Haggai 2:23

Zechariah 1:1 →

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Interpretation

The Lord will preserve Zerubbabel and the people of Judah, amidst their enemies. Here is also foretold the establishment and continuance of the kingdom of Christ; by union with whom his people are sealed with the Holy Ghost, sealed with his image, thus distinguished from all others.

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This thought runs through Haggai 2:20-23.

Haggai 2:20 Haggai 2:21 Haggai 2:22 Haggai 2:23

Glossary

Shealtiel Person: Asked for of God, father of Zerubbabel ( Ezra 3:2 , 8; Neh. 12:1 ).
Zerubbabel Person: The seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel ( Hag. 1:1 ; Zorobabel, Matt. 1:12 ); called also the son of Pedaiah ( 1 Chr. 3:17-19 ), i. e.