Haggai 1:2

Translations

Modern

…that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

Traditional

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.

Literal

Thus speaks YHWH of Hosts, saying: “This people says, ‘The time has not come, the time for the house of YHWH to be built.’”

Latin

Hæc ait Dominus exercituum, dicens: Populus iste dicit: Nondum venit tempus domus Domini ædificandæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

…that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

Notes

Haggai 1:2

LORD of Hosts: Haggai and Zechariah often use this term for God to highlight the unstoppable power of God's word. The Lord can summon countless heavenly troops to fulfill his will instantly (2 Kings 6:17; Matthew 26:53). This idea aimed to encourage the Judeans, who felt weak and unimportant.
The time has not yet come: Poor crop yields from drought and pests had severely weakened Judah’s economy (Haggai 1:6, 9–11), leading the people to believe they could not afford to rebuild the temple. Haggai convinced them that they could not afford to leave the temple in ruins, as God would not bless and prosper them if they did not rebuild the Lord’s house (Haggai 1:4, 7–8).

Haggai 1:1–15

The first message urges the people of Jerusalem to restore proper worship of God.

Theme notes and profiles

Famine

Events

Prophecies of Haggaic. 520 BC

Related verses

Ezra 4:23–5:2
When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
Nehemiah 4:10
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
Song of Solomon 5:2–3
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Proverbs 26:13–16
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Proverbs 22:13
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Parallels

Ezra 5:1–5

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Haggai, Book of Jehozadak Jeshua (Person) Josedech Joshua (Person) Postexilic Period Proverbs, Book of Shealtiel Temple Zechariah, Book of

Topics

Church: House of the Lord Lukewarmness: Figurative Parsimony (Stinginess) of the Jews: Toward the Temple Temple: The Second: Resumed the Second Temple: The Jews Reproved for not Building

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