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In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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A Discouraging Celebration
Commentators highlight the specific timing of God's message: the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. This joyous festival, celebrating God's past deliverance and provision, would have painfully reminded the people of their current poverty and the humble scale of their new temple compared to Solomon's. God's word of encouragement came precisely when their spirits were lowest.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month—This was the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34…
19th Century
Anglican
The Third Utterance. —This utterance concerns the glory which, in a later time, is to attach itself to the sacred spot where the returned …
Baptist
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month.
Not very long after.
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet now states another reason why he had been sent by God, so that he might prevent a temptation that might have hindered the work that was…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In the seventh [month] The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and part of October:
in the…
Those who are wholehearted in the Lord's service will receive encouragement to proceed. But they could not build such a temple then, as Solomon bui…
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