New English Translation
Haggai 1:2
2The Lord who rules over all says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’”
Haggai 1:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” ’ ”
Context of Haggai 1:2
1On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: The Lord who rules over all says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’” 3So the Lord spoke through the prophet Haggai as follows: 4“Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?
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כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א עֶת־בֹּ֛א עֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Haggai 1:2
- Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”
- Ezra 4:23Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.
- Ezra 5:1Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
- Nehemiah 4:10Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”
- Proverbs 22:13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
- Proverbs 26:13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
- Proverbs 29:25The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.
Commentaries on Haggai 1:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The time is not come - They thought that the seventy years spoken of by Jeremiah were not yet completed, and it would be useless to attempt to rebuild until that period had arrived. But Abp. Usher has shown that from the commencement of the last siege of Jerusalem unto this time, precisely sixty-nine years had been completed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say - Not Zerubbabel or Joshua, but “this people.” He says not, “My people,” but reproachfully “this people,” as, in acts, disowning Him, and so deserving to be disowned by Him. “The time is not come,” literally “It is not time to come, time for the house of the Lord to be built”. They might yet sit still; the time for them “to come” was not yet, for not yet was the “time for the house of the Lord to be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2LORD of Hosts: Haggai and Zechariah often use this term for God to highlight the unstoppable power of God's word. The Lord can summon countless heavenly troops to fulfill his will instantly (2 Kings 6:17; Matthew 26:53). This idea aimed to encourage the Judeans, who felt weak and unimportant. The time has not yet come: Poor crop yields from drought and pests had severely weakened Judah’s economy (Haggai 1:6, 9–11), leading the people to believe they could…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. the Lord of hosts--Jehovah, Lord of the powers of heaven and earth, and therefore requiring implicit obedience. This people--"This" sluggish and selfish "people." He does not say, My people, since they had neglected the service of God. The time--the proper time for building the temple. Two out of the seventy predicted years of captivity (dating from the destruction of the temple, 558 B.C., 2Ki 25:9) were yet unexpired; this they make their plea for…Read the comment
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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
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