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Haggai 2:6
6“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.
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;
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)“For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.
Context of Haggai 2:6
4But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. 5‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’ “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. 7I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. 8‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty.
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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“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
- Hebrews 12:26At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”
- Psalms 37:10A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- Isaiah 10:25Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”
- Isaiah 29:17In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field seem like a forest?
- Jeremiah 51:33This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come.”
- Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”
- Isaiah 34:4All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
- Ezekiel 38:20The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground.
- Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- Joel 3:16The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
- Mark 13:24“But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
- Luke 21:25“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
- Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of 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
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