Haggai 2:1

1 In the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:

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Haggai 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 2:1

In the seventh [month]
The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and part of October: in the one and twentieth [day] of the month;
being a month, wanting three days, from the time the Jews came and worked in the house of the Lord, ( Haggai 1:14 Haggai 1:15 ) it was toward the close of the feast of tabernacles: see ( Leviticus 23:34 ) : came the word of the Lord by the Prophet Haggai;
the word of prophecy, as the Targum: this was from the Lord, not from the prophet himself; he was only the messenger sent with it to deliver it: saying;
to him the prophet, giving him orders as follow:

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Haggai 2:1 In-Context

1 In the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:

2 Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, and say,

3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing?

4 Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts,

5 according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear.

New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Haggai 2:1

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