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"Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
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A Question for Conviction
Commentators explain that God instructs Haggai to question the priests not for information, but as a powerful teaching method. By using the priests' own expertise in the law, God sets up an undeniable object lesson to convict the people about the true nature of their worship and the state of their hearts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ask now the priests concerning the law - The priests answer rightly, that by the law, insulated unholiness spread further than insu…
19th Century
Anglican
The Fourth Utterance.— The recent season of scarcity is again accounted for, and immediate blessings are announced. This address dates abo…
Baptist
That which is ceremonially holy cannot communicate its holiness to that which is unclean; but that which is unclean, in the eyes of the law, can co…
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16th Century
Protestant
Although interpreters seem to perceive the Prophet's meaning, no one truly and clearly expresses what he means and intends to teach us. Indeed, the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord of hosts
To Haggai the prophet: ask now the priests [concerning] the law
Many corrupted this good work by undertaking it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage from it. The sum of these two ru…
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