Haggai 2:7
What does Haggai 2:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Haggai 2:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Haggai 2:7 means
God will shake all nations, and the “precious things” of the nations will come, so that He Himself will fill this house with glory. The point is not Israel’s ability to fund the project, but God’s power to draw resources and honor from beyond Israel. Nations that once opposed will, by God’s hand, enrich the place where He dwells. The true glory, however, is not merely gold and silver but the presence of Jehovah. In the broader biblical story, this anticipates the time when Gentiles stream to honor Israel’s God and, ultimately, when Christ brings the nations into God’s household. Glory comes because God comes.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come <FI>to<Fi> the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house <FI>with<Fi> honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Context
Verse 7 develops the theme of shaking by applying it to the nations and their wealth. It sets up verse 8, where God asserts His ownership of all silver and gold, removing any anxiety about means. Then verse 9 will reach the high point: the latter glory of this house surpassing the former, with the gift of peace. The flow shows a progression: God shakes, nations respond, resources arrive, and God fills the house. The emphasis remains God-centered—He initiates, He owns, He fills—so the people’s smallness is not an obstacle to His grand design.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 19:47
And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:
- Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
- John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
- Genesis 3:15
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Psalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.
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