Haggai 2:9
in Haggai 2The 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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ASV
The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
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This verse in Haggai 2
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former - or, perhaps, more probably, “the later glory of this house shall be greater than the former;” for he had already spoken of the present temple, as identical with that before the captivity . “Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory, anti how do you see it now?” He had spoken of its “first glory.” Now he says, in contrast, its later glory should be greater than that of its most glorious times.
This site's exposition
The silver is Mine
on Haggai 2:8-9
Then comes the central promise: “The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former”, and “in this place I will provide peace”. Two fulfilments are named, the enlargement of its courts under Herod and the Lord of the house walking those courts in the person of Christ.
This site's exposition
The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former
The Berean text reads one house with a latter glory greater than its former, as Albert Barnes also reads it. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown find that glory in the Messiah, who taught daily in its courts at Matthew 26:55. John Wesley reads this peace as inward.
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 Awakening4 voices
In this place - In my house, a type of Christ. Peace - A spiritual, internal, and heavenly peace.
It was also the glory of this latter house, First, That, before the coming of Christ, it was always kept free from idols and idolatries, and was never polluted with those abominable things, as the first temple often was ( 2 Kings xxiii. 11, 12 ), and in this its glory excelled all the glory of that.
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts,....
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,
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The glory of this latter house . . . greater than of the former--namely, through the presence of Messiah, in (whose) face is given the light of the knowledge of the glory of God (2Co 4:6; compare Heb 1:2), and who said of Himself, "in this place is one greater than the temple" (Mt 12:6), and who "sat daily teaching in it" (Mt 26:55).
And in this place will I give peace - שלום shalom a peace-offering, as well as peace itself; or Jesus Christ, who is called the Prince of peace, through whom peace is proclaimed between God and man, between man and his fellows; and through whom peace is established in the disconsolate soul. And at this temple this peace was first promulgated and proclaimed. But it is said that the glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former. Now this cannot be said because Jesus Christ made his personal appearance in that temple, or rather in that built by Herod; for, though we allow that Jesus Christ is equal with God, we do not grant that he is greater. Now the first temple was the dwelling-place of God: here he manifested his glory between the cherubim, and it was his constant residence for more than four hundred years. But the glory of this latter house was greater because under it the grand scheme of human salvation was exhibited, and the redemption price paid down for a lost world. As all probably applies to the Christian Church, the real house of God, its glory was most certainly greater than any glory which was ever possessed by that of the Jews. See on Hag 2:22-23 (note).
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גָּד֣וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| יִֽהְיֶ֡ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּבוֹד֩ | kevod | [the] splendor of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| הַבַּ֨יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַזֶּ֤ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הָאַֽחֲרוֹן֙ | haacharon | <the> latter | H314 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | more than | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣רִאשׁ֔וֹן | harishon | the former | H7223 → | |
| אָמַ֖ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| וּבַמָּק֤וֹם | uvamakom | and in the place | H4725 → | |
| הַזֶּה֙ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֶתֵּ֣ן | ʾeten | I will give | H5414 → | |
| שָׁל֔וֹם | shalom | peace | H7965 → | |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פ | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
גָּד֣וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
יִֽהְיֶ֡הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
כְּבוֹד֩[the] splendor of
kevodH3519 →200 times
הַבַּ֨יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
הַזֶּ֤ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
הָאַֽחֲרוֹן֙<the> latter
haacharonH314 →
מִן־more than
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣רִאשׁ֔וֹןthe former
harishonH7223 →
אָמַ֖רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֑וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
וּבַמָּק֤וֹםand in the place
uvamakomH4725 →
הַזֶּה֙<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֶתֵּ֣ןI will give
ʾetenH5414 →
שָׁל֔וֹםpeace
shalomH7965 →
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Haggai
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.