John Trapp Complete Commentary - Haggai 2:16
Hag 2:16 Since those [days] were, when [one] came to an heap of twenty [measures], there were [but] ten: when [one] came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty [vessels] out of the press, there were [but] twenty. Ver. 16. Since those days were ] Or, as some read it, Antequam essent in eo opere, Before they were about that work, minding God’s house more than their own. When one came to an heap of twenty measures ] That is, where you expected twenty measures (and experienced good husbands can... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Haggai 2:15
Hag 2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: Ver. 15. And now, I pray you, consider ] Heb. Lay it upon your heart, as Haggai 1:5 ; See Trapp on " Hag 1:5 " The often repetition of this precept sets forth, 1. The necessity of the duty pressed. 2. Their singular stupidity, that were no more affected with such manifest marks of God’s wrath upon them; no, though he had even snatched the meat out of their... read more