Haggai 2:8 (LSB)

Passage

‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:6 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Once more—in a little while—I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.

Haggai 2:7 And I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the desirable things of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says Yahweh of hosts.

Haggai 2:8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.

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,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And I will shake all the nations..." into verse 9's "The latter glory of this house will...", so "silver" 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 "silver" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.