Haggai 2:18
ContextNETBible | ‘Think carefully about the past: 1 from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, 2 to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, 3 think about it. 4 |
XREF | De 32:29; Ezr 5:1,2; Hag 1:14,15; Hag 2:15; Zec 8:9,12; Lu 15:17-20 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “set your heart.” A similar expression occurs in v. 15. 2 sn The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520. See v. 10. Here the reference is to “today,” the day the oracle is being delivered. 3 sn The day work…was resumed. This does not refer to the initial founding of the Jerusalem temple in 536 4 tn Heb “set your heart.” A similar expression occurs in v. 15 and at the beginning of this verse. |