Haggai 1:13 (DBY)

Passage

Then spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon man, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Haggai 1:12 And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, according as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people feared before Jehovah.

Haggai 1:13 Then spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

Haggai 1:14 And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked at the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

Haggai 1:15 in the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "spoke", "haggai", "jehovah's", "messenger", "message", "people", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "spoke" and "haggai", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and..." into verse 14's "And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of...", so "spoke" and "haggai" belong inside that flow. In Haggai context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "spoke" and "haggai" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.