Christ's death foretold. house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. ZECHARIAH. B. C. cir. 587. cir. 587. Ro.11.5 18.48.10. PIPE.1.6, Jn 19.34, 37.Re.1.7 mJe.6.26. Am. 8.10. 7. Ac.2.37. left therein. Christ's coming and kingdom. B. C. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut of and die; "but the third shall be 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will Prefine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: I will hear them: "I will say, It "they shall call on my name, and is my people; and they shall say. The LORD is my God. Ps. 50. 15&91.15 ch. 10. 6. Ps. 144. 15. Je.30. 11 In that day shall there be a Joel2.31. 30. Re.1.7 Ac. 2. 20. Heb. bJoel3.2. families. families. 18.13.16. d See 92Sa.5.14 Ez.11.23. Lu. 3. 31. 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, andOr. of their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. CHAPTER XIII. The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem, 1, 2 from idolatry, and false prophecy. 7 The death of Christ, and the trial of a third part. IN "that day there shall be ba fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for funcleanness. 2 T And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause dthe prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat 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 begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. Simeon, as LXX. CHAPTER XIV. The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed, 1. 4 The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom. 12 The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. 16 The rem nant shall turn to the Lord, 20 and their spoils shall be holy. Joel 3. BEHOLD, the day of the DLORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Or, my 12, 14. тоипtains. I Or, when he shall touch the valley of the moun ch.12.3. tains to bHe.9.14 the place 1Pe.1.19. he sepaRe. 1. 5. rated. cir. 787. † Heb. f Am.1.1. separa8 Mat. 16. tion for 27&24.30 unclean 31&25.31 ness. Jude 14. Ex. 23. h Joel 3. 13.Jos.23 11. 7. Ps. 16. i. e. it 4. Ez. 30. shall not 13. Ho. 2 be clear in some places, 17. Mi. 5. 12, 13. d2Pe.2.1. De. 13. 6, 8. &18. the 20. fMi.3.6.7. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall Mat. 3. 4. 1 Or, the be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear fament of rough garment fto deceive: hair. 5 But he shall say, I am not Heb. prophet, I am an husbandman; to lie. for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thy hands? Then he shall answer, ed in the house of my friends. 2 For bl will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 T And his feet shall stand in that day dupon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusa lem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains: for the val ley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee like as ye fled from before the fearthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and ball the saints with thee. 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not Re.22.5. be tclear, nor tdark: k Mt. 24. 7 But it shall be one day kwhich shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it ing time it shall be light. shall come to pass, that at lever Ez.47.18 And it shall be in that day, Joel3.18. that living "waters shall go out Re. 22. 1. from Jerusalem; half of them k.Jn.10.30 Or. toward the former sea, and Those with which I was wound- & 14. 10, eastern, half of them toward the hinder 11. Phi.2. Joel2.20. sea: in summer and in winter "Da.2.44 shall it be. IMat. 26. Re. 11.15. Malachi complaineth of CHAPTER 1. Pas a plain from Geba to Rim- B. C. Or, abide. B. C. cir. 587. a Is. 60.6, 11 And men shall dwell in it, 12. 39. b Le. 23. and there shall be "no more utter destruction; 'but Jerusalem Je. 31.38. 34,43.Ne. 8. 14. Ho. Je.31.40 Ishall be safely inhabited. 12. 9. Jn. Je. 23.6. abide. 12 T And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will! Or, mite all the people that have shall fought against Jerusalem; Their Besh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that "a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. 14 And Judah also shall fight fat Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all 7. 2. ↑ Heb. d De. 11. Israel's irreligiousness, &c. the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. 16 T And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even a go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep bthe feast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, fdthat have no rain; there shall be the plague,wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punish"1 Sa. 14. Or, sin. ment of Egypt, and the punish15, 20. ment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20 T In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Ju.7.22. 2 Ch. 20. 23.Ez.38. 21. Or, thou also, O Judah, shalt. Or, against. Ez. 39. 10,17,&c Or, bridles. 18.23.18. fIs. 35. 8. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: 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 hosts. CHAPTER I. Malachi complaineth of Israel's 'unkindness, 1. 6 Of their irreligiousness, 12 and profaneness. THE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel tby Malachi. 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, MALACHI. 3 And I hated Esau, and laid bRo.9.13. iEz.41.22 his mountains and his heritage Je.49.18 ver. 12. waste for the dragons of the wil-Ez. 35. 3. k Le. 22. derness. 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. 5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, dThe LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. fif then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7 Ye offer b polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say thee? In that ye say, iThe table Wherein have we polluted 8 And kif ye offer the blind for of the LORD is contemptible. offer the lame and sick, is it not sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye 15.Ob.10, 21.ver.14 vernor; will he be pleased with 4.7.9.14.22.De.15. evil? offer it now unto thy got Heb. to thee, or laccept thy person? saith sacrifice. the LORD of hosts. 