stronghold of the daughter of Zion! unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; The Kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, "Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion!" But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they His counsel: for He shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion! for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto The Lord [Jehovah], and their substance unto The Lord [Adonai] of the whole earth.

But thou, Bethlehem-Ephratah! though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity. Therefore will He give them up, until the time that she which travaileth [iv. 8-10: Rev. xii. 5] hath brought forth then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And He shall stand and rule in the Strength of The Lord, in the Majesty of The Name of The Lord his [Israel's] God; and they shall abide for now shall He be Great unto the ends of the earth. And This [Man] shall be the Peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our Land:

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And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from The Lord, as The showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of goats: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

And it shall come to pass in that Day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots [iv. 3; Ps. xlvi. 9; Isa. ii. 4; Hos. ii. 18; Joel iii. 10; Zech. ix. 10]: and I will cut off the cities of thy Land, and throw down all thy strongholds: and I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine

hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. And I will pluck up thy graves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities [enemies]. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

Zeph iii. 10, 13-20. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My suppliants, even the daughter of My dispersed, shall bring Mine offering.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Sing, O daughter of Zion! shout, O Israel! be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord hath taken away thy Judgments, He hath cast out thine enemy: The King of Israel [John xviii. 37, xix. 19], even The Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. In that Day it shall be said to Jerusalem, "Fear thou not!" and to Zion, "Let not thine hand be slack [faint]!" The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is Mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the burden upon it was reproach. Behold! at that Time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will set them for a praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. At that Time will I bring you again, 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 turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith The Lord.

Zech. ii. 4-13, viii. 2-15, 21-23. Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein : For I, saith The Lord, will be unto her a Wall of Fire round about, and will be The Glory in the midst of her.

Ho! ho come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith The Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the

heaven, saith The Lord. Deliver thyself, O Zion! that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For thus saith The Lord of Hosts, After the Glory hath He sent me unto the nations which spoiled you : for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of His eye. hold! I will shake Mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that The Lord of Hosts hath sent me [a Messenger of The Lord: ver. 1-3].

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"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! for, lo! I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith The Lord. And many nations shall be joined to The Lord in that Day, and shall be My people : and I will dwell in the midst of thee," and thou shalt know that The Lord of Hosts hath sent me unto thee. And The Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy Land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Be silent, O all flesh! before The Lord for He is raised up out of the Habitation of His Holiness.

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viii. Thus saith The Lord of Hosts, I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith The Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the Mountain of The Lord of Hosts The Holy Mountain. Thus saith The Lord of Hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age [multitude of days]. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. Thus saith The Lord of Hosts, "If it be marvellous [hard, difficult] in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in Mine eyes?" saith The Lord of Hosts. "Behold I will bring My people from the East country, and from the country of the going down of the sun; and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

Thus saith The Lord of Hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the Day that the Foundation of The House of The Lord of Hosts was laid, that the Temple might be built. For before these

days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the Affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith The Lord of Hosts. For the seed shall be prosperous [of peace]; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew: and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel! so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not! but let your hands be strong. For thus saith The Lord of Hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, saith The Lord of Hosts, and I repented not: so again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not!

And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another saying, "Let us go speedily [continually] to pray before The Lord [to intreat The Face of The Lord], and to seek The Lord of Hosts: I will go also." Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek The Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before The Lord. Thus saith The Lord of Hosts; In those days, ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, "We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you."

[Luke xxi. 24. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Luke i. 31-33, 68, 69. Thou shalt call His name Jesus,—Help of God (for He shall save His people from their sins: Matt. i. 21). He shall be Great, and shall be called The Son of The Highest: and The Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David : and He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of His Kingdom there shall be no end.

Blessed! be The Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people, and hath raised up a Horn of Salvation for us in the House of His servant David. (Christ our Lord, Who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared [determined] to be The Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of Holiness, by the resurrection from among the dead: Rom. i. 3, 4.) Acts ii. 29-32. Men and brethren! I may freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore, being a Prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up The Christ to sit on his throne; he, seeing this before, spake (Ps. xvi.) of the Resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hades, neither His flesh did see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

iii. 19-24. Repent ye, therefore, and be converted! that your sins may be blotted out when the Times of refreshing shall come from The Presence of The Lord; and He shall send Jesus Christ Who before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the Times of Restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His Holy Prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A Prophet shall The Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me: Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear That Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people." Yea, and all the Prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.] (Rom. ix. x. xi.; Gal. iii.; Heb. xii.; Rev. vii.)