Haggai 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: the prophet comes with his double parable, or problem, but not of his own head, but in the name of the Lord of hosts. Ask; consult with, desire the solution of the following case. The priests; whose office bound them to study the law, and to answer all cases of conscience, their lips should retain knowledge, Zechariah 2:7. Concerning the law; what the law saith in the case; not what the church, but what the Scripture saith.

Haggai 2:11

11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,