The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15
Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS : EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS RESULT . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:2-5
The mistakes of the temple builders: a warning. I. THEY FAILED TO DISCERN THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES . They imagined the time had not come for them to build the Lord's house, whereas it had fully arrived. 1 . What led them to suppose or say so, though not stated, may easily be inferred. 2 . The indications that the time had fully come were so plain that they should hardly have been misread. II. THEY WERE TOO EASILY DAUNTED BY OPPOSITION . 1 ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:3
Then came the word of the Lord, etc. The formula of Haggai 1:1 is repeated to give more effect to the Lord's answer to the lame excuses for inaction. This emphasis by repetition is common throughout the book. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:3-4
Duty adjourned. "Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your celled houses, and this house lie waste. The seventy years of the Babylonian captivity had passed away. The Babylonian empire had fallen; and Cyrus, the founder of the Persian empire, gave the Jews permission to return to their land, slid commanded them to rebuild the temple of Jehovah in Jerusalem. Hence fifty thousand captives, with their menservants and maidservants,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:3-11
The stirring appeal. It must not be supposed that, for purposes of revelation, there was any suspension of the powers of the men who were honored of God in being the medium of communicating a knowledge of his will; rather there was the retention of their own individual peculiarities and natural gifts, the Divine Spirit operating through these, and turning them to the most profitable account. One beauty of the Bible lies in the fact that, whilst upon the writings of each of its contributors... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:4
For you, O ye; for you, yourselves; such as ye are (see Zechariah 7:5 ). He appeals to their consciences. You can make yourselves comfortable; you have time and means and industry to expend on your own private interests, and can you look with indifference on the house of God lying waste? Your cieled houses; your houses, and those cieled— wainscoted and roofed with costly woods ( 1 Kings 7:3 , 1 Kings 7:7 ; Jeremiah 22:14 ), perhaps with the very cedar provided for the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:4
The house of the Lord lying waste. The temple was designed to be the centre of hallowed influence to the Jewish nation. It was the recognized dwelling place of God, the shrine where, in bright symbol, his glory, was specially revealed. The pious Jew rejoiced to repair to it, and wherever his lot might be cast he looked towards it with ardent and longing desire. The desecration of it by the introduction of idolatrous practices into its courts had materially contributed to the nation's... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:5
Consider ; literally, set your heart upon ( so Haggai 1:7 ; Haggai 2:15 , Haggai 2:18 ). Your ways. What ye have done, what ye have suffered, your present projects, and the consequences thereof. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:5-7
Considering one's ways. I. AN EXALTED PRIVILEGE . The faculties of introspection and reflection, which enable man to consider his ways, constitute a lofty endowment, which places him incontestably at the apex of creation. 1 . It distinguishes him from the lower animals. These may Do possessed of capabilities which enable them to perform actions in some degree resembling the fruits of intelligence—it may even be conceded are, in some instances at least, endowed with faculties... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:1-6
§ 1. The people are reproved for their indifference with regard to the erection of the temple, and admonished that their present distress is a chastisement for this neglect. read more