LORD of hosts; 48 Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, 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 earneth wages earneth wages to put 1 Zech.8.10. it into a bag 5 with holes. b Deut. 28. 38. Hos. 4. 10. Mic.6.14,15. ch. 2. 16. 6 Heb. pierced through. k ch. 2. 16. 1 ch. 2. 17. 7 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, 1 I did blow upon it. Why? Or, blow it saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. away. m Lev.26.19. Deut. 28. 28. 10 Therefore m the heaven over 1 Kings 8.35. you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. n1 Kings 17. 1. 2 Kings 8.1. o ch. 2. 17. p Ezra 5. 2. 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, a I am with you, saith the LORD. B q 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. CHAPTER II. 1 He encourageth the people to the work, by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first. 10 In the type of holy things and unclean he sheweth their sins hindered the work. 20 God's promise to Zerubbabel. N the seventh month, in the one It twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the Heb.bythe prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, с hand of. Ezra 3. 12. • Zech. 8. 9. 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your Zech.4.10. eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: o ch. 1. 5. p ch. 1. 6.9. Zech. 8. 10. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, "So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: | B to repentance. 17 I smote you with blasting and BEFORE CHRIST cir. 520. q Deut. 28. 22. 1 Kings8.37. Amos 4.9. ch.1.9. r ch. 1. 11. 8 Jer. 5. 8. Amos 4. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11. 19 "Is the seed yet in the barn? Zech.8.12. yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; a x ch. 1. 14. ver. 6,7 Heb. 12. 26. Dan. 2. 44. Matt. 24.7. a Mic. 5. 10. Zech. 4. 6. 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that &9.10. ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 23 In that day, saith the LORD of mea-hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith Is. 42. 1. the LORD of hosts. 16 Since those days were, when b b Cant. 8. 6. Jer. 22. 24. &: 43. 10. but they did not hear, nor hearken 5 Your fathers, where are they? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not 2 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 a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that BEFORE CHRIST cir. 520. Is. 55.1. 20r, overtake. Lam.1.18. & 2.17. cir. 519. Josh.5.13. Rev. 6.4. Vision of the horses. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 519. 1 ch. 6. 2-7. 2 Or, bay. k Heb. 1.14. 1 Ps. 103. 20, 21. Rev. 6. 10. were in the bottom; and behind him Gentiles, which lifted up their horn were there 'red horses, 2speckled, and | over the land of Judah to scatter it. white. 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 T Then the angel of the LORD m Pa.102.13. answered and said, mŎLORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had Jer. 25. 11, indignation these threescore and ten years? 12. Dan. 9. 2. ch. 7.5. 13 And the LORD answered the Jer. 29. 10. angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. P Joel 2. 18. ch. 8. 2. q Is. 47.6. r Is. 12. 1. ⚫ ch. 2. 1, 2. t Is. 51.3. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for a I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through 3 Heb.good.3 prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and " " shall choose yet Jerusalem. u Is. 14. 1. ch. 2. 12. & 3.2. 18 ¶ Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And Ezra 4.1,4, he answered me, - These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 7. & 5.3. 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray A high priest standing before the them, to cast out the horns of the Zeph. 3. 14. ☐ Lev. 26.12. ch. 8.3. John 1.14. Ezek. 37.27. 2 Cor. 6. 16. o Ig. 2. 2,3. & 49. 22. & 60. 8, &c. ch. 8. 22, 23. ch. 3. 10. Ex. 12.49. r Ezek. 33. 33. ver.9. Deut. 82.9. t ch. 1. 17. Hab. 2.20. Zeph. 1.7. Ps. 68. 5. Is. 57.15. 2 Heb. the habitation of his holi ners, Deut.26.15. Is. 63. 15. Hag. 1. 1. Christ is promised. BEFORE CHRIST 519. b Pa. 109. 6. Rev. 12. 10. 2 That is, an adversary. 8 Heb. to be his adversary. © Jude 9. d ch. 1. 17. Rom. 8. 33. e Amos 4.11. Rom. 11. 5. Jude 23. f 13. 64. 6. ZECHARIAH, IV. angel of the LORD, and b2 Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: e is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? f 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a 1 Kings 2.3. fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. g Is. 61. 10. Luke 15. 22. Rev. 19. 8. h Ex. 29. 6. ch. 6. 11. 1 Lev. 8. 35. Ezek. 44.16. 4 Or, ordinance. k Deut.17.9. Mal. 2.7. 5 Heb. walks. 1 ch. 4. 14. m Ps. 71. 7. 6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, k 4 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt 'keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will Ezek. 12.11. give thee places to walk among these that 'stand by. 6 Heb. men of wonder, or, sign, as & 24. 24. 'n Is. 42. 1. & 49.3, 5. & 52. 13. & 53.11. Ezek. 34. 23, 24. o Is. 4.2. & 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5. & 33. 15. ch. 6. 12. Luke 1. 78. PPs. 118.22. Is. 28. 16. q ch. 4. 10. Rev. 5. 6. r Jer. 31. 34. & 50.20. Mic. 7.18,19. ch. 13. 1. • ch. 2. 11. t 1 Kings 4. Is. 36. 16. a ch. 2. 3. b Dan. 8. 18. Rev. 1. 12. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are momen 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. B 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, Ex. 25.31. and behold a candlestick all of gold, ? with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 7 Heb. with her bowl. d Ex. 25. 37. Rev. 4. 5. 8 Or, seven several pipes to the lamps, &c. 3 And two olive trees by it, one 112 upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. Rev. 11. 4. The two olive trees. CHRIST 519. 4 So I answered and spake to the BEFORE 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 2 might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 7 Who art thou, & O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. 1 By the flying roll is shewed the curse of thieves and swearers. 5 By a woman pressed in an ephah, the final damnation of Babylon. HEN I turned, and lifted up Tmine 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 t See Josh. 3. 11, 13. ch. 6. 5. ■ Ezek. 2. 9. b Mal. 4. E. Or, every one of th people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth. The vision of BEFORE CHRIST 519. ZECHARIAH, VI. every one that sweareth shall be cut 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 SecLev.14. the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. Lev.19.12. ch. 8. 17. Mul. 3. 5. 45. piece. C d 5 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. 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 20r,weighty 2 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. e Jer. 29. 5, 28. f Gen.10.10. a ch. 1. 8. Rev. 6. 4. b Rev. 6. 5. c Rev. 6. 2. 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? 11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. 8 Or, strong. grisled and bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto d ch. 5. 10. the four chariots. CHRIST 519. country; and the white go forth BEFORE after them and the grisled go ; forth toward the south country. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk 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 'spirit in the north country. 9 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; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make k crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 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, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. 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 enquire 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; m ch. 3. 8. 2 Or, branch up from under him. n ch. 4. 9. Matt. 16. 18. Eph. 2. 20, Heb. 3.3. 21, 22. Ps. 110. 4. Heb. 3.1. o Is. 22. 24. Ex. 12. 14. Mark 14.9. 18.57.19. Eph. 2. 18, & 60. 10. 19. 518. 3 Heb. to intreat the fooRD: 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-the melech, and their men, 3 before the LORD, 1 Sam. 13. to pray 12. ch. 8. 21. |