Haggai 2:10

From Deprivation to Blessing

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet:

Haggai 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 2:10

In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month]
The month Chisleu, which answers to part of November, and part of December: this was two months and three days after the former discourse or prophecy, and just three months from the time the Jews began to work in the house of the Lord, ( Haggai 1:14 Haggai 1:15 ) ( 2:1 ) in the second year of Darius;
the same year that all the former discourses and prophecies were delivered in: came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet;
for what he delivered was not his own, but from the Lord; he was only his minister and messenger. The Vulgate Latin version, and so Munster, render it, "unto Haggai the prophet"; and indeed what is said following seems to be directed to him, and he is the only person that put the questions directed to: saying;
as follows:

Haggai 2:10 In-Context

8 "The silver and gold belong to Me"-the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

9 "The final glory of this house will be greater than the first," says the Lord of Hosts. "I will provide peace in this place"-the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet:

11 "This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Ask the priests for a ruling.

12 If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy?" The priests answered, "No."