Haggai 2:8

"and I will shake all nations. The treasure of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Armies."

Key Reflection

In Haggai 2:8, the prophet speaks on behalf of God, declaring that He will shake all nations, causing their treasures to come forth and be used for His purposes. This imagery suggests a profound transformation where global wealth and resources are mobilized under divine authority. The reference to filling "this house" with glory foreshadows how these riches will contribute to the grandeur and spiritual significance of God’s temple, symbolizing the broader restoration of Israel and the coming together of nations in worship and devotion.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine -These words, which have occasioned some to think, that God, in speaking of the glory with which He should fill the house, meant our material riches, suggest the contrary. For silver was no ornament of the temple of Solomon. Everything was overlaid with gold. In the tabernacle there were bowls of silver, in Soloman’s temple they and all were of gold1Ki 7:50;2 Chronicles 4:8. Silver, we are expressly told, “was nothing accounted of1 Kings 10:21in the days of Solomon: he1 Kings 10:27.

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