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Haggai 2:8

Haggai 2:8
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. This seems designed to anticipate an objection taken from the gold and silver, with which the first temple was either decorated, or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine - These words, which have occasioned some to think, that God, in speaking of the glory with which He should fill the house, meant our material riches, suggest…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Haggai 2:1-9

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Haggai 2:6-9

The Prophecy Itself

In accordance with the ancient covenant, as a fresh manifestation of its perpetual virtue and undying life (for "the gifts and calling of God are without repentance," Rom 11:29),…

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