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 have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’” 7“Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also. Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the Lord. 9‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?’ asks the Lord who rules over all. ‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! 10This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth 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 cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants
• Ezra 3:7So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.
• Ezra 6:4with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fire may consume your cedars.
• Haggai 1:2The Lord who rules over all says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’”
• Jonah 3:1The Lord said to Jonah a second time,
• Matthew 3:8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
• 1 Kings 9:3The Lord said to him, “I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
• 2 Chronicles 7:16Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
• Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
• Psalms 132:13Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
• Haggai 2:7I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord who rules over all.
• Exodus 29:43There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.
• Isaiah 60:7All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. They will go up on my altar acceptably, and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.
• Isaiah 66:11For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.
• John 13:31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.

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