Bible Cross References
A. M. 3484. B.C. 520. Haggai
Haggai 1:1-15
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During the second year that Darius was emperor of Persia, on the first day of the sixth month, the LORD spoke through the prophet Haggai. The message was for the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and for the High Priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
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The LORD Almighty said to Haggai, "These people say that this is not the right time to rebuild the Temple."
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The LORD then gave this message to the people through the prophet Haggai:
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"My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins?
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Don't you see what is happening to you?
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You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on.
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Can't you see why this has happened?
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Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.
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"You hoped for large harvests, but they turned out to be small. And when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away. Why did I do that? Because my Temple lies in ruins while every one of you is busy working on your own house.
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That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.
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I have brought drought on the land---on its hills, grainfields, vineyards, and olive orchards---on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow."
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Then Zerubbabel and Joshua and all the people who had returned from the exile in Babylonia, did what the LORD their God told them to do. They were afraid and obeyed the prophet Haggai, the LORD's messenger.
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Then Haggai gave the LORD's message to the people: "I will be with you---that is my promise."
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The LORD inspired everyone to work on the Temple: Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah; Joshua, the High Priest, and all the people who had returned from the exile. They began working on the Temple of the LORD Almighty, their God,
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on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was emperor.
Zechariah
Zechariah 1:1-21
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In the eighth month of the second year that Darius was emperor of Persia, the LORD gave this message to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo.
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The LORD Almighty told Zechariah to say to the people, "I, the LORD, was very angry with your ancestors,
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but now I say to you, 'Return to me, and I will return to you.
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Do not be like your ancestors. Long ago the prophets gave them my message, telling them not to live evil, sinful lives any longer. But they would not listen to me or obey me.
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Your ancestors and those prophets are no longer alive.
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Through my servants the prophets I gave your ancestors commands and warnings, but they disregarded them and suffered the consequences. Then they repented and acknowledged that I, the LORD Almighty, had punished them as they deserved and as I had determined to do.' "
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In the second year that Darius was emperor, on the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), the LORD gave me a message in a vision at night.
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I saw someone riding a red horse. He had stopped among some myrtle trees in a valley, and behind him were other horses---red, dappled, and white.
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I asked him, "Sir, what do these horses mean?" He answered, "I will show you what they mean.
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The LORD sent them to go and inspect the earth."
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They reported to the angel: "We have been all over the world and have found that the whole world lies helpless and subdued."
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Then the angel said, "Almighty LORD, you have been angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah for seventy years now. How much longer will it be before you show them mercy?"
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The LORD answered the angel with comforting words,
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and the angel told me to proclaim what the LORD Almighty had said: "I have a deep love and concern for Jerusalem, my holy city,
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and I am very angry with the nations that enjoy quiet and peace. For while I was holding back my anger against my people, those nations made the sufferings of my people worse.
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So I have come back to Jerusalem to show mercy to the city. My Temple will be restored, and the city will be rebuilt."
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The angel also told me to proclaim: "The LORD Almighty says that his cities will be prosperous again and that he will once again help Jerusalem and claim the city as his own."
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In another vision I saw four ox horns.
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I asked the angel that had been speaking to me, "What do these horns mean?" He answered, "They stand for the world powers that have scattered the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
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Then the LORD showed me four workers with hammers.
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I asked, "What have they come to do?" He answered, "They have come to terrify and overthrow the nations that completely crushed the land of Judah and scattered its people."
in the name
Micah 5:4
When he comes, he will rule his people with the strength that comes from the LORD and with the majesty of the LORD God himself. His people will live in safety because people all over the earth will acknowledge his greatness,
Haggai 1:2-8
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The LORD Almighty said to Haggai, "These people say that this is not the right time to rebuild the Temple."
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The LORD then gave this message to the people through the prophet Haggai:
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"My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins?
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Don't you see what is happening to you?
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You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on.
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Can't you see why this has happened?
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Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.
Zechariah 1:3
but now I say to you, 'Return to me, and I will return to you.
Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your ancestors. Long ago the prophets gave them my message, telling them not to live evil, sinful lives any longer. But they would not listen to me or obey me.
Zechariah 4:6-10
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The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the LORD: "You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.
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Obstacles as great as mountains will disappear before you. You will rebuild the Temple, and as you put the last stone in place, the people will shout, 'Beautiful, beautiful!' "
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Another message came to me from the LORD.
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He said, "Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of the Temple, and he will finish the building. When this happens, my people will know that it is I who sent you to them.
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They are disappointed because so little progress is being made. But they will see Zerubbabel continuing to build the Temple, and they will be glad." The angel said to me, "The seven lamps are the seven eyes of the LORD, which see all over the earth."