Aggeo 2:18

18 Ponete ben mente a ciò ch’è avvenuto fino a questo giorno, fino al ventiquattresimo giorno del nono mese, dal giorno che il tempio dell’Eterno fu fondato; ponetevi ben mente!

Aggeo 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 2:18

Consider now from this day and upward
Or forward; for time to come, as the Vulgate Latin version: from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month];
before observed, ( Haggai 2:10 Haggai 2:15 ) : even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid,
consider [it];
not from the time it was first laid after their return upon the proclamation of Cyrus, but from the time they began to clear that foundation, and to build upon it; and which having lain so long neglected, the renewal of it is represented as a fresh laying of it: now the prophet, as he had directed them to consider what adversity and calamities had attended them from the time of their neglect unto this time; so he would have them particularly observe what blessings they would enjoy from henceforward; by which it would appear how pleasing it was to the Lord that they had begun and were going on with the building.

Aggeo 2:18 In-Context

16 Durante tutto quel tempo, quand’uno veniva a un mucchio di venti misure, non ve n’eran che dieci; quand’uno veniva al tino per cavarne cinquanta misure, non ve n’eran che venti.

17 Io vi colpii col carbonchio, colla ruggine, con la grandine, in tutta l’opera delle vostre mani; ma voi non tornaste a me, dice l’Eterno.

18 Ponete ben mente a ciò ch’è avvenuto fino a questo giorno, fino al ventiquattresimo giorno del nono mese, dal giorno che il tempio dell’Eterno fu fondato; ponetevi ben mente!

19 V’è egli ancora del grano nel granaio? La stessa vigna, il fico, il melagrano, l’ulivo, nulla producono! Da questo giorno, io vi benedirò".

20 E la parola dell’Eterno fu indirizzata per la seconda volta ad Aggeo, il ventiquattresimo giorno del mese, in questi termini: