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Haggai 2 — Sermon Preparation
God encourages the discouraged builders that his Spirit remains with them, and the glory of this new house will surpass that of Solomon's temple. Below is a research summary for Haggai 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Haggai 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 10 | oracle |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 9 | mass, army |
| חַגַּי | Chaggay | H2292 | 5 | Chaggai |
| עֶשְׂרִים | ʻesrîym | H6242 | 6 | twenty, twentieth |
| זְרֻבָּבֶל | Zᵉrubbâbel | H2216 | 4 | Zerubbabel |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 5 | put |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 5 | officiating, priest |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Haggai 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The Lord will preserve Zerubbabel and the people of Judah, amidst their enemies. Here is also foretold the establishment and continuance of the kingdom of Christ; by union with whom his people are sealed with the Holy Ghost, sealed with his image, thus distinguished from all others. Here also is foretold the changes, even to that time when the kingdom of Christ shall overthrow and occupy the place of all the empires which opposed his cause. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Haggai 2:20–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Hag 2:5
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