Or, gluttonous. ↑ Heb. Craw. m CHAP. III. 9 For then will I turn to the people Pa Isai. 19.18. pure language, that they may all call upon Heb. lip. the name of the LORD, to serve him with one † consent. 8 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 14 sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins. God. + Heb. Ps. 68 St. &0.4&c. Mal. 1. 11. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be Matt. 8. 9. haughty + because of my holy mountain. $ Mic. 3. 11. ↑ Heb. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee Isa. 1.2. an afflicted and poor people, and they shall Mat. 5. trust in the name of the LORD. X 1 Cor. 1. 27, 28. Mic. 4. 7. "Isai. 60.21. X 13 The remnant of Israel" shall not do Jan. 2. 5 iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a de- ch.7 ceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for Isai. 65.6. they shall feed and lie down, and none shall Ezek. 34. make them afraid. y Rev. 14. 5. 28. Mic. 4.4.& Isai. 12.6. Zech. 2. 10. &9.9. O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judg-14 WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, ments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the Rev.1.18 king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the 5,4 to the oppressing city! b 7.150 21.3, 4. Before CHRIST cir. 520. * Ezra 4. 24. & 5. 1. Zech. 1. 1. + Heb. by CHAP. I. HAGG. A I. 1 Haggai reproveth the people for neglecting the Na from dew, and the earth is stayed from her n Before CHRIST cir. 520. n 1 2 Kings 8. 1. 11 And I called for a drought upon the Kings I the six second year of Darius the king, in forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, getd b month, in the day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the hand of Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high Matt. 1.12. priest, saying, Haggai. b1 Chron. 3. 17, 19. Ezra 3. 2. Lnke 3. 27. Ezra 3. 2. C d Or,captain. 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, say&.5.2. ing, This people say, The time is not come, 1 Chron. 6. the time that the LORD's house should be 15. built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of Heb. Set hosts; + Consider your ways. your heart on your ways. ver. 7. g h 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 Hos. 4. 10. earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag + with holes. h Deut. 28. 33. Mic. 6. 14, 15. ch. 2. 16. i Zech.8. 10. + Heb. pierced through. * ch. 2. 16. Or, blow 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. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to ch. 2. 17. little; and when ye brought it home, 'I did blow upon it. Why, saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, ye run every man unto his own house. it away. m Lev. 26. 19. Deut. 28. 23. 1Kings 8.55. and m 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed * Hebr. 1. 14. 21. 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. 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, "These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 'Ps. 103. 20, 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 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast *Jer. 25. 11, had indignation "these threescore and ten years? 12. Dan. 9. 2. ch. 7.5. The redemption of Zion. CHRIST of hosts; My cities through † prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall cir. 519. yet comfort Zion, and "shall yet choose Jeru- #Heb. good. salem. 18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and behold four horns. and saw, *Isai. 51. 3. u [sai 14. 1, ch. 2. 12. & 3.2. 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scatter- * Ezra 4. 1. ed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. X 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 4, 7. & 5. 5. 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 them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land Ps. 75. 4, of Judah to scatter it. 1 I CHAP. II. God, in the care of Jerusalem, sendeth to measure it. 6 The redemption of Zion. 10 The promise of God's presence. 5. 519. LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring Ezek. 40 line in his hand. b 3. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to Rev. 11. 1. see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, & 21. 15, 16. 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be in- Jer. 31. 27. habited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: . 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. 6 ¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the 13 And the LORD answered the angel that land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have Jer. 29.10. talked with me with good words and comfort-spread you abroad as the four winds of the Ezek.36. 10, 11. Isai. 26. 1. ch. 9. 8. Isai. 60. 19 Rev. 21. 23. i.48. 20. 2.11. &0.8.& Jer. 1. 14. 51. 6, 45. * Deut. 28. 64. Ezek. 17.21. Rev. 18. 4. Deut. 32. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations 10. Ps. 17. 8. which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. Thes. 1.6. 2 & 19. 16. 9. Zeph. 3. 14. 9 For, behold, I will shake mine handai. 12.6. upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their & 54. 1. servants: and ye shall know that the LORD Lev. 26. of hosts hath sent me. n 12. Ezek 37.27. ch. 8.3. of John 1. 14. Cor. 6. 10. 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be joined to Isai. 2. 2, 3. & 49. 22. & 60. 3. &c. ch5. |