4 Deut. 28. 22. 1 Kings 8. 37. Amos 4. 9. ch. 1. 9. ch. 1. 11. Jer. 5. 3. 16 Since those days were, P when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. 17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail rin all the labours of your hands; syet ye turned not to me, saith Amos 4.6,8, the LORD. 9, 10, 11. t Zech. 8. 9. u Zech. 8. 12. 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 delay in building the temple. forth: from this day will I bless Before CHRIST 20 ¶ And again the word of the about 520. LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, Heb. 12. 26. 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, gov-ch. 1. 14. ernor of Judah, saying, I will ver. 6, 7. shake the heavens and the earth; 22 And I will overthrow the Dan. 2. 44. Matt. 24.7. throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will Mic. 5. 10. 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. 23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, band will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. Zech.4. 6. & 9. 10. Cant. 8. 6. Jer. 22. 24. Is. 42. 1. & 43. 10. ZECHARIAH. Before CHRIST about 5.0. a Ezra 4. 24. Hag. 1. 1. CHAPTER I. 1 Zechariah erhorteth to repentance. 7 The the eighth month, ain the I came the word of the LORD bunto Matt. 23. 35. Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, b Ezra 5. 1. † Heb. with displeasure. ings, so hath he dealt with us. 7 Upon the four and twen- about 519. the son of Iddo the prophet, say-tieth day of the eleventh month, ing, 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, Josh. 5. 13. and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there ired ich. 6. 2-7. horses, speckled, and white. 2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. 3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of Jer. 25. 5, & hosts; Turn eye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We 1 Ps. 103. 20, have walked to and fro through about 519. 21. Rev. 6.10. 1 The redemption of Zion. CHAPTER II. 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, Before CHRIST 519. the earth, and, behold, all the land looked, and behold a Ez. 40. 3. earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 12 T Then the angel of the m Ps. 102. 13. LORD answered and said, mo LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had in"Jer. 25. 11, dignation "these threescore and ten years? 12. Dan. 9. 2. ch. 7. 5. Jer. 29. 10. P Joel 2. 18. ch. 8. 2. 9 Is. 47. 6. Is. 12. 1. & 54. 8. ch. 2. 10. & 8. 3. $ ch. 2. 1, 2. t Is. 51. 3. 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am Pjealous 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. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities † Heb. good. through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; tand the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and "shall yet choose Jerusalem. 18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 9 For, behold, I will shakek 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. 10 m Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 11 And many nations shall be 1. 2. 2, 3. & joined to the LORD Pin that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and rthou 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 choose Jerusalem again. Christ the Branch promised. Before CHRIST 519. a Hag. 1. 1. b Ps. 109. 6. † Heb. CHAPTER III. ZECHARIAH. 1 Under the type of Joshua, the restoration ND he shewed me a Joshua 1 By the golden candlestick is foreshewed CHRIST a ND the ch. 2. 3. A the high priest standing be. A with me camel that talked fore the angel of the LORD, and c 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: e is not this a brand plucked out Amos 4. 11. of the fire? Rom. 11. 5. Jude 23. f Is. 64. 6. 3 Now Joshua was clothed with f filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will Luke 15. 22. clothe thee with change of raiment. Is. 61. 10. Rev. 19. 8. h Ex. 29. 6. cli. 6. 11. i Lev, 8. 35. Ez. 44. 16. Or, ordinance. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair hmitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD of 1 Kings 2. 3. hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt i keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand Deut. 17.9. Mal. 2. 7. † Heb, walks. 1 ch. 4. 14. & 6.5 m Ps. 71. 7. Is. 8. 18. & 20.3. ↑ Heb. men of wonder, or, sign, as Ez. 12. 11. & 24. 24. Is. 42. 1. & 49.3, 5. &32. 13. & 53. 11. Ez. 34. 23, 24. ° Is. 4.2.& 11. 1. Jer. 23 5. & 33. 15. ch. 6. 12. Luke 1. 78. P Ps. 118. 22. Is. 28. 16. 4 ch. 4. 10. Rev. 5. 6. Jer. 31. 34. & 50, 20. Mic. 7. 18, 19. ch. 13. 1. $ ch. 2. 11. by. 3 e And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the ver. 11, 12. 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. Rev. 11. 4. Hos. 1.7. Or, army. Jer. 51. 25. Matt. 21. 21. 7 Who art thou, O great 8 Moreover the word of the 10 For who hath despised the 13. Ezra 3. 10. 1 Ezra 6. 15. mch. 2. 9, 11. & 6. 15. n Is. 48. 16. ch. 2. 8. Hag. 2. 3. 10r, since the seven eyes of the LORD shall rejoice. of tin. P2 Chr. 16. 9. Prov. 15. 