Haggai 2:20
in Haggai 2For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
KJV
And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
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This verse in Haggai 2
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai,.... Or a "second" (s) time, even on the same day as the former: in the four and twentieth day of the month; of the ninth month Chisleu, Hag 2:10, saying; as follows: (s) שנית "secundo", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "secunda vice", Burkius.
This site's exposition
For the second time that day
on Haggai 2:20-23
The fourth word, to Zerubbabel alone, returns to the shaking of verse 6. The promise “I will make you like My signet ring” reverses Jeremiah 22:24, where the LORD pulled Coniah, grandfather of Zerubbabel, from His hand. Zerubbabel stands in the genealogies of Christ (Matthew 1:12, Luke 3:27).
This site's exposition
For the second time that day
The fourth word comes to Haggai on the same day as the third. John Gill names the month as Kislev, the ninth. The priests heard a ruling that day, and Zerubbabel now hears a promise.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 19, 20.) Set your hearts from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day on which the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, set it on your hearts. Is the seed still in the barn? And yet the fig tree, the vine, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. From this day on I will bless you.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
In the temple Jesus Christ was daily preached, Acts v. 42 . Now the ministration of righteousness and life by the gospel was unspeakably more glorious than the law, which was a ministration of death and condemnation, 2 Cor. iii.
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the L ORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the L ORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the L ORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the L ORD of hosts.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Again the word of the Lord came - This was a second communication in the same day.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֨י | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שֵׁנִית֙ | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חַגַּ֔י | chagai | Haggai | H2292 → | 11 times |
| בְּעֶשְׂרִ֧ים | beesrim | on [day] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְאַרְבָּעָ֛ה | vearbaah | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
| לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְהִ֨יand it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֤ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שֵׁנִית֙a second [time]
shenitH8145 →
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חַגַּ֔יHaggai
chagaiH2292 →11 times
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֧יםon [day] twenty
beesrimH6242 →315 times
וְאַרְבָּעָ֛הand four
vearbaahH702 →318 times
לַחֹ֖דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jerome, Commentary on Haggai; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.