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Everything they do and everything they offer is defiled by their sin. <a href="/esv/haggai/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then Haggai answered and said, “So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the LORD, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean. <a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/haggai/2.htm">King James Bible</a> Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. <a href="/nkjv/haggai/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Haggai answered and said, “ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,’ says the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. <a href="/nasb_/haggai/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Haggai responded and said, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. <a href="/nasb/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Haggai said, &#8220&#8217So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,&#8217 declares the LORD, &#8216and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. <a href="/nasb77/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Haggai answered and said, “ ‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. <a href="/lsb/haggai/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Haggai answered and said, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near to Me there is unclean. <a href="/amp/haggai/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there [on the altar] is unclean [because they who offer it are unclean]. <a href="/csb/haggai/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Haggai replied, “So is this people, and so is this nation before me—this is the LORD’s declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled. <a href="/hcsb/haggai/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Haggai replied, &#8220So is this people, and so is this nation before Me"—this is the LORD&#8217s declaration. &#8220And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.&#8221 <a href="/asv/haggai/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. <a href="/cev/haggai/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So the LORD told Haggai to say: That's how it is with this entire nation. Everything you do and every sacrifice you offer is unacceptable to me. <a href="/erv/haggai/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. <a href="/gwt/haggai/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Haggai answered, "In the same way, I have decided that these people are unclean, and so is this nation, declares the LORD. So is everything they do. Whatever offering they bring is unclean. <a href="/gnt/haggai/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then Haggai said, "The LORD says that the same thing applies to the people of this nation and to everything they produce; and so everything they offer on the altar is defiled." <a href="/isv/haggai/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Haggai answered, "'That's how I look at this people and this nation,' declares the LORD. 'And that's how it is with everything they undertake and with what they offer there—it is unclean. <a href="/msb/haggai/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/haggai/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Then Haggai responded, "'The people of this nation are unclean in my sight,' says the LORD. 'And so is all their effort; everything they offer is also unclean. <a href="/nheb/haggai/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says the LORD; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean. <a href="/wbt/haggai/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. <a href="/web/haggai/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says Yahweh; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/haggai/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Haggai answers and says, “So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before Me,” a declaration of YHWH, “and so [is] every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there—it is unclean. <a href="/ylt/haggai/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Haggai answereth and saith, 'So is this people, and so is this nation before Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and so is every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there -- it is unclean. <a href="/slt/haggai/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Haggai will answer and say, Thus this people and thus this nation before me, says Jehovah; and thus all the work of their hands; and what they shall bring near there it is unclean.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/haggai/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled. <a href="/cpdv/haggai/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 2:15>And Haggai answered and he said: Such is this people, and such is this nation before my face, says the Lord, and such is all the work of their hands. And so all that they have offered there has been contaminated. <a href="/nabre/haggai/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Then Haggai replied: So is this people, and so is this nation in my sight—oracle of the LORD— And so is all the work of their hands; what they offer there is defiled. <a href="/nrsvce/haggai/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Haggai then said, So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, says the LORD; and so with every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/haggai/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people and so is this generation before me, says the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. <a href="/hpbt/haggai/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Khaggi answered and said: “So is this people and so is this generation before me, says LORD JEHOVAH, and thus are all the works of their hands and anything that they bring there is defiled<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/haggai/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then answered Haggai, and said: 'So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. <a href="/sep/haggai/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Aggaeus answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands: and whosoever shall approach them, shall be defiled because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and ye have hated him that reproved in the gates. <a href="/parallel/haggai/2-14.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=324" 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> …13So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. 14<a href="/hebrew/2292.htm" title="2292: ḥag·gay (N-proper-ms) -- Haggai -- festal, a Hebrew prophet. From chag; festive; Chaggai, a Heb. Prophet.">Then Haggai</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">“So it is</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.">with this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām- (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: wə·ḵên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">and</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/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w (Art:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nay (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</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 LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: wə·ḵên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">and so it is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with every</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">work</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·hem (N-fdc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of their hands;</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whatever</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: yaq·rî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">they offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">is defiled.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> 15Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of 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/10-10.htm">Leviticus 10:10</a> You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean, <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a> Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. / Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him. <a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17</a> “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. <a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a> A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.” <a href="/mark/7-15.htm">Mark 7:15</a> Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.” <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Leviticus 15:31</a> You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them. <a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a> I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. <a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Titus 1:15</a> To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a> “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Jeremiah 2:22</a> Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-22</a> “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Malachi 1:7-8</a> By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible. / When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, said the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.So is this people.