Haggai 2:15

Haggai 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Now give careful thought to this from this day on—consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And now, carefully consider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of the Lord—
• New Living Translation (NLT)Look at what was happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of the Lord’s Temple.

Context of Haggai 2:15

13Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "It does become unclean." 14Then Haggai answered and said, "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the Lord, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean. Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord, 16how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.

Haggai 2:15 word by word

וְעַתָּה֙ שִֽׂימוּ־נָ֣א לְבַבְכֶ֔ם מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה מִטֶּ֧רֶם שֽׂוּם־אֶ֛בֶן אֶל־אֶ֖בֶן בְּהֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And now, I pray you, considerלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• And now, I pray you, considerשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: considerH7760
• from this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• from beforeטֶ֫רֶםţerem · beforeH2962
• a stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• was laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• in the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Haggai 2:15

• Haggai 2:18Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider:
• Haggai 1:5Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
• Psalms 107:43Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
• Isaiah 5:12They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
• Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
• Malachi 3:8Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In your tithes and contributions.
• Romans 6:21But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
• 1 Corinthians 11:31But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
• Ezra 3:10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
• Ezra 4:24Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Commentaries on Haggai 2:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And now, I pray you - Observe his tenderness, in drawing their attention to it, “Consider from this day and upward.” He bids them look backward, “from before a stone was laid upon a stone,” i. e., from the last moment of their neglect in building the house of God; “from since those days were,” or from the time backward “when those things were,” (resuming, in the word, “from-their-being”, the date which he had just given, namely, the beginning of their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 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 learned from others than holiness. The impurity of their hearts and lives shall make the work of their hands, and all their offerings, unclean before God. The case is the same with us. When employed in any good work, we should watch over ourselves, lest we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15consider carefully (see study note on Haggai 1:5): God gives blessing, whether spiritual or material, when his people obey him (Deuteronomy 30:6–10). Haggai urged the people to continue examining their own actions. This careful self-examination leads to repentance (turning back to God). He also called them to continue living in the fear of the Lord (respect and obedience toward God), which his first message had already begun to produce (see Haggai 1:7…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. consider--literally, "lay it to heart." Ponder earnestly, retracing the past "upward" (that is, backward), comparing what evils heretofore befell you before ye set about this work, with the present time when you have again commenced it, and when in consequence I now engage to "bless you." Hence ye may perceive the evils of disobedience and the blessing of obedience.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