Haggai 1:8 meaning and explanation

Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

Haggai 1:8, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Haggai to Zerubbabel the governor, Joshua the high priest and the returned exiles, whose temple still lay in ruins while they finished their own homes. The command is concrete: go up into the hills, bring down timber, and build.

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