8 + glory? and how do ye now look upon approach them, shall be defiled *[be+ Gr. not ex- it, as it were 'nothing before cause of their early bur- + Not in Hebrew. isting. your eyes? Yet now be dens: they shall be pained because strong, O Zorobabel, says the Lord; of their toils; and ye have hated and strengthen thyself, O Jesus the him that reproved in the gates.] high priest, the son of Josedec; and 16 And now consider, I pray you, let all the people of the land strengthen from this day and beforetime, bethemselves, says the Lord, and work, fore they laid a stone on a stone for I am with you, says the Lord Al- in the temple of the Lord, what manmighty; and my Spirit remains in the ner of men ye were. 17 When ye cast midst of you; be of good courage. into the corn-bin twenty measures of For thus says the Lord Almighty; barley, and there were only ten mea+ Heb. 12. 26. * Yet once I will shake the sures of barley: and ye went to the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, vat to draw out fifty mea- ↑ Gr. into. and the dry land; and I will shake sures, and there were but twenty. 18 I all nations, and the choice portions of smote you with barrenness, and with + Or, objects. all the nations shall come: blasting, and all the works of your and I will fill this house with glory, hands with hail; yet ye returned not says the Lord Almighty. 9 Mine is to me, says the Lord. 19 Set your the silver, and mine the gold, says the hearts now to think from this day and Lord Almighty. 10 For the glory of upward, from the four and twentieth this house shall be great, the latter day of the ninth month, even from the more than the former, says the Lord day when the foundation of the temple Almighty: and in this place will I give of the Lord was laid; 20 consider in peace, says the Lord Almighty, even your hearts, whether this shall be + Or, salvation. peace of soul for a posses-known on the corn-floor, and whether sion to every one that builds, to raise yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the up this temple. On the four and pomegranate, and the olive-trees that twentieth day of the ninth month, in bear no fruit are with you: from this the second year of Darius, the word of day will I bless you. And the word the Lord came to Aggæus the pro- of the Lord came the second time to phet, saying, 12 Thus says the Lord Aggæus the prophet, on the four and Almighty; Inquire now of the priests twentieth day of the month, saying, concerning the law, saying, 13 If a man 22 Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salashould take holy flesh in the skirt of thiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I his garment, and the skirt of his gar-shake the heaven, and the earth, and ment should touch bread, or pottage, the sea, and the dry land; 23 and I will or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it overthrow the thrones of kings, and I + Gr. sancti- be holy? And the priests will destroy the power of the kings of answered and said, No. the nations; and I will overthrow 14And Aggæus said, If a defiled person chariots and riders; and the horses and who is unclean by reason of a dead their riders shall come down, every one body, touch any of these, shall it be by the sword striving against his brodefiled? And the priests answered ther. 24 In that day, says the Lord and said, It shall be defiled. 15 And Almighty, I will take thee, O ZoroAggæus answered and said, So is this babel, the son of Salathiel, my servant, people, and so is this nation before me, says the Lord, and will make thee as a says the Lord; and so are all the works seal: for I have chosen thee, says the of their hands: and whosoever shall Lord Almighty. fied. 913 21 ZACHARIAS. 3 6 CHAPTER I. VERSES 1-18. 1. IN the eighth month, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying, 2 The Lord has been very angry with your fathers. And thou shalt say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts. And be ye not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they hearkened not, and attended not to hearken to me, says the Lord. 5 Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever? But do ye receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us. On the twenty-fourth day in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying, I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white. And I said, What are these, my lord? And the angel that spoke with 8 14 + Gr. this me said to me, I will show thee what these things are. 10 And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are they whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth. And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest. 12 Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which thou hast disregarded these seventy years? 13 And the seventieth Lord Almighty answered the year. angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings. And the angel that spoke to me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Zion with great jealousy. 15 And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack her: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack her for evil. 16 Therefore thus says the Lord; I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem. And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem. 18 And I lifted up mine and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee. 12And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy land, and he will yet choose Jerusalem. 13 Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds. eyes and looked, and behold four horns. | Lord. "And many nations shall flee 15 And I said to the angel that spoke for refuge to the Lord in that day, with me, What are these things, my lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem. 20 And the Lord showed me four artificers. 21 And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, even the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it. 4 2. And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line. And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it. And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him, and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her. And I will be to her, says the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her. Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord, even to Sion: deliver your selves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon. For thus says the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye. For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me. 10 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, says the 8 9 2 + Jude 9. his 3. And the Lord showed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to + Or, Accuser. resist him. And the Lord said to the Devil, 3+ The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire? Now Jesus was clothed in filthy raiment, and stood or, vile, see before the angel. 5 And James 2. 2. the Lord answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away thine iniquities: and clothe ye him with a 'long robe, *Or,full length. and place a pure mitre upon head. So they placed a pure mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the angel of the Lord stood by. And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shalt thou judge my house: and if thou wilt diligently keep my court, then will I give thee men to walk in the midst of these that stand here. 9 Hear now, Jesus the high priest, thou, and thy neighbours that are sitting before thee: for they are diviners, for, behold, I bring forth my servant The Branch. 