Haggai 1:13 (DRB)

Passage

And Haggai the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord.

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 wine, and upon the oil, and upon all that the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon beasts, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Haggai 1:12 Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the Lord.

Haggai 1:13 And Haggai the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord.

Haggai 1:14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of Hosts their God.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and..." into verse 14's "And the Lord stirred up the spirit...", so "haggai" and "messenger" 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 "haggai" and "messenger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.