Haggai 2:13 (YLT)

Passage

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.'

Nearby Context

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.'

Haggai 2:14 And Haggai answereth and saith, `So <FI>is<Fi> this people, and so <FI>is<Fi> this nation before Me--an affirmation of Jehovah--and so <FI>is<Fi> every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there--it is unclean.

Haggai 2:15 And now, lay <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haggai", "saith", "unclean", "body", "doth", "come", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haggai" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Lo one doth carry holy flesh in..." into verse 14's "And Haggai answereth and saith So FI...", so "haggai" and "saith" 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 "haggai" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.