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Judah reftored. Zechariah. The ftaves of Beauty and Band

Before therefore they went their way as a flock,
Chift they were troubled, because there was no
fhepherd.
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Or, answered 3 Mine anger was kindled against the fhepherds, and I* punished the goats for the LORD of hofts hath vifited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horfe in the battle.

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6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will fave the houfe 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

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1Ο I will bring them again alfo out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of 1 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.

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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 sceptre of Egypt fhall depart away.

12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD, and P they fhall walk up and down in his name, faith the LORD.

CHAP. XI.

1 The deftruction of Jerufalem. 3 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
curfe of a foolish Shepherd.

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2 Howl, fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen; Or,gallants. because the * mighty are fpoiled: howl, O tor, the defenced ye oaks of Bashan, for the foreft of the vintage is come down.

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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 spoiled.

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Thus faith the LORD my God, Feed the flock of the flaughter.

5 Whofe poffeffors flay them, and hold Semfelves not guilty and they that fell en, fay, Bleffed be the LORD, for I

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7 And I will feed the flock of flaughter, even you, O poor of the flock: and I took *Or, veral unto me two ftaves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called † Bands, and I fed the for, Binder, flock.

8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month, and my foul ‡ lothed them, and their foul alfo abhorred me.

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 another.

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10 ¶ And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it afunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

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13 And the LORD faid unto me, Caft it unto the potter: a goodly price that Matth. 27% si I was prised at of them. And I took the 1°. thirty pieces of filver, and caft them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

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14 Then I cut afunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Ifrael.

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15 And the LORD faid unto me, Take unto thee yet the inftruments of a foolish thepherd.

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16 For lo, I will raise up a fhepherd in the land, which fhall not vifit those that be cut for hidini off, neither fhall feek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor + feed that that Or, ber ftandeth ftill: but he fhall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

171 Wo to the idol fhepherd that leaveth Je Ezek. 34. 20 the flock the fword fhall be upon his arm, John 10,12 and upon his right eye his arm fhall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkned.

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7 ¶ Awake, O fword, against my fhepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, faith the LORD of hofts: h fmite the fhepherd, and the sheep fhall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it fhall come to pass, that in all the land, faith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die, but the third fhall be Rom. 11. 5. left therein.

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9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as filver is 1 Pet. 1. 6, 7, refined, and will try them as gold is tried: 1 Pfal. 50. 15. they fhall call on my name, and I will hear & 91.15. them: I will fay, It is my people; and they m Pfal. 144. 15: fhall fay, The LORD is God. my CHAP. XIV.

1 The deftroyers of Jerufalem deftroyed. 4 The coming of Chrift, and the graces of his kingdom. 12 The plague of Jerufalems enemies. 16 The remnant shall turn to the Lord, 20 and their spoils fhall be holy.

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2 For I will gather all nations against Jerufalem to battle, and the city fhall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ra- Ifa. 13, 16. vished, and half of the city fhall go forth into captivity, and the refidue of the people fhall not be cut off from the city.

3 Then fhall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerufalem on the east, and the mount of O

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5 And ye fhall flee to the valley of the place he ferarated. * mountains: † for the valley of the mountains cír. 785. fhall reach unto Azal: yea, ye fhall flee like Amos 1. 1. as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Jude 14. LORD my God fhall come, and all the faints with thee.

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8 And it fhall be in that day, that living waters fhall go out from Jerufalem: half of them toward the former fea, and half of them toward the hinder fea: in fummer and in winter fhall it be.

9 And the LORD fhall be king over all the earth in that day fhall there be one LORD, and his name one.

IO All the land fhall be † turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon, fouth of JeruOr, ball abide. falem and it fhall be lifted up, and ‡ inhabited in her place: from Benjamins gate unto the place of the firft gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the kings wine-preffes.

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II And men fhall dwell in it, and there fhall be no more utter deftruction, but Je*Or, shall abide. rufalem* fhall be fafely inhabited.

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tor, thou also,O Fudah, halt. + Or, again.

12 And this fhall be the plague wherewith the LORD will fmite all the people, that have fought against Jerufalem : Their flesh fhall confume away while they ftand upon their feet, and their eyes fhall confume away in their holes, and their tongue fhall confume away in their mouth.

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13 (And it fhall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD fhall be among them, and they fhall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

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14 And † Judah alfo fhall fight at Jerufalem P and the wealth of all the heathen PEzek. 39.10, round about shall be gathered together, gold,

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cit. 397.

*Heb. by the Land of Malachi.

Rom. 9.13. Jer. 49. 18.

