Jerusalem measured. ZECHARIAH, II, III. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned r 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. B. C. 519. r Is. 12. 1. 4 good. s Is.51.3. t Is. 14.1. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through 4 prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; ands the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose ta Jerusalem. 18 ¶ Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters. 21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered u Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted upv their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. CHAPTER II. An angel sent to measure Jerusalem, and its flourishing state under God's protection foretold. I b Re. 11.1. e Ps.3.3. Is.60.19. f Ge. 19. 17. 51.6,45. k Is. 19.16. l Is. 12.6. 45. LIFTED up mine eyes again, m Is.54.1-3. and looked, and behold a man n 2C0.6.16. with a measuring-line in his hand. Re.21.3. 2 Then said I, Whither goest o De.32.9. thou? And he said unto me, To measure b Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited c as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a walld of fire round about, and will be the glory e in the midst of her. Pls.41.9. i the habita holiness. (CHAP. 3.) a Hag.1.1. That is, an adversary. Job 1.6. Ps. 109.6. 2 be his adversary. Restoration of the church. ¡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 T 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 nationsm shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people and I will dwell n in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And the LORD shall inherit o Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choosep Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of 1 his holy habitation. CHAPTER III. 1 Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of the Church promised. 8 Christ foretold. AND he showed me Joshua a the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan b standing at his right hand to 2 resist him. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke c thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand d plucked out of the fire? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with e filthy garments, and stood beforo 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 g from thee, and 1 will clothe thee with change h f raiment. 5 And I said, Let them set a fair i mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And Re. 12.9,10. the angel of the LORD stood hy. 6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, c Jude 9.23. d Am.4.11. Mat.22.11. Re.7.13,14. 19.8. 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and fleeƒ from the land of the north, saith f Ro.6.23. the LORD for Ig have spread you g 2Sa. 12. 13. abroad, as the four winds of the Is.6.5-7. heaven, saith the LORD. h Is.61.10. 7 Deliver h thyself, O Zion, that i ch.6.11. dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. nance. 4 walks. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my 3 charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts; and I will give thee 4 places to walk among these that stand by. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men bring forth my servant, the BRANCH. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, s of wonder, 5 wondered at: for behold I will After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you for he that toucheth you ik toucheth the apple of his eye. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone. shall be seven leyes: behold, I will Zerubbabel's foundation. ZECHARIAH, IV, V, VI. Babylon's ruin. engrave the graving thereof, saith B. C. 519. | Knowest thou not what these be? the LORD of hosts, and I will remove And I said, No, my lord. the iniquity of that land in one day. 1 her. 14 Then said he, These d are the by the LORD of the whole earth. 10 lu that day, saith the LORD of (CHAP. 4.) two 9 anointed ones, that stand e hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. CHAPTER IV. By the golden candlestick is foreshowed the good suecess of Zerubbabel's foundation. A ND the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2 or, seven a Ho.1.7. 3 or, army. b Ezr.3.8-13. 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, c Ezr.6.14, 15. and his seven lamps thereon, and 2 seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 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 a by 3 might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt 4 6 or, since stone of tin. by the ▾ empty out the gold. CHAPTER V. 1 By the flying roll, is showed the curse of thieves and of false swearers. 5 Babylon's ruin. HEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.a 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 1 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. 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter b into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth c falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and d shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 5 T 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, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 7 And behold, there was lifted up a 2 talent of lead: and this is a e woman 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 guiltless as lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. himself it doth. b Mal.3.5. 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 it an house in the land of Shinar : ƒ and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. CHAPTER VI. 1 The vision of the four chariots. 9 The temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch showed. AND 1 turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, ZECHARIAH, VII. Kingdom of Christ shown. there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the Captives reproved. unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently o obey the mountains were mountains of brass. (CHAP. 6.) voice of the LORD your God. 2 In the first chariot were red a horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled and 1 bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four 2 spirits of the heavens, which go forth b from standing c before the Lord of all the earth. a ch.1.8. or, strong. 2 or, winds, 43. 6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north f Le.8.9. country; and the white go forth g ch.3.8. after them; and the grizzled go 3 or, branch forth toward the south country. 7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk dh to and fro 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 e quieted my spirit in the north country. 9 T 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; up from 1 Pe.2.4,5. He.4.14-16. Col.1.2. m Mar. 14.9. o Ro.16.26. 2 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, f and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, 3 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is 'The BRANCH;g and he shall 3 grow up out of his place, and he shall build a the temple of the LORD: 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he i shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest k upon his throne and the に counsel of peace I shall be between them both. 18. or, be not or, Are not ye they that. 4 by the hand 5 these. of. Judge judgment of truth. 6 gave a backsliding shoulder. 1 made heavy, Is.6.10. c Ne.9.29. Eze.11.19. CHAPTER VII. 1 The captives inquire of fasting: 4 Zechariah reproveth them, 8 Sin the cause of their captivity. AND 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; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to 1 pray before the LORD, 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, 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 and seventh month, even those seventy years, a did ye at all fast unto me, b even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, 2 did ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7 3 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried 4 by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? 