Discovery BoxHaggai 2:6 
Context2:6 Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘In just a little while 1 I will once again shake the sky 2 and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.
Haggai 2:9
Context2:9 ‘The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,’ 3 the Lord who rules over all declares, ‘and in this place I will give peace.’” 4
1 tc The difficult MT reading עוֹד אַחַת מְעַט הִיא (’od ’akhat mÿ’at hi’, “yet once, it is little”; cf. NAB “One moment yet, a little while”) appears as “yet once” in the LXX, omitting the last two Hebrew words. However, the point being made is that the anticipated action is imminent; thus the repetition provides emphasis.
2 tn Or “the heavens.” The same Hebrew word, שָׁמַיִם (shamayim), may be translated “sky” or “heavens” depending on the context. Although many English versions translate the term as “heavens” here, the other three elements present in this context (earth, sea, dry ground) suggest “sky” is in view.
3 tn Heb “greater will be the latter splendor of this house than the former”; NAB “greater will be the future glory.”
4 tn In the Hebrew text there is an implicit play on words in the clause “in this place [i.e., Jerusalem] I will give peace”: in יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (yÿrushalayim) there will be שָׁלוֹם (shalom).
