Hagai 1:2
Konteks1:2 The Lord who rules over all 1 says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’” 2
Hagai 2:1
Konteks2:1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, 3 the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai: 4
Hagai 2:6
Konteks2:6 Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘In just a little while 5 I will once again shake the sky 6 and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.
Hagai 2:8
Konteks2:8 ‘The silver and gold will be mine,’ says the Lord who rules over all.
Hagai 2:15
Konteks2:15 Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, 7 before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple. 8
Hagai 2:20
Konteks2:20 Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai 9 on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 10
[1:2] 1 sn The epithet
[1:2] 2 tn Heb “the time has not come, the time for the house of the
[2:1] 3 tn Heb “In the seventh [month], on the twenty-first day of the month.”
[2:1] sn The seventh month was the month Tishri, according to the modern (Julian) calendar October 17, 520
[2:1] 4 tc Heb “the word of the
[2:6] 5 tc The difficult MT reading עוֹד אַחַת מְעַט הִיא (’od ’akhat mÿ’at hi’, “yet once, it is little”; cf. NAB “One moment yet, a little while”) appears as “yet once” in the LXX, omitting the last two Hebrew words. However, the point being made is that the anticipated action is imminent; thus the repetition provides emphasis.
[2:6] 6 tn Or “the heavens.” The same Hebrew word, שָׁמַיִם (shamayim), may be translated “sky” or “heavens” depending on the context. Although many English versions translate the term as “heavens” here, the other three elements present in this context (earth, sea, dry ground) suggest “sky” is in view.
[2:15] 7 tn Heb “and now set your heart from this day and upward.” The juxtaposition of מָעְלָה (ma’lah, “upward”) with the following מִטֶּרֶם (mitterem, “before”) demands a look to the past. Cf. ASV “consider from this day and backward.”
[2:15] 8 sn Before one stone was laid on another in the
[2:20] 9 tn Heb “and the word of the
[2:20] 10 sn Again, the twenty-fourth day of the month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520