Fi. 10 For who 9 hath deſpiſed the day of ſmall thingsb ? 70 | for c they ſhat] reJoyce, and ſhall fee the Tt plummet q 153, 1 the hand of Y.erubbabel wth thoſe ſeven e, * they
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f The Angel, chap. 4. ver. 1, 5. g O Zechariah. h That is ten Yards long by this it appears the Roil was ſpread out, for had it been rolled up, he could not have ſeen the length, tho' he did the breadth five Yards,
3 Then faid he 7 unto me, This zs the curſe # that goeth forth / over the face of rhe whole earth 2 : for || every one that ſtealerh 7, ſhall be cur off o as on this fide, according to it p - and every one that 1weareth g, ſhall be cut off a on thar fide, according to It.
7 The Angel which inſtruRted the Prophet. & This Roll or Book containeth-the Curſe, the menaced Puniſhment due to Sinners, of which too many were ſtill among the Fews. 1 That goeth ſpeedily, for it flieth. m Either the whole Land of Fzdea, or over all the World, where-ever theſe Sinsare found 3 this Curſe will come upon the Sinners, unleſs they repent. n Theft is here firſt mentioned, a Sin thar had abounded among them, and from which they were nat free then;- they robb'd one another, and they robb'd God, they were
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Heb. the gold.
*Rev.11.4; eb,
ſons of oil.
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b ealeth, holdeth himſelf
guiltleſs, as
it doth,
Chap. V.
* Ch. 8.17.
* Gee Lev. E4: 45.
> Shall be puniſhed with an extermination of his Houſe, | p According to the juſt Threats Perſon ſhall be cur
ſacrilegious- {het as well as with cutting otf his Lite. ling of the Law. g Profanely, or falſly, the perjur'd off too. |
4 I will bring it forth s, ſaith the LORD of hoſts, and ir ſhall enter 7 into the houſe z of the thict x, and into the houſe of * him rhar fiveareth falily by my Name y : and ir ſhall remain & in the midit @ of his houſe, and * ſhall conſume b it with the timber thereot,
and the ſtones thereof c. |
s So exemplarily will I execute this Judgment,that it ſhall appear I do itz my Hand, ſaith God, ſhall be ſeen in it. # None ſhall be able to keep it out, this Curſe ſhal! come with Commiſſion from me. x Where hc laid up that he got by Theft, and thought to rejoyce 1n it; or by Houſe underſtand all his Eſtate and Goods,with his Family and Poſterity. x The Robbers of God, and of their Neighbours, and every other notorious Tranſgrefſor of the Precepts of the ſecond Table. y This doth explain that of the third Verſe, and *tis plain that the perjur'd Perſon is here threatned, every one that dares call God to witneſs to a Falſchood,2nd imprecate themſelyes:f they ſpeak notTruth. 7 This Curſe ſhall be a long Curie, it ſhall ſtick cloſe to them and theirs like Gehazi'sLeprofie. a As in the Heart and Center of their Houſe, like a Sword in the midſt of the Bowels, or likea Diſ- eaſe that ſeizech the Heart. b Though it do not deftroy tuddenly,it ſhall deſtroy ſurely. c The ftrevgth of it, nothing ſhall remain, as when both Timber and Stones of a Houſe are conſumed and waſted. Such Execution ſhall be done on thoſe whoſe Name and Place ſhall be blotred out. :
5 | Then the angel that ralked with me, went forth &, and {aid unto me, Litr up now thine cycs c, and ice whar zs this that goeth forth.
d Or went on, proceeded; or,as we read it, went forth from ſome more retired Place, though he do not tell us what 1t was, or where he was with the Prophet when the laſt Viſion appeared. e Now the Pro-
- phet was come forth with the Angel, he is commanded to look upand
obſerve whar he ſeeth going forth from Jeruſalem, or the Temple. 6 And | f ſaid, Whar zs it? And he g ſaid, This zs an ephah Þ that goeth forth z. He ſaid, moreover #,
This zs their reſemblance / through all the earth.
F Zechariah k:ew not what this was he ſaw, ſo far was he from knowing whar it meant. g The Angel. h The greareſt, ſay ſome, of Mcatures with the Hebrews, but their Corus was much greater; 1* was a great Meaſure, and many times taken for any Meaſure; when ftritly raken, it held ſome three Buſhels. 7 Out of the Temple of Feruſalem. k, Having told the Propher whar the thing as, the Ange] addeth once and aboye. 1 This, how dark ſoeyer it may ſeem to be, 1s a clear Emblem of this People every where. Thus there 1s a li- mited Time and Meaſure tor them, whiMt they fin, and are filliig up the Ephah with their Sins, they will fiad thar the Ephah of Wrath 1s filled up alio to be poured out upon them 3 or, as the Hebr. This tncir Eye; as the Galiich Verſion, This the Eye I have upon them,7xc. 7. e. God's Eye obſerves how they fill their Ephah with Sin, that he may ſutably punith, that his Ephah of Wrath may fill alſo.
7 And behold 7, there was lift up 7 a || talent ot lead o : and this zs a woman p thar fitterh q in the
Vdit of the ephah.
1m Here is another part of this Viſion. n Either lifted up from out of the Eph:h, or brought thither to cover it. o A large piece of Lead of a Talent weight, large as the Mouth of the Ephah. p A Woman, the third in the Vifion or Emblem. q Secure, ſhameleſs, and reſolved of her way in increafing in Sin.
S And he faid 7, This s 7s wickedneſs z ; and he caſt it z into the midit of the ephah., and he caſt the weight of lead upon the mouth x thereof.
7 The angel unfolds the Riddle, s This Woman that fits in the Ephah repreſents the figtul Nation of the Jews, is Emblem of their Wickednels. # In the Abſtrat to expreſs the Greatneſs of the Jews Wickednefs, they will grow up to be moſt wicked, « The Angel caſt down this Woman's Wickedneſs trom the Sear ſhe ſat on, ver. 7. x And now ſhe 15 down, the weight of Lead, which ſhe can never: lift up, or remove, 15 laid upon the Mouth of the Ephah; ſhe is ſhut up, as in 4 Priſon, to ſuffer the Puniſhment of all her Sins. This 1s their Reſerablance,
5s Then lift ] up mine eyes y, and looked 2, and be- hold, there came our @ two women b, and the wind was In their wings c, ( tor they had wings like the wings of a itork) and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heaven d,