Passage

The answer about uncleanness

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁴Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says the LORD; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.

Haggai 2:14World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Haggai applies the priests' answer about uncleanness to the people, their work and their offerings.

To understand

He has asked whether contact with someone unclean through a dead body makes another thing unclean. The priests answer yes before he applies the comparison to the nation.

A question

What does Haggai apply the priests' answer to beyond the object in his question?