his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 3 The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among

Before

CHRIST,

587.

3 or, There is strength to me, and to the inhabitants, &c.

and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear 2 a rough garment 3 to deceive:

5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me

lem.

7 The LORD also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not magnify themselves against Judah.

8 In that day will the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is 45 feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

1

fallen.

John 19.34.

37.

Rev. 1. 7.

$2 Chr.35.24.

6 Heh., families, families.

Heb. sepa ration for uncleanness.

Ezek.30.13.

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall a : 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 2 Heb. a him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12 And the land shall mourn, 6 every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

garment of

hair.

3 Heb. to lie.

Matt. 26.31. Mark 14. 27.

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

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

CHAP. XIV.

1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem, 2 from idolatry and false prophecy. 7 The death of Christ, and the trial of a third part. IN that that day there shall be a fountain' opened to the house of David and to!, the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and 3 Heb. for 1 uncleanness.

2¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will a cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

precious.

4 Heb.

thickness.

5 or, the day shall be one,

6 Rev. 22. 5.

c Is. 60. 19.

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

4 And his feet will stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst of it towards the east and towards the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove towards the north, and half of it towards the south.

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of 1 the mountains; 2 for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal: yes, ye shall flee as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be 3 clear, nor 4 dark:

7 But 5 it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night:

it shall be light.

8 And it shall be in that day, that living & waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them towards the former sea, and half of them towards the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of 15 And so shall be the plague of the

the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

16 And it shall come to pass, that ev

Joel 3. 18. Rev. 22. 1. 6 or, eastern.

7

or, compassed. or, shall

abide. 9 or,

10 All the land shall be 7 turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and 8 inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Han-10 aneel to the king's wine-presses.

shall

11 or,

11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem 9 shall be safely inhabited 12 T And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while 12 Heb.upon they stand upon their feet, and their eyeshmere shall consume away in their holes, and is not. their tongue shall consume away in their

18 And if the family of Egypt shall not go up, and shall not come, is that have no rain; there shall be the plague, with which the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

19 This shall be the 13 punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

20 In that day there shall be upon the 14 bells of the horses, HOLINESS TO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

21 Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe in them and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

CHAP. I.

1 Malachi complaineth of Israel's unkindness, 6 of their irreligiousness, 12 and profaneness.

HE burden of the word of the LORD; to

The Israel 1 by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, In what hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

a

Heb. by the hand of

Malachi.

@ Rom. 9. 13.

2 or, upon.

4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD or, Bring of hosts, They shall build, but I will unto, &c. throw down; and they shall call them, 5 Heb. to The border of wickedness, and, The sacrifice. people against whom the LORD hath in-6 Heb. the dignation for ever. face of Heb. from your hand.

5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified 23 from the border of Israel.

God.

the LORD is contemptible.

8 And if ye offer the blinds for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

9 And now, I pray you, beseech & God that he will be gracious to us: this hath been 7 by your means: will he regard your person? saith the LORD of hosts.

10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught? nel

ther do ye kindle fire on my altar for naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

11 For from the rising of the sun even to the setting of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

12¶ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit of it, even his provision, is contemptible.

13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! 8 and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering:1 should I accept this from your hand? saith the LORD.

14 But cursed be the deceiver, 9 who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth to the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among 4 the heathen.

CHAP. II.

1 He sharply reproveth the priests for neglect ing their covenant; 11 and the people for idolatry, 14 for adultery, 17 and for infidel ity.

Amandment is for you.
ND now, O ye priests, this com-

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them

Before CHRIST, 397.

Isa. 1. 11. Amos 5. 21.

Jer. 6. 20.

8 or, whereas ye might

9

3

have blown

it

away.

whose

or, in flock is. Lev. 26. 14, &c. Deut. 28. 15, &c. or,reprove.

2 Heb. scat-
ter.
or, it shall

away to it.
or, fall in

the law.

5 or, lifted up the face against.

6 Heb. accepted faces. Eph. 4. 6.

brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 ¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD whom he 7 loved, and hath married the daughter of a 8 strange god.

12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, 9 the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to 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 Yet ye say, Why? Because the LORD hath been 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 cove

nant.

15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the 10 residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek 11 a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal 12 treacherously against the wife of his youth.

16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, 13 that he hateth 14 putting 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, In what have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of

3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and 2 spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and 3 one shall take you away with it.

4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

5 My covenant was with him of life

love.

sor, foreign.

raketh and 9 or, him that him that

answereth.

Where is the God of judgment?
CHAP. III.

1 Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ. 7 Of the rebellion, 8 sacrilege, 13 and infidelity of the people. 16 The promise of blessing to them that fear God.

BEHO

the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he will come, saith the LORD of hosts.

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 fuller's soap.

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in 1 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, and against false swearers, and against those that 2 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.

7¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye have gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me and I will return to you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, In what shall we return?

8 ¶ Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what 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 storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the e windows of heaven, and 3 pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

spoke 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 8 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 and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

CHAP. IV.

1 God's judgment on the wicked, 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 the proud, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn

your sakes, and he shall not 4 destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your

treasure.

shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you that fear my name,

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

13 Your words have been a stout Ex. 20. 3. against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God and what profit is it that we have kept 5 his ordinance, and that we have walked 6 mournfully before the LORD of Luke 1. 17. hosts?

15 And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness 7 are set up; even they that tempt God are delivered.

16 Then they that feared the LORD

C Matt. 11.14. Mark 9. 11.

with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

3 And 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¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

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 smite the earth with a curse.