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and filver, and apparel in great abundance.) Befou 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, Christ of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beafts that fhall be in these Cir. 587. tents, as this plague.

16 ¶ And it fhall come to pafs, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerufalem, fhall even go up fa, 66.21, from year to year to worship the King the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feaft of 'Lev. 23.4 tabernacles.

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19 This fhall be the † punishment of tor, f, Egypt, and the punishment of all nations. that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

20 In that day " fhall there be upon "Ifa. 23. it. the bells of the horfes, HOLINESS #05, bridle UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORDS houfe fhall be like the bowls before the altar.

21 Yea, every pot in Jerufalem and in Judah fhall be Holinefs unto the LORD of hofts and all they that facrifice, fhall come and take of them, and feethe therein and in that day there fhall be no more the * Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Joel 3. 17. hofts.

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yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Efau, and laid his mounEzek. 35.7,9. tains and his heritage wafte, for the dragons of the wilderness.

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4 Whereas Edom faith, We are impoverifhed, but we will return and build the defolate places: thus faith the LORD of hosts, They fhall build, but I will throw down; and they fhall call them, The border of wickednefs, and the people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

5 And your eyes fhall fee, and ye fhall fay, The LORD will be magnified † ‡ from the border of Ifrael.

6 A fon honoureth his father, and a fervant his mafter if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master,

where is my fear? faith the LORD of hofts unto you, O priests, that despise my name : O and ye fay, Wherein have we despised thy

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* Ye offer polluted bread upon mine or, Bring altar; and ye fay, Wherein have we polluted &c. thee? In that ye fay, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

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8 And if ye offer the blind † for facrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame Ve and fick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? faith the LORD of hofts.

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12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye fay, The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat is contemptible.

13 Ye faid alfo, Behold, what a wearinefs is it, and ye have fnuffed at it, faith the LORD of hofts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the fick; thus ye brought an offering: fhould I accept this of your hands? faith the LORD.

14 But curfed be1 the deceiver, ‡ which in whofe hath in his flock a male, and voweth and facrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: form I am a great king, faith the LORD of hofts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

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CHAP. II.

1 He Sharply reproveth the priests for neglecting their covenant, 11 and the people for idolatry, 14 for adultery, 17 and for infidelity.

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2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, faith the LORD of hosts, I will even fend a curse upon you, and I will curfe your bleffings yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

3. Behold, I will* corrupt your feed, and tfpread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your folemn feafts, and one shall you away with it.

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12 The LORD will cut off the man that Befoze doth this the mafter and the scholar out of the tabernacles of Jacob, n and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

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tor, him that waketh, and him that answereth.

13 And this have ye done again, cove- Neh. 13.29. ring the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, infomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

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14 ¶ Yet ye fay, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witnefs between thee and the wife of thy youth, against Prov, 5. 18. whom thou haft dealt treacheroufly: P yet P Prov. 2. 1%. is the thy companion, and the wife of thy

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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, and did turn many away from iniquity.

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8 But ye are departed out of the way: ye 8 have caufed many to * stumble at the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi,

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9 Therefore have I alfo made you contemptible and bafe before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

ΙΟ k Have we not all one father? 1 hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his bro31. 15. ther, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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2 But who may abided the day of his coming? and who fhall ftand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiners fire, and like fullers fope.

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3 And he fhall fit as a refiner and purifier of filver and he fhall purifie the fons of Levi, and purge them as gold and filver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteoufnefs.

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Chap. 4. 1. Seelfa. 4.4.

Matth 3. 10, 11, 12.

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4 Then &fhall the offering of Judah and schap. 1.11. Jerufalem be pleafant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in * former years.

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5 And I will come near to you to judg ment, and I will be a fwift witness against the forcerers, and against the adulterers, and James 5. 4, against falfe fwearers, and against thofe that 12. topprefs the hireling in his wages, the wi-tor, defraud dow and the fatherlefs, and that turn afide the stranger from his right, and fear not me, faith the LORD of hosts.

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I Gods judgment on the wicked, 2 and his bleffing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijahs coming and office. Or behold, the day cometh that shall Chap burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly fhall be b bObad. 1. ftubble, and the day that cometh fhall burn them up, faith the LORD of hosts, that it fhall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name, fhall the fun of righteousness arife with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth 2 Pet. 1.1. and grow up as calves of the stall.

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And fhall tread down the wicked ye for they fhall be afhes under the foles of your feet, in the day that I fhall do this, faith the LORD of hosts.

Amos 2.

Luke 71.

Eph. s. 14.

Rev. 2.21.

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The end of the Prophets.

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