IN THE SECOND YEAR. See note on p. 1276. DARIUS. Darius (Hystaspis). See App-67. and notes on Ezra and Nehemiah. THE KING. In Aramaic and later books these words follow the name. In the earlier O.T. books they nearly always precede it. Compare "king David", "king Hezekiah", &c. SIXTH MONTH. Elul,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. THIS PEOPLE. Not Zerubbabel or Joshua. TIME. Repeated here and in Haggai 1:4 for emphasis. NOT. Septuagint reads "not yet".... [ Continue Reading ]
YOU,. YE. Hebrew Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. you, even you, or that ye yourselves. CEILED. panelled. Used of the lining of an arched roof. Occurs in 1Ki 6:9. 1 Kings 7:3; 1 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 22:14. Showing that their houses were not only roofed, but wainscotted or decorated... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSIDER. Set your heart on, or give your attention to. Occurs five times. this hook (Haggai 1:5; Haggai 1:7; Haggai 2:15; Haggai 2:18; Haggai 2:18). Compare Job 1:8; Job 2:3.Isaiah 41:22. YOUR WAYS: i.e. the ways in which ye have been led, your experiences which are detailed in the next verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE HAVE SOWN, &C Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:38; Deuteronomy 28:39). App-92. HAVE NOT ENOUGH. are not satisfied. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:26). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNTAIN. hill country. TAKE PLEASURE. he pleased therewith. I WILL BE GLORIFIED. I will get Me honour. Hebrew text has _'ekkabda._ This is one in. list of twenty-nine words which are without the letter _He_ (= H) at the end (see Ginshurg's _Massorah,_ vol. I, p. 281). App-30. This letter. five (Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEAVEN, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:23). App-92. DEW. See note on Psalms 133:3. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), emphasizing each item which is particularized here, and in Haggai 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. THAT WHICH. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "all which".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REMNANT: which had returned from Babylon. Compare Haggai 1:14; Haggai 2:2, &c. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. AS. according as. Some codices, with. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), one early printed edition, and Syriac, read "with which". SENT HIM. Some codices, with Septuagint... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD'SMESSENGER, &C.. the messenger of Jehovah in the message of Jehovah. MESSAGE. Hebrew word Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the state of mind and feeling, &c. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:26. 2Ch 21:16. 2 Chronicles 36:22 (= Ezra 1:1). Jeremiah 51:11. THEY CAME. See Ezra 3:1, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE, &C. This reads on from Haggai 1:14, giving the date when Haggai's message took effect about three weeks later. It is not the commencement of another message, as some have supposed. See note on p. 1276.... [ Continue Reading ]