CHAPTER An exhortation restauration of Israel: every morning doeth hee bring his iudgement to light, he faileth not but the uniust knoweth no shame. I have cut off the nations: their towres are desolate, I made their streetes waste, that none passeth by their cities are destroied, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. I said, Surely thou wilt feare mee: thou wilt receive instruction: so their dwelling should not bee cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. Therefore waite ye upon mee, sayth the LORD, untill the day to wait for the that I rise up to the pray for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdomes to powre upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shalbe devoured with the fire of my iealousie. For then will I turne to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the Name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed shal bring mine offring. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that reioyce in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of mine holy mountaine. I will also leave in the middest of thee an afflicted and poore people: and they shall trust in the Name of the LORD. The remnant of Israel shall not doe iniquitie, nor speake lies: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feede, and lie downe, and none shall make them afraid. and to reioyce for their salvation by God. The Sing, O daughter of Zion: shout, O Israel: be glad and reioyce with all the heart, O daughter of Ierusalem. The LORD hath taken away thy iudgements, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even the LORD is in the middest of thee: thou shalt not see evill any more. In that day it shall be said to Ierusalem, Feare thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slacke. LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mightie: hee will save, he will reioyce over thee with ioy: hee will rest in his love, hee will ioy over thee with singing. I will gather them that are sorrowfull for the solemne assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproch of it was a burden. Behold, at that time I will undoe all that afflict thee, and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out, and I will get them praise and fame in every land, where they have beene put to shame. At that time will I bring you againe even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turne backe your captivitie before your eyes, saith the LORD. HAGGAI CHAPTER I IN the second yeere of Darius the king, in the Haggai resixt moneth, in the first day of the moneth came proveth the the worde of the LORD by Haggai the Prophet neglecting people for unto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, gover- the building nour of Iudah, and to Iosuah the sonne of Iose- of the house. dech the high priest, saying; Thus speaketh the LORD of hostes, saying; This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORDS house should be built. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying; Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled houses, and this house lie waste? Nowe therefore thus saith the LORD of hostes; Consider your wayes. Yee have sowen much and bring in litle : ye eate, but ye have not inough: yee drinke, but yee are not filled with drinke: yee cloth you, but there is none warme : and hee that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Consider your wayes. Goe up Hee inciteth to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build the house; and I them to the building. will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and loe it came to litle : and when yee brought it home, I did blow upon it: Why, saith the LORD of hostes? because of mine house that is waste, and yee runne every man unto his owne house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is staied from her fruite. And I called for a drought upon the land and upon the mountaines, and upon the corne, and upon the new wine, and upon the oyle, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattell, and upon all the labour of the hands. Then Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iosuah the sonne He promiseth Gods assistance of Iosedech the high priest, with all the remnant of the people to them being obeyed the voyce of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai forward. the Prophet (as the LORD their God had sent him) and the people did feare before the LORD. Then spake Haggai the LORDS mes CHAPTER I He incourageth Temple, then was in the first. In the type, of holy things and uncleane, hee sheweth their sinnes hindred the worke. senger in the LORDS message unto the people, saying; I am with you, saith the LORD. And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel governour of Iudah, and the spirit of Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came and did worke in the house of the LORD of hostes their God: in the foure and twentieth day of the sixt moneth, in the second yeere of Darius the King. CHAPTER II N the seventh moneth, in the one and twentith day of the moneth, came the word of the LORD by the Prophet Haggai, saying; Speake now to Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, governour of Iudah, and to Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, Who is left among you that sawe this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it, as nothing? Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD, and bee strong, O Ioshua, sonne of Iosedech the high Priest, and be strong all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and worke: (for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts,) according to the word that I covenanted with you, when ye came out of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth among you, Feare ye not. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, Yet once, it is a litle while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the drie land. And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of this latter house shal be greater then of the former, saith the LORD of hostes and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hostes. In the foure and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, in the second yeere of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the Prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Aske now the priests concerning the law, saying, If one beare holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt doe touch bread or pottage, or wine, or oile, or any meate, shall it be holy? and the priests answered and said, No. Then said Haggai, If one that is uncleane by a dead body, touch any of these, shal it be uncleane? and the priests answered and said, It shalbe uncleane. Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD, and so is every worke of their hands, and that which they offer there, is uncleane. And now I pray you consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a II stone in the Temple of the LORD. Since those dayes were, when CHAPTER one came to an heape of twentie measures, there were but ten: when one came to the presse-fatte for to draw out fiftie vessels out of the presse, there were but twentie. I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with haile in all the labours of your hands: yet yee turned not to me, saith the LORD. Consider now from this day, and upward from the foure and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, even from the day that the foundation of the LORDS Temple was laid, consider it. Is the seed yet in the barne? yea, as yet the vine and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the Olive tree hath not brought foorth: from this day will I blesse you. And againe the worde of the LORD came unto Haggai in the Gods promise to foure and twentieth day of the moneth, saying, Speake to Zerub- Zerubbabel. babel governor of Iudah, saying, I wil shake the heavens and the earth. And I will overthrow the throne of kingdomes, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdomes of the heathen, and I will overthrow the charets, and those that ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall come downe, every one by the sword of his brother. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. ZECHARIAH CHAPTER I IN the eight moneth, in the seconde yeere of Zechariah Darius, came the word of the LORD unto exhorteth to repentance. Zechariah, the sonne of Barachiah, the sonne of Iddo the Prophet, saying, The LORD hath bene sore displeased with your fathers. Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hostes; Turne ye unto me, saith the LORD of hostes, and I will turne unto you, saith the LORD of hostes. Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former Prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Turne ye now from your evill wayes, and from your evil doings but they did not heare, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. Your fathers, where are they? and the Prophets, doe they live for ever? But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the Prophets, did they not take holde of your fathers? and they returned and saide; Like as the LORD of hostes thought to doe unto us, according to our wayes, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. Upon the foure and twentieth day of the eleventh moneth, which is the moneth Sebat, in the second yere of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the sonne of Barachiah, the sonne of Iddo the Prophet, saying; I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the mirtle trees that were in the bottome, and behinde him were there red horses, speckled and white. Then said I, O my Lord, what are these? And the Angel that talked with me, said unto me, I wil shew thee what these be. And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered, and said, These are they, whom the LORD hath sent to walke to and fro through the earth. And they answered the Angel of the LORD that stood among the mirtle trees, and said, Wee have walked to and fro through the earth: and behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. Then the Angel of the LORD answered, and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercie on Ierusalem, and on the cities of Iudah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten yeeres? And the LORD answered the Angel that talked with me, with good words, and comfortable words. So the Angel that communed with me, said unto me; Cry thou, saying; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I am iealous for Ierusalem, and for Zion, with a great iealousie. And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Therefore thus saith the LORD, I am returned to Ierusalem with mercies: my house shall bee built in it, saith the LORD of hostes, and a line shalbe stretched forth upon Ierusalem. Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, My cities through prosperitie shall yet be spread abroad, and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Ierusalem. Then lift I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold foure hornes. And I said unto the Angel that talked with me; What be these? and he answered mee, These are the hornes which have scattered Iudah, Israel, and Ierusalem. And the LORD shewed mee foure carpenters. Then said I, What come these to doe? And hee spake, saying, These are the hornes which have scattered Iudah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray |