Haggai 2:5

According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
word	הַדָּבָ֞ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
covenanted	כָּרַ֤תִּי ka.Ra.ti	H3772	to cut (off · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
came	בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם be.tze.te.Khem	H3318	to go (causatively · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
Egypt	מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם mi.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
spirit	וְרוּחִ֖י ve.ru.Chi	H7307	wind · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 1st person feminine singular
remaineth	עֹמֶ֣דֶת 'o.Me.det	H5975	to stand · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
among	בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם be.tokh.Khem	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
fear	תִּירָֽאוּ ti.Ra.'u	H3372	to fear · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 29:45-46 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Exodus 34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nat…
Isaiah 41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Nehemiah 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Exodus 33:12-14 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet…
Zechariah 8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shal…
Zechariah 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
Acts 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:1-9

Here is, I. The date of this message, Hag 2:1. It was sent on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, when the builders had been about a month at work (since the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month), and had got it in some forwardness. Note, Those that are hearty in the service of God shall receive fresh encouragements from him to proceed in it, as their case calls for them. Set the wheels a going, and God will oil them. II. The direction of this message, Hag 2:2. The encouragements here are sent to the same persons to whom the reproofs in the foregoing chapter are directed; for those that are wounded by the convictions of the word shall be healed and bound up by its consolations. Speak…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Haggai 2:5

According to the word that--literally, "(I am with you) the word (or thing) which I covenanted"; that is, I am with you as I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt (Exo 19:5-6; Exo 34:10-11). The covenant promise of God to the elect people at Sinai is an additional motive for their persevering. The Hebrew for to "covenant" is literally "to cut," alluding to the sacrificial victims cut in ratification of a covenant. so--or, "and." my Spirit remaineth among you--to strengthen you for the work (Hag 1:14; Zac 4:6). The inspiration of Haggai and Zechariah at this time was a specimen of the presence of God's Spirit remaining still with His people, as He had been with Moses and Israel of…

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Adam Clarke on Haggai 2:4

Yet now be strong - Do not let this discourage you. The chief glory of the temple is not its splendid building, but my presence; and as I covenanted to be with you when ye came out of Egypt, so I will fulfill my covenant; for my Spirit remaineth among you, fear not; Hag 2:5. What is the most splendid cathedral, if God be not in it, influencing all by his presence and Spirit? But he will not be in it unless there be a messenger of the Lord there, and unless he deliver the Lord's message.

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Likewise here too when he says, "My spirit has taken a position in your midst," he means, my grace and my disposition toward you accompanies you, taking a position and providing you with its benefit. In other words, just as he speaks of a soul in reference to God, thus implying not some hypostasis [i.e., separate entity] but his attitude to something—as when he says, "My soul hates your new moons and sabbaths" to refer to the attitude by which he hated what was done by them in their depraved behavior—so too is his mention of the "spirit."
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, COMMENTARY ON HAGGAI 2:1-5

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Dictionary and topics

Gift Of The Holy Spirit, The · Is permanent — Is permanent
Holy Spirit · 31:3;35:31; — 31:3;35:31;
Zeal, Religious · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Haggai 2:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Haggai 2:5

Adam Clarke on Haggai 2:4

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Haggai 2:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Haggai 2:5

Adam Clarke on Haggai 2:4

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Haggai 2:1-5

Keil & Delitzsch on Haggai 2:3-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Haggai 2:5

Rashi on Haggai 2:5