Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Haggai 2:3
That saw — Near fourscore years ago. This house — The temple built by Solomon.
That saw — Near fourscore years ago. This house — The temple built by Solomon.
Verse 3. _WHO_ IS _LEFT AMONG YOU THAT SAW THIS HOUSE IN HER FIRST_ _GLORY?_] Who of you has seen the _temple_ built by _Solomon_? The foundation of the present house had been laid about _fifty-three...
WHO IS LEFT AMONG YOU? - The question implies that there were those among them, who had seen the first house in its glory, yet but few. When the foundations of the first temple were laid, there were m...
CHAPTER 2:1-9 The Third Address Over a month later, after a good deal of work had been done, the prophet delivered his third message. He is commanded to speak to the same company, headed by Zerubbabe...
HAGGAI'S SERMON ON OCTOBER 21. Haggai 2:1 f. is mainly editorial. The work begun on Sep. 24 had consisted mainly of preparation, the actual rebuilding is now begun. Haggai 2:3 has reference to the sim...
WHO IS LEFT... ?. Who is there among you, the remnant? Evidently there were some present who had seen it. Compare Ezra 3:12. THIS HOUSE. The Temple is regarded as one throughout. FIRST. primitive....
_Who is left among you?_&c. When the foundations of this Temple were laid in the second year of Cyrus there were many such. Now after sixteen more years, when seventy years had elapsed since the destr...
Haggai 2:1-9. The Second Prophecy The first prophecy had been one of severe rebuke and earnest call to duty. The second is one of encouragement to those, who having promptly obeyed the first, were in...
The Circumstances out of which the Prophecy arose 1. _In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month_ It has been pointed out that this was the seventh and last day of the Feast of Ta...
_THE FUTURE GLORY OF THE TEMPLE -- HAGGAI 2:1-9:_ The message of Haggai two was delivered to the same people as the earlier message. It was given to "Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah...
WHO IS LEFT AMONG YOU, &C.— See the note on Ezra 3:12. The foundation of this house was laid in the second year of Cyrus; the second year of Cyrus was fifty-three years after the destruction of the fi...
THE SECOND MESSAGE. Haggai 2:1-9 RV. In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealti...
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? WHO IS LEFT AMONG YOU THAT SAW THIS HOUSE IN HER FIRST...
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...
WHO _is_ LEFT AMONG YOU] More than 66 years had passed since the destruction of the first Temple, but it was quite possible that there were some who could describe that glorious structure as they had...
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...
II. (1-9) _The Third Utterance._ — This utterance treats of the glory which, in a later time, is to attach itself to the sacred spot whereon the returned exiles are labouring. It was intended more es...
IS IT NOT... — Better, _is not such a_ (Temple) _as this like nothing in your eyes? _...
מִ֤י בָכֶם֙ הַ נִּשְׁאָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת
2. COURAGE, ZERUBBABEL! COURAGE, JEHOSHUA AND ALL THE PEOPLE! Haggai 2:1 The second occasion on which Haggai spoke to the people was another feast the same autumn, the seventh day of the Feast of Tab...
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...
THE TRUE GLORY OF GOD'S HOUSE Haggai 1:12-15; Haggai 2:1-9 One earnest man can arouse an entire community. Let a fire glow in our hearts, and it will spread. Assured of God's presence and favor, with...
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...
Who [is] left among you that saw this (a) house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? [is it] not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? (a) For the people according as had been prophesi...
"Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?" It is worthy remark that the period from the Church bei...
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...
WHO [IS] LEFT AMONG YOU THAT SAW THIS HOUSE IN HER FIRST GLORY?.... Not taken away by death, yet alive, and dwelling among them; and who lived before the destruction of the first temple, built by Solo...
Who [is] left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? [is it] not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? Ver. 3. _Who is left among you that saw this house i...
_In the seventh month_, &c. For the further encouragement of the people to proceed in rebuilding the temple, Haggai was sent again to them, about a month after he had been sent the first time, to assu...
A COMFORTING ASSURANCE...
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? the Temple of Solomon with its almost unequaled rich ornamentation. AND HOW DO YE SEE IT NOW? What impression did this second Temple make...
1-9 Those who are hearty in the Lord's service shall receive encouragement to proceed. But they could not build such a temple then, as Solomon built. Though our gracious God is pleased if we do as we...
WHO IS LEFT AMONG YOU? there are surely some that are of that age as to have seen the temple which our father's sins, God's just displeasure, and the Chaldean malice burnt; who are they? and where may...
Haggai 2:3 left H7604 (H8737) saw H7200 (H8804) temple H1004 former H7223 glory H3519 see H7200 ...
GOD'S HOUSE WILL BECOME A HOUSE FOR ALL NATIONS, FILLED WITH GLORY (HAGGAI 2:1). God's first promise springing from their obedience is that, in spite of unpromising beginnings, His House will attract...
HOUSE IN HER FIRST GLORY The prophet calls upon the old men who remembered Solomon's temple to witness to the new generation how greatly that structure exceeded the present in magnificence; and then...
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...
Haggai 2:1. _In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month._ Not very long after. Haggai 2:2. Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son...
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...
_Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory?_ THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES A despondency, such as the Israelites must needs have felt, is very apt to come over those who have...
HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 2:3 WHO IS LEFT. Some of those who had returned from exile could remember Solomon’s temple, which had been destroyed 66 years earlier (compare Ezra 3:12)....
CRITICAL NOTES.] This oracle, delivered nearly a month after building had begun, designed to remove despondency, and to meet a new difficulty. HAGGAI 2:3.] The glory of the second did not answer to th...
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...
Ezekiel 7:20; Ezra 3:12; Luke 21:5; Luke 21:6; Zechariah 4:10;...