Haggai 1:8

Haggai 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord.

Context of Haggai 1:8

6You planted a lot, but you harvested little. You eat, but you’re never full. You drink, but you’re still thirsty. You wear clothing, but you never have enough to keep you warm. You spend money as fast as you earn it. 7This is what the Lord of Armies says: Carefully consider your ways! “Go to the mountains, get lumber, and build the house. I will be pleased with it, and I will be honored,” declares the Lord. 9“You expected a lot, but you received a little. When you bring something home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of Armies. “It’s because my house lies in ruins while each of you is busy working on your own house. 10It is because of you that the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.

Haggai 1:8 word by word

עֲל֥וּ הָהָ֛ר וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם עֵ֖ץ וּבְנ֣וּ הַבָּ֑יִת וְאֶרְצֶה־בּ֥וֹ וְאֶכָּבְדָ֖ה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and I will take pleasureרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521
• in it, and I will be glorifiedכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Haggai 1:8

• 2 Chronicles 2:8Send me cedar, cypress, and sandalwood from Lebanon. I know that your servants are skilled Lebanese lumberjacks. My workers will work with your workers.
• Ezra 3:7So they gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters. Then they gave food, drink, and olive oil to the men from Sidon and Tyre in exchange for cedar, which the men would bring by sea from Lebanon to Joppa as King Cyrus of Persia had authorized them to do.
• Ezra 6:4with three rows of large stones and a row of wood. The king’s palace will pay for it.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will be able to burn down your cedars.
• Haggai 1:2“This is what the Lord of Armies says: These people say it’s not the right time to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
• Jonah 3:1Then the Lord spoke his word to Jonah a second time. He said,
• Matthew 3:8Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.
• 1 Kings 9:3The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer for mercy that you made to me. I have declared that this temple which you have built is holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
• 2 Chronicles 7:16I have chosen and declared this temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
• Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the city of Zion more than any other place in Jacob.
• Psalms 132:13The Lord has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.
• Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and the one whom all the nations desire will come. Then I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Armies.
• Exodus 29:43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and my glory will make this place holy.
• Isaiah 60:7All of the flocks from Kedar will gather and come to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be sacrificed as acceptable ⌞offerings⌟ on my altar. So I will honor my beautiful temple.
• Isaiah 66:11You will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts. You will nurse to your heart’s delight at her full breasts.
• John 13:31When Judas was gone, Jesus said, “The Son of Man is now glorified, and because of him God is glorified.

Commentaries on Haggai 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood - Go to Lebanon, and get timber. In the second year of the return from the captivity, they had procured cedar trees from Lebanon, and brought them to Joppa, and had hired masons and carpenters from the Tyrians and Sidonians; but that labor had been nearly lost by the long suspension of the building. Ezra 3:7.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Go up into the mountain - Not Mount Lebanon, from where the cedars had been brought for the first temple; from where also Zerubbabel and Joshua had procured some out of Cyrus‘ grant Ezra 3:7, at the first return from the captivity. They were not required to buy, expend, but simply to give their own labor. They were themselves to “go up to the mountain,” i. e., the mountainous country where the trees grew, “and bring” them. So, in order to keep the Feast…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Go up into the hills: The trees around Jerusalem were not enough for the temple project. Supplies would have been imported from Lebanon and Syria to the north. The challenge to rebuild my house highlights the importance of worship in the community's life and the need for a proper sanctuary so worship of the Lord might occur according to the law. The land would experience blessing and prosperity when the Lord’s temple (his dwelling place) was rebuilt…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Go up to the mountain--Moriah [Rosenmuller]; Lebanon [Henderson]. Rather, generally, the mountains around, now covered with wood, the growth of the long period of the captivity. So Ne 8:15, "Go forth unto the mount," that is, the neighboring hills [Maurer]. wood--Haggai specifies this as being the first necessary; not to the exclusion of other materials. Stones also were doubtless needed. That the old walls were not standing, as the Hebrew interpreters…Read the comment

Topics related to Haggai 1:8

• Covetousness
• Liberality
• Lukewarmness
• Temple
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• I Will Be
• Glorify
• Haggai
• Joshua (3)

Commentaries on Haggai 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings