Hag 2:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. Resumed from after , that the blessing in may stand in the more marked contrast with the curse in . Affliction will harden the heart, if not referred to God as its author [MOORE ]. even from the day that the foundation of . . . temple was laid —The first foundation beneath the earth had been long ago laid in the second year of Cyrus, 535 B.C. ( ); the foundation now laid was the secondary one, which, above the earth, was laid on the previous work [TIRINUS ]. Or, translate, "From this day on which the temple is being begun," namely, on the foundations long ago laid [GROTIUS ]. MAURER translates, "Consider . . . from the four and twentieth day . . . to (the time which has elapsed) from the day on which the foundation . . . was laid." The Hebrew supports English Version.

Haggai 2:18

18. Resumed from Hag 2:15 after Hag 2:16, 17, that the blessing in Hag 2:19 may stand in the more marked contrast with the curse in Hag 2:16, 17. Affliction will harden the heart, if not referred to God as its author [MOORE].

even from the day that the foundation of . . . temple was laid—The first foundation beneath the earth had been long ago laid in the second year of Cyrus, 535 B.C. (Ezr 3:10, 11); the foundation now laid was the secondary one, which, above the earth, was laid on the previous work [TIRINUS]. Or, translate, "From this day on which the temple is being begun," namely, on the foundations long ago laid [GROTIUS]. MAURER translates, "Consider . . . from the four and twentieth day . . . to (the time which has elapsed) from the day on which the foundation . . . was laid." The Hebrew supports English Version.