Haggai 1
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Haggai Tells His People to Rebuild the Lord’s Temple
1A message from the Lord came to Haggai the prophet. Haggai gave it to Zerubbabel and Joshua. Zerubbabel was governor of Judah and the son of Shealtiel. Joshua was high priest and the son of Jozadak. The message came on the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia. Here is what Haggai said.
2Here is what the Lord who rules over all says. “The people of Judah say, ‘It’s not yet time to rebuild the Lord’s temple.’ ”
3So the message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, 4“My temple is still destroyed. But you are living in your houses that have beautiful wooden walls.”
5The Lord who rules over all says, “Think carefully about how you are living. 6You have planted many seeds. But the crops you have gathered are small. So you eat. But you never have enough. You drink. But you are never full. You put on your clothes. But you are not warm. You earn your pay. But it will not buy everything you need.”
7He continues, “Think carefully about how you are living. 8Go up into the mountains. Bring logs down. Use them to rebuild the temple, my house. Then I will enjoy it. And you will honor me,” says the Lord. 9“You expected a lot. But you can see what a small amount it turned out to be. I blew away what you brought home. I’ll tell you why,” announces the Lord who rules over all. “Because my temple is still destroyed. In spite of that, each one of you is busy with your own house. 10So because of what you have done, the heavens have held back the dew. And the earth has not produced its crops. 11I ordered the rain not to fall on the fields and mountains. Then the ground did not produce any grain. There were not enough grapes to make fresh wine. The trees did not bear enough olives to make oil. People and cattle suffered. All your hard work failed.”
12Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Joshua the high priest was the son of Jozadak. They obeyed the Lord their God. So did all the Lord’s people who were still left alive. The Lord had given his message to them through me. He had sent me to speak to them. And the people had respect for him.
13Haggai was the Lord’s messenger. So Haggai gave the Lord’s message to the people. He told them, “The Lord announces, ‘I am with you.’ ” 14So the Lord stirred up the spirits of Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and Joshua the high priest. The Lord also stirred up the rest of the people to help them. Then everyone began to work on the temple of the Lord who rules over all. He is their God. 15It was the 24th day of the sixth month.
The New Temple Will Be Beautiful
In the second year of King Darius,
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Haggai 1
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Command to Rebuild the Temple
1In the second year of King Darius,#1:1 King of Persia reigned 522–486 BC#Ezr 4:5; Neh 12:22; Dn 9:11; 11:1; Hg 1:15; 2:10; Zch 1:1,7; 7:1 on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet#Ezr 5:1; 6:14 Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,#1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Hg 1:12,14; 2:2,23; Lk 3:27 the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:#Hg 1:12,14; 2:2,4; Zch 3:1,8; 6:11
2“The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”#Ezr 1:3
3The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses,#1Kg 7:7; Jr 22:14 while this house#1:4 = the temple lies in ruins?” 5Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully#Hg 2:15,18 about#1:5 Lit Place your heart on, also in v. 7 your ways:
6You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to be happy.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”#Lv 26:20; Dt 28:38–40
7The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways. 8Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord. 9“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined#1:9 Lit blew on it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
10So on your account,#1:10 Or So above you
the skies have withheld the dew
and the land its crops.#Lv 26:20; Dt 11:17
11I have summoned a drought
on the fields and the hills,
on the grain, new wine, fresh oil,
and whatever the ground yields,
on people and animals,
and on all that your hands produce.”
The People’s Response
12Then Zerubbabel#1Ch 13:9; Ezr 3:8; Neh 12:1; Hg 2:2; Zch 4:6 son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people#Is 10:20–21; Jr 41:10; Hg 2:2 obeyed the Lord their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. So the people feared the Lord.#Ex 14:31; Dt 4:10; 1Sm 12:18
13Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, delivered the Lord’s message to the people: “I am with you#Hg 2:4 — this is the Lord’s declaration.”
14The Lord roused the spirit#1Ch 5:26; Ezr 1:1,5; Is 13:17; 14:9; 41:10; 45:13; Jr 51:11 of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They began work on the house of the Lord of Armies, their God, 15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
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