5th. If we retain '78, they are certainly more properly placed, according to Bishop Newcome, at the beginning of v. 6; but perhaps we might read 7 1, "if spoilers by night come in silence."

7th. There seems to have been a corruption and transposition in

,and ;אכלי כל for which I would read יכלו לך,those two words

placing before

with Archbishop Secker, render the words thus; "all the men of thy confederacy have brought thee to the border, all the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they that eat thy bread have laid a snare under thee; there is no understanding in thee." For snare, see the Sept.

དྷ

" and thy

9th. May not the words be better rendered thus; mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, because every one in the mount of Esau shall be cut off," or, "every one shall be cut off from the mount of Esau?"

I

13th. Before I had seen either the Chald. or Bishop Newcome, I

...תשלחנה for תשלח יד had conjectured that we should read

HAGGAI..

C. i. 2d. One MS. reads y for ny in the second place, which is omitted in all the versions. The former, therefore, is probably the true reading; “the time is not come as yet to build the house of Jehovah.”

4th.

Before I had seen Bishop Newcome's conjecture, it had occurred to me that we should read nny for □ns; and, as one MS. reads

,העת עתה לכם ;they

the words transposed, they might stand originally thus; ɔb nny nyn, " is it a time now for you?" And this might occasion the omission of the second word.

12th.

We should read uniformly either bene, as here, v. 14, and c. ii. 2, or new, as in other places: and this last is favoured by most MSS.

13th. — One MS. reads n Syr. and Chald. Perhaps

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in the singular number, and so the on, a message.

C. ii. 5th. In order to complete the sense should we not supply the verb i, remember the word which I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my spirit abode in the midst of you: fear ye not?" I do not give the in the conversive power, as the words seem to refer to a former transaction, See Exod. xl. 34, and Num. v. 3. And the Sept. gave them the past sense.

there is no occasion אחת מעט היא for עת מעט היה If we read

6th. for supposing any ellipsis, the construction being regular; "there is a little time, and I will," &c.

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yet

7th. 21 can never be the true text. Bishop Newcome removes the difficulty by reading on, though he has some doubt in applying this word to a person. Might we then read 11 for 1821, and render the words thus and I will shake all the nations when he cometh, (who is) the desire of all nations; the pronouns being frequently understood? See Jerem. xliii. 11 and Malac. iii. 12. Consult Blayney's sermon on this text.

9th.

From the great similitude of the letters, it is not improbable that the preposition is dropped before 12. The objection, made by Dr Heberden, to interpreting this and the preceding verses of the Messiah, is, as I conccive, obviated by Mal. iii. 1. Besides, if these words are not understood of the kingdom of peace under the Messiah, they are not true in any other sense.

place, "with great anger;" and this is countenanced by v. 15.

5th. Thirty-six MSS. read □n, which is the more usual way of writing this word. See v. 4, 6, and elsewhere. And this perhaps is as strong a proof of the corruption of the present text as can be produced; for, by parity of reason, if the word prophet should in one or two places be written without the vowel e, and in many others with it, would not every one conclude that the former was a mistake?

8th.

Instead of ', the Sept. and Ar. read

.between two shady mountains * ההרים שני מצלים

15th. If the Sept. and Syr. read the same word with the text, they derived it from 8, tumultuari; but, as one MS. reads 'INIUM, perhaps the right reading is D, “and with great anger am I

angry with the nations, that hate you, for, or though I was angry a little with you:" one MS. supplying by before by.

17th. It strikes me that the cities of the nations are here opposed

or ערים טובות we should read ,ערי מטוב to Jerusalem, and that, for ** ;ערים טוב

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moreover, proclaim, saying, thus saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts, the goodly cities shall yet be destroyed; but Jehovah will yet comfort Zion, and will yet choose Jerusalem.” See v. 21.

C. ii. 8th. The change of persons in this verse is very harsh; might we, therefore, venture to read nn, "after your glory I will send to the nations which have spoiled you;" i. e. I will punish them after your restoration to your own country?

C. iii. 5th. Two MSS. read ", which the grammatical construction requires.

,המלך מבין might we venture to read מהלכים בין Instead of

" and I will give thee a king out of the midst of those who stand by?" See the following verse and c. ix. 9.

10th. The two last seem redundant, but de Dieu supplies Op. See Poole.

Twenty-five MSS. read 'n, which is more regular.

9th.

? האמה in both places written for באמה Is not

For, perhaps, aquila. See Exod. xix. 4.

C.

I would read for na, “they who amongst them.

10th. By transposing the letters we should read ; or, with two MSS. NJ.

13th. I must confess it is a bold conjecture, but I humbly conceive that, for D, we should read ", and that the words should be rendered in this manner; "and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between his teeth;" i. e. he shall speak peace unto his people, which was the peculiar characteristic of this priest and king. And we have something similar to this, c. ix. 10.

C. vii. 6th. May we suppose that the negative particle is dropped before the two first verbs here," and although ye did not eat, and although ye did not drink, yet did ye not eat and did ye not drink?” i. e. did ye not act as if you did? See Isai. lviii. 3, &c.

Twenty-three MSS. read Ty, which is more usual.

5th. Ten MSS. have 'nanna, which is more regular.

11th.

We should either read instead of ", or else supply the former word. See our version. But the Sept. reads some other verb.

,תשלום we

,השלים

12th. — Instead of hwn, we should probably read in, “ for the seed shall prosper."

C. ix. 1st. Instead of y should we not read 1, "for the iniquity of man and of all the tribes of Israel is before Jehovah?" See in this sense, Ezek. xii. 3.