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Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/haggai/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/haggai/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘And now, carefully consider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of the LORD—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/haggai/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/haggai/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But now, oh set your heart <i>to consider</i> from this day onward: from before one stone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/haggai/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But now, do consider [what will happen] from this day forward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/haggai/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the LORD’s temple,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/haggai/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the LORD&#8217s temple, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/haggai/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/haggai/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But from now on, things will get better. Before you started laying the foundation for the temple, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/haggai/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/haggai/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"And from now on, carefully consider this. Consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the temple of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/haggai/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "Can't you see what has happened to you? Before you started to rebuild the Temple, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/haggai/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Pay attention from now on to how things used to be before one stone had been laid upon another in the Temple of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/haggai/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/haggai/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the LORD's temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/haggai/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/haggai/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/haggai/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in Yahweh’s temple. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/haggai/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, please lay [it] to your heart, "" From this day and onward, "" Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/haggai/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And now, lay it, I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/haggai/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now, set now your heart from this day and upward, before setting stone upon stone in the temple of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/haggai/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/haggai/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 2:16>And now, consider in your hearts, from this day and beyond, before stone may be placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/haggai/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now reflect, from this day forward—before you set stone to stone in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/haggai/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But now, consider what will come to pass from this day on. Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the LORD’s temple,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/haggai/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And now, consider in your hearts, from this day upward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/haggai/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Therefore establish your hearts from this day and beyond before a stone is laid on a stone in the temple of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/haggai/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And now, I pray you, consider from this day and forward--before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/haggai/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men ye were.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/haggai/2-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3FsGMCt5I0?start=338" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Blessings for a Defiled People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śî·mū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">consider</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">carefully</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: wā·mā·‘ə·lāh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">forward:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: miṭ·ṭe·rem (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">Before</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’e·ḇen (N-fsc) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">one stone</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śūm- (V-Qal-Inf) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">was placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’e·ḇen (N-fsc) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">another</a> <a href="/hebrew/1964.htm" title="1964: bə·hê·ḵal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A palace, temple. Probably from yakol; a large public building, such as a palace or temple.">in the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm">Zechariah 8:9-13</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts. / For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. / But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-12</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/5-1.htm">Ezra 5:1-2</a></span><br />Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. / Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/4-6.htm">Nehemiah 4:6</a></span><br />So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-9.htm">1 Corinthians 3:9-11</a></span><br />For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. / By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. / For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/4-6.htm">Zechariah 4:6-10</a></span><br />So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts. / What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’” / Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-13.htm">2 Chronicles 24:13</a></span><br />So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12-13</a></span><br />Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. / For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a></span><br />For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-8</a></span><br />Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. / Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. / And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12-14</a></span><br />“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. / And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.” / So Solomon built the temple and finished it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19-22</a></span><br />Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, / built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. / In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23-24</a></span><br />Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, / because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of the LORD:</p><p class="hdg">consider.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18</a></b></br> Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth <i>month, even</i> from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/1-5.htm">Haggai 1:5,7</a></b></br> Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-43.htm">Psalm 107:43</a></b></br> Whoso <i>is</i> wise, and will observe these <i>things</i>, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">from before.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/3-10.htm">Ezra 3:10</a></b></br> And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/4-24.htm">Ezra 4:24</a></b></br> Then ceased the work of the house of God which <i>is</i> at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-11.htm">Laying</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Onward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Onwards</a> <a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Please</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/haggai/2-3.