The golden candlestick. CHAPTER IV, V, VI. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; Pupon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour 'under the vine and under the tig-tree. CHAPTER IV. By the golden candlestick is foreshewed the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation, 1. 11 By the two olivetrees the two anointed ones. AND the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, b as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, Re. 5. 6. Je. 31. Lu. 1. 19. 34. & 50. See Jos. 20. Mi. 7. 3. 11, 13. 18,19. ch. ch. 6 5. 13. L. Sch. 2. 11 tiKi 4.25. Is. 36. 16. Mi. 4. 4. a ch. 2. 3 bDa.8.18. Ex. 25. 31. Re.1. 12. † Heb. with her bowl. d Ex. 25. 37. Re.1.5 ch. 3. 7. a Ez. 2.9 bMal.4.6. I Or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth Or, seven several pipes to the lamps, himself &c. guiltless, ever. 11, as it 12.Re.11. doth. 4. 2 And said unto me. What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick, all of gold, twith a bowl upon the top of it, dand his seven lamps thereon, and 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, He. 1.7. saying. What are these, my lord? Or, 5 Then the angel that talked army. with me answered and said unto 8 Je. 51. me, Knowest thou not what 25. Mat. these be? and I said, No, my lord. 21. 21. 6 Then he answered and spake Ps. 118. unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubhabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 12. ch. 8. Le. 19. 17.Mal.3. 7 Who art thou, O great 15. Or, mountain? before Zerubbabel ch.2.9, weighty thou shalt become a plain: and 11. & 6. piece. he shall bring forth the head-15. stone thereof with shoutings, 16.ch.2.8. crying, Grace, grace, unto it. 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel seven k have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt LORD know that the "LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the fplummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; Pthey are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and up- out of Vision of the flying roll 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, "These are the two fanointed ones, "that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. CHAPTER V. By the flying roll is shewed the curse of thieves and swearers, 1. 5 By a woman pressed in an ephah, the fnal damnation of Babylon. THEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying "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 bcurse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every 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 side, according to it. 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: of his house, and dshall consume and it shall remain in the midst it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 5 TThen 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 talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 8 And he said, This is wickededness. 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 lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. 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: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. CHAPTER VI. The vision of the four chariots, 1. 9 By the crowns of Joshua are shewed the temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch. ND I turned, and lifted up Amine byes, and looked, and Christ the Branch typified. behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot bblack horses; ZECHARIAH. ch. 1.8. the face || Or, d ch.5.10. 4. 1 Sa. 13. a De. 17. M.2 7 ch. 8. 19. Je.52.12 Is. 58. 5. dJe.41.1. ch. 8. 19. ch.1.1. 3 And in the third chariot whiteRe. 6.2.12.ch8.21 horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled and bay horses. strong. 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 spirits of the heavens, which go forth from fstanding before the Lord of all the earth. 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 Ps.10 Je.1.14. 10. 1. 14.6. f See Or, Hypocrisy in fasts reproved. CHAPTER VII. AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius,that the word of the LORD came unto Zeninth month, even in Chisleu; chariah in the fourth day of the 2 When they had sent unto the house of God, Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, ito pray before the LORD, which were in the house of the 3 And to speak unto the priests LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in b the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? be not ye4 TThen came the word of the they walk to and fro through the Ge. 13. Heb. by 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 quieted my spirit in the north country. 9 T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, i Ju. 8.3 8.16.Mat. 17. ch. 1. the hand 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;k 11 Then take silver and gold, and make kcrowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The "BRANCH; 1. 45. and he shall grow up out of his place, "and he shall build the temple of the LORD: 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall under bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne: and Phech. 4.9. 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 15 And they that are far off shoulder † Heb. heavy. & 36. 26, hand of. 18.22.24. P2Ch. 36. 4.He.3.1. 16. Da. P Ps.110. nor the fatherless, the stranger 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearkder, and stopped their ears, en, and pulled away the shoulthat they should not hear. 12 Yea, they made their "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: Ptherefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. that as he cried, and they would 13 Therefore it is come to pass, not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD 4 Ex. 12. 9Pr.1.24, of hosts: il. 9. The restoration of Jerusalem, 1. 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. B. C. 28. B. C. A promise of God's blessing hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked Na. 1. 2. Je. 31. me to wrath, saith the LORD of cli 1.14. hosts, and I repented not: a2Ch.36. bch.1.16. 15 So again have I thought in 16.ch.1.6. these days to do well unto JeCch.2.10. dis.l. 21, bch. 7.9. rusalem and to the house of Ju26. dah: fear ye not.. els.2.2, 3. ver. 19. AGAIN the word of the LORD titude Pr.3.29. ch.7.10. deh.5.3.4. 7. Je.52 6, holy mountain. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from fthe west country; 21. solemn, I Or, or, set 12.&435, 18.35.10. 1 Is. 2. 3. tinually See Ps. 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: k and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteous-kJe.30.22 † Heb. to &31.1,33. entreat the face of the LORD. ch. 7.2. ness. 9 Thus saith the LORD of ch. 13.9. hosts; m Let your hands bele. 4. 2. strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the 4.ver.18. 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. 10 For before these days there was no P hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the afflic-P tion: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. 19.60.3. &c.& 66. 18. 3. 6. & 4. L. Hag. 2. 1,2. Ezra 5. 'Hag. 2. 2. 18. 25. Hag. 6,9, 10.& cir. 587. 12h. 20. 145, 15. els. 23. HO.2.21. Ez, 26, & 22.Joel 2. 