Haggai 2:11 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests {concerning} the law, saying,”

Haggai 2:11

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The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

In the four and twentieth {day} of the ninth {month}, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests {concerning} the law, saying,

If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Then said Haggai, If {one that is} unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

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Haggai 2:1

"In the seventh {month}, in the one and twentieth {day} of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, {by: Heb. by the hand of}"

Haggai 2:2

"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,"

Haggai 2:3

"Who {is} left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? {is it} not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?"

Haggai 2:4

"Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I {am} with you, saith the LORD of hosts:"

Haggai 2:5

"{According to} the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not."

Haggai 2:6

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it {is} a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry {land};"

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