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An exhortation to repentance.

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ZEPHANIAH, 2, 3.

ness and desolation, a day of darkness CHRIST and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

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: Jer. 4. 19.

a Deut. 28. 29.

Isai. 59. 10. b Ps. 79. 3. e Pa. 83. 10. Jer. 9. 22. & 16. 4.

J Prov. 11. 4. Ezek. 7. 19. tch. 3. 8.

fver. 2, 3.

a Joel 2. 16. Or, not desirous.

b Job 21. 18.

Ps. 1. 4. Isai. 17. 13.

Hosea 13. 3. c2 Kings 23. 26.

d Pa. 105. 4. Amos 5. 6. e Ps. 76. 9. f Joel 2. 14. Amos 5, 15. Jonah 3. 9, g Jer. 47. 4,5.

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm a gainst the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole 19 land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the 19 land.

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A sharp reproof of Jerusalem.

him, every one from his place, eren all Before the 13 isles of the heathen.

12 Ye Ethiopians also, 14 ye shall be slain by 14 my sword.

13 And he will stretch out his hand a gainst the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the na tions: both the 9 cormorant and the bittern shall lodge 15 in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing 15 in the win dows; desolation 16 shall be 16 in the thres holds: for B he shall uncover the cedar work B.

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15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none 17 beside me 17: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in every one that c passeth by her 'shall hiss, and wag his

hand.

A Jer. 22. 14. Isai. 47. 8. Rev. 18. 7. Nah. 3. 19.

gather together 1B, O nation 27. 36.

2 not desired *:

2 Before the decree bring forth, 3 before the day pass as the chaff 3, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you.

3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: Ezek 25.15. fit may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.

Ainos 1. 6, 7. 8. Zech. 9. 5,6. Jer. 6. 4. & 15. 8.

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron Ezek 25.16. shall be rooted up.

k Josh. 13.3. I See Isai. 17. 2. ver. 14.

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the & Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O * Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I Isai 11.11. will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

Micah 4. 7. & 5. 7, 8. Hag. 1. 12. & 2. 2. ver. 9. Or, when, &c. n Ex. 4. 31. Luke 1. 68. 9 Ps. 126. 1. Jer. 29. 14. ch. 3. 20.

p Jer. 48. 27. Ezek. 25.8.

1 Ezek. 25.3, 6.

Jer. 49. 1. . Isai. 15. Jer, 48. Ezek. 25.9. Amos 2. 1. Amos 1. 13. Gen, 19.25. Deut 29.23. Isai. 13. 19. &34. 13. Jer. 49. 18. & 50. 40.

z ver. 7.

y Isai. 16. 6.
Jer. 48. 29.
+ Heb.
make lean.

z Mal. 1. 11. John 4, 21.

6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

7 And the coast shall be 8 form the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening for the LORD their God shall "visit them, and 9 turn away their captivity 9. 8PI have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and 10 magnified themselves against 10 their border.

9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, eren the 11 breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

10 This shall they have " for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

11 The LORD will be terrible 12 unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship

V. 3.

VAR. REND.-19 V. 18. Or, earth, Ero. Kl. Chap. 2. V. 1. So Versions; Collect yourselves, and be ye collected, Ge. De W. (Most uncertain.) 2 that turneth not pale, Ge. Ew. Hi. Ke. Kl. 3 V. 2. like chaff the day passeth by). Or, land, Hi. Kl. ordinance.6 v. 5. See 2 Sam. 8. 18.7 V. 6. meadows (?). Hi. Kl.- 8 V. 7. Or, it shall be a coast, E. Hi. Ke. Pu. -9 Or, restore their prosperity, Ew. Kue-10 V. 8. i.e. shown their pride by violating. V. 9. possession.-V. 11.

over.

VAR. READ.-Chap. 2. V. 1. B Set yourselves to be ashamed; yea, be ashamed, Ch. (1.) See Isa. 46. 8.

CHAPTER 3.

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8Therefore "wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey for my 11 determination is to Pret " gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

9 For then will I turn to the 12 people Pa pure language, that they may all call! upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia 13 my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering 13.

