Haggai 2:8

The silver and gold are mine!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1

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The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

7I will shake every nation, and every nation will bring their precious things to me, 1 and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of hosts. 1

9The glory of this house will be greater in the future than at the beginning, says Yahweh of hosts, 1 and I will give peace in this place!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:20The inner room was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height. Solomon overlaid the walls with pure gold and covered the altar with cedar wood.

Job 41:3Will he make many pleas to you? 1 Will he speak soft words to you? 1

Psalms 50:10For every beast of the forest is mine, 1 and the cattle on a thousand hills. 1

Isaiah 60:17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver; 1 instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. I will appoint peace as your governors, and justice your rulers. 1

Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:2-10

The Glory of the Latter House. ( b. c. 520.) 1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the… Read the whole commentary →

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