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Haggai 2:20 KJV
Haggai · chapter 2 · verse 20
And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,Haggai 2:20 · King James Version
Haggai 2:20 in context
18Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- twentiethʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- HaggaiChaggayChaggai, a Hebrew prophetH2292 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- fourʼarbaʻfourH702 →
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After Haggai's sermon ad populum - to the people, here follows one, the same day, ad magistratum - to the magistrates, a word directed particularly to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, who was a leading active man in this good work which the people now set about, and therefore he shall have some particular marks put…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-23