him forth RB the Sustainer e.nd Guide Probably these plntes h1td the ne.mes of through life's pilgrimage. the owners engre.ven on them. The Sep- Ver. 17.-Will not oome up; g08th not up. tuagint gives " bridle," which possibly ThO!le who neglected this ye11.rly worship the unusual word metzillotli mny mee.n. shall be punished according to the threat HOLINESS (lioly) UNTO THE LORD; Sano- in Dent. xi. 16, 17. No re.in. The failure tum Domino (Vnlge.te); ~A.,,,o, ,,-,,; K11pl91 of periodic rain in Ee.stern eountries meant ,raVT01<p6.-rop, (Septuagint). This WD.11 the drought, famine, and widespread distress. inscription upon the golden plo.te on the In II spiritual sense, re.in represents the mitre of the high priest (Exod. xxviii. 86). ~TII<'~ e.nd blessing of God; these e.re with- The affixing of this inscription on the trap- bolden from those who refuse to worship pings of horses signifies the.t the commonest him 11nd wilfullv cut themselves off from the things shall become holy, all things the.t Church. The LXX. he.s, Kul oho, /,c,/vo,s men use for work, profit, or ornament shall •f>O'T'T•9firro.,.,-u,, "These shall be associated be consecrated to God's servioe. The pots with those," i.e. shall be reckoned among in the Lord's house. The "pots" e.re vessels those enemies •hose punishment he.s been of inferior sanctity used for boiling the meat mentio?:."" e.ixwe. of the sacrifice (l Sam, ii. 14: 2 Chron. "\'er. 18.-If the fe.m.ily 9f Egypt go not xxxv. 13). The bowls before the e.lta.r. llp. Egypt is mentioned e.s'lhe great typical These held the blood of the victims for .. uemy of God e.nd Israel, e.nd therefore sprinkling on the e.ltar, e.nd the sacred libe.- most obnoxious to punishment if it did not tions, and were considered of superior sanc- obev the call. Tha.t have no rain. This tity. The prophet announces that now e.11 rendering implies, what is not the fact, that shall be holy, the lower equalto the highest. Egypt is without r11.in, and is not dependent Ver. 21.-The last announcement is am- upon re.in for its fertility. The ex{lression plified. Every pot. All the vessels of the in the text is elliptical, being merely, "then country shall be consecrated and used in not on them," and it is obviously natural to Divine service. The Levitical distinction supply," shall there be rain." As the rise shall be abolished, and the Lord's service of the Nile depends upon the equinoctial !!hall be perfect freedom. Every member rains in the interior, the failure of these of the Church, however humble hie station would be disastrous. Another way of ren- or mean his acquirements, she.II be e. saint dering the passage is to combine the clauses and fit for the Lord's use (comp. 2 Tim. ii. e.nd append a note of interrogation ; thus : 21). The Ce.na.e.n.ite; mercafnr (Vulgate). "Shall there not be upon them the plague The word is used in the sense of" trafficker," wherewith," etc.? The LXX. and Syrie.o or "merchant," in Job xl. 80 (xli. 6, Autho- omit the negative, Ka.l hrl "TOll'Tovs la-Tat .;, rized Version); Prov. xxxi. 24 (comp. ,,-,,-ii,rr,s, " Even upon these shall be the Zeph. i. 11). If any vessel might now be plague." used in God's service, worshippers would no Ver. 19.-The pllllishment; literally, sin; longer be obliged to buy specie.I bowls from a.µ.ap-r-la: pecca.tum; here ohvionsly the those who sold in the temple courts (Matt. punishment of sin-sin with all its fatal xxi. 12). But it is best in agreement with consequences (comp. Nn.mb. xviii. 22; Le.m. the context to te.ke "Canaanite" to mee.n e.ny iii 39 ; iv. 6). unclean or profane person (comp. Gen. ix. 25; Lev. xviii. 28, etc.). Thus Daniel, in Vera. 20, 21.-§ 10. Then e'Derything alike the History of Susa.one., ver. 56, addresses ahall be holy, and the ungodly shall be alto- the wicked elder, "Thou seed of Che.naan, getli.er excluded from the lunue of the Lord. end not of Juda:" and Ieaie.h (i. 10) ea.Us the chiefs of Israel " rulers of Sodom," e.nd Ver. 20.-Upon the bells of the horses. "people of Gomorrah.'' Henceforward the The prophet, describing the holiness of the "people shi,.l! be a.II righteous" (lee.. Ix. theocracy, uses imagery drawn from the 21). Thert'" shall be one, holy, Catholio ritual cll.lltoms of the Law. "The bells," Church. 'rhus the vision of the golden says Henderson, " were small metallic candlestick (eh. iv.) is fulfilled; and that plates, suspended from the necks or heads this should come to pe.ee is the design of of horse3 aud camels, for the ea.ke of ome.- God's manifold providences and operations ruen t, and making e. tinkling noise by (comp. Rev. xxi. 27; xxii. 15). striking e.ge.iDllt each other like cymbala."
HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-5.-.A signal revelation. "Behold, the day of the Lord cometh," etc. The "da.y of the Lord " here referred to seems that of the second coming of Christ. We lillY tbie partly because it is a day to be marked by a signa,l exerciso of Johovah's OH, XIV, 1-21.] THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH. 161