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13 And the LORD answered the angel] that talked with me with good words and comforting words.

14 So the angel that communed with me said to me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

15 And I am very greatly displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through 4 prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and] shall yet choose Jerusalem.

18 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.

Before CHRIST,

519.

d c. 8. 2.

their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

10 Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

11 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 to thee.

12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his

4 Heb. good. holy habitation.

* Deut. 32.

10.

19 And I said to the angel that talked Ps. 17. 8. with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters.

21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head: but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

CHAP. II.

Isa. 12. 6.

& 54. 1.

Lev. 26. 12. Ezek. 37.27. 2 Cor. 6. 16.

1 God in the care of Jerusalem, sendeth to measure it. 6 The redemption of Zion. 10 The promise of God's presence. LIFTED up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measur- of his holiing line in his hand.

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2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusa-1 lem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length.

3 And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

2

1 Heb. the habitation

ness.

That is, an adversary.

Heb. to be his adversary.

4 And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the a Jude 9. multitude of men and cattle in it.

dinance.

5 For I, saith the LORD, will be to her 3 or, ora wall of fire on every side, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Heb.

walks.

6 T 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. 7 Deliver thyself, Ó Zion, that dwell-5 Heb. men est with the daughter of Babylon. of wonder.

8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his

eye.

9 For behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to

¿ Isa. 11. 1.
Jer. 23. 5. &
33. 15.
c. 6. 12.

Luke 1. 78.

CHAP. III.

1 Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of the church, 8 Christ the Branch is promised. AND he showed me Joshua the high

priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and 1 Satan standing at his right hand 2 to resist him.

2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

4 And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have caused thy iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

5 And I said, Let them set a fair miter upon his head. So they set a fair miter upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.

6 And the angel of the LORD protested to Joshua, saying,

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my 3 charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

8 Hear now, O Joshua the bigh priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are 5 men wondered at: for behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

9 For behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes; behold, I will engrave the graving of it saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree. CHAP. IV.

1 By the golden candlestick is foreshown the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation. 11 By the two olive-trees the tico anointed

ones.

A Name anus, and waked me, as a

ND the angel that talked with me

man that is wakened out of his sleep,

2 And said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a

candlestick all of gold, 1 with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps, and 2 seven pipes to the seven lamps, which were upon the top of it.

3 And two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side.

4 So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, my lord.

6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by 3 might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

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several pipes to the lamps, &c. or, army. 4 or, sith the seven eyes of the shall reLORD

joice. Heb. stone of tin.

a c. 3. 9. 6 Heb. by the 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? hand. before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a Tor, empty plain: and he shall bring forth its head-out of stone with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace, to it.

8 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to

you.

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10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the 5 plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

11 Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon its left side?

12 And I answered again, and said to him, What are these two olive branches which 6 through the two golden pipes 7

themselves

oil into the

gold. 8 Heb. the gold.

9 Heb. sons

1

of good. or, every one of this people that stealeth, holdeth

himself guitless, as

it doth.

that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.

5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now thy eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

7 And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.

9 Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

11 And he said to me, To build for it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

CHAP. VI.

1 The vision of the four chariots. 9 By the crowns of Joshua are shown the temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch.

AND I turned, and lifted, there came

and looked, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white horses; empty's the golden oil out of themselves?r, weighty and in the fourth chariot grizzled and i

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then said he, These are the two 9 anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.

CHAP. V.

1 By the flying roll, is shown the curse of thieves and swearers: 5 By a woman pressed in an ephah, the final damnation of Bab. ylon.

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piece.

HEN I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a fly-1 or, strong. ing roll.

2 And he said to me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits.

3 Then said he to me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according

to it.

2

bay horses.

4 Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

5 And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four 2 spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grizzled go forth towards the south country.

7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Go hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

8 Then he cried upon me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go towards the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

9 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

10 Take of them of the captivity, even

4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD or, winds. of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah,

of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him!

who 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 to him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The a BRANCH; and he shall 3 grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD;

13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne: and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between

them both.

14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.

15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.

CHAP. VII.

The captives inquire of fasting. 4 Zechariah reproveth their fusting. 8 Sin the cause of their captivity.

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AND it came to pass in the fourth yearing

of king Darius, that the word of LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, 1 to pray before the LORD,

3 And to speak to the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying,

5 Speak to 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 to me, even to me?

der.

law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit s by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

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2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; • I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

3 Thus saith the LORD; I have returned to 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.

4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There

shoul-shall yet old men and old women dwell

Heb. made heavy.

8 Heb. by the hand of. Prov. 1. 28.

Isa. 1. 15.

Jer. 11. 11.

& 14. 12.

9 Heb. land of desire,

a c. 1. 14.

