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Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,` says Yahweh. `Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,` says Yahweh, `and work, for I am with you,` says Yahweh of Hosts.
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Strength from God's Presence
The repeated command to "be strong" is not a call to muster human willpower. Commentators emphasize that the command is immediately followed by its power source: "for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts." The strength to persevere in God's work comes directly from the promise of His enabling presence, which scholars like Calvin note is fulfilled by the Holy Spirit.
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Haggai
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yet now be strong ... and work – They are the words with which David exhorted Solomon his son to be earnest and to persevere in the building…
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
This is the second time that Haggai was sent with this message.
It was so rich, so full, so divinely encouraging, that the Lord might well re…
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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
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord Take heart, be of good courage, do not be dismayed at these things; t…
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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