The Meaning of Haggai 2:2 Explained

Haggai 2:2

KJV: 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,

YLT: 'Speak, I pray thee, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest, and unto the remnant of the people, saying:

Darby: Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

ASV: Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Haggai 2:2?

MEANING: What does Haggai 2:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Haggai 2:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Haggai 2:2?

What is the context of Haggai 2:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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,

What does Haggai 2:2 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The audience was the same as the one that received the first message: Zerubbabel, Joshua , and the entire Judean population.

Context Summary

Haggai 2:1-9 - The True Glory Of God's House

One earnest man can arouse an entire community. Let a fire glow in our hearts, and it will spread. Assured of God's presence and favor, within three weeks the whole land was awake. Note the cooperation of God's Spirit with the message of His servant, "the Lord stirred up." Let us ever seek and rely on His cooperation! "We are witnesses, so also is the Holy Spirit!" Three prophecies occupy the following chapter. In the first, Haggai 1:1-9, the Jews are encouraged to persevere. Although there was no comparison between the glory of Solomon's Temple and the splendor of this, they must not be discouraged. Though they might deplore the absence of the sacred fire of the Shekinah, of the Ark with its cherubim, of the Urim and Thummim, and of the spirit of prophecy, yet the Messiah's presence, which would be associated with the second Temple would more than compensate for their deficiency, since He was the antitype of them all. If we lack many of the advantages and attractions in which others excel, let us be more than satisfied to possess Christ. And be it always remembered that Christian worship seeks to realize the presence of Him who said: "I am in the midst." Without that a cathedral is an empty void; with that, a barn will be heaven. For Haggai 1:6-7 see Hebrews 12:26-28. This little while in God's arithmetic lasted for 517 years. [source]

Chapter Summary: Haggai 2

¹ He encourages the people to the work,
⁴ by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first
¹⁰ In the type of holy things and unclean he shows their sins hindered the work
²⁰ God's promise to Zerubbabel

What do the individual words in Haggai 2:2 mean?

speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel governor of Judah and to Joshua of Jehozadak the priest high the remnant of the people saying

אֱמָר־ נָ֗א אֶל־ זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בֶּן־ שַׁלְתִּיאֵל֙ פַּחַ֣ת יְהוּדָ֔ה וְאֶל־ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ יְהוֹצָדָ֖ק הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֑וֹל שְׁאֵרִ֥ית הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר

אֱמָר־	speak
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
נָ֗א	now
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל	Zerubbabel
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: זְרֻבָּבֶל Sense: the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שַׁלְתִּיאֵל֙	of Shealtiel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל Sense: father of Zerubbabel.
פַּחַ֣ת	governor
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: פֶּחָה Sense: governor.
יְהוּדָ֔ה	of Judah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהוּדָה Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וְאֶל־	and to
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ	Joshua
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהֹושֻׁעַ Sense: son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan.
יְהוֹצָדָ֖ק	of Jehozadak
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהֹוצָדָק Sense: grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
הַכֹּהֵ֣ן	the priest
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּהֵן Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
הַגָּד֑וֹל	high
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: גָּבֹול Sense: great.
שְׁאֵרִ֥ית	the remnant
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: שְׁאֵרִית Sense: rest, residue, remainder, remnant.
הָעָ֖ם	of the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
לֵאמֹֽר	saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.

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