Haggai 2:10 (DRB)

Passage

Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:8 And I will move all nations: AND THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill this house with glory: saith the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2:9 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2:10 Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2:11 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying:

Haggai 2:12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "great", "shall", "glory", "last", "house", "than", "first", and "saith". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "great" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "The silver is mine and the gold..." into verse 11's "In the four and twentieth day of...", so "great" and "shall" 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 "great" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.