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When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. <a href="/nlt/haggai/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten. When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty. <a href="/esv/haggai/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. <a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/haggai/2.htm">King James Bible</a> Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. <a href="/nkjv/haggai/2.htm">New King James Version</a> since those days, when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty. <a href="/nasb_/haggai/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty. <a href="/nasb/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty. <a href="/nasb77/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty. <a href="/lsb/haggai/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> from when it was that one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, then there would be only ten; and from when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty troughs full, then there would be only twenty. <a href="/amp/haggai/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> from that time when one came to a grain heap expecting twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, there would be only twenty. <a href="/csb/haggai/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of twenty measures, it only amounted to ten; when one came to the winepress to dip fifty measures from the vat, it only amounted to twenty. <a href="/hcsb/haggai/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20. <a href="/asv/haggai/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. <a href="/cev/haggai/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> you recalled what life was like in the past. When you wanted 200 kilograms of wheat, there were only 10, and when you wanted 50 jars of wine, there were only 20. <a href="/erv/haggai/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Through all that time, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winefat for to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. <a href="/gwt/haggai/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When anyone came to a pile of grain [to get] 20 measures, there would be only 10. And when anyone came to a wine vat to draw out 50 measures, there would be only 20 in it. <a href="/gnt/haggai/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> you would go to a pile of grain expecting to find twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat, but find only twenty. <a href="/isv/haggai/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> When someone came to a pile of grain to get 20 measures, there were only ten. Or when someone approached the wine press to siphon out 50 measures, there were only 20. <a href="/msb/haggai/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/haggai/2.htm">NET Bible</a> From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty. <a href="/nheb/haggai/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty. <a href="/wbt/haggai/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-vat to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. <a href="/web/haggai/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/haggai/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> From that time [one] has come to a heap of twenty, "" And it has been ten, "" He has come to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, "" And it has been twenty. <a href="/ylt/haggai/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> From that time one hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been twenty. <a href="/slt/haggai/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who were ye coming to the heap of twenty and it was ten? coming to the wine-vat to draw fifty of the wine-press, and there was twenty?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/haggai/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty. <a href="/cpdv/haggai/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 2:17>when you approached a pile of twenty measures, and they became ten, and you entered to the press, to press out fifty bottles, and they became twenty, <a href="/nabre/haggai/2.htm">New American Bible</a> what was your experience? When one went to a heap of grain for twenty ephahs, there were only ten; When one went to a vat to draw fifty ephahs, there were only twenty. <a href="/nrsvce/haggai/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/haggai/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> When you came to a heap of grain of twenty measures, there were but ten; when you came to the wine press to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. <a href="/hpbt/haggai/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> When you were entering for a heap of twenty and it was ten, and were you entering to the winepress of fifty and they had twenty<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/haggai/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty press-measures, there were but twenty; <a href="/sep/haggai/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> When ye cast into the corn-bin twenty measures of barley, and there were only ten measures of barley: and ye went to the vat to draw out fifty measures, and there were but twenty. <a href="/parallel/haggai/2-16.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=346" 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> …15Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, 16<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: mih·yō·w·ṯām (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">from that time,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">when one came</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">expecting</a> <a href="/hebrew/6194.htm" title="6194: ‘ă·rê·maṯ (N-fsc) -- A heap. (Jer. 50:26) or (feminine) aremah; from aram; a heap; specifically, a sheaf.">a heap</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">of twenty ephahs of grain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there were</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘ă·śā·rāh (Number-ms) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">but ten.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">When one came</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3342.htm" title="3342: hay·ye·qeḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Wine vat. From an unused root meaning to excavate; a trough; specifically, a wine-vat.">the winepress</a> <a href="/hebrew/2834.htm" title="2834: laḥ·śōp̄ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To strip off, strip, make bare. A primitive root; to strip off, i.e. Generally to make naked, to drain away or bail up.">to draw out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2572.htm" title="2572: ḥă·miš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Fifty. Multiple of chamesh; fifty.">fifty baths,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6333.htm" title="6333: pū·rāh (N-fs) -- A wine-press. From puwr; a wine-press."