Macro-Structure of Haggai
Audience
Haggai dates his messages to Darius' second year and names Zerubbabel and Joshua. Its appeals address the returned community's neglect of the LORD's house in that setting.
Key References
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| Section | Focus | Connection to the whole |
|---|---|---|
| Consider your ways and rebuild Haggai 1:1–15 Interpretation | The neglected house | The first message confronts the community's priorities and records its response to the call to work on the temple. |
| Encouragement concerning the house Haggai 2:1–9 Interpretation | Present weakness and promised glory | The next message encourages the workers by setting their present task beside the LORD's promised purpose. |
| A lesson about holiness and uncleanness Haggai 2:10–19 Interpretation | The people's condition and the promise of blessing | Questions to the priests introduce a diagnosis of the people's condition and a renewed word about blessing. |
| A word to Zerubbabel Haggai 2:20–23 Interpretation | Upheaval and the signet | The final message addresses Zerubbabel with a promise set amid the overturning of kingdoms. |
Suggested literary divisions. Headings summarize the passage; they are not part of the biblical text.