In nesse for him, as one that is in bitternesse for his first borne. I CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER N that day there shalbe a fountaine opened to the house of The fountaine David, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne, and for of purgation for Ierusalem, uncleannesse. And it shal come to passe in that day, saith the LORD of hostes, from idolatrie, that I will cut off the names of the idoles out of the land: and and false prophecie. they shal no more be remembred: and also I wil cause the prophets, and the uncleane spirit to passe out of the land. And it shal come to passe that when any shall yet prophecie, then his father and his mother that begate 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 begate him, shall thrust him through when he prophecieth. And it shall come to passe in that day, that the prophets shalbe ashamed every one of his vision, when hee hath prophecied: neither shall they weare a rough garment to deceive. But he shal say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman: for man taught me to keepe cattell from my youth. And one shal say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then hee shall answere: Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. triall of a third Awake, O sword, against my shepheard, and against the man The death of that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hostes: smite the Shepheard, Christ, and the and the sheepe shalbe scattered; and I wil turne mine hand upon part. the litle ones. And it shall come to passe, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die, but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the thirde part through the fire, and wil refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my Name, and I wil heare them: I wil say, It is my people: and they shall LORD is my God. say, The 4: YY 353 CHAPTER The destroyers The comming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdome. The plague of Ierusalems enemies. B CHAPTER XIIII EHOLDE, the day of the LORD commeth, and thy spoile shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I wil gather all nations against Ierusalem to battell, and the citie shall be taken, and the houses rifeled, and the women ravished, and halfe of the citie shall goe forth into captivitie, and the residue of the people shal not be cut off from the citie. Then shall the LORD goe forth and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battel. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Ierusalem on the East, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the East, and toward the West, and there shall bee a very great valley, and halfe of the Mountaine shall remove toward the North, and halfe of it toward the South. And ye shal flee to the valley of the mountaines: for the valley of the mountaines shal reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee like as yee fled from before the earthquake in the dayes of Uzziah king of Iudah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the Saints with thee. And it shall come to passe in that day, that the light shall not be cleare, nor darke. But it shall be one day, which shalbe knowen to the LORD, not day nor night: but it shal come to passe that at evening time it shalbe light. And it shal be in that day, that living waters shall goe out from Ierusalem: halfe of them toward the former Sea, and halfe of them toward the hinder Sea: in Summer and in winter shall it be. And the LORD shall be King over all the earth: in that day shal there be one LORD, and his Name one. All the land shall be turned as a plaine from Geba to Rimmon, South of Ierusalem: and it shall be lifted up and inhabited in her place: from Beniamins gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the towre of Hananiel unto the Kings winepresses. And men shall dwell in it, and there shalbe no more utter destruction: but Ierusalem shalbe safely inhabited. And this shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite all the people, that have fought against Ierusalem: their flesh shall consume away, while they stand upon their feete, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to passe in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shalbe among them, and they shall lay holde every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. And Iudah also shall fight at Ierusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, golde and silver, and apparell in great abundance. And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camell, and of the asse, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. CHAPTER the Lord, And it shall come to passe that every one that is left of all the The remnant nations which came against Ierusalem, shall even goe up from shal turne to yeere to yeere to worship the King the LORD of hostes, and to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be, that who so will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Ierusalem, to worship the King the LORD of hostes, even upon them shall be no raine. And if the family of Egypt goe not up, and come not, that have no raine: there shall bee the plague wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. In that day shall there be upon the bels of the horses, HOLINES And their UNTO THE LORD, and the pots in the LORDS house shall bee like spoiles shalbe holy. the bowles before the Altar. Yea, every pot in Ierusalem and in Iudah shall bee Holinesse unto the LORD of hostes, and all they that sacrifice, shall come and take of them, and seethe therein and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hostes. MALACHI CHAPTER I Israels un HE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi com- Whereas Edom sayth, Wee are impoverished, but we will returne and build the desolate places; Thus sayth the LORD of hostes, They shal build, but I will throw downe; and they shal call them, The border of wickednesse, and CHAPTER Of their irreligiousnes, and profane nesse. He sharpely reprooveth the Priests for neglecting their covenant, the people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. And your eyes shall see, and yee shall say; The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. A sonne honoureth his father, and a servant his Master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a Master, where is my feare, saith the LORD of hostes, unto you O priests, that despise my name? and yee say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Yee offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and yee say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that yee say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. And if yee offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evill? and if yee offer the lame and sicke, is it not evill? offer it now unto thy governour: will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person, saith the LORD of hostes? And now I pray you, beseech God, that hee will be gracious unto us: this hath beene by your meanes: will he regard your persons, saith the LORD of hostes? Who is there even among you that would shut the doores for nought? neither doe yee kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hostes, neither will I accept an offring at your hand. For from the rising of the Sunne, even unto the going downe of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offring: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hostes. But yee have prophaned it, in that yee say; The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruite thereof, even his meate, is contemptible. Yee said also; Behold what a wearinesse is it, and yee have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hostes, and yee brought that which was torne, and the lame, and the sicke: thus yee brought an offring: should I accept this of your hand, saith the LORD? But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flocke a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hostes, and my name is dreadfull among the heathen. AN CHAPTER II ND now, O yee Priests, this commaundement is for you. If ye will not heare, and if yee will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hostes; I will even send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because yee doe not lay it to heart. Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread doung upon your faces, even the doung of your solemne feasts, and one shall take II you away with it. And yee shall know that I have sent this CHAPTER commaundement unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hostes. My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them to him, for the feare, wherewith he feared mee, and was afraid before my name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquitie was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equitie, and did turne many away from iniquitie. For the priests lips should keepe knowledge, and they should seeke the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hostes. But yee are departed out of the way: ye have caused many to stumble at the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hostes. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before al the people, according as yee have not kept my wayes, but have bin partiall in the law. Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? Why doe we deale treacherously every man against his brother, by prophaning the covenant of our fathers? Iudah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is com- and the people mitted in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath prophaned the for idolatrie, holinesse of the LORD which he loved, and hath maried the daughter of a strange God. The LORD will cut off the man that doth this: the Master and the scholler out of the tabernacles of Iacob, and him that offereth an offring unto the LORD of hostes. And this have yee done againe, covering the Altar of the LORD with teares, with weeping and with crying out, in so much that hee regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath bene witnes for adulterie, betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? yet had he the residue of the spirit: and wherefore one? that hee might seeke a godly seed: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deale treacherously against the wife of his youth. For the LORD the God of Israel saith, that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts, therfore take heed to your spirit, that ye deale not treacherously. Ye have wearied the LORD with your words: yet ye say, Wherein and for have we wearied him? when ye say, Every one that doeth evill, is infidelitie. good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them, or where is the God of iudgement? |