8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
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For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. …
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. …
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here is, I. The date of this message, Hag. 2:1. It was sent on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, when the builders had been about a month at work (since the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month), and had got it in some forwardness. Note, Those that are hearty in the service of God shall receive fresh encouragements from him to proceed in it, as their case calls for them. Set the wheels a…
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