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Times were tough for the first recipients of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah. They needed to be encouraged to resume the work of reconstructing the temple—to awake from their lethargy and to be enthusiastic for a life lived in obedience to God. The people were still very materialistic in their outlook. Their zeal was for ritual rather than reliance on the Lord. Their concern was for...

When we come to study Haggai the first problem we face is to find it in our Bibles. It is not one of those books to which we turn regularly, nor is it a large book and therefore easy to find. Apart from Obadiah, it is the smallest book in the Old Testament. It comprises only two chapters, which total a mere thirty-eight verses. While it borrows ideas from Deuteronomy (compare Haggai 1:6 with Deuteronomy 28:38–40 and 2:17 with Deuteronomy 28:22) only one verse (2:6)
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