Against the enemies Or, compassed. Chap.xiiij. 9 And the LORD shall be King ouer all the earth: in that day shal there be one LORD, and his Name one. 10 All the land shall be || turned as a plaine from Geba to Rimmon, South of Ierusalem: and it shall be lifted vp Or, shall and inhabited in her place: from Beniamins gate vnto the place of the first gate, vnto the corner gate, and from the towre of Hananiel vnto the Kings winepresses. abide. abide. 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shalbe no more vtter destruction: Or, shall but Ierusalem ||shalbe safely inhabited. 12 ¶ And this shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite all the people, that haue fought against Ierusalem their flesh shall consume away, while they stand vpon their feete, and their shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. Or, thou also O Iudah shalt. : eyes 13 And it shall come to passe in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shalbe among them, and they shall lay holde euery one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise vp against the hand of his neighbour. 14 And Iudah also shall fight ||at Ierusalem; and the wealth of all the Or,against. heathen round about shall be gathered together, golde and siluer, and apparell in great abundance. 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camell, and of of Ierufalem. the asse, and of all the beasts that shall 16 ¶ And it shall come to passe that 17 And it shall be, that who so will not come vp of all the families of the earth vnto Ierusalem, to worship the King the LORD of hostes, euen vp on them shall be no raine. is not. 18 And if the family of Egypt goe not vp, and come not, that +haue not Heb. vpon raine: there shall bee the plague where- whom there with the LORD will smite the heathen that come not vp to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Or, sinne. Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not vp to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. 20 In that day shall there be vpon the ||bels of the horses, HOLINES Or, bridles. VNTO THE LORD, and the pots in the LORDS house shall bee like the bowles before the Altar. 21 Yea, euery pot in Ierusalem and in Iudah shall bee Holinesse vnto the LORD of hostes, and all they that sacrifice, shall come and take of them, and seethe therein and in that day there shall be no more the * Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hostes. Isai 35. 8. ioel 3. 17. reu. 21. 27. and 22. 15. + Heb. by the hand of Malachi. MALACHI. CHAP. I. 1 Malachi complaineth of Israels vnkindnesse. He burden of the word of y LORD to Israel by + Malachi. 2 I haue loued you, say th the LORD: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? was not Esau Iacobs brother, sayth the Rom. 9. 13. LORD? yet I *loued Iacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and layde his mountaines, and his heritage waste, for the dragons of the wildernesse. 4 Whereas Edom sayth, Wee are 5 And your eyes shall see, and yee Or, vpon. Heb. from The people, and Or, bring vnto &c. t Heb. to sacrifice. Malachi. (and a seruant his Master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a Master, where is my feare, saith the LORD of hostes, vnto you O priests, that despise my name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy name? 7 || Yee offer polluted bread vpon mine altar; and yee say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that yee say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8 And if hee offer the blind +for sacrifice, is it not euill? and if yee offer the lame and sicke, is it not euill? offer it now vnto thy gouernour will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person, saith the LORD of hostes? 9 And now I pray you, beseech + Heb. the+God, that hee will be gracious vnto face of God, vs: this hath beene +by your meanes : t Heb. from your hand. will he regard your persons, saith the LORD of hostes ? 10 Who is there euen among you that would shut the doores for nought? neither doe yee kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hostes, neither will Isai. 1. 11. I accept an offring at your hand. ier. 6. 20. amos. 5. 21. as you might 11 For from the rising of the Sunne, euen vnto the going downe of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in euery place incense shall be offered vnto my name, and a pure offring for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hostes. 12 But yee haue prophaned it, in that yee say; The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruite thereof, euen his meate, is contemptible. 