Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Resumed from Haggai 2:15 after Haggai 2:16-17, that the blessing in Haggai 2:19 may stand in the more marked contrast with the curse in Haggai 2:16-17. Affliction will harden the heart, if not referred to God as its author [MOORE].
even from the day that the foundation of . . . temple was laid—The first foundation beneath the earth had been long ago laid in the second year of Cyrus, 535 BC (Ezra 3:10-11); the foundation now laid was the secondary one, which, above the earth, was laid on the previous work [TIRINUS]. Or, translate, "From this day on which the temple is being begun," namely, on the foundations long ago laid [GROTIUS]. MAURER translates, "Consider . . . from the four and twentieth day . . . to (the time which has elapsed) from the day on which the foundation . . . was laid." The Hebrew supports English Version.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Haggai 2:18:
Haggai 1:8
Haggai 1:14
Haggai 2:10
Haggai 2:10
Zechariah 1:16
Zechariah 8:9-13
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