Haggai 2:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Haggai 2:14

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.

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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.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Haggai 2:14

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American Standard Version
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Amplified® Bible
Then answered Haggai, 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 [on the altar] is unclean [because they who offer it are themselves unclean].

Contemporary English Version
So the LORD told Haggai to say: That's how it is with this entire nation. Everything you do and every sacrifice you offer is unacceptable to me.

Darby English Version
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah, and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Good News Bible
Then Haggai said, "The LORD says that the same thing applies to the people of this nation and to everything they produce; and so everything they offer on the altar is defiled."

King James Version
Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

New American Standard Bible
Then Haggai said, " `So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,' declares the LORD, `and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.

New International Version
Then Haggai said, " 'So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,' declares the LORD. 'Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.

New King James Version
Then Haggai answered and said, ""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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Haggai said, " ' So does this people. And so has this nation before Me,' declares the LORD, 'and so has every work of their hands; and what they offer there has become unclean.

Revised Standard Version
Then Haggai said, "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, says the LORD; and so with every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.

Young's Literal Translation
And Haggai answereth and saith, `So `is' this people, and so `is' this nation before Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and so `is' every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there -- it is unclean.

New English Translation
Then Haggai responded, “‘The people of this nation are unclean in my sight,’¹ says the Lord. ‘And so is all their effort; everything they offer is also unclean.²

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