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Haggai 2:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Haggai 2:19

Verse 19 of 23

Scripture focus

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].

Haggai 2:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Haggai 2:19

Theological / Devotional

Seed. In other words, “Is your ‘seed’ grain [see Job 39:12], which you have saved for planting next year’s crops, still in the ‘barn,’ or has it already been eaten because of the shortage of food resulting from the drought?”

Yea, as yet. Though there was no sign of growth or sprouting by which to predict what the yield would be, Haggai forecasts an abundance (see Deut. 28:2, 3).

Not brought forth. It seems evident that the drought (see Haggai 1:9, 10) still prevailed at the time this message was given. Normally, the rainy season would have begun one to two months earlier (see Vol. II, p. 110).

This day. That is, the day of their obedience.

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