Haggai

Prophecy · Old Testament · The prophet Haggai · c. 520 BCE

Haggai is a post-exilic prophetic book that urges the returned Jewish community in Jerusalem to prioritize rebuilding the Temple. It contains four distinct messages delivered over a four-month period in 520 BCE under the Persian king Darius I. The prophet links the community's economic struggles to their neglect of God's house and promises future glory and blessings upon its completion.

2 chapters

• 1Haggai 1Haggai exhorts the returned exiles to rebuild the ruined temple, and the leaders and people respond by beginning the work.
• 2Haggai 2Haggai promises the new temple's future glory, addresses ritual uncleanness, and declares that God has chosen Zerubbabel as His signet ring.