Haggai 2:1

Encouraging the people

1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the LORD's word came through Haggai the prophet:

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 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the LORD's word came through Haggai the prophet:

2 Say to Judah's governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel's son, and to the chief priest Joshua, Jehozadak's son, and to the rest of the people:

3 Who among you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn't it appear as nothing to you?

4 So now, be strong, Zerubbabel, says the LORD. Be strong, High Priest Joshua, Jehozadak's son, and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD. Work, for I am with you, says the LORD of heavenly forces.

5 As with our agreement when you came out of Egypt, my spirit stands in your midst. Don't fear.