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Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah`s house to be built.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say— Not Zerubbabel or Joshua, but “this people.” He says not, “My people,” but …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The time is not come. — Better (unle we alter the received text), It is not yet time to comethat is,

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Ze…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Those who think that seventy years had not passed until the reign of Darius can be easily disproved from this passage. For if the seventy years wer…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Thus speaks the Lord of hosts Of armies above and below; whom all ought to reverence, honour, and obey; who was able to s…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet the…

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