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VAR. REND.-13 F. 11. Or, sea-coasts. — Lit. they are the slain of.- 15 r. 14. on her cha ters. Hark! he singeth. 16 is.17 p. 15 (Isa. 47. 8).-Chap. 3. 1. 1. rebellious. T lay nothing aside for.-V. 5. The LORD is righ eous.- unrighteousness. Or, justice, F

6 unrighteous. 7 V. 6. have made. -T. Only fear me, receive.-9 her.10 according to that I appointed concerning her. E. K judgment. 13 Vs. 9, 20. peoples. BF RO shall they bring my suppliants....as mine offers De W. Ke. De. (Isa. 46. 20).

VAR. READ.-V. 14. B I will demolish (lit, farish, # 11) it even to the ground, Bo., similarly Ee. I. p

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28 And it shall come to pass after- daughters into the hand of the children CHRIST ward, that I will pour out my spirit of Judah, and they shall sell them to CHRIST upon all flesh; and your sons and your the Sabeans, to a people *far off: for daughters shall prophesy, your old men the LORD hath spoken it. shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Inai. 44. 3. Ezek. 39.

29.

Acts 2. 17.

Zoch. 12.

10.

John 7.39.

n Isai. 54. 13.

Acts 21. 9. p 1 Cor. 12. 13.

Gal. 3. 28.
Col. 3. 11.

7 Mat. 24. 29.
Mark 13.24.
Luke 21. 11,

25.

r ver. 10.
Iv. 13. 9,
30.

29 And also upon the servants and
upon the handmaids in those days will
I pour out my spirit.

30 And I will show wonders in the
heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire,
and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned into dark-
ness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and the terrible day of the
LORD come.

32 And it shall come to pass, that who soever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be 16 delich. 3. 1, 15. verance, as the LORD hath said, and 17 in the remnant 17 whom the LORD shall call.

Mat. 24.

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9 Proclaim ye this among the 3 Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

10 Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruninghooks into spears: "let
the weak say, I am strong.

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all
ye heathen, and gather yourselves to-
gether round about: thither cause thy
mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and
come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat:
for there will I sit to judge all the
heathen round about.

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13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their -wickedness is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley 59. 20. Obad. 17. Rom. 11. 26. r Isai. 11. 11, 16. Jer. 31. 7. Micah of decision: for the day of the LORD

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1 God's judgments against the enemies of his peo-
ple. 9 God will be known in his judgment. 18
His blessing upon the church.

OR, behold, in those days, and in
FOR
that time, when I shall bring again
the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and
will bring them down into the valley of
1 Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them
there for my people and for my heritage
Israel, whom they have scattered among
the nations, and parted my land.

3 And they have cast lots for my peo-
ple; and have given a boy for an harlot,
and sold a girl for wine, that they might
drink.

4 Yea, and what have ye to do with
me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the
coasts of Palestine? will ye render me
a recompence? and if ye recompense me,
swiftly and speedily will I return your
recompence upon your own head;

5 Because ye have taken my silver and
my gold, and have carried into your
temples my goodly pleasant things:
6 The children also of Judah and the
children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto
† the Grecians, that ye might remove
them far from their border.

7 Behold, I will raise them out of the
place whither ye have sold them, and
will return your recompence upon your
own head:

8 And I will sell your sons and your

is near in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

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17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be tholy, and there shall no strangers passOr, concithrough her any more.

18 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the 7 rivers of Judah shall

z ver. 2. sim, or, threshing.

y ch. 2. J. zch. 2. 10,31

a Jer. 25. 30. ch. 2. 11. Amos 1. 2.

e Isma. 51. 5, 6.

flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, Hag. 2. 6. and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness,† Heb. place of repair, for the violence against the children of Or, harbour. Judah, because they have shed innocent d ch. 2. 27. blood in their land. Dan. 11 45. Obad. 16. Zech. 8. 3. † Heb. holiness.

20 But Judah shall 9 dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah 3 Thus saith the LORD; For three trans-Isai. 8. 4. & 17. 1. king of Judah, and in the days of Je-gressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

VAR. REND.-16 V. 32. Rather, they that escape.17 among the fugitives (shall be those) De W. Ew. Wü. Ke. Chap. 3. 1 Vs. 2, 12. i.e. the LORD hath judged.2 V. 6. Heb. children of the Javanites. 3 Vs. 9, 12. nations. V. 9. Lit. Consecrate.

