stone in the Temple of the LORD. Since those dayes were, when one came to an heape of twentie measures, there were but ten: when one came to the presse-fatte for to draw out fiftie vessels out of the presse, there were but twentie. I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with haile in all the labours of your hands: yet yee turned not to me, saith the LORD. Consider now from this day, and upward from the foure and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, even from the day that the foundation of the LORDS Temple was laid, consider it. Is the seed yet in the barne? yea, as yet the vine and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the Olive tree hath not brought foorth: from this day will I blesse you.

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And againe the worde of the LORD came unto Haggai in the Gods promise to foure and twentieth day of the moneth, saying, Speake to Zerub- Zerubbabel. babel governor of Iudah, saying, I wil shake the heavens and the earth. And I will overthrow the throne of kingdomes, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdomes of the heathen, and I will overthrow the charets, and those that ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall come downe, every one by the sword of his brother. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

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N the eight moneth, in the seconde yeere of Zechariah Darius, came the word of the LORD unto exhorteth to repentance. Zechariah, the sonne of Barachiah, the sonne of Iddo the Prophet, saying, The LORD hath bene sore displeased with your fathers. Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hostes; Turne ye unto me, saith the LORD of hostes, and I will turne unto you, saith the LORD of hostes. Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former Prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Turne ye now from your evill wayes, and from your evil

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Upon the foure and twentieth day of the eleventh moneth, which is the moneth Sebat, in the second yere of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the sonne of Barachiah, the sonne of Iddo the Prophet, saying; I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the mirtle trees that were in the bottome, and behinde him were there red horses, speckled and 'white. Then said I, O my Lord, what are these? And the Angel that talked with me, said unto me, I wil shew thee what these be. And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered, and said, These are they, whom the LORD hath sent to walke to and fro through the earth. And they answered the Angel of the LORD that stood among the mirtle trees, and said, Wee have walked to and fro through the earth: and behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

Then the Angel of the LORD answered, and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercie on Ierusalem, and on the cities of Iudah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten yeeres? And the LORD answered the Angel that talked with me, with good words, and comfortable words. So the Angel that communed with me, said unto me; Cry thou, saying; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I am iealous for Ierusalem, and for Zion, with a great iealousie. And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Therefore thus saith the LORD, I am returned to Ierusalem with mercies: my house shall bee built in it, saith the LORD of hostes, and a line shalbe stretched forth upon Ierusalem. Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, My cities through prosperitie shall yet be spread abroad, and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Ierusalem.

Then lift I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold foure hornes. And I said unto the Angel that talked with me; What be these? and he answered mee, These are the hornes which have scattered Iudah, Israel, and Ierusalem. And the LORD shewed mee foure carpenters. Then said I, What come these to doe? And hee spake, saying, These are the hornes which have scattered Iudah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray

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LIFT up mine eyes againe, and looked, and behold, a man God in the care with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither of Ierusalem goest thou? And hee said unto me, To measure Ierusalem, measure it. to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. And behold, the Angel that talked with me, went foorth, and another Angel went out to meete him and said unto him, Run, speake to this young man, saying; Ierusalem shall be inhabited as townes without walles, for the multitude of men and cattell 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 foorth, and flee from the land of the North, saith The redemption the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the foure windes of the of Zion. heaven, sayth the LORD. Deliver thy selfe, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For thus sayth the LORD of hostes, After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. For behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall bee a spoile to their servants: and yee shall know that the LORD of hostes hath sent me.

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Sing and reioyce, O daughter of Zion: for loe, I will dwell in the middest of thee, sayth the LORD. nations shalbe ioyned to the LORD in that day, and people and I will dwel in the middest of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hostes hath sent me unto thee. And the LORD shall inherite Iudah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Ierusalem againe. Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

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ND he shewed me Ioshua the high Priest, standing before Under the type the Angel of the LORD, and Satan1 standing at his right of Ioshua, the hand to resist him. And the LORD said unto Satan; The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, even the LORD that hath chosen Ierusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire? Now Ioshua was clothed with filthie garments, and stood before the Angel. And he answered, and spake unto those that stood

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CHAPTER before him, saying, Take away the filthie garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to passe from thee, and I wil clothe thee with change of raiment. And I said, Let them set a faire mitre upon his head. So they set a faire mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments, and the Angel of the LORD stood by. And the Angel of the LORD protested unto Ioshua, saying; Thus sayth the LORD of hosts, If thou wilt walke in my wayes, and if thou wilt keepe my charge, then thou shalt also iudge my House, and shalt also keepe my Courts, and I will give thee places to walke among these that stand by. Heare now, O Ioshua the high Priest, thou and thy fellowes that sit before thee: for they are men wondred at: for behold, I will bring foorth my servant the BRANCH. For behold the stone that I have layd before Ioshua: upon one stone shall be seven eyes, behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hostes, and I will remove the iniquitie of that land in one day. In that day, saith the LORD of hostes, shal ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the figge tree.

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ND the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleepe: and said unto mee, What seest thou? and I said, I have looked, cesse of Zerub and behold a candlesticke all of gold, with a bowle upon the top babels founda- of it, and his seven lampes thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lampes, which were upon the top thereof. And two Olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowle, and the other upon the left side thereof. So I answered and spake to the Angell that talked with mee, saying: What are these, my Lord? Then the Angel that talked with me, answered and said unto me; Knowest thou not what these be? and I said; No, my Lord. Then hee answered and spake unto mee, saying; This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying; Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hostes. Who art thou, O great mountaine? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plaine, and he shall bring forth the head stone thereof with shoutings, crying; Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying; The hands of Zerubbabel have layed the foundation of this house: his hands shall also finish it, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hostes hath sent me unto you. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall reioyce and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven:

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Then answered I, and said unto him; What are these two olive By the two trees upon the right side of the candlesticke, and upon the left Olive trees the side thereof? And I answered againe and said unto him, What ones. be these two olive branches, which through the two golden pipes emptie the golden oyle out of themselves? And hee answered mee and said; Knowest thou not what these be? and I said, No, my Lord. Then said he; These are the two annointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

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HEN I turned, and lift up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, By the flying a flying roule. And hee said unto mee, What seest thou ? rowle, is shewed the curse of and I answered, I see a flying roule, the length thereof is Theeves and twentie cubites, and the breadth thereof tenne cubites. Then Swearers. said hee unto mee; 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. I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hostes, and it shall enter into the house of the theefe, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name and it shall remaine in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.

Then the Angell that talked with me, went forth and said unto By a woman me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. pressed in an And I said, What is it? and hee said, This is an Ephah that goeth finall damnaEphah, the forth. Hee said moreover, This is their resemblance through all tion of Babylon. the earth. And behold, there was lift up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the Ephah. And he said, This is wickednesse, and he cast it into the midst of the Ephah, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. Then lift I up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, there came out two women, and the winde was in their wings (for they had wings like the wings of a storke) and they lift up the Ephah betweene the earth and the heaven. Then saide I to the Angel that talked with me, Whither do these beare the Ephah. And he said unto mee, To build it an house in the land of Shinar, and it shall be established, and set there upon her owne base.

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