First Message: The Call to Rebuild the Temple (1:1–11) The People’s Lame Excuse (1:1–4) The Poverty of the People (1:5–6) The Reason God Has Cursed Them (1:7–11) The Response of Zerubbabel and the People (1:12–15) The Leaders and Remnant Obey (1:12) The Lord Strengthens the Workers (1:13–15) Second Message: The Temple to Be Filled
Haggai Introduction 1:1 On 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 Indifference of the People 1:2 The LORD who rules over all says this: “These people have
THE BOOK OF HAGGAI Commentary by A. R. Faussett INTRODUCTION The name Haggai means "my feast"; given, according to Cocceius, in anticipation of the joyous return from exile. He probably was one of the Jewish exiles (of the tribes Judah, Benjamin, and Levi) who returned under Zerubbabel, the civil head of the people, and Joshua, the high