Haggai spoke as though the Jews were then laying the temple foundation, which they had actually laid 17 years earlier. Once again Jehovah saw fit to conduct a cleansing.
हाग्गै ने ऐसे बात की मानो यहूदी लोग उस समय मन्दिर की नींव डाल रहे हों, जिसे वे १७ साल पहले वास्तव में डाल चुके थे ।