10 For +See Luke 1.78. as for the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, says the Lord Al 8 neigh-funnels? mighty, and I will search out all the are by the side of the two golden iniquity of that land in one day. In pipes that pour into and Gr. nostrils. that day, says the Lord Almighty, ye communicate with the golden oil shall call together every man his neigh- funnels? 13 And he said to me, Knowbour under the vine and under the est thou not what these are? and I fig-tree. said, No, my lord. 14 And + Gr. sons of he said, These are the two 11.4. anointed ones that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. 5 3 4 fatness. Rev. 5 4. And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, What seest 5. And I turned, and lifted up thou? And I said, I have seen, and mine eyes, and looked and behold a behold a candlestick all of gold, and flying sickle. And he said to me, its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon What seest thou? And I said, I see it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps a flying sickle, of the length of twenty upon it: and two olive-trees above cubits, and of the breadth of twenty it, one on the right of the bowl, and cubits. And he said to me, This is one on the left. And I inquired, and the curse that goes forth over the face spoke to the angel that talked with of the whole earth: for every thief me, saying, What are these things, my shall be punished with death on this lord? And the angel that talked side, and every false swearer shall be with me answered, and spoke to me, punished on that side. And I will saying, Knowest thou not what these bring it forth, says the Lord Almighty, things are? And I said, No, my lord. and it shall enter into the house of the "And he answered and spoke to me, thief, and into the house of him that saying, This is the word of the Lord swears falsely by my name: and it to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty shall rest in the midst of his house, power, nor by strength, but by my and shall consume it, and the timber Spirit, says the Lord Almighty. "Who of it, and the stones of it. And the art thou, the great mountain before angel that talked with me went forth, Zorobabel that thou shouldest prosper? and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, whereas I will bring out the stone of the and see this that goes forth. 6 And inheritance, the grace of it the 'equal I said, What is it? And he said, + Gr. equality, of my grace. 8 And the This is the measure that goes forth. see John 1. 16. word of the Lord came to And he said, This is their iniquity in me, saying, The hands of Zorobabel all the earth. And behold a talent have laid the foundation of this house, of lead lifted up: and behold *a and his hands shall finish it: and thou woman sat in the midst of + Heb. & Gr. shalt know that the Lord Almighty the measure. And he said, See ver. 9. has sent me to thee. 10 For who has This is iniquity. And he cast it into despised the small days? surely they the midst of the measure, and cast the shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet weight of lead on the mouth of it. of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, Alex. + of are the seven eyes that and, behold, two women coming forth, the Lord.' look upon all the earth. and the wind was in their wings; and "And I answered, and said to him, they had stork's wings: and they What are these two olive-trees, which lifted up the measure between the are on the right and left hand of the earth and the sky. 10 And I said to candlestick? 12And I asked the second the angel that spoke with me, Whither time, and said to him, What are the do these carry away the measure? two branches of the olive-trees that "And he said to me, To build it a 9 + 9 8 7 one woman. 2 3 7 of the Lord. 13 And he shall receive power, and shall sit and Lit. virtue. rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand, and a peaceable counsel shall be between them both. 14 And the crown shall be to them that wait patiently, and to the useful men of the captivity, and to them that have known it, and for the favour of the son of Sophonias, and for a psalm in the house of the Lord. 15 And they that are far from them shall come and build in the house of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you: and this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God. 6. And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were brazen mountains. In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot piebald and ashcoloured horses. 4 And I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel that talked with me answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven, and they are going forth to 7. And it came to pass in the fourth stand before the Lord of all the earth. year of Darius the king, that the word 6 As for the chariot in which were the of the Lord came to Zacharias on the black horses, they went out to the fourth day of the ninth month, which land of the north; and the white went is Chaseleu. 2And Sarasar and Arbeout after them; and the piebald went seer the king and his men sent to out to the land of the south. And Bethel, and that to propitiate the the ash-coloured went out, and looked Lord, 3 speaking to the priests that to go and compass the earth: and he were in the house of the Lord Al+ Or, one said. said, Go, and compass the mighty, and to the prophets, saying, earth. And they compassed the earth. The holy offering has come in hither And he cried out and spoke to me, in the fifth month, as it has done saying, Behold, these go out to the already many years. And the word land of the north, and they have quieted of the Lord of hosts came to me, saymine anger in the land of the north. ing, 5 Speak to the whole people of the And the word of the Lord came to land, and to the priests, saying, Though me, saying, 10 Take the things of the ye fasted or lamented in the fifth or Heb. proper captivity from the chief seventh months (yea, behold, these E. V. men, and from the useful seventy years) have ye at all fasted to men of it, and from them that have me? And if ye eat or drink, do ye understood it; and thou shalt enter in not eat and drink for yourselves? that day into the house of Josias the Are not these the words which the son of Sophonias that came out of Lord spoke by the former prophets, Babylon. And thou shalt take silver when Jerusalem was inhabited and in and gold, and make crowns, and thou prosperity, and her cities round about shalt put them upon the head of Jesus her, and the hill country and the low the son of Josedec the high priest; country was inhabited? 8 And the 12 and thou shalt say to him, Thus says word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the Lord Almighty; Behold the man saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty; + Gr. from be- whose name is The Branch; Judge righteous judgment, and deal neath him. and he shall spring up mercifully and compassionately every * from his stem, and build the house one with his brother: 10 and oppress 8 names. See 7 4 |