{"product_id":"2940148952633","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 43: Zacharias","description":"THE PROPHECY OF ZACHARIAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZACHARIAS began to prophesy in the same year as Aggeus, and upon the\u003cbr\u003esame occasion. His prophecy is full of mysterious figures and promises\u003cbr\u003eof blessings, partly relating to the synagogue, and partly to the church\u003cbr\u003eof Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZacharias Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe prophet exhorts the people to return to God, and declares his\u003cbr\u003evisions, by which he puts them in hopes of better times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. In the eighth month, in the second year of king Darius, the word of\u003cbr\u003ethe Lord came to Zacharias the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the\u003cbr\u003eprophet, saying:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. The Lord hath been exceeding angry with your fathers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye\u003cbr\u003eto me, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will turn to you, saith the Lord\u003cbr\u003eof hosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried,\u003cbr\u003esaying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye from your evil ways, and\u003cbr\u003efrom your wicked thoughts: but they did not give ear, neither did they\u003cbr\u003ehearken to me, saith the Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, shall they live\u003cbr\u003ealways?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my\u003cbr\u003eservants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they\u003cbr\u003ereturned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according\u003cbr\u003eto our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. In the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month which is called\u003cbr\u003eSabath, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to\u003cbr\u003eZacharias the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he\u003cbr\u003estood among the myrtle trees, that were in the bottom: and behind him\u003cbr\u003ewere horses, red, speckled, and white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man... An angel in the shape of a man. It was probably Michael, the\u003cbr\u003eguardian angel of the church of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. And I said: What are these, my lord? and the angel that spoke in\u003cbr\u003eme, said to me: I will shew thee what these are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered, and said:\u003cbr\u003eThese are they, whom the Lord hath sent to walk through the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are they, etc... The guardian angels of provinces and nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. And they answered the angel of the Lord, that stood among the\u003cbr\u003emyrtle trees, and said: We have walked through the earth, and behold all\u003cbr\u003ethe earth is inhabited, and is at rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. And the angel of the Lord answered, and said: O Lord of hosts, how\u003cbr\u003elong wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda,\u003cbr\u003ewith which thou hast been angry? this is now the seventieth year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seventieth year... Viz., from the beginning of the seige of\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem, in the ninth year of king Sedecias, to the second year of\u003cbr\u003eking Darius. These seventy years of the desolation of Jerusalem and the\u003cbr\u003ecities of Juda, are different from the seventy years of captivity\u003cbr\u003eforetold by Jeremias; which began in the fourth year of Joakim, and\u003cbr\u003eended in the first year of king Cyrus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. And the Lord answered the angel, that spoke in me, good words,\u003cbr\u003ecomfortable words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. And the angel that spoke in me, said to me: Cry thou, saying: Thus\u003cbr\u003esaith the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem, and Sion with a\u003cbr\u003egreat zeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. And I am angry with a great anger with the wealthy nations: for I\u003cbr\u003ewas angry a little, but they helped forward the evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem in\u003cbr\u003emercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts: and the\u003cbr\u003ebuilding line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. Cry yet, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: My cities shall yet\u003cbr\u003eflow with good things: and the Lord will yet comfort Sion, and he will\u003cbr\u003eyet choose Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold four horns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour horns... The four horns represent the empires, or kingdoms, that\u003cbr\u003epersecute and oppress the kingdom of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:19. And I said to the angel that spoke in me: What are these?  And he\u003cbr\u003esaid to me: These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel,\u003cbr\u003eand Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:20. And the Lord shewed me four smiths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour smiths... The four smiths, or carpenters ( for faber may signify\u003cbr\u003eeither) represent those whom God makes his instruments in bringing to\u003cbr\u003enothing the power of persecutors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:21. And I said: What come these to do? and he spoke, saying: These are\u003cbr\u003ethe horns which have scattered Juda every man apart, and none of them\u003cbr\u003elifted up his head: and these are come to fray them, to cast down the\u003cbr\u003ehorns of the nations, that have lifted up the horn upon the land of Juda\u003cbr\u003eto scatter it.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084497633520,"sku":"2940148952633","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148952633_p0.jpg?v=1763710336","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148952633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}