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THEREFORE, FOR YOU, - on your account; (As in Ps. 44:43.) for your
sins, (Jon.) He points out the moral cause of the drought, whereas men
think of this or that cause of the variations of the seasons,...
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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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THE HEAVEN, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy
28:23). App-92.
DEW. See note on Psalms 133:3.
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), emphasizing
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Having pointed out in ver. 8 the way of amendment and prosperity, the
prophet resumes in these verses the expostulation of vv. 4 6, and
again insists upon the depressed condition of the people and its...
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_the heaven over you_, &c. Lit. UPON YOU ARE STAYED THE HEAVENS. Some
understand by "upon" or "against" you, "on your account," on account
of, or in punishment of your sins (_for your sake_, R. V. tex...
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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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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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Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is
stayed from her fruit.
THEREFORE THE HEAVEN OVER YOU IS STAYED FROM DEW - literally, stays
itself. Thus, heaven, or the sky, is pe...
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1:10 you (a-3) Or 'for your sake.'...
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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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OVER YOU. — Better, _on your account._ — _Scil.,_ because of the
neglect of God’s House, mentioned in Haggai 1:9....
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עַל ־כֵּ֣ן עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם כָּלְא֥וּ
שָׁמַ֖יִם מִ ט
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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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"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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He confirms what the last verse contains—that God had made it
evident that he was displeased with the people because their zeal for
religion had become cold, and, especially, because they were all
str...
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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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THEREFORE THE HEAVEN OVER YOU IS STAYED FROM DEW,.... Or, "therefore
over", or "upon you" a; where should be a stop; that is, because, of
your neglect of the house of God; therefore upon you, and upon...
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Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is
stayed [from] her fruit.
Ver. 10. _Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from rain, &c._] It
is never well with man (whose life is...
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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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Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, withholding the
moisture necessary to insure full crops, AND THE EARTH IS STAYED FROM
HER FRUIT, it does not yield even its ordinary harvest....
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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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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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THEREFORE; for your great intolerable neglect of God, his house and
worship. THE HEAVEN, Heb. _heavens_. is stayed; shut up, sealed,
prohibited; God, whose they are, hath forbidden them, they drop not...
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Haggai 1:10 heavens H8064 withhold H3607 (H8804) dew H2919 earth H776
withholds H3607 (H8804) fruit H2981...
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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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_Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is
stayed from her fruit._
NATURE PENALTIES
With respect to the withholding of dew and of produce, we know that
the prophets took from...
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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 1:10 THEREFORE.... DROUGHT. There is a direct
connection between the ruin of the Lord’s house (vv. Haggai 1:4,...
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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 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 8:35; Deuteronomy 28:23; Deuteronomy 28:24;...
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Is stayed — God hath forbidden them, to drop down dew....