Haggai 2

Haggai 2:1

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

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Haggai 2:2

"Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,

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Haggai 2:3

'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?'

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Haggai 2:4

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.

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Haggai 2:5

This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid."

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Haggai 2:6

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

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Haggai 2:7

I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

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Haggai 2:8

The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.

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Haggai 2:9

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts."

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saith Whoever compares the description of the temple of Solomon , in the first book of Kings , with the most splendid accounts of the second temple , however adorned with costly stones and other magnificent decorations in after ages , must perceive that the former , being wholly overlaid with pure gold , was incomparably more glorious than the latter in its greatest magnificence; and the Jews themselves allow that the ark of the covenant , fire from heaven , the Urim and Thummim the anointing oil , the Shechinah or visible glory , and the spirit of prophecy , which distinguished the former temple , were wanting in this. In nothing , in fact , could the second temple excel the first in glory , except in the personal presence of "the Desire of all nations ," He who is "the glory of the Lord ," and the true temple , "in whom dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily ," and who was the true Shechinah of which that of Solomon's temple was merely a type. And if it be admitted that the presence of the promised Messiah was intended , then it will follow that "Jesus of Nazareth" was He; for the second temple , in which as the "Prince of peace" he preached peace and reconciliation with God , has been utterly destroyed for upwards of seventeen hundred years.

Haggai 2:10

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

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Haggai 2:11

"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Ask the priests for a ruling.

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Haggai 2:12

If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?'" "No," replied the priests.

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Haggai 2:13

So Haggai asked, "If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?" "Yes, it becomes defiled," the priests answered.

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Haggai 2:14

Then Haggai replied, "So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

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Haggai 2:15

Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,

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Haggai 2:16

from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

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Haggai 2:17

I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.

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Haggai 2:18

Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid—consider carefully:

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Haggai 2:19

Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you."

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Haggai 2:20

For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

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Haggai 2:21

"Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:

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Haggai 2:22

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

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Haggai 2:23

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts."

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O Zerubbabel It seems evident that the Messiah is here described under the name of Zerubbabel , as elsewhere under that of David , whose kingdom , after these mighty convulsions , should supersede all others.