Haggai 2:11-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Haggai 2:10-19

This sermon was preached two months after that in the former part of the chapter. The priests and Levites preached constantly, but the prophets preached occasionally; both were good and needful. We have need to be taught our duty in season and out of season. The people were now going on vigorously with the building of the temple, and in hopes shortly to have it ready for their use and to be employed in the services of it; and now God sends them a message by his prophet, which would be of use... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:11

Thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... To Haggai the prophet: ask now the priests concerning the law ; whose business it was to understand it, and teach it, and to answer questions, and resolve doubts concerning it; not of their own heads, and according to their fancies, will, and pleasure; but according to the rules and instructions given in the word of God: and as this was their office, they were the proper persons to apply to; and Haggai, though a prophet, is sent to the priests to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:12

If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment ,.... Or, "carry" it F17 ישא "portaverit", Munster; "portet", Varenius, Reinbeck. ; from one place to another in his pockets or bags, which were in the skirts of his garments. This is to be understood of the flesh of creatures offered in sacrifice, which were sanctified or separated for holy use; part of which belonged to the priests, who might carry it in their pockets to the proper place of eating it: and with his skirt do touch... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:13

Then said Haggai ,.... To the priests; having nothing to object to their answer; but being satisfied with it, he puts another question: if one that is unclean by a dead body ; by the touch of it, Numbers 19:11 , touch any of these, shall it be unclean ? that is, if such an impure person, who was so in a ceremonial sense, should touch any of the above things, bread, pottage, wine, or oil, or any meat, would not they become unclean thereby, and so not fit for use? and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:14

Then answered Haggai, and said ,.... To the priests, and before the people; and made an application of these things to them, which was the thing in view in putting the questions: So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord ; not only those people that were present and at work at the temple, but those that were absent, even the whole body of the people; who, though they were pure in their own eyes, yet were not so before the Lord; who knew their hearts, and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 2:14

Then answered Haggai - So is this people - As an unclean man communicates his uncleanness to every thing he touches, so are ye unclean; and whatever ye have hitherto done is polluted in the sight of God. For your neglect of my temple has made you unclean, as if you had contracted legal pollution by touching a dead body. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-14

Human duty. "In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, Thus said the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the Law," etc. "On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of the same year, that is to say, exactly three months after the congregation had resumed the building of the temple ( Haggai 1:15 ), and about two months after the second prophecy ( Haggai 2:1 ), a new word of the Lord... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-17

§ 1 . By an analogy drawn from the Law, Haggai shows that residence in the Holy Land and the offering of sacrifice do not suffice to make the people acceptable, as long as they themselves are unclean through neglect of the house of the Lord. Hence comes the punishment of sterility. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-19

Part III . THE THIRD ADDRESS ; THE CAUSE OF THE CALAMITIES WHICH HAD BEFALLEN THE PEOPLE , AND A PROMISE OF BLESSING . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-19

The parable of the holy and the unclean. I. THE LETTER OF THE PARABLE . Directed by Jehovah, Haggai proposes two questions to the priests. 1 . Concerning the law of communicated sanctity. Supposing the case of a man carrying in the skirt of his garment holy flesh, i.e. flesh of animals slain in sacrifice, and with his skirt touching bread, pottage, wine, oil, or any meat, the prophet desires to be informed whether the holiness which according to the Law (Le 6:27) was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Haggai 2:10-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:10-19

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