Haggai 2:14

12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
KJV
Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
WEB
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.
ASV
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
DARBY
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah, and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
BLB
And Haggai answered and said, “Thus [is] this people, and thus [is] this nation before My face, a declaration of YHWH, and thus [is] every work of their hands, and what they offer there, it [is] unclean.
ÅB
Da tok Haggai til orde og sa: Slik er det med dette folk, og slik er det med disse mennesker i mine øyne, sier Herren, og slik er det med all deres henders gjerning; og det de ofrer der[^1], det er urent.
OTB
Så sa Haggai,
«‘Slik er det med dette folket og denne nasjonen i mine øyne,’ erklærer Herren.
‘Uansett hva de gjør og hva de ofrer, er det urent.
B1930
Da tok Haggai til orde og sa: Således er det med dette folk, og således er det med disse mennesker i mine øine, sier Herren, og således er det med all deres henders gjerning; og det de ofrer der, det er urent. / < på alteret; ESR 3, 3.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Titus 1:15

    Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

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  • Proverbs 28:9

    He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

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  • Isaiah 1:11–15

    To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

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  • Haggai 1:4–11

    Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

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  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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  • Proverbs 21:27

    The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

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  • Proverbs 21:4

    An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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  • Jude 1:23

    And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

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