& 12 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 Matt. 28. the people, saying, "I am with you, saith the LORD. 20. Rom. 8. 31. r 2 Chron. 36. 22. Ezra 1. 1. s ch. 2. 21. 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 Para 5. 2, the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, ↑ Heb. by the hand of a Ezra 3. 12. b Zech. 4. 10. c Zech. 8.9. d Exod. 29. 45, 46. 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. CHAP. 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 and Inventieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD +by the 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, 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 eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, Ŏ 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: God's promise to Zerubbabel 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; CHRIST 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will eir. shake the heavens, and the earth, and the f sea, and the dry land; Hebr. 8 Joel 3 10. Mai 1 7 And I will shake all nations, and Gea the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall i Jeba 1. 14, be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. 10 k P.&& & Laker 14. In the four and twentieth day of 14. Eph the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, Deat saying, 12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is "unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 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. 17 I smote you with blasting and with & mildew and with hail 'in all the labours & of your hands; "yet ye turned not to ra me, saith the LORD. 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. 19 "Is the seed yet in the barn? 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 twen5 According to the word that I cove-tieth day of the month, saying, nanted with you when ye came out of Isai. 63. 11. Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. e Neh. 9. 20. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, dunto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Isai. 31.6. Turn ye now from your evil ways, and 18. 11. from your evil doings: but they did not Hos. 14. 1. hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. Jer. 3. 12. & Ezek. 18. 30. f Isai. 55. 1. take. 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the pro1 Or, or phets, did they not || 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. Lam. 1. 18. & 2. 17. eir. 319. h Josh. 5. 13. Rev. 6.4. 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 were in the i ch. 6. 2,-7. bottom; and behind him were there 'red Or, bay. horses, || speckled, and white. 14. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. k 10 And the man that stood among the Hebr. 1. myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. Jer. 22. 24. e Isai. 42. 1. Before CHRIST cir. 519. m Ps. 102. swered and said, "O LORD of hosts, how 13. Rev. 6. 12¶ Then the angel of the LORD anlong wilt thou not have mercy on Jeru- 10. salem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation "these 12 Dan threescore and ten years? 2. ch. 7.5 9. 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words Jer. 29. 10. and comfortable words. p Joel 2. 18. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous h for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Isai. 47. 6. 12. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; "I am returned to Jerusalem with mer-48. ch. cies: my house shall be built in it, saith 2. 10. & 8. 3. the LORD of hosts, and 'a line shall be ch. 2. 1, 2. stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through †pros- +Heb. good. perity shall yet be spread abroad; and Isai. 51.3. the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and "shall yet choose Jerusalem. God, in the care of Jerusalem, sendeth to measure it. 6 The redemption of Zion. 10 The promise of God's presence. LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. I 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? 519. a Ezek. 40.3. The redemption of Zion. Before CHRIST 519. b And he said unto me, To measure Jeru- | mitre upon his head, and clothed him salem, to see what is the breadth thereof, And the angel of the b Rev. 11.1. and what is the length thereof. & 21. 15, 16. Ezek. 36. 10, 11. ch. 9. 8. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, e 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to Jer. 31. 27. this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto d Isai. 26. 1. her da wall of fire round about, and e Isai. 60. 19. will be the glory in the midst of her. 6 ¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee 'from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. 7 h Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellh Rev. 18.4. est with the daughter of Babylon. Rev. 21. 23. f Isai. 48. 20. & 52. 11. Jer. 1. 14. & 50. 8. & 51.6, 45g Deut. 28. 64. Ezek. 17. 21. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye, k 9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall Isai. 57. 15. choose Jerusalem again. x Ps. 68. 5. + Heb. the habitation of his holi 13 "Be silent, O all flesh, before the Hess, Deut. LORD: for he is raised up out of this holy habitation. 26. 