Ezr 5:1-5 | TNotes | STEP | 5:1 Haggai first prophesied on August 29, 520 BC (Hag 1:1 ). Zechariah began prophesying about two months later (Zech 1:1 ). The books of Haggai and Zechariah record their messages (see also Ezra 6:14 ).

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‏ Ezra 5:1-5

5:1 ^a Haggai first prophesied on August 29, 520 BC (Hag 1:1 ^b). Zechariah began prophesying about two months later (Zech 1:1 ^c). The books of Haggai and Zechariah record their messages (see also Ezra 6:14 ^d).
5:2 ^e The Jewish leaders had not led by faith (see Hag 1:1 ^f, 12 ^g). Now God’s Spirit stirred them up (Hag 1:14 ^h), and they obeyed by getting to work.

• Zerubbabel and Jeshua figure prominently in the books of Haggai and Zechariah.
5:3 ⁱ Who gave you permission? Unlike the hostile opposition recorded in ch 4 ^j, this seems to have been a routine inquiry to make sure that everything was done according to official requirements.
5:5 ^k God was watching over them: All credit goes to God’s sovereign control of events, not to any human leader or prophet. God had promised that the ruins would be rebuilt (Isa 44:26 ^l).