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This People" and "This Nation" in Haggai

This People" and "This Nation" in Haggai THIS PEOPLE" AND "THIS NATION" IN HAGGAI BY Herbert G. MAY Oberlin, Ohio Hag ii 10-14, a passage crucial to the understanding of the message of Haggai, is left unexplained by the prophet and the compiler of the book containing Haggai's oracles. The interpretation is complicated by the fact that a plausible case may be made for removing the suc- ceeding verses (15-19) from their present context. The transition between ii 10-14 and ii 15-19 is abrupt and the connection unclear; each appears to be a self-contained unity unrelated to the other. In the former passage the priests respond as expected to the questions asked regarding the transmission of holiness and uncleanness, and the prophet draws his conclusion in the final verse: "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, says the LORD; and so with every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean". The latter passage begins with a plea to consider what will happen "from this day onward", and concludes with the promise that "from this day on" the LORD will bless. In vss. 11-14 the people are men- tioned only in the third person; in vss. 15-19 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

This People" and "This Nation" in Haggai

May, Herbert G.
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 18 (1-4): 190 – Jan 1, 1968
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© 1968 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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THIS PEOPLE" AND "THIS NATION" IN HAGGAI BY Herbert G. MAY Oberlin, Ohio Hag ii 10-14, a passage crucial to the understanding of the message of Haggai, is left unexplained by the prophet and the compiler of the book containing Haggai's oracles. The interpretation is complicated by the fact that a plausible case may be made for removing the suc- ceeding verses (15-19) from their present context. The transition between ii 10-14 and ii 15-19 is abrupt and the connection unclear; each appears to be a self-contained unity unrelated to the other. In the former passage the priests respond as expected to the questions asked regarding the transmission of holiness and uncleanness, and the prophet draws his conclusion in the final verse: "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, says the LORD; and so with every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean". The latter passage begins with a plea to consider what will happen "from this day onward", and concludes with the promise that "from this day on" the LORD will bless. In vss. 11-14 the people are men- tioned only in the third person; in vss. 15-19

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Published: Jan 1, 1968

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