Haggai 2:11 (YLT)

Passage

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Ask, I pray thee, the priests <FI>of<Fi> the law, saying:

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:9 Greater is the honour of this latter house, Than of the former, said Jehovah of Hosts, And in this place do I give peace, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.'

Haggai 2:10 On the twenty and fourth of the ninth <FI>month<Fi> , in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

Haggai 2:11 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Ask, I pray thee, the priests <FI>of<Fi> the law, saying:

Haggai 2:12 Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food--is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, `No.'

Haggai 2:13 And Haggai saith, `If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, `It is unclean.'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "On the twenty and fourth of the..." into verse 12's "Lo one doth carry holy flesh in...", so "thus" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.