Haggai 2:4-7
2:4 a But now ... Be strong: This marks a shift from rebuke and challenge to encouragement and affirmation (cp. Josh 1:6-7 b).2:5 c My Spirit remains among you: See Exod 29:46 d; Isa 63:11 e; Ezek 36:26-27 f.
• just as I promised (literally the word I cut with you): The phrase “cut a covenant” is the Hebrew idiom for making a covenant (see Gen 15:18 g; Exod 34:27 h). Haggai’s phrase, “cut a word,” is unique in the Old Testament, using language that purposefully creates a connection between his prophecy and God’s covenant relationship with his people. By making this connection, Haggai underscored the continuity of God’s actions in rescuing his people, first from Egypt and then from Babylon (see Ezek 20:33-38 i).
Summary for Hag 2:6-7: 2:6-7 j God will again shake the heavens and the earth at the coming day of judgment (see Isa 2:19-21 k; 30:28 l). The previous shaking was the judgment on Egypt at the time of the Exodus (Hag 2:21-22 m; Exod 14:31 n). The New Testament relates in just a little while to the return of Jesus Christ (Heb 12:26-27 o). Haggai probably saw God’s ultimate judgment foreshadowed in events to take place after his time (e.g., the fall of Persia to Greece, the fall of Greece to Rome; see Dan 2:39-45 p).
2:7 q Treasures ... will be brought to the Temple by all the nations as tribute and homage to the God of Israel.
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