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The two olive trees.

Before CHRIST 519.

e ver. 11, 12. Rev. 11. 4.

Hos. 1. 7. ¡Or, army. 9 Jer. 51. 25. Mat. 21. 21. A Pa. 118. 22. i Eira 3. 11, 13.

Ezra 3. 10. I Eira 6. 15.

m ch. 2. 9,
11.

& 6. 15.

n Isai. 48, 16. ch. 2. 8.

o Hag 2. 3. Or, since the seven eyes of the LORD shall rejoice. † Heb.

stone of tin. p 2 Chr. 16. 9.

Prov. 15. 3. ch, 3. 9. ver. 3.

1 Heb. by
the hand.
| Or, empty
out of them-
selves oil in-
to the gold.
t Heb.
the gold.
Rev. 11. 4.
t Heb
sons of oil.
a ch. 3. 7.
Luke 1. 19.
t See Josh.

3. 11, 13.
ch. 6. 5.

a Ezek. 2. 9.

6 Mal. 4. 6. Or, every one of this people that stealth holde h himself guiltles, as i doth.

e Lev. 19. 12. eh. 8. 17. Mal. 3. 5.

d See Lev. 14. 43.

ZECHARIAH, 5, 6.

3 And two olive trees by it, one upon 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.

6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great 2 mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become 2 a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof `with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9 The hands of Zerubbabel

have laid the foundation of this house; his hands I shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.

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10 For who 3 hath despised 3 the day of small things for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; P they are the Beyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Then answered I, and said unto him. What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

12 And I answered again, and said unto him. What be these two olive branches 5 which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then said he, These are the two tanointed ones, that stand by 'the Lord of the whole earth.

CHAPTER 5.

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.
TH
HEN I turned, and lifted up mine
eyes, and looked, and behold a flying
" 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 every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it 2.

4 I 3 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 the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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,

VAR. REND.. 7. mountain before Zerubbabel? (Be thou changed) into. He. Hi. Kö. Ke-3 v. 10. will despise. they see with joy the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, even those seven, the eyes of the LORD; they run, Hi. Kö. Ke.—5 V. 12. at the side of.6 tubes which empty. Chap. 5. 1. 3, 6. land.-2 V. 3. driven it. purged) hence, like it, Ex. 3 V. 4. have caused it to go. VAR. READ.-V. 10. B watchers, Kohut, Kue. (Dan.

1. 13.

Vision of the four chariots.

CHRIST

This is an ephah that goeth forth. He Before said moreover, This is their Bresemblance through all the earth.

7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman 8 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 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 10 it an house in the land of Shinar: and

11 it shall be established, and set there upon her own base 11.

CHAPTER 6.

1 The vision of the four chariots. 9 By the crowns of Joshua is shewed the temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch.

AND I turned, and lifted up mine 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; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

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5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from 3f standing before the Lord of all the earth.

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1 Or, winda J1 Ring:22

19.
Drain. 7. 10.

ch 4 14 Luke 1. 10.

6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. 7 And the 6 bay went forth. and sought to go that they might walk to and fro, gier 1 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, eren 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;

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VAR. REND.-4 V. 6. the. Or, the mark for their eye (lit. their eye), E. Kō. — V. 7. round plate, E. &c. yonder was.- -8 sitting.-9. 8. Wickedness.-10. 11. Rather, her (see c. 7).when it is ready, to set her there in her place.. -Chap. 6. 1 V. 1. the two. F. 3. vigorous, Ge. He. Ke.3 v. 5. presenting themselves Job 1. 6; 2. 1). V. 8. Perhaps, appeased mine anger, Henderson, Hi, 5 V. 11. Take, (I say), E. He. Ke. F. 12. Rather, (the) Sprout (ch. 3. 8). -7 Or, from under him shall there be sprouting, E. Hi. H. Schultz. VAR. READ.-Chap. 5. V. 6. B iniquity, Sept Prad Hi. (1.) Chap. 6. V. 7. 8 red. Pesh, Ge. Hi. Cler cal error. V. 11. B Insert, Zerubbabel and on the head of, Ew. II.-V. 12. ẞ them, Hi.

Hypocrisy reproved.

Before CHRIST 519.

■ eh. 4. 9.

Matt. 16. 18.

