George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Haggai 2:12
The law. "He who knows it not, shews himself to be no priest of the Lord," Deuteronomy xvii. (St. Jerome)
The law. "He who knows it not, shews himself to be no priest of the Lord," Deuteronomy xvii. (St. Jerome)
ASK NOW THE PRIESTS CONCERNING THE LAW - The priests answer rightly, that, by the law, insulated unholiness spread further than insulated holiness. The flesh of the sacrifice hallowed whatever it shou...
CHAPTER 2:10-19 The Fourth Address A few months later Haggai delivered another address of moral instruction and admonition. The question the prophet asks first is answered by the priests negatively....
HAGGAI'S SERMON ON DEC. 24. Haggai bases his exhortation on a pronouncement of the priests concerning the infecting power of holiness and uncleanness respectively. In the question put to the priests,...
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. HOLY FLESH: i.e. the flesh of. sacrifice. Compare Jeremiah 11:15. SKIRT. wing. See note on Ruth 3:9. OR. Note the Figure of speech _Paradiastole_ (App-6). wine.
The Third Prophecy By a reference to the ceremonial law, as officially interpreted by the priests in answer to questions addressed to them, Haggai again impresses upon the people the truth, that the...
_If one bear_ Lit. LO! ONE BEARS. "See, there is a man bearing what will happen?" An emphatic Oriental way of saying, "suppose, put the case, that one bears." So in Jeremiah 3:1 we have, "Lo! a man pu...
_SPIRITUAL UNCLEANNESS PREVENTS GOD'S BLESSING -- HAGGAI 2:10-14:_ Haggai asked the pries to interpret the Law of Moses concerning things that were unclean. "Suppose meat ready to be sacrificed to God...
DISCOURSE: 1235 INTEGRITY OF THE SOUL ENJOINED Haggai 2:11. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with h...
IN THE FOUR-AND-TWENTIETH DAY, &C.— Three months after they had begun to build the temple, Haggai receives orders from the Lord, to go and propose two questions to the priests, respecting the ceremoni...
THE THIRD MESSAGE. Haggai 2:10-19 RV. In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of host...
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Sacrifices without obedience (in respect to God's command to...
2 Words of Encouragement. The Glory of the Second Temple 1-9. An encouraging message in counteraction of disparaging comments upon the Temple structure, setting forth the significance and glory of t...
HOLY FLESH] flesh that has been offered in sacrifice and is being taken home to be consumed. SHALL IT BE HOLY?] i.e. is the garment in which such holy food is being carried capable of giving holiness...
NEVER *GIVE UP! HAGGAI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 2 V1 On 17 October the *LORD spoke to Haggai the *prophet. He said, V2 ‘Speak now to: • Zerubbabel; he is leader of Judah and son of Shealtiel...
(10-19) _The Fourth Utterance. — _The recent season of scarcity is again accounted for and immediate blessings are announced. This address dates about two months later than its predecessor — viz., fro...
HOLY FLESH. — The flesh of the sacrifice hallowed the person who touched it (Leviticus 6:27), but this sanctification was not conveyed to anything he might afterwards touch. On the other hand (Haggai...
הֵ֣ן ׀ יִשָּׂא ־אִ֨ישׁ בְּשַׂר ־קֹ֜דֶשׁ בִּ כ
3. THE POWER OF THE UNCLEAN Haggai 2:10 Haggai's third address to the people is based on a deliverance which he seeks from the priests. The Book of Deuteronomy had provided that, in all difficult cas...
HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1 WE have seen that the most probable solution of the problems presented to us by the inadequate and confused records of the time is that a...
GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE NATIONS Haggai 2:10-23 Two months after the foregoing prophecy, the prophet again remonstrated with the people for still neglecting the Temple, though they appear to have main...
About seven weeks later Haggai delivered his second message. This was addressed to Zerubbabel the governor, Joshua the priest, and all the people. A comparison of Ezr 3:13 with this message will show...
If one bear (g) holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. (g) That i...
"In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, (11) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concern...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophet Haggai is the first of those who followed the captivity. There is great simplicity in his testimony. Nevertheless we shall find the Spirit of Chr...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. The last three prophets prophesied after the Babylonish captivity. God, as we have seen in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, brought back a small remna...
IF ONE BEAR HOLY FLESH IN THE SKIRT OF HIS GARMENT,.... Or, "carry" it q; from one place to another in his pockets or bags, which were in the skirts of his garments. This is to be understood of the fl...
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Ver. 12. _If...
_In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month_ At which time, as appears from Haggai 2:16; Haggai 2:19, (the materials being collected,) they began to go on again with the building of the temple....
A WARNING ADMONITION CONCERNING FALSE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
If one bear holy flesh In the skirt of his garment, namely, the meat of sacrifices which had been offered, AND WITH HIS SKIRT DO TOUCH BREAD OR POTTAGE, any of the holy food that was sodden, OR WINE O...
10-19 Many spoiled this good work, by going about it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage by it. The sum of these two rules of the law is, that sin is more easily learne...
IF ONE, any one, bear, carry away from the altar, or the priest's hands, HOLY FLESH, part of the sacrifice, legally and ceremonially sanctified, or made holy by the altar on which the whole was sancti...
Haggai 2:12 one H376 carries H5375 (H8799) holy H6944 meat H1320 fold H3671 garment H899 edge H3671 touches...
THE RESTORATION OF CURRENT BLESSING (HAGGAI 2:10). Two months after the previous message, on the day that the foundations or building of the new Temple were finally established, Haggai brings both a w...
HOLY FLESH (_ See Scofield) - (Jeremiah 11:15). _...
Haggai 2:1. _In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,_ God's people need to be spoken to very often; and every time Go...
CONTENTS: The various temples. Chastening because of priest's impurity and the peoples' delay. Future destruction of Gentile power. CHARACTERS: God, Haggai, Zerubbabel, Joshua. CONCLUSION: If we tak...
Haggai 2:3. _Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? Is it not in your eyes as nothing?_ Josephus properly ascribes this to the poverty and weak state of the jews. The simile is...
_Ask now the priests concerning the law._ HUMAN DUTY I. That the question of human duty is to be decided by an appeal to divine authority. “Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask now the priests concerni...
HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 2:10 Consider Your Ways: Holiness and Defilement; Repentance and Blessing. In this fifth message, the Lord uses an analogy of ritual holiness and uncleanness to force the priests...
CRITICAL NOTES.] HAGGAI 2:10.] This prophecy two months later than those preceding in this chapter. HAGGAI 2:11.] To convince them of their unworthiness, they must learn from their legal advisers two...
EXPOSITION HAGGAI 2:1 Part II. THE SECOND ADDRESS: THE GLORY OF THE NEW TEMPLE. Haggai 2:1—§ 1. The proph
Now in the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak now to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, to Joshua, and to the residue o...
Exodus 29:37; Ezekiel 44:19; Leviticus 6:27; Leviticus 6:29; Leviti
Holy flesh — Part of the sacrifice, legally sanctified, or made holy by the altar on which the whole was sanctified. In the skirt — In the lap of his garment, or in any other cloth, and if this cloth...