Haggai inciteth HAGGAL the people to work. 4 Is it time for you. O ye, to dwell came the word of the LORD by the in your ceiled houses, and this house prophet Haggai, saying, lie waste? 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with 3 Who is left among you that saw drink; ye clothe you, but there is this house in her first glory? and how none warin; and he that earneth wa-do ye see it now? is it not in your ges, earueth wages to put it into a bag eyes in comparison of it as nothing? with holes. 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, 7 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; saith the LORD; and be strong, O Consider your ways. Joshua, son of Josedech, the ligh 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring priest; and be strong, all ye people of wood, and build the house; and I will the land, saith the LORD, and work : take pleasure in it, and I will be glo- for I am with you, saith the Load o rified, saith the LORD. hosts. 9 Ye looked for much, and lo, it 5 According to the word that I covcame to little; and when ye brought[enanted with you when ye came sut it home, I did blow upon it. Why? of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth saith the LORD of hosts. Because of among you; fear ye not. my house that is waste, and ye ruu every man unto his own house. 10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 6 For thus saith the LonD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold 19 mine, saith the Loan of hosts. 11 And I called for a draught upon the land, and upon the mountains,and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith 12 T Then Zerubbabel the son of the Lond of hosts: and in this place Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jose-will I give peace, saith the Loko of dech, the high priest, with all the rem-hosts. the labour of the hauds. nant of the people, obeyed the voice] 10 T In the four and twentieth day of the LORD their God, and the words of the ninth month, in the second of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD year of Darius, came the word of the their God had sent him, and the peo-Lonn by Haggai the prophet, saying, ple did fear before the Lond. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD & message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 12. If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do 14 And the Lond stirred up the spirit touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, foil, or any meat, shall it be holy? governor of Judah, and the spirit of And the priests answered and said, Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rem nant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Long of hosts, their God, 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. CHAP. II. IN No. 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Loup; and so is N the seventh month, in the one every work of their hands; and that and twentieth day of the month,'which they offer there is unclean. The vision of CHAP. 1. the horses. 15 And now, I pray you, consider, hath not brought forth: from this day from this day and upward, from be-will I bless you, fore a stone was laid upon a stone in 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD the temple of the Lund: 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press,there were bu twenty. came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judali, saying, I will shake the hea vens and the earth; 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the 17 I smote you with blasting and strength of the kingdoms of the hea with mildew and with hail in all the then; and I will overthrow the charlabours of your hands; yet ye turned[iots, and those that ride in them; and not to me, saith the LORD. the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it. 23 In that day, saith the Lond of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, eaith 19 is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the Lonv, and will make thee as a as yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the pomegranate, and the clive-tree, the LonD of hosts. CHAP. I. ¶ ZECHARIAII. IN the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lond unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah,the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of two the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and be stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O'my lord, what are 3 Therefore say thou unto them, these? And the angel that talked with Thus saith the Lono of hosts; Turu¡me said unto me, I will show thee ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, what these be. and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers. 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said,These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtletrees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and,bebold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. 12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts,how 6 But my words and my statutes, long wilt thou not have mercy on Jewhich I commanded my servants the rusalem and on the cities of Judah, prophets, did they not take hold of against which thou hast had indigna your fathers? and they returned and stion these threescore and ten years? said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought|| 13 And the Lond answered the angel to do unto us, according to our ways, that talked with me with good words and according to our doings, so hath and comfortable words. 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lond of hosts;| Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever? he dealt with us. 14 So the angel that communed with 7 Upon the four and twentieth day me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, of the eleventh month, which is the Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am month Sebat, in the second yearof Da- jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion rius, came the word of the LORD unto with a great jealousy Christ the Branch ZECHARIAH. is promised. 15 And I am very sore displeased, the nations which spoiled you; for he with the heathen that are at ease; for that toucheth you toucheth the apple I was but a little displeased, and they of his eye. helped forward the affliction. 9 For, bebold, I will shake my hand 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I upon them, and they shall be a spoil am returned to Jerusalem with mer-to their servants: and ye shall know cies: my house shall be built in it, that the LORD of hosts bath sent me. saith the LORD of hosts, and a line 10 T Sing and rejoice, O daughter of shall be stretched forth upon Jerusa-Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell lem. 17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 18 ff Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 19 Aud I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judalı, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters. 21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scatteredJudah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. CHAP. II. in the midst of thee, saith the Lond. 11. And many nations shall be jomed 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. 12 And the LORD snall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lond: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. CHAP. III. AND he showed me Joshua the lugh priest standing before the ange! of the LORD,and Satan standing at his right band to resist him. 2 And the LORD said unto Satan,The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lono that hath cliosen Jerusalem re buke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire ? