Haggai 2:11 (DRB)

Passage

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:

Nearby Context

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:

Haggai 2:13 If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "four", "twentieth", "ninth", "month", "second", "year", "darius", and "king". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "four" and "twentieth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Great shall be the glory of this..." into verse 12's "Thus saith the Lord of hosts Ask...", so "four" and "twentieth" 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 "four" and "twentieth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.