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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord,
• 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—

Context of Haggai 2:15

13So Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The kohanim answered and said, “It does become unclean.” 14Then, Haggai answered and said, “So it is with this people. So is this nation before Me”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“and so is every work of their hands. What they were offering there was unclean. But now, set your heart back from this day onward. Before stone was set upon stone in the Temple of Adonai, 16how were things? When one came to a grain-heap of twenty measures, there were ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were twenty. 17I struck you with blight and with mildew and with hail—every work of your hands—so you were nothing to Me”—it is a declaration of Adonai.

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 2:18“Now, set your heart back from this day on—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day the Temple of Adonai was founded, set your heart:
• Haggai 1:5But now,” thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Set your heart on your ways!
• Psalms 107:43Who is wise? Let him observe these things, and consider Adonai’s lovingkindness.
• Isaiah 5:12Harp and lyre, tambourine and flute, and wine are at their banquets. They do not notice Adonai’s activity nor see the works of His hands.
• Hosea 14:9Ephraim: “What more are idols to me? I have responded and observed Him. I will be like a luxuriant cypress tree. From me will be found Your fruit.”
• Malachi 3:8“Will a man rob God? For you are robbing Me!” But you say: “How have we robbed You?” “In the tithe and the offering.
• Romans 6:21So then, what outcome did you have that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
• 1 Corinthians 11:31For if we were judging ourselves thoroughly, we wouldn’t be coming under judgment.
• Ezra 3:10When the builders had laid the foundation of the Temple of Adonai, the kohanim, arrayed in their vestments and with clarions, and the Levites sons of Asaph with cymbals, were stationed to praise Adonai as prescribed by King David of Israel.
• Ezra 4:24Thus the work on the House of God in Jerusalem ceased. It remained at a standstill 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