eng_aiv Amundson Interpretive Version Haggai Haggai Haggai Hag Haggai id=eng_aiv name=Amundson Interpretive Version (AIV) status=draft spec=USFM-USX 3.1.1 export=2026-11-02 char:add=translator-addition-italic char:wj=words-of-Jesus-as-received-unmapped note:f=footnotes para:r=parallel-passage-references para:d=psalm-superscriptions A Call to Rebuild the Temple (Ezra 5:1–5) In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak,1.1 Jehozadak is a variant of Jozadak; also in verses 12 and 14; see Ezra 3:2. the high priest, saying: Thus speaks YHWH of Hosts, saying: “This people says, ‘The time has not come, the time for the house of YHWH to be built.’” And the word came of YHWH by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying: “Is it time for you⁺ yourselves to dwell in your⁺ paneled houses, and this house is desolate?” And now, thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Set your⁺ heart upon your⁺ ways. You⁺ have sown much, and you have brought in little; you eat, and not to satisfaction; you drink, and not to drunkenness; One wears clothes, and there is no warmth to it; and the wage earner earns wages into a bag pierced through.” Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Set your⁺ heart upon your⁺ ways. Go up to the mountains, and bring wood, and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says YHWH. You turned for much, and behold, little; and you⁺ brought it home, and I blew it away. Because of what? An utterance of YHWH of Hosts, because of My house, the way that it is in ruins, while you⁺ are running, each man to his house. Upon thus, the heavens above you⁺ withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. And I have called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain and on the new wine and on the oil, and on whatever the ground brings forth, and on mankind and on the livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.” The People Obey And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, along with all the remnant of the people, listened to the voice of YHWH their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, because YHWH their God had sent him; and the people were afraid before the face of YHWH. And Haggai the messenger of YHWH spoke the message of YHWH to the people, saying: “I am with you⁺,” a declaration of YHWH. And YHWH stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of YHWH of Hosts, their God, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. The Coming Glory of God’s House In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of YHWH came by the hand Haggai the prophet, saying, “Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak,2.2 Jehozadak is a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 4; see Ezra 3:2. the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: ‘Who is remaining among you⁺ that saw this house in its former glory? And how are you⁺ seeing it now? Is it not in comparison as nothing in your⁺ eyes?’ And now be strong, O Zerubbabel, a declaration of YHWH, and be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, a declaration of YHWH, and work. For I am with you⁺, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, the word that I cut with you⁺ at your⁺ coming forth from Egypt, and My Spirit is standing in your⁺ midst. Do not be afraid!” For thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Once more, it is a little while, and I will be shaking the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land. 2.6 Cited in Hebrews 12:26 And I will shake all the nations, and they will come with the treasure of all the nations, and I will fill this house with glory, says YHWH of Hosts. Unto Me is the silver, and unto Me the gold, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts. Greater will be the glory of this latter house than the former, says YHWH of Hosts, and in this place I will give peace, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts.” Blessings for a Defiled People On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of YHWH came to Haggai the prophet, saying: “Thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘Ask now the priests about the law, saying, behold, if a man should carry holy flesh in the fold of his garment, and he touches with his fold against bread, or stew, or wine, or oil, or any food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered and said, “No.” And Haggai said, “If one unclean by a dead body touches any of these things, will it be unclean?” And the priests answered and said, “It will be unclean.” And Haggai answered and said, “Thus is this people, and thus is this nation before My face, a declaration of YHWH, and thus is every work of their hands, and what they offer there, it is unclean. And now, set, please, your⁺ heart from this day and onward:2.15 Or backward; also in verse 18 From before a stone was placed upon a stone in the house of YHWH, From their being, when one came toward a heap of twenty, then there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty from the press, then there were but twenty. I struck you⁺ with the blight and with mildew and with hail, all the work of your⁺ hands, and you⁺ were not with Me, a declaration of YHWH. Set now your⁺ heart from this day and onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the temple of YHWH was founded—set your⁺ heart! Is the seed still in the barn? Until now the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne; from this day I will bless.” Zerubbabel Yahweh’s Signet Ring And the word of YHWH came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth of the month, saying, “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth; and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and those riding them, and the horses and their riders will come down, each man by the sword of his brother. On that day, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, My servant, a declaration of YHWH, and will set you as a signet ring, for I have chosen you, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts.”