1 The time when Haggai prophesied.
2 He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house.
7 He incites them to the building.
12 He promises them, being forward, God's assistance.

second. 2:1,10,20 Ezr 4:24 5:1,2 Zec 1:1

the sixth. {Elul,} the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September.

by Haggai. Heb. by the hand of Haggai. Ex 4:13 1Ki 14:18 2Ki 14:25 Ezr 6:14

unto. 12,14 2:2,4,21-23 1Ch 3:17,19

Salathiel. Ezr 2:2 3:2,8 4:2 5:2 Ne 7:7 Zec 4:6-10 Mt 1:12,13

Zorobabel, Salathiel. Lu 3:27

governor. or, captain. Ezr 1:8 2:63 Ne 5:14 8:9

Joshua. Ezr 2:2 3:8 5:2 Ne 12:1,10

Josedech. 1Ch 6:14,15

Jehozadak.

2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.

This. Nu 13:31 Ezr 4:23,24 5:1,2 Ne 4:10 Pr 22:13 26:13-16 29:25 Ec 9:10 11:4 So 5:2,3

3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

by Haggai. Ezr 5:1 Zec 1:1

4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

to. 2Sa 7:2 Ps 132:3-5 Mt 6:33 Php 2:21

and. Ps 74:7 102:14 Jer 26:6,18 52:13 La 2:7 4:1 Eze 24:21 Da 9:17,18,26,27 Mic 3:12 Mt 24:1,2

5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

thus. 7 2:15-18 La 3:40 Eze 18:28 Lu 15:17 2Co 13:5 Ga 6:4

Consider your ways. Heb. Set your heart on your ways. Ex 7:23 9:21*marg. Ps 48:13*marg. Eze 40:4 Da 6:14 10:12

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.

have. 9 2:16 Le 26:20 De 28:38-40 2Sa 21:1 Ps 107:34 Isa 5:10 Jer 14:4 Ho 4:10 8:7 Joe 1:10-13 Am 4:6-9 Mic 6:14,15 Zec 8:10 Mal 2:2 3:9-11

eat. Le 26:26 1Ki 17:12 Job 20:22 Jer 44:18 Eze 4:16,17

with holes. Heb. pierced through. Job 20:28 Zec 5:4

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

See on ver. 5 Ps 119:59,60 Isa 28:10 Php 3:1

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 the LORD.

to. 2Ch 2:8-10 Ezr 3:7 6:4 Zec 11:1,2

and build. See on ver. 2-4 Jon 3:1,2 Mt 3:8,9

and I will take. 1Ki 9:3 2Ch 7:16 Ps 87:2,3 132:13,14

I will be. 2:7 Ex 29:43 Isa 60:7,13 66:11 Joh 13:31,32

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Ye looked. They had used all proper means in the cultivation of their lands, and had sown much; but when they rationally entertained the most sanguine expectations of a large increase, they were strangely disappointed; and even what they had brought home was unaccountably wasted, as if the Lord had blown upon it, and driven it away! And the reason was, because they neglected the temple, and left it in ruins, whilst they eagerly employed themselves in building and decorating their own houses; therefore they were visited by drought and famine, and by various diseases on man and beast.

6 2:16,17 Isa 17:10,11 Mal 3:8-11

blow upon it. or, blow it away. 2Sa 22:16 2Ki 19:7 Isa 40:7 Mal 2:2

Why. Job 10:2 Ps 77:5-10

Because. See on ver. 4 Jos 7:10-15 2Sa 21:1 Mt 10:37,38 1Co 11:30-32 Re 2:4 3:19

10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Le 26:19 De 28:23,24 1Ki 8:35 17:1 Jer 14:1-6 Ho 2:9 Joe 1:18-20

11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, 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 labour of the hands.

I called. De 28:22 1Ki 17:1 2Ki 8:1 Job 34:29 La 1:21 Am 5:8 7:4 9:6

upon all. 2:17

12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

Zerubbabel. 14 Ezr 5:2 Isa 55:10,11 Col 1:6 1Th 1:5,6 2:13,14

fear. Ge 22:12 Ps 112:1 Pr 1:7 Ec 12:13 Isa 50:10 Ac 9:31 Heb 12:28

13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

the Lord's. Jud 2:1*marg. Isa 42:19 44:26 Eze 3:17 Mal 2:7 3:1 2Co 5:20

I am. 2:4 2Ch 15:2 20:17 32:8 Ps 46:7,11 Isa 8:8-10 41:10 43:2 Jer 15:20 20:11 30:11 Mt 1:23 18:20 28:20 Ac 18:9,10 Ro 8:31 2Ti 4:17,22

14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

stirred. 1Ch 5:26 2Ch 36:22 Ezr 1:1,5 7:27,28 Ps 110:3 1Co 12:4-11 2Co 8:16 Heb 13:21

governor of. 1 2:21

and they. Ezr 5:2,8 Ne 4:6 1Co 15:58 Php 2:12,13

15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

1 2:1,10,20