Haggai 2:1
in Haggai 2On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
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ASV
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
KJV
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,
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This verse in Haggai 2
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month - This was the seventh day of the feast of tabernacles, Lev 23:34, Lev 23:36, Lev 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 site's exposition
On the twenty-first day
on Haggai 2:1-3
A second dated word comes “On the twenty-first day of the seventh month”, during the feast of tabernacles. It asks who is “left among you who saw this house in its former glory”. Ezra 3:12 records that older priests who had seen the first temple wept at the new foundation.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 2, Verse 1 and following) In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying: Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: Who among you is left who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing?
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It was sent on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, when the builders had been about a month at work (since the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month), and had got it in some forwardness. Note, Those that are hearty in the service of God shall receive fresh encouragements from him to proceed in it, as their case calls for them.
In the seventh month,....
In the second he assures them that though their sin, in delaying to build the temple, had retarded the prosperous progress of all their other affairs, yet now that they had set about it in good earnest he would bless them, and give them success,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
seventh month--of the Hebrew year; in the second year of Darius' reign (Hag 1:1); not quite a month after they had begun the work (Hag 1:15). This prophecy was very shortly before that of Zechariah.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In the seventh month - This was a new message, and intended to prevent discouragement, and excite them to greater diligence in their work.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּשְּׁבִיעִ֕י | bashevii | in the seventh [month] | H7637 → | |
| בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | beesrim | on [day] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְאֶחָ֖ד | veechad | and one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הָיָה֙ | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חַגַּ֥י | chagai | Haggai | H2292 → | 11 times |
| הַנָּבִ֖יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
בַּשְּׁבִיעִ֕יin the seventh [month]
basheviiH7637 →
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥יםon [day] twenty
beesrimH6242 →315 times
וְאֶחָ֖דand one
veechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הָיָה֙it came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
חַגַּ֥יHaggai
chagaiH2292 →11 times
הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- 1 Peter 1:11
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- Luke 1:70
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
- Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
Through
Haggai 2:10On 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,
it leads to
- 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,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Haggai 2:20
Through
Haggai 1:15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
it leads to
- Haggai 1:1
In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Haggai 1:1
Through
Haggai 1:1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…
it leads to
- 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,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Haggai 2:10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Haggai; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.