Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet

Haggai 2

²⁰ The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai _f on the twenty-fourth day of the month, ²¹ "Speak to _j Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, _k I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, ²² and _l to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and _m overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, _n every one by the sword of his brother. ²³ On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O _j Zerubbabel _o my servant, the son of _p Shealtiel, declares the Lord, and make you _q like a ₁ signet ring, _o for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts."

1. Cross References
   Haggai 2:18
   Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord 's temple was laid, consider:
   
2. Cross References
   Haggai 1:1
   In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
   Zechariah 4:6
   Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
   
3. Cross References
   Haggai 2:6
   For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
   
4. Cross References
   Daniel 2:44
   And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
   Zechariah 12:9
   And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
   Matthew 24:7
   For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
   
5. Cross References
   Micah 5:10
   And in that day, declares the Lord, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots.
   
6. Cross References
   Zechariah 14:13
   And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.
   
7. Cross References
   Haggai 2:21
   Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 43:10
   You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
   
9. Cross References
   Isaiah 43:10
   You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
   
10. Cross References
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
    
11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:24
    As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
    

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