8 T And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, 5 Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and 6 pulled away the shoulder, and 7 stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant-stone,c lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit & by the former prophets : from the LORD of hosts. 14 And the crowns shall be to 8 by the hand therefore d came a great wrath Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of of. Zephaniah, for a memorial m in the e Je. 14.12. temple of the LORD. d Da.9.11. Mi.3.4. 15 And they that are far off n shall ƒ De.4.27. come and build in the temple of g De.28.33, the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me! 815 64. 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; e so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts. 14 But I scattered ƒ them with a whirlwind among all the nations whomg they knew not: thus the AGAIN the word of the LORD of b Is. hosts came to me, saying, 1.21,26. c Is.2.2,3. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I ad Je.31.23. was jealous for Zion with great e Is.65.20,22. jealousy, and I was jealous for her 1 multitude with great fury. of days. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am re-2 or, hard, or, turned unto Zion, and will dwell in difficult. the midst of Jerusalem: and Jeru-Ro.4.20,21. salem shall be b called, A city of truth; and the mountain of the Is. 11.11.12. LORD C of hosts, The holy d mountain. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; e There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for 1 very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereon. 43-5,6. 3 country of the going down of the sun, Mal.1.11. h ch.13.9. i Je.31. 1,33. k Je.4.2. Hag.2.4,&c. m Ezr.5.1,2. or, the hire of man become nothing. 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be 2 marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should fit also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD ofn hosts. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold Ig will save my people from the east country, and from the 3 west country; 8 And h I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and i they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in k truth and in righteousness. God encourageth to build. 13 And it shall come to pass, that r as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will 1 save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; s As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and repented not: I 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not, t 16 ¶ These are the things that ye shall do: Speak u ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 17 And let none of you imagine v evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath : for all these are things that 1 hate, saith the LORD. 18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth w month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, y shall be to the house of Judah joy z and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. Mat. 10.34-7 o Is. 11.13. 5 of peace, Ps.72.3. 36. p Ps.67.6.7. q ICo.3.21. r Je.42.18. s Je.31.28. t Lu. 12.32. u Ep.4.25. judge truth, and the judgment of peace. Pr.3.29. y Je.52.4. or, set times. a Ps. 122.1, 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, l ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day m that the founda-v tion of the house of the LORD of w Je.52.6,12. hosts was laid, that the temple x Je.41.1,2. might be built. 10 For before these days 4 there Es.8.17. or, solemn, was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the affliction: for n 1 set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now o I will not be unto the Ho.6.3. residue of this people as in the for-9 intreat the mer days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 For the seed shall be 5 prosperb ous; the vine shall give her fruit, and p the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all g these things. &c. 8 going, or, continually, face of, b Is.60.3,&c. (CHAP. 9.) a Am.1.3-8. Eze. XXVI. 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Leta us go & speedily to 9 pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many b people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. CHAPTER IX. 1 God defendeth his church. 9 Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ. THE of and of Hadrach, HE burden of the word of the and a Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 2 And Hamath also shall border XXVIII. thereby; Tyrus,b and Zidon, though it be very wise. Promises of victory. ZECHARIAH, X. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a B. C. 518. strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold, as the 1 bloods. mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her c Ps.34.7. out, and he will smite her power in d Jno, 12. 14, the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. e Is.45.21. 15. 2 or, saving 3 f or, whose Destruction of Jerusalem. subdue 4 with sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall 5 be filled like bowls and ask the corners of the altar. 16 And the LORD their God sha!l save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign m upon his land. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men 6 cheeris by blood, ful, and new wine the maids. CHAPTER X. Ex.24.8. He. 13.20. Is.61.1. 7 And I will take away his 1 bloodh out of his mouth, and his abomina-; Is.21.1. tions from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 8 And I will encamp c about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. 4 1 or,the stones of the sling. or, fill both the. k Le.4.18,25. m Is. 11. 12. 6 or, grow, 9 Rejoiced greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh (CHAP. 10-) unto thee: hee is just, and 2 having a De. 11.13, salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of 1 or, light an ass. 14. nings, phim, 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from 2 or, teraJerusalem, and the battle-bow.shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his domi-b Job 13.4. nion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends 3 or, answer of the earth. ed that. &c. 11 As for thee also, 3 by the blood c Eze.34.7, of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners fout of the pit were-4 visited in is no water. upon. 12 Turn you to the strong hold, Ca.1.9. ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will rendere Nu,24. 17, doubleg unto thee; 19. 13 When I have bent Judah for f Is.22.23. me, filled the bow with Ephraim, g Mal.4.3. and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrowh shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds i of the south. 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and 2 K 5 or, they shall make h Is.54.7-10. De.30.1-3. 817 SK 1 God is to be sought unto, and not 2 For the 2idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain:b therefore they went their way as a flock, they were 3 troubled, because there was no shepherd. 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, c and I 4 punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horsed in the battle. 4 Out of him came forth the corner, e out of him the nail, ƒ out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together. 5 T And they shall be as mighty men, which tread downg their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and 5 the riders on horses shall be confounded. 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for h 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 will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shalli 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 they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow k them among the people: and they shall remember 7 me in far countries: and they 52 |