Eph. 2. 20, 21, 22. Hebr. 3. 8. Isai. 22. 24. p Ps. 110, 4. Hebr. 3. 1. Ex. 12. 14.

Mark 14. 9. ✓ Inai. 57. 19. & 60, 10. Eph. 2. 13, 79.

reb. 2. 9. &.9.

518.

↑ Heb, to intreat the face of the LORD;

1 Sam. 13.
12.
ch. 8. 21.

ZECHARIAH, 7, 8.

out of his place 7, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

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 P he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

14 And the crowns shall be to ẞ 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 7.

1 The captives enquire of fasting. 4 Zechariah reproveth their fasting. 8 Sin the cause of their captivity.

AND

ND 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; 21 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, † to 2 pray before 2 the LORD, 3 And to speak unto the priests which 3 were in the house of the LORD of hosts, 6 Jer. 52. 12. and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

a Deut. 17. 9, 10, 11. & 33. 10. Mal. 2. 7.

ch. 8. 19.

e Leni. 58. 5. d Jer. 1. 1. ch. 8. 19.

e ch. 1. 12. fSee

4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

Rom. 14. 6. 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, tor, be not and to the priests, saying, When ye fastye they that, ed and mourned in the fifth and seventh ge month, even those seventy years, did ye 5 at all 5 fast unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves!

Or, Are not these the words. + Heb. by

the hand of,

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Jer. 17. 26,

7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the Mat. 23. 23.7 south and the 8 plain?

& Is. 58. 6, 7. Jer. 7. 23. Micah 6. 8. ch. 8. 16.

↑ Heb. Judge judgment of truth.

Ex. 22. 21,

22.

Deat 24.17

Isai. 1. 17. Jer. 5. 28. & Pa. 26. 4.

8B And the word of the LORD came anto Zechariah, saying ß,

9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, † Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; Micah 2.1. and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

ch. 8. 17.

I Neh. 9. 29. Jer. 7. 24. Hos. 4. 16. f Heb. they game a backsliding shomider.

+Heb. made

heavy.

m Acts 7.57. Eack. 11.

19.
& 36.26.
Dan. 9. 11.

11 But they refused to hearken, and + pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent 10 in his spirit by the former prophets therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

13 Therefore it is come 11 to pass, that Neh. 9.29, 30. ↑ Heb. by the hand of. p 2 Chr. 36. 16.

there V. 2.

VAR. REND. V. 13. So Rö. Ke. De. Kue. Or2 shall be, Hi. Be. Rie. H. Schultz.- Chap. 7. Probably, For (those of) Bethel, Sharezer and Regem-melech and their people, sent, Ew. Hi. Kö. Bunsen.- 2 entreat the favour of (Ps. 45. 12).

V. 3. pertained to. abstaining (from food). 7. 5. indeed. 6. 7. Rather, obey. - 7 southcountry. lowlands.9 V. 9. saith.10 v. 12. through. 11. 13. came.

VAR. READ.-V. 14. B Heldai, Ew. Bunsen, Drake (.). Comp. v. 10.- Chap. 7. V. 8. B (Ew. considers v. 8 to have come in by an early clerical error, and vs. 9, 10, to be the words referred to ia v. 7).

Restoration of Jerusalem.

as he cried, and they would not hear; 12 so they cried, and I would not hear, saith 12 the LORD of hosts:

14 13 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not 13. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Before CHRIST

518.

? Prov. 1. 24-28. Isai. 1. 15. Jer. 11. 11. & 14. 12. Micah 3. 4.

r Deut. 4. 27.

& 28. 64. Ezek. 36. 19. ch. 2. 6. Deut. 28. 33. Lev. 26. 22. u Dan. 8. 9. † Heb. land of desire.

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2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; "I 1 was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned 2 unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem d shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women 3dwell in 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.

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? saith the LORD of hosts.

26.

e Isai. 2.2, 3. Jer. 31. 23.

g See 1 Sam. 2. 31. Isai. 65. 20,

22.

Lam. 2. 20, &c.

& 5. 11-14.

Heb. for

multitude of days. Or, hard, or, difficult. A Gen. 18. 14. Luke 1. 37. & 18. 27. Rom. 4. 21.

i Isai. 11. 11, 12.

