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Give careful thought: <a href="/nlt/haggai/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day when the foundation of the LORD’s Temple was laid. Think carefully. <a href="/esv/haggai/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider: <a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: <a href="/kjv/haggai/2.htm">King James Bible</a> Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. <a href="/nkjv/haggai/2.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider it: <a href="/nasb_/haggai/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was founded, consider: <a href="/nasb/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was founded, consider: <a href="/nasb77/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was founded, consider: <a href="/lsb/haggai/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘Oh set your heart to consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was founded, set your heart to consider: <a href="/amp/haggai/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘Do consider from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was founded, consider: <a href="/csb/haggai/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> From this day on, think carefully; from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid; think carefully. <a href="/hcsb/haggai/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Consider carefully from this day forward; from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the LORD&#8217s temple was laid; consider it carefully. <a href="/asv/haggai/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it. <a href="/cev/haggai/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Today you have completed the foundation for my temple, so listen to what your future will be like. <a href="/erv/haggai/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Consider, I pray you, from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. <a href="/gwt/haggai/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Carefully consider from now on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day when the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. Carefully consider: <a href="/gnt/haggai/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Today is the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day that the foundation of the Temple has been completed. See what is going to happen from now on. <a href="/isv/haggai/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Pay attention from now on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, when the foundation of the LORD's Temple was laid. Pay attention! <a href="/msb/haggai/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Consider carefully from this day forward?from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD?s temple was laid?consider carefully: <a href="/net/haggai/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the LORD was resumed, think about it. <a href="/nheb/haggai/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. <a href="/wbt/haggai/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Consider now from this day, and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. <a href="/web/haggai/2.htm">World English Bible</a> ‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/haggai/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Now set [it] to your heart, from this day and onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], even from the day that the temple of YHWH has been founded, set [it] to your heart. <a href="/ylt/haggai/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Set it, I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set it to your heart. <a href="/slt/haggai/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Set now your heart from this day and upward, from the twenty and fourth day to the ninth, from the day that the temple of Jehovah was founded, set ye your heart.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/haggai/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts. <a href="/cpdv/haggai/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 2:19>Set your hearts from this day and into the future, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord have been uttered, and place it upon your heart. <a href="/nabre/haggai/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Reflect from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. From the day on which the temple of the LORD was founded, reflect! <a href="/nrsvce/haggai/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Consider from this day on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider:<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/haggai/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Subdue your hearts from this day and upward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. <a href="/hpbt/haggai/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Therefore subdue your hearts from this day and beyond, from the twenty fourth day in the ninth month, from the day when the foundation of the temple of LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts to be built was laid; lay down your hearts<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/haggai/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> consider, I pray you, from this day and forward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it; <a href="/sep/haggai/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid; <a href="/parallel/haggai/2-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3FsGMCt5I0?start=370" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Blessings for a Defiled People</a> …17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. 18<a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śî·mū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">Consider carefully</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></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."></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/4480.htm" title="4480: lə·min- (Prep-l) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">the twenty-fourth</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: wə·’ar·bā·‘āh (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·yō·wm (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8671.htm" title="8671: lat·tə·šî·‘î (Prep-l, Art:: Number-oms) -- Ninth (an ord. number). Ord. From tesha'; ninth.">of the ninth month,</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.