Haggai 2:19-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 Is there still seed in the storehouse?
Have the vine, the fig, the pomegranate,
and the olive tree still not borne fruit?
From this day, I will bless you.[a]
Future Hope.[b] 20 The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month:[c] 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah:
I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Footnotes
- 2:19 I will bless you: from the day of the refounding of the Temple, agricultural plenty and fertility are assured. This link between temple and prosperity is part of the ancient Near Eastern temple ideology that underlies Haggai and Zec 1–8.
- 2:20–23 This final oracle of hope is uttered on the day of the refounding of the Temple. Unlike the other oracles it is addressed to Zerubbabel alone, who, as a Davidic descendant, will have a servant role in God’s future Israelite kingdom to be established when God intervenes to overthrow the nations.
- 2:20 Twenty-fourth day of the month: December 18, 520 B.C. (as in v. 18).
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