The Israelites gave up building the Lords house–in order to build their own house.
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Hag 1:2: 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.” Leave a comment
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Hag 1:3: Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying The Lord speaks thorugh his prophet. Before it springs off the branch he declares it to them. hag 1:4: It is time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Is it time for [...]
Hag 1:1: In the second year of darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying Leave a comment
Haggai’s name is mentioned nine times in the book. The authorship is virtually uncontested. There are two references to Haggai in Ezra where he is sen working alongside younger propeht Zechariah.
