The LORD’s word came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20. Sprung up. Hebrew “in the granary,” or cave, magura, whence the African mangaria, or huts, are derived. Chal. and Septuagint “barn floor,” as it was commonly adjoining to these huts. Some have, “in blade.” But this seems to be the sense: the corn is not yet sown, nor the trees in blossom, yet I announce great fertility next year. He spoke in November, during which and the following month the seed was committed to the earth, in Palestine, as ( Calmet.) it was in Egypt, the wheat ripening in seven months, (Pliny xviii. 7.) and being cut towards the end of June. Saint Jerome—Aggeus probably composed the Psalms 64 to thank God for this fertility.