Haggai 1:2

Verse 2. Yet come. God’s service must be restored without delay, and manners reformed; as otherwise many will be lost eternally. Worthington.—The Jews refrained from commencing the temple till the time marked out by Jeremias, 25:11. Zechariah 1:7. Calmet.—From the beginning of the last siege sixty-nine years had elapsed. Usher, A. 3485.—Others, reflecting on the obstacles placed by Cyrus and Cambyses, thought it was not yet time to work at the temple: but these were only pretexts. The kingdom was now held by another family, and the former decrees abolished. Fear of labour, therefore, was the only impediment.