& 43, 5, 6. Ezek. 37.21. Amos 9. 14,

15.

↑ Heb. the
country of
the going
down of
the sun:
Bee Pa. 50.1.

& 113. 3.
Mal. 1. 11.

& 31. 1, 33. eh. 13. 9. I Jer. 4. 2.

ver. 15.

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be Jer. 30. 22. their God, 'in truth and in righteousness. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the month of "the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, 5 that the temple might be built. 10 For before these days there was no Phire for man, nor any hire for beast; 9 neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the afflic- Pag. 1. 6, tion: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.

2.

Hag. 2. 4. Ezra 5. 1,

• Hag. 2.18. [Or, the hire of man became nothing, &c.

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VAR. REND.-12 V. 13. so they shall cry, and I will not hear,' saith.13 v. 14. And I will scatter... whom they know not,' Ew. Chap. 8. 1 V. 2. am. v. 3. return. 3 V. 4. sit. + Vs. 6, 10. those. V. 9. even the temple, that it. V. 10. Or, adversary-7 V. 12. growth (lit. seed) of peace, the vine. 8 V. 13. nations (v. 23). ——9 V. 14. do evil unto.

The fountain of purgation.

Before

mine eyes upon the house of CHRIST will smite every horse of the blindness.

cir. 487.

Or. There is strength to me and to the inhabitants, e. Joel 3. 16. g Obad. 18.

A Joel. 3. 10. Or, abject.

t Heb. fallen.

i Hag. 2. 22. ver. 3.

k Jer. 31.9. & 50. 4. Ezek 39.29. Joel 2. 28. 1 John 19. 34, 37. Kev. 1. 7. m Jer. 6. 26. Amos 8. 10.

n Acts 2. 37. 2 Kings 23. 29.

2 Chr.35.24. p Matt. 24. 30.

Rev. 1. 7. Heb. families, families.

§ 2 Sam. 5. 14.

Luke 3. 31. | Or,

of Simeon,

as LXX.

a ch. 12. 3.

b Heb. 9. 14.

1 Pet. 1. 19. Rev. 1. 5. † Heb. separation for unclean

ZECHARIAH, 13, 14.

Judah, and people with 3 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem 10 shall be my strength in 10 the LORD of hosts their God.

6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the 5 people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem 12 do not magnify themselves against Judah.

8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that 13 ist feeble 13 among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

k

10 And I will pour upon the house of

David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon B me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourn ing of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12 P And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

of

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. CHAPTER 13.

1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem, 2 from idolatry, and false prophecy. 7 The death of Christ, and the trial of a third part.

IN

N that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for tuncleanness.

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered and also I will cause the Ezek. 30.18. prophets and the 2 unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

ness. e Ex. 23. 13. Josh. 23. 7. Ps. 16. 4

Hos. 2. 17. Mic. 5. 12, 13.

d 2 Pet. 2. 1. e Deut. 13, 6,

8.

& 18. 20.

Mic. 3.6,7. 92 Kings 1. 8.

Isai. 20. 2. Matt. 3. 4. + Heb.

a garment of hair. Heb. to lie.

3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment † to deceive:

VAR. REND.-9 Vs. 5, 6. chiefs (ch. 9. 7).10 V. 5. are a strength unto me through. V. 6. Lit. a pan.12 V. 7. be not magnified above. 13 V. 8. Lit. stumbleth.14 V. 11. i.e. at. Chap. 13. 1 V. 1. impurity (Lev. 12. 2). V. 2. spirit of uncleanness.- -3 V. 4. brought to shame. through.

VAR. READ.-V. 10. B him, many MSS. Saadiah, Rashi, Kimchi, Ew. Gei. Drake. (Difficult.)

5

The coming of Christ.

But he shall say, I am no prophet, Before I am an husbandman; for man taught CHRIST me to keep cattle from my youth.

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6 And one shall say unto him, What are à Amos 7. these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was!! wounded in the house of 7 my friends 7. 7 Awake, O sword, against my B shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: 'smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scat-M. IN. tered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones?.

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

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1 The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed. 4 The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kinglu 12 The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. 16 T remnant shall turn to the Lord, 20 and their spoils shall be holy.

BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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

4 And his feet shall stand in that day dupon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto 5 Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the

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earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with 8 thee. 6 And it shall come to pass in that day. that B7 the light shall not be clear, ima nort dark 78:

7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. 8 And it shall be in that day, that living mwaters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, Jo

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VAR. REND. V. 5. a man hath purchased me, H. Or, hath used me as a slave, Kō. p. 6. between Lit. them that loved me.. 7. Or, eigh bour (Lev. 6. 2).9 lightly regarded. Char. 14. 1 V. 1. Lit. a.—2 V. 2. but. V. 3. Rather, fichteth. Hi. Kö. Ke. V. 5. Rather, ravine. B Azel (called also Beth-ezel, Mic. 1. 11 — bot ones (Deut. 33. 2). 7 V. 6. there shall not be light; the precious (ie. the stars shall contract themselves, De Dieu. Ge. Kö. Ke. Wright (after Bch, 125, but against grammar). See Var. Read. Rather, (known [ honoured or selected] shall the of the LORD), Hi. Kö.-9 V. 8. east.

VAR. READ. Chap. 13. F. 7. B companion, Gei. Kh -Chap. 14. V. 5. ẞ him, many MSS. Torvions, Ko De W. Hi. Drake (1.).-V. 6. B there shali Lot be lira, but (or, with, Sept. Ew.) cold and ice, Sept. Symm. Pol., Vulg. De W. Hi. Ew. S. Davidson (Heb, marg, with wi MSS. and editions agree in reading ‘and ice".

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4 Out of him 8 came forth the corner 8, CHRIST out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every 10 oppressor together. 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down 11 their enemies in 11 the mire of the streets in the battle: and Isai. 19. 13. they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

1 Sam. 16. 38.

Isai. 22. 23. Pa. 18. 42. 1 Or. they shall make the ridera Om hories anhamed.

Jer. 3. 18. Ezek. 37.21. • Hosea 1.7. p ch. 13. 9. P. 104. 15.

ch. 9. 15.

Isai. 5. 26. Isai. 49.19.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will 12 bring them again to place them 12; for I have mercy upon them and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and P will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them and Ezek 36.37. they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the 13 people and they shall remember me Deut. 30. 1. in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

t Hosea 2. 23.

Isai. 11. 11, Hos. 11. 11

16.

Isa. 11. 15, 16.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and y Isai. 49. 20. place shall not be found for them. 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the is river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12 And I will strengthen them 16 in e Micah 4. 5. LORD and they shall 8 walk up and downß in his name, saith the LORD.

< Isai. 14. 25. Eack. 30.

13.

a ch. 10. 10.

| Or. gallants. Isai. 32. 19. Or, the defenced frest

ever. 7.

d Jer. 2 3. $ 50.7.

• Deut. 29. 19. Hoa. 11 ..

+ Heb. make to be found. fver. 4.

CHAPTER 11.

the

1 The destruction of Jerusalem. 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 curse of a foolish shepherd,

OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that

the fire may devour thy cedars.

2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the B forest Of the vintage B is come down.

31 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: 2a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose 6 possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich and their own shepherds pity them not.

6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will t deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. | Or, verily 7 And I 7 will feed7 ẞthe flock of slaughthe poor. ter, even you, O poor B of the flock. Zeph. 3. 12. Matt 11.5. And I took unto me two staves; the

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VAR. REND.-V. 4. shall come forth the cornerpeg. governor (Isa. 3. 12).-11 7. 5. Omit12 V. 6. bring them again, E. Hi. Kö.; or, cause them to abide. He. Ke. 13 v. 9. peoples. 14. 11. the sea Affliction,....the sea Billows, Hi. Bunsen (Ew.of Affliction, of Billows,' altering the points). 15 Nile.16 V. 12. by.-Chap. 11. 1 V8. 3, 4. Omit. v. 3. Harki.e. thickets (Jer. 13. 5). -V. 4. T.-5 said. V. 5. purchasers. 7 V. 7. fed.

Sin sooth poor ones. VAR. READ.-Chap. 10. V. 12. ẞ make their boast, Sept. (1)Chap. 11. V. 2. B So Heb. marg.; unapproachable forest, Heb. text, Hi. Ew. Kö. Ke. (1.)V. 7. 8 the flock... for the merchants, (virtually) Sept. Klostermann (grouping the lettera differently).

