Produced by Charles Franks, Don Kretz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D., Litt.D. EZEKIEL, DANIEL, AND THE MINOR PROPHETS ST. MATTHEW CHAPTERS I to VIII NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY * * * * * EZEKIEL, DANIEL, AND THE MINOR PROPHETS CONTENTS THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL CHAMBERS OF IMAGERY (Ezekiel viii. 12) A COMMON MISTAKE AND LAME EXCUSE (Ezekiel xii. 27) THE HOLY NATION (Ezekiel xxxvi. 25-38) THE DRY BONES AND THE SPIRIT OF LIFE (Ezekiel xxxvii. 1-14) THE RIVER OF LIFE (Ezekiel xlvii. 1) THE BOOK OF DANIEL YOUTHFUL CONFESSORS (Daniel i. 8-21) THE IMAGE AND THE STONE (Daniel ii. 36-49) HARMLESS FIRES (Daniel iii. 13-25) MENE, TEKEL, PERES (Daniel v. 17-31) A TRIBUTE FROM ENEMIES (Daniel vi. 5) FAITH STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS (Daniel vi. 16-28) A NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE (Daniel xii. 13) HOSEA THE VALLEY OF ACHOR (Hosea ii. 15) 'LET HIM ALONE' (Hosea iv. 17) 'PHYSICIANS OF NO VALUE' (Hosea v. 13, R.V.) 'FRUIT WHICH IS DEATH' (Hosea x. 1-15) DESTRUCTION AND HELP (Hosea xiii. 9) ISRAEL RETURNING (Hosea xiv. 1-9) THE DEW AND THE PLANTS (Hosea xiv. 5, 6) AMOS A PAIR OF FRIENDS (Amos iii. 3) SMITTEN IN VAIN (Amos iv. 4-13) THE SINS OF SOCIETY (Amos v. 4-15) THE CARCASS AND THE EAGLES (Amos vi. 1-8) RIPE FOR GATHERING (Amos viii. 1-14) JONAH GUILTY SILENCE AND ITS REWARD (Jonah i. 1-17) 'LYING VANITIES' (Jonah ii. 8) THREEFOLD REPENTANCE (Jonah iii. 1-10) MICAH IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD STRAITENED? (Micah ii. 7) CHRIST THE BREAKER (Micah ii. 13) AS GOD, SO WORSHIPPER (Micah iv. 5, R.V.) 'A DEW FROM THE LORD' (Micah v. 7) GOD'S REQUIREMENTS AND GOD'S GIFT (Micah vi. 8) HABAKKUK THE IDEAL DEVOUT LIFE (Habakkuk iii. 19) ZEPHANIAH ZION'S JOY AND GOD'S (Zephaniah iii. 14, 17) HAGGAI VAIN TOIL (Haggai i. 6) BRAVE ENCOURAGEMENTS (Haggai ii. 1-9) ZECHARIAH DYING MEN AND THE UNDYING WORD (Zechariah i. 5, 6) THE CITY WITHOUT WALLS (Zechariah ii. 4, 5) A VISION OF JUDGMENT AND CLEANSING (Zechariah iii. 1-10) THE RIGHT OF ENTRY (Zechariah iii. 7) THE SOURCE OF POWER (Zechariah iv. 1-10) THE FOUNDER AND FINISHER OF THE TEMPLE (Zechariah iv. 9) THE PRIEST OF THE WORLD AND KING OF MEN (Zechariah vi. 13) MALACHI A DIALOGUE WITH GOD (Malachi i. 6, 7) BLEMISHED OFFERINGS (Malachi i. 8) A DIALOGUE WITH GOD (Malachi ii. 12, 14, R.V.) THE LAST WORD OF PROPHECY (Malachi iii. 1-12) THE UNCHANGING LORD (Malachi iii. 6) A DIALOGUE WITH GOD (Malachi iii. 7, R.V.) 'STOUT WORDS,' AND THEIR CONFUTATION (Malachi iii. 13-18; iv. 1-6) THE LAST WORDS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS (Malachi iv. 6; Revelation xxii. 21)