Haggai 2:23
On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, as my servant—this is Yahweh's declaration. 2 I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you! 2 —this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts!'”
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Psalms 65:5In righteousness you will answer us by doing amazing things, 1 God of our salvation; 1 you who are hope of all the ends of the earth 1 and of those who are far across the sea. 1
Isaiah 42:1Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in him I take delight. 1 I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring justice to the nations. 1
Isaiah 49:1Listen to me, you coastlands! Now give my your attention, you distant peoples. 1 Yahweh has called me from birth by name, when my mother brought me into the world. 1
Zechariah 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.
John 6:27Do not work for the food that perishes, but work for the food that endures to eternal life which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has set his seal on him.”
1 Peter 2:4Come to him who is a living stone that has been rejected by people, but that has been chosen by God as valuable to him.
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 →