Zakariah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 651

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8——4 the Earth. The one with the Red Horses, proceeds to the land of the North; and the White proceed to the West; and the Bay proceed to And the Grey advanced and enquired the journey they were to go on the earth? when Go! and travel up and -—- He then called to me, and said,

‘Lookl Those going to the land of the North, will allay my wind in the land ofthe North. @132 gprnpbzi ®1·hzrzh in tmniun zo u I2 §¤zb1xa-1:ztt·§l3¤;ah¤k as ibn Kraatz};. came to me to say; Again the command of the Loan ‘Take some of the Transported,

some from Huldi, some from Tobiah and some from jedaiah, and at the same time enter the house of ]oshiah— ben-Zephaniah, who has come from Babel. You must also take silver and gold and make a turban and set them on the head of joshua-ben- jhozadak, the High Priest, and say l`hns says the LORD 0F H0s1‘s-—Proclaim this is the Man whose Name is THE BRANCH! and under it they shall grow who will build theTempleoftheEvBR—L1v1NG! For he will build the Temple of the EVER-mvme, and carry honour, and sit, and `govern on his throne, and become an enthroned Priest, and peaceful council will be amongst them. Here are also the turbans for Huldi, and Tobiah, and jedaiah, for Ken-ben ·Zephaniah, as a memorial in the Temple of the EvER—L1v;NG, for they came from afar to build the Temple of the And they recognized that the Loma or Hosrs sent meto And it will be done, if you listen to the voice of your GOD.' @arins’s Ztmlmssahnrx sent to thuquirz of tbz @:11% It also occurred, in the fourth year

of King Darius that the command of the Lorm came to Zakariah, in the fourth day of the ninth month,--in Kislu, when Beth—el sent Sharazer, and Reghem Melek and their people to worship in the Presence of the Loma, and to ask the Priests of the House of the LoR1:• or Hosrs, and Should I weep in the fifth month in Remem- brance as I have done for so many Then the command ofthe LoRD or

Address all the People of the Country, and the Priests, and say, When you fasted and mourned in the iifth, and in the seventh, during these seventy years, did you fast to Me P ‘And when you ate and drank ;——did

you not eat and drink for yourselves? What were the Messages that the EVER-LIVING proclaimed by means of the former Preachers, when ]eru- salem was inhabited, and prosperous, with villages around her, andthe pas- tures and the slopes were peopled P ’ Further the EVER-L1v1NG’s com- mand came to Zakariah to say; Thus says the LoR1> or Hosrs; ‘Practise Justice, Tmth, and

Right, with mercy, and kindness, each to his Neighbour; and oppress not widow, orphan, and foreigner, and the helpless; and do not each contrive wrong in his heart against his brother.—·—But they refused to attend, and presented a stiff shoulder, and deadened their ears to the sound ; and put adamant on their heart

rather than listen to the Laws, and the Commands which the Lone or Hosrs sent by His Spirit, by the hands ofthe earlier Preachers, con- sequently great anger came from the LORD OF Hosts. And as when I proclaimed they would not listen; so when they called to Me I would not says the LORD OF HOSTS, ‘but scattered them over all the Nations whom they knew not, and this country was deserted after them both of passengers and inhabitants, for this lovely land was desolate. W32 Zum': Enh: fur Zim:. I0 II 12 The command ofthe EVER-Lxvme 8 came again to say ; ‘I z have an affection for Zion,-»—a great affection;--1 have an ardent affection Thus said the EvnR~r.1vmc;, *‘ I

will return to Zion and reside in jerusalem, when jerusalem shall be, ‘ The City of Truth} and the Hill of the LORD or Hosrs, 'The Hill of Thus said the Loan or Hosrs, ‘ Old men and old women shall again 651