Haggai 2:20 (LSB)

Passage

Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:18 ‘Oh set your heart to consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was founded, set your heart to consider:

Haggai 2:19 Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.’”

Haggai 2:20 Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Haggai 2:21 “Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

Haggai 2:22 I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.’

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "Is the seed still in the barn..." into verse 21's "Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah saying...", so "word" and "yahweh" 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 "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.