Psa 89:20, 110:4, Isa 61:1-3, Dan 9:24-26, Hag 1:1-12, Heb 1:8-9 | TSK

to proclaim.The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bound, and the year of acceptance with Jehovah, is a manifest allusion to the proclaiming of the year of the jubilee by sound of trumpet; and our Saviour, by applying this text to himself, plainly declares the typical design of that institution.

42:7; 49:9,24,25; Ps 102:20; Jer 34:8; Zec 9:11,12; Joh 8:32-36

Ac 26:18; Ro 6:16-22; 7:23-25; 2Ti 2:25,26

the acceptable.

Le 25:9-13; Lu 4:19; 2Co 6:2

and.

34:8; 35:4; 59:17,18; 63:1-6; 66:14; Ps 110:5,6; Jer 46:10

Mal 4:1-3; Lu 21:22-24; 1Th 2:16; 2Th 1:7-9

to comfort.

25:8; 57:18; 66:10-12; Jer 31:13; Mt 5:4; Lu 6:21; 7:44-50

Joh 16:20-22; 2Co 1:4,5; 2Th 2:16,17

beauty.

12:1; Es 4:1-3; 8:15; 9:22; Ps 30:11; Eze 16:8-13

the oil.

Ps 23:5; 45:7; 104:15; Ec 9:8; Joh 16:20

the garment.

10; Zec 3:5; Lu 15:22; Re 7:9-14

called.

60:21; Ps 92:12-15; Jer 17:7,8; Mt 7:17-19

that he.

Mt 5:16; Joh 15:8; 1Co 6:20; Php 1:11; 2Th 1:10; 1Pe 2:9; 4:9-11,14

Daniel 9:24-26

Seventy weeks.That is, seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding with the 4,256th year of the Julian period, and in the month {Nisan,} in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity, (Ezr 7:9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of the 4,746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month and year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our salvation.

Le 25:8; Nu 14:34; Eze 4:6

finish. or, restrain.

Mt 1:21; 1Jo 3:8

and to.

La 4:22; Col 2:14; Heb 9:26; 10:14

make an end of. or, seal up.

Eze 28:12

to make.

Le 8:15; 2Ch 29:24; Isa 53:10; Ro 5:10; 2Co 5:18-20; Col 1:20

Heb 2:17

to bring.

Isa 51:6,8; 53:11; 56:1; Jer 23:5,6; Ro 3:21,22; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:21

Php 3:9; Heb 9:12-14; 2Pe 1:1; Re 14:6

seal up.

Mt 11:13; Lu 24:25-27,44,45; Joh 19:28-30

prophecy. Heb. prophet.

Ac 3:22

and to anoint.

Ps 2:6; 45:7; Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18-21; Joh 1:41; 3:34; Heb 1:8,9; 9:11

the most.

Mr 1:24; Lu 1:35; Ac 3:14; Heb 7:26; Re 3:7

and understand.

23; Mt 13:23; 24:15; Mr 13:14; Ac 8:30

from.

Ezr 4:24; 6:1-15; 7:1,8,11-26; Ne 2:1-8; 3:1

restore and to build Jerusalem. or, build again Jerusalem:as.

2Sa 15:25; Ps 71:10

the Messiah.

Joh 1:41; 4:25

the Prince.

8:11,25; Isa 9:6; 55:4; Mic 5:2; Ac 3:15; 5:31; Re 1:5; 19:16

seven weeks.The seventy weeks are here divided into three periods. 1. Seven weeks, or 49 years, for the restoration of Jerusalem. 2. Sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, from that time to the announcement of the Messiah by John the Baptist. 3. One week, or seven years, for the ministry of John and of CHRIST himself to the crucifixion.

be built again. Heb. return and be builded. wall. or,breach, or, ditch. even.

Ne 4:8,16-18; Eph 5:16

troublous times. Heb. strait of times.

Ne 6:15

Messiah.

Ps 22:15; Isa 53:8; Mr 9:12; Lu 24:26,46; Joh 11:51,52; 12:32-34

2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:21,24; 3:18

but not. or, and shall have nothing.

Joh 14:30

and the people, etc. or, and (the Jews) shall be no more hispeople.

11:17; Ho 1:9

or, and the Prince's (Messiah's, ver. 25,) future people.The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the 70 weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.

the prince.

