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Haggai 2

Haggai 2:16

Blessings for a Defiled People · Haggai 2:10–19
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Translations

Modern
…from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
Traditional
Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
Literal
From their being, when one came toward a heap of twenty, then there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty from the press, then there were but twenty.
Latin
Cum accederetis ad acervum viginti modiorum, et fierent decem; et intraretis ad torcular, ut exprimeretis quinquaginta lagenas, et fiebant viginti.

Original

Hebrew
English
…from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

Notes

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).

Events

Glossary

Haggai, Book of Prophecy Zechariah, Book of

Topics

Lukewarmness: Figurative Oil: Extracted by Presses The Olive-Tree: The Fruit of, Trodden in Presses to Extract the Oil Wine: The Jews Frequently Deprived of, As a Punishment