<a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4-11</a> Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? … <a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a> The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.<a href="/proverbs/21-4.htm">Proverbs 21:4,27</a> An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin… and that.<a href="/ezra/3-2.htm">Ezra 3:2,3</a> Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/haggai/2-9.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/haggai/2-9.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/haggai/2-13.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/haggai/2-13.htm">Haggai</a> <a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/haggai/2-3.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/haggai/2-13.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/haggai/2-4.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">Haggai</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/malachi/3-9.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-6.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-3.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Work</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>Then Haggai replied Haggai, a post-exilic prophet, is addressing the people of Judah who have returned from Babylonian captivity. His role is to encourage the rebuilding of the temple, which had been neglected. This response comes after a series of questions posed to the priests about ceremonial cleanliness, highlighting the importance of purity in worship and service to God.“So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD The phrase "this people and this nation" refers to the returned exiles of Judah. Despite their return to the land, they are still seen as unclean before God due to their neglect of His commands, particularly the rebuilding of the temple. The use of "declares the LORD" emphasizes the divine authority behind Haggai's message, underscoring that it is not merely a human opinion but a divine pronouncement.and so it is with every work of their hands; The "work of their hands" refers to their daily activities and efforts, including their attempts to rebuild their lives and the temple. The implication is that their efforts are tainted by their spiritual impurity. This echoes the broader biblical theme that without obedience and holiness, human efforts are in vain (<a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a>).whatever they offer there is defiled. The offerings, likely referring to sacrifices and other religious acts, are considered defiled because they come from impure hearts. This reflects the Old Testament principle that God desires obedience and purity over ritual sacrifice (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-17</a>). The defilement of their offerings serves as a reminder of the need for internal transformation and genuine repentance, pointing forward to the ultimate purification through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers the perfect sacrifice for sin (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-14</a>).<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/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a> The returned exiles who were tasked with rebuilding the temple but had become complacent and focused on their own homes. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through Haggai to address the spiritual condition of the people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The central place of worship for the Israelites, symbolizing God's presence among His people. 5. <a href="/topical/d/defilement.htm">Defilement</a> The state of being impure or unclean, which in this context refers to the spiritual impurity of the people affecting their offerings and work.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_holiness.htm">The Importance of Holiness</a> God desires purity in our worship and actions. Just as the Israelites' defilement affected their offerings, our spiritual state impacts our service to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_complacency.htm">The Consequences of Complacency</a> The Israelites' focus on their own homes rather than God's temple serves as a warning against prioritizing personal comfort over spiritual responsibilities. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> True repentance involves recognizing our defilement and turning back to God, seeking His cleansing and guidance. <a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_our_actions.htm">The Impact of Our Actions</a> Our work and offerings to God are meaningful only when they come from a heart aligned with His will. <a href="/topical/b/building_with_purpose.htm">Building with Purpose</a> Like the Israelites rebuilding the temple, we are called to build our lives on the foundation of Christ, ensuring our motives and actions honor Him.<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/what_does_'jesus_died_once_for_all'_mean.htm">Who was Joshua the High Priest in biblical history?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_haggai_2_6-7's_cosmic_event.htm">Haggai 2:6-7 predicts a cosmic shaking of the heavens and earth--where is the documented or scientific evidence of such an event?</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/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</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>(14) That which they offer there--i.e., probably, "on yon altar," but the expression is singular. In <a href="/ezra/3-3.htm" title="And they set the altar on his bases; for fear was on them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.">Ezra 3:3</a> we read, "And they set the altar upon his bases. . . . and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - Then answered Haggai, and said; then Haggai continued and said. He applies the principles just enunciated to the case of the Jews, taking the communication of uncleanness first. So is this people. Not, my people, because by their acts they had disowned God (<a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">Haggai 1:2</a>). This people is defiled in my sight like one who has touched a corpse, and not only they themselves, but so is every work of their hands; all their labour, all that they put their hands to, is unclean, and can win no blessing. Their pollution was their disobedience in not building the house of God. They had calmly contemplated the lifeless symbol of the theocracy, the ruined temple, and made no determined effort to resuscitate it, so a blight had rested on all their work. That which they offer there (pointing to the altar which they had built when they first returned, <a href="/ezra/3-2.htm">Ezra 3:2</a>) is unclean. They had fancied that the sanctifying influence of the altar and its sacrifices would extend to all their works, and cover all their shortcomings; but so far from this, their very offerings were unclean, because the offerers were polluted. They who come before the Holy One should themselves be holy. Neither the altar nor the Holy Land imparted sanctity by any intrinsic virtue of their own, but entailed upon all an obligation to personal holiness (Wordsworth). The LXX. has an addition at the end of the verse. Ανεκεν τῶν λημμάτων αὐτῶν τῶν ὀρθρινῶν ὀδυνηθήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου πόνων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμισεῖτε ἐν πύλαις ἐλέγχοντας "On account of their morning gains [or, 'burdens'] they shall be pained in the presence of their labours, and ye hated those who reproved in the gates." This is expounded by Theodoret thus: As soon as morning dawned ye employed yourselves in no good work, but sought only how to obtain sordid gain. And ye regarded with. hatred these who reproved, you, who sitting at the gate spake words of wisdom to all who passed by. The passage is found in no other version. <a href="/commentaries/haggai/2-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Haggai חַגַּ֜י (ḥag·gay) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2292.htm">Strong's 2292: </a> Haggai -- 'festal', a Hebrew prophet replied: וַיַּ֨עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond “So כֵּ֣ן (kên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus is this הַ֠זֶּה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that people, הָֽעָם־ (hā·‘ām-) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and so וְכֵן־ (wə·ḵên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus is this הַזֶּ֤ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that nation הַגּ֨וֹי (hag·gō·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts before Me, לְפָנַי֙ (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (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 and so וְכֵ֖ן (wə·ḵên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus is every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every work מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of their hands; יְדֵיהֶ֑ם (yə·ḏê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand and whatever וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they offer יַקְרִ֛יבוּ (yaq·rî·ḇū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach there שָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither is defiled. טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 2:14 Then Haggai answered 'So is this people (Hagg. 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