Haggai 2:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

On that day’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and make you like my signet ring,  for I have chosen you.’  This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.

Cross References

Isaiah 43:10

‘You are my witnesses’   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.

Isaiah 42:1

‘This  is my servant;  I strengthen him, this is my chosen one;  I delight in him. I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice  to the nations.

Jeremiah 22:24

‘As I live’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘though you, Coniah  , son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet ring  on my right hand, I would tear you from it.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death; jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love’s flames are fiery flames   – an almighty flame!

1 Peter 2:4

As you come to him, a living stone #– #rejected by people but chosen and honoured by  God #– #

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription:  The Lord knows those who are his,   , and let everyone who calls on the name  of  the Lord turn away from wickedness.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes   but for the food that lasts for eternal life,   which the Son of Man   will give you, because God the Father   has set his seal of approval on him.’

Matthew 12:18

Here is my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

Isaiah 49:16

Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.