The deftruction of Jerusalem:

Before of Bashan for || the forest of the vintage is come down.

Chrift cir. 587.Or, the defenced foreft.

+ Heb.

make to be found.

Or, verily the poor. Or, Binders.

3 There is a voice of the howling of the fhepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is fpoiled.

4 Thus faith the LORD my God, Feed the flock of the flaughter;

Whofe poffeffors flay them, and hold themfelves not guilty: and they that fell them, fay, Bleffed be the LORD; for i am rich: and their own thepherds pity them not.

6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, faith the LORD: but lo, I will + deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they fhall fmite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

7 And I will feed the flock of flaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two ftaves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called || Bands; and I fed the flock.

8 Three fhepherds also I cut off in one month: +Heb. was and my foul + lothed them, and their foul alfo Araitened abhorred me. for them. • Jer. 15. 2.

Heb. of bis fellow, or, neighbour.

|| Or, the poor of the flock, &c. certainly knew.

+ Heb. If

it be good in your eyes. b Matth.

26. 15. • Matth. 27.9, 10.

Or, Binders.

| Or, hidden.

a

9 Then faid I, Iwill not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat, every one the flesh + of another.

10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it afunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

11 And it was broken in that day: and || so the poor of the flock that waited upon me, knew that it was the word of the LORD.

12 And I said unto them, † If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear: fo they weighed for my price thirty pieces of filver.

13 And the LORD faid unto me, Caft it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of filver, and caft them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

14 Then I cut afunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Ifrael.

15 And the LORD faid unto me, Take unto thee yet the inftruments of a foolish shepherd.

16 For lo, I will raise up a fhepherd in the land, which thall not vifit thofe that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that Or, bear. that is broken, nor | feed that that standeth ftill: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

Jer. 23.1. 17 d Woe to the idle fhepherd that leaveth the Ezek. 34. flock: the fword fhall be flock: the sword fhall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm thall be clean dried up, and his right eye fhall be utterly darkened.

2.

John 10.

32.

CHAP. XII.

Jerufalem a cup of trembling to herself, 3 and a burdensome Stone to her adverfaries. 6 The victo rious restoring of Judah. 9 The repentance of Jerufalem.

HE burden of the word of the LORD for Before

Chrift

forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of cir. 587. the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

2 Behold, I will make Jerufalem a cup of

H trembling unto all the people round about, || Or, when they fhall be in the fiege both against sumber, or, Judah, and against Jerufalem. poijon 3¶ And in that day will I make Jerufalem a Or, and burdenfome stone for all people: all that burden all against themselves with it, fhall be cut in pieces, though he be which Judah fhall all the people of the earth be gathered together all be in against it. fiege against

4 In that day, faith the LORD, I will fmite Jerufalem. every horfe with aftonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will fmite every horfe of the people with blindness.

the inhabit

5 And the governors of Judah fhall fay in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerufalem hall || Or, be my ftrength in the LORD of hosts their There is God. firength to 6¶ In that day will I make the governors of me, and to Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood, ants, &c. and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they fhall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerufalem fhall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerufalem.

7 The LORD alfo fhall fave the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerufalem, do not magnify themselves against Judah.

8 In that day thall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerufalem: and he that is + feeble || Or, among them at that day fhall be as David; and abject. the house of David fhall be as God, as the angel t Heb. fallen. of the LORD before them.

9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will feek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerufalem.

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerufalem, the fpirit of grace and of fupplications: and they fhall

a look upon me whom they have pierced, and a John 19. they fhall mourn for him, as one mourneth for 34, 37. his only Son, and fhall be in bitterness for him, Rev. 1. 7. as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

b

b

II In that day fhall there be a great mourning Acts 2. in Jerufalem, as the mourning of Hadadrim- 37. 2 Chron. mon in the valley of Megiddon. 35. 24.

12 And the land fhall mourn, † every family +Heb. faapart: the family of the houfe of David apart, milies, faand their wives apart; the family of the house of milies. Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

CHAP. XIII. The fountain of purgation for Jerufalem, a from idolatry, and falje prophecy. 7 The death of Chrift, and the trial of a third part. U u z

IN

Ferufalem's purgation.

IN

Before N that day there fhall be a fountain opened to Chrift the hout of David, and to the inhabitants of cir. 587. Jerufalem, for fin, and for + uncleanness. + Heb. fe- 2 And it thall come to pafs in that day, paration for faith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the uncleanness names of the idols out of the land, and they Ezek. 30. thall no more be remembered: and alfo I will cause the prophets, and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

13.

+ Heb. a garment of

hair.
† Heb. to
lie.

D Matth.

26. 31. Mark 14.

27.

6, 7.

3 And it shall come to pafs, that when any fhall yet prophefy, then his father and his mother, that begat him, thall fay unto him, Thou fhalt not live; for thou fpeakeft lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother, that begat him, shall thrust him through when he prophefieth.

