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Notes
Is it a time for you: Rhetorical questions in prophetic literature seek agreement, not a reply (see Haggai 2:3). This question aims to prevent listeners from making excuses in response to the message.
The people's luxurious (paneled) houses contrasted with God's temple, which was desolate (in ruins) and unusable.
The first message urges the people of Jerusalem to restore proper worship of God.
Events
- Prophecies of Haggaic. 520 BC
Parallels
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 Building Covetousness in Building Fine Houses While the House of the Lord Lay Waste Houses: Apartments of, Were often: Ceiled and Painted Parsimony (Stinginess) of the Jews: Toward the Temple Selfishness: General Scriptures Concerning Temple: The Second: Resumed the Second Temple: The Jews Reproved for not Building