Hypocritical fasting reproved.

Before CHRIST

cir. 519.

y 1 Sam. 2 20.

Mark 14, 9.

19

CHAPTER VII....VIII.

CHRIST 518.

The restoration of Jerusalem. 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to To- and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Je Before bijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zepha-rusalem shall be called, A city of truth; and the niah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. mountain of the LORD of hosts, The holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, There shall yet is. old men and old women dwell in the streets of Je- d Isaiab 1, rusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand Rev. 21, 27 for very age.

15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD; and ye shall know that Isaiah 57, 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.

518.

a ch. 1, 1.

CHAPTER VII.

1 The captives inquire of fasting; 4 Zechariah reproveth
them....8 Sin the cause of their captivity.

e 2 Cor. &

e Isaiah 65 Zeph 3, 5.

5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys 20,22 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, Gen. 18, LORD of hosts.

14.

AND it came to pass, in the fourth year of king should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Mat. 19, 25.

Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even b Neh. 1, 1. in Chisleu;

Mal. 2, 7.

d Deut. 93,

10.

verse 2.

15.

b

c

2 When they had sent unto the house of God, Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,

16, 19.

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will Ezek. 37, 'save my people from the east country, and from the Rom. 11,25, west country;

b

27.

Amos 9, 14

8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell h Jer. 3, 12 in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in right

3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the
house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, say-eousness.

Joel 2 ing, Should I weep in the fifth month, s separating

myself, as I have done these so many years?

4 1 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the 1 Cor. 7, & priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the Isa. 58, & fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

12 Kings 25, 25.

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be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by

2 John verse &

Ezrn 8, 8.

91 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 'Let your handslag. 24 the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

m

16.

10 For before these days there was 'no hire for lag. 2, 6, man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of m 2Chron. 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, the affliction: for I set all men every one against k Isaiah 1, did not ye eat 'for yourselves, and drink for your-his neighbour. selves?

12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her Pincrease, P. Deut. 28, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will Psal. 67, 6. 81 And the word of the LORD came unto Zecha-cause the remnant of this people to possess all these q riah, saying, things.

23.

1 Tim. 4, &

9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Exe- 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were 'ar Deut 23, n Mic. 6, 8. cute "true judgment, and shew mercy and compas-curse among the heathen,O house of Judah,and house 37. sions every man to his brother: of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to tEzek 20, 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away} wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I "repented Acts 7, 57. the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should { not; not hear. 15 So again have I thought in these days to do chap. 1, 6. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an a adamant-well unto Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah: fear stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words ye not. which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by 16 These are the things that ye shall do, Speak Ps. 15, 5. the former prophets: therefore came a great wrathye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute y Eph. 4, 25. from the LORD of hosts. the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 17 And let none of you "imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: f all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. 18 T And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,

cir. 587.

a Isa. 18, 1. 23, 33.

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CHAPTER IX.

God to be sought unto, &c.

a

they shall be filled ike bowls, and as the corners
of the altar.

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16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, fifted up as an ensign upon his land.

C

Before CHRIST cir. 587.

a Lev. 4, 18. b John 10, 11.

17 For how great is his goodness, and how great ePs. $1, 19 is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men 'cheer- d Isa. 57, ful, and new wine the maids.

CHAPTER X.

1 God defendeth his church....9 Zion is exhorted to rejoice for 1 God is to be sought unto, and not idols....5 As he visited his
the coming of Christ.

a

Jer 3 THE burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be t'e rest} thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

b 2 Chr. 20, Ps. 145, 9,

12.

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2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

c

3 And Tyrus did build herself a "strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire e Job 27, 16. of the streets.

2.

flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.

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3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, Mat. 9, 36. and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts d Isa. 56, hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall Isa 26,17. see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her? 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be in-oppressor together. habited.

10, 11.
e Isa. 14, 9.
Ezek. $4,17.
f Zeph. 1,

16.3, 6.

g Isa. 22,

24.

5 And they shall be as "mighty men, which tread 25,25 down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the Gen. 49, battle and they shall fight, because the LORD is Pa. 18, 41. with them, and the riders on horses shall be con- iRom. 8, 51. founded.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them k Jet. 3, 12 again to place them: for I have mercy upon them; & 23, 8. and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: 1Jer. 16, 13. for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall "smite the waves in the sea, and all u Rev. 16, the deeps of the river shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

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x Hos. 3, 5.

12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; John 15, 5. and they shall walk up and down in his name, y Mic. 4.5. saith the LORD.

CHAPTER XI.

1 The destruction of Jerusalem....4 By a type is shewed
Christ's care of his flock.

a

Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire 2410, 17.

Josh. 10, whirlwinds of the south.

Rev. 19, 7, 18.

