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Haggai 2:3 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Haggai 2:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Haggai chapter 2 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?”
Haggai 2:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?—God acknowledges the painful reality of comparison. Some older Israelites remembered Solomon's temple—destroyed 66 years earlier (586 BC)—and this new structure seemed pitiful by comparison. The rhetorical questions don't deny their assessment but invite honest recognition of disappointment."This house in her first glory" (הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה בִּכְבוֹדוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן/habayit hazeh bikhvodo harishon)—the Hebrew "glory" (כָּבוֹד/kavod) means weight, heaviness, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Haggai 2:3
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“the old men who had seen the first house”
“he said”
“αἱ χεῖρες ζοροβαβελ ἐθεμελίωσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐπιτελέσουσιν αὐτόν καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ διότι κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐξαπέσταλκέν με πρὸς σέ”
“he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations [and] their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it to them as an unclean thing.”
“' says Yahweh of Armies; 'and in this place will I give peace”