OET HAG section

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1:1 God’s command to rebuild the temple

1 In Dareyavesh’s (Darius’s) second year as king of Persia, on the 1st of the sixth month, the prophet Haggai brought Yahweh’s message to the governor of Yehudah, Zerubbabel (Shealtiel’s son), and to the high priest, Yehoshua (Yehozadak’s son), telling them that[ref] 2 army commander Yahweh says, “These people say that it’s not the right time to rebuild Yahweh’s residence.”

3 Then Yahweh gave this message to the prophet Haggai to tell the people:

4 Is it a time for all of you to live in your panelled houses, while Yahweh’s temple lies in ruins? 5 So now army commander Yahweh says: “Decide what you’re all going to do. 6 You’ve all planted a lot, but only harvested a little. You’ve eaten, but it never fills you. You all drink, but never enough to satisfy you. You put on clothes, but never feel warm enough. You earn wages, but your pockets seem to be full of holes.”

7 So army commander Yahweh says again: “Decide what you’re all going to do. 8 Go up into the hills and bring back timber to build the temple. This will please and honour me,” says Yahweh.

9 “You expected much, but gained little. Anything you brought home, I blew away again. Why? Army commander Yahweh says it’s because my residence is still in ruins, while you’re all busy working on your own houses. 10 That’s why the sky withholds the dew and the soil withholds its crops. 11 I’ve summoned a drought onto the land and into the hills, onto the grain and the new wine, onto the oil and crops from the ground, onto both people and livestock, and onto everything you all do.”

1:1: Ezr 4:24–5:2; 6:14.

1 In_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the_king in/on/at/with_month the_sixth in/on_day one of _the_month it _came the _word of_YHWH in/on/at/with_hand of _Ḩaggay the_prophet to Zərubāⱱel the _son of _Shəʼaltiy^ʼēl the _governor of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_near/to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the _son of _Yəhōʦādāq/(Jehozadak) the_priest/officer the_high to_say.
2 Thus he _says YHWH of _hosts to_say the_people the_this they _have _said not a _time to _come the _time of _the _house of_YHWH to_rebuild.
3 and_he/it _was the _word of_YHWH in/on/at/with_hand of _Ḩaggay the_prophet to_say.
4 Time to/for_you _all you _all to_dwell in/on/at/with_houses_your _all’s paneled and_the_house the_this [is]_desolate.
5 And_now thus he _says YHWH of _hosts set thought _of_you _all on ways_your _all’s.
6 You _all _have _sown much and_harvested little you _have _eaten and_never to_satisfied you _have _drunk and_never to_have _fill you _have _dressed and_no to_warm to_him/it and_the_earns [is]_earning _wages to a _bag pierced.
7 thus he _says YHWH of _hosts set thought _of_you _all on ways_your _all’s.
8 Go _up the_hills and_bring wood and_build the_house and_take _pleasure in/on/over_him/it and_glorified[fn] he _says YHWH.
9 You _turned _to _look to much and_see/lo/see to_little and_brought the_home and_blew _away in_him/it because _of what the _utterance of_YHWH of _hosts because _of house_my which it [is]_desolate and_you _all [are]_running each to_house_his _own.
10 On/upon/above/on _account _of//he/it _went _in yes/correct/thus/so because _of_you _all they _have _withheld [the]_heavens[fn][fn][fn] from_dew and_the_earth it _has _withheld produce_its.
11 And_called _for a _drought on the_earth/land and_on the_hills and_on the_grain and_on the_new _wine and_on the_oil and_on [that]_which it _will _bring _forth the_soil and_on the_humankind and_on the_cattle/livestock and_on all [the]_toil of _hands.

1:8 Variant note: ו/אכבד: (x-qere) ’וְ/אֶכָּבְדָ֖ה’: lemma_c/3513 n_0.0 morph_HC/VNh1cs id_37iy2 וְ/אֶכָּבְדָ֖ה

1:10 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

1:10 Note: We read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.

1:10 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Zechariah (796 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 24:20] => Jerusalem
• Jonah (780 B.C.) [2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1] => Gath-hepher, Nineveh
• Hosea (770 B.C.) [Hosea 1:1] => Samaria?
• Amos (760 B.C.) [Amos 1:1] => Bethel
• Isaiah (730 B.C.) [2 Kings 19:2; 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Isaiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Micah (730 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1] => Moresheth
• Nahum (650 B.C.) [Nahum 1:1] => Elkosh (Capernaum?)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.) [Zephaniah 1:1] => Jerusalem?
• Huldah (630 B.C.) [2 Kings 22:14] => Jerusalem
• Habakkuk (600 B.C.) [Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1] => Jerusalem?
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.) [Ezekiel 1:3] => Babylonia/Chebar River
• Uriah (600 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:20] => Kiriath-jearim
• Jeremiah (587 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 1:1; 19:14] => Jerusalem
• Obadiah (586 B.C.) [Obadiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Daniel (560 B.C.) [Daniel 7:1; Matthew 24:15] => Babylon
• Haggai (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Zechariah (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Malachi (432 B.C.) [Malachi 1:1] => Jerusalem?

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God’s command to rebuild the temple

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

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