Haggai 1:8 (DRB)

Passage

Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:6 You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.

Haggai 1:7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways:

Haggai 1:8 Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.

Haggai 1:9 You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house.

Haggai 1:10 Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "glorified", "mountain", "bring", "timber", "build", "house", "shall", and "acceptable". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glorified" and "mountain", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Thus saith the Lord of hosts Set..." into verse 9's "You have looked for more and behold...", so "glorified" and "mountain" 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 "glorified" and "mountain" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.