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/haggai/2-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/matthew/26-57.htm">Laying</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Onward</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Onwards</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-11.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Please</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-9.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Time</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Haggai 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-1.htm">He encourages the people to the work, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-4.htm">by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">In the type of holy things and unclean he shows their sins hindered the work.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">God's promise to Zerubbabel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/haggai/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/haggai/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/haggai/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now consider carefully from this day forward:</b><br>This phrase calls for introspection and reflection, urging the audience to pay close attention to the events and decisions from this point onward. In the context of Haggai, this is a pivotal moment for the Israelites, as they are being asked to reflect on their past disobedience and the resulting hardships. The call to "consider carefully" is a common biblical exhortation, seen in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm">Deuteronomy 32:29</a>, where the Israelites are urged to understand the consequences of their actions. It emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and the need to align one's actions with God's will.<p><b>Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,</b><br>This phrase refers to the period before the reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. The rebuilding of the temple was a significant event for the Jewish people, symbolizing the restoration of their relationship with God and their national identity. The mention of "one stone placed on another" highlights the physical and spiritual rebuilding process. In the broader biblical narrative, the temple is a type of Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>, where Jesus refers to His body as the temple. The physical temple's reconstruction foreshadows the ultimate restoration and redemption through Christ. Historically, this period was marked by economic hardship and opposition from surrounding peoples, as described in the book of Ezra. The call to consider the time before the temple's reconstruction serves as a reminder of the consequences of neglecting God's commands and the blessings that follow obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a></b><br>A prophet who delivered messages from God to the Jewish people after their return from Babylonian exile. His role was to encourage the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_of_the_lord.htm">The Temple of the LORD</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians. The rebuilding of the temple was crucial for the restoration of proper worship and community life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jewish_remnant.htm">The Jewish Remnant</a></b><br>The group of Israelites who returned from Babylonian exile to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. They faced discouragement and opposition, which Haggai addressed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/z/zerubbabel.htm">Zerubbabel</a></b><br>The governor of Judah during this time, who played a significant role in the rebuilding efforts. He is often seen as a leader who needed encouragement to continue the work.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua_the_high_priest.htm">Joshua the High Priest</a></b><br>The religious leader who worked alongside Zerubbabel in the temple rebuilding project, representing the spiritual leadership of the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consideration_and_reflection.htm">Consideration and Reflection</a></b><br>Haggai calls the people to "consider carefully" their ways. This is a call to self-examination and reflection on one's priorities and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_foundations.htm">The Importance of Foundations</a></b><br>Before building, the foundation must be set. In our spiritual lives, Christ is our foundation, and we must build upon Him with care and diligence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_blessing.htm">Obedience and Blessing</a></b><br>The rebuilding of the temple was an act of obedience to God's command. Obedience often precedes blessing, as seen in the renewed prosperity of the people once they prioritized God's house.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_renewal.htm">Spiritual Renewal</a></b><br>Just as the physical temple needed rebuilding, our spiritual lives require renewal and dedication to God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_leadership.htm">Community and Leadership</a></b><br>The roles of Zerubbabel and Joshua highlight the importance of godly leadership and community cooperation in accomplishing God's work.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_haggai_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Haggai 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_early_israelites_offer_firstfruits.htm">How did early Israelites fulfill the centralized requirement of bringing firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26) before a formal temple or priesthood was consistently established?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_rebuilding.htm">What does the Bible say about rebuilding the Temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_labor_resources_in_1_chronicles.htm">Is there any archaeological evidence that supports the massive labor force and vast resources described in 1 Chronicles 22:2 and verses 15-16?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'twisting_scriptures'_mean.htm">Who is the author of the Book of Haggai?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/haggai/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">From this day and upward</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> backward.<p><span class= "bld">Before a stone was laid</span> . . .--Alluding to the recent resumption of building, not to the laying of the foundations fifteen years previously.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15</span> - The prophet bids the people look backwards, and consider how their neglect had been visited by scanty harvests; their own experience would teach them this lesson. <span class="cmt_word">From this day</span>; viz. the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, when this address was delivered (ver. 10; comp. ver. 18). <span class="cmt_word">And upward;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> backward. He bids them go back in thought fourteen years when they first intermitted building. <span class="cmt_word">Before a stone,</span> etc. This does not mean before the building was first begun, but before they began to build on the foundation already laid. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/haggai/2-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consider</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַבְכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carefully</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">I pray', 'now', 'then'</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forward:</span><br /><span class="heb">וָמָ֑עְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·mā·‘ə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Before</span><br /><span class="heb">מִטֶּ֧רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(miṭ·ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one stone</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֛בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was placed</span><br /><span class="heb">שֽׂוּם־</span> <span class="translit">(śūm-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֖בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the temple</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהֵיכַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hê·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1964.htm">Strong's 1964: </a> </span><span class="str2">A large public building, palace, temple</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 2:15 Now please consider from this day (Hagg. 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