Haggai: Haggai Chapter 1

Haggai Chapter 1

Haggai 1:1

hag 1:1

Son - Adoptive son to Shealtiel, being of the royal line, but by nature, son of Pedaiah. Governor - Appointed to this by the Persian king, over the remnant returned out of Babylon. Joshua - A type of the great deliverer; one Joshua leads them into Canaan, another restores the temple.

Haggai 1:4

hag 1:4

Ceiled - Arched and richly adorned.

Haggai 1:6

hag 1:6

Have not enough - But what you eat doth not nourish or satisfy you. Are not filled - Your water quenches not your thirst, your wine does not revive your spirit. None warm - You have no comfort therein. With holes - Loses all his labour.

Haggai 1:8

hag 1:8

Take pleasure - I will accept your offerings, and hear your prayers. Glorified - Shew my majesty and account myself glorified by you also.

Haggai 1:9

hag 1:9

Came to little - But it answered not the expectation. I did blow - I blasted it. Ye run - You with eagerness carry on your own particular buildings.

Haggai 1:10

hag 1:10

Is stayed - God hath forbidden them, to drop down dew.

Haggai 1:11

hag 1:11

Upon men - The very blood, and constitutions of men were changed, and many diseases afflicted them.

Haggai 1:13

hag 1:13

In the Lord's message - ln the words of his master. The people - The whole assembly.

Haggai 1:14

hag 1:14

The Lord of hosts - By which name he delights to be known among the returned captives; and it was a name best suited to their present state, compassed on all hands with enemies.