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Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,
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A Message from God, Not Man
Commentators emphasize that the phrase "Then came the word of Jehovah" is not a mere introduction. Haggai intentionally repeats this formula to stress that the message is not his own opinion but a direct, authoritative command from God. This was meant to grab the people's attention and underscore the seriousness of the rebuke that followed.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the word of the Lord came - “Before, he prophesied nothing, but only recited the saying of the people; now he refutes it in his prophecy…
19th Century
Baptist
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie was…
16th Century
Protestant
Those who think that seventy years had not passed until the reign of Darius can be easily disproved from this passage. For if the seventy years wer…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet This is a second prophecy, distinct from the former; that was delive…
Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet the…
