(The Book of Haggai was the tenth of the twelve books that made up the minor prophet section of the Old Testament. Haggai was a prophet about sixteen years after the time of Cyrus' decree from Ezra 1:1-4. The Book of Haggai encouraged the exiles that returned from Babylon to continue to build the temple. Haggai also prophesied about the building of the new heaven and new earth at the end of the Millennium.)
Haggai 1
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
(This prophecy by Haggai was the first prophecy of the minor prophet section of the Old Testament after the captivity. It was directed towards Zerubbabel and Joshua. Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, was responsible for getting Darius to make a decree to continue restoring Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25). Zerubbabel was sixteenth from David in the lineage of Christ presented in Matthew 1. Joshua was the high priest.)
2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.
3 Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
(God told the people to consider their ways. He wanted them to be contrastive, to consider where they were wrong: humility.)
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
(Their ways had been unprofitable.)
7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
(They were told to consider their ways again...)
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
(…this time with instructions on how to once again please God.)
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.
(Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the people obeyed the word of God through Haggai.)
13 Then spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.
(God, through Haggai, told the people that He was with them.)
14 And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,
15 in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
(God stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, Joshua, and all the people to do the work (mainly preparation at this time) of the house of Jehovah.)
Haggai 2
1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
(One month later, the seventh month, God gave a word to Haggai.)
2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
(God commanded Haggai to speak to Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant of people and ask them who among them remembered the first temple.)
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,
5 according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.
(Again, God said that He was with the people, according to the word that He covenanted when they were in Egypt.)
6 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
(This was a reference to the Millennium. See Hebrews 12:26-27 and Joel 3:16.)
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.
9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.
(The glory of the latter house will be greater than the former, through the presence of Jesus Christ during the Millennium and beyond.)
10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
(Two months later (the ninth month) God gave another word to Haggai.)
11 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.
16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah.
18 Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.
(The foundation of Jehovah's temple had been laid.)
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you.
20 And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
(Another word from God, on that same day, through Haggai to Zerubbabel…)
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22 and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
(Again, a Millennial reference was made that God will shake the heavens and overthrow earthly kingdoms. See Daniel 2:44 and Ezekiel 26:16.)
23 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.
(This book concluded with God designating Zerubbabel as a sign. Zerubbabel was a type of Christ and he was sixteenth from David in the lineage of Christ according to Matthew's genealogy.)
(The Book of Haggai was the tenth of the twelve books that made up the minor prophet section of the Old Testament. Haggai was a prophet about sixteen years after the time of Cyrus' decree from Ezra 1:1-4. The Book of Haggai encouraged the exiles that returned from Babylon to continue to build the temple. Haggai also made reference to events associated with the Millennium. )
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