9

Type of a foolish shepherd.

one I called Beauty, and the other I
called 10 Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off
one month; and my soul 12+lothed them,
and their soul also abhorred me.

in

Before CHRIST cir. 457.

or,

Binders.

Hosea 5.7. ↑ Heb. was straitend for them. í Jer. 15. 2. & 43. 11.

9 Then said 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 rest eat every one the flesh tof another. 10 T And I took my staff, even 9 Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break Heb. of his my covenant which I had made with all the 13 people.

11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor B of the flock that waited upon 1 me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

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16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not 16 visit those that 17 be cut off 17, neither shall seek the 18 young one 18, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that 19 standeth still 19: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the 20 idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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9, 10. I Or, Binders.

" Ezek. 34. 2, 3, 4.

Or. hidden.

Or, bear.

• Jer. 23. 1. Ezek. 34. 2. John 10. 12,

13.

a Isai. 42. 5. & 44. 24. & 45. 12, 18. & 48. 13. Num. 16. 22.

Eccles. 12.7 Isa. 57. 16. Hebr. 12. 9. e Isai. 51. 17, 22, 23.

Or, stumber, or, poison.

3 stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth3 the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the 5 people round Or, and about, B6 when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against 6B Jerusalem.

also agains! Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem.

34 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all 5 people: all that burden themselves with it a ver. 4, 6, 8, shall be cut in pieces, 7 though all the people of the earth 8 be gathered together against it.

9, 11.
& ch. 13. 1.
& 14.4, 6, 8,
9, 13.

e Mat. 21.44. ƒ Ps. 76. 6.

4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open Ezek. 38. 4.

VAR. REND.-9 Vs. 7, 10. Graciousness (Ps. 90. 17). Jo Vs. 7, 14. i.e. Union.-11 V. 8. Three of the, Kö. Ke.; The three, Ew. Hi.12 was impatient at. 13 V. 10. peoples.14 V. 11. i.e. marked.-15 V. 13. treasurer, Tary. Kimchi, Ge. - 16 V. 16. care for. 17 are perishing. 18 scattered, Ge. Ew. Kö. Ke. 19 is healthy (lit. standeth fast), Hi. Kö. Ke. 20 V. 17. worthless. Chap. 12. 1V. 1. oracle. 2 Lit. upon. 3 stretched.... laid .... formed. 47. 2. bewilderment (Isa. 51. 17). 5 Vs. 2, 3, 4, 6. peoples. 6 V. 2. and also for Judah shall there be one in the besieging of, Hi. Ke.—7 V. 3. and all the nations. shall be.

VAR. READ.-V. 11. B the merchants, Sept. Klostermann (comp. on v. 7). V. 1S. B into the treasury, Pesh. De W. Ero. Hi. Kue. Ch. (pt.)- Chap. 12. V. 1.8 Jerusalem, Gr. (Lapse of the pen; comp. Jer. 23. 6; Zeph. 3. 14).- V. 2. B and Judah also shall be at the besieging of, Turg. Vulg. Gei. (Traces of this reading in not few MSS.; comp. ch. 14, 14).

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« Lev 26. 14,
&c.
Deut. 28.
15, &c.

| Or,

reprove. † Heb.

scatter.

14 But cursed be 12y the deceiver, which 12 hath in his flock a male, and 613 voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing 13 B: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

CHAPTER 2.

1 He sharply reproveth the priests for neglecting
their covenant, 11 and the people for idolatry,
14 for adultery. 17 and for infidelity.
ND now, O ye priests, this command-
Ament is for you.

ΑΝ

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send la curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

3 Behold, I will corrupt your 8 seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even Or, it shall the dung of your solemn feasts; and take you one shall take you away with it. 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

away to it.

1 Kings 14.

10.

e Num. 25. 12.

Ezek.34 25. & 37. 26.

d Deut. 33. 8, 9.

e Deut. 33. 10.

f Jer. 23. 22. James 5. 20. 9 Lev. 10. 11. Deut. 17. 9, 10.

& 24. 8. Ezra 7. 10. Jer. 18. 18. Hag. 2. 11, 12.

A Gal. 4. 14. il Sam. 2. 17.

