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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses the returned exiles in Jerusalem during the second year of Darius, commanding them to resume temple construction after years of neglect.
The words — The directive to "rebuild the house" employs וּ/בְנ֣וּ (u./ve.Nu, H1129), literally "and rebuild," directly acting upon הַ/בָּ֑יִת (ha./Ba.yit, H1004), "the house."
The thread — This command aligns with the LORD's choice of Zion as His permanent dwelling (Psalms 132:13) and parallels the material procurement for the first temple (2 Chronicles 2:8).
Why it lands — The text demands the immediate procurement of timber and labor for the temple before stating that God will take pleasure in it and be glorified. This requires readers to prioritize corporate worship and divine honor over personal economic security.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
Cross-references
- Psalms 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 2 Chronicles 2:8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
- Haggai 2:7 I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Exodus 29:43 I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
- 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- Ezra 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
- Jonah 3:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
- 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.’”
- Ezra 6:4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.