Hāgāishū 1:13

13 Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ hǎ gāi , fèng Yēhéhuá chāiqiǎn duì bǎixìng shuō , Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ yǔ nǐmen tóng zaì .

Hāgāishū 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 1:13

Then spoke Haggai the Lord's messenger
Which some render "angel"; hence sprung that notion, imbibed by some, that he was not a man, but an angel; whereas this only respects his office, being sent of God as an ambassador in his name with a message to his people: he now observing what effect his prophecy had upon the people; they being convinced of their sin, and terrified with the judgments of God upon them, and fearing that worse still would attend them; in order to revive their spirits and comfort them, spake the words unto them which follow: and this he did in the Lord's message unto the people;
not of his own head, nor out of the pity of his own heart merely; but as a prophet of the Lord, having a fresh message from him to carry a promise to them for their comfort and encouragement: saying, I [am] with you, saith the Lord;
to pardon their sins; to accept their persons; to remove his rod from them; to assist them in the work of building the temple, they were now willing to engage in; to protect them from their enemies, and to strengthen them to go on with the work till they had finished it; a short promise, but a very full one: it was saying much in a little, and enough to remove all their fears, to scatter all their doubts, and to bear them up, and through all discouragements.

Hāgāishū 1:13 In-Context

11 Wǒ méng gān hàn líndào dì tǔ , shāngāng , wǔgǔ , xīn jiǔ , hé yóu , bìng dì shang de chūchǎn , rénmín , shēngchù , yǐjí rén shǒu yīqiè laólù dé lái de .

12 Nàshí , Sǎlātiĕ de érzi Suǒluóbābó , hé yuē sǎ dá de érzi Dàjìsī Yuēshūyà , bìng shèngxia de bǎixìng , dōu tīng cóng Yēhéhuá tāmen shén de huà , hé xiānzhī hǎ gāi fèng Yēhéhuá tāmen shén chāi lái suǒ shuō de huà . bǎixìng yĕ zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián cún jìngwèi de xīn .

13 Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ hǎ gāi , fèng Yēhéhuá chāiqiǎn duì bǎixìng shuō , Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ yǔ nǐmen tóng zaì .

14 Yēhéhuá jīdòng Yóudà shĕng zhǎng Sǎlātiĕ de érzi Suǒluóbābó , hé yuē sǎ dá de érzi Dàjìsī Yuēshūyà , bìng shèngxia zhī bǎixìng de xīn . tāmen jiù lái wèi wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá tāmen shén de diàn zuò gōng .

15 Zhè shì zaì Dàlìwū wáng dì èr nián liù yuè èr shí sì rì .