Haggai 1:2 — “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘These people say, “The time has not come that th… — AMP | maBible
Read Haggai 1:2 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Haggai 1.2, Haggai 1v2, Ag. 1:2. “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘These people say, “The time has not come that the Lord’s house (temple) should be rebuilt.” ’ ” [Ezra 1:1-6; 4:1-6, 24; 5:1-3]
Other reference formats: Haggai 1.2, Haggai 1v2, Ag. 1:2.
2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘These people say, “The time has not come that the Lord’s house (temple) should be rebuilt.” ’ ” [Ezra 1:1-6; 4:1-6, 24; 5:1-3]
Notes and references
The people of Judah had completed seventy years of captivity in Babylon (Jer 25:11, 12; Dan 9:2). In October 539 b.c., the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon, whereupon Cyrus the Great (founder of the Persian Empire, his reign extended from 559-529 b.c.) issued a decree permitting the Jews to ret…