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></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.">the foundation of the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1964.htm" title="1964: hê·ḵal- (N-msc) -- A palace, temple. Probably from yakol; a large public building, such as a palace or temple.">temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/3245.htm" title="3245: yus·saḏ (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to set; intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. Settle, consult.">was laid—</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.">consider carefully:</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."></a> 19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm">Zechariah 8:9-13</a> 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. ... <a href="/ezra/5-1.htm">Ezra 5:1-2</a> 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. <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-12</a> 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. <a href="/2_chronicles/24-10.htm">2 Chronicles 24:10-13</a> All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full. / Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance. / Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD. ... <a href="/nehemiah/4-6.htm">Nehemiah 4:6</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a> But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. <a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a> Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-10</a> 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. ... <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a> And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a> “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: / You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. ... <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3-5</a> If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a> Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a> 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. <a href="/joel/2-18.htm">Joel 2:18-19</a> Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people. / And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13-15</a> “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.Consider.<a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15</a> 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:<a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm">Deuteronomy 32:29</a> O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!<a href="/luke/15-17.htm">Luke 15:17-20</a> And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! … even.<a href="/haggai/1-14.htm">Haggai 1:14,15</a> And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, … <a href="/ezra/5-1.htm">Ezra 5:1,2</a> Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them… <a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm">Zechariah 8:9,12</a> Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Base</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-12.htm">Founded</a> <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">Four</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/haggai/2-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/haggai/1-13.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">Month</a> <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">Ninth</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Onward</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Onwards</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Please</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Time</a> <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">Twenty-Fourth</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/17-31.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-9.htm">Base</a> <a href="/matthew/2-8.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-15.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-9.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-1.htm">Founded</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Four</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-9.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Month</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-1.htm">Ninth</a> <a href="/luke/19-28.htm">Onward</a> <a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Onwards</a> <a href="/malachi/1-9.htm">Please</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-9.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-6.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Time</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Twenty-Fourth</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Haggai 2</div>1. <a href="/haggai/2-1.htm">He encourages the people to the work, </a> 4. <a href="/haggai/2-4.htm">by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first.</a> 10. <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">In the type of holy things and unclean he shows their sins hindered the work.</a> 20. <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">God's promise to Zerubbabel.</a> </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'; 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In the context of Haggai, the prophet calls the people to pay attention to their actions and the consequences that follow. This is a pivotal moment for the Israelites, as they are urged to reflect on their past disobedience and the resulting hardships. The call to "consider" is a recurring theme in Haggai, urging the people to evaluate their spiritual priorities and align them with God's will.from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month This specific date corresponds to the Jewish calendar, likely falling in late November or early December. It marks a significant point in the rebuilding of the temple, a project that had been delayed due to external opposition and internal apathy. The precision of the date underscores the historical accuracy and the importance of this moment in Israel's history. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the need for the people to respond in obedience.the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid The laying of the temple's foundation is a critical event, symbolizing a new beginning for the Israelites. It represents the restoration of worship and the re-establishment of God's presence among His people. The temple is central to Jewish identity and religious life, serving as the place where sacrifices are made and God's glory dwells. This moment also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God's covenant with Israel and His promise to dwell among them.consider carefully The repetition of this phrase reinforces the call to introspection and deliberate action. It serves as a warning and an encouragement to the Israelites to remain faithful and committed to the task of rebuilding the temple. This call to careful consideration is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/proverbs/4-26.htm">Proverbs 4:26</a>, which advises believers to ponder the path of their feet. It highlights the importance of aligning one's actions with God's purposes and being attentive to His guidance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a> A prophet sent by God to encourage the Israelites to rebuild the temple after their return from Babylonian exile. 