Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Haggai 1

49 catchwords373 parallels

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Haggai 1 . 1 , The time when Haggai prophesied; Haggai 1 . 2 , He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house; Haggai 1 . 7 , He incites them to the building; Haggai 1 . 12 , He promises them , being forward , God’s assistance.

Haggai 1:1

In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

Haggai 1:1 · BSB

second7 parallels

by Haggai4 parallels

Heb. by the hand of Haggai

unto17 parallels

governor4 parallels

or , captain

Joshua5 parallels

Josedech2 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

the sixth Elul the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year , answering to a part of September.

Haggai 1:2

that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "These people say, 'The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'"

Haggai 1:2 · BSB

This13 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Haggai 1:3

Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

Haggai 1:3 · BSB

by Haggai2 parallels

Haggai 1:4

"Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?"

Haggai 1:4 · BSB

to4 parallels

and15 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Haggai 1:5

Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Consider carefully your ways.

Haggai 1:5 · BSB

thus7 parallels

Consider your ways6 parallels

Heb. Set your heart on your ways

Reciprocal18 parallels

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through."

Haggai 1:6 · BSB

have17 parallels

eat6 parallels

with holes2 parallels

Heb. pierced through

Reciprocal15 parallels

Haggai 1:7

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Consider carefully your ways.

Haggai 1:7 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Haggai 1:8

Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

Haggai 1:8 · BSB

to5 parallels

and build5 parallels

and I will take6 parallels

I will be7 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Haggai 1:9 · BSB

Ye looked6 parallels

They had used all proper means in the cultivation of their lands , and had "sown much;" but when they rationally entertained the most sanguine expectations of a large increase , they were strangely disappointed; and even what they had brought home was unaccountably wasted , as if the Lord had "blown upon it ," and driven it away! And the reason was , because they neglected the temple , and left it in ruins , whilst they eagerly employed themselves in building and decorating their own houses; therefore they were visited by drought and famine , and by various diseases on man and beast

blow upon it4 parallels

or , blow it away

Why2 parallels

Because8 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Haggai 1:10

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

Haggai 1:10 · BSB

the whole verse8 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Haggai 1:11

I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands."

Haggai 1:11 · BSB

I called8 parallels

upon all1 parallel

Reciprocal7 parallels

Haggai 1:12

Then 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.

Haggai 1:12 · BSB

Zerubbabel9 parallels

fear7 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Haggai 1:13

Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: "I am with you," declares the LORD.

Haggai 1:13 · BSB

the Lord's7 parallels

I am20 parallels

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Haggai 1:14

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

Haggai 1:14 · BSB

stirred10 parallels

governor of2 parallels

and they6 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Haggai 1:15

on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

Haggai 1:15 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web10 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Haggai 1:14 → Ezra 1:5, Haggai 1:2 → Jeremiah 25:11, Haggai 1:2 → Jeremiah 25:12, Haggai 1:2 → Jeremiah 29:10, Haggai 1:4 → 1 Kings 6:15
Trajectories
Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)
Chiasms
Shaped Haggai 1:12–15, Haggai 1:2–11
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