4 And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that the prophets fhall be ashamed every one of his vifion, when he hath prophefied; neither fhall they wear + a rough garment + to deceive:

5 But he fhall fay, I am no prophet, I am an hufbandman: for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

6 And one fhall fay unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall anfwer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

7 ¶ Awake, O fword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, faith the LORD of hofts: fmite the thepherd, and the fheep fhall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

8 And it fhall come to pass, that in all the land, faith the LORD, two parts therein fhall be cut off, and die, but the third shall be left therein.

9 And I will bring the third part through the 1 Pet. 1. fire, and will refine them as filver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will fay, It is my people; and they fhall fay, The LORD is my God.

CHAP. XIV.

1 The deftroyers of Ferufalem destroyed. 4 The coming of Chrift, and the graces of his kingdom. 12 The plague of Jerufalem's enemies. 16 The remnant hall turn to the Lord, 20 and their Spoils fhall be holy.

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and

thy fpoil fhall be divided in the midst of thee.

2 For I will gather all nations against Jerufalem to battle; and the city fhall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city fhall go forth into captivity, and the refidue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3 Then fhall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

4 And his feet fhall ftand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerufalem on the east; and the mount of Olives fhall cleave in the midft thereof toward the

b

The coming of Chrift.

eaft, and toward the west, and there fhall be a Before very great valley: and half of the mountain Chrift fhall remove toward the north, a half of it cir. 587. toward the south.

a

5 And ye fhall flee to the valley of the Or, my mountains; for the valley of the mountains mountains. fhall reach unto Azal: yea, ye fhall flee like Or, when as ye fled from before the earthquake in the the valley of he ball touch days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD the moun my God fhall come, and all the faints with tains to the thee. place be fe6 And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that parated. the light fhall not be + clear, nor + dark.

a Amos 1.

I.

7 But it shall be one day which shall be + Heb. preknown to the LORD, not day nor night: but cious. it shall come to pass that at evening-time it shall + Heb. be light. thickness.

d

c

one.

8 And it fhall be in that day, that living Or, the waters fhall go out from Jerufalem; half of day shall be them toward the former fea, and half of them Rev. 22, toward the hinder sea; in fummer and in winter shall it be.

S'Ifai.

Ifai. 60.

9 And the LORD fhall be king over all the 19. earth in that day fhall there be one LORD, Rev. 21. and his name one. 23.d Ezek. 47.

10 All the land fhall be turned as a plain I. from Geba to Rimmon, fouth of Jerufalem: Joel 3. i8. and it fhall be lifted up, and || inhabited in her Rev. 22. 1. place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of || Or, the firft gate, unto the corner-gate, and from eaftern. the tower of Hananiel unto the kings wine- Or, com preffes.

11 And men fhall dwell in it, and there fhall be no more utter deftruction; but Jerufalem fhall be fafely inhabited.

passed.
Or, fball

abide.

Or, fball

12 And this fhall be the plague where- abide. with the LORD will fmite all the people that have fought against Jerufalem; Their flefh fhall confume away while they ftand upon their feet, and their eyes fhall confume away in their holes, and their tongue fhall confume away in their mouth.

13 (And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD fhall be among them; and they fhall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand fhall rife up against the hand of his neighbour.

14 And Judah alfo fhall fight || at Jerufa- Or, thou lem: and the wealth of all the heathen round also, O fuabout shall be gathered together, gold, and filver, dab, fbalt. || Or, and apparel in great abundance.) againft

15 And fo fhall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the afs, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

16 And it fhall come to pafs, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerufalem, fhall even go up from year to year to worship the King the LORD of hofts, and to keep the feaft of tabernacles.

17 And it fhall be, that whofo will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerufalem, to worship the King the LORD of hosts, even upon them fhall be no rain.

18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and

1 Malachi complaineth of Ifrael's unkindness, 6 of their irreligioufnefs, 12 and profaneness.

T

HE burden of the word of the LORD to
Ifrael | by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, faith the LORD: yet ye fay, Wherein haft thou loved us? was not Efau Jacob's brother? faith the • Rom. 9. LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

13.

||

3 And I hated Efau, and laid his mountains, and his heritage wafte, for the dragons of the wilderness.

4 Whereas Edom faith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the defolate places: thus faith the LORD of hosts, They hall build, but I will throw down; and they fhall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

Or, upon. The LORD will be magnified + from the bor5 And your eyes fhall fee, and ye fhall fay, || der of Ifrael.

+ Heb. from upon.

Or, Bring unto, &c.

+ Heb. to facrifice.

6 ¶ A fon honoureth his father, and a fervant his mafter: if then I be a father, where is mine honour and if I be a mafter, where is my fear? faith the LORD of hofts unto you, O priests, that defpife my name: and ye fay, wherein have we despised thy name?

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye fay, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye fay, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

8 And if ye offer the blind + for facrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and fick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? faith the LORD of hosts.

