B. C.
CHAPTER 1.

remnant of the people, obeyed the B. C. about 520. The prophet reproveth the people for neglecting to

voice of the LORD their God, and the about 520. build the Lord's house. He exhorteth them to build, 12 and promiseth them God's assistance.

Lord their God had sent him, and a Ezra 4. 24.

TN a the second year of Darius the the people did fear before the LORD. & 5. 1. Zech. 1 king, in the sixth month, in the 13 Then spake Haggai the Lord's 1. 1.

first day of the month, came the word messenger in the Lord's message unto + Heb. by the of the Lord + by Haggai the prophet the people, saying, 'I am with you, q Matt. 28. 20. hand of Hago | unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD.

Rom. 8. 31. | Or, captain. Il governor of Judah, and to Joshua | 14 And 'the LORD stirred up the r 2 Chr. 36. 22. b1 Chr. 3. 17, the son of a Josedech, the high priest, spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Sheal-| Ezra 1. 19. Ezra 3. 2. Matt. 1. 12.

tiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit sch. 2. 21. Luke 3. 27. 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, of Joshua the son of Josedech, the C Ezra 3. 2. & 5. 2.

| saying, This people say, The time is high priest, and the spirit of all the di Chr. 6. 15. not come, the time that the LORD's remnant of the people; tand they t Ezra 5. 2, 8. house should be built.

came and did work in the house of
3 Then came the word of the Lord the LORD of hosts, their God,
e Ezra 5. 1. e by Haggai the prophet, saying, 15 In the four and twentieth day of
2 Sam. 7. 2. | 4* Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell | the sixth month, in the second year
Ps. 132. 3,

in your ceiled houses, and this house of Darius the king.
lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD

CHAPTER II. + Heb. Set of hosts ; +& Consider your ways.

The glory of the latter house to be greater than that your heart on

of the former. 10 The work hindered by the sins of your ways.

the people. 20 God's promise to Zerubbabel. & Lam. 3. 40. in little; ye eat, but ye have not ver, 7.

enough; ye drink, but ye are not TN the seventh month, in the one h Deut. 28, 38, Hos. 4. 10.

filled with drink; ye clothe you, but I and twentieth day of the month, Mic, 6. 14,

there is none warm; and i he that came the word of the LORD † by the + Heb, by the 15. ch. 2. 16. earneth wages, earneth wages to put prophet Haggai, saying,

hand of. + Heb. pierced it into a bag + with holes.

| 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son through,

7 | Thus saith the Lord of hosts; of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and i Zech. 8. 10. Consider your ways.

to Joshua the son of Josedech, the 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring high priest, and to the residue of the wood, and build the house; and I will people, saying, take pleasure in it, and I will be glo- 3 a Who is left among you that saw a Ezra 3. 12. rified, saith the LORD.

this house in her first glory? and k ch. 2. 16. 9k Ye looked for much, and, lo, it how do ye see it now? bis it not in Zech. 4. 10. I ch. 2. 17.

came to little ; and when ye brought your eyes in comparison of it as Or, blow it it home, 'I did Il blow upon it. Why? | nothing ? away.

saith the LORD of hosts. Because of | 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubba c Zech. 8. 9. mine house that is waste, and ye run bel, saith the Lord; and be strong,

every man unto his own house. O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high m Lev. 26. 19. 10 Therefore m the heaven over you priest; and be strong, all ye people Deut. 28. 23. 1 Kings 8.

• is stayed from dew, and the earth is of the land, saith the LORD, and work : 35. stayed from her fruit.

for I am with you, saith the LORD of n 1 Kings 17. 11 And I called for a drought upon hosts : 1. 2 Kings 8.

the land, and upon the mountains, 1.

5 d According to the word that I d Ex. 29. 45,

46. and upon the corn, and upon the new covenanted with you when ye came wine, and upon the oil, and upon that out of Egypt, so emy Spirit remaineth Neh. 9. 20. which the ground bringeth forth, and among you : fear ye not.

Is. 63. 11. och. 2. 17. upon men, and upon cattle, and upon 6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; all the labour of the hands.

Yet once, it is a little while, and I f ver. 21. p Ezra 5. 2. 12 | Then Zerubbabel the son of will shake the heavens, and the earth,

Heb. 12. 28.

& Joel 3. 16. Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jos- | and the sea, and the dry land;

h Gen. 49. 10. edech, the high priest, with all the 7 And I will shake all nations, hand Mal. 3. 1.

Return from Babylon.

ZECHARIAH.

The Messiah promised.

eva

of

11.

B.C. 519.
CHAPTER II.

12 And the LORD said unto Satan, B. C. 519.

The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;
The vision of the anget about to measure Jerusalem.
6 God's people called upon to return from Babylon.

c Jude 9. 10 The promise of his presence.

d ch. 1. 17. rusalem rebuke thee: eis not this a

Rom. 8. 33. | LIFTED up mine eyes again, and brand plucked out of the fire ?

e Am. 4. 11. a Ez. 40.3. I looked, and behold a a man with a 3 Now Joshua was clothed with Rom. 11. 5.

Jude 23. measuring line in his hand. • * filthy garments, and stood before i Is. 64. 6.

2 Then said I, Whither goest thou ? the angel.
b Rev. 11. 1. And he said unto me, b To measure 4 And he answered and spake unto
& 21. 15, 16.

Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth those that stood before him, saying,
thereof, and what is the length there- Take away the filthy garments from

him. And unto him he said, Behold,
3 And, behold, the angel that talk- I have caused thine iniquity to pass
ed with me went forth, and another from thee, and I will clothe thee & Is. 61. 10.

