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Haggai 2:1

Then on October 17 of that same year, the Lord sent another message through the prophet Haggai.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Haggai;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zerubbabel or Zorobabel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of jehozadak;   Zechariah, book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Prophet, Christ as;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Darius;   Ezra, the Book of;   Haggai;   Jeshua;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Haggai;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Haggai;   Priests and Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Haggai;   Joshua (3);  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
On the 21st day of the seventh month, this message from the Lord came to Haggai:
New American Standard Bible
On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
New Century Version
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke his word through Haggai the prophet, saying,
Update Bible Version
In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day] of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
Amplified Bible
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month (Oct 17, 520 B.C., the second year of Darius king of Persia), the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai, saying,
English Standard Version
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet:
World English Bible
In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the seuenthe monethe, in the oon and twentith dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad in the hond of Aggei, the profete, and seide,
English Revised Version
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
Contemporary English Version
On the twenty-first day of the next month, the Lord told Haggai the prophet to speak this message to Governor Zerubbabel, High Priest Joshua, and everyone else:
American Standard Version
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Bible in Basic English
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Complete Jewish Bible
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, this word of Adonai came through Hagai the prophet:
Darby Translation
In the seventh [month], on the one and twentieth [day] of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying:
King James Version (1611)
In the seuenth moneth, in the one and twentith day of the moneth, came the word of the Lord by the Prophet Haggai, saying;
New Life Bible
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Word of the Lord came by Haggai the man of God, saying,
New Revised Standard
In the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the seuenth moneth, in the one & twentieth day of the moneth, came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
IN the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, came the word of Yahweh, by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(2-2) And in the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:
Revised Standard Version
in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the seuenth moneth in the twentie and one day of the moneth, came the worde of the Lord by the ministerie of the prophete Haggeus, saying:
Good News Translation
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month of that same year, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai.
Christian Standard Bible®
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:
Hebrew Names Version
In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
King James Version
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,
Lexham English Bible
In the seventh month on the twenty-first day, the word of Yahweh came through Haggai the prophet, saying,
Literal Translation
In the seventh month , on the twenty-first of the month, the Word of Jehovah was by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
In the seventh [month], in the twenty and first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The xxi. daye of the seuenth moneth, came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus, sayenge:
THE MESSAGE
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Word of God came through the prophet Haggai: "Tell Governor Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and High Priest Joshua son of Jehozadak and all the people: ‘Is there anyone here who saw the Temple the way it used to be, all glorious? And what do you see now? Not much, right?
New English Translation
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai:
New King James Version
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet saying,

Contextual Overview

1 Then on October 17 of that same year, the Lord sent another message through the prophet Haggai. 2 "Say this to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of God's people there in the land: 3 ‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all! 4 But now the Lord says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. 5 My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.' 6 "For this is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land. 7 I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. 9 The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the Lord of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the seventh: Haggai 2:10, Haggai 2:20, Haggai 1:15

the prophet: Heb. the hand of the prophet, etc. Haggai 1:1, 2 Peter 1:21

Reciprocal: Ezra 3:13 - So that Zechariah 1:1 - the eighth Malachi 1:1 - by

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 2:5
neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
Genesis 2:11
The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
Genesis 2:13
The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Exodus 31:17
It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the seventh [month],.... The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and part of October:

in the one and twentieth [day] of the month; being a month, wanting three days, from the time the Jews came and worked in the house of the Lord, Haggai 1:14 it was toward the close of the feast of tabernacles: see Leviticus 23:34:

came the word of the Lord by the Prophet Haggai; the word of prophecy, as the Targum: this was from the Lord, not from the prophet himself; he was only the messenger sent with it to deliver it:

saying; to him the prophet, giving him orders as follow:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month - This was the seventh day of the feast of tabernacles, Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:36, Leviticus 23:40-42. and its close. The eighth day was to be a sabbath, with its “holy convocation,” but the commemorative feast, the dwelling in booths, in memory of God’s bringing them out of Egypt, was to last seven days. The close then of this feast could not but revive their sadness at the glories of their first deliverance by God’s “mighly hand and outstretched arm,” and their present fewness and poverty. This depression could not but bring with it heavy thoughts about the work, in which they were, in obedience to God, engaged; and that, all the more, since Isaiah and Ezekiel had prophesied of the glories of the Christian Church under the symbol of the temple. This despondency Haggai is sent to relieve, owning plainly the reality of its present grounds, but renewing, on God’s part, the pledge of the glories of this second temple, which should be thereafter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

When this prophecy was uttered, about four years before the

temple was finished, and sixty-eight after the former one was

destroyed, it appears that some old men among the Jews were

greatly dispirited on account of its being so much inferior in

magnificence to that of Solomon. Compare Ezra 3:12.

To raise the spirits of the people, and encourage them to

proceed with the work, the prophet assures them that the glory

of the second temple should be greater than that of the first,

alluding perhaps to the glorious doctrines which should be

preached in it by Jesus Christ and his apostles, 1-9.

He then shows the people that the oblations brought by their

priests could not sanctify them while they were unclean by

their neglect of the temple; and to convince them that the

difficult times they had experienced during that neglect

proceeded from this cause, he promises fruitful seasons from

that day forward, 10-19.

The concluding verses contain a prediction of the mighty

revolutions that should take place by the setting up of the

kingdom of Christ under the type of Zerubbabel, 20-23.

As the time which elapsed between the date of the prophecy and

the dreadful concussion of nations is termed in Haggai 2:6,

A LITTLE WHILE, the words may likewise have reference to some

temporal revolutions then near, such as the commotions of

Babylon in the reign of Darius, the Macedonian conquests in

Persia, and the wars between the successors of Alexander; but

the aspect of the prophecy is more directly to the amazing

victories of the Romans, who, in the time of Haggai and

Zechariah, were on the VERY EVE of their successful career, and

in the lapse of a few centuries subjugated the whole habitable

globe; and therefore, in a very good sense, God may be said by

these people to have shaken "the heavens, and the earth, and

the sea, and the dry land;" and thus to have prepared the way

for the opening of the Gospel dispensation. See Hebrews 12:25-29.

Others have referred this prophecy to the period of our Lord's

second advent, to which there is no doubt it is also

applicable; and when it will be in the most signal manner

fulfilled. That the convulsion of the nations introducing this

most stupendous event will be very great and terrible, is

sufficiently plain from Isaiah xxxiv., xxxv., as well as from

many other passages of holy writ.

NOTES ON CHAP. II

Verse Haggai 2:1. In the seventh month — This was a new message, and intended to prevent discouragement, and excite them to greater diligence in their work.


 
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