1Job42.8. 9 And now, I pray you, beseech † Heb. t God that he will be gracious the face unto us: this hath been tby of God. your means: will he regard mHo 13.9 your persons? saith the LORD of † Heb. hosts. 6 TA son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: 12. 13. Malach. reproveth the LORD of hosts, "neither will I ac- 12 T But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, "The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. MALACHI. B. C. B. C. cir. 397. cir. 397. 5. 2. 8. Re. 8. 3. 15. tIs.66.19. 20. uver. 7. Or, 1 Or, we might have 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the blown it sick; thus ye brought an offer- away. ing: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. CHAPTER II. He sharply reproveth the priests for neglecting their covenant, 1, 11 and the people for idolatry, 14 for adultery, 17 and for infidelity. AND now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. love. Ezra9.1 I Or. Le. 22. 20, &c. y ver. 8. and him priests and the people. you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but thave been partial in the law. 10 Have we not all one father? "hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abotnination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, "and hath married the daughter of a strange god, 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, Pand him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 T Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been 9Pr. 5.18. witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will † Heb. curse your blessings; yea, I have scatter. cursed them already, because Or, ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your take you Or, seed, and † spread dung upon away to your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall b1 Ki. 14. btake you away with it. it shall 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was fJe.23.22. to put afraid before my name. Ja. 5. 20. away. De.17.9, 18.43.24 10.&24.8. Am.2.13. Le 10.11. ch. 3. 13, Ezra7.10 14, 15. Je.18. 18. Hag.211, 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did fturn many away from iniquity. 75 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: hfor he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; kye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Baith the LORD of hosts. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one! That he might seek ta godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For "the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth tputting away for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say. Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? CHAPTER III. Of the messenger, majesty, and grac of Christ, 1. 7 Of the rebellion, 8 sacrilege, 13 and infidelity of the peo ple. 16 The promise of blessing to them that fear God. BEHOLD, "I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, "even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, dhe shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide "the day Israel's sacrilege, &c. reproved. CHAPTER IV. B. C. cir. 397. Re. 6.17. of his coming? and fwho shall ness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. 5 And I will come near to you to judgment: and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, land against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. 6 For I am the LORD, "I change not; "therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. B. C. cir. 397. b Job 21. 14,15& 22 17. P6.73. 13. Zeph. See Is.4. Mat. 10, 11, 12. 3. 1. 12. hIs. 1. 25. Pe.2.5. kch. 1.11. Or, ancient. 1Zec. 5.4. m Nu. 23. 17. ↑ Heb. in black. are built dPs.95.9. ePs.66.16 He.3.13. Re.20.12. hEx.19.5. 1 Pe. 2. 9. 1 Or, Ac.7.51. PZec.1.3. 71 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. PReturn unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. Butch. 1. 6. 13. ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? "In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the "windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Ne. 13. 10, 12. 10. k Ps. 103. 1P8.58.11. fLu. 1.78. Elijah's coming and office 14 b Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept this ordinance, and that we have walked finourn fully before the LORD of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea. they that d tempt God are even delivered. 16 1 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine. saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous that serveth God and him that and the wicked, between him serveth him not. CHAPTER IV. God's judgment on the wicked, 1, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office. FOR behold, "the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all bthe proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall d leave them neither root nor branch. 2 T But unto you that "fear my Pr. 3. 9. Ep. 5. 14. ousness arise with healing in his name, shall the Sun of rightewings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 11 And I will rebuke the de-t Heb. vonrer for your sakes, and he empty shall not destroy the fruits of out. your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the 13 "Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 2Pe.1.19. Re. 2. 28. 52 Sa. 22. 10. 5. hEx.20.3, &c. 35And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 T Remember ye the blaw of Moses my servant, which I com2Ch. 31. Ps. 147. all Israel, with the statutes and iDe.4.10. manded unto him in Horeb for judgments. 10. YAm.4.9. 19. I Mat. 11. 14&17.11 Ma. 9. 11. Lu. 1. 17. m Joel 2. corrupt. "ch. 2.17. 31. Zec. 14. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet "before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and PZec.5.3. "smite the earth with a curse. 805 12. THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. |