Haggai 2:22

Translations

Modern

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

Traditional

And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Literal

…and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and those riding them, and the horses and their riders will come down, each man by the sword of his brother.

Latin

…et subvertam solium regnorum, et conteram fortitudinem regni gentium: et subvertam quadrigam et ascensorem ejus, et descendent equi, et ascensores eorum, vir in gladio fratris sui.

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English

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

Notes

Haggai 2:22

I will overturn chariots and their riders: The prophet's words remind Israel of their escape from the Egyptian army (see Exodus 15:1–21). It is unclear if Haggai refers to future events or something closer, like the Persian Empire's conflicts. This could include the Greek-Persian wars during the reigns of Darius I and Xerxes or the later Peloponnesian War.

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.

Theme notes and profiles

Zerubbabel

Events

Prophecies of Haggaic. 520 BC

Related verses

Micah 5:10
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
Judges 7:22
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
Ezekiel 39:20
And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Micah 5:15
I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”
Zechariah 10:11
They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
Psalm 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
Matthew 24:7
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Daniel 8:25
Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
Psalm 76:6
At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
Isaiah 9:19
By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.

Glossary

Haggai, Book of Jehoiachin Postexilic Period Zechariah, Book of Zerubbabel

Topics

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