Haggai 1:12

"Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the LORD their God’s voice, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the LORD."

Key Reflection

In Haggai 1:12, Zerubbabel and Joshua, along with the rest of the remnant of Israel, responded to divine instruction through both direct command from God and the prophetic ministry of Haggai. This obedience was not merely a response to external authority but also an acknowledgment of God’s sovereignty. The people's fear of the LORD underscores their recognition of His power and presence, highlighting the profound impact of divine revelation on communal action during this critical period of post-exilic restoration.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then Zerubbabel, and all the remnant of the people -, not, “the rest of people” but “the remnant,” those who remained over from the captivity, the fragment of the two tribes, which returned to their own land, “hearkened unto the voice of the Lord.” This was the beginning of a conversion. In this one thing they began to do, what, all along, in their history, and most in their decay before the captivity they refused to do - obey God’s word. So God sums up their history, by Jeremiah,Jeremiah 22:21. “I spake unto thee in thy prosperity, thou saidst, I will not hear.

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