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Haggai — Capítulo 1

The prophet reproves the people, and particularly their ruler and high priest, for negligence and delay in rebuilding the temple; and tells them that their neglect was the cause of their having been visited with unfruitful seasons, and other marks of the Divine displeasure, Hag 1:1-11. He encourages them to set about the work, and on their doing so, promises that God will be with them, Hag 1:12…

Versión

Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1En el año segundo del rey Darío, en el mes sexto, en el primer día del mes, vino palabra de Jehová por medio del profeta Hageo a Zorobabel hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y a Josué hijo de Josadac, sumo sacerdote, diciendo:

2Así ha hablado Jehová de los ejércitos, diciendo: Este pueblo dice: No ha llegado aún el tiempo, el tiempo de que la casa de Jehová sea reedificada.

3Entonces vino palabra de Jehová por medio del profeta Hageo, diciendo:

4¿Es para vosotros tiempo, para vosotros, de habitar en vuestras casas artesonadas, y esta casa está desierta?

5Pues así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Meditad bien sobre vuestros caminos.

6Sembráis mucho, y recogéis poco; coméis, y no os saciáis; bebéis, y no quedáis satisfechos; os vestís, y no os calentáis; y el que trabaja a jornal recibe su jornal en saco roto.

7Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Meditad sobre vuestros caminos.

8Subid al monte, y traed madera, y reedificad la casa; y pondré en ella mi voluntad, y seré glorificado, ha dicho Jehová.

9Buscáis mucho, y halláis poco; y encerráis en casa, y yo lo disiparé en un soplo. ¿Por qué? dice Jehová de los ejércitos. Por cuanto mi casa está desierta, y cada uno de vosotros corre a su propia casa.

10Por eso se detuvo de los cielos sobre vosotros la lluvia, y la tierra detuvo sus frutos.

11Y llamé la sequía sobre esta tierra, y sobre los montes, sobre el trigo, sobre el vino, sobre el aceite, sobre todo lo que la tierra produce, sobre los hombres y sobre las bestias, y sobre todo trabajo de manos.

12Y oyó Zorobabel hijo de Salatiel, y Josué hijo de Josadac, sumo sacerdote, y todo el resto del pueblo, la voz de Jehová su Dios, y las palabras del profeta Hageo, como le había enviado Jehová su Dios; y temió el pueblo delante de Jehová.

13Entonces Hageo, enviado de Jehová, habló por mandato de Jehová al pueblo, diciendo: Yo estoy con vosotros, dice Jehová.

14Y despertó Jehová el espíritu de Zorobabel hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y el espíritu de Josué hijo de Josadac, sumo sacerdote, y el espíritu de todo el resto del pueblo; y vinieron y trabajaron en la casa de Jehová de los ejércitos, su Dios,

15en el día veinticuatro del mes sexto, en el segundo año del rey Darío.

ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY

Versículo 1

I. In the sixth month - Called Elul by the Hebrews. It was the sixth month of the ecclesiastical yea…

In the sixth month - Called Elul by the Hebrews. It was the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, and the last of the civil year, and answered to a part of our September. Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel - Who was son of Jeconiah, king of Judah, and of the family of David, and exercised the post of a governor among the people, but not over them, for both he and they were under the Persian government; but they were permitted to have Zerubbabel for their own governor, and Joshua for their high priest; and these regulated all matters relative to their peculiar political and ecclesiastical government. But it appears from Ezra, Ezr 5:3, that Tatnai, the governor on this side the river, had them under his cognizance. None of their own governors was absolute. The Persians permitted them to live under their own laws and civil regulations; but they always considered them as a colony, over which they had a continual superintendence. Joshua the son of Josedech - And son of Seraiah, who was high priest in the time of Zedekiah, and was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, Ch1 6:15. But Seraiah was slain at Riblah, by order of Nebuchadnezzar, Kg2 25:18-21.

Versículo 2

II. The time is not come - They thought that the seventy years spoken of by Jeremiah were not yet com…

The time is not come - They thought that the seventy years spoken of by Jeremiah were not yet completed, and it would be useless to attempt to rebuild until that period had arrived. But Abp. Usher has shown that from the commencement of the last siege of Jerusalem unto this time, precisely sixty-nine years had been completed.

Versículo 4

III. Is it time for you - If the time be not come to rebuild the temple, it cannot be come for you to …

Is it time for you - If the time be not come to rebuild the temple, it cannot be come for you to build yourselves comfortable houses: but ye are rebuilding your houses; why then do ye not rebuild the house of the Lord? The foundation of the temple had been laid fourteen years before, and some considerable progress made in the building; and it had been lying waste in that unfinished state to the present time.

Versículo 5

IV. Consider your ways - Is it fit that you should be building yourselves elegant houses, and neglect…

Consider your ways - Is it fit that you should be building yourselves elegant houses, and neglect a place for the worship of that God who has restored you from captivity?

Versículo 6

V. Ye have sown much - God will not bless you in any labor of your hands, unless you rebuild his tem…

Ye have sown much - God will not bless you in any labor of your hands, unless you rebuild his temple and restore his worship. This verse contains a series of proverbs, no less than five in the compass of a few lines.

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

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood - Go to Lebanon, and get timber. In the second year of the return from the captivity, they had procured cedar trees from Lebanon, and brought them to Joppa, and had hired masons and carpenters from the Tyrians and Sidonians; but that labor had been nearly lost by the long suspension of the building. Ezr 3:7.

Versículo 9

VII. Ye looked for much - Ye made great pretensions at first; but they are come to nothing. Ye did a l…

Ye looked for much - Ye made great pretensions at first; but they are come to nothing. Ye did a little in the beginning; but so scantily and unwillingly that I could not but reject it. Ye run every man unto his own house - To rebuild and adorn it; and God's house is neglected!

Versículo 10

VIII. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew - It appears from the following verse that God h…

Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew - It appears from the following verse that God had sent a drought upon the land, which threatened them with scarcity and famine.

Versículo 12

IX. Then Zerubbabel - The threatening of Haggai had its proper effect. - The civil governor, the high…

Then Zerubbabel - The threatening of Haggai had its proper effect. - The civil governor, the high priest, and the whole of the people, united together to do the work. When the authority of God is acknowledged, his words will be carefully obeyed.

Versículo 13

X. Then spake Haggai - He was the Lord's messenger, and he came with the Lord's message, and consequ…

Then spake Haggai - He was the Lord's messenger, and he came with the Lord's message, and consequently he came with authority. He is called מלאך יהוה malach Yehovah, the angel of Jehovah, just as the pastors of the seven Asiatic churches are called Angels of the Churches, Rev 1:2. I am with you, saith the Lord - Here was high encouragement. What may not a man do when God is his helper?

Versículo 14

XI. And the Lord stirred up the spirit - It is not only necessary that the judgment should be enlight…

And the Lord stirred up the spirit - It is not only necessary that the judgment should be enlightened, but the soul must be invigorated by the Spirit of God, before any good work can be effectually done.

Versículo 15

XII. In the four and twentieth day - Haggai received his commission on the first day of this month and…

In the four and twentieth day - Haggai received his commission on the first day of this month and by the twenty-fourth day he had so completely succeeded that he had the satisfaction to see the whole people engaged heartily in the Lord's work; they left their own houses to build that of the Lord. Here was a faithful reprover, and he found obedient ears; and the Lord's work was done, for the people had a mind to work.

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Haggai — Capítulo 1