Haggai 2:4
Context| NETBible | Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord. ‘Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and 1 all you citizens of the land,’ 2 says the Lord, ‘and begin to work. For I am with you,’ says the Lord who rules over all. |
| XREF | Ex 3:12; De 31:23; Jos 1:6,9; Jud 2:18; 1Sa 16:18; 2Sa 5:10; 1Ch 22:13; 1Ch 28:20; Hag 1:13; Zec 8:9; Mr 16:20; Ac 7:9; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10; 2Ti 2:1; 2Ti 4:17 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and take heart.” Although emphatic, the repetition of the verb is redundant in contemporary English style and has been left untranslated. 2 tn Heb “the people of the land” (עַם הָאָרֶץ, ’am ha’arets); this is a technical term referring to free citizens as opposed to slaves. |
