Haggai 2:15

"Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says the LORD; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean."

Key Reflection

In Haggai 2:15, the Lord through the prophet Haggai makes a striking observation about the condition of the people and their offerings. The verse suggests that whatever efforts they put forth—whether in building projects or religious sacrifices—are lacking in holiness and effectiveness before God. This reflects a broader theme of divine judgment on the Israelites for their rebellion and disobedience, highlighting that their actions fall short of God's standards despite their intentions to rebuild and worship Him.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And now, I pray you -Observe his tenderness, in drawing their attention to it , “Consider from this day and upward.” He bids them look backward, “from before a stone was laid upon a stone,” i. e., from the last moment of their neglect in building the house of God; “from since those days were,” or from the time backward “when those things were,” (resuming, in the word, “from-their-being” , the date which he had just given, namely, the beginning of their resuming the building backward, during all those years of neglect) “one came to a heap of twenty measures.” The precise measure is not mentione

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