Haggai 2:1

1 In the seventh month, on the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

Haggai 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 2:1

In the seventh [month]
The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and part of October: in the one and twentieth [day] of the month;
being a month, wanting three days, from the time the Jews came and worked in the house of the Lord, ( Haggai 1:14 Haggai 1:15 ) it was toward the close of the feast of tabernacles: see ( Leviticus 23:34 ) : came the word of the Lord by the Prophet Haggai;
the word of prophecy, as the Targum: this was from the Lord, not from the prophet himself; he was only the messenger sent with it to deliver it: saying;
to him the prophet, giving him orders as follow:

Haggai 2:1 In-Context

1 In the seventh month, on the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,

2 "Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying:

3 `Who is left among you who saw this house in her first glory? And how do ye see it now? Is this not in your eyes by comparison with it as nothing?

4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' saith the LORD; `and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land,' saith the LORD, `and work, for I am with you,' saith the LORD of hosts.

5 `According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remaineth among you. Fear ye not.'