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there were</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">but twenty.</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.…<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="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a> When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38-40</a> You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. / You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. / You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-9</a> “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... <a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10</a> 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. <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-11</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. <a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Isaiah 5:10</a> For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.” <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a> The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up. <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14-15</a> You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. / You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4-6</a> The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. / Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. / Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.” <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Ezekiel 4:16-17</a> Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. / So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/luke/12-16.htm">Luke 12:16-21</a> Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ / Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. ... <a href="/james/4-13.htm">James 4:13-15</a> Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” / You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. / Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-7</a> I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6</a> Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.when one came to an.<a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6,9-11</a> Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes… <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9,10</a> Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: … <a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10-12</a> For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/jonah/1-3.htm">Fare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/haggai/2-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-35.htm">Measures</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm">Press</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Store</a> <a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Vat</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/haggai/2-12.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/hosea/9-2.htm">Winevat</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Fare</a> <a href="/luke/7-41.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-17.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Measures</a> <a href="/mark/2-4.htm">Press</a> <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Store</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-12.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Vat</a> <a href="/matthew/13-48.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Winevat</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'; </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>from that time This phrase refers to a specific period in the history of Israel, during the time of the prophet Haggai. The context is the post-exilic period, after the return from Babylonian captivity. The people had begun to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem but had become discouraged and distracted by their own affairs. "From that time" indicates a turning point or a period of reflection on the consequences of their actions, or lack thereof, in prioritizing God's house.when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain An ephah is a unit of dry measure used in ancient Israel, roughly equivalent to 22 liters or about half a bushel. The expectation of a heap of twenty ephahs signifies a hope for abundance and prosperity. However, this expectation is not met, highlighting the theme of unmet expectations due to disobedience. This reflects the covenantal curses found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to agricultural failure.there were but ten The actual yield being half of what was expected serves as a tangible sign of God's displeasure with the people. It underscores the principle that spiritual neglect leads to material lack. This reduction in yield is a direct consequence of the people's failure to prioritize the rebuilding of the temple, as God had commanded. It serves as a call to repentance and realignment with God's purposes.When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths A bath is a unit of liquid measure, approximately 22 liters or about 6 gallons. The winepress is a place where grapes are crushed to produce wine, a staple in the diet and economy of ancient Israel. The expectation of drawing out fifty baths indicates a desire for a plentiful harvest. Wine is often symbolic of joy and blessing in Scripture, and the lack thereof points to a spiritual and physical drought.there were but twenty The shortfall in the winepress yield, similar to the grain, is a sign of divine judgment. The reduction to twenty baths from the expected fifty illustrates the futility of their efforts without God's blessing. This serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience brings blessing and disobedience results in curse. It also foreshadows the need for a greater fulfillment in Christ, who is the true vine and source of spiritual abundance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a> A prophet who ministered to the Jewish people after their return from Babylonian exile. His messages were aimed at encouraging the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_remnant_of_israel.htm">The Remnant of Israel</a> The group of Jews who returned from Babylonian exile to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. They faced discouragement and opposition, which Haggai addressed. