Haggai 1:12
in Haggai 1Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
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ASV
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Haggai 1
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But as it is not till Hag 1:14 after Haggai's second message (Hag 1:13) that the people actually obeyed, MAURER translates here, "hearkened to the voice of the Lord," and instead of "as," "because the Lord had sent him." However, English Version rightly represents their purpose of obedience as obedience in God's eyes already, though not carried into effect till Hag 1:14.
This site's exposition
obeyed the voice of the LORD
on Haggai 1:12-13
Zerubbabel, Joshua and “all the remnant of the people” obeyed the voice of the LORD. The answer comes at once in the shortest word of assurance in the book: “I am with you”. Haggai carries the title “the messenger of the LORD” because he delivered “the message of the LORD”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
It is sometimes so; when good preaching is most scarce it does most good, whereas the manna that is rained in plenty is loathed as light bread. And, because they so readily received this prophet, God, within a month or two after, raised them up another, Zech. i.
5 ); for, though God makes use of prophets, he needs them not, he can do his work without them. But the lamp of Old-Testament prophecy shall yet make some bright and glorious efforts before it expire; and Haggai is the first that appears under the character of a special messenger from heaven, when the word of the Lord had been long precious (as when prophecy began, 1 Sam. iii.
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Ye run - You with eagerness carry on your own particular buildings. Is stayed - God hath forbidden them, to drop down dew. Upon men - The very blood, and constitutions of men were changed, and many diseases afflicted them.
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech the high priest,.... Here follows an account of the success of Haggai's prophecy; with what power and efficacy the word of the Lord by him was attended; how it at once reached and affected the hearts of princes and people, and brought them to obedience to the will of God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Then Zerubbabel - The threatening of Haggai had its proper effect. - The civil governor, the high priest, and the whole of the people, united together to do the work. When the authority of God is acknowledged, his words will be carefully obeyed.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Then Zerubbabel, and all the remnant of the people - , not, “the rest of people” but “the remnant,” those who remained over from the captivity, the fragment of the two tribes, which returned to their own land, “hearkened unto the voice of the Lord.” This was the beginning of a conversion. In this one thing they began to do, what, all along, in their history, and most in their decay before the captivity they refused to do - obey God’s word. So God sums up their history, by Jeremiah, Jer 22:21. “I spake unto thee in thy prosperity, thou saidst, I will not hear. This is thy way from thy youth, that thou hearkenedst not unto My voice.” Zep 3:2 still more briefly , “she hearkened not unto (any) voice.” Now in reference, it seems, to that account of their disobedience, Haggai says, using the self-same formula , “they hearkened unto the voice of the Lord, “according to the words of Haggai.” They obeyed, not vaguely, or partly, but exactly, “according to the words” which the messenger of God spake. And they feared the Lord - o “Certainly the presence of the Divine Majesty is to be teared with great reverence.” “The fear of punishment at times transports the mind to what is better, and the infliction of sorrows harmonizes the mind to the fear of God; and that of the Proverbs comes true, Pro 13:13. “He that feareth the Lord shall be recompensed,” and Pro 19:23 “the fear of the Lord tendeth to life;” and Wisdom (Ecclesiasticus 1:11). “The fear of the Lord is honor and glory, and Pro 19:12 the fear of the Lord shall rejoice the heart, and giveth joy and gladness and a long life.” See how gently and beseemingly God smites us.” “See how the lovingkindness of God immediately goes along with all changes for the better. For Almighty God changes along with those who will to repent, and promises that He will be with them; which what can equal? […]
How the passage was read
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The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע | vaiyishma' | and he listened | H8085 → | |
| זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל׀ | zerubavel | Zerubbabel | H2216 → | 21 times |
| בֶּֽן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שַׁלְתִּיאֵ֡ל | shaltiel | Shealtiel | H7597 → | 9 times |
| וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | vihoshua' | and Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹצָדָק֩ | yehotzadak | Jehozadak | H3087 → | 8 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֨ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַגָּד֜וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְכֹ֣ל׀ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שְׁאֵרִ֣ית | sheerit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| הָעָ֗ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| בְּקוֹל֙ | bekol | to [the] voice of | H6963 → | |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾeloheihem | God their | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דִּבְרֵי֙ | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| חַגַּ֣י | chagai | Haggai | H2292 → | 11 times |
| הַנָּבִ֔יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שְׁלָח֖וֹ | shelacho | he had sent him | H7971 → | |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾeloheihem | God their | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ | vaiyireu | and they were afraid | H3372 → | |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֥י | mipenei | of <the face of> | H6440 → | |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עand he listened
vaiyishma'H8085 →
זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל׀Zerubbabel
zerubavelH2216 →21 times
בֶּֽן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שַׁלְתִּיאֵ֡לShealtiel
shaltielH7597 →9 times
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַand Joshua
vihoshua'H3091 →218 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹצָדָק֩Jehozadak
yehotzadakH3087 →8 times
הַכֹּהֵ֨ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַגָּד֜וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
וְכֹ֣ל׀and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית[the] remnant of
sheeritH7611 →66 times
הָעָ֗םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
בְּקוֹל֙to [the] voice of
bekolH6963 →
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔םGod their
ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times
וְעַל־and to
veal-H5921 →5755 times
דִּבְרֵי֙[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
חַגַּ֣יHaggai
chagaiH2292 →11 times
הַנָּבִ֔יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
שְׁלָח֖וֹhe had sent him
shelachoH7971 →
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑םGod their
ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times
וַיִּֽירְא֥וּand they were afraid
vaiyireuH3372 →
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
מִפְּנֵ֥יof <the face of>
mipeneiH6440 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
- Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Deuteronomy 6:2
so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that…
- Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Job 28:28
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Deuteronomy 10:12
Through
Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him…
it leads to
- John 12:46
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- John 12:46
Through
Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
it leads to
- Psalms 128:1
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Psalms 128:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Haggai
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonConquestJoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through the conques…
- PersonReturn from exileZerubbabelGovernor of Judah and grandson of Jeconiah who led the first return and laid the second temple's foundation; Haggai's signet-ring…
- PersonReturn from exile (520 BC)HaggaiProphet of the four dated oracles that restarted the stalled temple (Ezra 5:1; Hag 1:1); promised the latter house a greater glory…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.