Haggai 2 · Verse 21

Haggai 2:21

Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Haggai 2:21, King James Version

Haggai 2:21 in other translations

BSB“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
WEB“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth.
ASVSpeak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
YLT‘Speak unto Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying: I am shaking the heavens and the earth,
DARBYSpeak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
BBESay to Zerubbabel, ruler of Judah, I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth,
WebsterSpeak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

What does Haggai 2:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. to Zerubbabel--Perhaps Zerubbabel had asked as to the convulsions foretold (Hag 2:6, 7). This is the reply: The Jews had been led to fear that these convulsions would destroy their national existence. Zerubbabel, therefore, as their civil leader and representative is addressed, not Joshua, their religious leader. Messiah is the antitypical Zerubbabel, their national Representative and King, with whom God the Father makes the covenant wherein they, as identified with Him, are assured of safety in God's electing love (compare Hag 2:23, "will make thee as a signet"; "I have chosen thee"). shake ... heavens--(see on Hag 2:6, 7); violent political convulsions accompanied with physical prodigies (Mt 24:7, 29).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 I will shake the heavens and the earth - Calmet supposes that the invasion of Cambyses, and his death, are what the prophet has in view by this shaking of the heavens and the earth: but this invasion and defeat happened three years before they had begun to work at the temple; and how could it be made a matter of interest to Zerubbabel? Calmet answers this, by translating the words in the past tense; and shows that the fact was recalled to Zerubbabel's attention, to fix his confidence in God, etc. Bp. Newcome says we may well understand this and the twenty-second verse of the calamity undergone by Babylon in the reign of Darius; of the Macedonian conquests in Persia; and of the wars which the successors of Alexander waged against each other: others under stand it of the Romans.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Haggai 2:20-23

The Lord will preserve Zerubbabel and the people of Judah, amidst their enemies. Here is also foretold the establishment and continuance of the kingdom of Christ; by union with whom his people are sealed with the Holy Ghost, sealed with his image, thus distinguished from all others. Here also is foretold the changes, even to that time when the kingdom of Christ shall overthrow and occupy the place of all the empires…

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Haggai 2:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱמֹ֕ר'e.MorsayH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
זְרֻבָּבֶ֥לze.ru.ba.VelZerubbabelH2216
פַּֽחַת\־pa.chat-[the] governor ofH6346
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
מַרְעִ֔ישׁmar.'Ish[am] about to shakeH7493
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Haggai 2:21

  • Zechariah 4:6-10

    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. …

  • Haggai 2:6-7

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Haggai 1:1

    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

  • Ezra 5:2

    Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

  • Hebrews 12:26-27

    Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

  • Psalms 46:6

    The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

  • Revelation 16:17-19

    And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

  • Ezekiel 38:19-20

    For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

  • Ezra 2:2

    Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

  • 1 Chronicles 3:19

    And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

  • Joel 3:16

    The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 26:15

    Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Zerubbabel.
1:1,14; 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 2:2; 5:2; Zec 4:6-10
I will.
6,7; Ps 46:6; Eze 26:15; 38:19,20; Joe 3:16; Heb 12:26,27
Re 16:17-19

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Context

  • Haggai 2:20

    And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,

  • Haggai 2:21

    Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

  • Haggai 2:22

    And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

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Haggai 2:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Habla á Zorobabel, gobernador de Judá, diciendo: Yo haré temblar los cielos y la tierra;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Parle à Zorobabel, gouverneur de Juda, disant: J’ébranlerai les cieux et la terre,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Rede zu Serubbabel, dem Landpfleger von Juda, und sprich: Ich werde den Himmel und die Erde erschüttern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad Aggæum in vigesima et quarta mensis, dicens: