"forth his hand also upon the countries: and thẻ "land of Egypt shall not escape. But he shall "have power over the treasures of gold and silver, "and over all the precious things of Egypt: and "the Lubim and the Cushim shall be at his steps. "But tidings out of the east and out of the north "shall trouble him therefore he shall go forth "with great fury to destroy, and to devote many "to utter destruction under the pretext of religion. "And he shall plant the curtains of his pavilions "between the seas in the glorious holy mountain: yet he shall come to his end and none shall help "him. And at that time shall Michael stand up,

the great prince which standeth for the children "of thy people; and there shall be a time of "trouble, such as never was since there was a na❝tion, even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that "shall be found written in the book *."

3. "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of "trembling unto all the people round about, even "when they shall be against Judah, in the siege

against Jerusalem. Even in that day will I make "Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: "all, that burden themselves with it, shall be cut "in pieces, though all the people of the earth be

gathered together against it. In that day, saith "the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will

Dan. vii. xi. xii.

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open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and "will smite every horse of the people with blind<< ness. And the governors of Judah shall say in "their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall "be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. "In that day will I make the governors of Judah "like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour "all the people round about, on the right hand "and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inha"bited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. "The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah "first, that the glory of the house of David, and "the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not "magnify themselves against Judah. In that day "shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusa"lem; and he, that is feeble among them, at that

day shall be as David; and the house of David "shall be as God, as the angel Jehovah before "them. And it shall come to pass in that day, "that I will seek to destroy all the nations that "come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon "the house of David, and upon the inhabitants "of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of sup"plications and they shall look upon him whom

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they have pierced, and they shall mourn for "him, as one that mourneth for his only son, " and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that "is in bitterness for his first-born. In that day "shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, "as the mourning of the vintage shouting of

"Rimmon

"Rimmon in the valley of Megiddon. And the "land shall mourn every family apart-All the "families that remain, every family apart, and "their wives apart. In that day there shall be a "fountain opened to the house of David, and to "the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for "uncleanness-In that day shall there be upon "the bells of the horses, Holiness unto the Lord; "and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like "the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in "Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto "the Lord of hosts: and all they, that sacrifice, "shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: "and in that day there shall be no more a traf"ficker in the house of the Lord of hosts *."

4. "Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of "the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand: a day "of darkness, and of gloominess, a day of clouds "and of thick darkness, as the morning spread

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upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, nei"ther shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations †. A fire devoureth

Zechar. xii. xiii. xiv.

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+ I apprehend, that by this expression we must understand the last attempt of Satan against the Lamb at the close of the Millennium; when, after "the years of many generations" subsequent to the outrages of "the great and strong people" here predicted, he shall stir up from the four quarters of the earth

"before them; and behind them a flame burneth: "the land is as the garden of Eden before them, " and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, "and nothing shall escape them-Before their "faces the people shall be much pained: all faces "shall gather blackness-They shall run to and "fro in the city: they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they "shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

The "earth shall quake before them; the heavens "shall tremble: the sun and moon shall be dark, "and the stars shall withdraw their shining. "And the Lord shall utter his voice before his

army for his camp is very great: for he is "strong, that executeth his word: for the day of "the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Then will the Lord be jealous

earth the nations styled by St. John Gog and Magog. Mean while, during the millennian rest, there shall be none like that strong people, till the years of its many generations shall have fully clapsed. The Gog and Magog, mentioned by St. John, are evidently the same as the Gog and Magog predicted by Ezekiel. The expedition of these nations against Palestine bears a strong resemblance in many points to the expedition of the infidel king and the false prophet. Yet it certainly cannot be the same, both because St. John informs us that it shall take place at the end of the Millennium; and because Ezekiel, in strict correspondence with him, asserts that it shall be directed against the Jews so long after their restoration to their own land, that they should be dwelling there in all the confidence of unsuspecting security (See Ezek. xxxviii. 8, 11, 12, 14.). The war of Gog and Magog is fully discussed in my Work on the Restoration of Israel and the overthrow of Antichrist. G g

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"for his land, and pity his people. Yea, the "Lord will answer, and say unto his people, Be"hold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil; "and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will

no more make you a reproach among the hea"then. But I will remove far off from you the "northern one, and will drive him into a land "made by his ravages barren and desolate, with "his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part "toward the utmost sea: and his stink shall come

up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he "hath done great things-Be glad then ye children "of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God-And

ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, "and that I am the Lord your God, and none "else and my people shall never be ashamed. "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your

sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your "old men shall dream dreams, your young men "shall see visions*. And I will shew wonders

*This is applied by St. Peter to the effusion of the Holy Spi rit on the day of Pentecost, though strictly relating to the era of the restoration of the Jews and the glorious period of the millennium, The first advent of Christ is frequently considered by the in spired writers as a sort of type of his second advent: whence we find, that predictions, which properly belong to the one period, are often applied by anticipation to the other. Thus, in a similar manner, the apostles apply the prophecy of David, in the second Psalm, to the conspiracy of the chief priests with Herod and Pontius Pilate against our Lord: yet, if any one will compare that second

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