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This is the message[a] that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.[b]

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  1. 1:1a Hebrew An Oracle: The message.
  2. 1:1b Malachi means “my messenger.”

A prophecy:(A) The word(B) of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.[a]

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  1. Malachi 1:1 Malachi means my messenger.

This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision.

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The prophecy(A) that Habakkuk the prophet received.

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A Message about Babylon

13 Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:

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Future Deliverance for Jerusalem

12 This[a] message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.

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  1. 12:1 Hebrew An Oracle: This.

Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed

12 A prophecy:(A) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,(B) who lays the foundation of the earth,(C) and who forms the human spirit within a person,(D) declares:

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Judgment against Israel’s Enemies

This is the message[a] from the Lord against the land of Aram[b] and the city of Damascus, for the eyes of humanity, including all the tribes of Israel, are on the Lord.

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  1. 9:1a Hebrew An Oracle: The message.
  2. 9:1b Hebrew land of Hadrach.

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

A prophecy:(A)

The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak
    and will come to rest on Damascus(B)
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
    are on the Lord[a]

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  1. Zechariah 9:1 Or Damascus. / For the eye of the Lord is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,

The New Temple’s Diminished Splendor

Then on October 17 of that same year,[a] the Lord sent another message through the prophet Haggai.

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  1. 2:1 Hebrew on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event (in the second year of Darius’s reign) occurred on October 17, 520 B.c.; also see note on 1:1a.

on the twenty-first day of the seventh month,(A) the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(B)

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A Call to Rebuild the Temple

On August 29[a] of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[b] son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

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  1. 1:1a Hebrew On the first day of the sixth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of dates in Haggai can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Persian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This event occurred on August 29, 520 B.c.
  2. 1:1b Hebrew Joshua, a variant spelling of Jeshua; also in 1:12, 14.

A Call to Build the House of the Lord

In the second year of King Darius,(A) on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai(B) to Zerubbabel(C) son of Shealtiel, governor(D) of Judah, and to Joshua(E) son of Jozadak,[a](F) the high priest:(G)

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  1. Haggai 1:1 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verses 12 and 14

This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.

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A prophecy(A) concerning Nineveh.(B) The book of the vision(C) of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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