Haggai 1:8
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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.

to.

2 Chronicles 2:8-10 Send me also cedars, and fir trees, and pine trees from Libanus: for I know that thy servants are skilful in cutting timber in Libanus, and my servants shall be with thy servants, . . .

Ezra 3:7 And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them.

Ezra 6:4 Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king's house.

Zechariah 11:1,2 Open thy gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars. . . .

and build.

Haggai 1:2-4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord. . . .

Jonah 3:1,2 And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. . . .

Matthew 3:8,9 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance. . . .

and I will take.

1 Kings 9:3 And the Lord said to him: I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me: I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes, and my heart, shall be there always.

2 Chronicles 7:16 For I have chosen, and have sanctified this place, that my name may be there for ever, and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.

Psalm 87:2,3 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob. . . .

Psalm 132:13,14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. . . .

I will be.

Haggai 2:7 And I will move all nations: AND THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill this house with glory: saith the Lord of hosts.

Exodus 29:43 And there will I command the children of Israel, and the altar shall be sanctified by my glory.

Isaiah 60:7,13 All the flocks of Cedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nabaioth shall minister to thee: they shall be offered upon my acceptable altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty. . . .

Isaiah 66:11 That you may suck, and be filled with the breasts of her consolations: that you may milk out, and flow with delights, from the abundance of her glory.

John 13:31,32 When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him. . . .

Context
A Call to Rebuild the Temple
7Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways: 8Go 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.9You 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.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio, (the same is the second month) he began to build a house to the Lord.

Psalm 132:13
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

Psalm 132:14
This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

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

Haggai 2:7
And I will move all nations: AND THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill this house with glory: saith the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2:9
Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

Lexicon
Go up
עֲל֥וּ (‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

into the hills,
הָהָ֛ר (hā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

bring down
וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם (wa·hă·ḇê·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

lumber,
עֵ֖ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

and build
וּבְנ֣וּ (ū·ḇə·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the house,
הַבָּ֑יִת (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

so that I may take pleasure
וְאֶרְצֶה־ (wə·’er·ṣeh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

in it
בּ֥וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and be glorified,
וְאֶכָּבְדָ֖ה (wə·’ek·kā·ḇə·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

says
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, said the LORD.

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

Ye looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and ye run everyone into his own house;

Go up to the mountain and bring wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.

Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.
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