Haggai 1:2 (YLT)

Passage

Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! --they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to be built.'

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, saying:

Haggai 1:2 Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! --they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to be built.'

Haggai 1:3 And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

Haggai 1:4 Is it time for you--you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "spake", "jehovah", "hosts", "saying", "people", "said", and "time". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "spake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "In the second year of Darius the..." into verse 3's "And there is a word of Jehovah...", so "thus" and "spake" 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 "thus" and "spake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.