Haggai 2:20

Translations

Modern

For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

Traditional

And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,

Literal

And the word of YHWH came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth of the month, saying,

Latin

Et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad Aggæum in vigesima et quarta mensis, dicens:

Original

Hebrew

English

For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,

Notes

Haggai 2:20–23

Haggai's final message is perhaps the most important. It focuses on the importance of David's descendant in Israel's religious and political life. After the Babylonian exile, the family line of David, in which kings came from the same family, was essential to Israel’s hope of restoration (see Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:24).

God had cursed David's descendant, King Jehoiachin, during the exile in Babylon (Jeremiah 22:24–30), but Haggai's last message lifts that curse. It restores the covenant with David (see 2 Samuel 7:4–17) as the way God will fulfill his promises to bless and restore Israel.

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