A paraphrasticall explication of the twelve minor prophets. Viz. Hoseah. Joel. Amos. Obadiah. Jonah. Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi. / By Da. Stokes. D.D.

CHAP. II.

IN the seventh moneth, in the one and twentieth day of the moneth, came the word of the Lord by the Prophet Haggai, saying.

2 Speak now to Zerub∣babel the son of Shealtiel governour of Iudah, and to Ioshua the son of Iose∣dech the high-Priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eies in comparison of it, as nothing?

4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord, and be strong, O Ioshua, son of Iosedech the high-Priest, and be strong all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.

5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth a∣mong you: fear ye not.

6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts. Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.

7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace saith the Lord of hosts.

10 In the four and

twentieth day of the nineth moneth, in the second year of Darius came the word of the Lord by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Ask now the Priests concerning the law, saying,

12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pot age, or wine, or oyl, or any meat, shal it be ho¦ly? and the Priests answered & said, No.

13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these shall it be unclean? and the Priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

14 Then answered Hag∣gai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord, and so is every work of their hands, and that which they offer there is unclean.

15 And now I pray you, consider from this day, and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.

16 Since those daies were when one came to an heap of 20 measures, there were but ten: when one came to the presse-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

17 I smote you with blast∣ing, & with mildew, & with hail, in all the labour, of your hands, yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, even from the day that the foun∣dation of the Lords temple was laid, consider it.

19 Is the seed yet in the barn•• yea, as yet the vine and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the o∣live-tree hath not brought forth: from this day will I blesse you.

20 And again the word of the Lord came unto Hag∣gai in the four & twentieth day of the moneth saying,

21 Speak to Zerubbabel governour of Iudah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth.

22 And I will overthrow

the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen, and I will o∣verthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubba∣bel my servant, the son of Shealtiel saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet for I have cho∣sen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.