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Haggai 1:8

Haggai 1:8
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.

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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Go up into the mountain - Not Mount Lebanon, from where the cedars had been brought for the first temple; from where…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood - Go to Lebanon, and get timber. In the second year of the return from the…

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

Go up to the mountain The consideration to which they have twice been called is to lead to action and amendment. They…