Haggai 2:9-10

2:9 ‘The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,’ ¹  the Lord who rules over all declares, ‘and in this place I will give peace.’” ² 

The Promised Blessing

2:10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year, ³  the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai: ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “greater will be the latter splendor of this house than the former”; NAB “greater will be the future glory.”

² tn In the Hebrew text there is an implicit play on words in the clause “in this place [i.e., Jerusalem] I will give peace”: in יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (yÿrushalayim) there will be שָׁלוֹם (shalom).

³ sn The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 b.c.

⁴ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying.” This Hebrew expression is slightly different from the one in 1:1, 3; 2:1.