Haggai 2:1
IN THE SEVENTH MONTH. See note on p. 1276. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BY. See note on Haggai 1:1. HAGGAI. See note on Haggai 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SEVENTH MONTH. See note on p. 1276. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BY. See note on Haggai 1:1. HAGGAI. See note on Haggai 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZERUBBABEL... SHEALTIEL, GOVERNOR... JOSHUA... JOSEDECH. See notes on Haggai 1:1. THE RESIDUE. the remnant.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
I COVENANTED WITH YOU: or, supply the _Ellipsis_ thus: "[I remember", or "Remember ye] the word which I", &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45; Exodus 29:46). WHEN YE CAME, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:51). App-92. SO MY SPIRIT, &C.: i.e. speaking by the prophets. Compare Nehemiah 9... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH. hath said. ONCE. first; as in Haggai 1:1 with Haggai 2:1. Hebrew. _'chad_. one of several. See note on Deuteronomy 6:4. There had been shakings before; but this one would be extreme and final. Quoted in Hebrews 12:26; Hebrews 12:27. Greek. _hapax_. once for all: i.e. first, before the fulfil... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DESIRE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Adjunct), App-6, for the object of desire, which cannot be "things", for _hemdath_ is feminine, singular, and refers to Him Who alone can satisfy the desire of all nations. Compare 1 Samuel 9:20; 2 Chronicles 21:20. SHALL COME. The verb is plur... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SILVER, &C. Compare Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 61:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LATTER HOUSE, &C. Render: "Greater shall he the last glory of this house than the first". Ezekiel 48:2.Ezekiel 4:5; Ezekiel 44:4. PEACE. Compare Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:5.Zechariah 9:9; Zechariah 9:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE, &C. Nearly two months after the preceding message. See note on p. 1276. BY. Many codices, with eight early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "unto"; but in Codex Hillel (quoted in the _Massorah,_ App-30) and others, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read ... [ Continue Reading ]
ASK NOW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 10:11.Deuteronomy 17:11; Deuteronomy 33:10). App-92. Supply the _Ellipsis_: "Ask now [direction]", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. SHALL. will. HOLY. See note on Ex". Hag 3:5. NO. Reference to Pentateuch (Lev... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. by [touching]. DEAD BODY. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. See App-13. where see thirteen passages in which _nephesh_ is used of. "dead soul" in distinction from. "living soul", as in Genesis 2:7. Reference to Pentateuch. App-92. UNCLEAN. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 22:4; Leviticus 22:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN, &C. This is the application of verses: Haggai 2:11. THERE. Referring to the altar which was set up before the building of the Temple. See Haggai 2:15. Compare Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:3, with Haggai 2:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSIDER. See note on Haggai 1:5. FROM THIS DAY. The day of the prophet's message. UPWARD. above, as to place; backward, as regards time; as explained. Referring to past time, before the foundation was laid. See the Structure (and "if"); and note on Haggai 2:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEASURES. Supply "sheaves". THERE. and there. VESSELS. Omit "vessels". Hebrew. _purah_. a winepress. Occurs only here, and Isaiah 63:3. Hence used of. wine measure.... [ Continue Reading ]
I SMOTE YOU, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:22). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSIDER... CONSIDER. Figure of speech _Anadiplosis._ App-6. FROM THIS DAY: i.e. from the day the foundation of the Temple was laid. From this time, subsequently, things would be different, and Jehovah would bless them, as promised in Haggai 2:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THE SEED... ? The answer is no. It was sown. YEA, AS YET. howbeit, though at present. See notes on p. 618, and App-58. FROM THIS DAY. from this very day. Referring to their obedience in building YOU. Omit; and take "bless" absolutely.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. On the same day: i.e.. second time.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOVERNOR. See note on Haggai 1:1. I WILL SHAKE. Compare the Structure p. 1276; and note on Haggai 2:6. Hebrew. am shaking, or about to shake. Referring to. nearer shaking than Haggai 2:6. THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. SIGNET. Compare Song of Solomon 8:6; Jeremiah 22:24. See also, for this honour, Zechariah 4:7; Zechariah 6:13. and compare Genesis 41:42.Esther 3:10. CHOSEN THEE. As David and others were chosen (1 Kings 8:16; 1 Kings 11:34, &c). THEE. This must r [ Continue Reading ]