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and garments, and stood before the angel. looked, and behold a man with a measuring-line in his band. And be answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? Take away the filthy garments from And he said unto me, To measure him. And unto him në said, Behold, Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth I have caused thine miquity to pass thereof, and what is the length thereof.[from thee, and I will clothe thee with 3 And, behold, the angel that talked change of raiment. with me went forth, and another angel 5 And I said, Let them set a fair went out to meet him, 4. And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 5 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. 6 T Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lono: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 6 ¶ And the angel of the Lond protested unto Joshua, saying, 7 Thus saith the Loud of hosts, If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thon shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep iny courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. 8 ¶ Hear now, O Joshua the high 7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwell-priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit est with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus saith the Loan of hosts: After the glory hath he sent me unto before thee; for they are men wonder ed at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. The vision of the CHAP. IV, v. 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. golden candlestick, &c. 9 For behold the stone that I have golden pipes, empty the golden oil ont laid before Joshua; upon one stone of themselves? shall be seven eyes: behold, I willengrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith the Lond of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. CHAP. IV. 14 Then said be, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lond of the whole earth. CHAP. V. T HEN I turned, and listed mine AND the angel that talked with me flying roll. came again and waked me, as a 2 And be said unto me, What seest man that is wakened out of his sleep, thou? And Ianswered,Isee aflying roll, 2 And said unto me,What seest thou? the length thereof is twenty cubits, And I said, I have looked, and behold and the breadth thereof ten cubits. a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl 3 Then said he unto me, This is the upon the top of it, and his seven lamps curse that goeth forth over the face of thereon, and seven pipes to the seven the whole earth: for every one that lamps, which are upon the top thereof: stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, 3 And two olive-trees by it, one upon according to it; and every one that the right side of the bowl, and the sweareth shall be cut off as on that other upon the left side thereof. side according to it. 4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Kuowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 4 I will bring it forth,saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the 5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with LORD unto Zerubbabel,saying, Not by me went forth, and said unto me, Lift might, nor by power, but by iny Spir-up now thine eyes, and see what is it, saith the LORD of hosts. this that goeth forth. 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? 6 And I said, What is it? And he before Zerubbabel thou shalt become said,This is an epbah that goeth forth. a plain: and he shall bring forth the He said moreover, This is their rehead stone thereof with shoutings,cry-semblance through all the earth. ing, Grace, grace, unto it. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a 8 Moreover the word of the LORD talent of lead; and this is a woman came unto me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerrubbabel have| laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it: and thou shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. that sitteth in the midst of the ephal. 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and be cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and 10. For who hath despised the day of looked, aud, behold, there came out small things? for they shall rejoice, two women, and the wind was in and shall see the plummet in the hand] their wings; for they had wings like of Zerrubbabel with those seven; they the wings of a stork; and they lifted are the eyes of the Lond, which run up the ephah between the earth and to and fro through the whole earth. the heaven. 11 T Then answered 1, and said unto 10 Then said I to the angel that talk him, What are these two olive-trees ed with me, Whither do these bear upon the right side of the candlestick, the ephah? and upon the left side thereof? 11 And he said unto me, To build it 12 And I answered again, and said a house in the land of Shinar: and it unto him, What be these two olive-shall be established, and set there upbranches which, through the two on her own base. The temple and A ZECHARIAH. kingdom of Christ. CHAP. VI. Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a meND I turned, and lifted up mine morial in the temple of the LORD. eyes, and looked, and behold, 15 And they that are far off shall there came four chariots out from be-¡come and build in the temple of the tween two mountains; and the moun-LORD: and ye shall know that the tains were mountains of brass. LonD of hosts hath sent me unto you. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; And this shall come to pass, if ye will und in the second chariot black horses; diligently obey the voice of the LORD 3 And in the third chariot white your God. horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. 4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth. CHAP. VII. AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zecha rial in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lond, 6 The black horses which are therein 3 And to speak unto the priests go forth into the north country; and which were in the house of the Lond the white go forth after them; and of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, the grisled go forth toward the south Should I weep in the fifth month, sep country. arating myself,as I have done these so many years? 7 And the bay went forth,and sought to go, that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earthi. S Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country, 9 T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speakest the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The: BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD; 13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lond; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throue; and he shall be a priest upon bis throne and the counsel of peace ohall be between them both. 4 Then came the word of the LonD of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests,saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for your selves, and drink for yourselves? 7 Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabfited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? 8 T And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear, 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, bear the law, and the words which and to Tobijali, and to Jedaiab,and to the LORD of hosts hath sent in his |