Haggai
God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces.
They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would
continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke
out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully
warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to
him....
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The Book of Haggai is a book of the Hebrew Bible, written by
the prophet Haggai. It was written in 520 BCE some 18 years
after Cyrus had conquered Babylon and issued a decree in 538
BCE allowing the captive Jews to return to Judea. He saw the
restoration of the temple as necessary for the restoration of
the religious practices and a sense of p...
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hag'-a-i, hag'-a-i (chaggay, an adjective formed from chagh,
"feast"):
1. Name:
The word "Haggai" may mean "festal," the prophet having been
born perhaps on a festival day; compare the Roman name
"Festus." Hebrew proper names were sometimes formed in this
manner, e.g. Barzillai, "a man of iron," from barzel,
"iron." Haggai may, however, be a s...
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The style of Haggai is generally tame and prosaic, though at
times it rises to the dignity of severe invective when the
prophet rebukes his countrymen for their selfish indolence and
neglect of God's house. But the brevity of the prophecies is
so great, and the poverty of expression which characterizes
them so striking, as to give rise to a co...
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consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of
the
prophet was generally to urge the people to proceed
with the
rebuilding of the temple.
Chapter first comprehends the first address (2-11) and
its
effects (12-15). Chapter second contains,
(1.) The second prophecy (1-9), which was delivered a
month
after the first.
(2.) The ...
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festive, one of the twelve so-called minor prophets. He was
the
first of the three (Zechariah, his contemporary, and
Malachi,
who was about one hundred years later, being the
other two)
whose ministry belonged to the period of Jewish
history which
began after the return from captivity in Babylon.
Scarcely
anything is known of his personal...
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("my feast".) A name given in anticipation of the joyous
return from exile. Perhaps a Levite, as the rabbis say he
was buried at Jerusalem among the priests. Tradition
represents him as returning with the first exiles from
Babylon his birthplace, under Zerubbabel 536 B.C., when
Cyrus, actuated by Isaiah's prophecies concerning himself
(Isaiah...
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