Haggai 2:6

Haggai 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;

Context of Haggai 2:6

4But now, Zerubbabel, be strong and brave! Joshua too, and all you people who belong here in Judah, be strong and brave! Now begin to work, because I am with you to help you. That is what I, the Almighty Lord, say to you. 5Do not be afraid. Remember that I made a promise to your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. I promised them that I would be with them. My Spirit is now with you too. I, the Almighty Lord also tell you this: Soon, I will cause the sky and the whole earth to shake. I will also cause the sea and the land to shake. 7I will cause people in all the nations of the world to shake with fear. They will come here to offer their valuable gifts. At that time, I will cause my temple to be full of glory. I, the Almighty Lord, tell you this. 8Yes, all the silver and gold in the world belongs to me. And I promise you this:

Haggai 2:6 word by word

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת ע֥וֹד אַחַ֖ת מְעַ֣ט הִ֑יא וַאֲנִ֗י מַרְעִישׁ֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶת־הַיָּ֖ם וְאֶת־הֶחָרָבָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• Yet onceאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• a little whileמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• and I will shakeרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• and the dryחָֽרָבָהchârâbâh · dry groundH2724

Cross-references for Haggai 2:6

• Haggai 2:21‘Speak to Zerubbabel, the ruler of Judah. Tell him that I will cause the sky and the whole earth to shake.
• Hebrews 12:26At Sinai mountain many years ago, God's voice caused the earth to shake. But now God has promised this: ‘Once again I will cause the earth to shake. But this time I will also cause heaven to shake.’
• Psalms 37:10Evil people will soon be gone. You may look for them, but you will not find them.
• Isaiah 10:25But soon I will be angry with you no longer. Instead, I will be angry with the Assyrians, and I will be ready to destroy them.’
• Isaiah 29:17Very soon, Lebanon's forest will become a field of fruit trees. And the field of fruit trees will seem like a forest.
• Jeremiah 51:33The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: Babylon is like a threshing floor that is ready for people to stamp on wheat. The harvest time will soon come! Then the enemy will cut down Babylon, and they will stamp all over it!’
• Hebrews 10:37This is what the Bible says: ‘In a very short time, my special servant will come. He is the one that I promised to send to you. He will not be late.
• Isaiah 34:4The stars in the sky will slowly disappear. The sky will close up like a book. All the stars will fall, like dry leaves that fall from a vine. They will drop like figs from a fig tree, when they become dry.
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth. It had no shape and it was empty. I looked at the sky. Its light had disappeared.
• Ezekiel 38:20Everything that lives will shake with fear when they see what I am doing. The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the wild animals, the small animals that move along the ground and all the people on earth will be very afraid. I will make the mountains and hills break into pieces. All the walls in the cities will fall down.
• Joel 2:30I will do strange things in the sky and on the earth. I will send blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
• Joel 3:16The Lord will shout from Zion. He will make a great noise from Jerusalem. The earth and the sky will move about. But the Lord will keep his people safe.
• Matthew 24:29Then after all these bad things have happened, “The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine any more. Stars will fall out of the sky. And the powerful things in the sky will shake.”
• Mark 13:24Then, after all these bad things have happened, the sun will become dark. The moon will not shine any more.
• Luke 21:25‘You will see strange things happen to the sun and to the moon and to the stars. Down on earth, things that happen will make people in many countries very afraid. The sea will move up and down and make a lot of noise. There will be great storms.
• Acts 2:19I will cause special things to appear in the sky. I will cause special things to appear on the earth too. Those things will show how great I am. There will be blood, fire and thick dark smoke.

Commentaries on Haggai 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens - When the law was given on Mount Sinai, there was an earthquake that shook the whole mountain, Exodus 19:18. "The political or religious revolutions which were to be effected in the world, or both, are here," says Abp. Newcome, "referred to; compare Exodus 19:21, Exodus 19:22; Matthew 24:29; Hebrews 12:26-28. The political ones began in the overthrow of the Persian monarchy by Alexander, within…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Yet once, it is a little while - This, the rendering of Paul to the Hebrews, is alone grammatical. “Yet once.” By the word yet he looks back to the first great shaking of the moral world, when God‘s revelation by Moses and to His people broke upon the darkness of the pagan world, to be a monument against pagan error until Christ should come; once looks on, and conveys that God would again shake the world, but once only, under the one dispensation of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7God will once more shake the heavens and the earth on the coming day of judgment (see Isaiah 2:19–21; 30:28). The previous shaking was the judgment on Egypt during the exodus (Haggai 2:21–22; Exodus 14:31). The New Testament connects this to the return of Jesus Christ in a short time (Hebrews 12:26–27). Haggai likely saw God's ultimate judgment hinted at in events after his time, such as the fall of Persia to Greece and Greece to Rome (see Daniel 2:39–45).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Yet once, it is a little while--or, "(it is) yet a little while." The Hebrew for "once" expresses the indefinite article "a" [Maurer]. Or, "it is yet only a little while"; literally, "one little," that is, a single brief space till a series of movements is to begin; namely, the shakings of nations soon to begin which are to end in the advent of Messiah, "the desire of all nations" [Moore]. The shaking of nations implies judgments of wrath on the foes…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Haggai 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings