Haggai 1

Haggai 1:3

And another - This seems to mean the Romish antichrist.

Haggai 1:4

Until a time and times - The numbers of Daniel and John seem to agree. Daniel was certainly prophetical in these things, and his prophecy reacheth to the end of times, even of antichrist’s reign.

Haggai 1:7

Of the matter - Of the vision, and the angel’s interpretation.

Haggai 1:9

After that - In the other vision he speaks o[ all the four monarchies; here only of the three first; this vision being a comment upon the first.

Haggai 1:10

The river of Ulai - Which ran round the city.

Haggai 1:11

Two horns - The kingdom of Media and Persia. And the higher - The kingdom of Persia which rose last, in Cyrus, became more eminent than that of the Medes.

Haggai 1:12

West - ward - Toward Babylon, Syria, Cappadocia, Asia the less, and Greece, all westward from Media and Persia. North - ward - Against the Armenians, Iberians, Lydians, Colchi Caspians. South - ward - Against Ethiopia, Arabia, Egypt.

Haggai 1:13

An he - goat - The Grecian empire. The whole earth - The whole Persian empire. Touched not the ground - Went with incredible swiftness. A horn - This was Alexander the great.

Haggai 1:14

The ram - The king of Media and Persia.