Haggai 1:2

“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.”

"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." - Haggai 1:2
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What does Haggai 1:2 mean?

"Haggai 1:2 (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." Haggai was a prophet who lived during the time when the Jewish people had returned from exile in Babylon. The verse above is from…

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Building in the Right Time: A Reflection on Haggai 1:2

In the book of Haggai, we encounter a powerful message delivered by the Lord through His prophet to the people of Israel, specifically to those who had returned from exile. The verse Haggai 1:2 states: "Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not…

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A Prayer for Divine Commission and Spiritual Renewal

Heavenly Father, Creator of the universe and Keeper of all promises, I come before You with a humble heart, drawn to the profound message found in the book of Haggai. In Haggai 1:2, You declare through Your prophet, "Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The…

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Haggai 1:2 - "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."
Haggai 2:1 - "In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,"
Haggai 2:9
Haggai 1:3 - "Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,"
Haggai 2:20 - "¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,"
"In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying," - Haggai 2:1
Haggai 2:14 - "Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean."
Haggai 2:10 - "¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,"
Haggai 2:13 - "Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean."
"Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying," - Haggai 1:3
Haggai 1:13 - "Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD."
Haggai 1:1 - "In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,"
Flow chart of Haggai 1:1-15
"¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying," - Haggai 2:20
Haggai 2:8 - "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts."
Haggai 2:11 - "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,"
Haggai 2:2 - "Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,"
Haggai 2:14 Then Haggai answered and said, “ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,’ says the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
Haggai 2:14 Then Haggai answered and said, “ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,’ says the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
Haggai 1:5 - "Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways."
"Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean." - Haggai 2:13
"Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD." - Haggai 1:13
Haggai 1:7 - "¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways."
Haggai 2:21 - "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;"
Haggai 1:4 - "Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?"
Haggai 1:12 - "¶ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD."
"¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying," - Haggai 2:10
Haggai 1:10 - "Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit."
Haggai 1:15 - "In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king."