Haggai 2:11 (LSB)

Passage

“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Ask now the priests about the law:

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:9 ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.”

Haggai 2:10 On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Haggai 2:11 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Ask now the priests about the law:

Haggai 2:12 If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches bread with this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”

Haggai 2:13 Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "says", "yahweh", "hosts", and "priests". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "says", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month..." into verse 12's "If a man carries holy meat in...", so "thus" and "says" 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 "thus" and "says" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.