God's judgment against ZEPHANIAH, I. thine horses and thy chariots 9 of B. C. 626. salvation? were. 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, 9 or, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst 10 the rivers of the earth. cleave 10 the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and c Jos. 10.12. they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep ut-11 tered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. or,thine arrows walk ed in the light. 11 The sun c and moon stood still in their habitation: 11 at the light d Ps. 110.6. of thine arrows they went, and 12 making at the shining of thy glittering spear. naked. 13 were tempestuous. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the sal- 14 or, mud. vation of thy people, even for salva-15 or, cut tion with thine anointed; thou them in woundest the head d out of the pieces. house of the wicked, by 12 disco- 18 lie. vering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they 13 came out as a whirlwind, e Job 13.15. Neginoth. Ps.4, title. Judah for divers sins. to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the 14 heap of great waters. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will 15 invade them with his troops. 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall 16 fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yete I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my 17 stringed instruments. ZEPHANIAH. From the Creation, 3374.... Year of Josiah, king of Judah, 12. THE word of the LORD which By taking away, I will make an end. swear 4 by the LORD, d and that swear by Malcham; e 6 And them that are turned back f from the LORD; and those that have not sought g the LORD, nor inquired for him. Thame unto Zephaniah the son face of the Holh thy peace at the presence of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 211 will utterly consume all things from off the 2 land, saith the LORD. 2 3 or, idols. a Fulfilled, 624. 2K1.23.4,5. b 2Ki.23.12. Je. 19.13. c 2Ki 17.33, 41. 3 I will-consume man and beast. I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, or, to. and the 3 stumbling-blocks with p Is.48.1. Ho.4.15. the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the e 1Ki.11.33. f He. 10.38. LORD. & He.2.3. 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off a the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 7 of the Lord GOD; for i the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath 5 bid his guests./ 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will push the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day.also wili I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and an howling from the second, and ɛ eat crashing from the hills. 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all tho merchant-neople ZEPHANIAH, II, III. Exhortation to repentance. are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are 7 settled on their lees that say m in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. B. C. 630. curded, or, thickened. Je.48.11. Am.6.1. Re.2.23. m Ps.94.7. 13 Therefore their goods shall be-n Joel 2.1,11. come a booty, and their houses ao Re.6.15-17. desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. p Is.22.5. Je.30.7. g Am.5.18. 14 The great day of the LORD is r Je.4.19. near,n it is near, and hasteths Is.59.10. greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty o man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That p day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness g and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet r and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind s men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood t shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. t Ps.79.3. u Pr.11.4. ch.3.8. (CHAP. 2.) a Joel 2.16. 1 or, desirous. b Ho. 13.3. c 2Ki.22.13, 17. 23.26. 2Ch.36.16, 17. d Ps.95.7,8. Judgments passed.. the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6 And the sea-coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7 And the coast shall be for the k remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: 2 for the LORD their GOD shall visit them, and turn away m their captivity. 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab n shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remthem. nant of my people shall possess 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 unto 18 Neither u their silver nor their e Am.5.6,15. them: for he will 3 famish all the gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; ƒ Zec.8.19. but the whole land shall be de- g Jon.3.9. voured v by the fire of his jealousy: h Je.47.5. for he shall make even a speedy Zec.9.5,6. riddance of all them that dwell in i Eze.25.16. the land. CHAPTER II. The judgment of the Philistines, 8 of Moab and Ammon, 12 of Ethiopia, 13 and Assyria. ATHER yourselves together, k Is. 11.11. Mi.4.7. 2 or, when. Lu. gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 Ye Ethiopian also ye shall be slain by my sword." 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; p and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilder ness. 14 And flocks shall lie down Gyea, gather together, etter 11.100.1-4. midst of her, as the beasts of the m Je.29.14. n Je.48.1,&c. 3 make lean. Is,20.4. p Is. 10. 12,16. 4 or, pelican. 3 Seek e ye the LORD, all ye meek 5 or,knops,or, of the earth, which have wrought chapiters. his judgment; f seek righteousness, 6 or, when he seek meekness: it may be g ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. 4 T For Gaza h shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.. of hath uncovered. q Is.47.8. 1 Re. 18.7. (CHAP. 3.) craw, or, gluttonous. all nations: both the 4 cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the 5 upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: 6 for he shall uncover the cedar-work. 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said q in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. CHAPTER III. 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers sins. 8 An exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel. to that filthy and pol 95 Wo unto the inhabitants Che 2 or, instruc- W luted, to the oppressing city! sea-coast, the of rethites! i the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of] Habakkuk trembleth at HAGGAI, I. trusted not in the LORD; she drew | B. C. 630. not near to her God. God's majesty. of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt 3 Her princes within her are roar- a Je.23. 11,32. no more be haughty 7 because of ing lions; her judges are evening b Ec.3. 16, 17.12 I will also leave in the midst of 16,17. holy mountain. wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 3 morning 4 Her prophets a are light and by morning. treacherous persons: her priests c Je.8.12. have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 4 or, corners. d Is.63.8. e Mi.2.1,2. 5 The b just LORD is in the midst. thereof; he will not do iniquity: S every morning doth he bring his f Pr.20.22. La.3.25,26. judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.cg Joel 3.2. 6 I have cut off the nations: their Mat.25.32. 4 towers are desolate; I made their h 2Pe.3.10. streets waste, that none passeth 5 lip. by their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is i Ac.2.4,&c. none inhabitant. 6 shoulder. Is. 18.1,7. 7 I said, Surely d thou wilt feark Ps.68.31. me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut 1 Ps.49.5. off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, e and corrupted all their doings. Joel 2.26,27. rin. 8 Therefore wait f ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that Im Ja.2.5. rise up to the prey: for my deter-n Mat. 13.41. mination is to gather the nations, go Re.21.27. that I may assemble the kingdoms, 9.9. to pour upon them mine indigna- P Zec.2.10. 