Haggai 1:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Haggai 1:13

11 For I ^acalled for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on ^ball the labor of your hands.”

The People’s Obedience

12 ^aThen Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the Lord.

13 Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s message to the people, saying, ^a“I am with you, says the Lord.”

14 So ^athe Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^bgovernor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; ^cand they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

Verse Comparison: Haggai 1:13

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American Standard Version
Then spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

Amplified® Bible
Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's message to the people saying, I am with you, says the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Haggai then told them that the LORD had promised to be with them.

Darby English Version
Then spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

Good News Bible
Then Haggai gave the LORD's message to the people: "I will be with you---that is my promise."

King James Version
Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people saying, " `I am with you,' declares the LORD."

New International Version
Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the people: "I am with you," declares the LORD.

New King James Version
Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you, says the LORD.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people saying, " ' I accompany you,' declares the LORD."

Revised Standard Version
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD's message, "I am with you, says the LORD."

Young's Literal Translation
And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I `am' with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.'

New English Translation
Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s word to the people:¹ “I am with you!” says the Lord.

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