Haggai 2:21
He said, “Tell Zerubbabel the governor of Judah that I am going to shake the sky and the earth.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
In Context
20On that same day, Yahweh gave another message to me.
Cross References
Ezra 2:2The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:
Psalms 46:6Sometimes the people of many nations are terrified; kingdoms ◄are overthrown/cease to exist►; God speaks loudly like thunder, and the earth melts (OR, people everywhere become terrified) [MET].
Ezekiel 38:19I will be very furious, and to show that I am angry, there will be a great earthquake in Israel, where your armies will be.
Haggai 1:1I am, Haggai, a prophet. I received a message from Yahweh on August 29th, during the second year that Darius was the king of Persia. I told this message to Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak’s son Jeshua, the Supreme Priest.
Haggai 2:6This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Soon I will shake the sky and the earth, the oceans and the land again.
Hebrews 12:26The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] at Sinai Mountain. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
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 →