Text: Haggai 1:14
OT Text Referred to: Ezra 1:5
Subject: Stir up the spirit
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts use the identical Hebrew expression הֵעִיר אֶת־רוּחַ (he'ir et-ruach, "stirred the spirit"), connecting God's initiative in motivating temple reconstruction across two eras. In Ezra 1:5, God stirs the spirit of the family heads to go up and rebuild after the exile, while in Haggai 1:14, God stirs the spirit of Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant to resume the stalled work some sixteen years later. The verbal parallel frames the entire temple-rebuilding project as sustained by divine initiative rather than human resolve, showing that God repeatedly intervenes to ensure His dwelling place is established among His people.
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Text: Ezra 1:5
OT Text Referred to: Haggai 1:14
Subject: Stir up the spirit (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Both texts use the distinctive phrase "God stirred up the spirit" (הֵעִיר אֶת־רוּחַ, he'ir et-ruach) to describe divine motivation for temple building. Ezra 1:5 records that "God stirred the spirit" of the family heads to go up and rebuild, while Haggai 1:14 uses the identical phrase when "the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel... and the spirit of Joshua... and the spirit of all the remnant." The verbal identity connects two moments in the same rebuilding project: the initial departure from Babylon and the later prophetic motivation to resume building after discouragement. In both cases, the initiative for temple construction originates in God's sovereign stirring of human hearts, not in human resolve alone.