Luke 15. 22. angel went out to meet him, with change of raiment.

Rev. 19. 8. 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to 5 And I said, Let them set a fair c Jer. 31. 27. this young man, saying, o Jerusalem h mitre upon his head. So they set a h Ex. 29. 6. Ez. 36. 10, shall be inhabited as towns without fair mitre upon his head, and clothed ch. 6. 11.

walls for the multitude of men and him with garments. And the angel
cattle therein :

of the LORD stood by.
*5 For I, saith the LORD, will be 6 And the angel of the LORD pro-
d Is. 26. 1. ch. unto her d a wall of fire round about, tested unto Joshua, saying,
9. 8.

e and will be the glory in the midst võ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If i Lev. 8. 35. e Is. 60. 19.

1 Kings 2.3. Rev, 21. 23, of her.

thou wilt walk in my ways, and if | Ez. 44. 16. 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee thou wilt i keep my l charge, then || Or, ordif Is. 48. 20. &

nance. from the land of the north, saith the thou shalt also k judge my house, and 52. 11. Jer.

k Deut. 17. 9. Lord: for I have 6 spread you abroad shalt also keep my courts, and I will Mal. 2. 7. *** 1. 14. & 50.8. & 51. 6, 45. as the four winds of the heaven, saith give thee + places to walk among these + Heb. walks. g Deut. 28. 64. the LORD.

| that 'stand by.

I ch. 4. 14. & Ez. 17, 21, h Rev. 18.4.1 g h Deliver thyself, 0 Zion, that 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high 6.5.

Jm Is. 8. 18. & dwellest with the daughter of Bab- priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit "20.93 ylon.

before thee: for they are mf men won- + Heb. men 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; dered at: for, behold, I will bring |

of wonder,

or, sign, as After the glory hath he sent me unto forth amy servant the ° BRANCH. Ez. 12. 11. &

24. 24. the nations which spoiled you: for he 9 For behold the stone that I have

n Is. 42. 1. & i Deut. 32. 10. that i toucheth you, toucheth the ap- laid before Joshua ; P upon one stone 49. 3,5. & 52.

13. & 53. 11. 2 Thess. 1.6.

shall be 9 seven eyes: behold, I will

Ez, 34. 23, k Is. 11. 15.& 19 For, behold, I will shake mine engrave the graving thereof, saith the 19. 16. hand upon them, and they shall be a LORD of hosts, and I will remove

1 o Is. 4.2. & 11.

1. Jer, 23. 5. I ch. 4. 9. spoil to their servants : and 'ye shall the iniquity of that land in one day. & 33. 15. ch. know that the LORD of hosts hath 10 In that day, saith the LORD of |

6. 12. Luke m Is. 12. 6. &

1. 78. 54. 1. Zeph. | sent me.

hosts, shall ye call every man his ' p Ps. 118. 22. 3. 14. | 10 | m Sing and rejoice, O daughter neighbour tunder the vine and under

Is. 28. 16. n Lev. 26. 12.

q ch. 4. 10. of Zion : for, lo, I come, and I will the fig tree. Ez. 37. 27.

Rev. 5.6. ch. 8. 3. dwell in the midst of thee, saith the

r Jer. 31. 34. & John 1. 14.

50. 20. Mic. 2 Cor. 6. 16. LORD.

CHAPTER IV.

7. 18, 19. ch. 0 Is. 2. 2, 3. | 11 ° And many nations shall be

13. 1. & 49. 22. &

De The vision of the golden candlestick, 5 and the ex-
planation thereof. 11 The two olive trees are the

sch. 2. 11. 60. 3, &c. C 8. 22, 23.

t 1 Kings 4. and shall be 9 my people: and I

two anointed ones.

25. Is. 36. 16. p ch. 3. 10. will dwell in the midst of thee, and

Mic. 4. 4.

AND a the angel that talked with 9 Ex. 12. 49.

a ch. 2. 3. r Ez. 33. 33.

rthou shalt know that the LORD of A me came again, and waked me, ver, 9.

hosts hath sent me unto thee. bas a man that is wakened out of his b Dan. 8. 18. 8 Deut. 32.9.

12 And the LORD shall & inherit Ju- | sleep, t ch. 1. 17. u Hab. 2. 20.

dah his portion in the holy land, and 2 And said unto me, What seest c Ex. 25. 31. Zeph. 1.7. It shall choose Jerusalem again. thou? And I said, I have looked, Rev. 1. 12. x Ps. 68.5. Is. 57. 15.

13 u Be silent, О all flesh, before the and behold ca candlestick all of gold, 1 Rev: 25.537. + Heb. the LORD: for he is raised up * out of this † with a bowl upon the top of it, I and ! Heb. with habitation of | holy habitation. his holiness,

her bowl. his seven lamps thereon, and ll seven

ll Or, seven Deut. 26. 15.

pipes to the seven lamps, which are "several pipes Is. 63. 15. CHAPTER III. upon the top thereof:

to the lamps,

&c. a Hag. 1.1. Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of Zion is 3 e And two olive trees by it, one

e ver. 11, 12 b Ps. 109.6. prefigured. 8 Messiah the Branch is promised. upon the right side of the bowl, and ! Rev. 11. 4. Rev. 12. 10. | That is, an

AND he shewed me a Joshua the the other upon the left side thereof. adversary. A high priest standing before the 4 So I answered and spake to the + Heb. to be

angel of the LORD, and b 11 Satan stand- angel that talked with me, saying, his advera

Ps. 17. 8.

nlo of his eye

24.

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