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*F7zra 7. 24-&.5.1. Zech. 1. t. T Heb. +'
Hap gat. * 1 Chron 3-17, 19.
Chap. I.
the hand of
m Who kills and makes alive, acquits or condemns, and none can reverſe the Judgment. » Aboliſhcd and put an end to thy Suffer- ings, the Judgments thySins brought upon thee; he hath pardoned thy Sins and ended thy Sorrows. o Caſt the Babylonian out of the Throne, and placed the Perſian in it. p The Baby{5r1an who held thee Captive, and placed in his room Cyrs mine anointed, and thy Friend, who ſhall let thee go free, Ezra 1. 1. q Thus it 15 evident that the Lord who is thy King, O Iſrael, is with thee that he raketh thy part, is returned to redeem and govern thee. x No more fuch great Evil as thou haſt ſeen ; whilſt thy Carriage is as becometh thy Mercy received, and my Preſence with thee, thou ſhalt neither fear, nor feel like Evils.
16 In that day s it ſhall be faid 7 to Jeruſalem z, Fear x thou ngt : and to Zion, Let not thine hands be | Hack y. »_.
s The day or time of Reſtitution, when the Captivity returned ſhall be ſertled in their Land. # By Prophets, or by Friends congra- tulating them, or by cach to other, # Ilahabitants of Feruſalem, the Place being pur for the People. x Diſquiet not your ſeives with Fears, though you may apprehend ſome Dangers from Sanballat and Tobiah, &c. though trouvlous times, as Neh. 4. I, 2, and Dan: 9.
25. y lathe work of the Lord, building the City and Temple, and |
reſtoring the Worſhip of God, take Heart, O ye returned Caprtives, for God your King is with you.
17 The LORD a thy God b in the midſt of thee 7 mighry c - he will fave 4, he will rejoyce over thee with
Joye : he will + reſt f in his love g, he will joy over
thee with ſinging Þ.
a The everlaſting One, who changeth not. 6b Thine 1n Covenant never to be forgotten or repealed. -c Can do all he will, can reſtrain and deſtroy Enemies , can ſupport and defend his own People. d From thy Fears, and thine Enemies Rage. e Will greatly rejoyce in thee. f Will take content and ſatisfa&ion in this his Love. g The Love he ſheweth to thee ſhall be Reſt to him ; not thy Lovelineſs, but his own Love ſhall ſatisfie him. h Shall ſhew greateſt Love and Joy in moſt affe&ionate manner, all Expreſſions borrowed from the entireſt Loye of Man toward deareſt Relations, Pſalm 103. 11, 13+ and Iſa. 62. 5. |
18 I will gather 7 zhem that are ſorrowful & for the
ſolemn aſſembly /, who are of thee m, to whom the Þ re proach 7 of it zoas a burden o.
HAGGAT
i This Promiſe removes at Obje&ion which might be made by diſperſed ones, How can we return ? 1 will gather you, ſaith God. þ Mourn in their diſtance from the ſolemn Worſhip of God, as Da- via, Pſal. 42. that are for want of God's Ordinances troubled more chaa tor any thing. ] Which three times eyery Year in great Solem- nity they celebrated , but now for 70 Years had wanted them. m Theſe longing Mourners are thy Children indeed, Jraclites in whom is no Guile. n The Taunts of Enemies, and Triumphs over God and Religion, ſuch as Pſxl. 42. 3, 10. o Heavieft Burden, or a Sword in their Bowels.
19 Behold p, at that time I will undo q all that af * Ex. Hick » thee, and * I will fave her that halteth s, and '5 Nie; gather her that was driven out z, and I will + get them ths i
praiſe and fame z in every land x, F where they have been pur to ſhame y. |
lonians who afflited the Fews,and who were undone by Gyrus and his Perfians. s Who is in great Trouble and ready to fall, as Pſal. 38. 16, 17. who is wnder greateſt diſtreſs, and hath leaſt ſtrength to bear or get out. # By force of the Enemy carried away Captives, and ſcattered into far remote Countries. # Vindicate them as a People that are not rejeRed of their God,as the People of the great God of Heavenand Earthas Pſal. 121.2. x Amongall People with whom they dwelt as Strangers. y Were ſcorned and reproached as Slaves and Abje&ts, whoſe God could not, or would not help them,or had caſt them off, and none other would take care of them ; but now 2athered ropether by the Lord, ſhall appear to be ſtill his peculiar People and his Delight.
20 At that time will I bring you agam, even in the time thar I gather you : for I will make you 2 name and a praiſe among all people of the earth, when [ turn back your captivity betore your eyes, faith the LORD.