15. Isai. 63.15 3 "And two olive trees by it, one upon p the right side of the bowl, and the other * upon the left side thereof. 4 So I answered and spake to the 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. e ver. 11, 12 Rev. 11-4 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, f. 17 nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Ps. 118. 22. 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, í Fan 3. 11, Grace, grace unto it. 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid 3. 50. the foundation of this house; his hands Eras 6. ch. 6. 11. mitre upon his head. So they set a fair | 'shall also finish it; and thou shalt know 11865 h Exod. 29. h Babylon's ruin signified. CHRIST 519 CHAP. V. VI. Before CHRIST Zechariah's vision of Christ the Branch. Before that the "LORD of hosts hath sent me | looked, and, behold, there came out two unto you. 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. n Isai. 48. 16. Or, since 10 For who hath despised the day of ch. 2. 8. small things? || for they shall rejoice, 23 and shall see the + plummet in the hand the seven eyes of Zerubbabel with those seven; "they shall rejoice. are the eyes of the LORD, which run to +Heb. stone and fro through the whole earth. of the LORD of tin. p 2 Chron. 16. 9. Prov. 11 ¶ Then answered I, and said unto 15.3. ch. 3. him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 9. q ver. 3. hand. 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches +Heb. by the which through the two golden pipes Or, empty empty the golden oil out of themselees oilinto selves? the gold. out of them + Heb. the gold. r Rev. 11.4. + Heb. sons of oil. sch. 3.7. Luke 1.19 3. 11, 13. ch. 1 The vision of the four chariots. 9 By the 13 And he answered me and said, AND I turned, and lifted up mine Knowest thou not what these be? And 14 Then said he, "These are the two 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 red horses; R 64 1 By the flying roll is shewed the curse of 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 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 Lev. 19. 12 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, d See Lev. and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 14.45. ¡Or,weighty piece. 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. 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 Or, strong. e Pa. 104. 4. 5 And the angel answered and said 6 The black horses which are therein 14 | Or, winds. Kings 22. 19. Dan. 7. earth. h Gen.13.17. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought 8 Then cried he upon me, and spake 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 crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; k Ps. 36.4. Mic. 2. 1. ch. 8. 17. 1 Neh. 9.29. Jer. 7. 24. Hos. 4. 16. shew to his brother: 10 And 'oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; + Heb. they and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. gave a backsliding shoulder. + Heb. made heavy. + Heb. by the hand of 36.15. Das. 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that pa as he cried, and they would not hear; so 911 they cried, and I would not hear, saith t the LORD of hosts: q q Prox. 1.4 15. Jer. IL 11. & 14.12 r Dest. 4 Ezek. J. 18. 14 But I scattered them with a whirl- Mic34 wind among all the nations whom they64 knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through Deal 18. nor returned: for they laid "the plea-9. sant land desolate. CHAP. VIII. 1 The restoration of Jerusalem. 9 They are mised. AGAIN the word of the LORD of came to me, saying, 33. $18. ch. 1. 14. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I Nah. 1.3 was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am return- b ch. 1. 16. ed unto Zion, and will dwell in the echa 10 midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem 4shall Ii. 1. 21, be called a city of truth; and the moun- elani 22,3tain of the LORD of hosts the holy Jer. 31. KJmountain. 2.31. Isai 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; & There & See 1 Sam shall yet old men and old women dwell in s 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. Lam. 2. 20, -44 &c. &1, Heb for days. sie of 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? saithae the LORD of hosts. or, difcat. Lake 1. I Rema 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, 'I will save my people from the east ess country, and from the west country; s Heb, the 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: try of and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, 'in truth and in right eousness. down of the Pr. 50. 1. & 113.3. Na 1. 11. Jer. 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; m "Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of J "the prophets, which were in the day 14 ver. 15 & that the foundation of the house of the Em LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple Hag might be built. Or, the hire 10 For before these days there was no Phire for man, nor any hire for beast; 11 But they refused to hearken, and neither was there any peace to him that pH 1+pulled away the shoulder, and + stop-went out or came in because of the afn Ezek. 11. ped their that they should not hear. fliction: for I set all men every one iss 12 Yea, they made their "hearts as an against his neighbour. |