Haggai 1:13 (GNV)

Passage

Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth the Lord.

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaines, and vpon the corne, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, vpon all that the ground bringeth foorth: both vpon men and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.

Haggai 1:12 When Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest with all the remnant of the people, heard the voyce of the Lord their God, and the wordes of the Prophet Haggai (as the Lord their God had sent him) then the people did feare before the Lord.

Haggai 1:13 Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth the Lord.

Haggai 1:14 And the Lord stirred vp the spirite of Zerubbabel, the sonne of Shealtiel a prince of Iudah, and the spirit of Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came, and did the worke in the House of the Lord of hostes their God.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "When Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel and..." into verse 14's "And the Lord stirred vp the spirite...", so "spake" 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 "spake" and "haggai" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.