Mt 22:2,7; 23:38; 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:43,44; 21:6,24; Ac 6:13,14

and the end.

Mt 24:6-14; Mr 13:7

with.

11:10; Isa 8:7; Jer 46:7; Am 8:8; 9:5; Na 1:8

desolations are determined. or, it shall be cut off bydesolations

Haggai 1:1-12

1 The time when Haggai prophesied.

2 He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house.

7 He incites them to the building.

12 He promises them, being forward, God's assistance.

second.

2:1,10,20; Ezr 4:24; 5:1,2; Zec 1:1

the sixth.{Elul,} the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September.

by Haggai. Heb. by the hand of Haggai.

Ex 4:13; 1Ki 14:18; 2Ki 14:25; Ezr 6:14

unto.

12,14; 2:2,4,21-23; 1Ch 3:17,19

Salathiel.

Ezr 2:2; 3:2,8; 4:2; 5:2; Ne 7:7; Zec 4:6-10; Mt 1:12,13

Zorobabel, Salathiel.

Lu 3:27

governor. or, captain.

Ezr 1:8; 2:63; Ne 5:14; 8:9

Joshua.

Ezr 2:2; 3:8; 5:2; Ne 12:1,10

Josedech.

1Ch 6:14,15

Jehozadak.

This.

Nu 13:31; Ezr 4:23,24; 5:1,2; Ne 4:10; Pr 22:13; 26:13-16; 29:25

Ec 9:10; 11:4; So 5:2,3

by Haggai.

Ezr 5:1; Zec 1:1

to.

2Sa 7:2; Ps 132:3-5; Mt 6:33; Php 2:21

and.

Ps 74:7; 102:14; Jer 26:6,18; 52:13; La 2:7; 4:1; Eze 24:21

Da 9:17,18,26,27; Mic 3:12; Mt 24:1,2

thus.

7; 2:15-18; La 3:40; Eze 18:28; Lu 15:17; 2Co 13:5; Ga 6:4

Consider your ways. Heb. Set your heart on your ways.

Ex 7:23; 9:21; *marg:

Ps 48:13; *marg:

Eze 40:4; Da 6:14; 10:12

have.

9; 2:16; Le 26:20; De 28:38-40; 2Sa 21:1; Ps 107:34; Isa 5:10

Jer 14:4; Ho 4:10; 8:7; Joe 1:10-13; Am 4:6-9; Mic 6:14,15; Zec 8:10

Mal 2:2; 3:9-11

eat.

Le 26:26; 1Ki 17:12; Job 20:22; Jer 44:18; Eze 4:16,17

with holes. Heb. pierced through.

Job 20:28; Zec 5:4

See on ver.

5; Ps 119:59,60; Isa 28:10; Php 3:1

to.

2Ch 2:8-10; Ezr 3:7; 6:4; Zec 11:1,2

and build.

2-4; Jon 3:1,2; Mt 3:8,9

and I will take.

1Ki 9:3; 2Ch 7:16; Ps 87:2,3; 132:13,14

I will be.

2:7; Ex 29:43; Isa 60:7,13; 66:11; Joh 13:31,32

Ye looked.They had used all proper means in the cultivation of their lands, and had "sown much;" but when they rationally entertained the most sanguine expectations of a large increase, they were strangely disappointed; and even what they had brought home was unaccountably wasted, as if the Lord had "blown upon it," and driven it away! And the reason was, because they neglected the temple, and left it in ruins, whilst they eagerly employed themselves in building and decorating their own houses; therefore they were visited by drought and famine, and by various diseases on man and beast.

6; 2:16,17; Isa 17:10,11; Mal 3:8-11

blow upon it. or, blow it away.

2Sa 22:16; 2Ki 19:7; Isa 40:7; Mal 2:2

Why.

Job 10:2; Ps 77:5-10

Because.

4; Jos 7:10-15; 2Sa 21:1; Mt 10:37,38; 1Co 11:30-32; Re 2:4; 3:19

Le 26:19; De 28:23,24; 1Ki 8:35; 17:1; Jer 14:1-6; Ho 2:9

Joe 1:18-20

I called.

De 28:22; 1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 8:1; Job 34:29; La 1:21; Am 5:8; 7:4; 9:6

upon all.