Haggai 2:20 (YLT)

Passage

And there is a word of Jehovah a second time unto Haggai, on the twenty and fourth of the month, saying:

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:18 Set <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth <FI>month<Fi> , even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set <FI>it<Fi> to your heart.

Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not borne--from this day I bless.'

Haggai 2:20 And there is a word of Jehovah a second time unto Haggai, on the twenty and fourth of the month, saying:

Haggai 2:21 `Speak unto Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying: I am shaking the heavens and the earth,

Haggai 2:22 And have overturned the throne of kingdoms, And I have destroyed the strength of kingdoms of the nations, And overturned chariot and its charioteers, And come down have horses and their riders, Each by the sword of his brother.

Study Lenses

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

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