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 harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! 7“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord. 9You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses. 10It’s because of you that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops.

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 2:8“Also send me cedar, cypress, and red sandalwood logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are without equal at cutting timber in Lebanon. I will send my men to help them.
• Ezra 3:7Then the people hired masons and carpenters and bought cedar logs from the people of Tyre and Sidon, paying them with food, wine, and olive oil. The logs were brought down from the Lebanon mountains and floated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa, for King Cyrus had given permission for this.
• Ezra 6:4Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
• Haggai 1:2“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.’”
• Jonah 3:1Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time:
• Matthew 3:8Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.
• 1 Kings 9:3The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
• 2 Chronicles 7:16For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
• Psalms 87:2He loves the city of Jerusalem more than any other city in Israel.
• Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.
• Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
• Exodus 29:43I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.
• Isaiah 60:7The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. I will accept their offerings, and I will make my Temple glorious.
• Isaiah 66:11Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.”
• John 13:31As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “The time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory, and God will be glorified because of 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