Haggai 1:2
“Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts,.... Of armies above and below; whom all ought to reverence, honour, and obey; who was…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say - Not Zerubbabel or Joshua, but “this people.” He says not, “My…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The time is not come - They thought that the seventy years spoken of by Jeremiah were not yet completed, and it would be…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Haggai 1:1-11
It was the complaint of the Jews in Babylon that they saw not their signs, and there was no more prophet (Psa 74:9),…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
speaketh Lit. saith, the same word as throughout the verse.
this people possibly used as a term of reproach: comp. ch.…
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