Haggai 2:14

Translations

Modern

Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

Traditional

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Literal

And Haggai answered and said, “Thus is this people, and thus is this nation before My face, a declaration of YHWH, and thus is every work of their hands, and what they offer there, it is unclean.

Latin

Et respondit Aggæus, et dixit: Sic populus iste, et sic gens ista ante faciem meam, dicit Dominus, et sic omne opus manuum eorum: et omnia quæ obtulerunt ibi, contaminata erunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

Notes

Haggai 2:14

So it is with this people: Simply returning from exile to the land God promised Israel did not make the people of Judah holy. They were still unclean because they did not follow God's covenant instructions. Their work and worship were tainted by impurity. The ruins of the Lord’s temple symbolized their disobedience. Rebuilding the temple was a clear sign of changed hearts and renewed obedience to God's covenant.

Haggai 2:10–19

The third message focuses on the law's rules about ceremonial purity. These rules were still in effect. God wants his people to be holy, just as he is holy (Leviticus 11:44–45).

Theme notes and profiles

Zerubbabel

Events

Prophecies of Haggaic. 520 BC

Related verses

Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Haggai 1:4–11
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
Isaiah 1:11–15
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
Jude 1:23
…save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
Ezra 3:2–3
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

People

Haggai: A prophet who encouraged the rebuilding of the temple

Glossary

Haggai, Book of Prophecy Zechariah, Book of

Topics

National Sins: Defile: National Worship Wicked (People): Described

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