+ Heb. the 9 And now, I pray you, beseech + God that face of God. he will be gracious unto us: this hath been + by +Heb.from your means: will he regard your persons ? faith your band. the LORD of hosts.

10 Who is there even among you that would fhut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleafure in you, faith the LORD of hosts, neither Ifai. 1. 11. will I accept an offering at your hand.` Jer. 6. 20.

11 For from the rifing of the fun even unto Amos 5.21. the going down of the fame, my name ball be great among the Gentiles, and in every place

incenfe fhall be offered unto my name, and a cir. 397. pure offering: for my name fhall be great among the heathen, faith the LORD of hosts.

12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye fay, The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

13 Ye faid alfo, Behold, what a wearinefs is it! and ye have fnuffed at it, faith the LORD | Or, of hofts; and ye brought that which was torn, whereas you and the lame, and the fick; thus ye brought an blown it might have offering: fhould I accept this of your hands? away.

faith the LORD.

is.

14 But curfed be the deceiver, which hath Or, in in his flock a male, and voweth and facrificeth whofe flock. unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, faith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

CHA P. II.

2 a If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, faith the LORD of hosts, I will even fend a curfe upon you, and I will curfe your bleffings: yea, I have curfed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Lev. 26. 14, &c.

Deut. 28. &c. 15,

reprove."

3 Behold, I will corrupt your feed, and Or, + spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your folemn feafts, and || one fhall take you away fcatter. with it.

+ Heb. || Or, it 4 And ye fhall know that I have sent this com- ball take mandment unto you, that my covenant might you away to it. be with Levi, faith 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 afraid before my name.

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 turn many away from iniquity.

7 For the priest's lips fhould keep knowledge, and they should feek the law at his mouth: for he is the meffenger of the LORD of hosts.

8 But ye are departed out of the way: ye have caufed many to | ftumble at the law: ye Or, fall have in the law.

b Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacheroufly every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Ifrael and in Jerufalem for Judah hath profaned the holiness Or, ought of the LORD, which he || loved, and hath maṛried the daughter of a ftrange god.

to love.

12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this: || the mafter and the scholar out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hofts.

13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with crying out, infomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

14 Yet ye fay, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witnefs between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou haft dealt treacherously: yet is the thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

15 And did not he make one? yet had he the relidue of the fpirit: and wherefore one? that he might seek + a godly feed; therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal || treacheroufly against the wife of his youth.

16 For the LORD the God of Ifrael faith, that he hateth + putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, faith the LORD of hofts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

17 ¶ Ye have wearied the LORD with your words: yet ye fay, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye fay, Every one that doeth evil, is good in the fight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgement?

CHA P. III.

the way before me and the Mark 1. 2. Lord whom ye feek, fhall fuddenly come to his Luke 1. 76. temple: even the meffenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in behold, he shall come, faith the LORD of hosts.

& 7.27.

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers fope.

3 And he fhall fit as a refiner and purifier of filver and he fhall purify the fons of Levi, and purge them as gold and filver, that they may

The rebellion and infidelity of the people.

offer unto the LORD an offering in righteouf- Before ness. Chrift

4 Then fhall the offering of Judah and Jeru- cir. falem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in || former years.

397.

|| Or,

5 And I will come near to you to judgement, ancient. and I will be a swift winess against the forcerers, and against the adulterers, and against falfe fwearers, and against thofe that opprefs the Or, hireling in his wages, the widow, and the father- defraud. lefs, and that turn afide the ftranger from his right, and fear not me, faith the LORD of hosts. 6 For I am the LORD, I change not therefore ye fons of Jacob are not confumed.

b

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them: return unto me, and I will Zech. 1. return unto you, faith the LORD of hosts: but 3. ye faid, Wherein fhall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me: but ye fay, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are curfed with a curfe: 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 houfe, and prove me now herewith, faith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, Gen. 7. and pour you out a bleffing, that there fhall 11. not be room enough to receive it.

+ Heb.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your empty out. fakes, and he shall not + deftroy the fruits of + Heb. your ground; neither fhall your vine caft her corrupt. fruit before the time in the field, faith the LORD of hofts.

12 And all nations fhall call you blessed: for ye fhall be a delightsome land, faith the LORD of hofts.

13 ¶ Your words have been stout against Job 21.14 me, faith the LORD: yet ye fay, What have we fpoken fo much against thee?

14 Ye have faid, It is vain to ferve God: and what profit is it, that we have kept + his ordi- t Heb. bis nance, and that we have walked + mournfully obfervation.

before the LORD of hosts?

15 And now we call the proud happy: yea, they that work wickedness + are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

e

16 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.

† Heb. in black. + Heb. are built. ePfal. 95-9

17 And they fhall be mine, faith the LORD of hofts, in that day when I make up my jew- Or, Special els; and I will spare them as a man fpareth his treasure. own fon that ferveth him.

18 Then fhall he return and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that ferveth God, and him that ferveth him not.

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