13 Yee said also; Behold what a Or, where- wearinesse is it, and || yee haue snuffed at haue blown it, saith the LORD of hostes, and yee brought that which was torne, and the lame, and the sicke: thus yee brought an offring should I accept this of your hand, saith the LORD? it away. Priefts, reproued. Nd now, O yee Priests, this commaundement is for you. 2 If ye will not heare, and if yee will not lay it to heart, to giue glory vnto my name, saith the LORD of hostes; I will euen send| ter. 3 Behold, I will || corrupt your seed, Or, reproue. and + spread doung vpon your faces, euent Heb. scatthe doung of your solemne feasts, and one shall take you away with it. Or, it shall take you a4 And yee shall know that I haue way to it. sent this commaundement vnto you, that my couenant might be with Leui, saith the LORD of hostes. 5 My couenant was with him of life and peace, and I gaue them to him, for the feare, wherewith he feared mee, and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquitie was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equitie, and did turne many away from iniquitie. 7 For the priests lips should keepe knowledge, and they should seeke the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hostes. the law. 8 But yee are departed out of the way: ye haue caused many to || stumble Or, fall in at the law: ye haue corrupted the couenant of Leui, saith the LORD of hostes. 9 Therefore haue I also made you contemptible and base before al the people, according as yee haue not kept my wayes, but haue bin partiall in y law. Or, lifted 10 * Have we not all one father? hath up the face not one God created vs? Why doe we accepted fadeale treacherously euery man against Eph. 4. 6. his brother, by prophaning the couenant of our fathers? against.Heb. ces. 11 ¶ Iudah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem for Iudah hath prophaned the holinesse of the LORD which ||he loued, and hath ma-Or, ought ried the daughter of a strange God. to loue. that waketh 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doth this: the Master and the Or, him scholler out of the tabernacles of Ia- and him that cob, and him that offereth an offring answereth. vnto the LORD of hostes. 13 And this haue yee done againe, couering the Altar of the LORD with teares, God witneffeth lencie. Chap.iij. teares, with weeping and with crying 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because 15 And did not he make one? yet had Or, excel- he the ||residue of the spirit: and wherefore one? that hee might seeke ta godly seed: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deale || treacherously against the wife of his youth. † Heb. a seed of God. 1 Or, vnfaithfully. Or, if hee hate her, put her away. 16 For the LORD the God of Israel saith, that he hateth +putting away for one couereth violence with +Heb. to put his garment, saith the LORD of hosts, therfore take heed to your spirit, that ye deale not treacherously. away. Matt. 11. 10. mar. 1. 2 luk. 1. 76. & 7.27. 17 Ye haue wearied the LORD with your words: yet ye say, Wherein haue we wearied him? when ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them, or where is the God of iudgement? CHAP. III. 1 Of the Messenger, Maiesty, & Grace of Christ. againft finners. the adulterers, and against false swea- 6 For I am the LORD, I change 7 Euen from the dayes of your fathers yee are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: *re- Zech. 1. 3. turne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the LORD of hosts: But ye said, Wherein shall we returne? 8¶ Wil a man rob God? yet ye haue robbed me. But ye say, Wherein haue we robbed thee? In tithes & offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye 12 And all nations shall call tie out. Eholde, I will send my 13 Your words haue bin stout a- Iob 21. 14 messenger, and he shal pre-gainst me, saith the LORD, yet ye say, pare the way before mee: What haue we spoken so much against and the LORD whom ye thee? seeke, shall suddenly come to his Temple : euen ŷ messenger of the Couenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his comming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiners fire, and like fullers sope. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of siluer: and he shall purifie the sonnes of Leui, and purge them as gold & siluer, that they may offer vnto the LORD an offring in righteousnes. 4 Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem bee pleasant vnto the LORD, as in the dayes of old, and Or,ancient. as in || former yeeres. 5 And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will bee a swift witnesse against the sorcerers, and against 14 Ye haue said, It is vaine to serue God: and what profit is it, that we haue kept his tordinance, and that wee hauet Heb. his walked +mournfully before the LORD of hosts? obseruation. + Hebr. in blacke. 15 And now we call the proud happy: yea, they that worke wickednes +are sett Heb. are vp, yea they that *tempt God, are euen Psal. 95. 9. deliuered. built. 16 Then they that feared the LORD, spake often one to another, and the LORD hearkened and heard it, & a booke of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared the LORD, & that thought vpon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make vp my liewels, and I wil spare Or, speciall them as a man spareth his owne sonne that serueth him. 18 Then treasure. |