+ Heb. Set your heart on your ways.

g Lam. 3. 40. ver. 7.

d

2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,
saying, This people say, The time is
not come, the time that the LORD's
house should be built.

3 Then came the word of the LORD
by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell
in ceiled houses, and this house
your
lie waste?

5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD
of hosts; + Consider your ways.

h

6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye are filled with

remnant of the people, obeyed the
voice of the LORD their God, and the
words of Haggai the prophet, as the
LORD their God had sent him, and
the people did fear before the LORD.
13 Then spake Haggai the LORD'S
messenger in the LORD's message unto
the people, saying, I am with you,
saith the LORD.

14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ' governor of Judah, and the spirits of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they t Ezra 5. 2, 8. came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

CHAPTER II.

The glory of the latter house to be greater than that
of the former. 10 The work hindered by the sins of
the people. 20 God's promise to Zerubbabel.

N the month, in the one

h Deut. 28, 38. Ellough it drink, ye clothe you, but I and twentieth day of the month,

28.38.

Hos. 4. 10.

Mic. 6. 14,

15. ch. 2. 16.

+ Heb. pierced through.

i Zech. 8. 10.

k ch. 2. 16.
1 ch. 2. 17.
Or, blow it
away.

there is none warm; and he that
earneth wages, earneth wages to put
it into a bag † with holes.

7 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Consider your ways.

8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

k

came the word of the LORD by the + Heb. by the prophet Haggai, saying,

2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

a

hand of.

a Ezra 3, 12.

3 à Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in b Zech. 4. 10. your eyes in comparison of it as

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, 'I did blow upon it. Why? nothing? " saith the LORD of hosts. Because of 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubba- 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 10 Therefore m the heaven over you priest; and be strong, all ye people Deut. 28. 23. is stayed from dew, and the earth is of the land, saith the LORD, and work: stayed from her fruit. for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:

Return from Babylon.

B. C. 519.

a Ez. 40. 3.

b Rev. 11. 1. & 21. 15, 16.

c Jer. 31. 27. Ez. 36. 10,

11.

9.8.

CHAPTER II.

ZECHARIAH.

The vision of the angel about to measure Jerusalem.
6 God's people called upon to return from Babylon.
10 The promise of his presence.

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The Messiah promised.

2 And the LORD said unto Satan,

d

The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: e is not this a

LIFTED up mine eyes again, and brand plucked out of the fire?

measuring line in his hand.

2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, bTo measure 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,

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4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein :

5 For I, saith the LORD, will be

d Is. 26. 1. ch. unto her da wall of fire round about, * and will be the glory in the midst of her.

e Is. 60. 19. Rev. 21. 23.

9 For, behold, I will shake mine 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 ¶m 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 nations shall be 60. 3, &c. ch. joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and

8. 22, 23.

p ch. 3. 10.

q Ex. 12. 49.

r Ez. 33. 33. ver. 9.

8 Deut. 32.9. t ch. 1. 17.

u Hab. 2. 20. Zeph. 1. 7. x Ps. 68.5.

Is. 57. 15.

+ Heb. the

B. C. 519.

c Jude 9.
d ch. 1. 17.
Rom. 8. 33.

e Am. 4. 11.
Rom. 11. 5.
Jude 23.

3 Now Joshua was clothed with f filthy garments, and stood before f Is. 64. 6. 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 from thee, and I will clothe thee Is. 61. 10. with change of raiment.

h

5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.

6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,

Luke 15. 22.
Rev. 19. 8.

h Ex. 29. 6. ch. 6. 11.

i Lev. 8. 35.
1 Kings 2. 3.
Ez. 44. 16.

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then | Or, ordithou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee † places to walk among these + Heb. walks. that 'stand by.

8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee for they are m† men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth "my servant the ° BRANCH.

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 p Ps. 118. 22. neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.

t

CHAPTER IV.

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

thou shalt know that the LORD of AND the angel that talked with

hosts hath sent me unto thee.

12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and tshall choose Jerusalem again.

13 " Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of this

habitation of holy habitation.

his holiness,

Deut. 26. 15.
Is. 63. 15.

a Hag. 1. 1. b Ps. 109.6. Rev. 12. 10. That is, an adversary. † Heb. to be his adversary.

CHAPTER III.

Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of Zion is
prefigured. 8 Messiah the Branch is promised.

me came again, and waked me,

Is. 28. 16. q ch. 4. 10. Rev. 5. 6.

r Jer. 31. 34. &
50. 20. Mic.
7. 18, 19. ch.
13. 1.

s ch. 2. 11.
t 1 Kings 4.
25. Is. 36. 16.
Mic. 4. 4.

a ch. 2. 3.

b as a man that is wakened out of his b Dan. 8. 18. sleep,

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, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

3 e And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and

AND he shewed me * Joshua the the other upon the left side thereof.

b

high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and | Satan standing at his right hand † to resist him.

4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

c Ex. 25. 31.
Rev. 1. 12.

Rev. 4. 5.
Heb. with

d Ex. 25. 37.

her bowl. || Or, seven several pipes to the lamps, &c.

e ver. 11, 12. Rev. 11. 4.