Haggai 2:9 (GNV)

Passage

The siluer is mine, and the golde is mine, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:7 For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Yet a litle while, and I will shake the heauens and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land:

Haggai 2:8 And I will moue all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this House with glory, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Haggai 2:9 The siluer is mine, and the golde is mine, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Haggai 2:10 The glory of this last House shall be greater then the first, sayth the Lord of hostes: and in this place will I giue peace, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Haggai 2:11 In the foure and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, in the second yeere of Darius, came the worde of the Lord vnto the Prophet Haggai, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "siluer", "mine", "golde", "sayth", "lord", and "hostes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "siluer" and "mine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And I will moue all nations and..." into verse 10's "The glory of this last House shall...", so "siluer" 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 "siluer" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.