Haggai 2:6

saith = hath said.

once = first; as in Haggai 1:1 with Haggai 2:1 . Hebrew. 'chad = one of several. See note on Deuteronomy 6:4 . There had been shakings before; but this one would be extreme and final. Quoted in Hebrews 12:26 , Hebrews 12:27 . Greek. hapax = once for all: i.e. first, before the fulfillment of the promise given in the clause which follows. It is feminine here, and cannot agree with "little" (one little, or a little) because me'at is masculine.

I will shake. See the Structure, below (Haggai 2:21 ). Not "convert"; but shake violently, as in Psalms 46:3 ; Psalms 77:18 . Jeremiah 10:10 , &c.

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ): emphasizing the universality of this last shaking, in contrast with all former shakings. It refers to the great tribulation (Matthew 24:29 , Matthew 24:30 ). Compare Isaiah 13:13 ; Isaiah 24:18 .