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a> The central place of worship for the Jewish people, which was in ruins at the time of Haggai's prophecy. Rebuilding it was a significant focus of Haggai's ministry. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_time_of_harvest.htm">The Time of Harvest</a> A period referenced in <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16</a>, indicating a time of expected abundance that was not realized due to the people's disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The Lord of Hosts</a> A title for God used frequently in Haggai, emphasizing His sovereignty and power over all heavenly and earthly armies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_god's_work.htm">Prioritizing God's Work</a> Just as the Israelites were called to prioritize the rebuilding of the temple, we are called to prioritize God's kingdom in our lives. This means putting God's purposes above our own desires and trusting Him to provide for our needs. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16</a> illustrates the direct consequences of neglecting God's commands. In our lives, disobedience can lead to spiritual barrenness and missed blessings. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Despite the people's initial disobedience, God remained faithful and continued to call them back to Himself. This reminds us of God's patience and willingness to restore us when we repent. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> The rebuilding of the temple was a communal effort. Similarly, our spiritual growth and the advancement of God's kingdom often require collaboration and support within the body of Christ. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_priorities.htm">Reflecting on Our Priorities</a> Haggai challenges us to examine our lives and consider whether we are truly putting God first. This involves assessing how we use our time, resources, and talents for His glory.<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/biblical_weights_and_measures.htm">What are the Biblical weights and measures?</a> <a href="/q/what_do_zechariah's_visions_symbolize.htm">What are the symbolic meanings of Zechariah's visions?</a> <a href="/q/any_historical_proof_for_2_samuel_16.htm">(2 Samuel 16) Are there any independent historical or archaeological records confirming these specific events and people mentioned in this chapter?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_ahaz's_idolatry_less_condemned.htm">Why doesn't 2 Kings 16 emphasize divine judgment on Ahaz's actions as clearly as other Old Testament passages condemn idolatry?</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>(16) Since those days were.--Better, from the time when things were so, or, since such things were--i.e., throughout that whole period of neglect up to the date when they resumed the work of restoration. Throughout that period the harvests had grievously disappointed expectation. A heap of sheaves which ought to have contained "twenty "--the measure is not specified--yielded only "ten;" and a quantity of grapes which should have yielded fifty poorahs, only produced twenty. The word poorah elsewhere means a "wine press;" here, apparently, it is the bucket or vessel which was used to draw up the wine. The last clause of the verse must therefore be rendered "When one came to the pressfat to draw out fifty poorahs, there were but twenty."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - Since those days were. The word "days" is supplied. Revised Version, "through all that time," viz. the fourteen years spoken of in ver. 15. Septuagint, τίνες η΅τε, "what ye were;" the Vulgate omits the words. When one came to an heap of twenty measures. The word "measures" is not in the Hebrew: it is supplied by the LXX., σάτα (equivalent to scabs), and by Jerome, modiorum. But the particular measure is of no importance; it is the proportion only on which stress is laid. The prophet particuiarizes the general statements of <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6, 9</a>. The "heap" is the collection of sheaves (<a href="/ruth/3-7.htm">Ruth 3:7</a>). This when threshed yielded only half that they had expected. There were (in fact) but ten; καὶ ἐγένετο κριθῆς δέκα σάτα, "and there were ten measures of barley." The press fat; the wine fat, the vat into which flowed the juice forced from the grapes when trodden out by the feet in the press. A full account of this will be found in the 'Dict. of the Bible,' arts. "Wine press" and "Wine." Fifty vessels out of the press. The Hebrew is "fifty purah." The word purah is used in <a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3</a> to signify the press itself, hence the Authorized Version so translates it here, inserting "out of," and supplying "vessels," as "measures" above; but it probably here denotes a liquid measure in which the wine was drown. LXX., μετρητάς (equivalent to Hebrew baths). Jerome, lagenas; and in his commentary, amphoras. They came and examined the grapes and expected fifty purahs, "press measures," but they did not get even half that they had hoped. There were but twenty. Knabenbauer suggests that the meaning may be - looking at the crop of grapes, they expected to draw out, i.e. empty (chasaph), the press fifty times, but were egregiously deceived. <a href="/commentaries/haggai/2-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>from that time מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם (mih·yō·w·ṯām) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be [when] one came בָּא֙ (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go expecting אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to a heap עֲרֵמַ֣ת (‘ă·rê·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6194.htm">Strong's 6194: </a> A heap, a sheaf of twenty [ephahs of grain], עֶשְׂרִ֔ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth there were וְהָיְתָ֖ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be [but] ten. עֲשָׂרָ֑ה (‘ă·śā·rāh) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> Ten When one came בָּ֣א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the winepress הַיֶּ֗קֶב (hay·ye·qeḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3342.htm">Strong's 3342: </a> A trough, a wine-vat to draw out לַחְשֹׂף֙ (laḥ·śōp̄) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2834.htm">Strong's 2834: </a> To strip off, to make naked, to drain away, bail up fifty [baths], חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> Fifty there were וְהָיְתָ֖ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be [but] twenty. עֶשְׂרִֽים׃ (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/haggai/2-16.htm">Haggai 2:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 2:16 Through all that time when one came (Hagg. 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