Who is left among you, &c.— See the note on Ezra 3:12. The foundation of this house was laid in the second year of Cyrus; the second year of Cyrus was fifty-three years after the destruction of the first temple; so that the oldest men among those who returned might very well remember it; and though this prophesy was uttered fifteen years after the foundation of the second temple, yet there might still survive some of those who had seen the structure built by Solomon. See Lowth. The latter clause of this verse should be rendered, Doth not this appear as nothing in comparison of it; that is to say, of the first temple?
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Haggai 2:3
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?