Haggai 2:22

And I will overthrow the throne of mamlachot (kingdoms), and I will destroy the chozek (strength) of the mamlachot HaGoyim; and I will overthrow the merkavot, and those that ride in them; and the susim and their riders shall fall, every one by the cherev (sword) of achiv.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21Speak to Zerubavel, Governor of Yehudah, saying, I will shake HaShomayim and Ha'Aretz;

23In that yom, saith Hashem Tzva'os, will I take thee, O Zerubavel ben Sh'altiel, Avdi (My Servant), + 2:23 See Isa 52:13 for this Avdi — My Servant — as a reference which is ultimately related to Moshiach saith Hashem, and will make thee as a chotam (signet ring); for I have chosen thee, saith Hashem Tzva'os.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:17And I, hineni, I will harden the lev Mitzrayim, and they shall go after them; and I will get Me glory over Pharaoh, and over all his army, over his chariots, and upon his parash (horsemen).

Exodus 15:4Markevot Pharaoh and his army 1 hath He cast into the yam; 1 his select commanders also 1 are drowned in Yam Suf. 1

Judges 7:22And the three hundred blew the shofarot, and Hashem caused every manʼs cherev to be against his re'a, even throughout all the machaneh; and the machaneh fled to Beit-Sheetah in Tzererah, and to the border of Avel-Mecholah, by Tabat.

2 Chronicles 15:6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city, for Elohim did trouble them with every tzuris.

Psalms 46:9Come, behold the works of Hashem, 1 what desolations He hath made in ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 9:19And they grab on the yamin (right hand), and are still hungry; 1 and shall eat on the smol (left hand), and they shall not be satisfied; 1 they shall eat every ish the basar of his own zero'a; 1

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 →

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