Jerusalem's restoration. ZECHARIAH, VIII, IX. land was desolate after them, that B. C. 518. no man passed through nor return God encourageth to build. 13 And it shall come to pass, that r as ye were a curse among the hea ed: for they laid the 9 pleasant 9 land of de- then, O house of Judah, and house land h desolate. CHAPTER VIII. sire. h Da.8.9. of Israel; so will 1 save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but 1 Jerusalem's restoration. 9 They are (CHAP. 8.) let your hands be strong. encouraged to the building by God's favour to them. GAIN the word of the LORD of AGAIN the word of the Lo a ch. 1.14-16. b Is. 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. 2 or, hard, or, difficult. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jeru-fRo.4.20,21. salem shall be b called, A city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD C of hosts, The holy d moun tain. 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. 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 of 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. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day m that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 10 For before these days 4 there 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 I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now o I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the for-9 mer days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 For the seed shall be 5 prosperDas; the vine shall give her fruit, nd p the ground shall give her inrease, and the heavens shall give eir dew; and I will cause the mnant of this people to possess Is.11.11.12. 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. 1 Hag.2.4,&c. m Ezr.5.1,2. or, the hire of man become nothing. 4 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 T And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth wo 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. 36. 5 of peace, Ps.72.3. p Ps.67.6,7. q 1Co.3.21. 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 I 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 burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, 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 thereby; Tyrus,b and 7idon, though Promises of victory. ZECHARIAH, X. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold, as the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in 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. bloods. c Ps.34.7. e Is.45.21. 15. 2 or, saving 3 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 shall 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. Ex.24.S. He. 13.20. f Is.61.1. 7 And I will take away his 1 bloodh Ps. 144.6. out of his mouth, and his abomina-i 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 4 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. 5 or,the stones the. k Le.4.18,25. m Is. 11.12. 6 or, grow, 9 Rejoice d greatly, O daughter an ass. 14. or, light- Ju. 17.5. 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from 2 Jerusalem, 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 where-4 visited in is no water. upon. 12 Turn you to the strong hold, d Ca. 1.9. ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render e Nu.24. 17, double g unto thee; 19. 13 When I have bent Judah for ƒ Is.22.23. me, filled the bow with Ephraim, g Mal.4.3. and raised up thy sons, Ò Zion, 5 or, they against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. shall make h Is.54.7-10. 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, i ch.9. 15. and shall go with whirlwinds i of kRo. 11. 11-15. CHAPTER X. 1 God is to be sought unto, and not ASK ve of the LORD rain a in the 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, f out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together. 5 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 Destruction of Jerusalem. ZECHARIAH, XI, XII. shall live with their children, and B. C. 518. turn again. 10 I will bring them again also m Is.49.20. out of the land of Egypt, and ga-1 ther them out of Assyria; and In Col.2.6. will bring them into the land of Gi- (CHAP. 11.) lead and Lebanon; and m place shall not be found for them. 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all 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. 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk n up and down in his name, saith the LORD. CHAPTER XI. 1 or, gal. lants. 2 or, defenc ed forest. 3 make to be 4 or, verily c Mat. 11.5. Judah restored. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 And I said unto them, If 9 ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirtye pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: f 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 10 Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 15 T And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments 1 The destruction of Jerusalem. 4 By 5 or, Binders. of a foolish shepherd. Oryday's, volebnyon, that PEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that 2 Howl, fir-tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the 1 mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the 2 forest of the vintage is come down. 3 There is a voice of the howl-8 ing of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 4 Thus saith the LORD my God;a Feed the flock of the slaughter, 5 Whose possessors slay them, and d Ho.5.7. 6 was strait- or, neigh- or, the poor, tainly knew 9 it be good e Ex.21.32. Mar.27.3-10. 10 or, Binders hold themselves not guilty: and them. 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, 4 even you, O poor c of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called 5 Bands; and I fed the flock. 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month;d and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 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 be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of 7 another. 10 T And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that 1 might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 13. (CHAP. 12.) 1 or, slumber, 2 or, and also he be which a Mat.21.44. 3 or, There is to me and habitants, Joel 3.16. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be 11 cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor that that standeth still: but he heal that that is broken, nor 12 feed shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Wo to the idol shepherd that leavethg the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. CHAPTER XII. 6 The victorious restoring of Judah. 10 The repentance of Jerusalem. burden of the word of the TLORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of 1trembling unto all the people round about, 2 when they shall be in the siege both against Judah, and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone a for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 4 In that day, saith the LORD I will smite every horse b with astonishment, and his rider with madness and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 3 The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. 6 T In that day will I make the Purgation for Jerusalem. 4 ZECHARIAH, XIII, XIV. governors of Judah like an hearth B. C. 518. of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. fallen, or, abject, Mi.7.8. c He.11.34. The LORD also shall save the d Jno.17.21tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do e Is.54.17. not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is 4 feeble c among them at that day shall be as David: and the house of David shall be as God, d as the angel of the LORD before them. f Je.31.9. 23. g Ps.51.12. Ro.8.26. i Mat.24.30. Jno. 19.34. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy k Ac.2.37. e all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 12Ch.25.22 25. 5 families, families. 10 And f I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, g and of supplications; h and they shall look upon me whom m 2Sa.5. 14. they have pierced, and they shall mourn i for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in n Pr.9.12. bitterness for his first-born. 6 or, Simeon, as LXX. IN CHAPTER XIII. 1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem 2 from idolatry, and false prophesy: 7 The death of Christ,etc. N that day there shall be a a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for 1 uncleanness. 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off b the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more c be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit d to pass out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass, that Re. 1.5. 7.13,14. separation for uncleanness. b Ex.23.13. Ps. 16.4. Is.2.18,20. d Lu.11.20. e De. 13.6,9. Mi.3.6,7. 2 garment of The coming of Christ. when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD and his father and his mother that begat him shall e thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every ƒ one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a 2 rough garment to 3 deceive: 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet. I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my g fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite h the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein 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 retined, and wili try them as gold i 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. 1 The destruction of Jerusalem: 3 The coming of Christ, and the grace of his kingdom, etc. BEHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city a shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 T And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east ; and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall re The plague of MALACHI, I. move toward the north, and half of 7 But. 6 it shall be one day, which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. Jerusalem's enemies. the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and f his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. 14 And 11 Judah also shall fight valley of 12 at Jerusalem; and the wealth tains to the 9 of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD,and his naine one. 10 All the land shall be 8 turned as a plain, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and it shall be 10 or, alide, lifted up, and inhabited in her elsa. 14. 15,20. place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the f Eze.38.21. 11 or,thou also corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine-12 or, against. O Judah. presses. 11 And men shall dwell in it, and |