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S v. 13. tread. 6V. 14. strict decision (Isa. 10. 22). 7 V. 18. channels.-8 torrent-valley. 9 V. 20. be2 Kings 10. 33. & 13. 7. & Jer. 17. 27. & 49. 27. ver. 7, 10, 12. ch. 2. 2, 5. inhabited. 10 V. 21. purge (viz. by punishment).

11 purged.

VAR. REND.-Chap. 1. 1 V. 2. homesteads.

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d Ex. 29. 45, 46.

e Neh. 9. 20.

ZECHARIAH, 1.

strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:

5 3d According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among Isal. 63. 11. you: fear ye not. fver. 21. Heb. 12. 26. g Joel 3. 16.

k Gen. 49. 10. Mal. 3. 1.

i John 1. 14.

P. 85. 8,9. Luke 2. 14. Eph. 2. 14.

Lev. 10. 10, 11. Deut 33.10. Mal. 2. 7.

Num. 19. 11.

Titus 1. 15.

6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

7 And I will shake all nations, and 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.

95 The glory of this latter house shall 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

In the four and twentieth day of 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 7 concerning the law 7, saying,

12 If one bear 8 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.

Vision of the korses.

15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and 10 upward, from before 19 stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty TROCENTER, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty 11 ressela out of the press 11, there were but twenty. 17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.

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18 Consider now from this day and up-rek. 1. 11 ward, from the four and twentieth day |13 §. 2. 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.

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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 L Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

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 ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

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e Jer. 25, 5. & 35. 15. Mic. 7. 19. Mal. 3. 7. Luke 15. 20. James +. 8. d2 Chr. 36. 15. 16. Isai. 31. 6. Jer. 3. 12. & 18. 11. Ezek. 18.30.

Hos. 14. 1. f Isai. 55. 1. | Or, overtake.

g Lam. 1. 18. & 2. 17.

3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

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 prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us 2, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

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VAR. REND.-3 V. 5. The word that I covenanted, &c. (have I established), and, Kö. (Sudden change of construction.) —— V. 7. desirable things, Calvin, Adam Clarke, De W. He. Kö. Ke, Ew. De. Drake. Comp. Isa. CO. 5-13. (The verb shall come plural in the original.)-5 V. 9. The latter glory of this.- 6 Omit. 7. 11. for instruction. V. 12. hallowed.-9 Vs. 12, 13. become.-10. 15. backward, before. V. 16. press-measures. Chap. 1. 1 v. 6. turned.-2 V. 6. Omit comma.

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 Zechsriah, the son of Berechiah, the son of

Iddo 3 the prophet, saying,

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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 B bottom; and behind him were there 'red in 41 horses, speckled, and white.

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.

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10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

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 Jerusa lem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation - these threescore and ten years?

13 And the LORD answered the angeli that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

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God reproveth Israel.

Tefore CHRIST 787.

f Acts 4. 20.

& 5. 20, 29.

1 Cor. 9. 16.

1 Or, oppressions. g Jer. 4. 22. | Or, spol.

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An exhortation to repentance.

AMOS, 4, 5. who mildew: when your gardens and your Before CHRIST vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 10 I have sent among you the pestilence

9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod,
and in the palaces in the land of Egypt,
and say. Assemble yourselves upon the
mountains of Samaria, and behold the
great tumults in the midst thereof, and
the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right,
saith the LORD, who store up violence
and robbery in their palaces.

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD; A 2 Kings 17. 2 An adversary 2 there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

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18. 9, 10,

t Heb.

delivereth.

1 Or. on the bed's feet.

| Or. punish Terael for.

i Jer. 36. 22. Judz. 3. 20.

11 Kings 22. 39.

a P. 22 12. Ezek 39.18. & Ps. 89. 35.

e Jer. 16. 16.

Hab. 1. 15.

4 Ezek. 12.5,

12

1 Or. ve
shall cant
away the
things
of the
prince.

• Exek, 20.
39.
Hos. 4. 15.
& 12. 11.
eh. 5. 5.
g Num. 23.
3. 4.

