Haggai 2:7 (DBY)

Passage

and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:5 The word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit, remain among you: fear ye not.

Haggai 2:6 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];

Haggai 2:7 and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Haggai 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Haggai 2:9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shake", "nations", "desire", "shall", "come", "fill", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shake" and "nations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "For thus saith Jehovah of hosts Yet..." into verse 8's "The silver is mine and the gold...", so "shake" and "nations" belong inside that flow. In Haggai context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shake" and "nations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.