3. ch. 3. 9. 9 For behold the stone that I plummet in the hand of Zerub- 1 Kings 4.25. der the vine and under the fig 11 ¶ Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two ver. 3. 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, which † through ↑ Heb. by the hand. The vision of the flying roll. Before the two golden pipes empty stork: and they lifted up the CHRIST the golden oil out of them- ephah between the earth and the 519. 1 Or, empty out of them selves? 13 And he answered me and selves oil in said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my to the gold. † Heb. the gold. * Rev. 11. 4. ↑ Heb. sons of oil. ch. 3. 7. Luke 1. 19. t See Josh.3. 11, 13. ch. 6. 5. a Ez. 2.9. b Mal. 4. 6. 1 Or, 1 By the flying roll is shewed the curse of Tmine and looked, and behold a flying a 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 levery 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 guiltless, as side according to it. every one of this people that steal eth holdeth himself it doth. © Lev. 19. 12. ch. 8. 17. Mal. 3. 5. 4 I 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 d See Lev. 14. of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 45. heaven. 10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? Before CHRIST 519. 11 And he said unto me, To e build it a house in the land of Jer. 29. 5, 28. Shinar: and it shall be estab-Gen. 10. 10. lished, and set there upon her own base. CHAPTER VI. 6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grizzled go forth toward the south country. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might hwalk to and fro through the Gen. 13. 17. earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. ch. 1. 10. 8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my ispirit Judg. 8. 3. in the north country. 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; Ecc. 10. 4. 11 Then take silver and gold, and make k crowns, and set them Ex. 28.36. & upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 29. 6. Lev. 8. 9. ch. 3. 5. Christ the Branch typified. Before 519. ZECHARIAH. 12 And speak unto him, saying, CHRIST Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The m BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: 1 See Luke 1. 78. John 1 45. m ch. 3. 8. I Or, branch up from un der him. Matt. 16. 18. 22. 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 Phe shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to 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 VII. 1 The captives inquire of fasting. 4 Zecha riah reproveth their fasting. 8 Sin the cause of their captivity. ND it came to pass in the A 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; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, † to pray before the LORD, 3 And to a speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in g Sin the cause of captivity. Before 518. salem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof CHRIST round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? & Jer. 17. 26. 8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, ht 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; kand let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 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 n hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his Spirit + by the former prophets P therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. Is. 58. 6. 7. Jer. 7. 23. ch. 8. 16. Matt. 23, 23. ↑ Heb. Judge judgment of Ex 22. 21,22. truth. Deut. 24. 17. ch. 8. 17. Jer. 7. 24. Hos. 4. 16. † Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulder. made heavy. m Acts 7. 57. "Ez. 11. 19. & 36, 26. • Neli. 9. 29, 30. ↑ Heb. by the hand of Dan. 9. 11. 9 Prov. 1. 24 13 Therefore it is come to pass, P2 Chr. 36. 16. that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid "the † pleasant land desolate. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The restoration of Jerusalem. 9 They are encouraged to the building by God's favour to them. 16 Good works are required of them. 18 Joy and enlargement are promised. GAIN the word of the LORD the fifth month, separating my. A of hosts came to me, saying, self, as I have done these so many years? 4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth dand seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast funto me, even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, I did not ye cat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 28. Is. 1. 15. Jer. 11. 11. & 14. 12. Mic. 3. 4. r Deut. 4. 27. & 28. 64. Ez. 36. 19. ch. 2. 6. Deut. 28.33. u Dan. 8. 9. of desire. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; aI was jealous for Zion with Nah. 1. 2. great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called A city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, f The holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; & There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand † for very 7 Should ye not hear the words Which the LORD hath cried † by the former prophets, when Jeru-age. |