THE GIST OF HAGGAI'S SERMON ON SEP. 1, 520 B.C. Haggai 1:1 and similar verses are the work of the editor, probably one of Haggai's disciples who first wrote down an account of the prophet's teaching. After by Haggai the prophet the LXX inserts saying, Say. But though this reading is probably correct... [ Continue Reading ]
HAGGAI 1:2. Read _mg._ Haggai 1:3. is a superfluous editorial addition. HAGGAI 1:4. A cieled house was one lined with timber, ordinary houses being left as rough inside as outside. This house means the whole Temple area, as is evident from Haggai 1:14; Haggai 2:3. Haggai 1:5. Consider your ways:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EFFECT OF HAGGAI'S ELOQUENCE. Work was actually begun at the Temple twenty-three days after the first appeal. The phrase the remnant (apparently editorial), probably has the same sense as in Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 40:11; Jeremiah 40:15; Jeremiah 41:10; Jeremiah 41:16; Jeremiah 42:2; Jeremiah 42... [ Continue Reading ]