CRITICAL NOTES.] This oracle, delivered nearly a month after building had begun, designed to remove despondency, and to meet a new difficulty. HAGGAI 2:3.] The glory of the second did not answer to that of the former temple. Some of the oldest who had returned, had seen the first building, and wept... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] HAGGAI 2:6. ONCE] Yet only a little while; lit. _one_ little, _i.e._ brief space; till a series of movements is to begin. SHAKE] by great moral and physical revolutions, preparatory to the establishment of Christ’s kingdom (Matthew 24:29; Hebrews 12:26). HAGGAI 2:7.] Having figurat... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] HAGGAI 2:10.] This prophecy two months later than those preceding in this chapter. HAGGAI 2:11.] To convince them of their unworthiness, they must learn from their legal advisers two things—no holy objects could communicate holiness to things or persons who touched them (Leviticus... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] HAGGAI 2:15. CONSIDER] Review of their condition from the present specific time to the period before resumption of work—“to connect their distress, then suffered, with their unfaithfulness.” They had _ten_ measures when they expected _twenty;_ twenty vessels instead of fifty from t... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] HAGGAI 2:20.] Renewal of promise to save in convulsions. HAGGAI 2:21. SHAKE] Points back to Haggai 2:6 and Haggai 2:7. HAGGAI 2:22. THRONE] Government which binds nations together (Daniel 7:27). War-chariots, horses, and riders, military power, and support of kingdoms, to be overt... [ Continue Reading ]