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Verse 9. _YE LOOKED FOR MUCH_] Ye made great pretensions at first; but
they are come to nothing. Ye did a little in the beginning; but so
scantily and unwillingly that I could not but reject it.
_YE...
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YE LOOKED - , literally “a looking;” as though he said, it has all
been one looking, “for much,” for increase, the result of all
sowing, in the way of nature: “and behold it came to little,” i.
e., le...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1:1-11 Haggai's First Address
_ 1. The introduction (Habakkuk 1:1) _
2. The reproof (Habakkuk 1:2)
3. Consider your ways (Habakkuk 1:7)...
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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...
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SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth....
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_SEE HOW MUCH WE NEED GOD -- HAGGAI 1:9-11:_ Our failure to obey God
makes it impossible for Him to bless us. These people expected much,
but received only a little. Even the little that they had woul...
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I DID BLOW UPON IT— _I blasted it._...
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CHAPTER XXIV
EXPOSITION OF HAGGAI
THE FIRST MESSAGE. Haggai 1:1-15
RV. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the
first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai th...
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Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought
it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of
mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own h...
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A CALL TO BEGIN BUILDING THE TEMPLE
1-11. 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.)....
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NEVER *GIVE UP!
HAGGAI
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE STORY OF HAGGAI
The *Jews did not obey God. He sent them into exile. This was 587
B.C. (B.C. means years Before Christ came to earth.) Exile means t...
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YE LOOKED FOR MUCH. — Literally, _There has been a turning about for
much._
I DID BLOW UPON IT — _scil.,_ for the purpose of dispersing it. Even
the little that was brought into the garner was decima...
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פָּנֹ֤ה אֶל ־הַרְבֵּה֙ וְ הִנֵּ֣ה לִ
מְעָ֔ט
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HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1
WE have seen that the most probable solution of the problems presented
to us by the inadequate and confused records of the time is that a...
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SELFISH AND SHORTSIGHTED THRIFT
Haggai 1:1-11
Zerubbabel is the Sheshbazzar of Ezra 1:8. He was of the royal line,
and appointed governor by Cyrus. Josedech was son of Seraiah, high
priest when Jeru...
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The prophet Haggai delivered his first message on the first day of the
sixth month in the second year of the reign of Darius. It was
addressed especially to those in authority. The people were excusin...
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Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought
[it] home, I did blow (i) upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts.
Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto...
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"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; C...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The prophet Haggai is the first of those who followed the captivity.
There is great simplicity in his testimony. Nevertheless we shall find
the Spirit of Chr...
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Here the Prophet relates again, that the Jews were deprived of
support, and that they in a manner pined away in their distress,
because they robbed God of the worship due to him. He first repeats
the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.
The last three prophets prophesied after the Babylonish captivity.
God, as we have seen in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, brought back a
small remna...
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YE LOOKED FOR MUCH, AND, LO, [IT CAME] TO LITTLE,.... They looked for
a large harvest, and very promising it was for a while; but in the end
it came to little; it was a very small crop, very little wa...
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Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought
[it] home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because
of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto his...
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_Go up to the mountain_ Go to any of the forests upon the mountains:
see Nehemiah 2:8: and cut down timber to carry on the building; or go
to the mountain of Moriah, which I have chosen to build my te...
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THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE PEOPLE REBUKED.
When the exiles, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, had
returned to Jerusalem, they had begun the work of rebuilding the
Temple with great eagerness...
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Ye looked for much, expecting still greater crops and a corresponding
prosperity, AND, LO, IT CAME TO LITTLE; AND WHEN YE BROUGHT IT HOME,
believing that at least the little which they had gotten was...
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BLOW UPON IT:
Or, blow it away...
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1-11 Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity
in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a
storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that the...
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Ye, O Jews, you toiled, and were at great cost, as HAGGAI 1:6. LOOKED
FOR MUCH; expected, hoped, promised yourselves a great increase, a
plentiful harvest. AND, LO, IT CAME TO LITTLE; but you saw, dis...
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Haggai 1:9 looked H6437 (H8800) much H7235 (H8687) little H4592
brought H935 (H8689) home H1004 blew...
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YHWH'S GRIEVANCE WITH HIS PEOPLE (HAGGAI 1:2).
In a series of consecutive prophecies YHWH's grievance with His people
is established, and the call comes to build the Temple. For YHWH knows
that until...
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Haggai 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...
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The subject is the building of the second temple. The people had been
busily employed in building their own houses some of them had gone to
great expense and much labour upon these houses, but they ha...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's chastening because of the interrupted work on His
house. The work on the temple recommenced.
CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Haggai, Zerubbabel, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: Those are strangers t...
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Haggai 1:1. _Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor,_ or Pacha,
_of_ _Judah._ King Jeconiah was father of Salathiel, as the word is
written in 1 Chronicles 3:17; and Pedaiah was father of Zerub...
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HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 1:3 Consider Your Ways: Fruitless Prosperity.
In this second word to Haggai, the Lord asks his people to consider
whether their wealth brings satisfaction. He encourages them to...
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HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 1:9 BUSIES HIMSELF WITH. The criticism of
their misplaced priorities, implied in v. Haggai 1:4, is now made
clear....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Haggai 1:5. Consider] Lit. _set your heart upon;_ i.e. consider your
conduct and lay it to heart: a frequent formula with Haggai (cf.
Haggai 1:7; ch. Haggai 2:15;...
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EXPOSITION
HAGGAI 1:1
Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS: EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS
RESULT....
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Haggai
Then we go to Haggai who prophesied in the second year of Darius the
king. This is not the Darius of Daniel's fame who was the Persian
general when Babylon fell, but this is a Darius who came a...
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1 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Kings 19:7; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 22:16;...
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Came to little — But it answered not the expectation. I did blow —
I blasted it. Ye run — You with eagerness carry on your own
particular buildings....