6 And when ye ate, and when ye drank, 2 did ye not eat for yourselves, and 1 Heb. for drink for yourselves?

multitude of days.

73 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried 4 by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited 2 or, hard, and in prosperity, and her cities around or, difficult. her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

8 And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, 5 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 6 withdrew the shoulder, and 7 stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

12 Yes, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear thel

4

3 Heb. the

the setting

country of of the sun,

or, the hire of men be came noth ing, &c, Hag. 1.6.

5 Heb. of peace.

in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand 1 for very age.

5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets,

6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it is 2 marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from 3 the west country;

8 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 righteous

ness.

9 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, who were in the day when the foundation of the house of the

LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

10 For before these days 4 there was nob 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 neighbor.

11 But now I will not be to the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.

12 For the seed shall be 5 prosperous; 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.

13 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, let your hands be strong.

14 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; 15 So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. 16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; 6 execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

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Before CHRIST, 587.

Ephes. 4.

25.

Heb. judge truth, and the judg ment of peace.

7 Heh.
solemn, or,

17 And let none of you imagine evil set times. in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful 7 feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, & Let us go 8. speedily 10 to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

d Isa. 2. 3.
Mic. 4. 1.

8 or, con.
tinually.

9 Heb.

going.

10 Heb. to
entreat the
face of the

LORD.

dod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will take away his 1 blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and 2 having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle-bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

1 As for thee also, 3 by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy & prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.

12 Turn ye to the strong hold, ye Ezek. 28. prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double to thee;

3, &c.

22 And many people and strong na-Heb.bloods. tions shall come to seek the LORD of hosts

in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Is. 62. 11. LORD.

Matt. 21. 5.
John 12. 15.

23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten 2 or, saving men out of all languages of the nations, himself. shall take hold, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

CHAP. IX.

C

Ps. 72. 8.

3 or, whose
covenant is
by blood.

1 God defendeth his Church. 9 Zion is exhort-
ed to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and d Is. 61. 1.
his peaceable kingdom. 12 God's promises
of victory and defense.

HE burden of the word of the LORD the stones
4 or, subdue

13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GoD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

15 The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and 4 subdue with sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they 5 shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

16 And the LORD their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people: : for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his

of and Da-thong land.

17 For how great is his goodness, and

mascus shall be the rest of it: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Is-5 or, shall how great is his beauty! corn shall make rael, shall be towards the LORD. full both the the young men 6 cheerful, and new wine bowls, &c.the maids.

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3 And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and 1 or, lightfine gold as the mire of the streets. nings.

4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrow-2 ful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ash

Jer. 10. 8.
Hab. 2. 18.
Heb. tera-
phim.
3or,answer
ed that, &c.

CHAP. X.

1 God is to be sought to, and not idols. 5 As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.

ASK ye of the LORD rain in the time

of the latter rain; so the LORD will make 1 bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

2 For the a 2 idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they 3 were troubled because there was no shepherd.

3 My anger was kindled against the] shepherds, and I 4 punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

4 Out of him came forth the corner,

Before CHRIST, 587.

I will 3 deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

7 And I will feed the flock of slaugh

out of him the nail, out of him the battle-4 Heb. visiter, 4 even you, O poor of the flock. And bow, out of him every oppressor together.

5 And they shall be as mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall] fight, because the LORD is with them, and 5 the riders on horses shall be confounded.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice

ted

upon.

5 or, they shall make the riders

on horses
ashamed.

as through wine: yes, their children shall 1 or, galsee it, and be glad; their heart shall re- lants. joice in the LORD.

8 I will hiss for them, and gather them: for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

9 And I will sow them among the peo2 or, the ple: and they shall remember me in refortified mote countries; and they shall live with forest. their children, and turn again.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

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3 Heb. make

to be found. 4 or, verily the poor.

5

or, Binders.

6 Heb. was straitened for them. Jer. 15. 2. Heb. of his fellow, or, neighbor.

7

8

9

or, the poor of the flock, &c.certain ly knew. Heb. If it be good in

your eyes.

Matt. 26.15.1
Matt. 27. 9,

10.

Howl, fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen; 10 or,

because the mighty are

Binders.

I took to me two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called 5 Bands; and I fed the flock.

8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

9 Then said I, I will not feed you: a that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat, every one the flesh 7 of another.

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

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

12 And I said to them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

14 Then I cut asunder my other staff, even 10 Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And the LORD said to me, Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

16 For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are 11 cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor 12 feed that which standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

17 Woe to the idle shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be wholly dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. CHAP. XII.

Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself, 3 and a burdensome stone to her adversaries. 6 The victorious restoring of Judah. 9 The repentance of Jerusalem.

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

2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people around, 2 when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

3¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be assembled against it.

4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and

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