Haggai 2:8 (DBY)

Passage

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Nearby Context

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.

Haggai 2:10 On the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "silver", "mine", "gold", "saith", "jehovah", and "hosts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "silver" and "mine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "and I will shake all nations and..." into verse 9's "The latter glory of this house shall...", so "silver" and "mine" 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 "silver" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.