Haggai 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,

KJV

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Yet now be strong - Do not let this discourage you. The chief glory of the temple is not its splendid building, but my presence; and as I covenanted to be with you when ye came out of Egypt, so I will fulfill my covenant; for my Spirit remaineth among you, fear not; Hag 2:5. What is the most splendid cathedral, if God be not in it, influencing all by his presence and Spirit? But he will not be in it unless there be a messenger of the Lord there, and unless he deliver the Lord’s message.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let not these leading men give way to this suggestion, nor be disheartened by it, but do as well as they can, when they cannot do so well as they would; and let all the people of the land be strong too, and work; and, if the leaders have but a good heart on it, it is hoped that the followers will have the better heart.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His covenant is inviolable, and he will be always theirs, and will appear and act for them, according to the word that he covenanted with them when they came out of Egypt. Though he chastens them for their transgressions with the rod, yet he will not make his faithfulness to fail. [2.] He dwells among them by his Spirit, the Spirit of prophecy.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
חֲזַ֣ק	cha.Zak	be strong	H2388 →
זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל׀	ze.ru.ba.Vel	O Zerubbabel	H2216 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֡ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַחֲזַ֣ק	va.cha.Zak	and be strong	H2388 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	O Joshua	H3091 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהוֹצָדָק֩	ye.ho.tza.Dak	Jehozadak	H3087 →
הַכֹּהֵ֨ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
הַגָּד֜וֹל	ha.ga.Dol	<the> great	H1419 →
וַחֲזַ֨ק	va.cha.Zak	and be strong	H2388 →
כָּל־	kol-	O all	H3605 →
עַ֥ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
הָאָ֛רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַֽעֲשׂ֑וּ	va.'a.Su	and work	H6213 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
אִתְּכֶ֔ם	'i.te.Khem	[am] with you	H854 →
נְאֻ֖ם	ne.'Um	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
leads to
- Genesis 28:15
  Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
- Jeremiah 1:7–8
  But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- Psalms 27:1–2
  The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Joshua 1:6–7
  Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Deuteronomy 20:1
  When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out…
Through
2 Timothy 2:1
You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:10
  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- 2 Timothy 1:7
  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.