chap. 2. s. because of the army, because of him that paffeth by, and because of him that returneth; and no oppreffor fhall pafs through them any more: for now have I feen with mine eyes. 9 Rejoyce greatly, O daughter of Zion; fhout, O daughter of Jerufalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee: he is just and having falvation, lowly, and riding up on an ass, and upon a colt the fole of an afs. k Io And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerufalem, and the battle-bow fhall be cut off; and he fhall fpeak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from fea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. t II As for thee alfo, by the blood of thy covenant, I have fent forth thym prifoners out of the pit, wherein is no, water. 12 Turn ye to the ftrong hold, ye prifoners of hope, even to day do I declare, that I will render double unto thee: о n 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and railed up thy fons, O Zion, against thy fons, O Greece, and made thee as the fword of a mighty man: Ifa. 62. tis Chap. 2. 10. Matth. 21. 9. John 12.15. tor, saving him * Hof. i. 7. & 2. 18. Mic. 4. io. Hag. 2. 22. 14 And rhe LORD fhall be feen over them, and his arrow fhall go forth as the lightning and the Lord GOD fhall blow the trumpet, and fhall go with whirlwinds fa. 21. tì of the fouth. Stones of the finge 15 The LORD of hosts fhall defend them, and they fhall devour, and fubdue with Or, fubdue the fling-ftones, and they fhall drink, and make +Or, shall fill a noise as through wine, and they f fhall both the bowls, be filled like bowls, and as the corners of &c. the altar. 16 And the LORD their God fhall fave them in that day as the flock of his people, for they shall be as the ftones of 9 Ifa. 62. 3. a crown, lifted up as an enfign upon his fa. 11. 12, land. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn fhall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. Judah restored. Zechariah. The ftaves of Beauty and Bands, Before therefore they went their way as a flock, Chit they were troubled, because there was no thepherd. cir. 587. Or, answered that, &c. Ezek 34. 17 *Heb. vifited .vpmn. & Cant. I. 9. f 3 Mine anger was kindled against the fhepherds, and I * punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath vifited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horfe in the battle. 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppreffor together. 5 ¶ And they fhall be as mighty men, Pfal. 18. 426 which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they fhall fight, because the LORD is with them, for, they shall and the riders on horfes fhall be conon horfes afbamed, founded. make the riders 3 Hcf. 2. 23. kifa. 11. 11. 6 And I will strengthen the houfe of Judah, and I will fave the house of Jofeph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them and they fhall be as though I had not caft them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim fhall be like a mighty man, and their heart fhall rejoyce, as through wine yea, their children fhall fee it, and be glad, their heart fhall rejoyce in the LORD. 8 I will hifs for them, and gather them, for I have redeemed them and they fhall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will fow them among the people: and they fhall remember me in far countries, and they fhall live with their children, and turn again. k 1 Io I will bring them again alfo out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Chap. 11.1,2. Affyria, and I will bring them into the land mila. 49.20. of Gilead and Lebanon, and place fhall not be found for them. Ifa. 11. 15, 16. ⚫Ezek, 30. 13. P Mic. 4. 5. Chap. 10. 10. n m II" And he fhall pass through the fea with affliction, and fhall fmite the waves in the fea, and all the deeps of the river fhall dry up and the pride of Affyria fhall be brought down, and the fceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12 And I will ftrengthen them in the LORD, and P they fhall walk up and down in his name, faith the LORD. CHAP. XI. ΙΟ 1 The deftruction of Jerufalem. 3 The elect Ο a Pen thy doors, O Lebanon, that the * 2 Howl, fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen; *Or,gallants. because the mighty are fpoiled: howl, O b tor, the defenced ye oaks of Bafhan, for the foreft of the vintage is come down. Ifa. 32. 19. forest. t 3 There is a voice of the howling of the fhepherds; for their glory is fpoiled: a voice of the roring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is fpoiled. 4 Thus faith the LORD my God, Feed the flock of the flaughter. C 5 Whofe poffeffors flay them, and hold Deut. 29. 19. themfelves not guilty and they that fell Hof. 12. 8. them, fay, Bleffed be the LORD, for I 9 Then faid I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the reft eat every one the flesh * of ano- fit fo ther. 10 ¶ And I took my staff, even Beauty, II And it was broken in that day: and L Obad, 18. Joel 3. 10. Or, abject. t Heb. fallen. Jer. 30. 4. Joel 2. 28. 6¶ In that day will I make the governors 7 The LORD alfo fhall fave the tents of 8 In that day fhall the LORD defend the 9 that ¶ And it fhall come to pass in that day, that come against Jerufalem. 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerufalem, the spirit of grace and of fupplications, * John 19, 34, and they fhall look upon me whom they 37. Rev. I. 7. 1 Jer. 6. 26. .The coming of Chrift. cir. 587. shall yet prophefie, then his father and his Before d с 4 And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that the prophets fhall be ashamed every & Mic. 3. 6, 7. one of his vifion, when he hath prophefied; neither fhall they wear a rough garment to deceive: f e 5 But he fhall fay, I am no prophet, I am 6 And one fhall fay unto him, What are • 2 Kings 1. 8, Ifa. zo. 2. Matth. 3. 4. h Heb. gar+ Heb. to lie. ment of hair. Amos 7.14 Phil. 2. 6. 7 ¶ Awake, O fword, against my fhepherd, and against the man that is my fel- & Job 10.30. & low, faith the LORD of hosts: h fmite the 14 10, 11. fhepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: Matth. 26,31. and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Mark 14. 27. 8 And it fhall come to pafs, that in all the land, faith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die, but the third fhall be Rom. 11. s. left therein. have pierced, and they fhall mourn for him; and thy spoil fhall be divided in the 1 as one mourneth for his only fson, and fhall Amos 8. 10. be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bit Ehold, the day of the LORD cometh, Aas 2. 20. midst of thee. |