Haggai 2:22
I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the nations' kingdoms. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders. The horses and riders will fall, and the men will kill each other by the sword.
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21Tell Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 14:17I will give the Egyptians a stubborn, hard-hearted attitude so that they will chase in after them. Then I will gain respect through what happens to Pharaoh and all his army, chariots, and horsemen.
Exodus 15:4He threw Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea. Pharaoh's best officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
Judges 7:22When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord made all the men in the camp attack one other with their swords. The enemy army fled to Beth-shittah near Zererah, all the way to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
2 Chronicles 15:6Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.
Psalms 46:9He stops wars all over the world. He smashes the bow; he breaks the spear; he sets shields on fire.
Isaiah 9:19The anger of the Lord Almighty burns the land. People are like fuel for the fire, and nobody tries to help anyone else.
Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:21-23
Encouraging Promises; A Promise to Zerubbabel. ( b. c. 520.) 20 And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 22 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.… Read the whole commentary →