Zerubbabel 2:2 The first message was directed toward the leaders, Zerubbabel and Joshua (see notes on 1:1). Here the prophet includes the remainder of the exiles who returned from Babylon. 2:3 you who saw. Some remained, perhaps even Haggai, who had seen the temple of Solomon before its destruction (cf. Ezra 3:12, 13). With 3 rhetorical questions, the Lord through His prophet Haggai drew attention to the fact that this temple was inferior to Solomon’s temple (cf. Ezra 3:8–13), which caused many