“ Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, ”
And the word of the Lord came - o “Before, he prophesied nothing, but only recited the saying of the people; now he refutes it in his prophecy, and repeats, again and again, that he says this n...
Haggai 1:2 . Read mg. Haggai 1:3 . is a superfluous editorial addition. Haggai 1:4 . A cieled house was one lined with timber, ordinary houses being left as rough inside as outside. Th...
DISCOURSE: 1233 CONSIDERATION OF OUR WAYS ENFORCED Haggai 1:2-5 ; Haggai 1:12 . Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house sh...
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
A Call to Begin Building the Temple 1-11. Haggai repeatedly urges the leaders of Judah and the people to bend their energies to the rebuilding of the ruined Temple (August, 520 b.c.).
HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Haggai 1:1-15 ; Haggai 2:1-23 WE have seen that the most probable solution of the problems presented to us by the inadequate and confused records of the t...
Selfish and Shortsighted Thrift Haggai 1:1-11 Zerubbabel is the Sheshbazzar of Ezra 1:8 . He was of the royal line, and appointed governor by Cyrus. Josedech was son of Seraiah, high priest wh...
The prophet Haggai delivered his first message on the first day of the sixth month in the second year of the reign of Darius. It was addressed especially to those in authority. The people were excusi...
"Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, (4) Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? (5) Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts;...
Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet ,.... This is a second prophecy, distinct from the former; that was delivered to the two governors, setting forth the sentiments and language of...
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Ver. 3. Then came the word of the Lord, &c. ] "Then," after a short silence, as it were, profertur Domini quasi cogitata respon...
This people say, The time is not come , &c. They had no just cause for saying this; but their own private concerns and conveniences (as appears from what follows) employed all their thoughts, an...
The Jews Reproved; God's Controversy with the Jews; The Prophet's Good Advice. B. C. 520. 1...
Then; when the people were thus sluggish, made excuses, and delayed doing their duty, then at that time came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet: see Haggai 1:1 .
YHWH's Grievance With His People ( Haggai 1:2-11 ). In a series of consecutive prophecies YHWH's grievance with His people is established, and the call comes to build the Temple. For YHWH knows th...
CRITICAL NOTES.] By ] Lit. in the hand of Haggai, the prophet, merely a conscious medium; God the real speaker (cf. Acts 7:35 ; Galatians 3:19 ). Governor ] Pechah , akin to the Turkish Pasha ,...
The subject is the building of the second temple. The people had been busily employed in building their own houses some of them had gone to great expense and much labour upon these houses, but they h...
Haggai 1:1 . Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor, or Pacha, of Judah. King Jeconiah was father of Salathiel, as the word is written in 1 Chronicles 3:17 ; and Pedaiah was father of...
This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built. Church extension The people said this, because they thought the undertaking too great, too arduous, too ex...
EXPOSITION Haggai 1:1-37 Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS : EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS RESULT . Haggai 1:1-37 § 1. The people are reproved for their indiffe...
The Indifference of the People Rebuked. When the exiles, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, had returned to Jerusalem, they had begun the work of rebuilding the Temple with great eager...
Ezra 5:1 ; Zechariah 1:1
A Bird's-Eye View of Haggai Haggai INTRODUCTORY WORDS The book of Haggi opens with the building of the Lord's house. In this the Lord's people had lagged behind. The second chapter is a gr...