& Deut. 14.
29

t Heb.
three years
of days.

i Lev. 7. 13.
23. 17.

↑ Heb.
efer by
burning.

& Lev. 22.
14, 21.
Deut. 12, 6.
¡Ps. 81. 12.
↑ Heb.
anye love.
TM Isal. 26.
11.
Jer. 5. 3.
Hag 2 17.
TET. 8. 9.
ver. 6, 10,
11.

# Deut. 28.
22.

Hag. 2. 17.

12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be 3 taken out 3 that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

15 And I will smite the winter house! with the summer house; and 'the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER 4.

1 He reproveth Israel for oppression, 4 for idolatry, 6 and for their incorrigibleness. EAR this word, ye kine of Bashan,

which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them 1 Binto the palace B, saith the LORD.

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4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress;
Gagal multiply transgression, and
bring your sacrifices every morning,
and your tithes after † three years 2:
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving
with leaven, and proclaim and publish
*the free offerings: 'for † this liketh you,
O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord
God.

6¶ And I also have given you cleanness
of teeth in all your cities, and want of
bread in all your places: yet have ye
not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
7 And also I have withholden the rain
from you, when there were yet three
months to the harvest: and I caused it
to rain upon one city, and caused it not
to rain upon another city: one piece was
rained upon, and the piece whereupon it
rained not withered.

8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: "yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

9.I have smitten you with blasting and VAR. REND.-2 V. 11. Or, Distress, Ew. Hi. Baur. —3 V. 12. delivered. So Pu.; on the damask of, Ge. Ew. Hi. Baur. (Text probably imperfect or corrupt.) Chap. 4. V. 3. fling, E.; fling yourselves, Hi. Pu.; be flung, Sept. Ge. V. 4. every three days, Ge. Ew. Hi. Baur.

VAR. READ.-Chap. 4. V. 3. 8 Rimmona (comp. 2 Kings 5. 18) to the mountains, Ew.; on to mount Rimmon, Sept.; on to the mountains of Armenia, Targ. Pesh. Vulg. Pu. (doubtfully),

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Or, the multitude of your gardens, &c. did the palmerworia, &c. p Joel 1. 4. & 2. 25.

after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, t and have taken away your horses 3; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew 'Sodom and Gomorrah, 9 x 9.3, 6. 'and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: "yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

| Or, in the way.

& 12. 29.
Deut. 28.
27, 60.
Ps. 78. 50.

Heb. with
the cap
tivity of

gener
horses.

2 Kin. 13. 7. r ver. 6.

13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, t Zech. 3.2. is his name.

ver. 6. z See Ezek. 13. 5. & 22, 30. Luke 14. 31, 32. Dan. 2. 28. Ps. 139. 2. z ch. 5. 8. & 8. 9. a Deut. 32. Micah 1. 3. b Isai. 47. 4. Jer. 10. 16. ch. 5. 8. & 9. 6.

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69 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there beg ver. 4. none to quench it in Beth-el. 7 Ye who turn 2 judgment to worm- A ch. 6. 12. wood, and 3 leave off righteousness in 3 the earth,

8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and 5 Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that

calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that 7 the spoiled 7 shall come against the fortress.

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a Ezek. 2. 9.

b Mal. 4. 6. | Or, every one of this people that stealeth

holder himself guiltless, as it doth.

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

d See Lev. 14. 45.

ZECHARIAH, 5, 6.

3And 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 mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become 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.

10 For who 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.

THEN I turned, and lifted up mine
eyes, and looked, and behold a flying

a roll.
2 And he said unto me, What seest
thon? 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. V. 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. 18. 3, 6. land. V. S. driven (lit. purged) hence, like it, Ex. 3 V. 4. have caused it to go.

VAR. READ.-V. 10. B watchers, Kohut, Kue. (Dan. 1. 13).

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Vision of the four chariots. This is an ephah that goeth forth. He Before said moreover, This is their resem blance through all the earth. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a 6 talent of lead: and 7 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 wollen, 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?

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an house in the land of Shinar: and

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

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