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8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts.
9 a‘The glory of this latter1 temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give bpeace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”  

The People Are Defiled

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Now, aask the priests concerning the law, saying,  
12 “If one carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?” ’ ” Then the priests answered and said, “No.”
13 And Haggai said, “If one who is aunclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?” So the priests answered and said, “It shall be unclean.”  
14 Then Haggai answered and said, a“ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,’ says the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.  

Promised Blessing

15 ‘And now, carefully aconsider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of the Lord—  
16 since those days, awhen one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty.  
17 aI struck you with blight and mildew and hail bin all the labors of your hands; cyet you did not turn to Me,’ says the Lord.  
18 ‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from athe day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid—consider it:  
19 aIs the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bbless you.’ ”  

Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet

20 And again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, agovernor of Judah, saying:
b‘I will shake heaven and earth. 
22 aI will overthrow the throne of kingdoms;
I will destroy the strength of the Gentile kingdoms.
bI will overthrow the chariots
And those who ride in them;
The horses and their riders shall come down,
Every one by the sword of his brother.  
23 ‘In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel My servant, the son of Shealtiel,’ says the Lord, a‘and will make you like a signet ring; for bI have chosen you,’ says the Lord of hosts.” 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Haggai 2:10

In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month - Three months after they had begun to rebuild the temple, Haggai is ordered to go and put two questions to the priests.

1.If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he touch any thing with his skirt, is that thing made holy? The priests answered, No! Haggai 2:12.

2.If one has touched a dead body and thereby become unclean, does he communicate his uncleanness to whatever he may touch? And the priests answered, Yes! Haggai 2:13.


 
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