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`Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Isn`t it in your eyes as nothing?
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The Pain of Comparison
God directly addresses the people's discouragement. Commentators explain that some elderly Jews remembered the stunning glory of Solomon's temple, which was lavishly overlaid with gold. In comparison, the new, smaller temple seemed like "nothing." This feeling of inadequacy was a real and significant obstacle to their work, which God acknowledges before offering encouragement.
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Haggai
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who is left among you? – The question implies that there were those among them who had seen the first house in its glory, yet only …
19th Century
Anglican
Is it not ...—Better, is not such a (Temple) as this like nothing in your eyes?
Baptist
Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the…
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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
Who [is] left among you that saw this house in her firstglory ? &c.] Not taken away by death, yet alive, …
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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