Haggai 1:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So the LORD God All-Powerful made everyone eager to work on his temple, especially Zerubbabel and Joshua.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:22

In the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the LORD told Cyrus to send a message to all parts of his kingdom. This happened just as Jeremiah the LORD's prophet had promised.

Hebrews 13:21

I pray that God will make you ready to obey him and that you will always be eager to do right. May Jesus help you do what pleases God. To Jesus Christ be glory for ever and ever! Amen.

Haggai 2:21

Tell Governor Zerubbabel of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth

Haggai 1:1

On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, the LORD told Haggai the prophet to speak his message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest. So Haggai told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua

Ezra 1:5

Many people felt that the LORD God wanted them to help rebuild his temple, and they made plans to go to Jerusalem. Among them were priests, Levites, and leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

Ezra 1:1

Years ago the LORD sent Jeremiah with a message about a promise for the people of Israel. Then in the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the LORD kept his promise by telling Cyrus to send this official message to all parts of his kingdom:

1 Chronicles 5:26

So God sent King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria to attack these Israelite tribes. The king led them away as prisoners to Assyria, and from then on, he forced them to live in Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the River Gozan.

Nehemiah 4:6

The people worked hard, and we built the walls of Jerusalem halfway up again.

Ezra 5:8

We went to Judah, where the temple of the great God is being built with huge stones and wooden beams set in the walls. Everyone is working hard, and the building is going up fast.

Ezra 5:2

So Zerubbabel the governor and Joshua the priest urged the people to start working on the temple again, and God's prophets encouraged them.

2 Corinthians 8:16

I am grateful that God made Titus care as much about you as we do.

1 Corinthians 15:58

My dear friends, stand firm and don't be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile.

Haggai 1:12

Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from exile in Babylonia, obeyed the LORD's message spoken by his prophet Haggai, and they started showing proper respect for the LORD.

Psalm 110:3

Your glorious power will be seen on the day you begin to rule. You will wear the sacred robes and shine like the morning sun in all your strength.

Haggai 1:15

And the work began on the twenty-fourth day of that same month.