15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling-stones; and they shall drink, and inake a noise as through wine; and

b Ezek. 17, Luke 19, 43,

2 Howl, fir-tree; for the cedar is fallen; because s the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Ba- 4 shan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

Mat. 15, 6. 14.

e Rev. 18, 11, 16.

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4 Thus saith the LORD my God, ' Feed the flock of the slaughter,

The repentance of Jerusalem. horse with astonishment, and his rider with mad- Before ness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house CRIST of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

h

587.

Jer. 30,17.

& 39, 12.

14.

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their Obadiah 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold them-heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my verse strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

1 Rev. 12, 6. selves not guilty; and they that 'sell them say, Acts 12, 1. Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich and their John 16,2. Own shepherds pity them not.

6 For I will no more 'pity the inhabitants of the .2 Pet. 2, 3. land, saith the LORD; but, lo, I will deliver the men Mic. 3, 11. every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the Jam. 2,13 hand of his "king; and they shall smite the land, m Mat. 2, 1. and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, n verse 4. Opoor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; Mat. 11, the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Luke 15,4. P Bands: and I fed the flock.

p Mat. 13,

30.

5.

q Mat. 3, 7.

r Mat. 27,

37.

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 Rev. 22 be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

11.

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of r Joel 2, 28, grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon, John 19, 11 And it was broken in that day: and so theme whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn 34. Mat. 11,5." poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall it was the word of the Lord. be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

Mat. 26,

z Gen. 37,

12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the Mat. 27, potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Ho. 1, 6, Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Rom. 11, 20. Judah and Israel.

N that day there shall be a fountain opened to a John 19, the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Rev. 1, 5, 6.

e Ezex. 34, the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his rightJerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

2.

John 10, 13. eye: his farm shall be clean dried up, and his rightLORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of t 1 Sam. 2, eye shall be utterly darkened.

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the idols cut of the land, and they shall no more de remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

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34.

b 1 Pat. 1,

d 2 Pet. 2, 1, 2

3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that e Deut. 18, begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; Num. 25, 8. for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD f1 Tim. and his father and his mother that begat him shall 2 thrust him through when he prophesieth.

g Pr. 7, 28.

1.8.

4 And it shall come to pass in that c that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of...9 vision, 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem da bur-when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear 2 Kings densome stone for all people: all that burden them-" a rough garment to deceive: 14.& 16, 13, selves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the 5 But he shall say, I am no 'prophet, I am a huspeople of the earth be gathered together against it. § bandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from 2 Thes. S 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will 'smite every my youth

14.

! Pr. 75, 5 83, 17.

Mat. 7, rs.

i Josh. 7, 19

10

7 T'Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, Mar 26, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the ° little ones.

m Heb. 13, 20.

n Mat. 26,

31.

T

Before CHRIST 710.

r Isa. 2, 2.

The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his } name one. 10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem: and it shall chap. 4, 7. be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benja- s ch. 12, 6. min's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine-presses.

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

9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God. CHAPTER XIV.

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11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be Jer. 31,38, no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

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a Jer. 23, 6.
Rev. 22,3.
x Ps. 90, 11.

12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away y Acts 12, while they stand upon their feet, and their 'eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

b

a

23.

z Acts 13,

11.

a Luke 16,

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a 24 1 The destruction of Jerusalem....3 The coming of Christ, and great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; b 2 Sam. 5, the graces of his kingdom, &c. and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his

24.

c

22.

BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the 27,

15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the 22,23, beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

g

e Num. 31, Isa. 30, 22 verse 12.

f Isa. 86,23.

g Phil. 2, 8

h Deut. 28, Isa. 30, 23.

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18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain, there shall be the Micah 7,5, plague wherewith the LORD will smite the hea- Isa. 19,22, then, that come not upto keep the feast of tabernacles.

& 65, 13.

19 This shall be the || punishment of Egypt, and John 3, 18. the punishment of all nations that come not up to & 12, 48. keep the feast of tabernacles.

20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

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21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem, and in Judah, shall be Holiness unto the LORD of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and see the therein and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

¶ MALACHI.

Malachi complaineth of Israel's unkindness, 6 of their irreli-
giousness, 12 and profaneness.

a

THE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel

by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, saith the LORD: yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not EsauJacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

e

3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and Mahis heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Isa. 60, 7.

Ezek. 46, 22, 24.

alal. 1, 11.

I Isa. 35, 8.
Rev. 21, 27

4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, g Jer. 49, 7 but we will return and build the desolate places; h Isa. 9, 9. thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The Rev. 13, 2 i border of wickedness, and, The people against P., 10 whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

1 Ps. 35, 26,

12.

5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The 27. LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. mEx 2 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a "father, where is mine honour? 17

ni Pet.

14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith 1 Tim. 6, the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among} Rev. 6, 10. the heathen.

AND now, O ye priests, this commandment is B shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, fas