2. <a href="/topical/z/zerubbabel.htm">Zerubbabel</a> The governor of Judah, a key leader in the rebuilding of the temple. 3. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> The high priest at the time, working alongside Zerubbabel in the temple reconstruction. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of Judah who returned from exile and were tasked with rebuilding the temple. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_foundation.htm">The Temple Foundation</a> The physical and spiritual foundation of the temple, symbolizing the renewal of worship and commitment to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_reflection.htm">The Importance of Reflection</a> Haggai urges the people to "consider" their ways and the significance of the day. Reflecting on our spiritual journey helps us realign with God's purposes. <a href="/topical/f/foundation_matters.htm">Foundation Matters</a> Just as the physical foundation of the temple was crucial, our spiritual foundation in Christ is essential for a life that honors God. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_blessing.htm">Obedience and Blessing</a> The laying of the temple's foundation was an act of obedience that preceded God's blessing. Our obedience to God's commands often sets the stage for His blessings in our lives. <a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a> The specific date mentioned highlights God's perfect timing. Trusting in God's timing is vital, even when it doesn't align with our own plans. <a href="/topical/c/community_in_god's_work.htm">Community in God's Work</a> The rebuilding was a communal effort, reminding us of the importance of working together in the body of Christ to accomplish His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_haggai_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Haggai 2</a> <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> <a href="/q/how_to_find_strength_in_weaknesses.htm">What are feet like burnished bronze?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_change_in_judah_after_haggai_2_19.htm">Haggai 2:19 promises a sudden blessing—why don’t contemporary records show any remarkable change in Judah’s fortunes? </a> <a href="/q/why_prioritize_homes_over_the_temple.htm">Why prioritize homes over rebuilding the temple?</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>(18) Even from the day.--Better, even to the day. The rendering of the Authorised Version makes the passage quite unintelligible, for in no sense can the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month coincide with the day "that the foundation of the Lord's Temple was laid." The Temple had been founded fifteen years before, in the second month of the second year of Cyrus (<a href="/ezra/3-10.htm" title="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.">Ezra 3:10</a>). The work of building had been carried on intermittently till within two years of the present time. It had then been entirely suspended, and had only been actively taken in hand after Haggai's address in the sixth month of this year. The force of the passage is sufficiently plain if we render as above. "In order to make the blessings to be announced in <a href="/haggai/2-19.htm" title="Is the seed yet in the barn? yes, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.">Haggai 2:19</a> appear in strong contrast to the distress pictured in <a href="/context/haggai/2-16.htm" title="Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the fat press for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.">Haggai 2:16-17</a>, the prophet repeats the injunction of <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm" title="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:">Haggai 2:15</a>, but with a larger range of retrospect. The whole period back to the time when the foundation of the Temple was laid in the reign of Cyrus was more or less one of distress on account of the unfaithfulness of the people; for between that time and the present all the efforts that had been made to complete the work were spasmodic and feeble" (McCurdy). The rendering "even to the day" is quite allowable, though the construction is certainly rare.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 18, 19. - § 2. On their obedience the blessings of nature shall again be theirs. Verse 18. - Consider now from this day and upward (see note on ver. 15.) For "upward" Jerome has here in futurum, though he translated the same word supra in ver. 15. Such a rendering is allowable, and affords a good sense, the prophet directing the people's attention to the happy prospect in the future announced in ver. 19. But it seems, best to keep to the same interpretation in two passages so closely allied. The prophet bids the people consider the period from the present, the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, when this prophecy was uttered (ver. 10), to the other limit explanatory of the term "upward" or "backward." Even from the day that the foundation, etc.; rather, since the day that, etc. This is obviously the same period as that named in ver. 15, after the foundation was completed, but before "stone was laid upon stone" of the superstructure (comp. <a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm">Zechariah 8:9</a>). <a href="/commentaries/haggai/2-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Consider carefully שִׂימוּ־ (śî·mū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of this הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that day הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day forward— וָמָ֑עְלָה (wā·mā·‘ə·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top from לְמִן־ (lə·min-) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the twenty-fourth עֶשְׂרִ֨ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth day מִיּוֹם֩ (mî·yō·wm) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of the ninth [month], לַתְּשִׁיעִ֗י (lat·tə·šî·‘î) Preposition-l, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8671.htm">Strong's 8671: </a> Ninth (an ordinal number) the day הַיּ֛וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day the foundation of the LORD’s יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel temple הֵֽיכַל־ (hê·ḵal-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1964.htm">Strong's 1964: </a> A large public building, palace, temple was laid— יֻסַּ֥ד (yus·saḏ) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3245.htm">Strong's 3245: </a> To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult consider carefully: שִׂ֥ימוּ (śî·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 2:18 Consider please from this day and backward (Hagg. 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