Haggai 2:1 meaning and explanation

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

Haggai 2:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The twenty-first day of the seventh month places this word during the Feast of Tabernacles, about a month after the temple rebuilding resumed (Haggai 1:14-15). The prophet Haggai speaks to a community back from exile in Jerusalem, and the date matters because the feast recalled God's past faithfulness.

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