George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Haggai 2:17
Bushels. Hebrew specifies nothing. Septuagint, "when you put a basket (or vase) twenty sata of barley." He speaks of such as was not yet winnowed.
Bushels. Hebrew specifies nothing. Septuagint, "when you put a basket (or vase) twenty sata of barley." He speaks of such as was not yet winnowed.
I SMOTE YOU WITH BLASTING AND MILDEW, - two diseases of grain, which Moses had foretold Deuteronomy 28:27. as chastisements on disobedience and God’s infliction, of which Amos had spoken in these self...
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,...
I SMOTE YOU, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:22). App-92....
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...
The great moral lesson of the Book is again inculcated. Let them fix their attention on the long period of their neglect of God and His House; the eighteen years that had intervened, between the layin...
_I smote you with blasting and with mildew_ "Two diseases of the corn which Moses had foretold (Deuteronomy 28:22) as chastisements on disobedience, and God's infliction of which Amos had spoken of in...
_UNFAITHFULNESS ALWAYS REAPS SAD REWARDS -- HAGGAI 2:15-19:_ The people needed to remember that before they began to rebuild he Temple that they had been disobedient to God. God punished their disobed...
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...
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...
I SMOTE YOU WITH BLASTING AND WITH MILDEW... — This is a reminiscence of Amos 4:9, “I have smitten you with blasting and mildew... yet have not ye returned unto me, saith the Lord.” “Blasting” and “mi...
(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...
הִכֵּ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בַּ † שִּׁדָּפֹ֤ון וּ בַ...
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...
"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...
I SMOTE YOU WITH BLASTING,.... That is, their fields and vineyards, with burning winds, which consumed them; with blights by east winds: this shows the reason of their disappointment, and that it was...
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith the LORD. Ver. 17. _I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail_...
_And now, consider from this day_, &c. Reflect on what has happened to you, from the time that a stop was put to the building of the temple, after the first foundation of it was laid, till you began a...
I smote you with blasting, with blight of the fruits and grains, AND WITH MILDEW, from excessive moisture, AND WITH HAIL IN ALL THE LABORS OF YOUR HANDS, the harvests over which they had worked so har...
A WARNING ADMONITION CONCERNING FALSE RIGHTEOUSNESS...
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...
I SMOTE; my hand was visible in your losses, scarcity, and disappointments. YOU; the persons put for their labours, their corn, vines, and olives. WITH BLASTING; burning and scorching winds, that blas...
Haggai 2:17 struck H5221 (H8689) blight H7711 mildew H3420 hail H1259 labors H4639 hands H3027 says H5002 ...
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...
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...
_I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labours of your hands._ BLASTING AND MILDEW Very useful and important are the fungi in the world’s busy household. They are work...
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...
HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 2:15 The Lord calls the people to reflect upon their economic situation prior to the start of reconstruction. The past lack of agricultural prosperity did not lead to repentance....
HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 2:17 I STRUCK. A drastic action motivated by a Father’s love for his children, to encourage them to repent (Deuteronomy 30:1;...
CRITICAL NOTES.] HAGGAI 2:15. CONSIDER] Review of their condition from the present specific time to the period before resumption of work—“to connect their distress, then suffered, with their unfaithfu...
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...
1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 4:8; Amos
Blessing — Burning, and scorching winds. All the labours — In your plowing and sowing, in planting of olives and vines....