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia k my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed l for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out Je.32.41. 9 be silent 10 the burden for a. s Am.9.14. HAGGAI thee an afflicted and poor m_people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity,n nor speak lies; 0 neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth for thev shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 14 T Sing, p O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoico with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out a thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; and to Zion, Let not thine hands be 8 slack. 17 'The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoicer over thee with joy; | he will 9 rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom 10 the re| proach of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will 11 get them praise and fame in every land 12 where they have been put to shame. 20 Ats that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. N the second year a of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in Ezr.3.2. or, captain. the first day of the month, came c 1Ch.6.15. the word of the LORD, 1 by Haggaid 25.7.2. the prophet, unto Zerubbabelb the d 2Sa.7.2. son of Shealtiel, 2 governor of Judali, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, c the high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The 3 Set your time is not come, the time that the. LORD's house shall be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai, the prophet, saying, 4 Isd it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; 3 Consider e your ways. 6 Ye have sown ƒ much, and bring in little; ye eat,g but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not God's judgment. filled with drink; ye clothe you, HAGGAI, II. B. C. 520. pierced. h ch.2. 16, 17. 5 or, it away. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and Ï will take pleasure in it, and I will i De.28.23. be glorified, saith the LORD. Ho.2.9. 1K.17.1. 2Ki.8.1. 9 Ye looked h for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow 5 upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because 1 Mal.2.7. of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 2Co.5.20. m Mat.28.20. 10 Therefore i the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and then ICo.12.4earth is stayed from her fruit. 11 And I called for a drought k upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground1 bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. 11. o Ezr.5.2,8. (CHAP. 2.) by the hand a Ezr.3.12. 12 T Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech the high priest, with all Zec.4.10. the remnant of the people, obeyed c Zec.8.9. the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the d ch.1.13. prophet, (as the LORD their God had sent him,) and the people did fear before the LORD. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger, in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, Im am with you, saith the LORD. eEx.29.45,46. Judgment pronounced. your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?b 4 Yet now be strong, c O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and bo strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for Id am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 5 According to the word e that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my Spirit fremaineth among you; fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and Ig 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: h and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, i and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory k of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, I saith the LORD of hosts. 10 T In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in tho 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 m concerning the law, saying, ƒ Ne.9.20. g Joel 3.16. Lu.3.27,46. 14 And the LORD n stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the reinnant of the people; and they o came and did work ink Jno.1.14. the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, i 1Ch.29.14. 2Co.3.9, 10. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch n any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, Soo 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. 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD. 16 Since those days were, when one p came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. 17 Ismote g 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. 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and Zechariah exhorteth. ZECHARIAH, I. Vision of horses. twentieth day of the nth month, B. C. 520. | 22 And I will overthrow u the even from the day r 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, s and the figtree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. 20 T 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 Judah, saying, I will shake t the heavens and the earth; r Zec.8.9,12. s Hab.3. 17,18. t ver.6,7. u Da.2.44. ¡v Mi.5.10. throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and Iv 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. 23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: w for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. ZECHARIAH. A. M. 3484....Year of Darius, king of Persia, 2. CHAPTER I. 1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance. B. C. 520. 7 The vision of the horses. 12 Je- a Hag.1.1. rusalem is comforted, etc. IN N the eighth month, in the second a year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah b the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 2 The LORD hath been 1 sore displeased c with your fathers. 3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turnd ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I e will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. b Ezr.5.1. 1 with dis- d Je.25.5. Mal.3.7. e Mi.7.19. Lu. 15.20. take. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto 2 or, overwhom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD f Ho.6.5. of hosts; Turn ye now from your g La.2.17. 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 2 take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thoughtg to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so h hath he dealt with us. h La.1.18. 8 I saw by night, and beholdi a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were therek red horses, 3 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 show 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. 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 T Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how longm wilt thou_not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these " threescore and ten years? 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good o words, and comfortable words. 14 So the angel that communed Je.25.11,12, with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I am jealous p for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at case: for Iq was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the afflic tion. Joel 2.18. 7T Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second p ch.8.2,3. year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the song Is.47.6. of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying Ob. 15, 17. |