Haggai 2:20

Haggai 2:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:
• English Standard Version (ESV)The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Context of Haggai 2:20

18“Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid. Think carefully. 19I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn. You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you.” On that same day, December 18, the Lord sent this second message to Haggai: 21“Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth. 22I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.

Haggai 2:20 word by word

וַיְהִ֨י דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה׀ שֵׁנִית֙ אֶל־חַגַּ֔י בְּעֶשְׂרִ֧ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֛ה לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And againשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• came unto Haggaiחַגַּיchaggay · HaggaiH2292
• in the fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• and twentiethעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• of the monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Haggai 2:20

• Haggai 2:10On December 18 of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord sent this message to the prophet Haggai:

Commentaries on Haggai 2:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Again the word of the Lord came - This was a second communication in the same day.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-23Verses 20-23 The Lord will preserve Zerubbabel and the people of Judah, amidst their enemies. Here is also foretold the establishment and continuance of the kingdom of Christ; by union with whom his people are sealed with the Holy Ghost, sealed with his image, thus distinguished from all others. Here also is foretold the changes, even to that time when the kingdom of Christ shall overthrow and occupy the place of all the empires which opposed his cause…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23Haggai's final message is perhaps the most important. It focuses on the importance of David's descendant in Israel's religious and political life. After the Babylonian exile, the family line of David, in which kings came from the same family, was essential to Israel’s hope of restoration (see Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:24). God had cursed David's descendant, King Jehoiachin, during the exile in Babylon (Jeremiah 22:24–30), but Haggai's last message lifts…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2320. the month--the ninth in the second year of Darius. The same date as Prophecy III (Hag 2:10).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