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Haggai 1:8 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Haggai 1:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Haggai chapter 1 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.”
Haggai 1:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Haggai 1:8
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house (עֲלוּ הָהָר וַהֲבֵאתֶם עֵץ וּבְנוּ הַבָּיִת/alu hahar vahavetem etz uvnu habayit)—After diagnosis comes prescription: specific, actionable obedience. Go up (עֲלוּ/alu) requires physical effort—climbing the nearby mountains to harvest timber. Bring wood (הֲבֵאתֶם עֵץ/havetem etz) demands labor, transportation, and community cooperation. Build the house (בְּנוּ הַבָּיִת/vnu habayit) is the imperative result: construct God's dwelling place.And I will take pleasure in it (וְאֶרְצֶה־בּוֹ/ve'ertzeh-bo)—the verb רָצָה (ratzah) means to delig...
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Cross-References for Haggai 1:8
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“For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.”
“that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.”
“fir trees”
“and I will fill this house with glory”
“and to the carpenters; and food”
“And there I will meet with the children of Israel”
“Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts”
“I have heard your prayer and your supplication”
“saying”
“and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.”