Jer. 18. 15.

5 My covenant was with him 3 of life and peace; and I gave them to him 4d for the fear wherewith 'ß he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

6

The laws 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. 79 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble 7 at the law 7; ye have corrupted the covenent of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you Or fall in contemptible and base before all the 8 people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but I have been partial in 10 the law 10.

the law. k Neh. 13.29. 11 Sam. 2.30. Or, lifted up the face against.

† Heb. ac

cepted faces.

m1 Cor. 8. 6. Ephes. 4.6. Job 31. 15. Or, ought to love.

o Ezra 9. L.

10. 2.

Neh. 13. 23. Or, kim that waketh,

and him that answereth. p Neh. 13. 28, 29.

10 Have we not all one father? "hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

The messenger of Christ. covering the altar of the LORD with Before tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the of fering any more, or receiveth 16 it with good will 16 at your hand.

14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy¦

covenant.

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15 And 17 did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek 17 t'a godly seed. Therefore take heed to Ears 2 your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, . saith that he hateth putting away: 18 for 19 one covereth violence with his garment 19, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

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BEHOLD, "I will send my messenger. M 11
and he shall prepare the way before
me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall
suddenly come to his temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom ye de-
light in: behold, he shall come, saith
the LORD of hosts.

2 But who may abide the day of his
coming? and who shall stand when he
appeareth? for she is like a refiner's fire,
and like fullers' sope:

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver: and he shall purify the
sons of Levi, and purge them as geld
and silver, that they may offer unto the
LORD an offering in righteousness.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and
Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as
in the days of old, and as in former
years.

5 And I will come near to you to judg
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and ment; and I will be a swift witness
an abomination is committed 8 in Israel against the sorcerers, and against the
and B in Jerusalem; for Judah hath pro- adulterers, and against false swearers,
faned the holiness of the LORD which and against those that oppress the hire-
heloved, and hath married the daugh-ling in his wages, the widow, and the fa-
ter of a strange god.
therless, and that turn aside the stranger
from his right, and fear not me, saith the
LORD of hosts.

12 12 The LORD will 12 cut off the man that doeth this, 13 the master and the scholar 13, out of the 14 tabernacles of Jacob, Pand him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

13 And this have ye 15 done again 15, VAR. REND.-V. 13. the. 12 V. 14. he that deceiveth, whereas he. 13 he that voweth....a faulty beast, Kö. Comp. Var. Read. Chap. 2. 1 V. 2. the. - 2 V. 3. rebuke the seed (but see Var. Read.) to your hurt. - 3 V. 5. Rather, with him was, Ew. Rei. Kö.for a source of fear, 80 that, Hi. Ko. Vs. 6, 7. Teaching, Ew. Hi. Rei. Kö. V. 6. injustice (ie. an unjust decision).-7 V. 8. through your (lit. the) teaching. - 8 destroyed.9 V. 9. do I also make.- 16 your teaching. 11 V. 11. holy thing. 12 V. 12. May the LORD

13 Perhaps, the watchman (lit. wakeful) and him that answereth, Ge. Rei, Ke. (An obscure alliterative phrase.). 14 tents. 15 V. 13. further done.

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VAR. REND.-16 V. 13. that which is acceptable. 17 V. 15. Probably, no one hath done this whe hath had a remnant of understanding he, stra Then (say ye,) What did the one (ie. Abraham He was seeking, Hi. Kö. Ke.—13 F, 16, and VAR. READ. V. 14. B So versions; ...a faulty fe- 19 one (who putteth his wife away) covereth his male, Heb. points, Ew. Hi. Rei. Chap. 2. V. 3. B garment with violence, Rei. Ke.; or, violence cong arm, Sept. Aq. Vulg. Ew. Rei. Kö. Ke. (pts.)-V. 5. Beth his garment, Kö.- Chap. 3. r. 1. So I him fear, and, Sept. Vulg. Ew. Rei. (1.) V. 9. B Gei. Ke.; or, and, Ew. Hi.— 1". 6. YAHWES IL peoples, not few MSS. Sept. Vulg.-V. 11. B Omit, Gr. 6. 3), 31. 8. Should a man defraud. de frandek (see on Zech. 1. 19.) - heave-offerings (but see on Ex. 25. 2.

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