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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

THE PROPHECY OF HAGGAIHaggai’s rebuke and its results (1:1-15)The Jews were making excuses for not building the temple, saying that they were suffering a time of personal hardship and enemy opposition. They claimed it was not yet time to begin the work (1:1-2). Yet they could build houses for themselves. In fact, they had taken much of the available timber and used it extravagantly in their own homes, even though timber was in short supply and was needed for the temple (3-4). Because of their... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Haggai 1:3

"Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?""Then came the word of Jehovah ..." Through his repetition of this formal affirmation that it was God's Word, not his own, that Haggai was delivering, he dramatically confronted the people with the fact of their disobeying the will of God."To dwell in your ceiled houses ..." There are a number of other possible renditions of "ceiled,"... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Haggai 1:1-6

A. Haggai’s First challenge 1:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Haggai 1:3-4

Haggai then spoke to the people for the Lord, in this disputation speech, not just their leaders (Haggai 1:2). He rhetorically asked if it was proper for them to build their own houses but not rebuild His. They should have put the glory of their God ahead of their own comfort (cf. 2 Samuel 7:2; Philippians 2:21). Their priorities were upside down."Their problem was not lack of goods but of good." [Note: Motyer, p. 977.] "Paneled houses" apparently describes quite luxurious homes, though the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 1:1-15

A Call to Begin Building the Temple1-11. Haggai repeatedly urges the leaders of Judah and the people to bend their energies to the rebuilding of the ruined Temple (August, 520 b.c.).1. Darius the king] This was unquestionably Hystaspes, who was raised to the Persian throne after the death of the impostor, Smerdis.Sixth month] the 6th of the Jewish year, i.e. the month Elul (August-September).Zerubbabel] A prince of the royal line of Judah, and the accepted civil leader of the people, just as... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

1. THE CALL TO BUILDCHAPTER 1It was to this situation, upon an autumn day, when the colonists felt another year of beggarly effort behind them and their wretched harvest had been brought home, that the prophet Haggai addressed himself. With rare sense he confined his efforts to the practical needs of the moment. The sneers of modern writers have not been spared upon a style that is crabbed and jejune, and they have esteemed this to be a collapse of the prophetic spirit, in which Haggai ignored... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Haggai 1:1-11

Analysis and Annotations CHAPTER 1:1-11 Haggai’s First Address 1. The introduction (Habakkuk 1:1 ) 2. The reproof (Habakkuk 1:2-6 ) 3. Consider your ways (Habakkuk 1:7-11 ) Habakkuk 1:1 . Darius Hystaspes had been king one year and had entered upon the second year, 520 B.C., when, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord was given by Haggai. It was addressed to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of josedech, the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

HAGGAI POST-BABYLONIAN PROPHET This is the first of the post-Babylonian prophets those who prophesied after the return from the seventy years’ captivity. To be interested in this book therefore, one needs to read Ezra afresh, particularly chapters 4-5, for the mission of Haggai was to stir up the people of that time to rebuild the temple. What excuse did the people make for not engaging in the work (Haggai 1:2 )? What showed their selfishness (Haggai 1:4 )? What showed their moral blindness... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Haggai 1:1-15

A Prophetic Idyl Haggai 1:0 "Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet saying" ( Hag 1:3 ). How did the word of the Lord come to Haggai and through Haggai? The prophet himself tells us in his brief epistle, for an epistle it may be called, seeing that it was delivered so swiftly and directly and overpoweringly to the parties who were addressed by it. Haggai came into the prophetic office late in life. How wonderful is the development of human power! Sometimes there are boy... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Haggai 1:3-11

"Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, (4) Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? (5) Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. (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. (7) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your... read more