‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of armies.
Parallel translations
- WEB The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
- KJV The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
- BSB The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
- NKJV ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts.
- NLT The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Quick answer
God reminds the discouraged builders that all silver and gold belong to Him. He lacks no resource to glorify His house.
Overview
The people felt the poverty of their efforts, but God owns all wealth and can supply whatever His purposes require. This assurance frees them from anxiety over their limited means. God's ownership of all things remains a comfort to His people, who serve a Lord who possesses everything.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 50:10–12For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
- Ps 24:1A Psalm by David. The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- Isa 60:17For brass I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
- 1 Chr 29:14–16But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
- Isa 60:13“The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
- 1 Kgs 6:20–35Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.
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The promise that the latter glory of the temple will exceed the former, and that God will shake the nations and bring 'the desire of all nations,' is fulfilled when Christ enters his temple.
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