Haggai
c. 545–c. 500 BCE · Ancient Israel
“The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.”
Famous Quotes
“I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.”
“The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.”
“Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.”
“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.”
About Haggai
Post-exilic prophet who urged the returned Jewish community to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. His brief, precisely dated oracles mark a turning point in Jewish restoration after the Babylonian exile.