27, & 28. 22.Hag.2. Am. 1.9. 19. 16 T These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour, fexecute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and d love no false 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: CHAPTER IX. the LORD in the land of Ha- 12 For the seed shall be tprosfruit, and the ground shall give of peace. perous; the vine shall give her ↑ Heb. her increase, and the heavens Ps.67.6. shall give their dew; and I will See cause the remnant of this peo-1.18 Hag.1.10. 3, &c. ple to possess all these things. 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were "a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house 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 Christ s coming foretold. ish 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. ZECHARIAH. ch. 2. 5. B. C. God is to be sought unto: cir. 587. ASK ye of the LORD brain in the time of the latter rain; Je.14.22 80 the LORD shall make bright b De. 11. clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. 14. C Job 29. Or, d Je. 10.8. 7 And I will take away his 10 And I will cut off the char- Job13.4. Mat.21.5. that, &c. Jn. 1. 49. † Heb. 2. 22. 19. 13. Ep. 2.14, 119.22.23. 17. m Ps. 18. "Ps.72.8. 42. Or. ! Or, whose co they 12 T Turn you to the strong venantis shall hold, ye prisoners of hope: blood, make the even to-day do I declare that ix. 24.8. riders on will render double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons. O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. He.10.29. horses & 51. 14. "Je.3.18. Ez.37.21. 7. & 61. 1. 6. Is. 5. 26. $18.49.19. 2 For the df idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they "comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled f because there was no shepherd. 3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and It punishhosts bhath visited his flock the ed the goats: for the LORD of house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together. 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and 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 "have mercy upon them and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and Pwill hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall shall rejoice in the LORD. see it, and be glad; their heart 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 them among the people: and they shali "remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 10 I will bring them again also Ho.2.23. out of the land of Egypt, and "De.30.1. gather them out of Assyria: and Is.1LI1, I will bring them into the land 16.Ho.11. of Gilead and Lebanon; and place 11. Yshall not be found for them. YIs.49.20. 11 And he shall pass through 21s.11.15, the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall ria shall be brought down, and dry up: and "the pride of Assy bthe sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go b with bls. 21. 1. whirlwinds of the south. Or,sub15 The LORD of hosts shall de- due the fend them; and they shall devour stones of and | subdue with sling-stones; the sling. and they shall drink, and make Or, a noise as through wine; and shall fill they shall be filled like bowls, both the and as "the corners of the altar. bowls, &c. 16 And the LORD their God shall CLe.4 18. save them in that day as the flock 25. De.12 of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted d1s. 62. 3. a1s.14.25. 27. up as an ensign upon his land. 17 For fhow great is his goodness, and how great is his beau-Is.11.12. ty! corn shall make the young fPs.31.19. 13. men cheerful, and new wine Joel 3. the maids. 3 There is a voice of the howl-1 Or, the ing of the shepherds; for their defenced glory is spoiled: a voice of the forest. roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; "Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and dhold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich and their own shepherds pity them not. с ver. 7. Je. 2. 3. & 50. 7. De. 29. 19.Ho.12. 8. make to befound. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but lo, I will tdeliver the men every one into his neigh-† Heb. bour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, 50 poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 3 Three shepherds also I cut off bin one month; and my soul floathed them, and their soul al so abhorred me. 9 Then said I, 1 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 tof another. 10 T And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I had made with all the people. I might break my covenant which 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the Block that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they I weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. m Je. 23.1. 12, 13. Is. 42. 5. & 48. 13. 22.Ec.12. 7. Is. 57. 9. Is.51.17, 22, 23. Or, slumber, or, poi son. f ver. 4. 5. Judah 2. in siege shall be against Jerusa dver.4.6. 8,9,11. & ch. 13. 1. & 14.4,6, 8, 9, 13. Ho.5.7. † Heb. was straiten- lem. ed for them. Je. 15. & 43. 11. + Heb. low, or, of his fel. neigh bour. Or, the poor of There is the flock, strength &c. certo me tainly and to knew. Mat. 21. 44. fPs. 76.6. Ez. 38. 4. Or, the inhabitants, &c. Joel Ob. 18. Zeph. 3. 12. ver.7. 3. 16. If it be good in your eyes. Mat. 26. 10. Or, abject. 15. 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a good-† Heb. ly 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 || Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. See + Heb. Ex.21.32. fallen. m Mt. 27. i Hag. 2 15 T And the LORD said unto 9, 12. 22. ver.3. me, "Take unto thee yet the in-Or, kJe.31.9. struments of a foolish shepherd. Binders. 50. 4. 16 For lo, I will raise up a shop- "Ez.34.2, E2.39.29. herd in the land, which shall not 3, 4 Joel2.28. The restoring of Judah. visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, || nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Wo to the idol shepherd that leaveth 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, Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself, 1, 3 and a burdensome stone to her adversaries. 6 The victorious restoring of Judah. 9 The repentance of Jerusalem. THE burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foun dation of the earth, and bformeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the People round about when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 Td And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cutin pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. I will smite every horse with 4 In that day, saith the LORD, astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine and will smite every horse of eyes upon the house of Judah, the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. 6 T In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth 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. 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 lu that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and bhe that is t feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9 T. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to idestroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 kAnd I will pour upon the |