King James Version
Haggai 2:21 in the King James Version says “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;” — study this verse from Haggai chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;”
Haggai 2:21 · KJV
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
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“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“I will shake”
H7493to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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