The Meaning of Haggai 2:16 Explained

Haggai 2:16

KJV: 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.

YLT: From that time one hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been twenty.

Darby: before those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the vat to draw out fifty press-measures, there were but twenty.

ASV: Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures , there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels , there were but twenty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Haggai 2:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Haggai 2:10-23 - God's Judgment Upon The Nations
Two months after the foregoing prophecy, the prophet again remonstrated with the people for still neglecting the Temple, though they appear to have maintained religious rites. As the holy flesh did not sanctify what it touched, so religious observance did not compensate for neglecting the Temple; such neglect would make their service unclean, Haggai 2:14. The earnest toils of the people had met with persistent unsuccess because God was against them, but from the moment of their repentance He would bless them, Haggai 2:18-19. Amid all the upheavals described in Haggai 2:7 the Jews would be preserved, and their safety guaranteed. Disturbances preceded the Savior's first advent, as they will the second; but amid the shaking and overthrowing that are ushering in the new era, let us not fear. All that cannot be shaken will remain; and as God remembered Noah amid the tossings of the deluge, He will care for us, not because of our deserts, but because of His grace. We did not choose Him, but He us [source]

Chapter Summary: Haggai 2

1  He encourages the people to the work,
4  by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first
10  In the type of holy things and unclean he shows their sins hindered the work
20  God's promise to Zerubbabel

What do the individual words in Haggai 2:16 mean?

since those [days] when [one] came to a heap of twenty [ephahs] and there were [but] ten when [one] came the wine vat to draw out fifty [baths] from the press [but] twenty
מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם בָּא֙ אֶל־ עֲרֵמַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהָיְתָ֖ה עֲשָׂרָ֑ה בָּ֣א הַיֶּ֗קֶב לַחְשֹׂף֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים פּוּרָ֔ה עֶשְׂרִֽים

מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם  since  those  [days] 
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בָּא֙  when  [one]  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עֲרֵמַ֣ת  a  heap 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲרֵמָה  
Sense: heap, pile.
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים  of  twenty  [ephahs] 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְהָיְתָ֖ה  and  there  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה  [but]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
בָּ֣א  when  [one]  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַיֶּ֗קֶב  the  wine  vat 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶקֶב  
Sense: wine vat, wine-press.
לַחְשֹׂף֙  to  draw  out 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: חֲשׂוּפַי 
Sense: to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  fifty  [baths] 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
פּוּרָ֔ה  from  the  press 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: פּוּרָה  
Sense: winepress.
עֶשְׂרִֽים  [but]  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.

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