Haggai 2:21 (DRB)

Passage

And the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying:

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:19 Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.

Haggai 2:20 Is the seed as yet sprung up? or hath the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree as yet flourished? from this day I will bless you.

Haggai 2:21 And the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying:

Haggai 2:22 Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, saying: I will move both heaven and earth.

Haggai 2:23 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and will destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentiles: and I will overthrow the chariot, and him that rideth therein: and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "lord", "came", "second", "time", "haggai", "four", and "twentieth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Is the seed as yet sprung up..." into verse 22's "Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda...", so "word" and "lord" 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 "word" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.