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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Haggai
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 14,131 words · 26 reading sections
Haggai 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Haggai 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO HAGGAI This part of sacred Scripture is in some Hebrew copies called "Sepher Haggai", the Book, of Haggai; in the Vulgate Latin version, the Prophecy of Haggai; and, in the Syriac and Arabic versions, the Prophecy of the Prophet Haggai. His name …
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Haggai 1:2 Ver. 2. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts,.... Of armies above and below; whom all ought to reverence, honour, and obey; who was able to support his people in building his house, and protect them from their enemies, which should have been an encouragement to them; and to punish them for their neglect of it, w…
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Haggai 1:3 Ver. 3. Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet,.... This is a second prophecy, distinct from the former; that was delivered to the two governors, setting forth the sentiments and language of the people concerning the building of the temple, which was left with them to consider how just it was;…
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Haggai 1:4 Ver. 4. [Is it] time for you, O ye, to dwell in your panelled houses,.... They could not only find time, leisure, and convenience to build houses to dwell in; but to wainscot them, and line them with boards of cedar, as the Targum; as bad as the times were complained of; and could sit in them, indulging the…
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Haggai 1:5 Ver. 5. Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... The Lord God omniscient and omnipotent, that saw all their actions, and could punish for them; since they were so careful of their own houses, and adorning them, and so careless of his house; he would have them now sit down, and seriously think of thes…
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Haggai 1:6 Ver. 6. Ye have sown much, and bring in little,.... Contrary to what is usually done; the seed that is sown is but little, in, comparison of what springs up, is reaped, and gathered into the barn; which commonly affords seed again to the sower, and bread to the eater; but here much land was tilled, and a gr…
493 wordsSECTION 7Haggai 1:7
Haggai 1:7 Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways. What they have been; what has been the consequence of them; and to what the above things are to be ascribed. This exhortation is repeated, to impress it the more upon their minds; and to denote the importance of it, and the necessity of such a conduc…
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Haggai 1:8 Ver. 8. Go up to the mountain,.... Or, "that mountain" {u}; pointing either to Lebanon, to cut down cedars, and bring them from thence for the building of the temple; or Mount Moriah, on which the temple was to be built; and thither carry the wood they fetched from Lebanon, or were brought from thence by th…
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Haggai 1:9 Ver. 9. Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little,.... They looked for a large harvest, and very promising it was for a while; but in the end it came to little; it was a very small crop, very little was reaped and gathered in: or, "in looking", ye looked "to increase" {x}; your substance; had raised …
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Haggai 1:10 Ver. 10. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew,.... Or, "therefore over", or "upon you" {a}; where should be a stop; that is, because, of your neglect of the house of God; therefore upon you, and upon you only, and not upon other nations, the heaven is restrained from letting down the dew: or, "…
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Haggai 1:11 Ver. 11. And I called for a drought upon the land,.... Upon the whole land of Judea; as he withheld the dew and rain from falling on it to moisten it, refresh it, and make it fruitful; so he ordered a vehement heat to dry and parch it; and directed the rays of the sun to strike with great force upon it, an…
370 wordsSECTION 12Haggai 1:12
Haggai 1:12 Ver. 12. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech the high priest,.... Here follows an account of the success of Haggai's prophecy; with what power and efficacy the word of the Lord by him was attended; how it at once reached and affected the hearts of princes and people, and br…
1,029 wordsSECTION 13Haggai 2:1
Haggai 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO HAGGAI 2 This chapter contains three sermons or prophecies, delivered by the prophet to the people of the Jews. The design of the first is to encourage them to go on with the building of the temple, though it might seem to come greatly short of the former temple, as to its outward form and …
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Haggai 2:2 Ver. 2. Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,.... Of whom, his descent and dignity, See Gill on "Hag 1:1". The Septuagint version wrongly renders it "of the tribe of Judah"; in which it is followed by the Arabic version; for, though he was of the tribe of Judah, this does not suf…
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Haggai 2:3 Ver. 3. Who [is] left among you that saw this house in her first glory?.... Not taken away by death, yet alive, and dwelling among them; and who lived before the destruction of the first temple, built by Solomon; and has seen it in all its magnificence; its grand and noble structure; its stately pillars; it…
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Haggai 2:4 Ver. 4. Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord,.... Take heart, be of good courage, do not be dismayed at these things; though, the building may be contemptible in the eyes of some, nevertheless go on with it manfully and vigorously; let, none despise the day of small things; for from these low beg…
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Haggai 2:5 Ver. 5. [According to] the Word that I covenanted with you, when ye came out of Egypt,.... Or rather, "with the Word, in or with whom I covenanted" {g}, &c. as some render it; that is, Christ, the essential Word, who was promised to the people of Israel at that time, De 18:15 and in whom all the promises ar…
544 wordsSECTION 18Haggai 2:6
Haggai 2:6 Ver. 6. For thus saith the Lord of hosts;.... For the further encouragement of the builders of the temple, they are told, from the Lord of hosts, that in a little time, when such circumstances should meet as are here pointed at, the Messiah should come, and appear in this house, and give it a greater glory …
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Haggai 2:7 Ver. 7. And I will shake all nations,.... By changing their governors, and forms of government; which was done by the Romans, when subdued by them; and by bringing in wars among them, which produced those changes; and by civil wars among the Romans themselves, in the several nations that belonged to them, w…
661 wordsSECTION 20Haggai 2:8
Haggai 2:8 Ver. 8. The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the Lord of hosts. This seems designed to anticipate an objection taken from the gold and silver, with which the first temple was either decorated, or were in gifts dedicated to it; and which, it might easily be foreseen, would be wanting in the se…
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Haggai 2:9 Ver. 9. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts,.... The "former", or first house, was the temple built by Solomon, which was a very glorious one, if we consider the vast treasure of riches laid up by David, and given to Solomon for the building of it; the…
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Haggai 2:10 Ver. 10. In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month],.... The month Chisleu, which answers to part of November, and part of December: this was two months and three days after the former discourse or prophecy, and just three months from the time the Jews began to work in the house of the Lord, Hag …
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Haggai 2:11 Ver. 11. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... To Haggai the prophet: ask now the priests [concerning] the law; whose business it was to understand it, and teach it, and to answer questions, and resolve doubts concerning it; not of their own heads, and according to their fancies, will, and pleasure; but accor…
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Haggai 2:12 Ver. 12. If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment,.... Or, "carry" it {q}; from one place to another in his pockets or bags, which were in the skirts of his garments. This is to be understood of the flesh of creatures offered in sacrifice, which were sanctified or separated for holy use; part of …
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Haggai 2:13 Ver. 13. Then said Haggai,.... To the priests; having nothing to object to their answer; but being satisfied with it, he puts another question: if [one that is] unclean by a dead body; by the touch of it, Nu 19:11: touch any of these, shall it be unclean? that is, if such an impure person, who was so in …
133 wordsSECTION 26Haggai 2:14
Haggai 2:14 Ver. 14. Then answered Haggai, and said,.... To the priests, and before the people; and made an application of these things to them, which was the thing in view in putting the questions: So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith the Lord; not only those people that were present and at …
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