“Then Haggai,
The messenger of Yahweh,
Spoke to the people
With Yahweh’s message,
Saying.
‘I am with you,
Says Yahweh.’”
The prophet Haggai, who was a messenger from Yahweh, spoke to the assembled people of Jerusalem to reassure them that Yahweh was with them. This reassurance or presence of Yahweh was his main message.
“The next day,
When the people gathered
At the house
Of her husband Joakim,
The two elders came.
They were full
Of their wicked plot
To have Susanna
Put to death.
In the presence
Of the people,
They said.
‘Send for Susanna!
The daughter of Hilkiah!
The wife of Joakim!’”
The next day, these old judges went to the house of Joakim, as they usually did. They had this wicked plot to have Susanna put to death. Then, before all the assembled people, they demanded that Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah and the husband of Joakim be brought forward. She was to stand trial before their accusations.
