Aggeus 2:22
Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, saying: I will move both heaven and earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Loquere ad Zorobabel ducem Juda, dicens : Ego movebo cælum pariter et terram,
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Aggeus 2:21
- Εἰπὸν πρὸς Ζοροβαβὲλ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα λέγων Ἐγὼ σείω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Aggeus 2:21
- אֱמֹ֕ר אֶל זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל פַּֽחַת יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י מַרְעִ֔ישׁ אֶת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֶת הָאָֽרֶץ
Haydock's commentary
Earth. Some great event is denoted. Nothing occurs in history after the second year of Darius, to shew that Zorobabel signalized himself. Theodoret thinks that the irruption of the Scythians, or of Gog, is meant. Others believe (Calmet) that the prophecy relates to Christ, at his first (St. Cyril) or second coming. (St. Jerome)
But the Hebrew speaks of something past, and we doubt not but the attempt of Cambyses, three years before, is the subject, Ezechiel xxxviii. "I have overcome the throne of kings," Cambyses, and the magi, and have given the kingdom to another family. The enemy has destroyed himself. Then I kept thee as a seal, with the greatest care, Jeremias xxii. 24. Thou art no longer oppressed by the Persian king or his governor. Hystaspes has declared in thy favour. Nothing could more enhance the authority of Zorobabel than an action so recent, which God seemed to have permitted on his account, and for his glory. (Calmet)
While all other kingdoms perish, the Church of Christ remains. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.